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tassos-dimitriou

Academic

Prof.

Tassos Dimitriou

Professor

Office Location:
S02D1151
tassos.dimitriou@ku.edu.kw

Education

Degree Discipline Institution Year
Ph.D Computer Science & Engineering University of California, San Diego, USA 1996
M.S. Computer Science & Engineering University of California, San Diego, USA 1993
B.S. Computer Science & Engineering Polytechnic School, University of Patras, Greece 1985 - 1990

 

Research Interests

I am interested in various aspects of Theoretical Computer Science like combinatorial optimization, design and analysis of heuristics/probabilistic algorithms, and computer and network security (especially why the latter is so difficult to achieve in real life) with emphasis on authentication and privacy issues for various types of networks (adhoc, sensor nets, RFID, smart grid, etc.).

Selected Publications

  • Tassos Dimitriou. The strange case of XOR-CNFs: Obfuscation and more. In the 21st International Conference on the Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research, Uppsala, Sweden, 28–31 May 2024 
  • Camille Foucault, Reyhaneh Rabbaninejad, Tassos Dimitriou and Antonis Michalas. FE[r]Chain: Enforcing Fairness in Blockchain Data Exchanges Through Verifiable Functional Encryption. In the ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT), San Antonio, TX, United States, May 15-17, 2024. 
  • Tassos Dimitriou, Khazam Alhamdan. CENSOR: Privacy-preserving Obfuscation for Outsourcing SAT formulas. In 22nd IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TRUSTCOM), 1-3 November 2023, Exeter, UK. 
  • Husain Sharaf, Imtiaz Ahmad, Tassos Dimitriou. Extended Berkeley Packet Filter: An Application Perspective. IEEE Access 10: 126370-126393 (2022)
  • Tassos Dimitriou, Antonis Michalas. Incentivizing Participation in Crowd-Sensing Applications Through Fair and Private Bitcoin Rewards. IEEE Access 10: 129004-129018 (2022)
  • Tassos Dimitriou: Efficient, Coercion-free and Universally Verifiable Blockchain-based Voting. Comput. Networks 174: 107234 (2021)
  • Karim Elmaghraby, Tassos Dimitriou: Blockchain-Based Fair and Secure Certified Electronic Mail Without a TTP.IEEE Access 9: 100708-100724 (2021)
  • Tassos Dimitriou, Ameer Mohammed: Fair and Privacy-Respecting Bitcoin Payments for Smart Grid Data. IEEE Internet Things J. 7(10): 10401-10417 (2020)

Work Experience

Academic Experience
Institution Designation Year/Period
Kuwait University Professor Present
Aalborg University, Denmark Adjunct Professor 2007 - Present
Carnegie Mellon University, USA Adjunct Professor 2007 - Present
Athens Information Technology, Greece Associate Professor, Head Algorithms & Security 2002 - 2012
University of Athens Visiting Professor 1999 - 2002

 

Industry Experience
Organization Designation Year/Period
Computer Technology Institute, Greece Researcher 1998 - 2001

 

Professional Organizations

Certifications / professional registrations

a.    ACM Distinguished lecturer (2018-2022).

Membership in Professional Organization

a.    ACM, IEEE, USA, Senior member, 2002 - Present.  
b.    IEEE Computer Society, USA, Member, 2002 - Present.  
c.    Technical Chamber of Greece, Greece, Member, 1986 - Present. 

 

Community Service

Local (Kuwait University)

Participation multiple times in Design Committee, Undergraduate Program Committee (UPC), Assessment Committee – Coordinator (2017-2022), Promotion committee.

International

Committee member and program chair of various international conferences and workshops. Work in this respect includes Issuance of Call of Papers, Assembly of Technical Program Committee with eminent academics and professionals, Contacting / Inviting keynote speakers, Identification of interested parties, Collection of papers and co-ordination of the review process, Chairing of sessions and panels, Handling paper reviews. Some recent conferences can be seen below.

Reviewer for technical journals

 

Other

Recent Professional Development Activities

a.    Have supervised two MSc theses

•    Karim AlMaghraby. “Blockchain-based Fair and Secure Certified email”, 2021.  
•    Khazam Alhamdan. “Outsourcing hard Satisfiability Formulas to the cloud”, 2022. 

b.    Have initiated the following funded research projects

•    Private and efficient Bitcoin rewards for Crowd-sensing data”, 2021.  
•    “Secure and verifiable blockchain-based voting”, 2020 
•    “Privacy-respecting rewarding mechanisms for the smart grid and urban sensing systems”, 2019.  

c.    Conference chairing, TPC membership, etc., 

•    The 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2024), July 30 – August 2, 2024 in Vienna, Austria. 
•    The 14th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY) June 19 – 21, 2024. Porto, Portugal.  
•    The 14th WISTP International Conference on Information Security Theory and Practice (WISTP 2024), Feb 29 & March 1st 2024, Paris, France 
•    The 27th Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems (NordSec 2022), 30 November 2022 - 02 December 2022 | Reykjavik University, Iceland 
•    The 27th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) 2022. Copenhagen, Denmark on 26-30 September 2022 
•    The 3rd Workshop on Cyber-Security Arms Race (CYSARM), 19 November, 2021, South Korea 
•    The 26th Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems. 29-30 November 2021, Tampere University (Virtual Event), Finland. 
•    The 26th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) 2021. The symposium was held virtually from October 4 - 8, 2021 
 

Full CV