Research Assistant Manager

Muhammad Haris Rais

Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, Department of Computer

Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, USA PHONE: 1-804-***-**** Email: *****.****@*****.***

Professional Certifications

CCIE (R&S) – Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert # 23662

CEHv7- Certified Ethical Hacker – ECC960001

Cisco Certified Specialist – Security Core

Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise Core

Education

PhD in Computer Science: Specialization in Cybersecurity (completing in Spring 2023) at Virginia Commonwealth University, VA,USA

M.E. Computer Networks and Performance Evaluation, N.E.D University, CGPA 4.0

B.E Electrical Engineering, N.U.S.T, EME College, 1st Position; CGPA: 3.942 Honors and Awards

Best student paper award at DFRWS-EU 2022

1st position at ‘Three Minute Thesis’ (3MT) competition at VCU, College of Engineering : A competition to present the technical research (PhD thesis) to a non-technical audience in 3 minutes

“Best Employee” award at Warid Telecom

Gold medal for 1st position in Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering

Gold medal for the “Overall Best Performer” at the University college

Gold Medal for the “Best Speaker” at the University college

Numerous OUTSTANDING evaluation reports and certificates of appreciation for being the best performer Professional Experience

2019 To date Graduate Research Assistant Virginia Commonwealth University

Conducted research to secure Industrial Control Systems and Additive Manufacturing under Industry 4.0 vision

Explored new attacks, defense and forensic solutions for cyber-physical systems

Served as Teaching Assistant for undergrad courses

Reviewed articles for peer-reviewed conferences

Organized state level programming contests

Organized academic conferences and technical workshop events

Mentored undergraduate students in sponsored academic research projects 2011-2018 Manager Advanced Technical Services Wateen – Nationwide Telecom & Cisco Gold Partner

Designed and deployed Routing & Switching (R&S), and Network Security solutions across industry verticals, including Telecom, Financial Institutes, Energy, Aviation, and Government setups

Managed a team of solution designers to offer futuristic and cost-effective IP Network and Security solutions

Managed the implementation services and post-sales advanced technical support function at a Cisco Gold partner

Supervised Managed Services of large Enterprise networks through Resident Engineers and a shared pool of technical experts

Offered Network Optimization consultancy services to Enterprise and Telco customers

As a trusted advisor, assisted in finalizing an IT Network roadmap for corporate customers.

Hands-on experience with Cisco products including ASR & ISR routers, Nexus and Catalyst switches, ASA, NG Firewall, load balancers, and Juniper routers and firewalls

Designed, implemented, and managed nationwide IT network merger projects involving multivendor equipment

Led joint troubleshooting involving Systems, Networks, and Applications teams to resolve high-impacting issues in critical IT Networks, such as Stock Exchanges, International Airlines, and financial banks

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2007-2010 Assistant Manager IP Backbone Warid Telecom

Translated business requirements into formal technical RFP documents.

Designed and optimized nationwide Cellular network using Cisco, Juniper, Extreme Networks, and Huawei equipment

Prepared test plans for evaluation of the performance as per the KPIs

Involved in end-to-end project life cycle from RFP preparation, solution evaluation, detailed design, implementation, operations supervision, and support.

Integrated multiple GSM services with the MPLS core network including GSM R4 voice, Sigtran, O&M, and other third- party services

Finalized QoS, and RSVP-TE design for the network

Conducted technical negotiations with the customers and the vendors

Extended support to the network operations team in troubleshooting critical issues

Conducted multiple training sessions on the latest technology Key Skills

Technical Skills

Technical solutions in IT Networks

Network design and troubleshooting

Technical product development

Network performance and security assessment

Supervision of Enterprise Network via resident engineers

Research based solutions for Cybersecurity problems

Technical writing

MS Office, Visio

Programming in Java and Python

Soft Skills

Leadership and Team building

Communication and presentation

Critical thinking

Integrity and Truthfulness

Ownership

Passion to learn and transfer knowledge

Conflict resolution

Research Publications

[DFRWS EU]. Muhammad Haris Rais, Rima Asmar Awad, Juan Lopez Jr., Irfan Ahmed, “Memory Forensic Analysis of a Programmable Logic Controller in Industrial Control Systems”, In the 9th Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference Europe (DFRWS EU’22), March 2022, Oxford, United Kingdom

(Best Student Paper Award)

[ICCIP]. Muhammad Haris Rais, Muhammad Ahsan, Vaibhav Sharma, Radhika Barua, Rob Prins, Irfan Ahmed, “Low- magnitude Infill Structure Manipulation Attacks on FFF-based 3D Printers”, In the 16th IFIP International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection (ICCIP), March 2022, Arlington, Virginia. (held virtually)

[J. Additive Manufacturing]. Muhammad Haris Rais, Ye Li, Irfan Ahmed, “Dynamic-thermal and Localized Filament-kinetic Attacks on Fused Filament Fabrication based 3D Printing Process”, In the Additive Manufacturing Journal, Elsevier, July 2021

(Impact Factor: 11.00 in 2021)

[DFRWS]. Muhammad Haris Rais, Rima Asmar Awad, Juan Lopez Jr., Irfan Ahmed, “JTAG-based PLC Memory Acquisition Framework for Industrial Control Systems”, In the 21st Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference

(DFRWS’21), July 2021. (held virtually)

(Acceptance rate (36%): 16 out of 44 submissions)

[ICCPS]. Muhammad Haris Rais, Ye Li, Irfan Ahmed, “Spatiotemporal G-code Modeling for Secure FDM-based 3D Printing”, In the 12th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS), May 2021, Nashville, TN.

(held virtually)

(Acceptance rate (26%): 20 out of 77 submissions)

[IEEC’2016] Muhammad Haris Rais, Muhammad Asad Arfeen, “Evolving Internet Traffic Trend in Pakistan”, In 1st International Electrical Engineering Congress, May 2016, Pakistan

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[DFRWS EU]. Muhammad Haris Rais, Muhammad Ahsan, Irfan Ahmed, “Forensic Readiness Framework for Material- extrusion based 3D Printing Process”, 10th Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference Europe (DFRWS EU’23)

[J. Intl Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection]. Muhammad Haris Rais, Muhammad Ahsan, Irfan Ahmed, “Extrudates bonding attacks on material-extrusion based 3D printed parts through slicer memory manipulation”, Status: Submitted in International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection Other Peer-reviewed Presentations and Posters

[AAFS]. Muhammad Haris Rais, Irfan Ahmed, “A Forensic Readiness Model for the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)- Based Additive Manufacturing (AM) Process”, In the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 2022, Seattle, Washington. (Extended Abstract)

[AAFS]. Muhammad Haris Rais, Irfan Ahmed, “Memory Forensic Analysis for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)”, In the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, Washington, February 2022.

(Poster)On Detecting Sabotage Attacks on 3D Printing Processes, CIMSS 2021

[ACNS CIMSS]. Muhammad Haris Rais, Ye Li, Irfan Ahmed, “On Detecting Sabotage Attacks on 3D Printing Process”, In the 1st International Workshop on Critical Infrastructure and Manufacturing System Security (CIMSS) in conjunction with the 19th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, Kamakura, Japan, June 2021. (Demo)

[DFRWS]. Muhammad Haris Rais, Ye Li, Irfan Ahmed, “Forensic Readiness Framework for 3D printing process: A case study of Ultimaker 3”, In the 20th Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference (DFRWS’20), July 2020, Memphis, TN.

(Presentation)

References

1. Atif Awan, CCIE

Solutions Architect at Cisco

Email: ******@*****.***

Phone: +92.333-***-****

2. Irfan Ahmed, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science,

College of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA – 23284

Email: *******@***.***

Phone: +1-804-***-****

3. Hamid Mohiuddin, CCIE, CISSP

Chief Technology Officer,

SiliconSt., Pakistan

Email: *****.*********@*********.*** ; ********@*****.*** Phone: +92.301.1177890

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