Academic Staff

Dr. Maryam Sheikhi
VG 1C, room 1.18

T: +49 (0) 355 69 4629
F: +49 (0) 355 69 2127
sheikhig(at)b-tu.de

About me

I am a postdoc Researcher at Control Systems and Cyber Security Lab (COSYS) at the Brandenburg University of Technology at the Chair of IT Security. Before, I was a postdoctoral researcher at IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in the Centre for Information Security and Trust (CISAT), and at the Middle East Technical University (METU), in the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IAM), Ankara, Turkey. I did my PhD in Mathematics in Iran.

Research Interests

My research area focuses on topics in cryptography and information theory. Specifically, I am interested in the practical and theoretical aspects of threshold cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, and fully homomorphic encryption. My aim is to analyze cryptographic protocols and develop efficient protocols for privacy-preserving and verifiability purposes.

Projects

I am currently working as a researcher in the COSYS-Lab interdisciplinary research project. My research mainly focuses on protecting the privacy of end-users in energy networks. The major challenge in this field is that smart meters and smart home energy devices often compromise the privacy of their users by sharing data. To address this issue, we can apply various techniques such as k-anonymity, differential privacy, and private information retrieval.