Committees and Membership:

• 2006 – Now – IEEE Graduate member
• 2006 – Now – ACM Student member
• 2005 – 2006, Member of Nexus Soccer Simulation Team, Computer Department, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
• Senior Member of Young Iranian Elites Association
• 2005 – 2007, Member of Communication and Computer Research Center, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran

Extra Curricular Activities:

• 2011 – 2012 – Vice-President, School of Information Sciences Graduate Organization (SISGO), SIS, University of Pittsburgh.
• 2010 – 2011 – Vice-President, School of Information Sciences Graduate Organization (SISGO), SIS, University of Pittsburgh.
• 2010 – 2011 – Vice-President, Doctoral Guild, SIS, University of Pittsburgh.
• 2009 – 2010 – Secretary, Persian Panthers, University of Pittsburgh.
• 2008 – 2009 – Officer, Persian Panthers, University of Pittsburgh.

Honors and Awards:

• Fritz Froehlich Award for outstanding contributions to the graduate program in Telecommunications and Networking, school of information sciences, University of Pittsburgh, April 2011.
• Teaching Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2011.
• Travel Grant, the 6th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing (CollaborateCom 2010), Chicago, IL, USA, October 9-12, 2010.
• Recipient of the IEEE MGA Achievement Award as supporting tech team member of 2009 IEEEXtreme Team "For outstanding accomplishment and contributions toward the implementation of the 2009 IEEEXtreme Programming Contest", December 2009.
• GSA/GSR Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh, 2008-Present.
• Recipient of student scholarships to study abroad from Ministry of Science and Information Systems, 2008, Iran.
• Summa cum Laude M.Sc. Student, Computer Engineering Department, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, 2007.
• Ranked 228th among more than 8,000 B.Sc. participants in Nationwide Graduate University Entrance Exam for Master of Software Engineering, Iran, September 2004.
• Awarded outstanding B.Sc. Student, for admission into graduate studies program, Computer Engineering Department, Azad University, Mashhad, 2004.

Services:

• Reviewer of the 20th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2011), Hyderabad, India, 28th March-1st April, 2011.
• Reviewer of IEEE Network Magazine - Special Issue on Network Traffic Monitoring and Analysis, January 2011.
• Reviewer of the International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery (CyberC 2010), Huangsham, China, October 10-12, 2010.
• Reviewer of the 15th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'10), Riccione, Italy, June 22-25, 2010.
• External Reviewer of the IEEE 23rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-09), Bradford, UK, May 26-29, 2009
• Technical team member of the third edition of IEEEXtreme Xtreme, 24 October 2009, IEEEXtreme 24 hour programming challenge
• Reviewer of the International Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, 2008
• Technical team member of the second edition of IEEEXtreme Xtreme, 8-9 March 2008, IEEEXtreme 24 hour programming challenge
• Reviewer of the third conference on Information and Knowledge Technology (IKT 07), 27-29 November 2007, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
• Data security & encryption track assistant of the third conference on Information and Knowledge Technology (IKT 07), 27-29 November 2007, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Principal Technical and Research Experiences:

• Mobile Internet Service Provider Video Technology Group (SPVTG), Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA, PhD Intern, June 2011-Sep 2011.
• The Laboratory for Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems (LERSAIS), University of Pittsburgh, PA, Administrator, fall 2009 – Present
• The Laboratory for Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems (LERSAIS), University of Pittsburgh, PA, Researcher, fall 2008 – Present
• Adonis Co., Mashhad, Iran, Network & Computer Administrator, 2002-2008
• Nesbi Seifi Co., Mashhad, Iran, Network & Computer Administrator, 2004-2008
• Other Ceram Co., Mashhad, Iran, Administrative Manager, 2002-2008
• Communication and Computer Research Center, FUM, Mashhad, Iran, Researcher, 2005-2007

Principal Teaching Experiences:

• Instructor for INFSCI 1075: Network Security, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2011.
  
  2005-2008, Mashhad, Iran.
  Lecturer at:
• Azad University, spring 2008
• Khorasan Advanced Training Center, fall 2006 – spring 2007
• Khorasan Industrial and Scientific Advanced Training Center, fall 2005 – spring 2007
• Jahad University, spring 2006 – spring 2007
• Azad University, Sama, fall 2006 – spring 2007
• Khorasan Trade Training Center, fall 2006 – spring 2007

Subjects taught:
• Network Security
• Advanced Programming
• Fundamentals of Computer and Programming
• Fundamentals of Information Technology
• Operating Systems
• Computer Networks
• Computer Networks & Internet engineering

Teaching Assistantship(TA):
• TELCOM 2120: Network Performance, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2010, Instructor: Dr. David Tipper.
• TELCOM 2000: Introduction to Telecommunications, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2010. Instructor: Dr. Abdelmounaam Rezgui.