Massoud Masoumi
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Summary
Proficient in digital electronics, digital integrated circuit design and Field-Programmable gate Arrays (FPGA).
10+ years of research experience in efficient VLSI architecture design for digital signal processing, coding and cryptosystems.
Expert in secure firmware, cryptosystems and side-channel analysis.
Published more than 15 journal articles and 3 textbooks in the field of electronics engineering.
Reviewer for 5 prestigious and top ranked IEEE journals.
15+ years of experience in teaching and public presentations. Supervised one PhD student and more than20 MS students.
Taught Electrical Circuits, Electronics Circuits, Digital Signal Processing, Fundamentals of Cryptography, Hardware Description Languages.
Education
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 2014.
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Coding and Cryptography Lab., K. N. Toosi University of Tech., Tehran, Iran, 2008- 2009.
Ph. D. in Electronics Eng., Efficient Hardware Implementation of Symmetric Key Ciphers Using Newly Proposed Technologies, K. N. Toosi University of Tech., Tehran, Iran, 2006.
Thesis Title: Efficient Implementation of the Advanced Encryption Standard Algorithm Using Nanosized CMOS-Molecular (CMOL) Technology
M. Sc. in Electronics Eng., Digital Integrated Circuit Design and Semiconductor Physics, K. N. Toosi University of Tech., Tehran, Iran, 2000.
Thesis Title: Effect of Copper Doping on the Sensitivity of ZnO Thick Film Gas Sensors
B. Sc. in Electronics Eng., Guilan University, Rasht, Iran, 1996.
Thesis Title: Design and Implementation of a Digital Power meter
Skills
Hardware Description Languages including VHDL, Verilog HDL (Expert) • MATLAB (Expert) • C, C# and Visual C# (Intermediate) • SPICE software (Expert) • Xilinx ISE tool
Honors and Achievements
Ranked first among EE students in BS period.
Ranked first among EE students in MS period.
Ranked first among participants in the university entrance exam for Ph. D.