Education:
• PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, CGPA: 3.85, (Expected May 2016)
Wichita State University, KS, USA.
• M.S. in Information Technology- Computer Networks, GPA: 3.58, IAU, Iran. (Dec 2009)
Thesis: Cell Planning in Wireless Cellular Network by Frequency Reuse to Increase User’s Capacity.
• B.S in Computer Engineering- Software, IAU, Iran. (Aug 2006)
Thesis: A Digital Library Design and Implementation on SQL DBMS.
Working Experience:
• Network Engineer and Technical Manager (Safir Fanavari Shargh Co., Iran.) (2003-2012)
o MDF and switch salon maintainer in telecommunication center of Mashad- Iran 2003.
o Engineer and Sales Managers of network equipments, 2003.
o Prepared technical proposal for different telecommunication projects including LAN and WAN wireless networks and for the company in national and regional tenders, 2007.
o Administered telecommunication units of the company (full-time cooperation), 2008.
o Project Manager of consulting and design optic fiber network of Mashhad municipality, and Supervisor SCADA network of Mashhad Electricity Distribution Company, 2009, and Supervisor SCADA network of Mashhad Water Company, and design core of TETRA radio, 2010.
o Chief Researcher of Interconnection Network, Research Institute for ICT – ITRC, and Project Manager of CCTV Traffic Monitoring in Mashhad municipality’s networks, 2011.
o Members of Iranian technical and vocational standard designing team (optical accesses and optical switches, Metro and urban rail (LRT) signaling, managed optical networks in Iranian Vocational Standard Designer Team, 2011.
o Research Manager of QOS requirement in Iran Fiber Backbone, ICT – ITRC institute, 2012.
• IT Consultant (2009- 2010)
o Kavoshgaran Shargh Corporation, Mashhad, Iran.
• Instructor (2008- 2012)
o Part-time instructor at Payam Noor University, Sadjad Higher Education Institute, Khayyam Higher Education Institute, Bahar Higher Education Institute, Mashhad, Iran.
Computer Skills:
• Network Skills:
o Equipments and principles: working experience on Cisco equipment, firewalls, routers, switches.
o Internet Layer and Routing: IP addressing and sub-netting, IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, IGMP, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Route redistribution.
o WAN: PPP, SLIP, HDLC, Frame-Relay, and DSL.
o Security: IPSec and VPN, Access Control Lists and Traffic Management.
o Application Protocols: DHCP, DNS, FTP, TFTP, SMTP, POP3, SNMP, SSL/TLS, SSH, Telnet.
• Programming Languages: Pascal, C, C++, C#, Python, and MATLAB.
• Operating Systems, Utilities: Windows, Linux, MS Office, SQL DBMS.
• Graphics Tools: Macromedia Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Free Hand, and Corel Draw.
• Network Simulators: MATLAB, OPnet, Ns2, Omnet++, Packet Tracer, WireShark, and Glomosim..
Technical Skills:
• Multimedia Builder and Designer certification (640 hours).
• Optical Fiber Networks Design certification (217 hours).
• Examiner in Optical fiber network design in Technical & Vocational skills, Eram center, Mashhad, Iran.
Honors and Awards:
• National Science Foundation Student Travel Grant, 2013.
• Best instructor at Payam Noor University, Computer department, Mashhad, Iran, 2010.
• One of the eighteen members of Iranian technical and vocational standard designing team in following majors in 2010:
o Optical accesses and optical switches.
o Metro and urban rail (LRT) signaling.
o Managing Optical networks.
Research Interests:
• Network Security and Privacy (Wireless Network Security, Secure Localization, Cognitive Radio Networks, and Smart Grid Networks)
• Ad-Hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks (Data Aggregation, Energy Efficiency, Encryption and Security)
• Spread Spectrum Communication (Chip Code Generation, Secure Data Encoding, Increasing Capacity in CDMA Based Network, Network Coding Algorithm, Signal managment)
• Cell Planning (Cell Planning in WiMAX, 4G, and MIMO)
Publications:
[1] A. Boustani, N. Alamatsaz, M. Jadliwala, and V. Namboodiri, “LocJam: A Novel Jamming-based Approach to Secure Localization in Wireless Networks,” CCNC’14, USA, 2014.
[2] N. Alamatsaz, A. Boustani, M. Jadliwala, and V. Namboodiri, “AgSec: Secure and Efficient CDMA-based Aggregation for Smart Metering Systems,” CCNC 2014, USA, 2014.
[3] A. Boustani, N. Alamatsaz, M. Jadliwala, “Securing Localization in Wireless Networks using Jamming”, 3rd Greater Kansas Area Security Workshop, KanSec’13, USA, April 2013, (Poster).
[4] N. Alamatsaz, A. Boustani, and M. Jadliwala, “Secure Homomorphic Data Aggregation in Smart Grid Communic...
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