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 (at) ece.iit.edu
3301 Dearborn St, Siegel Hall 319
Chicago, Illinois 60616

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 network security and privacy, wireless networking, ubiquitous computing, applied cryptography, and system security in general. For more details, please visit UbiSeC lab.

Research Project:

  • 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, Spring 2008 (Syllabus)
  • ECE 546 Wireless Network Security, Fall 2008 (Syllabus)
  • ECE 597 Special Problems, Spring 2008, Summer 2008

 

Students

  • PhD Students: Cong Wang, Qian Wang
  • Master Students: Simone Astuni, Eugenio Jesus Bayo Garcia, Silvia Gonzalez Yago, Marta Alvargonzalez Diaz-Caneja, Agustin Alarcon Ortiz

    New! Two openings for highly qualified PhD students starting Spring'09. An earned Master degree before enrollment is a must. Please send me your CV in case of interest. 

Professional Activities

  • NSF Panelist, 2008
  • Session Organizer/Chair, MILCOM 2008; Exhibits and Sponsorship Chair, Qshine 2008; Track co-Chair, WTS 2008, Wireless Security Track
  • TPC member for WiSec 2009, INFOCOM 2009, AsiaCCS 2009, Globecom 2009, ICC 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
  • Member of IEEE, ACM, Sigma Xi

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