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Professor Maire O'Neill

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Professor Maire O'Neill

Professor Maire O'Neill

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Hardware Security and applied cryptography.


Contact info

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  • m.oneill@ecit.qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 1785

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Practical post-quantum cryptography

  • IoT Device Authentication - Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs)

  • Side Channel Analysis (SCA)

  • Cryptographic Hardware & Software Architectures

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Infosecurity Magazine - UK Hails £5m Hardware Security Research Centre
  • Siliconrepublic - Keeping ahead of the hackers in a hyper-connected world
  • The Irish Times - Belfast-based unit aims to reduce vulnerability to cyber threats
  • The Irish Times - From the blockchain to quantum cryptography
  • Belfast Telegraph - At 36, Maire's youngest engineering professor in Queen's history, youngest Irish Academy fellow, a former inventor of the year and on cusp of science hall of fame
  • BBC - World Service Forum Programme on Codes and ciphers
  • Times Higher Education - I'm engineering change in girl's aspirations
  • Blavatnik Awards - http://blavatnikawards.org/honorees/profile/maire-oneill/

Research students

Currently supervising 7 PhD students including 2 visiting PhD students from NUAA, China.


Alumni: Where are they now

I have supervised and supported the career development of 11 PhD students and 13 PDRAs as primary supervisor. Many now hold senior engineering positions in companies such as Imagine Technologies, Sensata, HP, and Intel, while others are Associate Professors in academia.


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  • Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science
  • School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Institute of Electronics, Communications & Information Technology
  • Secure Digital Systems (SDS)

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