Postodctoral Fellows
Arousha Haghighian Roudsari,
PDF, York, Canada, 2025
Current Graduate Students
Sepideh Hajihosseinkhani,
PhD student, York, Canada, 2024
Niosha Hejazi,
MAIST student, York, Canada, 2023
Bedeabasi John,
PhD student, NCAT, USA, 2024
Ava Ameri,
MAIST student, York, Canada, 2024
Amirhossein Ahmadnejad Roudsari,
MCS student, York, Canada, 2024
Reza Abbaszadeh,
MCS student, York, Canada, 2024
Yasin Dehfuli,
MCS student, York, Canada, 2023
Jason Matthew Green,
PhD student, NCAT, USA, 2023
Mahdiye Khalaji,
MASc student, York, Canada, 2023
Arefeh Kouhi,
MAIST student, York, Canada, 2023
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
Gurdip Kaur, PhD
PDF, UNB-CIC, 2019-2021
Project: DoH security (CIRA)
Former Graduate Students
Moein Shafi,
MCS student, York, Canada, 2022
Adit Sharma,
MAIST student, York, Canada, 2023
Ehab Alkhateeb,
PhD, UNB, Canada, 2024
ILKAY KAYA,
MScMP, York, Canada, 2024
Tinshu Sasi,
MCS, UNB, Canada, 2024
Sepideh Niktabe,
MCS, York, Canada, 2024
Sepideh Hosseinkhani,
MCS, York, Canada, 2024
Kwasi Boakye,
PhD, UNB, 2024
Hesam Mohammadian,
PhD, UNB, 2019-2023
Mohammed Al-dawrobi,
PhD, UNB, 2018-2023
Madumitha Venkat,
MCS, UNB, 2020-2022
Maryam Isakhani,
MCS, UNB, 2020-2022
Tristan Carrier,
MCS, UNB, 2020-2022
Mohammad Mehdi Yadollahi,
MCS, UNB, 2018-2020
Miraqa Safi,
MCS, UNB, 2019-2021
JAKE Van Der Laan,
MCS, UNB, 2019-2021
Saeed Shafiee Hasanabadi,
PhD, UNB, 2017-2020
Yashar Alimohammadzadeh,
MCS, IAUEC, 2018-2020
Mohammadreza MontazeriShatoori,
MCS, UNB, 2018-2020
Nastaran Mahmousyar,
MCS, UNB, 2018-2020
Mohammad Seifi Dahaki,
MCS, IAUEC, 2018
Saeed Torkamani,
MCS, IAUEC, 2017
Golnaz Farahi Moghadam,
MCS, IAUEC, 2017
Shima Pouyanrad,
MCS, IAUEC, 2017
Mehdi Faraji,
MCS, IAUEC, 2017
Mohsen Moghanian,
MCS, IAUEC, 2016
Maryam Taheri,
MCS, IAUEC, 2016
Hasan Shadmanfar,
MCS, IAUEC, 2017
Masoume Ghasemi,
MCS, IAUEC, 2015
Mohsin R. Albayati,
MCS, LUCT, 2014
Ahmad Z. El-Rufai,
MCS, LUCT, 2014
Gratien Shumbusho,
MCS, LUCT, 2014
Atwine Mugume Twinamatsiko,
MCS, LUCT, 2013
Jugal Harshvadan Joshi
MCS, LUCT, 2013
Ali Naser Abdulhussein,
MCS, LUCT, 2013
Former Undergraduate Students
Aaron Frank,
BCS, UNB, 2021
David Sean Keyes,
BCS, UNB, 2021
(The Best Technical Report Award)
Jaustin Gaudet,
BCS, UNB, 2020
(The Best Senior Honours Thesis Award)
Kanat Yesseyev,
BCS, LUCT, 2012
Elmira Yesseyev,
BCS, LUCT, 2012
Mustafa Aldally,
BCS, LUCT, 2012
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
International Visiting Researchers
Maelle GAUTRIN, 2024-2024
(Postgraduate)
Project: Smart Contract Security
Shaila Sharmin, 2024-2025
(Postgraduate - Mitacs GRA)
Project: CAN Intrusion Detection
Research Assistants
Sepehr Jafari, 2025-2025
(York - BCCC)
Project: UDP Security
Barjinder Kaur, 2025-2025
(York - BCCC)
Project: DeFi Security
Dilli Sharma, 2025-2025
(U of T - CS)
Project: DeFi Security
Mona Parizad, 2024-2024
(UCalgary - Bio)
Project: Healthcare Security
Dilli Sharma, 2024-2024
(U of T - CS)
Project: Healthcare Security
Marella Bolton, 2024-2024
(York - MPPAL)
Project: Cybercrime
Borna Ahmadzadegan, 2024-2024
(York - Undergraduate)
Project: Interpretable Learning
Maryam Issakhani, 2023-2023
(York - Graduate)
Project: Software Security
Xie He, 2023-2023
(York - Undergraduate, DARE Grant)
Project: Authorship Attribution
Osmanberk Er, 2023-2023
(York - Undergraduate)
Project: UCS
Mehrsa Khoshpasand, 2022-2022
(York - Undergraduate, NSERC USRA Grant)
Project: Malware Detection
Melissa Lukings, 2022-2023
(York - RA)
Project: Data Sovereignty
Co-op Students
Mitacs Global Research Internship (GRI)
Mohamed Aziz El Fadhel (From Tunisia),
York, 2024 Summer
Project: Malicious Encrypted Traffic
Alaa Souabni (From Tunisia),
York, 2024 Summer
Project: Vulnerable Smart Contracts
Aditya Raj (From India),
York, 2024 Summer
Project: MQTT Security
Bhaskar Joshi (From India),
York, 2023 Summer
Project: Authorship Attribution
ABHAY PRATAP SINGH (From India),
York, 2023 Summer
Project: Memory Analysis
Hardhik Mohanty (From India),
York, 2022 Summer
Project: Encrypted Traffic Analysis
Nikhill Vombatkere (From India),
York, 2022 Summer
Project: Authership Attribution
Anjali Bera (From India),
UNB-CIC, 2021 Summer
Project: Android Malware
Abhishek Chopra (From India),
UNB-CIC, 2021 Summer
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)
XiChen Zhang, 2018-2019
Projects: URL Analysis (ISCX), Cybersecurity Insurance (CIC & Cooperators)
Amir Hossein Gharib, 2016-2017
Projects: CIC Benign Behaviour (CIC), UUP (CIC & IBM)
Thesis Examiner
Abdullah Tauqeer
External Thesis Defense Examiner, M.A.Sc., York University, April 2025
Shahzaib Shaikh
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner, MAIST, York University, February 2025
Asia Smith
External Thesis Defense Examiner, PhD of CS, NCAT University, January 2025
Mandana Hedayati Mobarakeh
External Thesis Defense Examiner, MAS, York University, November 2024
Mojtba Davoodi
External Thesis Defense Examiner, MAS, York University, October 2024
Elim Yoseph Lemango
External Thesis Defense Examiner, MSE, York University, September 2024
Fares Hamouda
External Thesis Defense Examiner, MCS, York University, August 2024
William Briguglio
External Thesis Defense Examiner, PhD, University of Victoria Iland, July 2024
Asia Smith
External Thesis Defense Examiner, PhD, NC A&T State University, March 2024
Abbas Yazdinejad
External Thesis Defense Examiner, PhD, Guelf, November 2023
Matthew Brannock
External Thesis Defense Examiner, MSc, UNB, November 2023
Sagarika Ghosh
External Thesis Defense Examiner, PhD, Dalhousie University, August 2023
Mohammad Hassanpour
Final MCS Report examiner, MCS, York University, August 2023
Khadijeh Saednia
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner, PhD, York University, December 2022
Ibrahim Jaouhar
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner, MAIST, York University, March 2022
Behnam Bojnordi Arab
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner, MCS, UNB, January 2022
Khadijeh Saednia
Internal Thesis Defense Examiner, PhD, York University, December 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
Researchers named among top researchers for Canada 150
The cybersecurity Research and Academic Leadership award, Canada 2019
The cybersecurity academic award, Canada 2017