Octobre 2024

C’est avec un immense plaisir que nous vous annonçons le succès retentissant de notre colloque sur la cybersécurité, qui s’est tenu le 16 septembre 2024 à l’Université Laval. La 1ère section de cette infolettre est consacrée à un bref retour accompagné d’une sélection de photos mettant en lumière les moments marquants.
Nous revenons sur les derniers mois pour vous présenter un aperçu des actualités de quelques membres chercheur.e.s. (Christian Landry, Jonathan Gaudreault, Audrey Durand, Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal, Christian Gagné et Arnaud Droit). Les actualités de quelques membres étudiant.e.s (Dominik Chevalier, Akshaya Athwale, Frédéric Beaupré et Justine Giroux) sont également au rendez-vous.
Nous vous proposons un aperçu du parcours de Venkata Manem (professeur adjoint sous octroi au Département de biologie moléculaire, biochimie médicale et pathologie), une sélection de publications conjointes ainsi que bien d’autres sections.

Jacques Simard lauréat du prix O. Harold Warwick de la société canadienne du cancer

Le Centre de recherche en données massives (CRDM) de l’Université Laval tiens à féliciter chaleureusement son membre chercheur Jacques Simard, d’avoir remporté le prix O.-Harold-Warwick de la société canadienne du cancer (SCC)!
Cette distinction fait partie des prix d’excellence attribués chaque année par la SCC à des acteurs qui ont joué un rôle clé dans la progression de la recherche sur le cancer.
Professeur titulaire au Département de médecine moléculaire à la Faculté de médecine de l’Université Laval, Jacques Simard s’est employé durant toute sa carrière à mieux comprendre pourquoi la génétique prédispose certains individus aux cancers du sein, de l’ovaire et de la prostate.

A propos de Jaques Simard
Jacques Simard est membre du corps professoral de la Faculté de médecine depuis 1990. Il est professeur titulaire au Département de médecine moléculaire et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en oncogénétique depuis 2001. Il a été directeur adjoint à la recherche fondamentale du Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec — Université Laval pendant six ans après avoir dirigé l’axe endocrinologie et génomique de 2008 à 2012.
Il est l’auteur de plus de 430 publications, incluant 52 chapitres de livres. Sa carrière se déploie sur le fil conducteur de la caractérisation des mécanismes génétiques et hormonaux du cancer du sein, afin d’en améliorer la détection précoce et le traitement. Il a joué un rôle de premier plan dans la caractérisation de la structure du gène de susceptibilité au cancer du sein, de l’ovaire et de la prostate BRCA2, ainsi que de l’impact des mutations dans les gènes BRCA1 et BRCA2. Il dirige depuis 2001, l’une des plus importantes équipes interdisciplinaires et internationales sur la susceptibilité génétique au cancer du sein. Cette équipe regroupe plus de 25 chercheurs et chercheuses provenant d’Amérique du Nord et de l’Europe, reconnus pour leur expertise dans différentes disciplines des sciences de la santé et des sciences sociales. Dans ce contexte, il a obtenu à titre de chercheur principal près de 50 millions $ en subvention (2001-2022) afin d’accélérer l’intégration et l’implantation des découvertes de son équipe dans le système de santé. Son leadership a permis l’arrimage de ses études à celles de plusieurs consortiums, regroupant des centaines d’équipes internationales.

Jacques Simard a joué un rôle significatif dans l’organisation stratégique de la recherche en santé, à titre de membre de plusieurs organismes, dont le Conseil de recherches médicales du Canada pendant 3 ans, le Conseil consultatif des sciences (CCS) de l’Agence de la santé publique du Canada (ASPC) et de Santé Canada de 2005-2011, le Conseil d’administration de Génome Canada de 2005-2010 et a assuré la présidence du Comité consultatif science et industrie de Génome Canada de 2010-2016. Il participe à titre d’expert au Comité d’investissements secteur nouvelle économie du Fonds de solidarité FTQ depuis 1999, ainsi qu’au comité de gestion de l’Oncopole du Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé (FRQS), un pôle de recherche provincial de développement et d’investissement mis en place en collaboration avec Merck Canada pour accélérer la lutte contre le cancer.

Monsieur Simard a reçu de nombreuses distinctions à l’échelle nationale et internationale au cours de sa carrière dont le prix de l’Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) Léo-Pariseau 2017, soulignant l’excellence et le rayonnement de ses travaux et de ses actions dans le domaine des sciences biologiques et des sciences de la santé. Il est aussi le Grand Lauréat 2017 Le Soleil et Radio Canada. Il est également membre de l’Académie canadienne des sciences de la santé depuis 2008.

Depuis le 1er juillet 2018, Jacques Simard occupe le poste de vice-doyen à la recherche et aux études supérieures et depuis 2022 celui de vice-doyen à la recherche et à l’innovation. Il a joué un rôle de premier plan dans l’élaboration et la mise en œuvre de la planification stratégique 2020-2025 de la Faculté de médecine ce qui a conduit à la création du Vice-décanat à la recherche et à l’innovation dans le cadre de la transformation facultaire.

Survol des parcours des panélistes et conférencier.e.s du colloque du CRDM sur la cybersécurité

Explorez les parcours remarquables des treize conférencier.e.s et panélistes qui animeront notre colloque sur la cybersécurité qui se tiendra le 16 septembre 2024 à l’Université Laval (lien d’inscription):

1ère session de conférences : Cybersecurity and AI

  • Steven H. H. Ding (McGill University)

Dr. Steven Ding is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information Studies at McGill University, building upon his prior role as an Assistant Professor at the School of Computing at Queen’s University. His research work is dedicated to harnessing the power of AI technologies to tackle the intricate challenges of cybersecurity while fortifying the resilience of AI systems for the future. Dr. Ding earned his Ph.D. from McGill University in 2019, where he was awarded the FRQNT Doctoral Research Scholarship of Quebec and the Dean’s Graduate Award at McGill. Currently, his research is supported by BlackBerry, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC).

  • Guy-vincent Jourdan (University of Ottawa)

Guy-Vincent Jourdan is a full professor of computer science at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ottawa, Canada, and the co-director of the uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range. He has over 20 years of experience leading research and industry collaborations. He has co-authored over a hundred scientific publications and 18 patents. For the past decade, his main research area has been cybersecurity, specifically, cybercrime detection and prevention.

  • Foutse Khomh (Polytechnique Montréal)

Foutse Khomh is a Full Professor of Software Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, a Canada CIFAR AI Chair on Trustworthy Machine Learning Software Systems, an NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellow, and an FRQ-IVADO Research Chair on Software Quality Assurance for Machine Learning Applications. He received a Ph.D. in Software Engineering from the University of Montreal in 2011, with the Award of Excellence. He also received a CS-Can/Info-Can Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Prize for 2019. His research interests include software maintenance and evolution, machine learning systems engineering, cloud engineering, and dependable and trustworthy ML/AI. His work has received four ten-year Most Influential Paper (MIP) Awards, and seven Best/Distinguished Paper Awards. He initiated and co-organized the Software Engineering for Machine Learning Applications (SEMLA) symposium and the RELENG (Release Engineering) workshop series. He is co-founder of the NSERC CREATE SE4AI: A Training Program on the Development, Deployment, and Servicing of Artificial Intelligence-based Software Systems and one of the Principal Investigators of the DEpendable Explainable Learning (DEEL) project. He is also a co-founder of Quebec’s initiative on Trustworthy AI (Confiance IA Quebec) and Scientific co-director of  IVADO. He is on the editorial board of multiple international software engineering journals (e.g., IEEE Software, EMSE, SQJ, JSEP) and is a Senior Member of IEEE.

2e session de conférences : Software security

  • Euijin (Alley) Choo (University of Alberta)

Euijin (Alley) Choo is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computing Science at University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Prior to joining U of A, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Qatar Computing Research Institute. She received her Ph.D from North Carolina State University. Her primary expertise is data-driven cybersecurity. Her current research focuses on robust AI-based cybersecurity solutions and adversarial attacks against AI-based cybersecurity solutions. Her research areas span various subareas under the broad umbrella of data-driven cybersecurity, including malicious URL detection, fraud detection, compromised mobile device detection, and anomaly detection in enterprise logs. Her research has been published in top conferences such as IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P) and ACM SIGMETRICS. Due to the impact of the work, she has been invited to serve as a journal reviewer for top data science journals, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, and TPC for top security conferences such as Usenix Security and ACSAC. She is a PI on two MITACS grants about federated learning security and anomaly detection systems. She is an awardee of the best paper award at IFIP DBSEC 2015, and multiple travel grants supported by major security conferences such as IEEE S&P and ACM CCS.

  • Paria Shirani (University of Ottawa)

Paria Shirani is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Cybersecurity and an Assistant Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, she was an Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University. Previously, she was a National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. Paria Shirani’s research in cybersecurity includes binary code and malware analysis, IoT security, vulnerability detection, threat intelligence generation, and applied machine learning.

  • Furkan Alaca (Queen’s University)

Furkan Alaca is an Assistant Professor at the Queen’s University School of Computing. His current research focuses primarily on building user authentication systems that overcome the security and usability challenges faced by current systems. Prior to joining Queen’s University, he was a faculty member at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He completed his PhD in 2018 at the School of Computer Science at Carleton University.

3e session de conférences : Critical infrastructure security

  • Karthik Pattabiraman (UBC)

Karthik Pattabiraman (https://blogs.ubc.ca/karthik/) is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He received his PhD in 2009 in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), an MS in Computer Science also from UIUC in 2004, and B. Tech. from the University of Madras, India, in 2001. Before joining UBC in 2010, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research (MSR), Redmond. Karthik’s research interests are in dependable computer systems, cyber security, cyber-physical systems and software engineering. Karthik has won awards such as the Inaugural IEEE Rising Star in Dependability Award, UIUC CS department’s early career alumni achievement award, UBC-wide Killam mentoring excellence award, UBC-wide Killam Faculty Research Prize and Killam Faculty Research Fellowship, NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) in Canada, and the William Carter PhD Dissertation Award. Karthik is the vice-chair of the IFIP Working Group (WG) 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault-tolerance, and a member of the steering committee of the IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN). He is a distinguished member of the ACM, a distinguished contributor of the IEEE Computer Society, and a professional engineer (P.Eng.).

  • Hadis Karimipour (University of Calgary)

Dr. Hadis Karimipour is the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Secure and Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems, Director of the Smart Cyber-Physical (SCPS) Lab, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering at the University of Calgary.  Before joining the University of Calgary in July 2021, she was an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Guelph, 2017-2021, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary between 2016-2017. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta in June 2016. She was a recipient of the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II scholarship (2014 and 2015) in support of her Ph.D. research. Dr. Karimipour is among the pioneers of using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine/Deep Learning for security analysis of critical infrastructure. She has published 2 books, 45 journal articles, 24 book chapters, and 35 conference articles in top IEEE journals and conferences. Dr. Karimpour received many awards, including Canada’s Top 20 Women in Cybersecurity by ITWorldCanada, APEGA Early Accomplishment Award, and Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Award by IT Security Guru.
She has been a keynote/invited speaker for more than 26 different IEEE/International conferences. She was the chair of the IEEE workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Securing Cyber-Physical Systems (AI4SCPS) at IEEE CCECE 2019 and IEEE CyberSciTech 2020 conferences and chair of the special session on Artificial Intelligence for Security of IoT-Enabled Critical Infrastructures at the IEEE SMC 2020 conference. She was the technical committee member/publication chair of IEEE Int. Conf. on Smart Energy Grid Engineering (SEGE2018, 2019, 2020), IEEE Int. Conf. on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA2020), 18th Int. Conf. on Privacy, Security, and Trust (PST 2020), IEEE Elec. Power and Energy Conf. (EPEC2020), and IEEE Int. Conf. on Sys., Man, and Cyber. (IEEE SMC 2020).
Dr. Karimipour is the Associate Editor of the IEEE Transaction in Industrial Informatics, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, IET Smart Grid Journal, Editor of the American Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Editor of the Journal of Electrical Engineering. She has also served as Guest Editor for Elsevier Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering. She was the Editor of the Springer book “Security of Cyber-physical System: Vulnerabilities and Challenges” and “AI-Enabled Threat Detection and Security Analysis for Industrial IoT “. Dr. Karimipour is a Senior Member of IEEE member, chair of IEEE Women in Engineering and chapter chair of the IEEE Information Theory Kitchener-Waterloo Section, and an active member of the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology.

  • Marwa Elsayed (Western University)

Biographie à venir.

4e session – Panel de discussion: Security and Privacy

  • Alina Maria Dulipovici (HEC Montréal)

Alina Dulipovici PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology at HEC Montréal and serves as Deputy Director (Education) at the Multidisciplinary Institute for Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience (IMC2). She is also a member of the Information Systems Research Group (GReSI). Holder of a doctoral degree in Information Systems from Georgia State University in the United States, Alina specializes in risk management of information assets, knowledge management systems in organizations, and privacy. She is also deeply involved in teaching and developing cybersecurity courses and programs at HEC Montréal and at Executive Education HEC Montréal. She has published her work in prestigious journals such as the European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Knowledge Management Research and Practice, International Journal of Case Studies in Management, as well as in the proceedings of various conferences in information systems and in cybersecurity.

  • Frédéric Cuppens (Polytechnique Montréal)

Frédéric Cuppens is a full professor at Polytechnique Montréal. Since 2023, he has been Director of the Multidisciplinary Institute for Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience (IMC2) and head of the GEDAI Institutional Chair on the Identification, Analysis and Automation of the Management of Internal Deviations and Anomalies. In 2022, he co-created a new professional master’s program in cybersecurity at Polytechnique Montréal. From 2003 to 2020, he was a professor at IMT Atlantique and head of the IRIS team at Lab-STICC. He was the holder of the Cyber CNI Chair on Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructures. From 2014 to 2018, he led the Training Club of the Cyber Centre of Excellence.

  • Lyse Langlois (Université Laval)

Lyse Langlois is the Executive Director of the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology (OBVIA) and is a full professor in the Department of Industrial Relations. She was director of the Institute of Applied Ethics (IDÉA) at Université Laval for eight years. She is a researcher member at the Interuniversity Research Centre on the Globalization of Work (CRIMT). She is also a researcher at the Institut d’intelligence et données de l’Université Laval. Her research focuses on ethical decision-making processes and the formalization of ethics. She is particularly interested in the social and ethical impacts of artificial intelligence and digital technology and the consideration of social principles and considerations in the design and deployment of AI systems. She has several scientific publications, books, articles and reports on these subjects.

  • Sébastien Gambs (UQAM)

Sébastien Gambs has held the Canada Research Chair in Privacy and Ethical Analysis of Massive Data since December 2017 and has been a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal since January 2016. His main research theme is privacy in the digital world. He is also interested in solving long-term scientific questions such as the existing tensions between massive data analysis and privacy as well as ethical issues such as fairness, transparency and algorithmic accountability raised by personalized systems.

Découvrez les quatre panélistes du colloque du CRDM sur la cybersécurité

Alina Maria Dulipovici de HEC Montréal, Frédéric Cuppens de Polytechnique Montréal, Lyse Langlois de l’Université Laval et Sébastien Gambs de l’UQAM seront nos quatre panélistes lors du colloque du CRDM sur la cybersécurité qui se tiendra le 16 septembre 2024 à l’Université Laval (lien d’inscription).

Intitulé Security and Privacy, ce panel se tiendra le 16 septembre 2024 de 15:30 à 16:15 au Grand Salon (local 2244) de l’Université Laval. Il sera modéré par Nadia Tawbi, professeure membre du Centre de recherche en données massives (CRDM) de l’Université Laval et directrice du Département d’informatique et de génie logiciel.

Survol des parcours des panélistes 

  • Alina Maria Dulipovici (HEC Montréal)

Alina Dulipovici PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology at HEC Montréal and serves as Deputy Director (Education) at the Multidisciplinary Institute for Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience (IMC2). She is also a member of the Information Systems Research Group (GReSI). Holder of a doctoral degree in Information Systems from Georgia State University in the United States, Alina specializes in risk management of information assets, knowledge management systems in organizations, and privacy. She is also deeply involved in teaching and developing cybersecurity courses and programs at HEC Montréal and at Executive Education HEC Montréal. She has published her work in prestigious journals such as the European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Knowledge Management Research and Practice, International Journal of Case Studies in Management, as well as in the proceedings of various conferences in information systems and in cybersecurity.

  • Frédéric Cuppens (Polytechnique Montréal)

Frédéric Cuppens is a full professor at Polytechnique Montréal. Since 2023, he has been Director of the Multidisciplinary Institute for Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience (IMC2) and head of the GEDAI Institutional Chair on the Identification, Analysis and Automation of the Management of Internal Deviations and Anomalies. In 2022, he co-created a new professional master’s program in cybersecurity at Polytechnique Montréal. From 2003 to 2020, he was a professor at IMT Atlantique and head of the IRIS team at Lab-STICC. He was the holder of the Cyber CNI Chair on Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructures. From 2014 to 2018, he led the Training Club of the Cyber Centre of Excellence.

  • Lyse Langlois (Université Laval)

Lyse Langlois is the Executive Director of the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology (OBVIA) and is a full professor in the Department of Industrial Relations. She was director of the Institute of Applied Ethics (IDÉA) at Université Laval for eight years.  She is a researcher member at the Interuniversity Research Centre on the Globalization of Work (CRIMT). She is also a researcher at the Institut d’intelligence et données de l’Université Laval.   Her research focuses on ethical decision-making processes and the formalization of ethics. She is particularly interested in the social and ethical impacts of artificial intelligence and digital technology and the consideration of social principles and considerations in the design and deployment of AI systems.  She has several scientific publications, books, articles and reports on these subjects.

  • Sébastien Gambs (UQAM)

Sébastien Gambs has held the Canada Research Chair in Privacy and Ethical Analysis of Massive Data since December 2017 and has been a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal since January 2016. His main research theme is privacy in the digital world. He is also interested in solving long-term scientific questions such as the existing tensions between massive data analysis and privacy as well as ethical issues such as fairness, transparency and algorithmic accountability raised by personalized systems.

Survol des conférences offertes dans le cadre du colloque du CRDM sur la cybersécurité

Neuf conférenciers et conférencières participeront à l’animation de notre colloque sur la cybersécurité qui se tiendra le 16 septembre 2024 à l’Université Laval (lien d’inscription). Découvrez les conférences en parcourant les résumés des différentes interventions :

1ère session de conférences : Cybersecurity and AI

Steven H. H. Ding (McGill University)

Talk title: « Safeguarding the Digital Frontier: Exploring the Convergence of AI for Security and Security for AI »
Talk abstract: In an era where our reliance on technology is constantly expanding, the intricate relationship between AI and security has never been more paramount. This presentation delves into the intersection of AI and security, spotlighting three recent research projects that illustrate the synergy between these fields. First, we explore the world of firmware security by delving into the development of a Firmware Bill of Materials and Vulnerability Detection system, shedding light on the critical importance of securing the very foundation of modern devices. Next, we pivot to the realm of avionic platforms, focusing on Intrusion Detection tailored for the MIL1553 protocol, a critical component of aerospace systems. Lastly, we delve into the realm of cyber threats, showcasing the potential of Multi-Agent Learning in the context of Evasive Malware Generation and Detection, offering insights into the evolving landscape of digital threats and countermeasures.  Join us as we embark on a journey through the dynamic landscape of AI-driven security, revealing recent advancements and practical applications to safeguard our digital future.

Guy-vincent Jourdan (University of Ottawa)

Talk title: « The fragile security of deep learning models »
Talk abstract: In the past couple of years, we have seen an explosion of the use of “artificial intelligence”, and in particular of deep learning model and of generative AI. ChatGPT and similar technologies have taken the world by storm, showing an astonishing ability to create text, images and even videos that are barely distinguishable from human produced content. Many businesses have jumped in the bandwagon and countless companies are integrating these models into their product lines as fast as they possibly can.
They certainly do produce excellent results in many situations and save time and money. But how secure are they really?
In this talk, we will discuss two examples of models that are heavily adopted and, while very effective, are also easily compromised, and are much more insecure than previously understood: a face recognition system, and a diffusion model. With no fix on the horizon, blind adoption of these models is shown to be problematic.

Foutse Khomh (Polytechnique Montréal)

Talk title: « Evolving Threats in AI-Based Systems: New Risks and Challenges »
Talk abstract: As AI-based systems become increasingly integrated into critical applications, the landscape of cybersecurity is rapidly evolving. This Keynote will explore the new and emerging threats AI poses, focusing on vulnerabilities specific to machine learning and large language models (LLMs) in particular. I will share insights from our research aimed at understanding and mitigating these risks, along with our efforts to benchmark and support the red teaming of LLMs. Attendees will gain insights into the evolving attack surface of AI systems and learn about some key approaches being developed to enhance the security of AI-based systems

2e session de conférences : Software security

Euijin (Alley) Choo (University of Alberta)

Talk title: titre à venir
Talk abstract: en cours

Paria Shirani (University of Ottawa)

Talk title: « Code Analysis for Vulnerability Detection »
Talk abstract: en cours

Furkan Alaca (Queen’s University)

Talk title: « Securing User Authentication with Trusted Execution Environments and Personal Devices »
Talk abstract: As research and common practices in password and two-factor authentication have evolved, so too have attack strategies. This talk provides an overview of longstanding and contemporary challenges in user authentication, and highlights the role that single sign-on schemes can play in solving these challenges. We present a comparative analysis framework for single sign-on schemes that identifies areas for improvement, and we discuss our current research on how trusted execution environments (TEEs) and users’ personal devices (e.g., laptops, smartphones, smartwatches) can be leveraged to strengthen the security of user authentication while minimizing negative impacts on usability.

3e session de conférences : Critical infrastructure security

Karthik Pattabiraman (UBC)

Talk title: « Secure and Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems for Critical Infrastructure »
Talk abstract: Cyber-Physical systems (CPS) are all around us, and are often used in critical infrastructure such as Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and medical devices. As such, they are an easy and high-value target for attackers. Most CPS are designed to be resilient to natural faults and failures, but not security attacks. In this talk, I will present our group’s work on security of three classes of CPS used in critical infrastructure. The first class is robotic vehicles such as drones and rovers, which are highly susceptible to sensor attacks. The second class is medical devices that use machine learning (ML), which are susceptible to both adversarial attacks and data poisoning. The last class is CPS used in ICS systems, which are susceptible to Denial of Service (DoS) and time delay attacks. In all three classes of systems, cost is a critical constraint, and hence we need to develop low-cost attack resilience techniques for them. I will conclude by outlining the future directions in building secure and resilient CPS for critical infrastructure.

Hadis Karimipour (University of Calgary)

Talk title: « Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity in the Era of AI »
Talk abstract: As the digital landscape evolves, critical infrastructure and operational technology (OT) systems are increasingly exposed to sophisticated cyber threats. This presentation delves into the emerging risks and attack vectors that challenge the security of these vital systems. With the advent of AI, we are equipped with new tools and methodologies to detect, prevent, and mitigate these threats. This session will explore the pivotal role of AI in enhancing the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure, offering insights into how AI-driven solutions can be leveraged to protect these systems against current and future challenges.

Marwa Elsayed (Western University)

Talk title: « Advancing Security Services for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles »
Talk abstract: As Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) revolutionize the automotive industry by seamlessly blending digital intelligence with physical mechanics, they usher in the era of Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs). However, this transformation also makes the cybersecurity landscape increasingly complex, presenting an expansive frontier for potential threats. My research advocates for integrating security throughout the engineering lifecycle to fortify CAVs, from inception through deployment and beyond. This talk will delve into how integrating cutting-edge, adaptive security services—such as real-time threat detection—can ensure that CAVs navigate complex environments precisely while standing as paragons of security in the digital age. Adopting this holistic approach can not only protect vehicle data and operations but also instill trust in a future where autonomous transportation is as secure as it is revolutionary.

 

Leandro Coelho reçu au prestigieux Collège de nouveaux chercheurs et créateurs en art et science

Le 3 septembre 2024, la Société royale du Canada a annoncé la nomination du professeur Leandro Coelho au sein du prestigieux Collège de nouveaux chercheurs et créateurs en art et en science.

Notre membre chercheur, ainsi que 56 autres chercheuses et chercheurs canadiens d’exception, rejoint ainsi un groupe restreint de pairs reconnus pour leurs contributions remarquables à l’avancement du savoir.

Titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en logistique intégrée depuis 2016, Leandro Coelho est un chercheur reconnu mondialement pour ses recherches en optimisation logistique. Depuis le début de sa carrière, il s’emploie à résoudre des problèmes de congestion urbaine et à réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES). Son approche appliquée, en collaboration avec des entreprises privées et des organismes publics, a permis de concrétiser ses recherches d’envergure en Asie, en Europe, en Amérique du Sud et au Canada, et d’éviter l’émission de centaines de tonnes de CO2.

En accueillant M. Coelho au sein du Collège, la Société royale du Canada vient reconnaître l’importance cruciale de ses travaux dans un contexte où toutes les grandes villes sont confrontées à des problèmes de congestion et de réchauffement de la planète. Les recherches de M. Coelho, porteuses pour toute la société, permettent la diminution de la congestion urbaine et des émissions de GES, un but que plusieurs pays se sont donné et pour lequel ils cherchent des solutions novatrices et efficaces.

M. Coelho reçoit cet honneur avec beaucoup d’émotion :

« Il y a près de 15 ans, le Canada m’a accueilli et m’a permis de concrétiser mes aspirations professionnelles. Je compte maintenant représenter, au sein du Collège, une nouvelle génération de scientifiques qui souhaitent aider la société, les gouvernements et leur communauté à surmonter les nouveaux défis de la mobilité, de l’environnement et de la lutte contre les changements climatiques. En misant sur la collaboration multidisciplinaire, je souhaite m’engager à encadrer de jeunes scientifiques et à faire avancer la recherche au Canada sur des enjeux complexes et importants pour notre société. »

Karthik Pattabiraman, conférencier dans le cadre du colloque du CRDM sur la cybersécurité

Le Centre de recherche en données massives (CRDM) de l’Université Laval lance la première édition de son colloque sur la cybersécurité qui aura lieu le 16 septembre 2024 à l’Université Laval (lien d’inscription).

Plus de dix conférencier.ère.s et panélistes issus des grandes universités canadiennes seront sur place dont Karthik Pattabiraman, professeur de génie électrique et génie informatique à University of British Columbia (UBC). Intitulée « Secure and Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems for Critical Infrastructure », sa conférence se tiendra en après-midi durant la session « Critical infrastructure security ».

Programme du colloque 

Abstract : 

Cyber-Physical systems (CPS) are all around us, and are often used in critical infrastructure such as Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and medical devices. As such, they are an easy and high-value target for attackers. Most CPS are designed to be resilient to natural faults and failures, but not security attacks. In this talk, I will present our group’s work on security of three classes of CPS used in critical infrastructure. The first class is robotic vehicles such as drones and rovers, which are highly susceptible to sensor attacks. The second class is medical devices that use machine learning (ML), which are susceptible to both adversarial attacks and data poisoning. The last class is CPS used in ICS systems, which are susceptible to Denial of Service (DoS) and time delay attacks. In all three classes of systems, cost is a critical constraint, and hence we need to develop low-cost attack resilience techniques for them. I will conclude by outlining the future directions in building secure and resilient CPS for critical infrastructure.

Biographie de Karthik Pattabiraman : 

Karthik Pattabiraman est professeur de génie électrique et génie informatique à University of British Columbia (UBC). En 2009, il a obtenu son doctorat en informatique de University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), une maîtrise en informatique de l’UIUC (en 2004) et un baccalauréat en technologie de University of Madras, en Inde, en 2001. Avant de se joindre à l’UBC en 2010, il a occupé le poste de chercheur postdoctoral au sein de Microsoft Research (MSR), à Redmond. Les intérêts de recherche de Karthik portent sur les systèmes informatiques fiables, la cybersécurité, les systèmes cyberphysiques et l’ingénierie logicielle.
Karthik a remporté plusieurs prix tels que the Inaugural IEEE Rising Star in Dependability Award, UIUC CS department’s early career alumni achievement award, UBC-wide Killam mentoring excellence award, UBC-wide Killam Faculty Research Prize and Killam Faculty Research Fellowship, NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) au Canada, et the William Carter PhD Dissertation Award. Karthik est le vice-président de IFIP Working Group (WG) 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault-tolerance et membre de steering committee of the IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN). Il est membre éminent de ACM, un contributeur émérite de l’IEEE Computer Society et un ingénieur professionnel (P.Eng.).

ANNULATION: 5@7 Échanges Éclair 180 – Concours de vulgarisation scientifique –

ANNULATUION

Nous vous informons avec regret que le 5@7 Échanges Éclair 180 – Concours de vulgarisation scientifique – a été annulé en raison du faible nombre de participant.e.s et de présentations. Nous comprenons que cette annulation puisse vous causer des désagréments, et nous tenons à vous présenter nos plus sincères excuses, en particulier à celles et ceux qui s’étaient déjà inscrits.

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A propos

  • Évènement : 5@7 Échanges Éclair 180 – Concours de vulgarisation scientifique
  • Date : jeudi, 3 octobre 2024
  • Endroit : Le Cercle au 4e étage du pavillon Alphonse-Desjardins
  • Inscription, le 5@7 vous est offert gratuitement par le CRDM

C’est avec plaisir que le CRDM lance son concours de vulgarisation scientifique qui se tiendra le jeudi 3 octobre 2024 dès 17h dans le cadre de la 2ème édition de son 5@7 Échanges Éclair 180.

Tous les membres, étudiant.e.s et chercheur.e.s postdoctoraux, sont invités à communiquer leurs travaux de recherche en 180 secondes : une occasion parfaite pour développer ses habiletés en vulgarisation scientifique.

Le public aura accès à un code QR lié à un sondage et les trois candidat.e.s qui auront cumulé le plus grand nombre de votes se verront décerner une bourse de vulgarisation scientifique :

  • 1er prix : une bourse de 1 000$
  • 2ème prix : une bourse de 750$
  • 3ème prix : une bourse de 500$

Une ambiance décontractée sera réservée à Le Cercle au 4e étage du pavillon Alphonse-Desjardins afin de favoriser les échanges et le réseautage entre les membres du Centre (chercheur.e.s, étudiant.e.s, stagiaires, chercheur.e.s postdoctoraux et professionnel.le.s de recherche).

Des bouchées et des boissons seront disponibles sur place.

Nous vous attendons en grand nombre et au plaisir de vous rencontrer !

Lancement du Lab-Usine à l’Université Laval

Le Lab-Usine, une Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) sur les systèmes manufacturiers innovants, sera créé à l’Université Laval. Cette nouvelle infrastructure de recherche bénéficie d’un investissement de 4,5 millions de dollars sur cinq ans des gouvernements du Québec et du Canada, de partenaires privés et de l’Université Laval.

Cette UMR permettra à l’Université Laval de répondre aux besoins criants du secteur manufacturier québécois sur les plans de la transformation numérique et de l’innovation industrielle. Le Lab-Usine contribuera à former une main-d’œuvre spécialisée et à élaborer des approches avancées de pilotage de la production, de conception de produits, d’ingénierie et de mise en production. Il offrira également un terrain d’apprentissage exceptionnel aux étudiantes et étudiants des trois cycles, par une immersion en situation réelle dans des systèmes manufacturiers innovants.

«À travers cette UMR, l’Université Laval prend part à la transformation de l’industrie pour l’aider à répondre aux enjeux émergents, dont la pénurie de main-d’œuvre et les capacités technologiques. La nouvelle infrastructure de recherche et de formation s’ajoute à une offre de calibre mondial en intelligence artificielle et science des données. L’Université continue ainsi d’occuper une place importante dans l’écosystème technologique au Québec et au Canada», souligne la vice-rectrice à la recherche, à la création et à l’innovation à l’Université Laval, Eugénie Brouillet.

«Le gouvernement du Québec est fier de soutenir le développement d’initiatives comme celle-ci qui crée des rapprochements entre le secteur académique et manufacturier sur le plan de la transformation numérique. La création du Lab-Usine permettra à l’Université Laval d’affirmer sa position de leader dans le développement d’initiatives et de technologies numériques innovantes en plus de fournir aux entreprises, mais également aux citoyens et au gouvernement du Québec une expertise inégalée grâce à ses activités de recherche et de formation», précise le ministre de la Cybersécurité et du Numérique du Québec, Éric Caire.

En savoir plus sur ULaval Nouvelles.

Hadis Karimipour, conférencière dans le cadre du Colloque du CRDM sur la cybersécurité

Le Centre de recherche en données massives (CRDM) de l’Université Laval lance la première édition de son Colloque sur la cybersécurité qui aura lieu le 16 septembre 2024 à l’Université Laval (lien d’inscription).

Plus de dix conférencier.ère.s et panélistes issus des grandes universités canadiennes seront sur place dont Hadis Karimipour, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada (niveau II) en Secure and Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems, directrice du Smart Cyber-Physical (SCPS) Lab et professeure à l’Université de Calgary (Department of Electrical and Software Engineering).

Avant de rejoindre l’Université de Calgary en juillet 2021, Hadis a été professeure à l’École d’ingénierie de l’Université de Guelph, de 2017 à 2021, et stagiaire postdoctorale à l’Université de Calgary entre 2016 et 2017. Elle a obtenu son doctorat en génie électrique de University of Alberta en juin 2016. Elle a reçu la prestigieuse bourse Queen Elizabeth II en 2014 – 2015 durant ses études doctorales. Dr Hadis est l’une des pionniers de l’application de l’IA et de l’apprentissage automatique/profond en sécurité des infrastructures critiques. Elle a publié 2 livres, 45 articles de revues, 24 chapitres de livres et 35 articles de conférence dans les meilleures revues et conférences de l’IEEE. Elle a reçu de très nombreux prix dont le Canada’s Top 20 Women in Cybersecurity de ITWorldCanada, APEGA Early Accomplishment Award et Most Inspiring Women en Cyber Award by IT Security Guru.
Elle a été conférencière principale ou invitée dans plus de 26 conférences internationales de l’IEEE. Elle a été chair du IEEE workshop en Artificial Intelligence for Securing Cyber-Physical Systems (AI4SCPS) de IEEE CCECE 2019 et IEEE CyberSciTech 2020 conferences et chair de la session spéciale de Artificial Intelligence for Security de IoT-Enabled Critical Infrastructures à IEEE SMC 2020 conference. Elle a été technical committee member/publication chair de IEEE Int. Conf. en Smart Energy Grid Engineering (SEGE2018, 2019, 2020), IEEE Int. Conf. en Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA2020), 18th Int. Conf. en Privacy, Security, and Trust (PST 2020), IEEE Elec. Power and Energy Conf. (EPEC2020), et IEEE Int. Conf. on Sys., Man, and Cyber. (IEEE SMC 2020).
Dr. Karimipour est Associate Editor à IEEE Transaction in Industrial Informatics, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, IET Smart Grid Journal, Editor of the American Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, et Editor of the Journal of Electrical Engineering. Elle a également été Guest Editor au sein du Elsevier Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering. Elle a été Editor au sein du Springer book “Security of Cyber-physical System: Vulnerabilities and Challenges” and “AI-Enabled Threat Detection and Security Analysis for Industrial IoT “. Dr. Karimipour est Senior Member of IEEE member, chair of IEEE Women in Engineering and chapter chair of the IEEE Information Theory Kitchener-Waterloo Section et member active du Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology.