Speaker:        Professor Valtteri Niemi
                University of Helsinki

Tittle:         "5G Security and Privacy"

Date:           Friday, 21 December 2018

Time:           2:00pm - 3:00pm
Venue:          Room 2304 (via lift 17/18), HKUST


Abstract:

The first release of 5G mobile technology standards is now in the
finalization phase. The talk takes a look at contents of the first
release. Then such security and privacy features are introduced that are
new in 5G compared to earlier generations. These include, e.g., identity
privacy against active attacks and enhanced home network control on user
authentication. The next release of 5G standards is going to be finalized
in early 2020. Main features of that release include full support for
massive IoT and critical communications, as well as for other services
that require ultra-reliable and low-latency communications. Security and
privacy challenges related to these features are discussed, together with
initial thoughts about solutions.


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Biography:

Professor Valtteri Niemi is a Professor of Computer Science at University
of Helsinki. He received a PhD degree from the University of Turku,
Finland, Mathematics Department, in 1989. After serving in various
positions in University of Turku, he became an Associate Professor in the
Mathematics and Statistics Department of the University of Vaasa, Finland,
between 1993 and 97. He joined Nokia Research Center (NRC), Helsinki in
1997 and in 1999 he was nominated as a Research Fellow. During 2004-2006,
he was responsible for Nokia research in wireless security area as a
Senior Research Manager. During 2007-2008, Dr. Niemi lead the Trustworthy
Communications and Identities team in the Internet laboratory of NRC,
Helsinki. He then led the NRC laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland, where
his main focus is on privacy-enhancing technologies. He was also nominated
as a Nokia Fellow in 2009. His main research areas are wireless security,
applied cryptography and privacy. Professor Niemi was the chairman of 3GPP
security group during 2003-2009. He has co-authored 34 patent families
including many essential patents for cellular standards and some used in
litigation e.g. two patents in Nokia vs Qualcomm and as a result Qualcomm
acquired one of the patents, also two other patents in Nokia vs. Apple and
as a result Apple agreed to pay lump sum and royalties. In additional he
also co-authored another 21 patent applications.