- A. Sadeghi Jahromi, A. Abdou, P.C. van Oorschot "Formal Security Analysis of ss2DNS," European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), 2025.
- [Ph.D. Thesis] "Towards Securing the DNS Resolution Process", Carleton University, April 2025 (co-supervised by Professors AbdelRahman Abdou and Paul Van Oorschot)
- A. Sadeghi Jahromi, A. Abdou, P.C. van Oorschot "DNSSEC+: An Enhanced DNS Scheme Motivated by Benefits and Pitfalls of DNSSEC", under peer review, 2025.
- A. Sadeghi Jahromi, A. Abdou, P.C. van Oorschot "An Evaluation Framework for Secure DNS Schemes", In progress, 2025.
- [Master's Thesis] "Survey And Evaluation of Secure-DNS Alternatives Through Passive Measurements", Carleton University, 2021 (supervised by Professor AbdelRahman Abdou).
- A. Sadeghi Jahromi, A. Abdou, "Comparative Analysis of DoT and HTTPS Certificate Ecosystems", NDSS MADweb, 2021.
- [Poster] A. Sadeghi Jahromi, A. Abdou, Second best poster, "Analyzing Secure-DNS alternatives", Serene-risc Workshop, 2021.
EXPERIENCE
Carleton University
Carleton Internet Security Lab (CISL)
Security Researcher6 Years
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Study of secure-DNS alternatives using active and passive internet measurements
approaches.
• Using python and OpenSSL for parsing and analyzing millions of TLS certificates
in web and DNS ecosystems.
Carleton University
Carleton Internet Security Lab (CISL)
Teaching Assistant6 Years
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Led lab sessions in networking and security courses, mentoring students in coding and debugging, packet capture and network analysis, and protocol implementation.
Developed and maintained Linux-based network infrastructure (DNS, firewall, routing), including VM provisioning, interface configuration, and real-time monitoring to ensure high availability.
• Computer Systems Security
• Principles of Computer Networks
• Operating Systems
• Parallel Programming for
Clusters and Multi-Core Processors
DeepLearning.AI Project, 2020
1 year
• Building and training neural network models from scratch
• Understanding forward and backpropagation
• Implementing gradient descent and optimization technique
• Applying deep learning to real-world problems
Jahrom University
Computer Emergency Response Team
Tutor1 year
Jahrom University
• Fundamental Wireless Security
• Introduction to Computer Networks
Security Analyst1 year
Jahrom University
• Assisted in incident response workflows, from preparation through post-mortem, identifying risks in cloud deploy- ments and recommending security controls aligned with organizational policies.
PUBLICATIONS
CERTIFICATES
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning, Deeplearning.ai, 2020
- Introduction to Git and GitHub, Google, Corsera, 2021
- MCSA: Windows Server 2012 - Certified 2017
- MCSA: Windows Server 2016 - Certified 2017
- MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure — Certified 2017
- MikroTik Certified Routing Engineer (MTCRE)
- MikroTik Certified Network Associate (MTCNA)
SKILLS
Programming:
Python
Advanced
Git
Advanced
LATEX
Advanced
C,C++
Proficient
Golang
Proficient
Matlab
Proficient
Rust
Basic
Technical:
Computer Networks
Advanced
Applied Cryptography
Advanced
Linux
Advanced
Formal Analysis (Tamarin)
Proficient
SIEM (Splunk)
Proficient
Database
Proficient
Machine and Deep Learning
Familiar
Network Analysis:
Wireshark
Advanced
TCPDump
Advanced
Openssl
Advanced
Virtualization
Proficient
EDUCATION
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Ph.D. in Computer Science
Carleton University, Ottawa
Co-supervised by Professors AbdelRahman Abdou and Paul Van Oorschot, conducted research in Internet security, Internet measurement, the design and analysis of secure DNS protocols, as well as systems security and privacy analysis.
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M.Sc. in Computer Science
Carleton University, Ottawa
Supervised by Professor AbdelRahman Abdou, conducted research in the measurement of adoption and security of Internet protocols, including the measurement of DNS-over-TLS deployment across the Internet and the extent to which best security guidelines are applied. Additionally, analyzed the security and privacy of secure DNS schemes.
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B.Sc. in Computer Engineering
Jahrom University
COURSEWORK
Graduate
- Authentication and Software Security
- Trusted Computing and Emerging Attacks
- IoT Security
- Internet Measurements & Security
- Operating Systems Security
- Designing Secure Networking and Computer Systems
- Trusted Computing and Emerging Attacks
- Distributed Operating Systems
- Social Networks
INTERESTS
Technical:
- Internet measurement and security evaluation
- Computer networks & cybersecurity
- Internet measurement and security
- Security automation
- Applying ML and DL to different fields
SOFT SKILLS
- Critical Thinking
- Self-learning
- Problem Solving
- Technical Writing
- Communication
- Teamwork