Current Graduate Students


Sepideh Hajihosseinkhani,
PhD student, York, Canada, 2024

Ava Ameri,
MAIST student, York, Canada, 2024

Amirhossein Ahmadnejad Roudsari,
MCS student, York, Canada, 2024

Reza Abbaszadeh,
MCS student, York, Canada, 2024

John Bedeabasi,
PhD student, NC A&T, USA, 2024

Yasin Dehfuli,
MCS student, York, Canada, 2023

Mahdiye Khalaji,
MASc student, York, Canada, 2023

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PhD student, NC A&T, USA, 2023

Adit Sharma,
MAIST student, York, Canada, 2023

Moein Shafi,
MCS student, York, Canada, 2022

Niosha Hejazi,
MAIST 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


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


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

Melissa Lukings, 2019-2021
(UNB - Undergraduate)

Project: UCCL

Mehrsa Khoshpasand, 2022-2022
(York - Undergraduate, NSERC USRA Grant)

Project: Malware Detection

Melissa Lukings, 2022-2023
(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)

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

Abir Rahil (From Tunisia),
UNB-CIC, 2019 Summer

Project: Android Malware Analysis

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


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

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