I am incredibly honoured and humbled to receive the Ph.D. Thesis of the Year Award (Årets avhandling) in Computer Science from Malmö University in Sweden. This prize extremely acknowledges my 5+ years of research on the topic of threats and risks affecting IoT-based smart homes.
Learn more about the award by clicking here. Furthermore, you can access the presentation I delivered during that event by clicking here.
On Wednesday, October 13th, I was invited to a graduation dinner with the new doctoral grads, professors, and distinguished guests at the incredibly magnificent and historic Rådhus (City Hall). At that time, I was awarded the honour of delivering the doctoral speech. Here is a photo of me giving the speech in front of 150 guests.
I include here an excerpt of my speech:
Dear Madam Mayor of Malmö, Madam Chairman of Malmö University, Madam Vice-Chancellor, Honorary Doctor, new doctors and professors. Dear colleagues, students and distinguished guests! Ladies and gentlemen!
Good evening to you all! I am beyond honoured to stand before you today and give this speech.
To begin with, I would like to congratulate the graduating students, including myself, who are here today. It has never been an easy road, but like every other adventure with a beginning, this has also come to an end, leaving each of us better than we started.
Six years ago, I moved to Malmö to pursue my dreams. The PhD was a journey of hard work, dedication, and resilience – there are no roses without rain. But I have found this journey to be incredibly freeing and also fun. It was so far, the deepest and the most meaningful experience of my life.
In case you would like to have a copy of my three-minute speech kindly get in touch.
Joseph Bugeja 