Amir Jalali

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering

Department of Computer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

I-SENSE Division of Research

Florida Atlantic University

About me

I received my B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran in 2009, and my M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2012. Currently, I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and Engineering at the Department of Computer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University where I am doing research under Dr. Azarderakhsh's supervision. I am also servnig as a graduate research assistant at I-SENSE Division of Research.

I am one of the post-quantum Supersingular Isogeny-based Key Encapsulation (SIKE) proposal contributors to the NIST PQC standardization workshop.

Research Interests

  • Cryptography and Information Security
  • Efficient Software Implementation of Cryptography Protocols
  • Post-Quantum Cryptography
  • Homomorphic Encryption
  • High-performance Architectures

Professional Experience

  • Security Software Developer Intern at LinkedIn, Sunnyvale, CA, USA (2018)
  • Research Intern in Cryptography Group at Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA (2017)
  • Senior Security Analyst at Informatics Services Corporation, Tehran, Iran (2013 - 2015)
  • PKI Developer at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2012 - 2013)