Dr Alireza Jolfaei

Dr Alireza Jolfaei received a Ph.D. degree in Applied Cryptography from Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia. He is an Assistant Professor in Cyber Security at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Before this appointment, he worked as an Assistant Professor at Federation University Australia and Temple University in Philadelphia, USA. His current research areas include Cyber Security, IoT Security, Human-in-the-Loop CPS Security, Cryptography, AI, and Machine Learning for Cyber Security. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles on topics related to cybersecurity. He has received multiple awards for Academic Excellence, University Contribution, and Inclusion and Diversity Support. He received the prestigious IEEE Australian council award for his research paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. He received a recognition diploma with a cash award from the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society for his publication at the 2019 IEEE IES International Conference on Industrial Technology. He is a founding member of the Federation University IEEE Student Branch. He served as the Chairman of Computational Intelligence Society in IEEE Victoria Section and also as the Chairman of Professional and Career Activities for IEEE Queensland Section. He has served as the guest associate editor of IEEE journals and transactions, including IEEE IoT Journal, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, and IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence. He has served over 10 conferences in leadership capacities including program co-Chair, track Chair, session Chair, and Technical Program Committee member, including IEEE TrustCom. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ACM Distinguished Speaker on the topic of Cyber-Physical Systems Security.