{"id":3,"date":"2025-03-14T13:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/homepage\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:00:29","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio and Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Bio and Overview\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>Welcome to my academic homepage.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"939\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-08-at-17.57.21_9a6d1f21-4.jpg\" alt=\"Masoud\" class=\"wp-image-137\" style=\"width:476px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-08-at-17.57.21_9a6d1f21-4.jpg 939w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-08-at-17.57.21_9a6d1f21-4-512x282.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-08-at-17.57.21_9a6d1f21-4-320x177.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-08-at-17.57.21_9a6d1f21-4-768x424.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Information Technology at Carleton University. I hold a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Sherbrooke (2018), along with bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in Software Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I completed my postdoctoral research at Cardiff University, focusing on cybersecurity in cloud computing. Before joining Carleton, I was an Assistant Professor at Newcastle University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"research-interests\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My research focuses on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Data Privacy and Security<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Generative AI<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Formal Methods and Verification<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Service Management in Distributed Systems<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Blockchain Technology<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=YXJ9CpcAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">View my research publications<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"professional-memberships-services\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Professional Memberships &amp; Services<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"professional-memberships\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Professional Memberships<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Senior Member, IEEE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, ACM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"editorial-roles\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Editorial Roles<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>2024\u20132025<\/em>: Editorial Review Board, <strong>IEEE Transactions on Services Computing<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>2023\u2013Present<\/em>: Guest Editor, <strong>Applied Sciences<\/strong> (MDPI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"academic-service\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Academic Service<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>2023\u2013Present<\/em>: Information Resource Management (IRM) Coordinator, School of Information Technology, Carleton University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"conference-committees\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conference Committees<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>2025<\/em>: Technical Program Committee, <strong>18th IEEE\/ACM Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>2021\u20132024<\/em>: Technical Program Committee Member, <strong>IEEE Cloud<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>2019\u20132020<\/em>: Technical Program Committee Member, <strong>IEEE International Conference on Applied Science and Advanced Technology (ICASAT)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>2016\u20132020<\/em>: Technical Program Committee Member and Chair, <strong>International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services (ICIW)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Information Technology at Carleton University. I hold a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Sherbrooke (2018), along with bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in Software Engineering. I completed my postdoctoral research at Cardiff University, focusing on cybersecurity in cloud computing. 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