Ioannis Zografopoulos received his Ph.D. at the Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division (CEMSE) of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2023. Prior, he graduated with a B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in Computer, Communications, and Network Engineering, and an M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, in 2014 and 2015, respectively. His research interests include cyber-physical systems security, with an emphasis on embedded systems for industrial, distributed energy, and power grid applications.

He is a member of IET, an IEEE and IEEE PES graduate student member and has served as a reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Access, IEEE SmartGridComm, IET Smart Grid and other IEEE and ACM conferences and journals.

Why KAUST?

I chose KAUST to continue my Ph.D. studies for a multitude of reasons. First, KAUST is one of the most rapidly evolving institutions with a preceding global reputation in its 10 years of operation. Achievements such as KAUST’s global standing and faculty citation ranking heavily weighed on my decision. Second, for the well-renowned faculty whose courses I will be able to attend, as well as the 8:1 faculty per student ratio. I am looking forward to working on innovative ideas and building connections with some of the most aspiring researchers in my field. Third, for the unparalleled research infrastructure such as the Shaheen supercomputer cluster.

Achievements and Awards

• Briefing presentation at Black Hat MEA, Nov 2023
• Tutorial presentation at SmartGridComm, Oct 2023
• Ph.D. dissertation defense, Jul 2023
• 1^st place at Cyber Security Awareness Week - Hack My Robot Challenge (CSAW-HMR), Nov 2022
• Finalist at Cyber Security Awareness Week - Capture The Flag (CSAW-CTF), Nov 2022
• Black Hat USA student scholarship, Aug 2022
• Successful Ph.D. proposal defense, Mar 2022
• 1^st place at at Cyber Security Awareness Week - Embedded Security Challenge (CSAW-ESC) in USA/Canada and MENA regions, Nov 2021
• IEEE VLSI Test Symposium participation and travel grant, Apr 2020
• Passed Ph.D. qualifying examination, Nov 2019
• Cyber Resilient Energy Delivery Consortium (CREDC) student award, Jun 2019
• First-Class Honors, MSc Scholarship award, Nov 2015
• First-Class Honors, B.Eng, Jul 2014

 

Education Profile

• Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 2023
• M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly (UTH), 2015
• B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in Computer, Communications, and Network Engineering,  University of Thessaly (UTH), 2014