Saleh Darzi

✔ Post-Quantum Cryptography, ✔ Applied Cryptography, ✔Network Security, ✔ Privacy, ✔ Next-Generation Networks, ✔ Blockchains

•  I’m pleased to share that I have submitted my paper titled "Authentication Against Insecure Bootstrapping for 5G Networks: Feasibility, Resiliency, and Transitional Solutions in Post-Quantum Era" to the IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC) journal and now is available on Arxiv.

•  I’m pleased to announce that I will be delivering my Major Area Presentation on November 10th, 2025, titled "Post-Quantum Secure Authentication and Privacy-Preserving Frameworks for Next-Generation Wireless Networks."

•  I’m pleased to share that I have submitted my paper titled "QPADL: Post-Quantum Private Spectrum Access with Verified Location and DoS Resilience" to the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS) journal and now is available on Arxiv.

•  I’m delighted to share that my paper titled "LiteQSign: Lightweight and Quantum-Safe Signatures for Heterogeneous IoT Applications" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Access.

•   I’m excited to share that I’ve been selected as the Publication Chair for the ACM CCS Workshop on Quantum-Resistant Cryptography and Security (ACM QRSEC 2025), as part of the organizing committee of ACM CCS 2025.

•   I was invited to present our selected patent, "A System and Method for Privacy-Preserving and Post-Quantum Secure Counter Denial of Service for Spectrum Management in Next-Generation Wireless Networks," at the Innovation Match: Become the Founder of a USF Spinout event, hosted by USF Technology Transfer.

•   I am pleased to announce that my paper has been accepted for presentation in the SVCC 2025: Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference. I will be presenting my work from June 23rd to June 25th, 2025, in Marriott Silicon Valley in California USA.

•   I am pleased to announce that my paper has been accepted for presentation in Track 3 - Cyber Security and Trusted Computing at the IEEE Military Communications Conference. I will be presenting my work from October 28 to November 1, 2024, in Washington, DC, USA.

•   I am delighted to share that our lab's international proposal, titled "NSF-SNSF: A Resilient and Efficient Cybersecurity Fabric and Evaluation Framework for Future Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Networks (SATUQ)," has been awarded by the NSF. This unique international project involves principal investigators from the USA (USF) and Switzerland (ZHAW), each funded by the NSF and SNSF, respectively, working towards a shared research objective. I will be contributing to the project as an investigator on the USA side.

•   My latest visionary paper titled "Counter Denial of Service for Next-Generation Networks within the Artificial Intelligence and Post-Quantum Era" is realeased as a pre-print, and is currently under revision of "The Sixth IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems, and Applications"

•   I am pleased to announce that our lab's proposal, "Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Distributed Computing in Effect: Towards Trustworthy, Resilient, and Secure NextG Mobile Networks", has been awarded by the NSF. This collaborative project involves the University of South Florida, Virginia Tech, and Oregon State University. I am eager to embark on this groundbreaking cybersecurity research, which aims to revolutionize Next-Generation (NextG) networks through distributed security, multi-party computation, and side-channel resiliency in the post-quantum era. We extend our sincere gratitude to the NSF for their invaluable support.

•   I am pleased to announce that we have submitted a US patent titled "A System and Method for Privacy-Preserving and Post-Quantum Secure Counter Denial of Service for Spectrum Management in Next-Generation Wireless Networks," which is currently pending approval.

Patents

Conferences

Journals

E-Prints / Preprints

• •   Graduate Research Associate, University of South Florida (May 2024 – Present)
  Leading NSF- and industry-funded projects on post-quantum secure authentication, privacy-preserving frameworks, and spectrum access systems for hybrid satellite–terrestrial networks.
• •   System Administrator & Technical Support, Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Computing, USF (Apr 2024 – Jan 2025)
  Implemented enterprise security automation, maintained research computing clusters, and ensured CIS compliance across departmental systems.
• •   Graduate Research Assistant, University of South Florida (Dec 2021 – May 2024)
  Designed and evaluated post-quantum cryptographic schemes, hierarchical authentication mechanisms, and privacy-preserving protocols for 5G and IoT systems.
• •   Graduate Teaching Assistant & Instructor, University of South Florida (Jan 2022 – May 2024)
  Assisted and lectured in graduate courses including Cryptography, Privacy-Preserving Systems, and Penetration Testing.
• •   Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, K. N. Toosi University of Technology (Jan 2019 – Dec 2021)
  Conducted research on lattice-based privacy-preserving techniques for smart grids and supported instruction in cryptography and network security.
• •   Internship, Noor Tab Tavan Technical & Engineering Co. (Jun 2017 – Dec 2017)
  Worked on grid modernization projects, performing system design, implementation, and testing for electrical network infrastructures.

•   Teaching Assistant in Privacy-Preserving and Trustworthy Cyber-Systems (Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022)

•   Teaching Assistant in Cryptography: Theory and Practice (Fall 2023, Fall 2022)

•   Teaching Assistant in Penetration Testing for IT (Fall 2023)

•   Tutoring Graduate Students in Lattice-based Cryptography (Summer 2020)

•   Tutoring Graduate Students in Applied Cryptography (Summer 2020)

•   Teaching Assistant in Network security (Spring 2020)

•   Teaching Assistant in Information Theory (Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021)

Program Committee & Chair Roles

•  Publication Chair of the ACM CCS Workshop on Quantum-Resistant Cryptography and Security (QRSEC 2025), part of the ACM CCS 2025 Organizing Committee, Taipei, Taiwan.

•  Program Committee Member of the IEEE Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference (SVCC 2025 and SVCC 2026).

Reviewer Roles

•  Reviewer for ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM CCS 2025).

•  Reviewer for USENIX Security Symposium (2025, 2026).

•  Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC).

•  Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS).

•  Reviewer for ACM Computing Surveys.

•  Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

•  Reviewer for Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC).

•  Reviewer for IEEE Internet of Things (IoT) Journal.

•  Reviewer for Journal of Information Security and Applications.

•  Reviewer for Cluster Computing Journal.

•  Reviewer for Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience.

Invited Talks & Presentations

•  Presented research papers at major venues including IEEE MILCOM 2024, SVCC 2025, and IEEE TPS-ISA 2024.

•  Delivered an invited talk on patent work at Innovation Match: Become the Founder of a USF Spinout, hosted by USF Technology Transfer Office.

•  Presented Trustworthy AI Systems Through Lenses of Post-Quantum Security and Privacy-Enhancing Techniques at CyberBay 2025, Tampa, Florida.

Awards & Grants

•  Recipient of multiple NSF Travel Grants for participation in MILCOM and IEEE TPS-ISA.

•  Received USF Research and Travel Support Grants for international conferences and collaborative NSF projects.

Open-Source Contributions

•  Developer and maintainer of several open-source cryptography repositories on GitHub, including:

– BORG-Scheme: Post-quantum authentication for 5G and IoT systems.

– GPU-Multiserver-PIR-PuzzleGen: GPU-accelerated private information retrieval and proof-of-work generation.

Professional Memberships

•  Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

•  Member, IEEE Communications Society.

•  Member, IEEE Young Professionals.

•  Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

•  Member, Iranian Society of Cryptology.

Email: salehdarzi@usf.edu

Office: IDR 400, Interdisciplinary Research Building, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

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