Ehsan Mokhtari

          Ph.D. Candidate
          Information Security Centre of eXcellence,
          Faculty of Computer Science,
          University of New Brunswick,
          Canada.

                                                       E-mail: ehsan.mokhtari[at]unb[dot]ca

Academic

B.A. School of Computer Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2006.

     Final project: “Simulating publish/subscribe model for wireless sensor networks”

     GPA 15.79 / 20 (of the last two years: 16.30) Supervisor: Dr. Mohsen Sharif

M.A. Department of Computer Engineering, University of Isfahan, 2009.

     Thesis title: “A context-aware reputation-based trust model for multi-agent systems”. 

     GPA 16.4 / 20

     Supervisor : Dr. Behrouz Tork Ladani      Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Ali Nematbakhsh

Research Interests

Information and Network Security

BotNet detection, Visualization and Analysis

Trust and Reputation Modeling

E-Commerce

Ontology

Publications

Julian Rrushi, Ehsan Mokhtari and Ali A. Ghorbani. "Estimating botnet virulence within mathematical models of botnet propagation dynamics". Journal of Computers & Security, Nov 2011, Volume: 30            Issue: 8 pp.791-802 (12 pages).

Ehsan Mokhtari, Zeinab Noorian, Behrouz Tork Ladani and Mohammad Ali Nematbakhsh, ”A Context-aware Reputation-based Model of Trust for Open Multi-Agent Environments”, Canadian Conference        on Artificial Intelligence 2011, pp. 301-312, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, May 2011

Julian Rrushi, Ehsan Mokhtari and Ali A. Ghorbani. "A statistical approach to botnet virulence                estimation". Proceedings of the 6th ACM Symposium on Information, Computer and                             Communications Security,Hong Kong, March 22-24 , 2011.

Ehsan Mokhtari, Behrouz Tork Ladani and Mohammad Ali Nematbakhsh. "FOCET: a Functional Ontology of Context for Evaluating Trust". International Conference on Information Security                   and Privacy (ISP-09),Orlando, FL, USA, 2009.

Ehsan Mokhtari, Behrouz Tork Ladani and Mohammad Ali Nematbakhsh, ”CORMET: a Context-aware ontological Reputation Model For Evaluating Trust in multi-agent systems”, International Conference      on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-09), Orlando, FL, USA, 2009 .

Courses Taught

Computer Networks - Department of Computer, Sama Varamin College, Varamin, Iran, 2008

Theory of Languages and Automata - Department of Computer engineering, Payam noor University of Garmsar, Garmsar, Iran, 2008

Software engineering - Department of Computer engineering, Payam noor University of Garmsar, Garmsar, Iran, 2008

Database design and programming - Department of Computer engineering, Payam noor University of Garmsar, Garmsar, Iran, 2008

Experiences

Teaching Assistant - Department of Computer Engineering, University of Isfahan, Spring 2007, Course: “Operating Systems”

Network Administrator - School of Computer Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Nov. 2003- Sep.2005, Title: “Faculty Network Administrator”

Project manager and programmer - AmaajSystem Corporation, Feb 2003 – Sep 2007, Tehran, Iran (part time)

English Proficiency

TOEFL iBT - Overall: 109/120  - Reading: 30/30, Listening: 28/30, Speaking: 26/30, Writing: 25/30

GRE General - Overall: 1110/1600 - Quantitative: 770/800, Verbal: 340/800, Analytical Writing: 3.5/6.0