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DUYGU KARAOĞLAN ALTOP,  Ph.D.

Sabancı University, Foundations Development Directorate
Orta Mah. Üniversite Cad. No:27 Tuzla, 34956 Istanbul

EDUCATION

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Pervasive Healthcare
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Cryptography and Data Security
  • Privacy and Security in Wireless Networks

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Instructor
    • Computational Approaches to Problem Solving (IF100)
    • Introduction to Computing (CS201)
    • Advanced Programming (CS204)
    • Network and Web Security (SEC502)
  • Teaching Assistant
    • Introduction to Computing (CS201)
    • Data Structures (CS300)
    • Logic and Digital System Design (CS303)
    • Database Systems (CS306)

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-revıewed journal artıcles

  • Dilara Akdoğan, Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, and Albert Levi. Secure key agreement based on ordered biometric features. Computer Networks, 163, November 2019
  • Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, and Albert Levi. SKA-PS: Secure key agreement protocol using physiological signals. Ad-hoc Networks, February 2019
  • Dilara Akdoğan, Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, Laleh Eskandarian, and Albert Levi. Secure key agreement protocols: Pure biometrics and cancelable biometrics. Computer Networks, September 2018
  • Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, Muhammed Ali Bingöl, Albert Levi, and Erkay Savaş. DKEM: Secure and efficient distributed key establishment protocol for wireless mesh networks. Ad Hoc Networks, 54(2017):53-68, January 2017
  • Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, Albert Levi, and Volkan Tuzcu. Deriving cryptographic keys from physiological signals. Pervasive and Mobile Computing, accepted for publication, doi: 10.1016/j.pmcj.2016.08.004, August 2016
  • Duygu Karaoğlan and Albert Levi. A survey on the development of security mechanisms for body area networks. The Computer Journal, 57(1):1484-1512, October 2014

conference proceedıngs

  • Beste Seymen, Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, and Albert Levi. Augmented randomness for secure key agreement using physiological signals. In IEEE Confeence on Communications and Network Security (IEEE CNS), June 2020
  • Laleh Eskandarian, Dilara Akdoğan, Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, and Albert Levi. SKA-CaNPT: secure key agreement using cancelable and noninvertible biometrics based on periodic transformation. In Proceedings of the 9th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY), March 2019
  • Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, Albert Levi, and Volkan Tuzcu. SU-PhysioDB: A Physiological Signals Database for Body Area Network Security. In IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking (IEEE BlackSeaCom), January 2018
  • Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, Albert Levi, and Volkan Tuzcu. Feature-level fusion of physiological parameters to be used as cryptographic keys. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC), October 2017
  • Dilara Akdoğan, Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, and Albert Levi. Secure key agreement using pure biometrics. In IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (IEEE CNS 2015), pages 191-199, September 2015
  • Naim Alperen Pulur, Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, and Albert Levi. A role and activity based access control for secure healthcare systems. In 30th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS 2015), Volume 363 of the series Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, pages 93-103, September 2015
  • Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, Albert Levi, and Volkan Tuzcu. Towards using physiological signals as cryptographic keys in body area networks. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth 2015), pages 92-99, August 2015
  • Duygu Karaoğan, Albert Levi, and Erkay Savaş. A distributed key establishment scheme for wireless mesh networks using identity-based cryptography. In 6th International Symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (Q2SWinet 2010), pages 1118, October 2010

AWARDS, GRANTS & HONORS

  • Best Thesis in Cyber Security Award by Cyber Security Association, 2017
  • TÜBİTAK BİDEB 2211-C National Ph.D. Scholarship, 2013-2016
  • Turkcell Academy Technology Leaders Graduate Scholarship, 2013-2014
  • Sabancı University Postgraduate (Ph.D.) Scholarship, 2009-2014
  • Sabancı University Graduate (M.Sc.) Scholarship, 2007-2009
  • Sabancı University Extra-Curricular Student Awards – Theater Stage Manager, 2007

ORGANIZATIONAL & ADMINISTRATIVE

  • Logistics Chair, CSW, 2013 (4th Computer Science Student Workshop)
  • Organization Committee Member, NTMS, 2012 (5th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security)
  • Organization Committee Member, MODAP, 2012 (1st International Association of Privacy Professionals KnoewledgeNet on Mobility, Data Mining and Privacy)
  • Publications Chair, CSW, 2012 (3rd Computer Science Student Workshop)
  • Logistics Chair, CSW, 2011 (2nd Computer Science Student Workshop)
  • Logistics Chair, CSW, 2010 (1st Computer Science Student Workshop)
  • Organization Committee Member, SecureComm, 2008 (4th International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks)
  • Organization Committee Member, EuroCrypt, 2008 (27th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques)
  • Organization Committee Member, SIU, 2006 (14th IEEE Signal Processing, Communications and Applications Conference)