creator Zhao, Jing 2019 Spring 2019 Dissertation Illinois Institute of Technology CS / Computer Science advisor Wan, Peng-Jun Computer science Coupled Networks Cyber-Physical Systems Privacy Screen Camera Communication Security Smart Grid en With the development of cyber physical systems, people and electronic devices are connected via various networks. In many scenarios, different networks are strongly coupled with each other, e.g. power grid is strongly coupled with the communication network in smart grid. On one hand, such coupling brings benefits such as improved efficiency and quick response to system service exceptions. However, the coupling of different networks also brings security and privacy problems. In this thesis we study two scenarios: the the secure coupling of visual connection with short range pairwise communication and privacy aware coupling of smart home with smart grid. For the first scenario, we propose SCsec, a secure screen-camera communication system, which achieves secure one-way communication. The throughput of SCsec is comparable to current screen communication systems. For the second scenario, we propose a novel randomized battery load hiding algorithm which ensures differential privacy for smart homes with smart meters. born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1000871