Doctoral Defense on Encryption Systems in Electrical Engineering

On Thursday, March 23, 2017, Mr. Athir Jabbar Mansoor successfully defended his doctoral dissertation titled “FPGA-Based Encryption System Using Chaotic Maps” at Dijlah Hall, Electrical Engineering Department, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

The committee included:

1. Prof. Dr. Hanan Abdul Ridha Akar – Chair
2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raad Hamdan Zahir – Member
3. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thamer Rasheed Said – Member
4. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alaa Hussein Ali – Member
5. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ehab Abdul Razaq Abdullah – Member
6. Prof. Dr. Hikmat Najm Abdullah – Supervisor
7. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hadi Tarish Zabon – Supervisor

The research explored the application of chaotic systems in image encryption algorithms due to their randomness and unpredictability. It highlighted pixel value and position alteration for enhanced security. The dissertation was awarded a grade of Excellent.