Electrical energy usage is increasing every year due to population growth and new forms of consumption. As such, it is increasingly imperative to research methods of energy control and safe use. Security Solutions and Applied Cryptography in Smart Grid Communications is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on the development of smart grid technology and best practices of utilization. Featuring extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as threat detection, authentication, and intrusion detection, this book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, engineers and students seeking current research on ways in which to implement smart grid platforms all over the globe.
Mohamed Amine Ferrag received the Bachelor's degree (June,2008), Master's degree (June,2010) and Ph.D. degree (June,2014) from Badji Mokhtar- Annaba University, Algeria, all in Computer Science. Since October 2014, he is an assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science, Guelma University, Algeria. He is also affiliated as a Researcher member with Networks and Systems Laboratory, Annaba University, Algeria. His research interests include wireless network security, network coding security, and applied cryptography. He is currently serving on various editorial positions like Editorial Board Member in International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IGI Global) and International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (Inderscience Publishers). He has served as an Organizing Committee Member in numerous international conferences like ICNAS'13, ICNAS'15, ASD'16. He has served as TPC Member in ANT'15, IEEE GlobeCom'15, CyberSec'16, IEEE ANTS'16, IEEE ICEMIS'16, etc. Mohamed Amine is member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Security & Privacy, and member of the IEEE Cybersecurity Community. He received some awards for his reviewing activities. Ahmed Ahmim received the Bachelors degree (June, 2007), Masters degree (June, 2009) and PhD (October, 2014) from Badji Mokhtar-Annaba University, Algeria, all in Computer Science. He has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Larbi Tebessi, Algeria, since May 2015. He is also affiliated as a Researcher member (Since October 2010) with Networks and Systems Laboratory LRS, Badji Mokhtar Annaba University, Algeria. His research interests include wireless network security, network coding security, and applied cryptography. He has served as an Organizing Committee Member, and Technical Program Committee (TPC) member in numerous international conferences like ICNAS'13, ICNAS'15, IT4OD16, PAIS2016.
