55 lines
3.4 KiB
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55 lines
3.4 KiB
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#import "@preview/acrostiche:0.3.0": *
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#set page("us-letter",
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header: [
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#set text(8pt)
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#smallcaps[Arthur Grisel-Davy]
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#h(1fr) _CPI Scholarship Application_
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],
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)
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#init-acronyms((
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"IDS": ("Intrusion Detection System"),
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))
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#let cn = {text(fill:purple, weight:"bold")[#smallcaps[\[citation needed\]]]}
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#set par(
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first-line-indent: 1em,
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justify: true,
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)
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#text(weight: "bold", size: 2em)[Areas of Research]
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#v(0pt)
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#line(length:100%, stroke: 2pt)
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My research projects, as a Ph.D. student, all revolve around the concepts of enforcing security policies or detecting abnormal behavior using the power consumption of an embedded system.
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The power consumption, like other side-channel emmissions --- noise, temperature, or timing information for example---, are, from a computation point of view, a necessary but useless by-product that the machine has to deal with.
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However, for a few decades now, researchers and have found ways to leverage these seemingly useless information channels to extract insights about the machine states and activities.
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Although primalarily leveraging these information to design attacks, the research on side-channel analysis also proposes to consider them as a source of information to power defense mechanismes with their own intrisec characteristics.
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These mechanisms require the use or developement of processing algorithm to overcome the non-actionable nature of raw time series and extract the information embedded in the collected data.
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My projects focuses on exploring the applicability of side-channel (or physics-based) #acr("IDS") through the developement of processing algorithms and decision models.
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= Boot Process Verification
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The boot sequence of a machine is a critical state for the machine security.
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The bootloader and firmware that executes during this sequence controles the lowest level of software that sets important security parameter.
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Moreover, this is a particularily vulnerable sequence as no host-based #acr("IDS") is running.
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There are hardware-based mechanisms, often leveraging cryptographic sugnatures, that strive to prevent firmware tampering, but studies illustrated the possibility to bypass them #cn.
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#pagebreak()
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I am recommending Arthur Grisel-Davy for the Cybersecurity and Privacy Excellence Graduate Scholarships.
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I have supervised Arthur first in 2019 when he was a visiting student discovering the world of research, and then again since 2021 in his doctoral studies.
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I have seen Arthur learn the ... of academic research by always learning how to overcom challenges and striving to become a better scientist.
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Arthur has consistently demonstrated dedication, creativity, and scholarly achievement throughout his studies in our research group.
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His commitment to advancing the field of cybersecurity and privacy is evident in his motivation, ideas, accomplishments, and publications in reputable journals.
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Along his studies, Arthur also undertook the role of advisor for younger students.
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He shares his experience of conducting experiments and writing articles with a few students each term.
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Arthur is a person of integrity, professionalism, and a collaborative spirit, making him a valuable member of our academic community.
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His willingness to mentor other students further demonstrates his commitment to academic excellence and community engagement.
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I believe that Arthur Grisel-Davy would be a deserving recipient of this scolarship.
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