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Research Opportunities ...

Opportunity for MS/PhD study with a full scholarship is available at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering or Department of Computer Science, College of Science and Engineering, Idaho State University, Idaho Falls, ID, USA. Research directions include (but not limited to): IoT Security and Privacy; Privacy Preserving Machine Learning; Smart Health Care Security and Privacy; and 6G Communications. Requirements include: (1) Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Math or a related discipline; (2) High GPA; (3) Good programming and mathematical analysis/optimization skills; and (4) Good TOEFL/IELTS and GRE scores (given the candidate has already taken the tests).

Interested students please send a brief CV and unofficial transcript(s) to: mfouda@ieee.org

Potential candidate(s) will be contacted for an interview over Zoom, particularly for verifying domain knowledge in undergraduate project and/or Masters thesis, and programming skills.

Note: Applicants not fulfilling the aforementioned requirements will be deemed not serious, and will not be responded to.

News/Activity

Nov. 2020:

Four book chapters accepted: in “Secure Edge Computing: Applications, Techniques and Challenges”, to be Published by CRC Press, 2021.
Paper accepted: IEEE Access [Q1, IF: 3.745], “MARLA-SG: Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for Efficient Demand Response in Smart Grid”.

Oct. 2020:

Guest Editorial published: IEEE Internet of Things Magazine (IEEE IoTM), “Smart IoT Solutions for Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic”.
Paper accepted: IEEE Internet of Things Journal [Q1, IF: 9.936], “An Efficient and Light-weight Predictive Channel Assignment Scheme for Multi-Band B5G Enabled Massive IoT: A Deep Learning Approach”.

Sep. 2020:

Finalist: CAES Annual Pitch Event (CAPE): Baby Shark Tank virtual pitch competition hosted by Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), Idaho Falls, ID, USA .
Paper accepted: IEEE Internet of Things Journal [Q1, IF: 9.936], “Efficient Privacy-Preserving Electricity Theft Detection with Dynamic Billing and Load Monitoring for AMI Networks”.
Paper accepted: IEEE Access [Q1, IF: 3.745], “Detection of Lying Electrical Vehicles in Charging Coordination Using Deep Learning”.

Aug. 2020:

New faculty position: Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Idaho State University, Idaho Falls, ID, USA.
Paper accepted: IEEE Access [Q1, IF: 3.745], “Smart Parking System With Privacy Preservation and Reputation Management Using Blockchain”.
Paper accepted: IEEE Access [Q1, IF: 3.745], “DL-CRC: Deep Learning-based Chest Radiograph Classification for COVID-19 Detection: A Novel Approach”.
Paper accepted: IEEE Network [Q1, IF: 8.808], “A Deep Learning Method for Predictive Channel Assignment in Beyond 5G Networks”.

Jun. 2020:

Guest Editor: IEEE Internet of Things Magazine (IEEE IoTM) special issue on “Smart IoT Solutions for Combating COVID-19 Pandemic”.

May 2020:

Three book chapters published: in “Combating Security Challenges in the Age of Big Data: Powered By State of the Art AI Techniques”, ISBN: 978-3030356415, CRC Press, USA , 2020.
Paper accepted: AISI 2020, “Performance Analysis of Spectrum Sensing Thresholding Methods for Cognitive Radio Networks”.

Mar. 2020:

Best poster (CIHR category) awarded: Sadman Sakib (with Dr. Fouda as co-supervisor) received the award at the research week event at Lakehead University, Canada.
Paper accepted: IWCMC 2020, “Migrating Intelligence From Cloud to Ultra-Edge Smart IoT Sensor Based on Deep Learning: An Arrhythmia Monitoring Use-Case”.
Paper accepted: ISNCC 2020, “PMBFE: Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Monitoring and Billing Using Functional Encryption for AMI Networks”.

Jul. 2019:

Associate Editor: IEEE Access, 3 year-term.