Education

• Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA. May 2008.
  Dissertation: Frequency Domain Finite Field Arithmetic for Elliptic Curve Cryptography
  
• M.Sc. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA. May 2003.
  Thesis: Efficient Algorithms for Finite Fields, with Applications in Elliptic Curve Cryptography
  
• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkiye. June 2001.
  

Research Interests

• Applied Cryptography and Information Security
• Smart Grid Security
• Cloud Security
• Security and Privacy for the Internet of Things
• Computer and Network Security
• Elliptic Curve Cryptography
• Finite Field and Computer Arithmetic
• Data Compression
• IC Trust

Awards & Research Grants

• New Directions for Efficient and Tamper Resilient Public Key Cryptography in Ubiquitous Computing; Marie Curie Career Integration Grant, European Union 7th Framework Programme, 2010-2014.
• Tüm Devrelerde Parmak İzi Yöntemi ile Truva Atı Yakalama; TUBITAK 1001 Arastirma Projesi, 2012.
• IBM Research Pat Goldberg Memorial Best Paper Award, 2007.
• Finalist for the Best Student Paper Contest, 38th IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, 2004.
• WPI Graduate Scholarship, 2001-2008.
• Bilkent University Board of Trustees Scholarship, 1997-2001.

Students

• Utku Gülen, Ph.D. Candidate
  
• Bilal Erman Bilgin, Ph.D. Candidate
  
• İsmail Melih Taş, Ph.D. Candidate
  
• Abdelrahman Alkhoudary, Ph.D. Candidate
  
• Başak Gencer Ünsalver, Ph.D. Candidate
  

Alumni

• Betül Doğan, M.Sc.
  
• Utku Gülen, M.Sc.
  
• Bahar Uğurdoğan, M.Sc.
  
• Murat Şahin, M.Sc.
  
• Yavuz Sert, M.Sc.
  
• Abdelrahman Alkhoudary, M.Sc.
  

Teaching

• CMPE5121: Network Security & Cryptography
  
• CMPE4321: Introduction to Network Security & Cryptography
  
• CMPE3006: Embedded Systems Programming
  
• CMPE2007: Digital System Design

Research & Experience

• TÜBİTAK-BİLGEM UEKAE, Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkiye
  Senior Researcher, January 2009-August 2011
  
  
• Computer Engineering Department, Işık University, Istanbul, Turkiye
  Part-time Lecturer, August 2009-June 2011
  
  
• Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA
  Adjunct Assistant Professor, August-December 2008
  
  
• Cryptography & Information Security Laboratory at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA
  Research Assistant, January 2002 – May 2008
  
  
• Intel Corporation, Hudson, MA, USA
  Research and Development Intern, Summer & Fall 2007
  
  
• IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, USA
  Research Intern, Summer 2006
  
  
• Chair for Embedded Security , Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
  Visiting Researcher, Summer 2005
  
  
• Escrypt Embedded Security GmbH, Bochum, Germany
  Research and Development Intern, Summer 2005
  
  
• Chair for Embedded Security at Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
  Visiting Researcher, September 2003
  
  
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, MA, USA
  Teaching Assistant, August-December 2001
  

Reviewer for the Journals

• IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
• IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
• IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
• IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems
• IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
• IEEE Transactions on Computers
• IET Information Security
• Integration, the VLSI Journal
• Computers & Security
• Security and Communication Networks
• Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective, Taylor & Francis
• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems
• Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing
• Microprocessors and Microsystems
• Future Generation Computer Systems
• The Computer Journal
• Journal of Cryptographic Engineering
• Computers and Electrical Engineering
• Multimedia Tools and Applications
• Designs, Codes and Cryptography
• Ad Hoc Networks

Services

• Chair for the 11th International Conference on Design & Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era (DTIS 2016), 12-14 April 2016, Istanbul.
• Founding Director of the M.Sc. Program in Cyber Security at Bahçeşehir University, 2013 - present

Publications

• Stefano Di Mascio, Marco Ottavi, Gianluca Furano and Selcuk Baktir. Enabling Cubesat Commercial Applications by Low-Power Encryption. TRUDEVICE Final Conference (FCTRU 2016), 14-16 November 2016, Barcelona, Spain.
• Ismail Melih Tas, Basak Gencer Unsalver and Selcuk Baktir. SIP-Based Distributed Reflection Denial of Service (DRDoS) Attacks & an Effective Defense Mechanism. Proceedings of the 2nd Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Workshop. July 2016, Talinn, Estonia.
• Melike Yigit, Ozlem Durmaz Incel, Selcuk Baktir, V. Cagri Gungor. QoS-Aware MAC protocols utilizing sectored antenna for wireless sensor networks-based smart grid applications. International Journal of Communication Systems. 2016.
• B.E. Bilgin, S. Baktir and V.C. Gungor. A novel data collection mechanism for smart grids using public transportation buses. Computer Standards & Interfaces. Volume 48, 2016.
• Ismail Melih Tas, Bahar Ugurdogan, Selcuk Baktir. Novel session initiation protocol-based distributed denial-of-service attacks and effective defense strategies. Computers & Security. Volume 63, Pages 29–44. November 2016.
• B.E. Bilgin, S. Baktir and V.C. Gungor. Collecting Smart Meters Data via Public Transportation Buses. IET Intelligent Transport Systems. Volume 10, Issue 8, p. 515 – 523, 2016.
• Utku Gulen, Selcuk Baktir. Elliptic-curve cryptography for wireless sensor network nodes without hardware multiplier support. Security and Communication Networks. 2016.
• Melike Yiğit, Çağrı Güngör, Selçuk Baktır. Cloud Computing for Smart Grid Applications. Elsevier Computer Networks Journal 70 (2014) 312-329.
• Murat Oğul, Emin İslam Tatlı, Selçuk Baktır. Abused Android Permissions by Advertising Networks. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on IT Convergence and Security (ICITCS) 2014.
• Selçuk Baktır. Privacy Preserving Smart Grids in the Cloud. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on IT Convergence and Security (ICITCS) 2014.
• Nele Mentens, Lejla Batina, Selçuk Baktır. An Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Processor Using Edwards Curves and the Number Theoretic Transform. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cryptography and Information Security - BalkanCryptSec 2014. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
• Utku Gulen, Selçuk Baktır. Elliptic Curve Cryptography on Constrained Microcontrollers Using Frequency Domain Arithmetic. Computational Science and Its Applications, Part IV - ICCSA 2014, pp 493-506. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
• Murat Oğul, Selçuk Baktır. Practical Attacks on Mobile Networks and Possible Countermeasures. Future Internet 5(4) 474-489. 2013.
• Selçuk Baktır and Erkay Savaş. Highly-Parallel Montgomery Multiplication for Multi-core General-Purpose Microprocessors. Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS), 2012. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
• Selçuk Baktır, Tansal Güçlüoğlu, Atilla Özmen, Hüseyin Fuat Alsan and Mustafa Can Macit. Detecting Trojans in Integrated Circuits. IEEE Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications (INISTA) 2012.
• Selcuk Baktir, Vinodh Gopal, Gilbert Wolrich, Prashant Paliwal and Wajdi Feghali. Accelerated Decompression. US Patent Nr. 7,872,598, January 18, 2011.
• Selçuk Baktır. Frequency Domain Finite Field Arithmetic for Elliptic Curve Cryptography. Ph.D. Dissertation, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA, April 2008. (BibTeX)
• Selçuk Baktır, Berk Sunar. Optimal Extension Field Inversion in the Frequency Domain. Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Fields (WAIFI), 2008. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
• Dakshi Agrawal, Selçuk Baktır, Deniz Karakoyunlu, Pankaj Rohatgi, Berk Sunar. Trojan Detection Using IC Fingerprinting. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P'07). (BibTeX)
• Selçuk Baktır, Sandeep Kumar, Christof Paar, Berk Sunar. A State-of-the-art Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Processor Operating in the Frequency Domain, Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal, Special Issue on Next Generation Hardware Architectures for Secure Mobile Computing, vol 12, no 4, pp 259-270, September 2007, Springer. (BibTeX)
• Dakshi Agrawal, Selçuk Baktır, Deniz Karakoyunlu, Pankaj Rohatgi, Berk Sunar. Trojan Detection Using IC Fingerprinting. IBM Research Report, RC24110, 2006. (BibTeX)
• Selçuk Baktır and Berk Sunar. Finite Field Polynomial Multiplication in the Frequency Domain with Application to Elliptic Curve Cryptography. 21st International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS 2006) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 4263, Springer, Heidelberg, pages 991-1001, October, 2006. (BibTeX)
• Selçuk Baktır and Berk Sunar. Achieving Efficient Polynomial Multiplication in Fermat Fields Using the Fast Fourier Transform. Proceedings of the 44th ACM Southeast Conference (ACMSE 2006) , ACM Press, pages 549-554, March, 2006. (BibTeX)
• Selçuk Baktır, Jan Pelzl, Thomas Wollinger, Berk Sunar, and Christof Paar. Optimal Tower Fields for Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptosystems. IEEE Proceedings of the 38th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, 7-10 November 2004, Pacific Grove, California. (Finalist for the Best Student Paper Contest) (BibTeX)
• Selçuk Baktır and Berk Sunar. Optimal Tower Fields. IEEE Transactions on Computers, volume 53, number 10, pages 1231-1243, October, 2004. (BibTeX)
• Selçuk Baktır. Efficient Algorithms for Finite Fields, with Applications in Elliptic Curve Cryptography. Master's Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA, April 2003. (BibTeX)

Preprints

• Selçuk Baktır and Berk Sunar. Frequency Domain Finite Field Arithmetic for Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Technical Report, 2007.