Security and Privacy in the Internet of Things

Syed Rameem Zahra is currently pursuing her Doctor ofPhilosophy (Ph.D.) from National Institute of Technology Srinagar.She has earned the Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) degree incomputer science and engineering (CSE) from the University ofKashmir, Srinagar, India, and the M.Tech. degree in computerscience and engineering from SMVDU, Katra, India. She is a goldmedalist at both graduate and post graduate levels. She has publishedmore than ten research articles in reputed journals (indexedby Scopus and SCI) and conferences (indexed by Scopus). She hasbeen facilitated with a Certificate of Appreciation by Ministry ofHuman Resource Development (Department of Higher Education),Government of India for her academic excellence. Her research areas include the Databasesystems, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANET), andInternet of Things (IoT) Security.Dr. Mohammad Ahsan Chishti has earned his Doctor ofPhilosophy (Ph.D.) from National Institute of Technology Srinagar.He has earned Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) and M.S. in computerand information engineering (MSCIE) from InternationalIslamic University Malaysia. Presently he is Dean, School ofEngineering & Technology, and Associate Professor in theDepartment of Information Technology, Central University ofKashmir. He has more than 70 research publications to his creditand 13 patents with two granted International Patents. He has successfullycompleted Department of Science & Technology sponsored research project. Hehas been awarded IEI Young Engineers Award 2015-2016 in the field of ComputerEngineering for the year 2015-16 by the Institution of Engineers (India) and Young ScientistAward 2009-2010 from Department of Science & Technology, Government of Jammu andKashmir for the year 2009-2010. He has been Executive Member, Institute of EngineersIndia (IEI) of J&K Chapter. He has been guiding Phd, Master of Technology (M.Tech) andBachelor of Technology (B. Tech) research projects and his research area includes IoT,Computer Networks, Next Generation Networks, MPLS and Technology Roadmapping.He is Senior Member-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Memberof several other societies like IEI, CSI, IETE apart from being member of other technicalsocieties.