Amr M. Youssef

1515 St. Catherine Street West
S-EV 009.181
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
H3G 2W1

Email: (my last name) at ciise dot concordia dot ca

Phone: (514) 848-2424 - ext 5441

Fax: (514) 848-3171

" Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one" -  Benjamin Franklin

Research interests

•  Cryptography 
•  Cryptanalysis
•  Hardware  Implementation of Cryptographic Algorithms
•  Malware Analysis

Publications

    A list of my publications can be found in here

Teaching

• Data Communication & Computer Networks (COMP445)
• System Hardware (Winter 2004, Fall 2005, Winter 2006)  (COMP228).
• Foundation of Cryptography (Fall 2005, Winter 2006, Fall 2006, Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Winter 2010, Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Fall2012) (INSE6110)
• Information Systems Security ( Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall2009, Fall 2014) (SOEN321)
• Operating System Security (INSE6130 Fall 2012)
• System Hardware (SOEN228, Winter 2013)

Education

• Ph.D. (1997) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Queen's University, Canada.
• M.Sc. (1993)  Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt
• B.Sc. (1990)  Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt

Work Experience

Before joining CIISE at Concordia University, I worked for the following companies and institutions

• Cairo University
• The Center for Applied Cryptographic Research at the University of Waterloo
• IBM
• Nortel Networks

Professional Activities

Program Committee member

·  SECURWARE 2013

· LightSec 2013

· The Second International Workshop on Modern Cryptography and Security Engineering (MoCrySEn 2013)

·  First IEEE International Workshop on Security and Forensics in Communication Systems (SFCS  2012)             

·  IEEE ICC 2011

· The 6th IEEE International Workshop on Security, Trust, and Privacy for Software Applications (STPSA 2011)

· International Conference on Security Aspects in Information Technology, High Performance Computing and Networking (InfoSecHiComNet 2011)

· IEEE Globecom 2011

· IEEE WCNC 2011

· The Third International Conference on Wireless & Mobile Networks (WiMo-2011)

· SECURWARE 2011

· IEEE ICC 2011

· AFRICACRYPT 2011

· Eighth Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust, PST 2010

· 11th International Conference on Cryptology in India, Indocrypt 2010

· 17th workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC 2010)    

· The Second International Workshop on Network Assurance and Security Services in Ubiquitous Environments (NASSUE 2010)

· IEEE Globecom 2010

· IEEE ICC 2010

· SECURWARE 2010

· AFRICACRYPT 2010

· The Second International Symposium on Data, Privacy and E-commerce (ISDPE-2010)    

· 16th workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC 2009)    

· IEEE Globecom'09

· SECURWARE 2009

· Canadian Workshop on Information Theory (CWIT 2009)

· IEEE ICC 2009

· 15th workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC 2008)    

· IEEE Globecom'08

· IEEE ICC 2008

· AFRICACRYPT 2008

· SETA'08

· IEEE Globecom' 07

· IEEE ICC 2007

· IEEE Globecom' 06

· Sixth International Conference on Sequences and Their Applications, SETA'06, China.

· IASTED Communication, Network and Information Security workshop, CNIS 2005, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

· 12th workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC 2005), Waterloo, Canada.

· Second International Conference on Secure Communications and the Internet (SeCi 2004), Cairo, Egypt, Dec 2004.

· International Conference on Communications and Information Technology (ICICT2003), Cairo, Egypt.

· Third International Conference on Cryptology in India (INDOCRYPT 2002), India.

· 17th International Conference on Information Security (IFIP/SEC 2002), Cairo, Egypt.

· Seventh workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC 2000), Waterloo, Canada.

• Co-chair, Eighth workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC 2001), Toronto, Canada.
• Co-chair, Thirteenth workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC 2006), Montreal, Canada.
• Co-organizer, CIISE Information Systems Security Colloquium  (ISS 2008), (ISS 2009), (ISS 2010) Montreal, Canada.
• Co-chair, Africacrypt 2013
• Co-chair, Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC 2014), Montreal , Canada

(Co)-Supervised Thesis (Green are sole supervision)

· M. Azer, Cryptanalysis of Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR)-based Stream Ciphers, M.Sc. Thesis, Cairo University, 2003

· R. Abdel latif, An FPGA Implementation of the Advanced Encryption Standard, M.Sc. Thesis, Cairo University, 2004

· G. Farouk,  A Study and Realization Of  the RSA Algorithm Using FPGA, , M.Sc. Thesis, Cairo University, 2005

· T. Gad, M.Sc. Thesis, Cairo University, 2005

· Z. Saber, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2005 (Currently working for Suncor)

· Ren Wang, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2006 (Currently working for Research In Motion (RIM))

· M. Faisal Uddin, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2006 (Currently a Ph.D. Student)

· K. Liu, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2006, (Currently working for IBM, Calgary)

· O. Abdel-Mannan, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2007 (Currently working for Future Electronics)

· S. Kabir, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2007 (Currently working for SNC-Lavalin)

· James S. Grabowski, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2007

· Xuxin Xu, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2007  (MIS security director with Soltron Group, Montreal,  then a  Security Manager  in freeborders, China)

· Hamad Bin Salleeh, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2008  (Currently a Ph.D. Student)

· Yazan El-Hamwi, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2008 (Currently working for Matrikon)

· Assad Sakha, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2008 (Currently working for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)

· Saad Inshi, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2008

· Wen Ming Liu, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2008  (Currently a Ph.D. Student)

· Aleksandar Kircanski, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2009 (Currently a Ph.D. Student)

· Ayman Assra, Ph.D. Thesis, Concordia University, 2010 (Currently a postdoc with the French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research
(INRETS), Lille, France)

· Mohamed Rasslan, Ph.D. Thesis, Concordia University, 2010 (Currently, Assistant professor, Egypt)

· Pei Pei Shi, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2010 (Currently software developer with Infinity Labs, Montreal)

· Rabeah Al-Zaidy, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2010, Pennsylvania State University

· Esam Elsheh, Ph.D. Thesis, Concordia University, 2011 (Currently, Assistant professor, Libya)

· Yaser Esmaeili Salehani, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2011 (Currently a Ph.D. Student, Queen's University)

· Merwais Shinwari,  M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2012(Currently with Morgan Stanley, Montreal)

· Roger Zahno,  M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2012 (Currently with Morgan Stanley, Montreal)

· Abdel Alim Kamal, Ph.D. Thesis, Concordia University, 2012 (Currently, Assistant professor, Egypt)

· Osama Hayatle,  M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2013 

· Samira Baouti, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2013, (Currently with Ericson, Montreal)

· Aleksandar Kircanski, Ph.D. Thesis, Concordia University, 2013, (Currently with NCC  Group, USA)

· Tran Thai Son Dinh, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2013, (Currently with PasswordBox (part of Intel Security))

· Dhruv Jariwala, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2014, (Currently with DATAWIND LTD, Montreal)

· Wei Long Song, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2014, (Currently with Privacy Analytics, Ottawa)

· Maryam Asgariazad, M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2014, (Currently with Deloitte, Toronto)

· Hamad Bin Salleeh,  Ph.D. Thesis, Concordia University, 2014 (Currently Assistant Professor, KSA)

· Saurabh Oberoi M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2014, (Currently with Cloud Solutions, Vancouver, B.C.)

· Anahid Khajooeizadeh M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2015, (Currently with Halogen Software, Ottawa)

· He Huang  M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2015

· Onur Duman M.A.Sc. Thesis, Concordia University, 2016, (Currently Ph.D students, Concordia University)

· Riham Altawy Ph.D Thesis, Concordia University, 2016, (Currently NSERC PDF, University of Waterloo)

A note to Prospective Students

Due to the large number of the emails I receive from potential applicants, I will reply to your email only if I am interested in your application.