Education

  • 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.