Dr Georgios (George) Theodorakopoulos
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Job title: Lecturer in Computing and Mathematics
Email: g.theodorakopoulos@derby.ac.uk
Personal website: www.derby.ac.uk/computing/research/dr-theodorakopoulos
Phone No: +44 (0)1332 591420
Room: Kedleston Road, E514
Recent publications
For a complete list, please see my research website - http://www.derby.ac.uk/computing/research/dr-theodorakopoulos
"Quantifying Location Privacy" with Reza Shokri, Jean-Yves Le Boudec, and Jean-Pierre Hubaux
In IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), Oakland, CA, USA, May 2011.
"Path Problems in Networks" with John S. Baras
Synthesis Lectures on Communication Networks, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2010.
"On Trust Models and Trust Evaluation Metrics for Ad-Hoc Networks" with John S. Baras
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 24, num. 2, p. 318-328, 2006. [IEEE Leonard Abraham Prize]
"Trust Evaluation in Ad-Hoc Networks" with John S. Baras
ACM workshop on Wireless Security, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 2004. [BEST PAPER AWARD]
Faculty: Business, Computing and Law
School: School of Computing and Mathematics
Subject Area: Computer Science
NEW: I am a TPC member of MPM 2012: Workshop on Measurement, Privacy, and Mobility ( http://www.cambridgeplus.net/MPM12/ )
I do research, teach and supervise students in the areas of (Mobile) Network Privacy, Security, and Trust.
My ongoing work (with EPFL, Switzerland) is on Quantifying Location Privacy (see the homonymous paper at S&P 2011). I propose a probability-based metric for the location privacy of mobile users; contrary to most research, our metric takes explicitly into account a number of inference attacks against privacy. For more information, see Location Privacy Meter: A Tool to Quantify Location Privacy (http://lca.epfl.ch/projects/quantifyingprivacy).
My book "Path Problems in Networks" (with John S. Baras, University of Maryland, USA, (www.morganclaypool.com/doi/abs/10.2200/S00245ED1V01Y201001CNT003) explains the basic mathematics and numerous applications of semirings: network routing (BGP stability, QoS routing), social networks, opportunistic networks, etc.
I used semirings in my PhD research on Trust Establishment, for which I received the Best Paper award at the ACM Workshop on Wireless Security, October 2004, and the 2007 IEEE ComSoc Leonard Abraham prize.
Teaching responsibilities
I am involved in Advanced Security Protocols (7CS081), Mathematical Programming Techniques (6MA008) and Statistical Techniques (5ST007).
Research interests
(Mobile) Network Privacy and Security, in particular formalising and quantifying Location PrivacyComputational TrustSemirings and the Algebraic Path Problem.
Additional Interests and Activities
Program Committee Member for SESOC 2012, GameSec 2011
Undergraduate qualifications
- BSc Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece
Postgraduate qualifications
- MSc Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Research qualifications
- PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Research posts
| Institution | Project | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Lausanne, Switzerland | Haggle - opportunistic networks | 08/2007 - 07/2011 |
