Dr. Mahdi D. Firoozjaei
Cybersecurity, Telecom Systems
Dr. Mahdi Daghmehchi Firoozjaei is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at MacEwan University, Canada. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Windsor and as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC). He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Korea, and has over a decade of industry experience in cybersecurity and telecommunication systems.
His experience includes leading R&D projects in OT forensics, IoT blockchain, and DNS firewall development at CIC, Canada, as well as working as a senior engineer in telecommunication systems at the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI). Dr. Firoozjaei’s research interests primarily focus on cybersecurity, covering areas such as malware analysis, digital forensics, network security, privacy preserving techniques, and blockchain.
His contributions to research have been widely recognized, earning him the Best Researcher Award 2023 from SFConferences and the Best Paper Award (AINA-2015) at the AINA Conference. Additionally, he has received prestigious accolades, including the
SKKU Superior Research Award 2017 (runner-up) and the SKKU Scholarship for Outstanding International Students during his Ph.D. studies.