PhD Thesis – Mortada Termos
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On Wednesday, 21 January, Mortada TERMOS successfully defended his PhD in Computer Science before a distinguished academic panel. His research addresses intrusion detection in next-generation networks, an area central to today’s cybersecurity challenges and to the digital transformation underpinning smart cities.
Topic of interest
This work was carried out under a joint PhD agreement (cotutelle) between CESI and the Lebanese University, marking a significant milestone: it is the first doctoral partnership between the two institutions in the field of cybersecurity.
Supervised by Mourad ZGHAL and Ali JABER, and supported by Zakariya Ghalmane, Ahmad FADALLAH and Amine BRAHMIA, Mortada TERMOS developed an approach that focuses on relationships between devices rather than examining each individual exchange in isolation. This perspective improves the detection of attacks in Internet of Things environments and, crucially, enhances the model’s ability to transfer from one network to another, maintaining strong performance despite diverse settings and data.
Results
The results show a clear boost in the accuracy, robustness and generalizability of intrusion detection by leveraging the communication structure of IoT networks.
Congratulations to Mortada TERMOS on earning his PhD, and sincere thanks to the entire supervisory team for the success of this ambitious research project.