Arash Reyhani-Masoleh

Professor

Ph.D. University of Waterloo (2001)
M.Sc. University of Tehran, Iran, (1991)
B.Sc. Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran, (1989)


Awards & Distinctions

  • NSERC's Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) awarded in 2015
  • NSERC's Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) awarded in 2010
  • NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Postdoctoral fellowship award in 2002.
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), May 2000 to May 2001.
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship Science and Technology (OGSST), Jan. 2000 to May 2000.
  • Faculty of Engineering (FOE) awards, three times at the University of Waterloo.
  • Ranked first in both M.Sc. and B.Sc. programs.

Professional Activities

  • Associate Editor: Integration, the VLSI Journal (Elsevier), 2009-
  • Program committee member
    • Thirteenth Workshop on Fault Diagnosis and Tolerance in Cryptography (FDTC 2016), Aug. 16, 2016.
    • Twelfth Workshop on Fault Diagnosis and Tolerance in Cryptography (FDTC 2015), Sep. 13, 2015.
    • Workshop on Lightweight Security & Privacy: Devices, Protocols, and Applications (LightSec 2014), Sep. 1-2, 2014.
    • Workshop on Arithmetic of Finite Fields (WAIFI 2014), Sep. 24-26, 2014.
    • Workshop on Lightweight Security & Privacy: Devices, Protocols, and Applications (LightSec 2013), May 6-7, 2013.
    • Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC 2012).
    • Workshop on Arithmetic of Finite Fields (WAIFI 2012).
    • Workshop on Lightweight Security & Privacy: Devices, Protocols, and Applications (LightSec 2011).
    • Fourth Iran Society of Cryptology Conference (ISCC 2007), Oct 16-18, 2007, Tehran, Iran.
  • Session chair
    • Session M3A: Computer Networks and Security, EIT 2009, June 8, 2009, Windsor, Canada.
    • Session W1: Finite Fields, Cryptography and Coding, WAIFI 2010, June 6, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Reviewer for 
    • NSERC Discovery, Strategic Projects and  I2I Grants
    • IEEE Transactions on Computers
    • IEEE Transactions of Very Large Scale Integration Systems
    • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-parts I and II
    • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
    • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
    • IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems
    • IET Proceedings - Computers and Digital Techniques
    • ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) journal
    • Elsevier Information Processing Letters
    • Elsevier Integration, the VLSI Journal
    • Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems
    • Journal of electronic testing: theory and application
    • Indocrypt 2001
    • Asiacrypt 2002
    • IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2003, ISCAS 2006
    • Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, CHES 2003, CHES 2004, and CHES 2005, CHES 2006
    • Selected Areas in Cryptography, SAC 2004, SAC 2007
    • International Workshop on Information Security & Hiding, ISH '05
    • ...

Work Experience

  • [07/2017-present]: Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
  • [07/2010-06/2017]: Associate professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
  • [10/2004-06/2010]: Assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
  • [06/2004-10/2004]: Research assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario.
  • [06/2002-06/2004]: NSERC postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario.
  • [06/2001-06/2002]: Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario.
  • [01/2002-04/2002]: Instructor: Circuit Analysis and Filter Design (ECE 443), University of Waterloo.
  • [09/1997-05/2001]: Research assistant, VLSI Lab., Electrical and Computer Engineering department, University of Waterloo.
  • [06/1991-06/1997]: Full-time faculty member, Electrical Engineering department, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran:
    • Taught two undergraduate courses (18 times in total)
    • Instructed two labs
    • Supervised undergraduate students.
  •  [06/1993-06/1997]:   Founder and Chief Scientist, Pishro-afroz Medical Equipment (PME) corporation, Tehran, Iran:
    • Designed several bipolar and monopolar high frequency electrosurgical units from novel ideas to marketable products
    • Managed a group of five engineers and three technicians to manufacture high quality electrosurgical units according to standards
    • The electrosurgical units are being used in almost all clinics and operating rooms of hospitals in Iran for all surgical applications ranging from micro  to high power surgery.