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Professor Kübra Kalkan

Kübra Kalkan, PhD.

Assistant Professor,Department of Computer Science,Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey

Tel: +902165649150

Office: 103

Email: firstname.lastname@ozyegin.edu.tr

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Biography

Dr. Kübra Kalkan is Assistant professor in the Computer Science Department of Ozyegin University since 2018. She received her BSc and MSc degrees in Computer Science and Engineering department from Sabanci University in 2009 and 2011, respectively. She received her PhD degree from Bogazici University in 2016. After PhD, she worked as a post doctoral researcher in University of Oxford. She also worked as a visiting researcher at various institutions such as École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Microsoft Redmond WA and Northeastern University during her MSc and PhD. Her PhD thesis is rewarded IEEE Turkey PhD Thesis Award and Bogazici University BAP PhD Thesis Award.

Research Interests

  • Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Peer-to-peer (P2P) Networks
  • Software-defined Networking (SDN)

Publications

• Journals

  • EPIoT: Enhanced Privacy Preservation Based Blockchain Mechanism for Internet of Things
    Muhammed Kashif, Kübra Kalkan,
    Computer Networks (2023), 238, 110107. Details
  • SOREC: Self-Organizing and Resource Efficient Clustered Blockchain Network
    Orkun Doğan, Kübra Kalkan,
    Computer Networks (2023), 233, 109893. Details
  • CWT-DPA: Component-wise waiting time for BC-enabled data plane authentication
    Majd Latah, Kübra Kalkan,
    Computer Networks (2022), 219, 109423. Details
  • When SDN and blockchain shake hands
    Majd Latah, Kübra Kalkan,
    Communications of the ACM (2022), 65 (9), 68-78. Details
  • SUTSEC: SDN Utilized Trust based Secure Clustering in IoT
    Kübra Kalkan,
    Computer Networks (2020), 178, 107328. Details
  • TruSD: Trust framework for service discovery among IoT devices
    Kübra Kalkan and Kasper Rasmussen,
    Computer Networks (2020), 178, 107318. Details
  • JESS: Joint entropy-based DDoS defense scheme in SDN
    Kübra Kalkan, Levent Altay, Gürkan Gür, and Fatih Alagöz,
    IEEE Journal On Selected Areas In Communications (2018), 36(10), 2358-2372. Details
  • Securing internet of things with software defined networking Kübra Kalkan and Sherali Zeadally,
    IEEE Communications Magazine (2017), 56(9), 186-192.     Details
  • Defense mechanisms against DDoS attacks in SDN environment Kübra Kalkan, Gürkan Gür, and Fatih Alagöz,
    IEEE Communications Magazine (2017), 55(9), 175-179.     Details
  • A distributed filtering mechanism against DDoS attacks: ScoreForCore Kübra Kalkan and Fatih Alagöz,
    Computer Networks (2016), 108, 199-209.     Details
  • Filtering-Based Defense Mechanisms Against DDoS Attacks: A Survey Kübra Kalkan, Gürkan Gür, and Fatih Alagöz,
    IEEE Systems Journal (2016), 11(4), 2761-2773.     Details
  • Privacy-preserving optimal meeting location determination on mobile devices Igor Bilogrevic, Murtuza Jadliwala, Vishal Joneja, Kübra Kalkan, Jean-Pierre Hubaux, and Imad Aad,
    IEEE transactions on information forensics and security (2014), 9(7), 1141-1156.     Details
  • Key distribution scheme for peer-to-peer communication in mobile underwater wireless sensor networks Kübra Kalkan and Albert Levi,
    Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications (2014), 7, 698–709.     Details

• Conferences

  • Towards Test Automation for Certification Tests in the Banking Domain  Anıl Elakaş, Ozan Tarlan, Ilgın Şafak, Kübra Kalkan, and Hasan Sözer
    In IEEE 8th International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering (UBMK) (pp. 364-369)    . Details
  • IBAM: IPFS and Blockchain based Authentication for MQTT protocol in IoT Bahadır Karakaş and Kübra Kalkan
    In IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) 2023, ( pp. 537-542).   Details
  • DiBLIoT: a distributed blacklisting protocol for IoT device classification using the hashgraph consensus algorithm  Ozan Tarlan, Ilgın Şafak and Kübra Kalkan
    In 2022 International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), (pp. 84-89).   Details
  • BCPriPIoT: BlockChain utilized privacy-preservation mechanism for IoT devices   Muhammed Kashif and Kübra Kalkan
    In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA),  ( pp. 84-89).   Details
  • SHAPEIoT: secure handshake protocol for autonomous IoT device discovery and blacklisting using physical unclonable functions and machine learning  Cem Ata Baykara, Ilgın Şafak and Kübra Kalkan
    In 2021 I13th International Conference on Network and Communications Security (NCS).   Details
  • DPSec: A blockchain-based data plane authentication protocol for SDNs Majd Latah and Kübra Kalkan,
    In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA), (pp. 22-29). IEEE.     Details
  • SeCaS: Secure Capability Sharing Framework for IoT Devices in a Structured P2P Network Angeliki Aktypi, Kübra Kalkan, and Kasper B. Rasmussen,
    In 2020 Proceedings of the Tenth ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy), (pp. 271-282). ACM.     Details
  • SDNScore: A statistical defense mechanism against DDoS attacks in SDN environment Kübra Kalkan, Gürkan Gür, and Fatih Alagöz,
    In 2017 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), (pp. 669-675). IEEE.     Details
  • Emailprofiler: Spearphishing filtering with header and stylometric features of emails Sevtap Duman, Kübra Kalkan, Manuel Egele, William Robertson, and Engin Kirda,
    In 2016 IEEE 40th Annual Computer Software and Applications (COMPSAC), (pp. 408-416). IEEE.     Details
  • Privacy in mobile computing for location-sharing-based services Igor Bilogrevic, Murtuza Jadliwala, Kübra Kalkan, Jean-Pierre Hubaux, and Imad Aad,
    In 2011 International Symposium on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, (pp. 77-96). Springer.     Details
  • An approach for classifying program failures Burcu Ozcelik, Kübra Kalkan, and Cemal Yilmaz,
    In 2010 Second International Conference on Advances in System Testing and Validation Lifecycle, (pp. 93-98). IEEE.     Details
  • A highly resilient and zone-based key predistribution protocol for multiphase wireless sensor networks Kübra Kalkan, Sinem Yilmaz, Omer Zekvan Yilmaz, and Albert Levi,
    In 2009 Proceedings of the 5th ACM symposium on QoS and security for wireless and mobile networks, (pp. 29-36). ACM.     Details

• Book Chapters

  • Underwater and Submerged Wireless Sensor Systems: Security Issues and Solutions Kübra Kalkan, Albert Levi, and Sherali Zeadally,
    Wireless Sensor Systems for Extreme Environments, Chapter 15, (pp. 311-324). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     Details

Current Students

Muhammad Kashif
Muhammad Kashif
PhD candidate		 Ozan Tarlan
Ozan Tarlan
PhD candidate		 Maysarah Almasri
Maysarah Almasri
PhD student

Arda Hacıfevzioğlu
MSc student

Graduated Students

  • Majd Latah (PhD 2023, Currently: Post-Doc in Hamburg University)
  • Cem Ata Baykara(MSc 2023, Currently: PhD in Tubingen University)
  • Muhammed Yasir (MSc 2023, Currently: PhD in University of Zurich)
  • Orkun Doğan ((MSc 2023, Currently: working in ARUP company)
  • Ozan Tarlan (MSc 2022, Currently: PhD in Ozyegin University)
  • Elnaz Dadvar (MSc 2022)

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