David Megías Jiménez
Catedràtic IN3 - Internet Interdisciplinary Institute
“Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Expert in::
- IoT - Internet Of Things
- computer forensics
- cyber security
- security
- smart cities
- social networks
- sensors and data acquisition
- Research group
- KISON
- Area
- Information and communication technologies
- Area of specialization
- Internet technologies and artificial intelligence, Network society, Education and ICT,
- Membership Center
- Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)
- UNESCO codes:
- 1203, 120308, 120399, 330413, 331102
- Collaborates with
- e-Health Center, e-Learn Center
ODS:
Dr David Megías Jiménez is a professor and principal investigator in the KISON research group at the UOC's Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3). He earned his PhD in Computer Engineering from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in 2000. He has been a tenured teacher at the UOC since October 2001 (he is currently a full professor), where he held a number of academic posts before he was appointed director of the IN3 in April 2015. His teaching work is mainly related to IT networks, information security (watermarks and steganography) and research techniques and methodologies in the field of information networks and technologies. His current research interests focus on information security and privacy, including in multimedia content (especially related to watermarks and digital fingerprints), steganography and steganalysis, and issues affecting privacy in applications used in decentralized networks. He is the author of over 120 research papers in many journals and at international conferences (37 in JCR-indexed journals) and has participated in a range of joint research projects in Spain as a researcher and principal investigator. He has supervised four doctoral theses and is a member of the academic editorial board for a number of journals and conferences in the field of security and privacy.