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Edlira Dushku is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University (Denmark), affiliated with the Cyber Security Group. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from Sapienza University of Rome and has held postdoctoral positions at DTU Compute, Denmark. Her research focuses on IoT Security, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, and Fog Computing, particularly in remote attestation and hardware security.
Education:
- 2023: University Pedagogical Programme, Aalborg University
- 2016–2020: PhD in Computer Science, Sapienza University of Rome
- 2013: MSc in Computer Science, University of Tirana
- 2010: BSc in Computer Science, University of Tirana
Research Interests: Dr. Dushku specializes in securing IoT devices and distributed systems through remote attestation, blockchain applications, and machine learning-based security. She explores challenges in fog computing, PUF protection, and adversarial defense mechanisms. Her work emphasizes trust management and public verifiability in IoT ecosystems.
Teaching: She teaches courses like Security in IoT and Cloud Architectures (MSc) and Computer System Security (BSc) at Aalborg University. Previously, she was an academic supervisor for students with special needs at DTU.
Grants & Projects:
- Coordinator of the EUopStart proposal for MSCA (2024)
- Guest editor for MDPI Sensors Special Issue on IoT Security
- Program chairs for multiple conferences (e.g., FMEC 2021)
Lab & Collaborations: Collaborates with industry partners like Terma and Develco Products, focusing on applied IoT security solutions. Her work bridges academia and industry through co-supervised theses and real-world system implementations.
