Faculty members

Manar Amayri
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2873
- S-EV 007.647
- manar.amayri@concordia.ca
Machine learning, data science, explainable AI, human-in-the-loop AI, energy management systems, self-consumption, smart buildings, smart cities
Chadi Assi
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5799
- S-EV 9179
- chadi.assi@concordia.ca
Wireless networks, Information security
Anjali Awasthi
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5622
- S-EV 7636
- anjali.awasthi@concordia.ca
Sustainable Mobility, City Logistics, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Congestion, Connected Communities, Quality assurance in supply chain management, IT & Decision making, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Cybernetics
Ayda Basyouni
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5621
- S-EV 7638
- ayda.basyouni@concordia.ca
Abdessamad Ben Hamza
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5383
- S-EV 7631
- abdu.benhamza@concordia.ca
Computer Vision; Artificial Intelligence; Geometric Deep Learning; Image Processing and Medical Imaging; Graph Signal Processing
Jamal Bentahar
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5382
- S-EV 7630
- jamal.bentahar@concordia.ca
Intelligent agents and multi-agent systems, Agent-based software engineering, Multi-agent interaction, dialogue and argumentation, Formal methods, Validation and automatic verification, Non-classical logics, Temporal and spatial reasoning, Decision theory, Artificial intelligence and knowledge representation, Security in multi-agent system
Nizar Bouguila
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5663
- S-EV 7632
- nizar.bouguila@concordia.ca
Computer vision and pattern recognition, Machine learning and data mining, Image and signal processing, Statistical process control, 3D graphics and games
Jeremy Clark
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5381
- S-EV 9177
- j.clark@concordia.ca
Anonymous Communication, Bitcoin, Cryptography & Data Security, Genomic Privacy, Multiparty Computation, SSL/TLS and HTTPS, Voting System Security
Mourad Debbabi
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3166
- S-EV 9175
- mourad.debbabi@concordia.ca
Cyber Forensics, Network Security, Software Security, Malware Analysis, Program Analysis, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Formal Semantics and Methods, Verification and Validation, Languages Design and Analysis
Rachida Dssouli
- 514-848-2424, ext. 4162
- S-EV 7627
- rachida.dssouli@concordia.ca
Communication software engineering, Quality assurance for software, Service engineering, Conformance testing based on FSM, EFSM and timed automata, Requirement engineering based on scenarios, Multimedia applications and QoS
Carol Fung
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3452
- S-EV 003-107
- carol.fung@concordia.ca
Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Network Management, User Privacy Protection, and Social Networks.
Mohsen Ghafouri
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3225
- S-EV 003.117
- mohsen.ghafouri@concordia.ca
Smart grid security, Security of cyber-physical systems, Wide area monitoring, protection and control systems (WAMS and WAMPAC), Microgrids and smart distribution systems, Attack-resilient power systems, Control and modeling of smart grids
Roch Glitho
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5846
- S-EV 7637
- roch.glitho@concordia.ca
- Cloud computing and fog computing - Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networks (SDN) - Internet of Things, Content Delivery Networks and 5G Networks - Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D)
Amin Hammad
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5800
- S-EV 7634
- amin.hammad@concordia.ca
BIM, 4D simulation, and digital twins Automation and robotics in construction (Construction 4.0) Sustainable infrastructure management systems Construction management (health and safety, productivity, claim management, etc.) Applied AI, computer vision, and knowledge engineering Optimizing building energy performance Mixed reality
Walter Lucia
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3982
- S-EV 9185
- walter.lucia@concordia.ca
Secure and resilient control of cyber-physical systems, model predictive control strategies for autonomous vehicles, control of switching/switched systems, fault-tolerant control

Suryadipta Majumdar
Assistant Professor
- suryadipta.majumdar@concordia.ca
Cloud Computing Security and Privacy, Internet of Things (IoT) Security and Privacy, Software-Defined Network (SDN) Security
Mohammad Mannan
Professor
- 514-848-2424, ext. 8972
- S-EV 9189
- m.mannan@concordia.ca
Authentication and systems security, Privacy, Social networking, Trusted computing, OS/Hypervisor security, Phishing, Android/Mobile security
Arash Mohammadi
Associate Professor
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2712
- S-EV 9187
- arash.mohammadi@concordia.ca
Signal Processing, Information Fusion, Cyber-physical Systems, Large Scale Dynamical Systems, Distributed Localization/Tracking, Networked Control Systems, Sensor Networks, Distributed Camera Networks, State Estimation in Smart Grids.
Farnoosh Naderkhani
Assistant Professor
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5919
- S-EV 007.635
- farnoosh.naderkhani@concordia.ca
Maintenance management; Quality Control; High-dimensional data analysis for systems monitoring; Modern Manufacturing Systems; Diagnostics and prognostics, and; Statistical and machine learning for complex-structured streaming data.
Zachary Patterson
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director (MASc. and PhD.)
- 514-848-2424, ext. 8830
- S-EV 003-109
- Zachary.Patterson@concordia.ca
Emerging technologies in transport-related data collection, computational geospatial data processing, data analysis and inference with statistical and artificial intelligence techniques, and discrete choice experiments.
Ivan Pustogarov
Assistant Professor
- ivan.pustogarov@concordia.ca
Operating systems security, Embedded systems security, Program analysis, privacy enhancing technologies, cryptocurrencies
Andrea Schiffauerova
Associate Professor
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3307
- S-EV 7628
- andrea.schiffauerova@concordia.ca
Innovation systems, Management of science and technology, Scientometrics, Innovation networks, Analysis of complex networks, Open innovation, Organizational innovation process, Cost of quality
Chun Wang
Professor
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5628
- S-EV 7629
- chun.wang@concordia.ca
e-supply chain, Algorithmic mechanism design, game theory, Multi-agent systems
Lingyu Wang
Professor
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5662
- S-EV 9183
- lingyu.wang@concordia.ca
Cloud Security, Security Metrics, Network Security, Software Security, Privacy
Jun Yan
Associate Professor
- 514-848-2424, ext. 4511
- S-EV 3119
- jun.yan@concordia.ca
Cyber-physical systems security, smart grids, applied computational intelligence, attack-resilient systems, self-adaptive systems and control
Amr Youssef
Professor
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5441
- S-EV 9181
- amr.youssef@concordia.ca
Applied cryptography, Network security, Cyber-physical systems security, Blockchain, Privacy
Yong Zeng
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5801
- S-EV 7633
- yong.zeng@concordia.ca
Innovative and creative design, Theory and methodology, Cognitive experiments, Computational technologies

Gordon Leonard
Part-time Lecturer, Management
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2905
- S-MB 13108
- gordon.leonard@concordia.ca

Name/Title	E-mail/Phone	Research interests
Hamid Alinejad-Rokny Affiliate Associate Professor	h.alinejad@unsw.edu.au +61 2 9385 1725	Health data analytics Health informatics Bio-informatics Graph neural networks Deep learning Medical artificial intelligence Machine learning in biology Biological data mining DNA computing
Stephane Dufresne Affiliate Associate Professor	stephane.dufresne@aero.bombardier.com	Aircraft design Multi-disciplinary optimization Systems engineering model based design
Ashkan Ebadi Affiliate Assistant Professor	ashkan.ebadi@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca 438-356-7602	Intelligent decision support systems Hybrid recommender systems Graph analytics Applied data science Health informatics Scientometrics
Ursula Eicker Affiliate Professor	ursula.eicker@concordia.ca	Urban energy and resource modeling Urban sensor data integration Multi-scale and multi-domain modeling 3D City visualization Virtual reality exploration
Benjamin Fung Affiliate Associate Professor	fung@ciise.concordia.ca	Data mining and databases Text mining Data security and privacy Authorship analysis Services computing Malware analysis
Michel Guevremont Affiliate Assistant Professor	guevremont.michel@hydroquebec.com	4D simulation Virtual construction management Digital twins Building information modeling (BIM) Legal affairs and dispute resolution in engineering and construction Construction 4.0 Automation in construction
Aiman Hanna Affiliate Assistant Professor	contact@aimanhanna.com	Cyber-security Software security Software fingerprinting Big data and container's security Networking and data communications
Abbas Javadtalab Affiliate Assistant Professor	abbas.javadtalab@concordia.ca EV003.233 514-848-2424 ext. 4079	IoT / IoMT Fog computing Multimedia communication 360 Videostreaming Virtual and augmented reality Video gaming Control/prediction Multi-view/3D videocommunication
Maurice Khabbaz Affiliate Assistant Professor	maurice.khabbaz@gmail.com	Intelligent transportation systems Vehicular networks Internet of Things Next generation carrier-grade networks Wireless networks 5G and beyond Cloud computing and datacenter networks Modelling and performance analysis Network optimization
Babak Khosravifar Affiliate Assistant Professor	babak.khosravifar@unity3d.com	Machine learning Deep learning Cloud computing Big data analytics Ad-tech Event streaming services
Freddy Lecue Affiliate Associate Professor	freddy.lecue@inria.fr	Explainable machine learning (Deep) Artificial neural network Reasoning systems Knowledge graphs
Ruixuan Li Affiliate Professor	rxli@hust.edu.cn 86-27-8754-4285	System security Distributed systems Cloud computing Social network Information retrieval Data mining
Fereshteh Mafakheri Affiliate Assistant Professor	fereshteh.mafakheri@enap.ca 514-849-3989 ext. 3982	Decision analytics Bioenergy BioCircular economy Supply chain management Technology management and innovation Project management
Serguei A. Mokhov Affiliate Assistant Professor	serguei.mokhov@concordia.ca EV007.155 514-848-2424 ext. 5179
Hadi Otok Affiliate Associate Professor	hadi.otrok@ku.ac.ae	Blockchain and game theory Cloud and fog computing: game theoretal models Reinforcement learning and federated learning Internet of vehicles, VANET and MANET Services management: cloud/edge/fog and crowd sensing/sourcing Network and computer security
Makan Pourzandi Affiliate Associate Professor	pourzand@ciise.concordia.ca	Security High availability Distributed systems Cluster security Cluster computing Parallel computing
Samir Sebbah Affiliate Assistant Professor	samir.sebbah@forces.gc.ca
Sanaa Sharafeddine Affiliate Associate Professor	sanaa.sharafeddine@lau.edu.lb	Wirless networks UAV-aided networks Edge computing Cooperative communication
Faridaddin Vahdatikhaki Affiliate Assistant Professor	f.vahdatikhaki@utwente.nl	Real-time decision support system for construction equipment Virtual reality for construction training and education Building information modeling and digital twin for infrastructure Smart and sustainable infrastructures and cities
Yuan (Shawn) Xu Affiliate Assistant Professor	yuxu@ucalgary.ca 403-210-9554	Epidemiology Community health science Health data sciences Real-world evidence Methodology in electronic medical record data
Lin Yang Affiliate Assistant Professor	lin.yang@albertahealthservices.ca 403-698-8156	Epidemiologic study design Energy balance and cancer Biological mechanisms Wearable devices Mind-body exercise Implementation science
Fayi Zhou Affiliate Associate Professor	fayi.zhou@edmonton.ca	AI Application in sewer pipe defect identification Environment based design method and application in urban drainage rehabilitation Environment based design method in green infrastructure planning and design Infrastructure asset management Smart urban infrastructure and its impacts on smart city

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