Seppo Virtanen
Vice Head (Education), Department of Computing
Kyberturvallisuusteknologia seppo.virtanen@utu.fi +358 29 450 2776 +358 50 352 8086 : 456B : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9487-3018 |
Cyber Security; Cybersecurity; AI in Cybersecurity; LLMs in Cybersecurity; Smart Environments; Smart City; Network Security; e-voting; Online Voting; Network Technology; Protocols; Firewalls; Next Generation Firewalls; Intrusion Detection; Intrusion Prevention; Wireless Local Area Networks; WLAN; WLAN Security; Malware; Ransomware; Internet-of-Things Security; IoT Security; Autonomous System Security; Trust; Digital Transformation; System Security; Privacy; Security Engineering; Digital Intelligence
Dr. Seppo Virtanen is Professor and Chair of Cyber Security Engineering, and Vice Head of Department of Computing at the University of Turku, Finland. He received his MSc in applied physics (electronics and information technology) in 1998 and his PhD [DSc(Tech)] in Communication Systems in 2004 from the University of Turku. In 2009, he was awarded the title of adjunct professor (dosentti) in Embedded Communication Systems. He completed his certificate in university pedagogy in 2010 and became a holder of the government decree regulated teacher's competence and qualification. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. He has supervised or examined 12 PhD theses and more than 160 Master’s theses. He has taught more than 80 instances of more than 25 different university courses to engineering students as principal instructor. His current research interests are on the application of AI on cyber security, technologies for network security solutions and security technologies for IoT.
Our research in cyber security engineering covers all abstraction levels and key application domains of networked systems from IoT to global internetworking, targeting future technologies needed in building a secure digital society. Please visit our research group's website at https://www.utu.fi/cyber for more details.
Our research team is continuously interested in talented new doctoral researchers that wish to carry out their PhD thesis research with us. If your PhD research interests align with our on-going research activities, please contact us by completing and submitting our PhD thesis research contact form (rather than sending email).
Our lab has the main educational responsibility in two Master’s degree programme major subjects in Cyber Security. Our annual output is about 30-40 M.Sc.(Tech.) degrees (120 ECTS) and we are the only university in Finland approved to the EIT Digital Master School Cyber Security double degree programme with other leading European universities in the field. Along with our partners, we also became a partner in the EU project called SPECTRO to deliver advanced digital skills in cyber security and robotics in the form of specialized Master’s programmes and self-standing modules. Please visit our research group's website at https://www.utu.fi/cyber for more details.
- Towards Self-Aware Approach for Mobile Devices Security (2017)
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- A Semantic Security Framework and Context-Aware Role-Based Access Control Ontology for Smart Spaces (2016) International Workshop on Semantic Big Data Hosseinzadeh S, Díaz Rodríguez N, Virtanen S, Lilius J
- Distributed Internal Anomaly Detection System for Internet-of-Things (2016) 2016 13th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) Thanigaivelan NK, Nigussie E, Kanth RK, Virtanen S, Isoaho J
- End-to-end security scheme for mobility enabled healthcare Internet of Things (2016)
- Future Generation Computer Systems
- On the Effect of Employment during the Last Year of Studies to Timely Graduation and Deep Learning (2016) The 12th International CDIO Conference - Proceedings, Full Papers Petri Sainio, Seppo Virtanen
- The 12th International CDIO Conference Proceedings – Full Papers (2016) Jerker Björkqvist, Kristina Edström, Ronald J. Hugo, Juha Kontio, Janne Roslöf, Rick Sellens, Seppo Virtanen (eds.)
- Towards adaptive cryptography and security with software defined platforms (2016) Computing Platforms for Software-Defined Radio Hakkala A., Isoaho J., Virtanen S.
- A Taxonomy of Perceived Information Security and Privacy Threats among IT Security Students (2015) The 10th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2015) Ali Farooq, Syed Rameez Ullah Kakakhel, Seppo Virtanen, Jouni Isoaho
- Information Security Awareness in Educational Institution: An Analysis of Students' Individual Factors (2015) Trustcom/BigDataSE/ISPA, 2015 IEEE Farooq A, Isoaho J, Virtanen S, Isoaho J
- Observations on Genderwise Differences among University Students in Information Security Awareness (2015)
- International Journal of Information Security and Privacy
- SEA: A Secure and Efficient Authentication and Authorization Architecture for IoT-Based Healthcare Using Smart Gateways (2015)
- Procedia Computer Science
- Session Resumption-Based End-to-End Security for Healthcare Internet-of-Things (2015) 2015 IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology; Ubiquitous Computing and Communications; Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing; Pervasive Intelligence and Computing (CIT/IUCC/DASC/PICOM), Sanaz Rahimi Moosavi, Tuan Nguyen Gia, Ethiopia Nigussi , Amir-Mohammad Rahmani, Seppo Virtanen Hannu Tenhunen, Jouni Isoaho
- Systematic Method for Teaching Engineering Working Life Skills (2015) Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering Education Petri Sainio, Seppo Virtanen, Johanna Isoaho, Jouni Isoaho
- Uniform Teaching of Network Simulation Skills in an Engineering Curriculum (2015) Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Engineering Education July 20-24, 2015, Zagreb, Zadar (Croatia) Ethiopia Nigussie, Petri Sainio, Sanaz Rahimi Moosavi, Rajeev Kumar Kanth, Seppo Virtanen and Jouni Isoaho
- Virtualization of laboratory education in network security engineering (2015) Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Engineering Education July 20-24, 2015, Zagreb, Zadar (Croatia) Antti Hakkala, Seppo Virtanen
- Advancing Embedded Systems and Real-Time Communications with Emerging Technologies (2014) Seppo Virtanen
- An Elliptic Curve-based Mutual Authentication Scheme for RFID Implant Systems (2014)
- Procedia Computer Science
- Energy-aware adaptive security management for wireless sensor networks (2014) A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), 2014 IEEE 15th International Symposium on Ethiopia Nigussie, Antti Hakkala, Seppo Virtanen, Jouni Isoaho
- Specification Analysis for Secure RFID Implants (2014)
- International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering
- Veikö varas identiteetin? (2014)
- Tietosuoja : tietoturvan ja tietosuojan erikoislehti
