✔ Post-Quantum Cryptography, ✔ Applied Cryptography, ✔Security, ✔ Privacy, ✔ Blockchains
Biography
Saleh Darzi is a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science and Engineering Department, actively engaged in research within the Applied Cryptography Research Laboratory (ACRL) under the supervision of Dr. Attila Yavuz at the University of South Florida. His primary research pursuits revolve around post-quantum and applied cryptography, with a focus on addressing challenges in the privacy and security of IoT, Blockchain technology, and network security. Saleh holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (Communication-System) from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, obtained in 2021.
Email: salehdarzi@usf.edu
Office: IDR 400, Interdisciplinary Research Building, University of South Florida
Interests
Recent News
• I am excited to share that I have been awarded a travel grant to attend The IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM)!
• I am excited to share that I have been awarded a travel grant to attend The Sixth IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems, and Applications!
• I am pleased to announce that my paper has been accepted for presentation in the The Sixth IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems, and Applications. I will be presenting my work from October 28 to October 30, 2024, in Washington, DC, 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.
Publications
- • System Administration and Technical Support in Department of Computer Science and Engineering since Summer 2023
• Research Assistant in Department of Computer Science and Engineering with the supervision of professor Attila A. Yavuz, Since Fall 2022
• Internship at Noor Tab Tavan Co. under supervision of Dr. Nima Raiesi 2017
[E] Resilient Authentication for Next-Generation Wireless Networks with Lawful Interception and Quantum-Safe Forgery Detection
Attila A. Yavuz, Saleh Darzi
US Patent 25T059, 2024
[E] Counter Denial of Service for Next-Generation Networks within the Artificial Intelligence and Post-Quantum Era
Saleh Darzi and Attila A. Yavuz
Submited to 6th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems and Applications (TPS-ISA)
[E] Post-Quantum Security for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: An Emerging Frontier
Saleh Darzi , Attila A. Yavuz
Authorea Preprints 2023
[E] Lightweight and Scalable Post-Quantum Authentication for Medical Internet of Things
Attila A. Yavuz , Saleh Darzi , Saif E. Nouma
Submitted to the Journal of Information Security and Applications 2023.
[E] A System and Method for Privacy-preserving and Post-quantum Secure Counter Denial of Service for Spectrum Management in Next-Generation Wireless Network
Attila A. Yavuz, Saleh Darzi
US Patent 24T238, 2024
[E] Envisioning the future of cyber security in post-quantum era: A survey on pq standardization, applications, challenges and opportunities
Saleh Darzi , Kasra Ahmadi , Saeed Aghapour, Attila A. Yavuz, Mehran Mozaffari Kermani
Submitted to Jounral of ACM Computing Surveys 2023.
[C] Beyond Basic Trust: Envisioning the Future of NextGen Networked Systems and Digital Signatures
Attila A. Yavuz , Kiarash Sedghighadikolaei , Saleh Darzi , Saif E. Nouma
2023 5th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems and Applications (TPS-ISA)
[J] LPM2DA: a lattice-based privacy-preserving multi-functional and multi-dimensional data aggregation scheme for smart grid
Saleh Darzi , Bahareh Akhbari , Hassan Khodaiemehr
Cluster Computing Journal 2022.
[Th] Improving Privacy-Preserving Techniques for Smart Grid using Lattice-based Cryptography
Saleh Darzi , Bahareh Akhbari , Hassan Khodaiemehr
Master's Thesis in K. N. Toosi University of Technology March 2021.
Experience
Teaching
• 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)
Service
• Reviewer of IEEE IoT Journal
• Reviewer of Journal of Information Security and Applications
• Reviewer of Cluster Computing Journal
• Reviewer of Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)
• Reviewer of International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET)
• Graduate Student Member of IEEE
• Member of IEEE Communications Society Membership
• Member of IEEE Young Professionals
• Member of Iranian Society of Cryptology
Contact
Email: salehdarzi@usf.edu
Office: IDR 400, Interdisciplinary Research Building, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA