Education

• M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Secure Communications, SHARIF University of Technology, TEHRAN, IRAN, 2007.

• B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Electronics, SHARIF University of Technology, TEHRAN, IRAN, 2005.

• Diploma and Pre-University Certificate, ALLAMEH-HELLI, TEHRAN, IRAN.

    Research Interests

• Networking

  • Wireless Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

  • Network Coding (Theory, Security, and Capacity)

  • Network Security (Ad hoc, Cellular, and 802.11)

• Information Theory (Secure Capacity, Side Information, etc)

• Computer

  • Computer Science

  • Computer Networks

  • Computer Programming

• Cryptology

  • Public-Key Cryptography

  • Stream-cipher Design

  • Block Cipher Design

  • Secure Protocol Design

    Publications

• D. Z. Tootaghaj, F. Farhat, M. R. Pakravan, M. R. Aref, “Risk of Attack Coefficient Effect on Availability of Ad-hoc Networks,” IEEE CCNC Research Student Workshop, 2011.

• D. Z. Tootaghaj, F. Farhat, M. R. Pakravan, M. R. Aref, “Game-Theoretic Approach to Mitigate Packet Dropping in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks,” IEEE CCNC Research Student Workshop, 2011.

• F. Farhat, M. R. Pakravan, M. Salmasizadeh, M. R. Aref, “Locally Multi-path Adaptive Routing Protocol Resilient to Selfishness and Wormholes”, 6th ISPEC, 2010.

• F. Farhat, S. Salimi, A. Salahi, "An Extended Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol of UMTS", LNCS Vol. 5451, 5th ISPEC, pp. 230-244, 2009.

• F. Farhat, "Attack on Secure Spread Spectrum System based on Variable Differential Frequency Hopping", 6th ISCISC, 2009 (in Persian).

• F. Farhat, "Information-theoretic Analysis of Symmetric Bidirectional Wiretap Channel", 6th ISCISC, 2009 (in Persian).

• F. Farhat, M. Heydari, M. R. Aref, "Security Weaknesses in PGP Protocol", Submitted to 4th ISCISC, 2007.

    Computer Skills

• Operating System

• Microsoft DOS

• Microsoft Windows 3.1/95/98/2000/ME/XP/Vista

• Linux Red-Hat/Mandrake

• Programming Software

• Visual Basic

• Visual C++

• Delphi (Visual Pascal)

• Web Design

• Html Editor

• Microsoft FrontPage

• Java

• ASP

• PHP

• XML

• Microsoft Visual Studio.NET

• MACROMEDIA

• DREAMWEAVER

• FLASH

• FIREWORKS

• FREEHAND

• Electrical Engineering

• ORCAD

• MATLAB + SIMULINK

• PROTEL

• PSPICE

• KEIL (C51 Programming Software)

• Assembly Compilers

• Micro-Controller 8051

• Micro-Processor 8086

• Networking

• NS (Network Simulator, Developed Under Linux OS)

• TCL (NS file Programming Format)

• OPNET

• Miscellaneous

• Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft FrontPage

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Access

• Microsoft Outlook

• Microsoft Publisher

• Microsoft InfoPath

• Microsoft VISIO

• Adobe Acrobat (pro)

• Adobe PhotoShop CS

• VENSIM (Business Dynamics Simulator)

• CYGWIN (Linux Executer under Windows)