Design of Secure Electronic Voting Systems. It is inevitable that electronic voting will eventually replace current paper based voting schemes. The main outcome of the research will be the fundamental knowledge required to develop secure electronic voting schemes. The security aspects of the design will be thoroughly analysed to ensure that the integrity of the ballot is maintained without compromising user privacy. The practical aspects of implementing such a system will also be investigated ....Design of Secure Electronic Voting Systems. It is inevitable that electronic voting will eventually replace current paper based voting schemes. The main outcome of the research will be the fundamental knowledge required to develop secure electronic voting schemes. The security aspects of the design will be thoroughly analysed to ensure that the integrity of the ballot is maintained without compromising user privacy. The practical aspects of implementing such a system will also be investigated and a prototype implementation provided. The project will combine the expertise in electronic voting schemes at QUT with that of Dr Lee.Read moreRead less
Secure Electronic Voting with Flexible Ballot Structure. It is inevitable that electronic voting will eventually replace current paper based voting schemes. Despite considerable research no secure solution is available for an electronic voting scheme allowing complex election rules, such as preferential voting used in Australia. The main outcome of the research will be the fundamental knowledge required to develop general secure and flexible electronic voting schemes. The security aspects of the ....Secure Electronic Voting with Flexible Ballot Structure. It is inevitable that electronic voting will eventually replace current paper based voting schemes. Despite considerable research no secure solution is available for an electronic voting scheme allowing complex election rules, such as preferential voting used in Australia. The main outcome of the research will be the fundamental knowledge required to develop general secure and flexible electronic voting schemes. The security aspects of the design will be thoroughly analysed to ensure that the integrity of the ballot is maintained without compromising user privacy. The practical aspects of implementing such a system will also be investigated and a prototype implementaion provided.Read moreRead less
Innovative Decoding Methods for Increased Error Correction of Reed-Solomon Codes and Related Ring Codes. The project addresses the holy grail in the area of Reed-Solomon/BCH decoding, namely the derivation of algebraic soft-decision decoding algorithms. These codes are the most frequently used error-correcting block codes and their performance does not fulfill its full potential due to the lack of algebraic soft-decision decoding methods. In the project the system-theoretic behavioural view is e ....Innovative Decoding Methods for Increased Error Correction of Reed-Solomon Codes and Related Ring Codes. The project addresses the holy grail in the area of Reed-Solomon/BCH decoding, namely the derivation of algebraic soft-decision decoding algorithms. These codes are the most frequently used error-correcting block codes and their performance does not fulfill its full potential due to the lack of algebraic soft-decision decoding methods. In the project the system-theoretic behavioural view is employed, which has proved itself successful in this area in recent years. The project aims to connect soft-decision decoding methods with the decoding of ring codes. Outcomes are decoding methods and algorithms for the australian telecommunications industry that enable increased error correction for Reed-Solomon/BCH codes and related ring codes.Read moreRead less
Secure and Efficient Electronic Auctions. For the first time in history electronic commerce promises the possibility of auctions to decide the correct market price for a widespread variety of everyday goods and services. Security and efficiency are critical factors in making this a reality, but almost all the many protocols for secure auctions proposed to date suffer from extreme computational requirements. This project will develop efficient and secure auction protocols using innovative approac ....Secure and Efficient Electronic Auctions. For the first time in history electronic commerce promises the possibility of auctions to decide the correct market price for a widespread variety of everyday goods and services. Security and efficiency are critical factors in making this a reality, but almost all the many protocols for secure auctions proposed to date suffer from extreme computational requirements. This project will develop efficient and secure auction protocols using innovative approaches based on advanced cryptographic techniques. In particular we will pioneer the exploration of secure microauctions suitable for negotiating the price of small value goods and utilities in almost real time.Read moreRead less
Practical unified framework for secure e-consent mechanism for health records. This project is driven by modern applications of cryptography and network security and their applications in securing e-health by enabling secure Personal Health Records (PHRs), which will play an important role in the future healthcare industry.
Security for Wireless Mobile Ad hoc Networks. Mobile ad hoc networks, a new emerging wireless networking paradigm, poses challenging problems in security, due to its dynamic nature and lack of centralised infrastructure, for which no adequate solutions exist today. This research addresses theory and design of secure mobile ad hoc networks. It achieves conceptual advances in terms of new security models for distributed location management, mobile authentication and multicasting; it proposes nove ....Security for Wireless Mobile Ad hoc Networks. Mobile ad hoc networks, a new emerging wireless networking paradigm, poses challenging problems in security, due to its dynamic nature and lack of centralised infrastructure, for which no adequate solutions exist today. This research addresses theory and design of secure mobile ad hoc networks. It achieves conceptual advances in terms of new security models for distributed location management, mobile authentication and multicasting; it proposes novel dynamic group key management and denial of service protection schemes, develops new security mechanisms for ad hoc routing, provides new insights into formal reasoning of security and demonstrates and evaluates practical secure wireless mobile applications.Read moreRead less
Achieving security and privacy in radio frequency identification (RFID) with lightweight security technologies. Secure RFID technology to achieve reliable identification is essential for protecting critical information infrastructures. However, they are prone to security attacks due to difficulties in protecting RFID systems. This project will develop new lightweight security techniques to achieve practical security solutions for RFID.
Internet authentication protocols: theory and practice. Authentication is the foundation for secure electronic communication. It is the first step for many everyday online processes such as remote login or electronic banking. This project aims to make analysis of such protocols more realistic and more complete, allowing online communication to become more secure for both corporate users and individuals.
Technical and Legal Models for Virtual Info-Sharing Networks (VISN) for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP). This project has substantial national benefit because it will result in the design of a virtual information sharing network (VISN) that will better protect Australia's critical infrastructure. It will provide a comprehensive legal/technical analysis of the requirements/characteristics necessary for the development of a VISN. The development of a secure environment for a VISN will i ....Technical and Legal Models for Virtual Info-Sharing Networks (VISN) for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP). This project has substantial national benefit because it will result in the design of a virtual information sharing network (VISN) that will better protect Australia's critical infrastructure. It will provide a comprehensive legal/technical analysis of the requirements/characteristics necessary for the development of a VISN. The development of a secure environment for a VISN will improve industry trust and confidence in participating in the sharing of sensitive information; especially the disclosure of potential vulnerabilities or ascertained potential threats. The project will improve information dissemination speeds and assist post information disclosure controls. Read moreRead less
Specifications, Proofs and Animations for Cryptographic Protocols. Cryptographic protocols are fundamental security tools for electronic communications. Despite years of intensive research it remains difficult to obtain high confidence in the security of almost any new protocol. Research in the computer security community has emphasised formal specifications and state based searching, while the cryptographic community has concentrated instead on complexity theoretic proofs. This project will un ....Specifications, Proofs and Animations for Cryptographic Protocols. Cryptographic protocols are fundamental security tools for electronic communications. Despite years of intensive research it remains difficult to obtain high confidence in the security of almost any new protocol. Research in the computer security community has emphasised formal specifications and state based searching, while the cryptographic community has concentrated instead on complexity theoretic proofs. This project will unify these two approaches for the first time by formally specifying and animating the very models used in cryptographic proofs. The result will be proofs that are uniquely accessible to practioners combined with increased confidence that the proofs are both correct and relevant.Read moreRead less