{"id":9,"date":"2025-03-14T13:18:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-08-08T00:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T04:00:05","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"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                        Research Projects\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>My research involves cybersecurity, data privacy in distributed systems (e.g., cloud, IoT, P2P networks), and the use of generative AI tools like LLMs. I welcome applications from motivated graduate students interested in these areas. If you are passionate about my research, feel free to contact me with your CV, transcript, and a brief statement of research interests. Below is a list of my ongoing projects:<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\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        \n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-textmedia lg:flex-row md:gap-10 md:my-12 first:mt-0 \">\n        \n\n<div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n            <h2 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-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                Protecting Children&#8217;s Data in LLM-Based Applications\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n        \n\n<p>This project introduces a new privacy-preserving software framework, integrating regulations into executable codes within LLM platforms using blockchain and smart contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n<div class=\"flex-1 cu-textmedia-aside mb-auto  cu-prose-first-last\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/What-is-a-Large-Language-Model-Defining-LLMs-1.jpg\" alt=\"LLM Project\" class=\"wp-image-74\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/What-is-a-Large-Language-Model-Defining-LLMs-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/What-is-a-Large-Language-Model-Defining-LLMs-1-512x256.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/What-is-a-Large-Language-Model-Defining-LLMs-1-320x160.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/What-is-a-Large-Language-Model-Defining-LLMs-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\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        \n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-textmedia lg:flex-row md:gap-10 md:my-12 first:mt-0 \">\n        \n\n<div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n            <h2 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-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                Compliance Framework for IoT Healthcare Systems\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n        \n\n<p>This project designs and implements a software framework for IoMT-based applications that supports Canadian privacy principles (e.g., PIPEDA).<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n<div class=\"flex-1 cu-textmedia-aside mb-auto  cu-prose-first-last\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/healthcare-iot-734x340-2.png\" alt=\"IoT Healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/healthcare-iot-734x340-2.png 734w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/healthcare-iot-734x340-2-512x237.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/healthcare-iot-734x340-2-320x148.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\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        \n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-textmedia lg:flex-row md:gap-10 md:my-12 first:mt-0 \">\n        \n\n<div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n            <h2 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-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                Monitoring Tool for Managing Access Rights\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n        \n\n<p>This project design and develop event-driven tools that enable users of LLM-based applications to track the processing activities performed on their sensitive data.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n<div class=\"flex-1 cu-textmedia-aside mb-auto  cu-prose-first-last\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/N-able-Passportal-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"monitoring tool\" class=\"wp-image-77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/N-able-Passportal-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/N-able-Passportal-512x320.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/N-able-Passportal-320x200.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/N-able-Passportal-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/N-able-Passportal.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\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        \n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-textmedia lg:flex-row md:gap-10 md:my-12 first:mt-0 \">\n        \n\n<div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n            <h2 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-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                Data Privacy in Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Systems\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n        \n\n<p>This project employs advanced privacy techniques to grant individuals informed control over their data access rights within a P2P energy ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n<div class=\"flex-1 cu-textmedia-aside mb-auto  cu-prose-first-last\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/Blog-thumbnail-9.jpg\" alt=\"p2p network\" class=\"wp-image-78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/Blog-thumbnail-9.jpg 702w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/Blog-thumbnail-9-512x379.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/Blog-thumbnail-9-320x237.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\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        \n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-textmedia lg:flex-row md:gap-10 md:my-12 first:mt-0 \">\n        \n\n<div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n            <h2 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-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                Customized Matchmaking in Peer-to-Peer Energy Networks\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n        \n\n<p>This project uses preference-based models, semantics, and federated learning to dynamically discover the most suitable energy suppliers based on customer demands.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n<div class=\"flex-1 cu-textmedia-aside mb-auto  cu-prose-first-last\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/barati\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2025\/08\/microgrids-p2p-transactions-1024x630.png\" alt=\"p2p energy net\" class=\"wp-image-80\" 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Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>National Cybersecurity Consortium (NCC)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Carleton University Development Grant<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These projects are funded by the following 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