Prof. Mohammad Shojafar

IEEE United Kingdom and Ireland Section
Tagline
Senior Lecturer in Network Security, 5GIC, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
Biography
Mohammad Shojafar (S'13-M'17-SM'19) is an Associate professor in the Network Security, an Intel Innovator, a Senior IEEE member, Fellow of HEA, working in the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at the University of Surrey, UK. Before joining 5GIC, he was a Senior Researcher and a Marie Curie Fellow in the SPRITZ Security and Privacy Research group at the University of Padua (UNIPD), Italy. He was a Senior Researcher working on a network security project jointly with Ryerson University & Telus Communications Inc (TELUS) in Toronto, Canada, in 2019. Also, he was CNIT Senior Researcher and contributed to 5GPPP European H2020 SUPERFLUIDITY project. Dr Mohammad secured around £1.8M as PI in various EU/UK projects, including 5G Mode (funded by DSIT/UK;2023), TRACE-V2X (funded by EU/MSCA-SE;2023), AUTOTRUST (funded by ESA/EU;2021), and PRISENODE (funded by EU/MSCA-IF:2019). He is an Associate Editor in IEEE TNSM, IEEE T-ITS, IEEE System Journals.
Technical Expertise
Python Programming
Bash Script Programming
Java Programming
Internet Measurement
Fog networking
Cloud Computing
5G Networking
Adversarial Machine Learning
Security and Privacy in Distributed Networking
Interests
Cloud computing
Clouds
Distributed algorithms
Distributed computing
Distributed generation
Experience
Software Engineer
Tidewater Community College
Software Engineer
NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION Co
Other Professional/Technical
Islamic Azad University of Rasht
Software Engineer
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Computer Scientist
CNIT
Computer Scientist
University Of Padova
Scientific Manager
Toronto Metropolitan University
Scientific Manager
University of Surrey
Publications
Peng Wang, Chien-Ming ChenSaru KumariMohammad ShojafarRahim Tafazolli, and Yi-Ning Liu, "HDMA}: Hybrid D2D Message Authentication Scheme for 5G-Enabled {VANETs," IEEE} Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 1 - -10, 2020.
Ghahramani, M., Javidan, R., and Shojafar, M., "A secure biometric-based authentication protocol for global mobility networks in smart cities," Journal of Supercomputing, 2020.
Chiaraviglio, L., Amorosi, L.Blefari-Melazzi, N.Dell{'}Olmo, P.Shojafar, M., and Salsano, S., "Optimal management of reusable functional blocks in 5G superfluid networks," International Journal of Network Management, vol. 29, no. 1, 2019.
Shojafar, M., Taheri, R.Pooranian, Z.Javidan, R.Miri, A., and Jararweh, Y., "Automatic clustering of attacks in intrusion detection systems," Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA, vol. 2019-November, 2019.
"Cybersecurity and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems," 2019
Education
Sapienza University of Rome
Doctor of Philosophy
Computer Sciences and Information Technologies , 2016
Sharif Univ Of Tech
Dip.-Ing.
Computer Sciences and Information Technologies , 2012
Islamic Azad Univ Of Qazvin
Master of Science
Computer Sciences and Information Technologies , 2010
Iran Univ Of Science and Tech
Bachelor of Science
Computer Sciences and Information Technologies , 2006