UAE(KUSTAR)-Korea(KAIST) Multi-Lateral Education Agreement, 14 January 2010

Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR), joined by representatives from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT) and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), has today revealed the details of the educational component of the UAE’s nuclear power deal with South Korea:
1. Agreement linked to the $20.4 billion nuclear power contract signed between the UAE and a South Korean consortium
2. Deal establishes partnerships in Research, Education and Vocational Training
http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/01/15/2010011500078.html
http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=3968415
http://www.kustar.ac.ae/main/index.php?page=kaist-sign-agreement

Kindly find below links to the TV coverage that we received on the above event in Abu Dhabi TV & Abu Dhabi Al Emarat TV (Arabic Only):
http://www.mediawatchme.com/pages/client/item/viewer.aspx?ID=f65fe88b-8119-4942-a1cd-3d0ef0548de2

http://www.mediawatchme.com/pages/client/item/viewer.aspx?ID=560b8a1a-0253-4493-b298-9026e2d8629b

http://www.mediawatchme.com/pages/client/item/viewer.aspx?ID=32f96a70-0085-4d24-be1e-f628ca233d10

New Appointment: Advisor of the AECF

I was recently appointed as an advisor of the Asian Economic Cooperation Foundation (AECF) from October 26, 2009 to October 25, 2012:
http://asianecf.oranc.co.kr/aecf_data/20091102.pdf
http://www.asianecf.org/

Being a new mebmer for International Who's Who Professionals 2009

International WHO'S WHO Historical Society is one of the largest membership organizations worldwide.

I have been recently invited as a new member of International Who's Who Professional 2009 as follows:
http://www.internationalwhoswho.com/newMembers.aspx?showtable=true
http://www.internationalwhoswho.com/bio.aspx?id=5681070

The 1st International Workshop on RFID Security and Cryptography 2009 (RISC'09)

I am a Co-Progam Chair of RISC'09 and currently organising this workshop in conjectin with the 4th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secure Transactions (ICITST-2009), November 9-12, 2009, London UK.

This workshop brings together active research and development people working in the field of security and privacy to study specific issues and challenges of RFID systems. Therefore, the objective is to promote exchanges between different communities as regards security and privacy of the RFID systems. One of the aims is also to assess the expectations of security, privacy and applications related to the RFID discipline. This one day workshop will concentrate on the basic theory, technology, applications and practical experience in a variety of issues of confidentiality and security of RFID systems.

The RISC09 Programme is now available as follows:

http://www.ku.ac.ae/risc09/index.php?page=risc-2009-programme

National Security Submit Middle East 2009, Abu Dhabi, 21 June 2009

I organised the Workshop program for National Security Submit Middle East on the 21st of June 2009:

http://www.iqpc.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=174404&details=183340&langtype=1033#workshop_a

Venue: Hilton, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Workshop Chair: Dr. Chan Yeob Yeun (Khalifa University)

8:30 - 9:00: Registrations

9:00 - 9:45: Emerging Ubiquitous Cyber Security by Dr. Chan Yeob Yeun (Khalifa University)

9:45 - 10:15: Communications Security and Threats by Dr. Arafat Al-Dweik (Kahlifa University)10:15 - 10:45: Coffee and Tea

10:45 - 11:15: e-ID Verificaiton & Should you trust a digital signature? by Mr. Liaquat Khan (Ascertia)

11:15 - 12:00: Panel Discussions on Cyber Security and Countermeasures.

RAIS 2009, April 27, 2009 at University of Sharjah

I am recently invited by the RAIS 2009 (the 2nd Symposium on Recent Advances in Information Security) to give my talk entitled "Securing Ubiquitous Utopia Environment", which will be held at the University of Sharjah on the 27th of April 2009:
https://www.sharjah.ac.ae/English/Academics/Colleges/Engineering/Departments/Elecomeng/Research/ResearchGroups/ComputerInternetSecurity/Pages/Program.aspx

THE FIRST GCC ISG ALUMNI CONFERENCE, 24 March 2009

Khalifa University, Sharjah Campus hosted the First GCC Royal Holloway, Information Security Group Alumni Reunion Conference on the 24th of March 2009.

This event was sponsored by Khalifa University. A keynote address was presented by Prof. Fred Piper, Royal Holloway, University of London as a guest of honor.

The provisional Alumni conference program is as follows:
08:30-09:00: Free Registration
09:00-09:05: Prof. Fred Piper: Opening remarks
09:05-09:30: Dr. Ali Al-Qayedi, Manager, KUSTAR, Sharjah Campus: Welcome, KUSTAR InfoSec Overview
09:30-10:30: Keynote speaker: Prof. Fred Piper, RH, University of London: The Application of Cryptography
10:30-11:00: Tea / Coffee Break
11:00-11:30: Dr. Chan Yeob Yeun, KUSTAR, UAE: Ubiquitous Network Security
11:30-12:00: Mr. Liaquat Khan, Director of Ascertia, UAE: Advanced Digital Signatures for PDF Documents
12:00-12:30: Dr. Fauzan Mirza, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan: Digital Forensics
12:30-13:00: Mr. A. Rahiman, Manager of eDocuMan: Digital signatures for long-term preservating/archiving
13:00-13:05: Closing remarks
13:05-14:00: Networking Lunch

This was the first GCC Region ISG Alumni Conference for getting in touch with all Alumni members and Information Security Professionals in the GCC region.
Please contact Dr. Chan Yeob Yeun, conference organisor for any enquires regarding this event.

Cyber Defence Summit, 15-17 March 2009, Dubai, UAE

To present my talk at the Cyber Defence Summit that will be held in the Sheraton Creek Hotel in Dubai, UAE from the 15th to the 17th March 2009:
http://www.cyberdefenceme.com/

RFID Security 2009 Asia, January 9th, 2009, Taipei Taiwan

I gave an invited talk "Emerging Ubiquitous Network Security by using RFID Technology" at RFID Security 2009 Workshop on the 9th of January 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan:
http://rfidsec2009asia.servehttp.com/index.html
Venue: RFID Education and Research Center of National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Date: 9 January 2009

Middle East IT Security Conferece, 16-20 November 2008, Dubai, UAE

I was invited to speak on Ubiqutious Network Security at Middle East IT Security Conference 2008 (MEITSEC 08) on the 20th of November 2008 in Dubai, UAE:

http://www.meitsec.ae/meitsec-08/abstract.html#chan

http://www.meitsec.ae/meitsec-08/speakers.html

Please click below to download online program:

http://www.meitsec.ae/meitsec-08/pdf/meitsec-online-brochure.pdf

Lecturing Internet Security and Computer Network II at Khalifa University in September 2008

I just joined Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research in September 2008 as an Assistant Professor and currently enjoy lecturing two courses:
One is Internet Security and the other is Computer Network II.

Web: http://www.kustar.ac.ae/main/

The First Information Security Alumni Reunion Conference, 21-23 July 2008, University of London

I attended the first Information Security Alumni Reunion Conference on 21st-23nd July 2008 at Royal Holloway, University of London.

I gave a talk on Ubiquitous Network Security - Evolution, Opportunities, Security Challenges and Future Directions at the conference on the 22nd of July at 12:00-12:30:

http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/alumniconference

Please visit this web site for the lastest version of the programme at the conference:

http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/files/Programme_080529.pdf

Ubiquitous Network Security Course at NTUST for the Summer Term 2008

I was recently invited by the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) as a Visiting Professor for this summer term and lectured "Ubiquitous Network Security" at the Department of Information Management, NTUST in Taipei, Taiwan:
http://www.cs.ntust.edu.tw/global/

Venue: NTUST, Taiwan
Credit/Hours: 3/6
Lecturing Hour: Mon./Wed., 13:30-16:30, Summer Term, July-August 2008

ITU Telecom Africa 2008, Cairo, 12-15 May

Thursday 15 May - Africa in the Vanguard (PL4-1)

Title: Creating trusted environments
Panel discussion: New threats have emerged that impact user confidence in the use of ICTs. Developing countries, with limited human, institutional and financial resources, face particular challenges in elaborating and implementing national frameworks for cybersecurity.
Room: Chefren A&B
Time: 9:00-11:00

I paticipated in a pannel disscussion entitled "Creating trusted environments" as an invited panelist:
http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/TELECOM/scripts/forum/fp?event=aft2008&_sessionid=895&_languageid=1

I also presented my talk entitled "Emerging digital convergence with T-DMB services" in the sub-session at the Korean Pavilion:
http://www.itu.int/TELECOM/scripts/e-manual/images/00001815.pdf
Date and Time: 12-14 May, 14:00-14:20

Short Cyber Course to Sultan Qaboos University, April 28-29, 2008

Short Course Title: Ubiquitous Network Security
Speaker: Dr. Chan Yeob Yeun
Time and Date: 13:00-15:45, April 28-29, 2008
Method of Lecture: Cyber Lectures to postgraduate students and faculty staff at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman:
http://www.squ.edu.om/

Short Course Description:
This short course offers how to evaluate a variety of vulnerabilities over the existing network and how to construct security protocols and their applications by using crypto algorithms, digital signature and hash function to guarantee integrity of information and authentication of network entities including WLAN security, Mobile Security, WPAN Security and Ubiquitous Security. Moreover, every audience can get the knowledge how to build a typical network security protocols like Kerberos, SSL, TLS and IPSec and network security mechanism like Firewall and IDS:
http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/05/01/2008050100475.html
http://www.etnews.co.kr/news/detail.html?id=200804300190

http://www.dt.co.kr/contents.html?article_no=2008050102010957731002

Date & Time: 28 April 2008, 13:00-15:45 Class hour (Each 1.15 hour)
Lecture 1, 13:00-14:15: Introduction to Ubiquitous Network Security (Overview of this class, Definitions and Terminologies)
Lecture 2, 14:30-15:45: Modern Cryptography (History, Symmetric, Asymmetric Cryptography, Security Protocols)

Date & Time: 29 April 2008, 13:00-15:45
Lecture 3, 13:00-14:15: Applications of UNS (Mobile Security, WLAN Security, WPAN Security) Lecture 4, 14:30-15:45: Applications of UNS and Summary (RFID Security, M-Commerce Security, SSL/TLS, IPSec, Firewall, IDS)

Invited Tutorial and speech at ITI 2007 International Conference, 16-18 December, Cairo, Egypt

I recently gave an invited tutorial and invited conference speech on Mobile TV Technologies that includes DMB, DVB-H, MediaFLO, 3G, Biz Models and Future Directions at ITI 5th International Conference on Information & Communicaitons Technology, Cairo, Egypt, 16-18 December, 2007.

Tutorials and Agenda:
http://www.icict.gov.eg/ICICT2007/Tutorials.html

http://www.icict.gov.eg/ICICT2007/agenda2.html

Venue: Cairo Marriotte Hotel, Egypt
Date: 16-18 Decebmer, 2007

Keynote Speech at IWAP 2007 Conference, Perth, Australia

I was invited for a keynote speaker at the Sixth International Workshop for Applied PKC, Perth, Western Australia, 3-4 December, 2007.
http://conferences.scis.ecu.edu.au/IWAP2007/speakers.php

Date: 3-4 December, 2007
Venue: Perth, Australia, Mount Lawley Campus of Edith Cowan University
Keynote Speech: Mobile Security and Ubiquitous Network Security.

Lecturing Network Security (ICE0615) at ICU

1. Course Title: Network Security:

http://caislab.icu.ac.kr/Lecture/data/2007/fall/ice615/
2. Course Number: ICE615
3. Professor: Chan Yeob Yeun
4. *Lec:Exp:Cre: 3:0:3
5. Lecture Times: Mon/Wed (14:30 ~ 16:00)
6. Lecture Room: L403
7. Contact:
Tel: +82-42-866-6192
E-mail: cyeun @ i c u . a c . k r


This course offers how to evaluate a variety of vulnerabilities over the existing network and how to construct security protocols and their applications by using crypto algorithms, digital signature and hash function to guarantee integrity of information and authentication of network entities including WLAN security, Mobile Security, WPAN Security and Ubiquitous Security. Moreover, everystudent can get the knowledge how to bulida typical network security protocols like Kerberos, SSL, TLS and IPSEC and network security mechanism like Firewall and IDS.

Information Security Summer School, 6-16 August 2007

I gave one full day lectures for the 2007 Information Security Summer School at Taiwan Information Security Centre (TWISC) in conjunction with National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST).

Venue: TWISC, Taiwan

Dates: 6-16 August 2007
Topics: One full day Lectures on Ubiquitous Security and Mobile TV Security, 15 August 2007

TWISC Contact details: Gweneth Fu
E-mail：gwenethfu@twisc.org
Phone：+886-2-2730-1260
Fax：+886-2-2730-1264
Website：http://www.twisc.org/
http://www.twisc.ntust.edu.tw/

http://www-e.ntust.edu.tw/front/bin/home.phtml

Lectures to Korean Patent Officers on the 7th of May 2007

I gave several lectures regarding mobile ubiquiotus network security to Senior Patent Officers at Information Communication University on the 7th of May 2007:

Korean Intellectual Property Office (특허청 지정)
IT Technologies Educational Center (심사관 IT신기술 교육센터)
Computer/IT & Memory Parts 메모리 파트 (컴퓨터 심사팀)
Dates and Time: 7-11 May 2007 , 09:30-16:00
Venue: Inforamtion Communications University, Room T142

ICU Contact:
Prof. Kwangjo Kim (김광조 교수, 학장)
Dean of School of Engineering
Director of IRIS, http://www.iris.re.kr
ICU (Information and Communications Univ.)
R501, 103-6 Munji-dong, Yusong-ku, Taejon, 305-714 KOREA
Tel : +82-42-866-6118 , Fax : +82-42-866-6273
Mobile Phone : +82-11-9414-1386
Home page : http://vega.icu.ac.kr/~kkj/
E-mail : kkj@icu.ac.kr

Korean Patent Office Contact:
Mr. Joongik Lee (이종익 사무관)
Tel: +82 42 483 8373
Home page: http://www.kipo.go.kr/kpo2/ek/?catmenu=KIPOENG
Email: ijlee@kipo.go.kr