Kui (Quinn) Ren Assistant Professor Ubiquitous Security & PrivaCy Research Laboratory (UbiSeC Lab)          Phone: (312) 567-3481 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering                                   Fax: (312) 567-8976 Illinois Institute of Technology                                                                      Email: kren (-^-) ece-*-iit-*-edu 3301 Dearborn St, Siegel Hall 319 Chicago, Illinois 60616

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Bio Sketch

I am an assistant professor at the ECE department of Illinois Institute of Technology, where I lead Ubiquitous Security & Privacy Research Laboratory (UbiSeC Lab). Prior to this, I have been with Information and Communications University, South Korea, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore, and Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. I obtained both my Bachelor and Master degrees from Zhejiang University, China, and my Ph. D. degree from the Department of ECE, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, with Dr. Wenjing Lou.

Research (Publications)

My research interests include Security, Privacy, and Applied Cryptography with current focus on Security & Privacy in Cloud Computing, Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, & Sensor Network Security, Lower-layer Attack & Defense Mechanisms for Wireless Networks, Access Control with Attribute-based Cryptographic Techniques, and Smart Grid Security. For more details, please visit UbiSeC lab.

Funded Research Projects:

• New Approaches for Secure and Dependable Data Storage and Access Control in Mission-critical Wireless Sensor Networks, PI, National Science Foundation, Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2011. In collaboration with Dr. Wenjing Lou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.  
• Privacy-aware Secure User Communication for Metropolitan Wireless Mesh Networks, PI, Educational and Research Initiative Fund (ERIF), Illinois Institute of Technology, Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2008

Teaching

• ECE 543 Computer Network Security, Fall 2007 (enrollment: 93), Spring 2008 (enrollment: 67)
• ECE 546 Wireless Network Security, Fall 2008, Syllabus (enrollment: 102), Fall 2009
• ECE 597 Special Problems, Spring 2008, Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Summer 2009

Current Students and Research Staff

• Dr. Jin Li, Senior Research Associate
• Qian Wang, PhD Student  
• Cong Wang, PhD Student
• Ning Cao, PhD Student (@WPI, co-advised with Prof. Wenjing Lou)

Professional Activities

• TPC member for INFOCOM 2010, WISEC 2010, ESORICS 2009, ICDCS 2009, INFOCOM 2009, WiSec 2009, AsiaCCS 2009, Securecomm 2009, IWQoS 2009, MASS 2009, ISC 2009, NTMS 2009, MSN 2009, Chinacom 2009, Inscrypt 2009, Globecom 2009, ICC 2009, ICCCN 2009, NAS 2009, ISA 2009, ICICS 2008, ProvSec 2008, MSN 2008, IWCMC 2008, PIMRC 2008, SPAWN 2008, ICCCN 2008, WCNC 2008, VTC 2008-Spring, ARES 2008, Globecom 2007
• Session Organizer/Chair, MILCOM 2008; Exhibits and Sponsorship Chair, Qshine 2008; Track co-Chair, WTS 2008, Wireless Security Track
• NSF Panelist, 2008
• Member of IEEE, ACM, Sigma Xi

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