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I am currently a Ph.D. student at Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering , and Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science (Montreal, Canada).
I do research on the following areas under the supervision of Dr. Jeremy Clark:
  • Blockchain Technology and its applications
  • Bitcoin and Fintech
  • TLS and the CA Trust Model

Academic Background

  • M.A.Sc. in Information Systems Security (2015-2018)
    Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Montreal, Canada
    Thesis: Rethinking Certificate Authorities: Understanding and Decentralizing domain Validationpdf
    Supervisor: Dr. Jeremy Clark
  • B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (2009-2014)
    Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
    Thesis: Eye Gaze Tracking Using Pattern Recognition Methods
    Supervisor: Dr. Reza Azmi

Employment

Academic positions

  • Teacher Assistant, Security Evaluation Methodologies, Concordia University, Winter 2018
  • Teacher Assistant, Recent Developments in Information Systems Security, Concordia University, Fall 2017
  • Teacher Assistant, Security Evaluation Methodologies, Concordia University, Winter 2017
  • Teacher Assistant, Security Evaluation Methodologies, Concordia University, Winter 2016

Papers

  • Seyedehmahsa Moosavi, Jeremy Clark. Ghazal: toward truly authoritative web certificates using Ethereum. Trusted Smart Contracts, Proceedings of Financial Cryptography and Data Security: FC Workshops, 2018.pdf

Talks

External Reviews

  • Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2017 (FC)
  • IEEE Security & Privacy on the Blockchain 2018 (IEEE S&B)
  • Symposium on Electronic Crime (IEEE) 2018 (eCrime)

Community Involvements

Honors and Awards

  • Power Corporation of Canada Graduate Fellowship (5000 CAD), 2016

Contact

Email:seye_moo (at) enc.concordia.ca / mahsa.msv1991 (at) gmail.com
Office: EV 3.204
Phone: x7126
Mailing Address: 1515 Ste-Catherine Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 2W1