Hisain Elshaafi

Hisain Elshaafi is a Lecturer in the Department of Computing at SETU Carlow. His research focuses on ICT security, privacy, trust, and service composition. He holds a PhD from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and has contributed to EU-funded projects like sTRUST and CoMiFin. His work emphasizes composite service trustworthiness, security metrics, and critical infrastructure protection.

Education:

• PhD: 'Establishment and Maintenance of Trustworthy Composite Services', WIT (2014)
• MSc: Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning, WIT (2020)
• BSc: Computer Science (Honours), Dublin Institute of Technology

Research Interests:
Elshaafi investigates secure service composition, attack surface analysis, smart grid cybersecurity, and trustworthiness metrics. His projects address challenges in distributed systems reliability, multi-tenant service trust, and cost-effective security frameworks. Recent work explores multi-agent smart grid architectures and collaborative trust assessment.

Projects & Grants:

• Lead roles in Irish/EU projects: sTRUST, CoMiFin, Pripare, Aniketos
• Consultancy for SMEs and enterprises
• Focus on bridging academic research with industry needs

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with WIT's TSSG and contributes to multi-institutional projects focused on trust management and service-oriented systems.