I am an Associate Professor of Computer Science at University of San Francisco. My research interests include Computer Security, Computer Networks, Computer Science Education. I received my Ph.D. from the Computer Science Department at UCLA, where I was a member of Laboratory for Advanced Systems Research. I received my MSc in Computer Science and BSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.

Prior to USF, I was an Assistant Professor at California State University, Northridge, and an Adjunct Lecturer at UCLA. In the past, I worked at Symantec, Inc. (on reputation-based security, which was later acquired by Broadcom Inc.), PostPath Inc., (which was later acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc.), and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

I am the Director of Networks and Security Laboratory (Nets Lab) at University of San Francisco. I am the recipient of the Fulbright US Scholar Award and I am a Visiting Professor of Computer Science and Security at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences in Austria in Spring 2022.

Recent News

02.27.2022	As the recipient of Fulbright US Scholar Award, I started my Visiting Professor of Computer Science and Security position at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences in Austria.
12.10.2021	Our paper “Teaching Security Notions in Entry-Level Programming Courses” was accepted to IEEE TALE 2021.
12.05.2021	Our paper “Simulating Network Link Compression in Loss-less Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) Environment” was accepted to IEEE IUCC 2021.
11.23.2021	Our paper “Appending Security Theories to Projects in Upper-Division CS Courses” was accepted to CSTY 2021.

You can also find me on Github, Google Scholar, and LinkedIn.

Students

• Alma (Arghavan) Abbasi, MS

Alumni

• Stephanie Grasso, BS
• Jason Liang, BS
• Manali Patil, MS (Now Software Engineer at ZenOptics)
• Rozita Teymourzadeh, MS (Now Senior Software and Electronic Engineer at Azbil)
• Shuangjiao Hu, MS (Now Site Reliability Engineer at WePay)
• Linjing Shao, MS
• Juqiang Li, MS (Now Software Engineer at Apple)
• Paul Kirth, MS (Now PhD Candidate at University of California, Irvine)
• Sina Hesari, MS (Now Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins)
• Eric Vance, MS (Now Software Systems Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Ilia Benson, MS (Now Software System Engineer III at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
• Adam Clark, MS (Now Senior Software Engineer at Float.com)
• Aren Boghozian, BS (Now Software Engineer at Crane Aerospace & Electronics)
• Mahdi Rahimi, (Now PhD Student at University of Arizona)
• Behnam Pournasr, BS (Now DevOps Engineer at Farmers Insurance)
• Mario Garcia, BS
• Matin Fouladinejad, BS (Now Software Engineering Manager at Amazon Games)
• Dam Ju Kim, BS (Now Software Engineer at Google)
• David Meyer, BS (Now Senior Software Engineer Tech Lead at AppFolio)
• Robert Chang, BS (Now Product Manager at Google)