Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Engineering May 2014
Virginia Tech, USA.
Dissertation: Advances in the Side-Channel Analysis of Symmetric Cryptography
Advisor: Dr. Patrick Schaumont.
- Master of Science, Electrical Engineering December 2008
Assiut University, Egypt
Thesis: ‘Broadcasting protocols in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks’
Advisor: Dr. Yassin Hasan.
- Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering May 2004
Assiut University, Egypt
B.Sc. Project: ‘Fingerprint identification using wavelet transform’
Advisor: Dr. Yassin Hasan.
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor in Carleton University2019 – Now
Affiliated contact address: mtaha@sce.carleton.ca (active)
- Post Doctoral Fellow at Western University2016 – 2019
Affiliated contact address: mtaha9@uwo.ca (currently down :(
- Assistant Professor at Assiut University2015 – 2016
Affiliated contact address: mtaha@aun.edu.eg (active)
- Post Doctoral Associate at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)2014 – 2015
Affiliated contact address: mtaha@wpi.edu (currently down :(
- Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Tech2009 – 2014
Affiliated contact address: mtaha@vt.edu (still active)
- Teaching and Research Assistant at Assiut University2004 – 2009
Affiliated contact address: mtaha@aun.edu.eg (still active)
Program Committee Member:
- The 2021 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI’21), Tampa, Florida, USA.
- The Fourth Workshop on Attacks and Solutions in Hardware Security (ASHES’20) , Orlando, Florida.
- The 2020 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI’20), System Design and Security Track, Limassol, Cyprus.
- The 2018 International Conference on Reconfigurable Computing and FPGAs (ReConFig’18).
- The 8th International Conference on Security, Privacy, and Applied Cryptography (SPACE’18).
- The 6th International Workshop on Lightweight Cryptography for Security & Privacy (LightSec’18).
- The 31st International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSI Design’18), the Security and Safety Track.
- The 7th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Applied Cryptographic Engineering (SPACE 2017).
- The 20th DATE Conference `The Design, Automation and Test in Europe,’ in the Secure Systems Track A5 (DATE 2017).
- The 10th Workshop on Embedded Systems Security (WESS 2015)
- The 5th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Applied Cryptographic Engineering (SPACE 2015)
Reviewer for journals:
- IACR Journal of Cryptographic Engineering.
- IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems.• IEEE Transactions on Computers.
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security.
- IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems.
- IEEE Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization.
- IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.
- IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing.
- IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
- IEEE Embedded Systems Letters.
- IEEE Digital Threats: Research and Practice.
- ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems.
- Springer’s Journal on Design Automation for Embedded Systems.
- Elsevier Information Processing Letters.
- Elsevier Microprocessors and Microsystems.
- IET Circuits, Devices and Systems.
- Oxford’s The Computer Journal.
Reviewer for conferences:
- CHES’19, ARITH’19, FDTC’17, CHES’17, Date’17, AsiaCRYPT’16, FDTC’16, CHES’15, COSADE’15, HOST’15, RFIDSec’15, CHES’14, DATE’14, HOST’14, COSADE’14, CARDIS’14, ReConFig’14, HOST’13, IWSEC’13, HASP’13, COSADE’12, FPL’12, ISCAS’12, DATE’12..
Memberships:
- Member of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), since 2012.
- Member of the The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), since 2012.
AWARDS
- 2009-2013 Egyptian Government scholarship to study the PhD Degree.
- 2004-2008 Assiut University scholarship to study the M.Sc Degree.