Professori Valtteri Niemi (Turun yliopisto)  pitää vierailuluennon ja antaa julkisen opetusnäytteen tietoturvan professorin tehtävään otsikolla "User authentication in cellular communications".  Tilaisuus pidetään 2.10. 10:15-11:00 salissa DK116. Tervetuloa!

Professor Valtteri Niemi (University of Turku) will give a public teaching demonstration lecture for professor position with focus on security and privacy. The title of the lecture is "User authentication in cellular communications". The event is held on 2.10. 10:15-11:00 in room DK116. Welcome!

Abstract:

Security has played a key role in cellular systems since GSM. Even more emphasis has been devoted to security in the subsequent generations, 3G and LTE. One of the most important security features is user authentication. The lecture covers evolution of user authentication mechanisms from GSM to 3G and further to LTE. In addition to presenting details of these mechanisms, the rationale behind various design decisions is also explained.

Bio:

Valtteri Niemi received a PhD degree in Mathematics from the University of Turku, Finland in 1989. After serving in various positions in Univ. of Turku, he was an Associate Professor in Mathematics at the University of Vaasa, Finland, during 1993-97. He joined Nokia Research Center (NRC), Helsinki, Finland, in 1997. During 2008-2010 he was at the new NRC laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was nominated as a Nokia Fellow in January 2009. During 2011, Valtteri was back in NRC/Helsinki. Dr. Niemi contributed in several roles for Nokia research in wireless security area, including cryptological aspects and privacy-enhancing technologies. Starting from 2012, Valtteri has been a Professor of Mathematics in Univ. of Turku, doing research in cryptology and its applications. Professor Niemi serves also as a high-end foreign expert in Xidian University, China for 2014. 

Dr. Niemi participated 3GPP SA3 (security) standardization group from its beginning and during 2003-2009 he was the chairman of the group. 
Before 3GPP, Dr. Niemi took part in ETSI SMG 10 for GSM security specification work. 

He has published more than 60 scientific articles and he is a co-author of four books and more than 20 patent families.