Details
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Computer Science
University of North Texas
2017 : 2020
Master's degree
Computer Science
University of North Texas
2014 : 2016
Bachelor's degree
Computer Engineering
Shiraz University
2008 : 2012
Experience:
2020 : Present
PwC
Senior Consultant | Cybersecurity & Privacy
2018 : 2020
PwC
Experienced Associate
2017 : 2018
PwC
Associate | Cybersecurity & Privacy
2014 : 2016
University of North Texas
Teaching Assistant
2016 : 2016
PwC
Associate Intern | Cybersecurity & Privacy
Company:
PwC
Years of Experience:
12
Spoken Language:
English, Persian
Skills
Bash, C, C#, C++, Computational Linguistics, Computer Architecture, Computer Science, Computer Security, Cryptography, Distributed Systems, Eclipse, Image Processing, Java, LaTeX, Linux, Machine Learning, MySQL, Natural Language Processing, Networking, Network Security, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), OOP, OpenAI, Operating Systems, PostgreSQL, Programming, Python, Security, Shell Scripting, Software Development, Software Engineering, Ubuntu, Unix, Unix Shell Scripting, Visual Studio
About
Masoud is a cybersecurity & privacy professional with over 7 years of experience in data science and machine learning, beginning his journey in early 2011. As part of this journey, Masoud developed a behavioral anti-malware solution using machine learning techniques, for which, he won 3rd place in IT Security for the Next Generation, Asia Pacific & MEA Cup 2012. Masoud received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Sciences from the University of North Texas in 2020 and his dissertation is towards developing new attribute-based access control models. Over the past 10 years, Masoud's articles have been published in top security conferences and peer-reviewed journals including ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT) and IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC).
