// Securing the smart systems of tomorrow
Smart Systems
Security Laboratory
Department of Information Science Technology
Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston
The Smart Systems Security Laboratory (SSS Lab) researches the security and privacy of smart, connected, and cyber-physical systems. Our work spans Internet-of-Things, embedded, and AI-driven systems with real-world deployment.
// Research themes
All projects →Mobile & Wearable Systems
Authentication, pairing, and secure sensing for smartphones, wearables, and personal mobile systems.
Internet-of-Things
Zero-involvement pairing and authentication for the Internet-of-Things; context-based, secure, usable.
Advanced Vehicular Systems
Securing vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-pedestrian, and intra-vehicular device communication.
VR/XR & Immersive Computing
Trustworthy sensing and security for VR/XR environments and digital twins.
// Latest news
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Aug 2026New paper from Mujtabaa and Baqer accepted at Consumer Electronics – Berlin (IEEE ICCE-Berlin ’26).
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Aug 2026New journal paper on securing the Internet of Vehicles accepted in the IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J).
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Jul 2026Our paper EchoMark was presented at Multimedia and Expo (IEEE ICME ’26) in Bangkok.
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May 2026Our lab was selected as an awardee of the Galea Discovery Program by OpenBCI!
// Sponsors & funding
