Education

• PhD: Computer Science, 2007-2012.
  Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada.
  Supervisor: Professor Douglas R. Stinson. 
• MSc: Computer Science, 2005-2007.
  School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada.
  Supervisor: Professor Timothy C. Lethbridge.
• BSc: Computer Engineering, 1998-2002.
  Department of Software Engineering, IAU, IR.

Research Interests

• Security, Privacy and Trust
• AI and Autonomous Systems
• Human-Autonomy Interaction
• FinTech and Digital Currency

Personal site

• Mehrdad Nojoumian

Students

Current grad students

Former grad students

grad/ ug  researchers

Dissertations/Theses

• Steven's Thesis:  Analysis of Driving Behaviors and Relevant Driving Preferences Regarding Self-Driving Cars   pdf
   
• Linir's Dissertation:  Decentralized Systems for Information Sharing in Dynamic Environment Using Localized Consensus   pdf
   
• Arash's Dissertation:  Image Quality and Beauty Classification Using Deep Learning  pdf
   
• Mohammad's Dissertation:  Selected Applications of MPC (Co-advised)  pdf
   
• Pouya's Thesis:  Implementation and Assessment of the Reputation-Based Mining Paradigm by a Comprehensive Simulation   pdf
   
• Corey's Thesis:  Using EEG and Structured Data Collection Techniques to Measure Passenger Emotional Response in Human-Autonomous Vehicle Interactions   pdf
   
• Iker's Thesis:  A Collaborative Approach for Real-Time Measurements of Human Trust, Satisfaction and Frustration in Human-Robot Teaming   pdf
   
• Ramiro's Thesis:  Efficient Implementation and Computational Analysis of Privacy-Preserving Protocols for Securing the Financial Markets   pdf
   
• Shervin's Thesis:  New Structured Data Collection Approach For Real-Time Trust Measurement in Human-Autonomous Vehicle Interactions   pdf
   
• Arash's Thesis:  Utilizing a Game Theoretical Approach to Prevent Collusion and Incentivize Cooperation in Cybersecurity Contexts   pdf
   
• Sriram's Thesis:  Implementation and Analysis of Dutch-Style Sealed-Bid Auctions: Computational vs Unconditional Security 

Miscellaneous

• My  Erdös  number is 2 through (M. Nojoumian -> D. R. Stinson -> P. Erdös).
• You can see an incomplete list of my publications from the  Google Scholar.

 

Teaching/Outreach

Teaching at FAU

Semester Year (Class Size): ~ 85-90% Very Good/Excellent ratings for all courses (Available upon request)

• COP 3530: Data Structure & Algorithm Analysis
  Sum 23 (128), Spring 23 (127), Fall 22 (139), Sum 22 (94), Spring 22 (108), Spring 20 (77),
  Spring 19 (78), Fall 17 (87), Sum 17 (72), Spring 17 (50), Sum 16 (59)
   
• CIS 5371/4634: Practical Aspects of Modern Cryptography
  Spring 23 (64), Spring 22 (36), Fall 20 (14), Fall 18 (29), Fall 17 (15), Fall 16 (9), Fall 15 (7)
   
• CNT 4403/COT 5930: Foundations of Cybersecurity
  Fall 21 (71), Spring 21 (56)
   
• COT 6427: Secret Sharing Protocols
  Spring 20 (15), Spring 18 (18), Spring 17 (26), Spring 16 (11)
   
• COT 4930: Java Programming
  Spring 18 (78)
   
• COT 4930: Intro to Security & Crypto
  Spring 16 (22), Sum 15 (15)
   
• CIS 6370: Computer Data Security: One-month course
  08/2022 (14), 11/2020 (11)
   
• Cybersecurity Bootcamp: One-week course
  08/2023 (161), 08/2021 (33), 05/2021 (17), 01/2021 (14)
   
• COT 6900/4900: Direct Independent Study
  Twenty-three (23) projects since 2017

Teaching at SIU

• CS 215: Discrete Mathematics
  Fall 14 (29), Spring 14 (21), Fall 12 (28)
   
• CS 591: Hot Topics in Cybersecurity
  Spring 14 (15)
   
• CS 202: Introduction to Computer Science
  Sum 14 (Online), Fall 13 (41)

Community Outreach

• An invited talk at the Sinai Residences' Symphony Hall
  I gave a talk on digital currencies and blockchain technology on June 20, 2023.
  I was bombarded with amazing questions raised by respected seniors of our community.
   
• An invited talk at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
  I gave a talk on digital currencies and blockchain technology on December 01, 2022.
  My audience were about 101 talented and respected seniors of our community.
   
• Four technical talks at FAU Alexander D. Henderson University School
  I gave talks on digital currencies, secret sharing and MPC on 02/20/19, 02/22/19, 10/02/19, 03/26/21.
  The first and third talks were presented to the 9th grade students.
  The second and fourth talks were presented to the dual-enrolled students.
   
• An invited talk at the Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILIR)
  I gave a talk on digital currencies and blockchain technology on April 30, 2018.
  My audience were about 15 talented and respected seniors of our community.
   
• Three-week course for local high school students: EGN 1935: Intro to Security & Crypto
  Topics: mathematical foundations of cryptography, modern cryptography, and hot topics in cybersecurity.
  This course was offered to 14 talented high school students who came from different local schools.
  It was offered through nine full-day lectures over three weeks in Summer 2016.

Publications

Demos Related to Articles

• Privacy-Preserving Coordinations Among Drones: Demo of the Drones' Actions. The secure multiparty computation (MPC) protocols are executed on each drone independently without relying on a trusted third party and drones communicate through private point-to-point channels. The code executions on the monitor is just for the purpose of visualization so that the viewers can see what is happening among drones.
   
• Trust in Self-Driving Cars: Sample of SDC 360-degree Video. This video is a 360-degree video on a 2D YouTube video. When human subjects watch these videos in our virtual reality headset, they cannot see the entire 360-degree scene, due to the field of view (FOV), unless they turn their heads to the left and right. The driver is also invisible, replicating a self-driving car, since he is on the opposite side and outside of the FOV.
   
• Malicious Attacks on Robots: Demo of the Simulated Attacks. Note that the prosthetic arm controller is intentionally programmed to deviate from the commands sent by the human subjects' hands and fingers.
  
  

Under Review Articles/Patents

• Qu F., Dang N., Nojoumian M. and Furht B.
  Comprehensive Study of Driver Behavior Monitoring Systems Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning Techniques. Submitted on Oct 26, 2023.
  
  
• Tolbert S. and Nojoumian M.
  Cross-Cultural Expectations from Self-Driving Cars. Submitted on Dec 31, 2022.
  
  
• Golchubian A., Davis M., Nojoumian M. and Furht B.
  Aesthetic Photo Ranking Using Deep Learning. Submitted on July 22, 2022.
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  Adaptive Cyber Manufacturing Through Online Human-AI Partnerships. United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Utility Patent, Application No. 17/862,022, Filed on July 11, 2022.
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  Active Occupant Status and Vehicle Operational Status Warning System and Methods. United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Utility Patent, Application No. 17/542,807, Filed on December 06, 2021.

Issued Patents

• Nojoumian M.
  Adaptive Driving Mode in Semi or Fully Autonomous Vehicles. United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Patent No. US 11,221,623 B2, January 11, 2022. 
  FAU News. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  Adaptive Mood Control in Semi or Fully Autonomous Vehicles. United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Patent No. US 10,981,563 B2, April 20, 2021. 
  FAU News, Animated Video, CBS12 News, and citation in InfoWorld. pdf
   

Refereed Journals

• Shaller A., Zamir L. and Nojoumian M.
  Roadmap of Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization: Side-Channel Attacks and Countermeasures. Information and Computation (IC), Elsevier, vol. 295, part B, page 105112, 2023. pdf
  
  
• Zamir L. and Nojoumian M.
  Localized State-Change Consensus in Immense and Highly Dynamic Environments. Cryptography, Special Issue on Emerging Topics in Blockchain Security and Privacy (Cryptography), MDPI, vol. 6, issue 2, article number 23, 2022. pdf
  
  
• Pourtahmasbi P. and Nojoumian M.
  Analysis of Reputation-Based Mining Paradigm Under Dishonest Mining Attacks. Blockchain: Research and Applications (BCRA), Elsevier, vol 3, issue 2, page 100065, 2022. pdf
  
  
• Golchubian A., Marques O. and Nojoumian M.
  Photo Quality Classification Using Deep Learning. Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP), Springer, vol 80, pp. 22193-22208, 2021. pdf
  
  
• Alvarez R. and Nojoumian M.
  Comprehensive Survey on Privacy-Preserving Protocols for Sealed-Bid Auctions. Computers and Security (C&S), Elsevier, vol 88, pp. 101502-101515, 2020. pdf
  
  
• Abd M. A., Gonzalez I., Ades C., Nojoumian M. and Engeberg E. D.
  Simulated Robotic Device Malfunctions Resembling Malicious Cyberattacks Impact Human Perception of Trust, Satisfaction, and Frustration. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS), SAGE, vol 16, issue 5, pp. 1-16, 2019. pdf
  
  
• Cordero C. G., Traverso G., Nojoumian M., Habib S. M., Muhlhauser M., Buchmann J. and Vasilomanolakis E.
  Sphinx: a Colluder-Resistant Trust Mechanism for Collaborative Intrusion Detection. IEEE Access (Access), vol. 6, pp. 72427-72438, 2018. pdf
  
  
• Tonyali S., Akkaya K., Saputro N., Uluagac A. S. and Nojoumian M.
  Privacy-Preserving Protocols for Secure and Reliable Data Aggregation in IoT-Enabled Smart Metering Systems. Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS), Elsevier, vol. 78, issue 2, pp. 547-557, 2018.
  
  
• Subramanian S., Mozaffari Kermani M., Azarderakhsh R. and Nojoumian M.
  Reliable Hardware Architectures for Cryptographic Block Ciphers LED and HIGHT. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol 36, issue 10, pp. 1750-1758, 2017.
  
  
• Eslami Z., Pakniat N. and Nojoumian M.
  Ideal Social Secret Sharing Using Birkhoff Interpolation Method. Security and Communication Networks (SCN), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, vol. 9, issue 18, PP. 4973-4982, 2016. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Stinson D. R.
  Sequential Secret Sharing as a New Hierarchical Access Structure. Journal of Internet Services and Info Security (JISIS), Next Gen Networks and Systems Security, vol. 5, issue 2, pp. 24-32, 2015. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Stinson D. R.
  On Dealer-free Dynamic Threshold Schemes. Advances in Mathematics of Communications (AMC), American Institute of Math Sciences, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 39-56, 2013. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Lethbridge T. C.
  Reengineering PDF-Based Documents Targeting Complex Software Specifications. International Journal of Knowledge and Web Intelligence (IJKWI), Inderscience, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 292-319, 2011. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M., Stinson D. R., and Grainger M.
  Unconditionally Secure Social Secret Sharing Scheme. IET Information Security (IFS), Multi-Agent and Distributed Information Security, vol. 4, issue 4, pp. 202-211, 2010.
   

Refereed Conferences

• Park C. and Nojoumian M.
  Social Acceptability of Autonomous Vehicles: Unveiling Correlation of Passenger Trust and Emotional Response. 4th International Conference on HCI in Mobility, Transport and Automotive Systems (MobiTAS), Springer LNCS 13335, pp. 402-415, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2022. pdf
  
  
• Zamir L., Shaan A. and Nojoumian M.
  ISRaft Consensus Algorithm for Autonomous Units. IEEE 29th International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), pp. 1-6, Dallas, USA, 2021. pdf
  
  
• Pourtahmasbi P. and Nojoumian M.
  Impacts of Trust Measurements on the Reputation-Based Mining Paradigm. 3rd Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services (BRAINS), IEEE, pp. 225-228, Paris, France, 2021. pdf
  
  
• Zamir L. and Nojoumian M.
  Information Sharing in the Presence of Adversarial Nodes Using Raft. Future Technologies Conference (FTC), Springer LNNS 360, pp. 159-172, Vancouver, Canada, 2021. pdf
  
  
• Craig J. and Nojoumian M.
  Should Self-Driving Cars Mimic Human Driving Behaviors? 3rd International Conference on HCI in Mobility, Transport and Automotive Systems (MobiTAS), Springer LNCS 12791, pp. 213-225, Washington DC, USA, 2021. pdf
  Received the Best Paper Award 
  
  
• Alvarez R. and Nojoumian M.
  Efficient Implementation and Computational Analysis of Privacy-Preserving Auction Protocols. Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), Springer AISC 1129, pp. 655-671, San Francisco, USA, 2020. pdf
  Received the Best Paper Award Link
  
  
• Raeini M. G. and Nojoumian M.
  Secure Trust Evaluation Using Multipath and Referral Chain Methods. 15th International Workshop on Security and Trust Management (STM), Springer LNCS 11738, pp. 124-139, Luxembourg, 2019. pdf
  
  
• Raeini M. G. and Nojoumian M.
  Privacy-Preserving Big Data Analytics: From Theory to Practice. International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage (SpaCCS), Springer LNCS 11637, pp. 45-59, Atlanta, USA, 2019. pdf
  
  
• Shahrdar S., Park C. and Nojoumian M.
  Human Trust Measurement Using an Immersive Virtual Reality Autonomous Vehicle Simulator. 2nd AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES), pp. 515-520, Honolulu, USA, 2019. pdf  Acceptance Rate: 34/220: 15%
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  Rational Trust Modeling. 9th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec), Springer LNCS 11199, pp. 418-431, Seattle, USA, 2018. pdf
  
  
• Park C., Shahrdar S., Nojoumian M.
  EEG-Based Classification of Emotional State Using an Autonomous Vehicle Simulator. 10th IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM), pp. 297-300, Sheffield, UK, 2018. pdf
  Featured by the IEEE Xplore Innovation Spotlight, FAU News
  
  
• Nojoumian M., Golchubian A., Njilla L., Kwiat K. and Kamhoua C.
  Incentivizing Blockchain Miners to Avoid Dishonest Mining Strategies By a Reputation-Based Paradigm. Computing Conference (CC), Springer AISC 857, pp. 1118-1134, London, UK, 2018. pdf
  The 2nd version with proofs appears as a chapter in Blockchain and Distributed Systems Security, Wiley-IEEE Computer Society, 1st ed, ISBN-13: 978-1119519607, Chapter 11, pp. 233-251, 2019.
  
  
• Shahrdar S., Menezes L. and Nojoumian M.
  A Survey on Trust in Autonomous Systems. Computing Conference (CC), Springer AISC 857, pp. 368-386, London, UK, 2018. pdf
  
  
• Ades C., Gonzalez I., AlSaidi M., Nojoumian M., Bai O., Aravelli A., Lagos L. and Engeberg E.
  Robotic Finger Force Sensor Fabrication and Evaluation Through a Glove. 31th Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics (FCRAR), pp. 60-65, Orlando, USA, 2018. pdf
  Received the Best Paper Award
  
  
• Raeini M. G. and Nojoumian M.
  Secure Error Correction Using Multiparty Computation. 8th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), pp. 468-473, Las Vegas, US, 2018. pdf
  
  
• Traverso G., Garcia C., Nojoumian M., Azarderakhsh R., Demirel D., Habib S.M. and Buchmann J.
  Evidence-Based Trust Mechanism Using Clustering Algorithms for Distributed Storage Systems. 15th IEEE Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST), pp. 277-282, Calgary, Canada, 2017. pdf 
  
  
• Abd M. A., Gonzalez I., Nojoumian M. and Engeberg E. D.
  Impacts of Robot Assistant Performance on Human Trust, Satisfaction, and Frustration. Robotics, Science and Systems: Morality and Social Trust in Autonomous Robots Workshop (RSS), 4 pages, Boston, USA, 2017. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M., Golchubian A., Saputro N. and Akkaya K.
  Preventing Collusion Between SDN Defenders and Attackers Using a Game Theoretical Approach. IEEE INFOCOM: Advances in Software Defined & Context Aware Cognitive Radio Networks (SCAN), pp. 802-807, Atlanta, USA, 2017. pdf
  
  
• Abd M. A., Gonzalez I., Nojoumian M. and Engeberg E. D.
  Trust, Satisfaction and Frustration Measurements for Real-Time Human-Robot Interaction. 30th Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics (FCRAR), pp. 89-93, Boca Raton, USA, 2017. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  Unconditionally Secure Proactive Verifiable Secret Sharing Using New Detection and Recovery Techniques. 14th IEEE Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST), pp. 269-274, Auckland, New Zealand, 2016. pdf
  
  
• Krishnamachari S., Nojoumian M., and Akkaya K.
  Implementation and Analysis of Dutch-Style Sealed-Bid Auctions: Computational vs Unconditional Security. 1st International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP), pp. 106-113, Angers, France, 2015. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  Trust, Influence and Reputation Management Based on Human Reasoning. 4th AAAI Workshop on Incentives and Trust in E-Communities (WIT-EC), pp. 21-24, Austin, USA, 2015. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  Generalization of Socio-Rational Secret Sharing with a New Utility Function. 12th IEEE Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST), pp. 338-341, Toronto, Canada, 2014. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Stinson D. R.
  Efficient Sealed-Bid Auction Protocols Using Verifiable Secret Sharing. 10th International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience (ISPEC), Springer LNCS 8434, pp. 302-317, Fuzhou, China, 2014. pdf Acceptance Rate: 36/158: 23%
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Stinson D. R.
  Socio-Rational Secret Sharing as a New Direction in Rational Cryptography. 3rd Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec), Springer LNCS 7638, pp. 18-37, Budapest, Hungary, 2012. pdf Acceptance Rate: 10/37: 27%
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Stinson D. R.
  Social Secret Sharing in Cloud Computing Using a New Trust Function. 10th IEEE Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST), pp. 161-167, Paris, France, 2012. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Stinson D. R.
  Unconditionally Secure First-Price Auction Protocols Using a Multicomponent Commitment Scheme. 12th International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS), Springer LNCS 6476, pp. 266-280, Barcelona, Spain, 2010. pdf  Acceptance Rate: 31/135: 23%
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Stinson D. R.
  Brief Announcement: Secret Sharing Based on the Social Behaviors of Players. 29th ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), pp. 239-240, Zurich, Switzerland, 2010. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Nair D. K.
  Comparing Genetic Algorithm and Guided Local Search Methods by Symmetric TSP Instances. 10th ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), pp. 1131-1132, Atlanta, USA, 2008. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Lethbridge T. C.
  Extracting Document Structure to Facilitate a Knowledge Base Creation for the UML Superstructure Specification. 4th IEEE International Conference on Info Technology: New Generations (ITNG), pp. 393-400, Las Vegas, USA, 2007. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Lethbridge T. C.
  A New Approach for the Trust Calculation in Social Networks. 3rd International Conference on E-Business (ICE-B): Part of ICETE, Springer CCIS vol. 9, pp. 257-264, Setubal, Portugal, 2006. 
  Selected as a Best Paper   pdf
  The 2nd version appears as a chapter in E-Business and Telecommunication Networks (E-BTN), Springer CCIS, vol. 9, pp. 64-77, 2008.  Acceptance Rate: 29/326: 9%
  
  
• Nojoumian M. and Tran T.
  Computational Politics and Economy for the Establishment of an Integrated Intelligent Government. 19th IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), pp. 332-336, Ottawa, Canada, 2006. pdf

Refereed Presentations

• Nojoumian M.
  New Reputation-Based Mining Paradigm: Incentivizing Blockchain Miners to Avoid Dishonest Mining Strategies. Defense & Innovation: A Cybercrime Symposium (CyberFlorida), Tampa, USA, Presentation on February 15, 2023.
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  Privacy-Preserving Planning and Coordination Among Autonomous Systems Equipped with Resource-Constrained Devices. International Cryptographic Module Conference (ICMC), Vancouver, Canada, Presentation on May 17, 2019.
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  Game Theoretical Analysis of a Reputation-Based Cryptocurrency Mining Paradigm. 18th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications (ISDG), Grenoble, France, Presentation on July 10, 2018. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  Dealer-Free Threshold Changeability in Secret Sharing Schemes. 9th International Conference on Information Theoretic Security (ICITS), Tacoma, USA, Presentation on August 10, 2016. pdf
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  From Rational Secret Sharing to Social and Socio-Rational Secret Sharing. 5th World Congress of the Game Theory Society (GAMES), Maastricht, The Netherlands, Presentation on July 24, 2016. pdf
   

PhD and MSc Theses

• Nojoumian M.
  Novel Secret Sharing and Commitment Schemes for Cryptographic Applications. PhD Thesis, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2012. phd
  
  
• Nojoumian M.
  Document Engineering of Complex Software Specifications. MSc Thesis, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Canada, 2007.  phd
   

Invited Talks

Florida Atlantic University, Research in Action, Division of Research, USA, Feb 20, 2023.
 
University of Central Florida, Department of Finance, USA, Feb 17, 2023.
 
Cleveland State University, Department of Information Systems, USA, Apr 27, 2020.
 
Georgia State University, Department of Computer Science, USA, Apr 06, 2020.
 
Florida International University, Department of ECE, USA, Apr 03, 2020.
 
York University, Department of EECS, Canada, Mar 27, 2020.
 
California State U East Bay, Department of Computer Science, USA, Mar 26, 2020.
 
American University, Department of Computer Science, USA, Mar 02, 2020.
 
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U, Department of EECS, USA, Jan 17, 2020.
 
AFRL, Cyber Assurance Branch, Implementation-Based Projects, USA, Sep 12, 2019.
 
AFRL, 2nd Annual Symposium on Blockchain and Internet of Things, USA, Jul 24, 2018.
 
FAU Lockheed Martin Day, Autonomous Systems Mini Workshop, USA, Apr 27, 2018.
 
NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center, IAB meeting, USA, Nov 30, 2017.
 
ARL, CERDEC CSIA Blockchain Symposium, USA, Nov 13, 2017.
 
AFRL, 4th Colloquium on Game Theory Applied to Cyber Security, USA, Jun 01, 2017.
 
Florida International University, Department of ECE, USA, Jul 14, 2015.
 
Florida Atlantic University, Department of EECS, USA, Nov 14, 2014.
 
California State U Sacramento, Computer Science Department, USA, May 02, 2014.
 
Southern Illinois U Edwardsville, Computer Science Department, USA, Apr 14, 2014.
 
University of the Pacific, School of Engineering & Computer Science, USA, Mar 26, 2014.
 
Sonoma State University, Department of Computer Science, USA, Mar 12, 2014.
 
California State U Los Angeles, Department of Computer Science, USA, Mar 07, 2014.
 
California State U East Bay, Department of Computer Science, USA, Feb 04, 2014.
 
Clark University, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, USA, Dec 05, 2013.
 
University of Washington Tacoma, Institute of Technology, USA, Nov 20, 2013.
 
University of Cincinnati, School of Information Technology, USA, Aug 12, 2013.
 
San Jose State University, Department of Computer Engineering, USA, May 14, 2013.
 
University of Houston, Department of Engineering Technology, USA, Jun 26, 2012.
 
University of Southern Indiana, Romain College of Business, USA, Jun 05, 2012.
 
Southern Illinois U Carbondale, Department of Computer Science, USA, May 15, 2012.
 
University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science, Canada, May 11, 2012.
 
University of California Berkeley, Department of Computer Science, USA, Apr 04, 2012.
 
Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, Theory Seminar MSR, USA, Mar 21, 2012.
 
Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica, Cryptology Group, Netherlands, Dec 16, 2011.

Service

General Service

• Undergraduate Programs Committee - Currently Chair, FAU (UPC 2015-Now). 
• Center for e-Learning, Faculty Advisory Board, FAU (eLearning 2018-Now).
• Computer Science Faculty Search, FAU (Committee 2022-2023).
• College Research Committee, FAU (Committee 2020-2021). 
• COECS-I-Sense Seed Funding Review committee, FAU (Seed 2021).
• Reviewer for the Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (RGC 2020). 
• Panelist in the Information and Intelligent Systems Program, NSF (IIS 2019).
• Panelist in the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program, NSF (SaTC 2015).
• Panelist in the Seed Grant Program, Florida Center for Cybersecurity (FC2 2015).
• Dissertation Research Assistantship Award Committee, SIU (DRA 2013-2014).
• CS Representative in the Computing Advisory Committee, SIU (CAC 2013-2014).

Editorial Board

• Scientific Reports (Nature) Editorial Board, 2023-Now.
• Cryptography Journal (MDPI) Reviewer Board, 2020-Now.

Program Committee

• 6th IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain'23). 
• 13th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec'22). 
• 5th AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society (AIES'22).
• 5th IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain'22). 
• COMPSAC Symposium on Security, Privacy and Trust in Computing (SEPT'22). 
• 12th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec'21). 
• 4th AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society (AIES'21). 
• 4th IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain'21). 
• 2nd International Symposium on Emerging Information Security and Applications (EISA'21).
• 11th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec'20). 
• 3rd AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society (AIES'20).
• 3rd IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain'20).
• International Joint Conf on AI, Computational Sustainability & Human Well-Being (IJCAI'20).
• 1st Int. W. on Lightweight Blockchain for Edge Intelligence & Security (LightChain'19).
• 2nd International Workshop on Distributed Ledger of Things (DLoT'19). 
• 10th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec'19).
• 17th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST'19). 
• 13th International Conference on Trust Management (TM'19).
• 5th International Conf on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP'19).
• 1st International Workshop on BLockchain Enabled Sustainable Smart Cities (BLESS'18). 
• 1st International Workshop on Distributed Ledger of Things (DLoT'18). 
• 9th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec'18). 
• 16th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST'18). 
• 4th International Conf on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP'18). 
• 12th International Conf on Emerging Security Info, Systems & Tech (SECURWARE'18). 
• 12th International Conference on Trust Management (TM'18). 
• Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics (FCRAR'18). 
• 1st IEEE ICC Workshop On 5G Wireless Security (5G-SECURITY'18). 
• 8th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC'18).
• 8th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec'17). 
• 3rd International Conf on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP'17). 
• 11th International Conf on Emerging Security Info, Systems & Tech (SECURWARE'17).
• 7th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec'16). 
• 14th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST'16). 
• 2nd International Conf on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP'16).
• 10th International Conf on Emerging Security Info, Systems & Tech (SECURWARE'16). 
• 6th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec'15). 
• 13th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST'15).
• 1st International Conf on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP'15). 
• 5th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec'14). 
• 12th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST'14). 
• 4th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec'13).
• 11th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST'13).

Book Reviewer

• Wiley, Game Theory and Machine Learning for Cyber Security, 2019.
  Edited by Charles A. Kamhoua, Christopher D. Kiekintveld, Fei Fang, and Quanyan Zhu.
   
• CRC, Cryptography: Theory and Practice, 4th Edition, 2017.
  Written by Douglas R. Stinson, and Maura B. Paterson.

Journal Reviewer

• Patterns (Cell Press 2022). 
• Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (Elsevier JPDC 2022).
• Transactions on Computers (IEEE TC 2021).
• Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (IEEE TNSE 2021).
• Human-Computer Interaction (Taylor & Francis HCI 2020).
• Applied Sciences (MDPI AS 2020).
• Transactions on Management Information Systems (ACM TMIS 2019).
• Communications Magazine (IEEE CM 2019).
• The Computer Journal (Oxford CJ 2018).
• Multimodal Technologies and Interaction (MDPI MTI 2018). 
• Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (IEEE T-IFS 2011, 2014, 2017). 
• Journal of Mathematical Cryptology (JMC 2016). 
• International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making (IJITDM 2015). 
• Information Security (IET IFS 2015). 
• Distributed Computing (Springer DIST 2013).
• International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC 2013).
• Designs, Codes and Cryptography (Springer DESI 2011). 
• Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (Elsevier JVCI 2011).

Conference Reviewer

• 27th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI'15). 
• 18th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS'13). 
• 6th International Conference on Cryptology (AfricaCrypt'13). 
• 11th Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society (WPES'12).
• 30th Conference on Theory and Applications of Crypto Techniques (EuroCrypt'11). 
• 16th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ACISP'11). 
• 8th International Conference on Cryptology And Network Security (CANS'09). 
• 16th Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC'09).

Awards

• Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching Award: FAU Office of the Provost, 2023.
• Faculty Service and Outreach Award: FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science, 2023.
• Senior Faculty Teaching Award: FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science, 2023.
• Inducted into the FAU Chapter of the NAI: National Academy of Inventors, 2022.
• Distinguished Mentor of the Year Finalist: FAU Office of UG Research and Inquiry, 2022.
• Best Paper Award in HCII MobiTAS'21: HCI in Mobility, Transport and Automotive Systems, USA, 2021.
• Best Paper Award in FICC'20: Future of Information and Communication Conference, USA, 2020.
• Excellence in Teaching, Junior Faculty: FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science, 2020.
• Best Paper Award in FCRAR'18: 31st Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, USA, 2018.
• Summer Faculty Fellowship Program Award: AFRL Info. Institute, Cyber Assurance Branch, USA, 2018.
• Visiting Faculty Research Program Award: AFRL Info. Institute, Cyber Assurance Branch, USA, 2017.
• Alexander Graham Bell CGS: Natural Sciences and Eng. Research Council of Canada, 2009-2011.
• Cheriton Graduate Scholarship: University of Waterloo, School of Computer Science, 2008-2012.
• President's Graduate Scholarship: University of Waterloo and Faculty of Mathematics, 2009-2012.
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship: Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, Canada, 2011-2012.
• Canada Graduate Scholarship, MSFSS: Natural Sciences and Eng. Research Council of Canada, 2011.
• Graduate Entrance Scholarship: University of Waterloo, School of Computer Science, 2007-2008.
• Selected Best Paper in ICETE'06: 3rd Int. Conf. on E-business and Telecom Networks, Portugal, 2006.