During his PhD studies, Francesco Taurone researched the way data compression can be used for more than just reducing data footprint on our drives. In particular, Francesco looked into IoT applications where compression can aid privacy, anomaly detections, query efficiency and more. The new research findings from Francesco’s PhD can contribute to the development of new strategies in the IoT world for using and storing our precious and sensitive data.

The PhD study was completed at

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Wednesday, 10 September 2025 at 09:00
Place: Room 314, Building 5123, Aarhus University, Helsingforsgade 10, 8200 Aarhus N
Title of PhD thesis: Interplays between Compression, Privacy and Analytics for the Internet of Things
Contact information:Francesco Taurone, e-mail: francesco.taurone@ece.au.dk, tel.: +45 50341025
Members of the assessment committee:
Professor Zheng-Hua Tan, Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark
Professor Valerio Schiavoni, Institut d'informatique, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Associate Professor Stefan Hallerstede (chair), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University
Main supervisor: Professor Daniel E.R Lucani, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University, Denmark
Co-supervisor: Professor Qi Zhang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University, Denmark
Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Technical Sciences/GSTS, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, 8000 Aarhus C.