{"id":13002,"date":"2017-04-10T09:38:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=13002"},"modified":"2021-04-07T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T20:14:09","slug":"mehrdad-nourai","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/mehrdad-nourai\/","title":{"rendered":"Mehrdad Nourai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mehrdad Nourai earned his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Massachusetts in 2018, an M.S. degree in Computer Science from Boston University, and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Nourai has over three decades of professional experience in computer industry and academics. His industry experience consists of architect, design, and development of software for all kinds of computer systems including embedded systems and systems with standard, proprietary, and real-time operating systems. His academic experience consists of teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in both Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Department of Computer Science, Metropolitan College, Boston University since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Nourai has published several publications to the scientific community in the areas of computer networks and cybersecurity. His research and areas of interests include Computer Networks and Security, Data Communications, Human Information Interaction, Operating Systems, Computer Languages, Database, and Mobile Applications Development.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Courses<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/cs231\">MET CS 231 Programming with C++<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/cs520\">MET CS 520 Information Structures with Java<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/cs555\">MET CS 555 Data Analysis and Visualization with R<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/cs575\">MET CS 575 Operating Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/cs579\">MET CS 579 Database Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/cs622\">MET CS 622 Advanced Programming Techniques<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/cs664\">MET CS 664 Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/cs683\">MET CS 683 Mobile Application Development with Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/cs693\">MET CS 693 Digital Forensics and Investigations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Research Interests<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Standard\/proprietary\/real-time Operating Systems (Windows, Linux distributions, Embedded OS, Real-time &amp;\u00a0Proprietary OS); Mobile Applications Development; Procedural and Object-Oriented Programming; Languages C, C++, C#, Java, and Intel &amp; ARM assembly;\u00a0Cyber-security and Privacy; Human-Computer\/Information Interaction, User Experience and Product Design; Computer Networks, design and architect of new network protocols; Data Communications; Compiler Design &amp; Construction, Design of Programming Languages; Web Systems, Database; Artificial Intelligence, Robotics; Algorithms; Embedded Systems.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Publications<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Publications:<\/p>\n<p>M. Nourai and H. Levkowitz, \u201cSecuring Online Accounts Via New Handshake Protocol And Granular Access Control,\u201d in <em>Computer Science &amp; Information Technology (CS &amp; IT)<\/em>, vol. 7, no. 4, Third International Conference on Cryptography and Information Security (CRIS 2017). AIRCC Publishing Corporation, Mar. 2017, pp. 87-103, <a href=\"http:\/\/aircconline.com\/csit\/csit766.pdf\">http:\/\/aircconline.com\/csit\/csit766.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>M. Nourai and H. Levkowitz, \u201cEnhancing Cyber Security of Online Accounts via a Novel Protocol and New Techniques,\u201d in <em>International Journal of Network Security &amp; its Applications<\/em>, vol. 9, no. 3, The International Journal of Network Security &amp; Its Applications (IJNSA 2017). AIRCC Publishing Corporation, May 2017, pp. 1-30, <a href=\"http:\/\/aircconline.com\/ijnsa\/V9N3\/9317ijnsa02.pdf\">http:\/\/aircconline.com\/ijnsa\/V9N3\/9317ijnsa02.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>M. Nourai and H. Levkowitz, \u201cSecuring Email for the Average Users via a New Architecture,\u201d 2017 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (PACRIM 2017), Aug. 2017, IEEE Xplore Digital Library: <a href=\"http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8121931\/\">http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8121931\/<\/a>*<\/p>\n<p>M. Nourai, \u201cSecuring Human Information Interaction and Privacy via New Protocols and Architectures,\u201d University of Massachusetts Lowell, ProQuest, 2018<\/p>\n<p>M. Nourai, \u201cOptimal Path Planning with A* Search Algorithm, 2011, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.uml.edu\/ecg\/uploads\/AIfall11\/mnourai_optimalpath.pdf\">http:\/\/www.cs.uml.edu\/ecg\/uploads\/AIfall11\/mnourai_optimalpath.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best Paper (Golden-paper) Award<\/strong> \u2013 2017 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications track<\/li>\n<li>*Won golden paper certificate and a pure gold coin for research paper published by IEEE in 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13337,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/13002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13337"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/13002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25430,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/13002\/revisions\/25430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}