Academic Experiences
Research Interests
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Mobile Devices, Smartphone Privacy, Mobile Platform Development, Machine Learning, Online Learning, Distributed Systems
Education
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Ph.D. in Computer Science
Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA
GPA 4
2014-Present
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M.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Software Engineering)
Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
GPA 4
2011-2014
Awards & Honors
- Travel Grant by NSF for the IEEE CNS Conference 2016, Sep, 2016
- Received a Cummercialization Fund by VCU Innovation Gateway, Sep, 2016
- Travel Grant by VCU Graduate Oce for the IEEE CNS Conference 2016, Aug, 2016
- Outstanding Early-career Student Researcher Award, VCU, Apr, 2015
- Ranked 2nd among MS Students, School of Computer Engineering, IUST, Apr, 2013
- Distinguished MS Student of the Year in Research Award, IUST, Oct, 2013
- Distinguished MS Student of the Year in Research Award, IUST, Oct, 2012
Professional Services and Activities
- Technical Program Committee (TPC)
- IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2016, 2018)
- Peer-Reviewed Journals
- IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM)
- Elsevier Computers & Security (C&S)
- Elsevier Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA)
- Elsevier Pervasive anad Mobile Computing (PMC)
- Peer-Reviewed Conferences & Workshops
- IEEE/IFIP Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM 2015, 2017)
- IEEE/IFIP Workshop on Security for Emerging Distributed Network Technologies (DISSECT 2015, 2016, 2017)
- IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2016, 2018)
- IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM 2016, 2017)
- EAI International Conference on Smart Sustainable City Technologies (S2CT 2015)
- ACM CCS 2015, Workshop on Information Sharing and Collaborative Security (WISCS 2015)
Mentoring / Team-Leading Experience
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Mentor, Senior Design Project, Department of Computer Science, VCU, (2017)
Students: Pulkit Rustgi, Mansi Shah and Bilal Ahmed
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Mentor, Dean's Early Research Initiative Program(DERI), Department of Computer Science, VCU, (2016)
Students: Rafee Ahmed
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Mentor, Dean's Early Research Initiative Program(DERI), Department of Computer Science, VCU, (2015)
Students: Jai Raman
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Mentor, Senior Design Project, Department of Computer Science, VCU, (2014)
Students: Steven Jackson, Marcus Pare and Gerrit bond
Teaching Experience
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Teaching Assistant for Algorithm Analysis with Advanced Data Structures, VCU, (Fall 2017)
Instructor: Dr. Eyuphan Bulut
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Teaching Assistant for Computer Systems, VCU, (Fall 2016)
Instructor: Dr. Preetam Ghosh
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Teaching Assistant for Computer Systems, VCU, (Spring 2016)
Instructor: Dr. Preetam Ghosh
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Teaching Assistant for Intrusion Detection, VCU, (Fall 2014)
Instructor: Dr. Carol Fung
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Teaching Assistant for Advanced Database, IUST, (Spring 2013)
Instructor: Dr. Eynollah Khanjari
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Teaching Assistant for Data Structure and Algorithms, IUST, (Fall 2011)
Instructor: Dr. Eynollah Khanjari
Presentations
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Conference Paper: "XDroid: An Android Permission Control Using Hidden Markov Chain and Online Learning"
IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS'16), Philadelphia, PA, October 2016
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Richmond High Schools Internship Program: "Smartphone Applications Behavior Analysis"
Virginia Commonwealth University, Dep. of Computer Science, July 2016
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VCU Innovation Gateway: "Android Resource Access Permission Recommendation with RecDroid"
Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU GateWay, April 2016
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Seminar: "Android Resource Access Permission Recommendation with RecDroid"
Virginia Commonwealth University, Dep. of Computer Science, November 2014
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Conference Paper: "Study of Interoperability Challenges in Cloud Computing Environments"
First Workshop on Cloud Computing, Amirkabir University of Technology, May 2013
Computer and Programming Skills
- Programming Languages
Python, Java, C#, C++, Assembly, VB , MATLAB, Delphi and Pascal
- Web Technologies
ASP.net, CSS, ASP, JavaScript, PHP and jQuery
- Operating Systems
Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu), Unix, Mac OS and Windows
- Database Management Systems
Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access, DB4O, PostgreSQL and Oracle
- Simulation Environments and Languages
CloudSim, Verilog , NS2, NS3, MATLAB and Antlr Parser Generator
- Other Skills
Network Programming, Computer Graphical Software
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