Institut für Verteilte Systeme

Ala'a Al-Momani

Ala'a holds a M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering focusing on wireless communication and security. Generally, Ala'a enjoys working on, and conducting research in, topics related to cybersecurity, privacy, and machine learning while addressing potential intersections among them. Previously, he worked on physical layer security, several VANET-related aspects, misbehaviour detection, machine learning, and wireless communication. Recently, his research has been focusing on privacy engineering and privacy enhancing technologies, security enclaves, and privacy-preserving machine learning.

Research

Main Interests:

  • Security & privacy in ICT systems
  • Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs)
  • Vehicular networks
  • Machine learning/Artificial intelligence
  • Physical layer-based security models

Side Interests:

  • IoT applications
  • Crypto primitives
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Cellular technologies, e.g. 5G

Teaching

Lab Courses:

  • Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) [WiSe'15, WiSe'16, WiSe'17, WiSe'18]
  • Security and Privacy in Mobile Systems [SoSe'16, SoSe'18, SoSe'19]

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Contact

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Theses & Projects: 

gladly, I am willing to supervise theses and projects related to my research interests. So, do not hesitate to send me an email querying available topics :)

 

Publication List

  • Ala'a Al-Momani, Kim Wuyts, Laurens Sion, Frank Kargl, Wouter Joosen, Benjamin Erb, and Christoph Bösch. "Land of the Lost: Privacy Patterns’ Forgotten Properties." Accepted at ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing — SAC 2021, PDP - Privacy by Design in Practice, March 22-26, 2021. (pdf)
     
  • Ala’a Al-Momani, Frank Kargl, and Christoph Bösch. "A Comparison of Data Protection Regulations for Automotive Systems." Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference — CPDP 2020, Brussels, Belgium, January 22-24, 2020. (YouTube)
     
  • Ala'a Al-Momani, Frank Kargl, and Christoph Bösch. "Ride and Hide: A Study on the Privacy of Ride Hailing Services." IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference — VNC 2019, Los Angeles, California, December 4-6, 2019.
  • Ala’a Al-Momani, Frank Kargl, Robert Schmidt, Antonio Kung, and Christoph Bösch. "Poster: Towards a Reliable Privacy-Enhanced Model for Software Development." IEEE Security and Privacy — S&P 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 23, 2019.
  • Ala’a Al-Momani, Frank Kargl, Robert Schmidt, Antonio Kung, and Christoph Bösch. "A Privacy-Aware V-Model for Software Development." IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops, International Workshop on Privacy Engineering — IWPE 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 23, 2019.
     
  • Ala'a Al-Momani, Frank Kargl, Robert Schmidt, and Christoph Bösch. "iRide: A Privacy-Preserving Architecture for Self-Driving Cab Service." IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference — VNC 2018, Taipei, Taiwan, December 5-7, 2018.