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College News
17 October 2004
Smart Card technology on show
Royal Holloway's innovative Smart Card Centre's recent open day, brought
industry, staff and students together in what proved to be a successful
networking event.
Specialising in training and research in Smart Card technology, the Centre has been in operation since 2002, and was founded by Royal Holloway, Vodafone and Giesecke & Devrient. Exhibitors at the event included both students and industry professionals such as ORGA, O², Gemplus, Philips, Visa, Axalto, SiVenture, Barnes International and Mastercard/Multos.
The event provided key opportunities for students studying Information Security at the College to network and seek career contacts and information. Various practical demonstrations took place, showcasing the latest Smart Card products and technology, and prizes were awarded to the top exhibitors.
Mohammad Alhussein won the award for best student exhibit: "Participating in the Smart Card Centre's open day was a great experience for me personally," he said. "It gave me the opportunity to interact with pioneers and experts in the Smart Card field. After spending a year studying information security at Royal Holloway, and focusing on Smart Card security in my project, it was a very interesting to gain first-hand feedback from industry leaders. Winning the Crisp Telecom Award is an honour that I would like to share with my supervisors and colleagues - my goal is to continue my studies at the SCC at Royal Holloway to obtain a PhD in the field of Smart Card security"
The Smart Card Centre's Director, Keith Mayes, said: "The day was a great success and I was overwhelmed by the positive response from our industry supporters, visitors, staff and students. A special thank you must go to our industry founders, Vodafone and Giesecke & Devrient, as without their valued support and foresight the Centre would simply not exist."
Graham Higgins, Head of winning industry exhibitor SiVenture, said: "We were delighted to be a part of this quality event and were greatly encouraged by the range of guests and the way SiVenture was received, particularly the award for 'Best Industry Exhibit'
For further information on Royal Holloway's Smart Card Centre visit www.scc.rhul.ac.uk/
ENDS
For press information
contact Royal Holloway, University of London, Press Office:
Vicky Cousins
Assistant Press & Communications Officer
01784 414480, victoria.cousins@rhul.ac.uk
Christine Long
Press & PR Officer
01784 443967, christine.long@rhul.ac.uk
Research & Enterprise, Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway works to encourage and promote research and enterprise
activities through collaboration with regional businesses. The Research
& Enterprise department promotes College research expertise by assisting
academics to establish contract research and consultancy opportunities
as well as setting up training courses for external organisations. Visit
www.rhul.ac.uk/research-and-enterprise/
for further information.
The Information Security
Group (ISG)
The Information Security Group (ISG) at Royal Holloway is an interdisciplinary
research group comprised of computer scientists and mathematicians.
It is one of the largest academic security groups in the world, regularly
hosting international visitors, and has strong research links with a
number of industrial and government institutions. In 1998 Royal Holloway,
University of London was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize in recognition
of the work of the ISG.
The ISG conducts research
in areas such as the design and evaluation of cryptographic algorithms
and protocols (where it contributes actively to the international standardisation
process), smart cards, electronic commerce, security management, mobile
telecommunications security, and the integration of security techniques
into specific applications. Visit www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/
for further information.
