Current Research Associates
- Sebati Ghosh
- Working on PRIME and CHEDDAR
- Marios Aristodemou
- Working on PHAWM
- Charles Dodd
- Supported by EPSRC
Former Research Associates
- Paulina Lewińska
- Working on PRIME
- Favour Jacob
- Working on PRIME
Current Research Students
- Charles Dodd, PhD Candidate
- Co-supervising with Pooya Farshim at York
- Najla Aldaraani, PhD Candidate
- Co-supervising with Helen Petrie at York
- Ibtihal Alotaibi, PhD Candidate
- Co-supervising with Helen Petrie at York
- Henry Gray, PhD Candidate
- Co-supervising with Roberto Metere at York
Graduated Research Students
- Basmah Almekhled, PhD 2025
- Co-supervised with Helen Petrie at York
See Basmah's thesis - Ali Cherry, MScR 2024
- Co-supervised with Kostas Barmpis at York
See Ali's thesis - Lee Livsey, PhD 2023
- Co-supervised with Helen Petrie at York
See Lee's thesis - Christopher Battarbee, PhD 2023
- Co-supervised with Delaram Kahrobaei at York
See Kit's thesis - Philokypros Ioulianou, PhD 2021
- Co-supervised with Vassilios G. Vassilakis at York
See Phil's thesis - Ehsan Toreini, PhD 2018
- Co-supervised with Feng Hao at Newcastle University, UK
See Ehsan's thesis - Patrick McCorry, PhD 2018
- Co-supervised with Feng Hao at Newcastle University, UK
See Paddy's thesis - Maryam Mehrnezhad, PhD 2017
- Co-supervised with Feng Hao at Newcastle University, UK
See Maryam's thesis
Selected Project Students
- Henry Gray, BEng 2021
- See Henry's paper: DoI (Open Access)
- Georgios Kampanos, MSc 2020
- See George's paper: ePrint | DoI | Code
- Aidan Fray, MSc 2019
- See Aidan's dissertation: Repo
- Daniel Turner, MSc 2019
- See Dan's paper: ePrint | DoI
- Michael Carr, MSc 2017
- See Mikey's paper: ePrint | DoI
Information for Prospective Students
My (Main) Research Interests
- Design of Privacy-Preserving Cryptographic Schemes and Protocols
- Measurement, Analysis, and Combating the Prevalence of Web Tracking
- Usable Security and Privacy / Human Factors in Security and Privacy
For my previous research track record see: My Publications.
Expressing Interest to Work with Me
If you are interested in doing a research degree (a PhD or a Master's by Research) with me, please send me the following by email:
- the area you want to work on (see my research interests above),
- whether you'd need a scholarship or not,
- a short CV (~2 pages, including GPAs),
- your transcripts, and
- your best piece of work involving research, e.g. a research paper, a project report, or a bachelor's or master's dissertation.
Available Scholarships
- University Scholarships and other sources
- SAINTS CDT Scholarships
- Topic: Security and Safety of AI-enabled Autonomous Systems