CURRENT Postdoctoral Fellows:
Arousha Haghighian Roudsari (PDF), York, 2025
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS:
AVA AMERI, Master of IT (MAIST), York, 2024
AMIRHOSSEIN AHMADNEGHAD, Master of computer Science (MCS), 2024
REZA ABBASZADEH, Master of computer Science (MCS), 2024
YASIN DEHFULI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), York, 2023
Ilkay Kaya, MScMP, York, 2023
AUDITH SHARMA, Master of IT (MAIST), York, 2023
NIOSHA HEJAZI, Master of IT (MAIST), York, 2023
Mahdiye Khalaji, MASc, York, 2023
AREFEH KOUHI, Master of IT (MAIST), York, 2023
FORMER POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS:
GURDIP KAUR, PhD, 2019-2021 (UNB-CIC), "DoH security"
FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS:
MOEIN SHAFI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), York, 2024 "IoT Security"
SEPIDEH HOSSEINKHANI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), York, 2024 "Smart Contracts Security"
EHAB ALKHATEEB, PhD of Computer Science, UNB, 2024 "Malware Analysis"
MADUMITHA VENKAT, Master of Computer Science (MCS), UNB, 2023 "IoT Security"
SEPIDEH NIKTABE, Master of Computer Science (MCS), York, 2024 "IoT security"
MOHAMMED AL-DAWROBI, PhD of Computer Science, UNB, 2023 "Quantum Security"
KWASI BOAKYE, PhD of Computer Science, UNB, 2023 "Security and Trust"
HESAM MOHAMMADIAN, PhD of Computer Science, UNB, 2024 "Network Security"
MARYAM ISAKHANI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), UNB, 2022 "PDF Malware"
TRISTAN CARRIER, Master of Computer Science (MCS), UNB, 2022 "Memory Analysis"
MOHAMMAD MEHDI YADOLLAHI, MCS student, UNB, 2020
MIRAQA SAFI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), UNB, 2021 "IoT profiling"
JAKE VAN DER LAAN, Master of Computer Science (MCS), UNB, 2021 "Phishing Detection"
SAEED SHAFIEE HASANABADI, PhD, UNB, 2020 "Anti-Forensics"
YASHAR ALIMOHAMMADZADEH, Master of Computer Science (MCS), IAUEC, 2018 "Botnet tracing and detection"
MOHAMMADREZA MONTAZERISHATOORI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), UNB, 2020 "DoH Security"
NASTARAN MAHMOUSYAR, Master of Computer Science (MCS), UNB, 2020 "IoT Malware"
MOHAMMAD SEIFI DAHAKI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), IAUEC, 2018 "IoT authentication"
SAEED TORKAMANI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), IAUEC, 2017 "Phishing and Spam Email"
GOLNAZ FARAHI MOGHADAM, Master of Computer Science (MCS), IAUEC, 2017 "Banking and Multi-layer Authentications"
SHIMA POUYANRAD, Master of Computer Science (MCS), IAUEC, 2017 "Malware detection"
MEHDI FARAJI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), IAUEC, 2017 "Security Model for Information Sharing"
MOHSEN MOGHANIAN, Master of Computer Science (MCS), IAUEC, 2016 "SYN Flood attack prevention"
MARYAM TAHERI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), IAUEC, 2016 "E-Commerce composite web services"
HASAN SHADMANFAR, Master of Computer Science (MCS), IAUEC, 2017 "One Time Password"
MASOUME GHASEMI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), IAUEC, 2015 "E-business Malware"
MOHSIN R. ALBAYATI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), LUCT, 2014 "Graphical Password"
AHMAD Z. EL-RUFAI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), LUCT, 2014 "Graphical Password"
GRATIEN SHUMBUSHO, Master of Computer Science (MCS), LUCT, 2014 "Secure Authentication"
ATWINE MUGUME TWINAMATSIKO, Master of Computer Science (MCS), LUCT, 2013 "Multiple-tenancy in Cloud Systems"
JUGAL HARSHVADAN JOSHI, Master of Computer Science (MCS), LUCT, 2013 "Quality model for IaaS Providers"
ALI NASER ABDULHUSSEIN, Master of Computer Science (MCS), LUCT, 2013 "Load Balancing for Virtualized Cloud Data Center"
FORMER UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
AARON FRANK, BCS, UNB, 2021 "Phishing Email"
DAVID SEAN KEYES, BCS, UNB, 2021 "Android Malware Analysis" (The Best Technical Report Award)
JAUSTIN GAUDET, BCS, UNB, 2020 "Authorship Attribution" (The Best Senior Honours Thesis Award)
KANAT YESSEYEV, BCS, LUCT, 2012 "Graphical Passwords"
ELMIRA YESSEYEV, BCS, LUCT, 2012 "Graphical Passwords"
MUSTAFA ALDALLY, BCS, LUCT, 2012 "Graphical Passwords"
MIKE NG AH NGAN BCS, LUCT, 2010
ALI NADER MAHMED MAHMED BCS, LUCT, 2012
ALI GARBA GARBA BCS, LUCT, 2012
BADE ALIYU MUSA BCS, LUCT, 2012
KANAMMAL A/P SANDRASEKARAN2 BCS, LUCT, 2012
KEAMOGETWE OTENG BCS, LUCT, 2012
ONE NDABA BCS, LUCT, 2012
SEYED MOSTAFA HOSSEINI BCS, UITM, 2010
IMAM MUSA ABIODUNDE TELE BCS, LUCT, 2011
MOHAMMED A.TAHIR BCS, LUCT, 2011
SHAHAN AHMAD CHOUWDHARY, BCS, LUCT, 2011
WAQAS KHALID OBEIDY BCS, LUCT, 2011
TAN YI SHIN BCS, LUCT, 2010
MUAZUN ASIRU DANMALIKI BCS, UM, 2010
ASHRAF ABBAS M. AL-MODWAHI BCS, LUCT, 2010
BASHIR ABDU MUZAKKARI BCS, LUCT, 2010
CHICCO MOKHE BCS, LUCT, 2011
DENIS BANTARIZA BCS, LUCT, 2010
KOH BOON SAN BCS, LUCT, 2010
MOHAMMED ABDUL KARIM BCS, LUCT, 2010
CAPSTONE PROJECTS - BELL CANADA:
A. ABUELATTA, 2021 Summer (UNB - MACSec)
Project: Data Sovereignty
LUCAS MCDONALD, 2021 Summer (UNB - MACSec)
Project: Data Sovereignty
REHNUMA TABASSUM, 2021 Summer (UNB - MACSec)
Project: Credential Stuffing Attacks
ASHLEY BARKWORTH, 2019-2021 (UNB - MACSec)
Project: Credential Stuffing Attacks
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS:
Hadis Farrokhi, 2025-2025 (Waterloo - Undergraduate)
Project: DeFi
Isabella Lopez, 2024-2024 (York- Undergraduate)
Project: DeFi
Borna Ahmadzadegan, 2024-2024 (York- Graduate)
Project: Interpreter Learning
Marella Bolton, 2024-2024 (York- Graduate)
Project: UCS-VP
MELISSA LUKINGS, 2019-2021 (York- Graduate)
Project: UCS-VP
MEHRSA KHOSHPASAND, 2022-2022 (York - Undergraduate)
Project: Malware Detection
MELISSA LUKINGS, 2022-2022 (York - RA)
Project: Data Sovereignty
CO-OP STUDENTS
LOGAN DAVIDSON, 2019 Fall (UNB - Undergraduate)
Project: DNS Over HTTPS (DOH)
BEIQI LI, 2019 Fall (UNB - Undergraduate)
Project: AndroidAppLyzer
LOGAN A. DAVIDSON, 2020 Winter (UNB - Undergraduate)
Project: DNS Over HTTPS (DOH)
GLOBAL INTERNSHIP STUDENTS:
HARDHIK MOHANTY (FROM INDIA), 2022 Summer (York, Mitacs)
Project: Encrypted Traffic Analysis
NIKHILL VOMBATKERE (FROM INDIA), 2022 Summer (York, Mitacs)
Project: Authership Attribution
ABIR RAHIL (FROM TUNISIA), 2019 Summer (UNB, Mitacs)
Project: Android Malware Analysis
ANJALI BERA (FROM INDIA), 2021 Summer (UNB , Mitacs)
Project: Android Malware
ABHISHEK CHOPRA (FROM INDIA), 2021 Summer (UNB, Mitacs)
Project: Authership Attribution
FOLKS WORKED/WORKING WITH ME ON INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS:
YASER BASERI, 2020-2021
Projects: BGP traffic analysis (CIC & Bell)
AMGAD HANAFY SALEM, 2020-2021
Projects: BGP, GRE and DNS traffic analysis (CIC & Bell)
IMAN SHARAFALDIN, 2017-2020
Projects: CICDDoS2019 (CIC), CICIDS2017 (CIC), CSE-CIC-IDS-2018 (CIC & CSE), Threat Analsysis (CIC & Bell)
LAYA TAHERI, 2018-2020
Projects: InvesAndMal (CIC), Android Malware (CIC)Android Sandbox (CIC), Vulnerability Analysis (CIC & City of SaintJohn)
NASIM MALEKI, 2018-2020
Projects: Cybersecurity Insurance (CIC & Cooperators), DNS Analsysis (CIC & Bell)
SAMANEH MAHDAVIFAR, 2018-2019
Project: DNS Analsysis (CIC & Bell)
HAMID AZIMY, 2018-2019
Project: Cybersecurity Insurance (CIC & Cooperators)
WILL BARTLETT, 2018
Project: Honeynet (CIC)
DRAKE LUCE, 2018-2019
Project: Android Sandbox (CIC)
XICHEN ZHANG, 2018-2019
Projects: URL Analysis (ISCX), Cybersecurity Insurance (CIC & Cooperators)
HAMIDREZA TALEBI, 2018-2019
Projects: Honeynet, CICIDS2017 (CIC), CSE-CIC-IDS-2018 (CIC & CSE)
YONGCAN ZANG, 2017-2018
Projects: Network Flow Meter (CIC), UUP (CIC & IBM)
GIFT OWHUO, 2017
Project: Network Flow Meter(CIC)
AMY SEO, 2017
Project: Secure Browser (ISCX)
AMIR HOSSEIN GHARIB, 2016-2017
Projects: CIC Benign Behaviour (CIC), UUP (CIC & IBM)
ANDI FITRIAH ABDULKADIR, 2016-2018
Projects: UUP (CIC & IBM), Malware Analysis (CIC)
KENNETH FON MBAH, 2017
Project: Network Flow Meter(CIC)
THESIS EXAMINER:
IBRAHIM JAOUHAR
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
MAIST, York, March 2022
BEHNAM BOJNORDI ARAB
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
MCS, UNB, January 2022
SAMIN FAKHARIAN
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner (Chair),
MCS, UNB, April 2021
MOHAMMADHOSSEIN PARASTAR
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
MCS, UNB, August 2020
SHUBHANGI UPADHYAY
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
MCS, UNB, April 2020
SHRESHTH KUMAR
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
MCS, UNB, April 2020
LAYA TAHERI
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
MCS, UNB, April 2020
AARON BROAD
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
MCS, UNB, April 2019
RASOOL FATEMI
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner (Chair),
MCS, UNB, December 2019
JOSIA MOLOLUWA OYINOLA
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner (Chair),
MCS, UNB, December 2019
SARAVANAN B
External Thesis Defense Examiner,
PhD, Anna University, India, December 2019
MAHDI HOSSEINALI
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
PhD, UNB, Aug 2019
FATEMEH LASHKARI
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
PhD, UNB, July 2019
MAHDI BASHARI
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
PhD, UNB, Sep 2018
DEEPIGHA SHREE VITTAL BABU
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
MCS, UNB, August 2018
ANDRII KUCH
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
MCS, UNB, August 2018
NAFIS IZADI YEKTA
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner,
MCS, UNB, July 2018