Personal Information
Full Name: Mohsen Toorani
ResearcherID: A-9528-2009
Contact Details
Email: toorani
[AT] ieee [DOT]
org
Postal Address: Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, P.O.Box
7803, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
Tel. (Office): (+47) 55 58 42 81
Fax (Office): (+47) 55 58 41 99
Education
Ph.D. Candidate in Secure Communications, Department of Informatics, University of
Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Master of Science (M.S.) in Secure Communications, School of Electrical Engineering, Iran
University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Telecommunications Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, Iran
University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Pre-University Certificate in Mathematics & Physics, Allame Helli Pre-University Center, National Organization for
Development of Exceptional Talents, Tehran, Iran.
Diploma in Mathematics & Physics, Allame Helli High
School, National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents, Tehran,
Iran.
Publications
Journal Papers (Published):
M.C. Amirani, M. Toorani, and S. Mihandoost, “Feature-based
Type Identification of File Fragments,” Journal
of Security and Communication Networks. [DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF]
M. Toorani, and A. Falahati, “A Secure
Cryptosystem based on Affine Transformation,” Journal of Security and Communication Networks, Vol.4, No.2,
pp.207-215, Feb. 2011. [DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF]
M. Toorani, and A. Beheshti, “Cryptanalysis
of an Elliptic Curve-based Signcryption Scheme,” International Journal of Network Security, Vol.10, No.1,
pp.51–56, Jan. 2010. [BibTeX] [PDF]
M. Toorani, and A. Beheshti, “An Elliptic
Curve-based Signcryption Scheme with Forward Secrecy,” Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol.9, No.6, pp.1025-1035,
2009. [DOI] [BibTeX]
[PDF]
Conference Papers (Published):
M. Toorani, and A. Beheshti, “SSMS - A
Secure SMS Messaging Protocol for the M-payment Systems,” Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Symposium on
Computers and Communications (ISCC'08),
pp.700-705, IEEE ComSoc, Marrakech, Morocco, July
2008. [DOI] [BibTeX]
[PDF] [Slides-PDF]
M.C. Amirani, M. Toorani, and A. Beheshti, “A New
Approach to Content-based File Type Detection,” Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Symposium on
Computers and Communications (ISCC'08), pp.1103-1108, IEEE ComSoc,
Marrakech, Morocco, July 2008. [DOI] [BibTeX]
[PDF] [Slides-PDF]
M. Toorani, and A. Beheshti, “Solutions
to the GSM Security Weaknesses,” Proceedings
of the 2nd International Conference on Next Generation Mobile
Applications, Services, and Technologies (NGMAST'08), pp.576-581, IEEE Computer
Society, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff, UK, Sep.
2008. [DOI] [BibTeX]
[PDF]
M. Toorani, and A. Beheshti, “LPKI - A
Lightweight Public Key Infrastructure for the Mobile Environments,”
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International
Conference on Communication Systems (IEEE ICCS'08), pp.162-166, Guangzhou,
China, Nov. 2008. [DOI] [BibTeX]
[PDF]
M. Toorani, and A. Beheshti, “Cryptanalysis
of an efficient signcryption scheme with forward secrecy based on elliptic
curve,” Proceedings of 2008 International
Conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE'08), pp.428-432, IEEE
Computer Society, Phuket, Thailand, Dec. 2008. [DOI] [BibTeX]
[PDF]
M. Toorani, “SMEmail
- A New Protocol for the Secure E-mail in Mobile Environments,” Proceedings of the Australian Telecommunications Networks
and Applications Conference (ATNAC'08), pp.39-44, IEEE Computer Society,
Adelaide, Australia, Dec. 2008. [DOI] [BibTeX]
[PDF]
M. Toorani, and A. Falahati, “A Secure
Variant of the Hill Cipher,” Proceedings
of the 14th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
(ISCC'09), pp.313-316, Sousse, Tunisia, July 2009. [DOI] [BibTeX]
[PDF]
M. Toorani, and A. Beheshti, “A
Directly Public Verifiable Signcryption Scheme based on Elliptic Curves,”
Proceedings of the 14th IEEE Symposium on
Computers and Communications (ISCC'09), pp.713-716, Sousse, Tunisia, July 2009.
[DOI] [BibTeX]
[PDF]
M. Toorani, and A. Beheshti, “Cryptanalysis of
a New Signcryption Scheme,” Proceedings of the 15th
Annual Computer Society of Iran Conference on Computers (CSICC’10), Tehran,
Iran, Feb. 2010. (In Persian). [BibTeX]
[PDF] [Slides-PDF] [Slides-PPT]
M. Toorani, “Security
Vulnerabilities of the USSD,” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on eCitizen &
Cellphone (ICECC2010), Tehran, Iran, Sep. 2010. (In Persian).
[PDF]
Technical Reports:
M. Toorani, “Security Evaluation of the Homeland Cellular
System,” Technical Report,
M. Toorani, and M. Fazli, “Smart Cards:
Security attributes and vulnerabilities,” Technical Report, 62 pages, Oct. 2007. (In Persian)
M. Toorani, and M. Ahmadian, “Security
Evaluation of the Short Message Service,” Technical
Report, ICTCERT, Oct. 2008. (In Persian) [PDF]
“Service-Oriented
Architecture and its Security,” Technical Report, ITRC, June 2009. (In
Persian)
M. Toorani, “Authenticated Key Exchange and
Password-Authenticated Key Exchange Protocols,” Iran University of
Science and Technology, 69 pages, Dec 2006. (In Persian) [PDF]
Thesis/Dissertations:
M. Toorani, “Design and Simulation of a Protocol for
End-to-end Security in SMS,” M.S. Thesis
(191 Pages), Iran University of Science and Technology. (In Persian)
(Supported by a Grant
from Iran Telecommunication
Research Center).
M. Toorani, “End-to-end Security in GSM,” M.S.
Technical Report (Seminar / 184 Pages), Iran University of Science and
Technology. (In Persian). [PDF] [Slides-PDF]
M. Toorani, “Analytically Determination of Intrinsic
Matrices for Microstrip Multiconductor
Lines,” B.S. Thesis (134 Pages), Iran University
of Science and Technology. (In Persian). [PDF]
[BibTeX]
Miscellaneous Talks
Sequences in Mobile Communication Systems, Selmer Center, Norway, May 2011.
[Slides-PDF]
Certificateless Public‐Key
Cryptography, Norsk Kryptoseminar,
Selmer Center, Norway, November 2011. [Slides-PDF]
Feature-based Type Identification of Computer Data, FRISC Winter School, Finse, Norway, May 2012. [Slides-PDF]
Teaching
Teaching assistant for:
INF247 (Cryptology)
INF240 (Basic codes)
INF142 (Computer networks)
INF109 (Computer programming
for science)
Technical Reviewing
Journals (33 Research Papers in
Cryptography and Information Security):
Springer’s Journal of Designs, Codes and
Cryptography (ISSN 0925-1022).
Wiley's Journal of Security and Communication
Networks (ISSN 1939-0114)
Elsevier’s Journal of Computers
& Electrical Engineering (ISSN 0045-7906).
Elsevier's Journal of Systems and Software
(ISSN 0164-1212).
Elsevier's Journal of Computer Standards
and Interfaces (ISSN 0920-5489).
Elsevier's Journal of Network and Computer
Applications (ISSN 1084-8045).
Elsevier's Journal of Mathematical and
Computer Modelling (ISSN 0895-7177).
Elsevier's Journal of Electronic Commerce
Research and Applications (ISSN: 1567-4223).
Springer’s Transactions
on Computational Science (ISSN 1866-4733).
EURASIP
Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (ISSN 1687-1472).
Wiley's Journal of International Journal of
Communication systems (ISSN 1099-1131)
Springer’s Journal of Medical Systems (ISSN
0148-5598).
International
Journal of Network Security (ISSN 1816-353X).
International Journal of Computer Theory and
Engineering (ISSN 1793-8201).
Book Chapters:
1 book chapter in Cryptography for Security
in Computing and Networking Systems: The State-of-the-Art.
International Conferences (47
Research Papers in Cryptography and Information Security):
1st IEEE International Conference
on Computer and Communication Technology (ICCCT 2010).
13th IEEE International Conference
on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT
2011).
2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Information Theory (ISIT 2011).
7th International Workshop on
Coding and Cryptography (WCC 2011).
2nd IEEE International Conference
on Computer and Communication Technology (ICCCT 2011).
IEEE Symposium on Computers and Informatics (ISCI
2011).
14th IEEE International Conference
on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT 2012).
2012 IEEE International Symposium on
Information Theory (ISIT 2012).
7th International Symposium on
Turbo Codes & Iterative Information Processing (ISTC 2012)
3rd IEEE International Conference
on Computer and Communication Technology (ICCCT 2012)
Professional Activities
Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Network Security (IJNS).
Member of
Technical Program Committee, 15th International Conference on
Advanced Communications Technology (ICACT 2013).
Member of
Technical Program Committee, 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Computer and Communication Technology (ICCCT 2012).
Member of Technical
Program Committee, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer
and Communication Technology (ICCCT 2011).
Member of
Technical Program Committee, 1st IEEE International Conference on
Computer and Communication Technology (ICCCT 2010).
Member of the
IEEE Computer Society’s Technical
Committee on Security and Privacy.
Member of the IEEE Computer Society’s Technical
Committee on Computer Communications.
Member of the
IEEE Computer Society’s Technical
Committee on Business Informatics and Systems.
Awards
Ranked 1st as the top student with the highest GPA among all
the Master’s Degree Students of Secure Communications (in All Semesters), and
Honored as the Student of Distinction, Iran University of Science and
Technology.
Best Paper Award of the 13th IEEE Symposium on Computers
and Communications (ISCC'08).
Memberships
IACR
IEEE
IEEE Communications Society
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Information Theory Society
Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists (NITO)
Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals (Tekna)
Areas of Interest
Cryptology
Design and Analysis of Cryptographic Protocols
Security of Wireless and Computer Networks
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