People

Farzaneh Zareei
Postdoctoral fellow, evidence-based project management with AI-driven anomaly attribution and behavior change

(Main supervisor: M. Nik-Bahkt)

Mohammad Ali Sayed
Postdoctoral fellow, smart grid security and cyber threat hunting 

(Main supervisor: M. Debbabi)

Juanwei Chen
PhD in Information & Systems Engineering 

DER & VPP security
(Co-supervisor: M. Debbabi)

Yefei Zhang
PhD in Information & Systems Engineering

(Main supervisor: C. Assi, S. Torabi)

Maryam Al Shami

PhD in Information & Systems Engineering

Causal graph learning for 5G RAN quality of service

Yasaman Haghjoo
PhD in Information & Systems Engineering 

Networked microgrid and IBR security
(Main supervisor: M. Ghafouri)

Claire J. Wang
PhD in Information & Systems Engineering

AI-driven behaviour change in evidence-based project management

Yiheng Zhao
PhD in Information & Systems Engineering 

Causality of AI agents in evidence-based project management

 

Shreya Savant
Volt-Age Doctoral Fellow in Information & Systems Engineering 

Agentic AI for smart & secure electrification

Hanzheng Dai
MASc in Information Systems Security

Auto-pentesting with deep reinforcement learning and large language models

Héctor M. Martínez
MASc in Information Systems Security

Blockchain-based collaborative intrusion detection

Yuefan Zhang
Master in Computer Science

Analysis of multi-agentic AI behaviours in intelligent energy management systems

Qiushi Li
MASc in Information Systems Security

Metrics for trustworthy multi-agentic AI in intelligent energy management systems

Jeremy Frandon
MASc in Information Systems Security

Cyber threat hunting (Co-supervisor: M. Debbabi)

Yuanliang Li
Postdoctoral Fellow ('25)

Project: Evidence-based monitoring of construction projects through effective, reliable, and credible RFI analysis and management (homepage)

Andrei Soeanu
Concordia Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow ('23)

Project: Proactive Security for Attack-Resilient Microgrids: Detection, Mitigation, and Recovery
(Main supervisor: M. Debbabi) 

Luyang Hou
Postdoctoral Fellow ('22)

Project: Transactive Energy Market with Packetized Energy and Blockchain Technologies
(Co-supervisor: Y. Liu) 

First position after completion: Research Associate Professor at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China (homepage)

Mohsen Ghafouri
Concordia Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow ('19)

Project: Proactive Security for Attack-Resilient Microgrids: Detection, Mitigation, and Recovery
(Main supervisor: M. Debbabi) 

First position after completion: Assistant Professor at Concordia University, Canada (homepage)

Hamed Jafarpour
PhD in Information & Systems Engineering ('25)

Thesis: An Effective Large Language Model-based Pipeline to Preprocess Narrative Electronic Medical Records Data for Hospital Adverse Events Detection
(Main supervisor: Y. Zeng)

First position after completion: Lecturer at Concordia University, Canada (homepage)

Hang Du
PhD in Information & Systems Engineering ('25)

Thesis: Advancing Cybersecurity in Power Grids with High Penetration of Wind Energy
(Co-supervisor: M. Debbabi) 

Yuanliang Li
PhD in Information & Systems Engineering ('24)

Thesis: Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Automated Penetration Testing for Active Distribution Networks

First position after completion: Postdoctoral fellow at Concordia University, Canada (homepage)

Moshfeka Rahman
PhD in Information & Systems Engineering ('24)

Thesis: Applied Artificial Intelligence for Secure and Resilient Smart Grid

First position after completion: MITACS postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo, Canada (homepage)

Luyang Hou
PhD in Information & Systems Engineering ('20)

Thesis: Advanced Mechanism Design for Electric Vehicle Charging Scheduling in the Smart Infrastructure
(Co-supervisor: C. Wang)

First position after completion: Postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada (homepage)

Shreya Savant
MASc in Quality Systems Engineering ('25)

Thesis: SWin: A Sliding Window Summarization Approach for Coherent LLM-Driven Dialogue Systems
(Co-supervisor: C. Wang)

First position after completion: Volt-Age Doctoral Fellow and PhD student at Concordia University, Canada.

Mohammad Pasha Shabanfar
MASc in Information Systems Security ('25)

Thesis: Class Imbalance and Time-to-Detection in the Performance Analysis of Machine Learning-Based Intrusion Detection Systems
(Co-supervisor: M. Ghafouri)

Sareh Ahmadinasab
MASc in Quality Systems Engineering ('25)

Thesis: Event Graph Optimization for Request for Information (RFI) with Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning and Human Feedback

Nanda Kumar Rengarajan
Master in Computer Science ('25)

Thesis: PANER: A Paraphrase-Augmented Framework for Low-Resource Named Entity Recognition
(Co-supervisor: C. Wang)

Pengyi Liao
MASc in Electrical & Computer Engineering  ('22)

Thesis: A Transfer Learning Framework for Self-Adaptive Smart Grid Intrusion Detection based on Transferability Analysis & Domain-Adversarial Training
(Co-supervisor: M. Ghafouri) (homepage)

Shun Li
MASc in Mechanical Engineering ('23)

Thesis: Early Wildfire Detection, Geolocation, and 3D Reconstruction Using Aerial Visible & Infrared Images
(Main supervisor: Y. Zhang) (homepage)

Quentin Varo
MASc in Information Systems Security ('20)

Thesis: Dynamic Reduced-Round TLS Extension for Energy-Saving Encryption in Wireless IoT Communications

First position after completion: Chief Security Information Officer at Pineappli, Monaco (homepage)

Yongxuan Zhang,
Master in Computer Science ('20)

Thesis: Domain Adversarial Transfer Learning for Robust Cyber-Physical Attack Detection in the Smart Grid

First position after completion: Software Engineer at Google Canada (homepage)

William Lardier,
MASc in Information Systems Security ('20)

Thesis: ASGARDS-H: Enabling Advanced Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Attacks, Risk and Data Studies with HELICS

First position after completion: R&D Engineer at Scality, France (homepage)

Chengming Hu,
MASc in Quality Systems Engineering ('19)

Thesis: Ensemble Feature Learning-Based Event Classification for Cyber-Physical Security of the Smart Grid
(Co-supervisor: C. Wang)

First position after completion: PhD student at McGill University, Canada (homepage)

Anna Dovha
Mitacs Globalink Undergraduate Research Intern ('23)
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine.

Project: Beyond the Technology - How to Integrate Artificial Intelligence with Human Intelligence in the Digital Transformation of Our Society

First position after completion: Master's student at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

Héctor M. Martínez
Mitacs Globalink Undergraduate Research Intern ('23)
Universidad Veracruzana, México.

Project: Smart and Secure - Artificial Intelligence and Cyber-Physical Security in the Digital Society

First position after completion: Master's student at Concordia University, Canada.

Ludjina Benoit
NSERC USRA Undergraduate Research Intern ('23)
Concordia University, Canada

Project: VINCheck: Vulnerable Inconsistencies in Developing Free Open-Source Software for Machine Learning

Mo-Hossien Darabi
NSERC USRA Undergraduate Research Intern ('23)
Concordia University, Canada

Project: iScope: A Self-Adaptive Network Telescope to Monitor Unsolicited IoT Connections in the Wild

Zixin Tang
Mitacs Globalink Undergraduate Research Intern ('22)
Nanjing University of Posts & Telecom., China.

Project: Deep Learning for Cyber-Physical Security in the Smart Grid

First position after completion: Master's student at Shanghai University of Science and Technology, China.

Mohan Qiao
Undergraduate Research Intern ('22)
McGill University, Canada.

Project: Deep Learning for Cyber-Physical Security in the Smart Grid

First position after completion: Master's student at Concordia University, Canada.

Rishi Singal
Mitacs Globalink Undergraduate Research Intern ('22)
Indraprastha Institute of Info. Tech.-Delhi, India.
Project: Deep Learning for Cyber-Physical Security in the Smart Grid

First position after completion: Master's student at North Caroline State University, USA

Jieyuan Tan
Mitacs Globalink Undergraduate Research Intern ('19)
Zhejiang University, China.
Project: Deep Learning for Cyber-Physical Security in the Smart World

First position after completion: Master's student at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Maryna Kluban
Mitacs Globalink Undergraduate Research Intern ('19)
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.
Project: Deep Learning for Cyber-Physical Security in the Smart World

First position after completion: Master's student at Concordia University, Canada.