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Defended PhD Theses
Kaur Kullmandefended his PhD thesis titled: "Interactive Stereoscopically Perceivable Multidimensional Data Visualizations for Cybersecurity" on 25 April 2023.
Supervisor: Prof. Olaf Manuel Maennel (University of Adelaide, Australia). Co-supervisors: Prof. Don Engel (University of Maryland, U.S), Prof. Stefan Sütterlin (Tallinn University of Technology)
Opponents: Dr Alexander Kott (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, U.S), Dr Simon Su (National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S), Dr Matthew Sorell (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Alejandro Guerra Manzanares defended his PhD thesis titled: "Machine Learning-Based Detection and Characterization of Evolving Threats in Mobile and IoT Systems" on 1 September 2022.
Supervisor: Research Professor Dr. Hayretdin Bahsi (Tallinn University of Technology). Co-supervisors: Dr. Sven Nõmm (Tallinn University of Technology), Assistant Professor Dr. Marcin Luckner (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
Opponents: Professor Dr. Juan Manuel Corchado Rodriguez (University of Salamanca, Spain), Professor Dr. Ali Akbar Ghorbani (University of New Brunswick, Canada)
Tiia Sõmer defended her PhD thesis titled: "Modelling Financially Motivated Cyber Crime" on 3 May 2022.
Supervisor: Prof. Rain Ottis (Tallinn University of Technology). Co-supervisor: Dr. Patrick Voss de Haan (Bundeskriminalamt, Germany)
Opponents: Dr. Hervé Borrion (University College London / UCL Department of Security and Crime Science, UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science), Dr. Matti Näsi (Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy, University of Helsinki, Finland)
Mauno Pihelgas defended his PhD thesis titled: "Automating Defences against Cyber Operations in Computer Networks" on 11 August 2021.
Supervisor: Dr. Risto Vaarandi (Tallinn University of Technology). Co-supervisor: Prof. Olaf Manuel Maennel (Tallinn University of Technology)
Opponents: Prof. Dr. Anja Feldmann (Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany), Prof. Dr. Jan Vykopal (Masaryk University, Czechia)
Kaie Maennel defended her PhD thesis titled: "Advancing Cybersecurity Education through Learning Analytics" on 16 June 2021.
Supervisor: Prof. Rain Ottis (Tallinn University of Technology). Co-supervisor: Prof. Stefan Sütterlin (Albstadt-Sigmaringen University, Germany)
Opponents: Prof. Nickolas Falkner (University of Adelaide, Australia), Prof. Cornelius König (Saarland University, Germany)
Sten Mäsesdefended his PhD thesis titled: "Evaluating Cybersecurity-Related Competences through Simulation Exercises" on 16 December 2020.
Supervisor: Prof. Olaf Manuel Maennel (Tallinn University of Technology). Co-supervisors Liina Randmann (Tallinn University of Technology) and Prof. Stefan Sütterlin (Østfold University College, Norway)
Opponents: Prof. Nickolas Falkner (University of Adelaide, Australia), Prof. Petri Ihantola (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Ahto Truudefended his PhD thesis titled: "Hash-Based Server-Assisted Digital Signature Solutions" on 28 May 2020.
Supervisor: Prof. Ahto Buldas (Tallinn University of Technology)
Opponents: Ass. Prof. Andreas Hülsing (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands), Ass. Prof. Elena Andreeva (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
Bernhards Blumbergs defended his PhD thesis titled: "Specialized Cyber Red Team Responsive Computer Network Operations" on 27 May 2019. Supervisors: Dr. Rain Ottis. Co-supervisor: Dr. Risto Vaarandi
Opponents: Prof. Hiroki Takakura (National Institute of Informatics, Japan), Fregattenkapitän PD Dr. Dr. habil. Robert Koch (Bundeswehr University of Munich, Germany)
