Dr N Zhang
Applications accepted all year round
Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) refers to a collection of low-power wireless devices connected through radio communication facilities. These devices have limited processing speed, storage capacity, and communication bandwidth. They can be deployed in a distributed environment sensing, monitoring or collecting data, processing and communicating the data and coordinating actions with other peers or nodes at a higher hierarchy in a infrastructural setting. Such WSNs have a wide range of potential applications including utilities, transportation system automation, and patients medical condition monitoring, etc. Some of these application areas impose stringent privacy and security requirements on data transmissions, processing and management.
Assuming reliable cryptographic techniques can be used to provide communication security, it is not clear how data privacy could be preserved in such a context. In addition, cryptographic techniques are computationally expensive, and inappropriate use of these techniques could lead to excessive computing power and energy consumption. The aim of this PhD project is to investigate and research efficient and cost-effective measures to achieve security and preserve privacy in a WSN environment.
Funding Notes
Candidates who have been offered a place for PhD study in the School of Computer Science may be considered for funding by the School: http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/programmes/phd/funding/school-studentships/.
In addition, exceptional students may be considered for the President's Doctoral Scholar Award and the Dean's Award. Further details on these opportunities can be found at: http://www.eps.manchester.ac.uk/our-research/funding/.
References
Supervisor's Webpage: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~nzhang/.