School of Telecommunication Engineering, Informatics, the School of Industrial Engineering
The Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) is a public institution of research and higher education in the fields of engineering, architecture, sciences and technology. The University was founded in 1971 and, nowadays, receives annually around 6,000 bachelor’s and master’s students. Its objectives is to educate the students to become professionals in engineering, architecture, sciences and technology with the knowledge and the abilities to deal with new challenges with technological effi ciency and sustainability criteria.
The University through the School of Telecommunication Engineering, the School of Informatics, the School of Industrial Engineering and the Quality in Electronics laboratory (QinE) concentrates on the security at software and network level and on the design techniques for low power circuits and systems in nanometer technologies. Through the Schools of Telecommunication and Informatics a Master in cybersecurity is organized in which software and network security is taught. At software level the following subjects are included: Applications Security, Data Protection, Malware. At network level the subjects are: Network Security, Network Traffic Monitoring and Analysis, Network Security – Authentication and Authorization, Secure Communications in Fiber-Optic Networks and Security 5G Fixed Network. Additionally, the subjects: Quantum Computing and Cryptography, Blockchain, Cybersecurity Management and Cybersecurity Use Cases are included. Apart from theoretical classes, they work on laboratory and project based activities which boost their focus on the topics and bring them close to real use cases. During the master’s thesis period they can combine practices in industry with their final master’s project. Through the School of Industrial Engineering and the QinE laboratory students have an approximation to hardware security topics (in the master of Industrial Engineering) and to select topics for their master’s thesis close to research from the QinE laboratory. In QinE innovative methods for testing, self-test, and for signal integrity analysis of analog, digital and mixed-signal circuits with the intention to strengthen the security of hardware against attacks are considered. The students through their education have the possibility to work on these topics and bring fresh and modern ideas to the laboratory.
Contact: Salvador Manich, Professor ( salvador [dot] manich [at] upc.edu )
