Senior Lecturer

Wing Keong WOO

Senior Lecturer

M.A.Sc., University of British Columbia, Canada

Cluster:

Infocomm Technology

Profile

SIT Appointments

M.A.Sc.
University of British Columbia , Canada
BSc (Hons) First Class in Computer and Information Sciences
National University of Singapore , Singapore

Principal engineer in designing and developing security products for the financial institutions and government agencies
Participated in the U.S. validation program for cryptographic modules
Successfully obtained the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-1 Level 3 certification for the tamper-resistant cryptographic key server (a.k.a. Hardward Security Module)

Research

Cryptographic Protocols, Network and Usable Security
Wing Keong's research focus has been in the areas of cryptographic protocols, network security and usable security. He has designed a usable off-the-record key-establishment protocol and guided his FYP student in adopting it to develop an Android app for secure SMS which is freely available at Google Play.

In 2003 while a number of portability services were expensive, Wing Keong conceptualised an iName project which uses a name instead of a number to call a person. He led his student in developing it, participated in the Wireless Challenge organized by SITF (Singapore Information Technology Federation), Cisco, HP, Siemens and IDA, and won the HP Best Regional Appeal Award. Interestingly after 10 years, this similar idea has re-surfaced as a recently launched CallmyName service by Global Yellow Pages.