Onur Duman

Academic Positions

• PresentSept 2023

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  Kristiania University College

• Dec 2023Sept 2016

  Research Assistant

  I am currently working as a research assistant in Concordia Institute of Information Systems Engineering (CIISE). My research is mostly focused on security metrics in the smart grid.

• June 2016Jan 2015

  Research Assistant

  I worked as a research assistant in Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Amr Youssef and my research mostly focused on cryptanalysis of several national standard ciphers.

Education & Training

• Ph.D. Student Sept 2016- Dec 2023

  Ph.D. in Information Systems Engineering

  Concordia Institute of Information Systems Engineering
  Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Mourad Debbabi and Prof. Dr. Lingyu Wang
  Thesis title: Measuring and Improving the Security Postures of Smart Grid Substations Against Cyber Attacks
  CGPA: 4.3 / 4.3

• Master's Degree Jan 2015 - June 2016

  Master of Applied Science (MASc) in Information Systems Security

  Concordia Institute of Information Systems Engineering
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Amr Youssef
  Thesis Title: Application of Fault Analysis to Some Cryptographic Standards
  CGPA: 4.3/4.3

• Bachelor's Sept 2004 - June 2008

  Bachelor of Engineering

  Bilkent University Computer Engineering Department
  CGPA: 3.88/4.00 (4th best student)

Honors and Awards

• Sept 2018
  Concordia Merit Scholarship

  This is one year award given to outstanding graduate students in Concordia University.
• Oct 2017
  Concordia Conference And Exposition Award

  This is a one time award for covering conference expenses. I received this award for attending Smartgridcomm 2017 and presenting my work titled “Measuring the Security Posture of IEC 61850 Substations with Redundancy Against Zero Day Attacks“
• Sept 2016
  Concordia Graduate Fellowship Award D

  I have received a Ph.D. entrance award called “Concordia Graduate Fellowship Award” for being a high potential Ph.D. student.
• Sept 2015
  Concordia Merit Scholarship

  This is one year award given to outstanding graduate students in Concordia University.
• May 2015
  Concordia Conference And Exposition Award

  This is a one time award for covering conference expenses. I received this award for attending CtCrypt 2015 and presenting my work titled: “Fault Analysis of Kuznyechik”.
• June 2015
  Workshop Best Paper Award

  Our paper, “Fault Analysis of Kuznyechik”, received best paper award in CtCrypt 2015.
• 2007
  Bilkent University Success Scholarship

  I have received “Success Scholarship” from Bilkent University, which includes full tuition fee waiver, for being among the best %1 of students in the department.
• 2006
  Bilkent University Success Scholarship

  I have received “Success Scholarship” from Bilkent University, which includes full tuition fee waiver, for being among the best %1 of students in the department.
• 2005
  Bilkent University Success Scholarship

  I have received “Success Scholarship” from Bilkent University, which includes full tuition fee waiver, for being among the best %1 of students in the department.
• 2004-2008
  Bilkent University High Honour Student

  I have been a HIGH HONOUR student for all terms during my Bachelor’s in Bilkent University.
• 2004
  Outstanding Result Taken From Turkish University Entrance Exam (OSS)

  I was ranked 1240th among 1.728.076 students in OSS (University Entrance Exam in Turkey). My percentile was %0.49.