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Kewei Zhang

PhD Student

kewei@kth.se

https://www.kth.se/profile/kewei/

 

He has joined the Networked Systems Security (NSS) group as a PhD Student since 2014, under the supervision of Prof. Panos Papadimitratos. His research focuses on security of GNSS-based localization and timing. He received his MSc degree on the program 'Wireless Systems' at EECS, KTH.

Research Interests


✢ Security of GNSS positioning and timing
✢ Vulnerabilties assecessment of services based on GNSS
✢ Countermeasures against GNSS attacks based on filter design, hypothesis testing, multi-receiver cooperation, opportunistic signals.

 

Journal Articles


K. Zhang, E.G. Larsson and P. Papadimitratos, "Protecting GNSS Open Service-Navigation Message Authentication against Distance-Decreasing Attacks," Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (TAES), 2020. [ Full Text ]

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Fast Multiple Fault Detection and Exclusion (FM-FDE) Algorithm for Standalone GNSS Receivers," Submitted to IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (OJ-COMS), 2020. [ Full Text ]

 

Conference Proceedings


K. Zhang, M. Spanghero and P. Papadimitratos, "Protecting GNSS-based Services using Time Offset Validation," in Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS), Virtual, January 2020. [ Full Text ]

 

M. Spanghero, K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Authenticated Time for Detecting GNSS Attacks," in Proceedings of the 33rd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2020), Virtual, September 2020. [ To appear ]

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Safeguarding NMA Enhanced Galileo OS Signals from Distance-Decreasing Attacks," in Proceedings of the 32nd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2019), Miami, Florida, September 2019. [ Full Text ]

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Secure Multi-constellation GNSS Receivers with Clustering-based Solution Separation Algorithm," in Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference 2019, Big Sky, Montana, March 2019. [ Full Text ]

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "On the Effects of Distance-decreasing Attacks on Cryptographically Protected GNSS Signals," in Proceedings of the 2019 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Reston, Virginia, Jan 2019. [ Full Text ]

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Analysis of the Effect of the Distance-decreasing Attacks on GNSS Authenticated Signals," in WiSec 2018 - Proceedings of the 11th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2018. [ Full Text ]

 

K. Zhang, R. A. Tuhin and P. Papadimitratos, "Detection and Exclusion RAIM Algorithm against Spoofing/Replaying Attacks," in International Symposium on GNSS, Kyoto, Japan, Nov 2015. [ Full Text ]

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "GNSS receiver tracking performance analysis under distance-decreasing attacks," in Proceedings of 2015 International Conference on Localization and GNSS, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2015. [ Full Text ]

 

Posters and Demos


K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Are the upcoming Galileo Authenticated GNSS Signals safe enough?," Cybersecurity and Privacy (CySeP) Summer School, June, 2019.

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Analysis of the Effects of the Distance-Decreasing Attacks on GNSS Authenticated Signals," in Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless & Mobile Networks (WiSec), Stockholm, Sweden, June 2018.

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Analysis of the Effects of the Distance-Decreasing Attacks on GNSS Authenticated Signals," in Cybersecurity and Privacy (CySeP) Summer School, June, 2018.

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Clustering based RAIM Approach for Replay/Spoofing Attack," in Cybersecurity and Privacy (CySeP) Summer School, June, 2017.

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Optimization of Clustering-based Solution Separation Algorithm against Spoofing Attacks," in International Symposium on Precision Approach and Performance Based Navigation, Munich, Germany, Oct, 2017.

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Securing GNSS-based positioning: fundamental building block for Intelligent Transportation Systems," in ITRL Conference on Integrated Transport: Connected and Automated Transport Systems, Sotckholm, Sweden, Nov, 2016.

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Clustering based RAIM for Replay/Spoofing Attack," in ACCESS Industrial Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden, May, 2016.

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Attacking GNSS-based Positioning: Distance Decreasing Attacks," in Cybersecurity and Privacy (CySeP) Winter School, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 2015.

 

K. Zhang and P. Papadimitratos, "Attacking GNSS-based Positioning," in Cybersecurity and Privacy (CySeP) Winter School, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 2014.

 

Supervised Master Theses


[Ongoing] Tobias Robin Mellstrand. "GNSS Spoofing Detection," Networked Systems Security (NSS) group, 2019.

 

Rashedul Amin Tuhin. "Securing GNSS Receivers with a Density-based Clustering Algorithm," Networked Systems Security (NSS) group, July 2015.

 

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Last update: August 12, 2019

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    Division of Communication Systems (CoS)
    Kistagången 16, Floor 4
    164 40 Kista

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