Happily to know I have been named among the top 2% of 7 million working scientists in the world with a group of distinguished colleagues from UM-Dearborn, based on a recent study by a Standford University professor. The study uses multiple metrics to systematically rank the most influential scientiests by scientific field based on their citation impacts over a career or a single year. Details can be found here: Top 2% Scientists in the World [Apr. 2021]
Congratulations to the Dream Team LLC, a Michigan-based cybersecurity company, for receiving a grant of more than $7 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop infrastructure that protects the electric grid from cyber attacks on electric vehicles and EV charging systems. We are pleased to partner with the Dream Team, DTE Energy, Utah State University, NextEnergy, ACM, RunSafe Security, Redstone Technology, and two national labs on this project. Please check news announcement in: The Detriot News, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Green Car Congress, [Oct. 2020]
It has been 4~5 years but NHTSA finally published our report on Cybersecurity of Firmware Updates :-). I am grateful to work with Russ, Ron, Sam, and Andrea on this report. You are the best! [Oct. 2020]
Congratulations to Dr. Ahmad Nasser on successfully defending his PhD thesis. [Aug. 2019]
Our SAE WCX19 paper on "Analyzing and Preventing Data Privacy Leakage in Connected Vehicle Services" received the prestigeous Trevor O. Jones Outstanding Paper award. [Apr. 2019]
Congratulations to Dr. Nevrus Kaja on successfully defending his PhD thesis. [Apr. 2019]
The first Dearborn Cybersecurity Day was successfully held on Apr. 1, 2019 with 130 attendees coming from the campus and the community (industry, public organizations, non-profits, and peer institutions). [Apr. 2019]
Di participated in the "Balancing safety with convenience features" panel in Detroit Auto Show, Jan. 2018
Di, working with the Business Engagement Center and Automation Alley, organized a Tech Takeover panel on Cybersecurity of Connected and Automated Vehicles, Navigating security and privacy in next-generation of mobility. [Aug. 2017]
Di gave an invited talk on secure and safe vehicle platooning at Michigan State University ECE Research Seminar. [Apr. 2017]
Di is featured as a Rockstar professor/mentor for automotive cybersecurity research and education in this website :-) [Sept. 2016]
We receive a grant to support NHTSA's automotive cybersecurity guideline development (with Dr. David LeBlanc as the PI). [Aug. 2016]
Di gave an invited talk on secure autonomous vehicle security in the IEEE Southeast Michigan Section Fall conference [Apr. 2016].
Di (PI) receives a grant from the UM-Ford Alliance Program to develop advanced privacy protection algorithms for connected automotive user experiences. [Mar. 2016]
We receive a grant for secure vehicle firmware update from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)(with Dr. Andre Weimerskirch as the PI). [Sept. 2015]
Di (PI) receives a grant from the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program, National Science Foundation (NSF), to support her work in enhancing pervasive and mobile computing education with research integration. [Aug. 2014]
Di is invited to join the editorial board of Journal of Communications and Networks in the area of Cryptography and Security of Communication Theory and Systems. [Jul. 2014]
Di is a 2014 Michigan Road Scholar. This five-day state outreach, exposure to the state's economy, government, culture, educational, health and social issues, history, and geography, is educational, intriguing, and fun! [May 2014]
Journal paper accepted: "PriWhisper: Enabling keyless secure acoustic communication for smartphones" accepted by IEEE IoT. [Dec. 2013]
Journal paper accepted: "Context-aware defenses to RFID unauthorized reading and relay attacks" accepted by IEEE TETC. [Nov. 2013]
Journal paper accepted: "Role-Based Cryptosystem: A New Cryptographic RBAC System Based on Role-Key Hierarchy" accepted by IEEE TIFS. [Oct. 2013]
Di is invited to give a talk on "Sensing assisted identity management with mobile devices" in the Future of Identity Workshop, co-located with IFIP IDMAN'13, in London, UK, Apr. 2013. [Feb. 2013].
Our paper on malware prevention for smartphones is accepted by ACM WiSec'13 . [Jan. 2013]
Journal paper accepted: "Location-Aware and Safer Cards: Enhancing RFID Security and Privacy via Location Sensing" accepted by IEEE TDSC. [Dec. 2012]
Journal paper accepted: "Secure collaborative integrity verification for hybrid cloud environments" accepted by IJCIS. [Nov. 2012]
Di gave an invited talk on "Sensing-enabled RFID security and privacy" at the Research Colloquium of CIS Department, UMass-Lowell. [Oct. 2012]
Our paper "Secure Proximity Detection for NFC Devices based on Ambient Sensor Data" is accepted by ESORICS'12. [Jun. 2012]
Di gave an invited talk on "Sensing-enabled RFID security and privacy" at the Research Colloquium of ECE Department, UM-Dearborn. [Apr. 2012]
Di gave a panel talk on "Cryptographic approach for delegation and authorization in cloud computing" at the NSF Workshop on Security for Cloud Computing in Washington DC. [Mar. 2012]
Our paper "Secure Data Retrieval of Outsourced Data with Complex Query Support" is accepted by ICDCS-SPCC'12. [Feb. 2012]
Our paper "Location-Aware and Safer Cards: Enhancing RFID Security and Privacy via Location Sensing" is accepted by WiSec'12. [Feb. 2012]
Our paper "Sensing-Enabled Defenses to RFID Unauthorized Reading and Relay Attacks without Changing the Usage Model" is accepted by PerCom'12. [Jan. 2012]
BIO
Di Ma is currently an Associate Professor in the Computer and Information Science (CIS) Department, College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She is also serving as the Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research and the director of the Cybersecurity Center for Education, Research, and Outreach, CECS. Dr. Ma received her PhD degree from the University of California, Irvine, in 2009. She is the recipient of the Trevor O. Jones Outstanding Paper Award from the Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) in 2019, the Distinguished Research Award from CECS in 2017, and the Tan Kah Kee Young Inventor Award in 2004. She is broadly interested in the general area of security, privacy, and applied cryptography. Her research spans a wide range of topics, including connected and autonomous vehicle security, smartphone and mobile device security, RFID and sensor security, data privacy, and so on. Her research is supported by NSF, NHTSA, AFOSR, Intel, Ford, and Research in Motion. She was with IBM Almaden Research Center in 2008 and the Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore in 2000-2005. Here is my CV.
