FundingTotal amount as a PI: CAD 8,700,336 |
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Year 2032 | ||
[104] |
Co-I,
FRQS réseaux thématiques de recherche (Apr. 2024~Mar. 2032) Topic: Réseau AIRS, air, intersectorialité, recherche respiratoire et sonore |
C$974,500 |
Year 2029 | ||
[103] |
Principal investigator, NSERC Discovery Grants (Apr. 2024~Mar. 2029) Topic: Deep Learning for National Security: Firmware Security and Disinformation Campaign Characterization |
C$275,000 |
Year 2028 | ||
[102] |
Principal investigator, National
Cybersecurity Consortium (NCC) Cyber Security Innovation Network Call 1 (Jun. 2023~Mar. 2028) Topic: Hybrid Master's Program in Cybersecurity Analytics |
C$1,000,000 |
Year 2027 | ||
[101] |
Co-investigator, NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program (Sept. 2021~Aug. 2027) Topic: Responsible Development of AI PI: Ebrahim Bagheri |
C$1,650,300 (My %: 7.15% = C$118,000) |
Year 2026 | ||
[100] |
Co-investigator, National
Cybersecurity Consortium (NCC) Cyber Security Innovation Network Call 1 (Jun. 2023~Mar. 2026) Topic: The run-time security of Android automotive infotainment system PI: Natalia Stakhanova, University of Saskatchewan |
C$420,619.61 (McGill's portion: C$156,400) |
[99] |
Co-investigator, FRQNT Team Research Project
(Apr. 2023~Mar. 2026) Topic: La fonction du récepteur NMDA dans le traitement de l’information sociale PI: Tak Pan Wong |
C$190,500 |
[98] |
Principal investigator, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
(Nov. 2021~Oct. 2026) Research areas: AI, Software Engineering and Cybersecurity |
C$1,500,000 |
[97] |
Co-investigator, SSHRC Partnership Grants
(Apr. 2021~Mar. 2026) Topic: The Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership PI: Benoit Dupont |
C$2,434,323 |
Year 2025 | ||
[96] |
Principal investigator,
NSERC Alliance Grants (Jun. 15, 2021~Jun.
14, 2024) with Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) and
BlackBerry. Topic: Defending our cyberspace: AI-powered search engine for cyber threat intelligence |
C$1,277,319 |
[95] |
Principal investigator,
Shizuoka University Cooperative Research at Research Center of Biomedical Engineering,
Japan
(Apr. 2024~Mar. 2025) Research topic: Augmented Data Glove for Advanced Hand and Finger Motion Interactions |
JPY 280,000 = C$2,439 |
[94] |
Principal investigator,
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Data Mining
for Cybersecurity
(Apr. 2020~Mar. 2025) Topic: Defending Canadian cyberspace and freedom of expression |
C$500,000 |
Year 2024 | ||
[93] |
Principal investigator,
MITACS (Dec. 2022~Nov. 2024) with Fédération des caisses Desjardins. Topic: A Novel Machine Learning Framework for Advanced Attack Detection |
C$120,000 |
[92] |
Principal investigator,
MITACS (May 2023~Aug. 2024) with Clinia. Topic: Personnalisation d’un moteur de recherche en santé |
C$15,000 |
[91] |
Principal investigator,
MITACS (Jan. 2023~Jun. 2024) with Ericsson Canada Inc. Topic: Privacy-preserving cookie synchronization for web browsing |
C$80,000 |
[90] |
Principal investigator,
Shizuoka University Cooperative Research at Research Center of Biomedical Engineering,
Japan
(Apr. 2023~Mar. 2024) Research topic: Augmented Data Glove for Advanced Hand and Finger Motion Interactions |
JPY 180,000 = C$2,070 |
[89] |
Principal investigator,
NSERC Discovery Grants (Individual) (Apr. 2018~Mar. 2024)
Topic: Deep Learning for Cybersecurity: Assembly Code and Authorship Analytics |
C$288,000 |
[88] |
Co-investigator, FRQNT Team Research Project
(2021~2024) Topic: Atténuation résiliente, détection et contrôle de la récupération des infrastructures critiques sujettes à des cyberattaques et intrusions malveillantes PI: Khashayar Khorasani |
C$190,500 |
[87] |
Principal investigator, The Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership (HC2P) mini-grants funding award,
SSHRC
(Apr. 2023~Mar. 2024) Topic: China’s Weaponization of Disinformation to Undermine Democracy in Canada Co-investigator: Simon Hogue, Royal Military College Saint-Jean |
C$25,000 |
Year 2023 | ||
[86] |
Principal investigator, Shizuoka University Cooperative Research at Research Center of Biomedical Engineering,
Japan
(Apr. 2022~Mar. 2023) Research topic: AI Data Glove Enhancements for Advanced Hand and Finger Motion Tracking and Analysis |
JPY 300,000 = C$2,986 |
[85] |
Principal investigator, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
(Apr. 2018~Mar. 2023) Research areas: Data Mining, Software Engineering and Cybersecurity |
C$600,000 |
Year 2022 | ||
[84] |
Principal investigator, DND IDEaS (Feb. 2021~Mar. 2022) Topic: AI-powered Assembly Code Analytics for Discerning Malware Intent. (The objective of this project is to categorize malicious software.) |
C$980,000 |
[83] |
Co-investigator, FRQSC Programme intersectoriel Audace (Apr. 2020~Mar. 2022)
Topic: Vers une transformation des pratiques de formation professionnelle des commissaires aux libérations conditionnelles à l'aide d’Agents Virtuels Autonomes PI: Jean-Pierre Guay (University of Montreal) |
C$126,939 |
[82] |
Scientific Team Participant,
CFI Cyberinfrastructure Initiative (2019~2022) Topic: LINCS: Linked Infrastructure for Networked Cultural Scholarship PI: Susan Brown (University of Guelph) |
C$2,000,000 |
[81] |
Co-applicant,
Fields-CFI Workshop on the Mathematics and Statistics of Anti-Money Laundering PI: David Saunders |
C$10,000 |
[80] |
Principal investigator,
Shizuoka University Cooperative Research at Research Center of Biomedical Engineering,
Japan
(Apr. 2021~Mar. 2022) Research topic: AI Data Glove Enhancements for Advanced Hand and Finger Motion Tracking and Analysis |
JPY 180,000 = C$2,070 |
Year 2021 | ||
[79] |
Co-investigator, Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada Knowledge
Mobilization (NCE-KM) Topic: Smart Cybersecurity Network (SERENE-RISC) (2018~2021) |
C$1,200,000 |
[78] |
Principal investigator,
DND/NSERC Discovery Grants
(Apr. 2018~Mar. 2021) Research areas: Machine Learning and Software Engineering |
C$120,000 |
Year 2020 | ||
[77] |
Principal investigator, DND IDEaS (Jul. 2019~Feb. 2020) Topic: AI-powered Assembly Code Analytics for Discerning Malware Intent Success rate: 45/168 = 27% |
C$200,000 |
[76] |
Principal investigator,
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Data Mining
for Cybersecurity
(Apr. 2015~Mar. 2020) Topic: Digging into big, sensitive, and malicious data |
C$540,000 |
[75] |
Co-investigator, Zayed University Research Contract (Mar.
2017~Dec. 2020) Topic: Securing Critical Cyber Infrastructures for Smart Cities |
C$48,000 |
[74] |
Co-investigator, Hong Kong General Research Fund (GRF)
(Sept. 2017~Aug.
2020) Topic: Joint Embedding of Sequential Data and Knowledge Graphs with Application to Predictive Analytics in Healthcare |
HK$500,000 = C$82,215 |
[73] |
Co-applicant, SSHRC Partnership
Development Grants (2017~2020) Topic: Real Time Impact Signalling and Collective Goods |
C$199,680 |
[72] |
Co-researcher, CIHR-FRQS-MSSS SPOR Infrastructure
Grant (Apr. 2015~Mar. 2020) Topic: Quebec SPOR SUPPORT Unit - Methodological developments platform Lead: Alain Vanasse (Sherbrooke) Co-PIs: Janusz Kaczorowski (Montréal), France Légaré (Laval), Pierre Pluye (McGill), Antoine Boivin (Montréal), Vincent Dumez (Montréal), Benoit Mâsse (Montréal), Jean-François Éthier (Sherbrooke), Elham Rahme (McGill), & Tibor Schuster (McGill) |
C$32,000,000 (CIHR $16M + FRQS $5.5M + MSSS $10.5M) (My %: $10,336) |
Year 2019 | ||
[71] |
Co-investigator, Zayed University Research Incentive Fund (Oct.
2018~Oct. 2019) Topic: Deep learning on smart cities data for reducing CO2 Emissions |
AED149,600 = C$52,202 |
[70] | Principal investigator, McGill Start-up Grant (Sept. 2013~Aug. 2024) | C$15,000 |
[69] |
Principal investigator,
NSERC Engage Grants
(Aug. 2018~Aug. 2019) Topic: Health Insurance Fraud Detection and Characterization |
C$68,777 (NSERC
C$24,074 + Segic C$44,703) |
[68] |
Co-PI, Zayed University Research Cluster Award
(Early 2016~Early 2019) Topic: Securing Critical Cyber Infrastructures for Smart Cities |
C$190,403 |
Year 2018 | ||
[67] |
Principal investigator, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
(Dec. 2014~Mar. 2018) Topic: Assembly Code Data Mining |
C$400,000 |
[66] |
Principal investigator,
NSERC Discovery Grants (Individual) (Apr. 2013~Mar. 2018)
Topic: Privacy-Preserving Data Publishing for Health Data Mining |
C$150,000 |
[65] |
Principal investigator,
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund
(JELF) (Apr. 2016~Mar. 2018)
Topic: Basic Infrastructure for Data Mining in Cybersecurity and Privacy |
C$149,024 |
Year 2017 | ||
[64] | Co-investigator, Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada Knowledge Mobilization (NCE-KM) Smart Cybersecurity Network (SERENE-RISC) (2014~2017) | C$1,600,000 |
[63] |
Co-investigator, Hong Kong General Research Fund (GRF)
(Sept. 2014~Aug. 2017) Topic: Differentially Private Publication of Network Data via Density-Based Exploration and Reconstruction |
HK$500,000 = C$85,574 |
[62] |
Principal investigator, McAlear Management Inc.: Research Contract (Sept. 2016~Mar. 2017) Topic: A secure protocol for credential exchange: Using hardware compartmentalization to protect critical transactions from malware access |
C$20,300 |
[61] |
Principal investigator, Zayed University Research Contract (Dec. 2014~Mar. 2017) Topic: Arabic authorship in online written communication for cybercrime investigation and detection |
C$12,400 +C$13,500 =C$25,900 |
[60] |
Principal investigator, Zayed University Research Contract (Feb.
2015~Mar. 2017) Topic: Privacy-Preserving Crime Data Mining for Cybercrime Investigation & Detection |
C$16,000 |
[59] |
Co-investigator, Zayed University Research Incentive Fund (Feb.
2015~Mar. 2017) Topic: Privacy-Preserving Data Mining for Cybercrime Investigation & Detection |
C$30,156 |
[58] |
Co-investigator, SSHRC Partnership Grant Topic: InterPARES Trust |
1 GRA |
Year 2016 | ||
[57] |
Co-investigator, DND/NSERC Research Partnership
Grants (Aug. 2013~Jul. 2016) Topic: Software Fingerprinting for Automated Malicious Code Analysis |
C$208,695 |
[56] |
Co-investigator, SSHRC Insight Development Grants (Jun. 2014~May 2016) Topic: Cross-national Consumer Research: Modelling Fashion Shoppers’ Behaviour and Preferences |
C$47,477 |
[55] |
Co-investigator,
Zayed University Research Incentive Fund (Jan. 2015~Mar. 2016) Topic: Mining Cyber-Intelligence from Social Media for Cybercrimes Detection |
C$35,900 |
Year 2015 | ||
[54] |
Co-investigator, DND/NSERC Research Partnership
Grants (Feb. 2012~Jan. 2015)
Topic: On the Distributed Monitoring of Adaptive Operational Plan Execution |
C$160,434 |
[53] |
Co-investigator, Zayed University (Feb.
2013~Mar. 2015) Topic: Establishing Centre of Excellence in Cyber-physical Security |
C$53,850 |
[52] |
Principal investigator, Zayed University Research Contract (Feb.
2013~Mar.2015) Topic: Secure and Privacy-Preserving Querying of Personal Health Records on the Cloud |
C$12,400 |
[51] |
Co-investigator, Zayed University Research Incentive Fund (Feb.
2013~Mar. 2015) Topic: Secure and Privacy-Preserving Querying of Personal Health Records on the Cloud |
C$29,894 |
[50] |
Principal investigator, Zayed University Research Contract (Feb. 2013~Mar. 2015) Topic: Messaging Forensics for Cybercrime Investigation and Detection |
C$11,240 |
[49] |
Co-investigator, Zayed University Research Incentive Fund (Feb.
2013~Mar. 2015) Topic: Messaging Forensics for Cybercrime Investigation and Detection |
C$22,081 |
Year 2014 | ||
[48] |
Co-investigator, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) team
research project program (Apr. 2011~Mar. 2014)
Topic: Towards a Unified Approach to Detecting, Analyzing, Mitigating, and Investigating Botnets |
C$117,000 |
Year 2013 | ||
[47] |
Principal investigator, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
(Dec. 2012~Mar. 2013) Topic: Semantic Code Clone Search |
C$24,500 |
[46] |
Co-investigator, NSERC Strategic Project Grants (Sept. 2010~Aug. 2013) Topic: Security and Privacy of User-Generated Data for Personalized Cloud Computing Services |
C$482,000 |
[45] |
Principal investigator,
NSERC Discovery Grants (Individual) (Apr. 2008~Mar. 2013)
Topic: Privacy-Preserving RFID Systems for Data Analysis |
C$75,000 |
Year 2012 | ||
[44] |
Principal applicant, Concordia Aid to Research Related Events,
Publication, Exhibition and Dissemination Activities Program (ARRE), Entretiens Jacques-Cartier (Jun. 2011~May. 2012) |
C$10,000 |
[43] |
Principal investigator, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT)
new researchers start-up program (Apr. 2010~Mar. 2012) Topic: Privacy-Preserving Data Mining for Cybercrime Investigations / Protection de la vie privée et exploration de données dans les enquêtes sur le délit informatique |
C$40,000 + C$21,255 (equip.) |
[42] | Graduate Student Support Program (GSSP), Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science (Sept. 2011~Apr. 2012) | C$14,666.5 |
[41] | Graduate Student Support Program (GSSP), Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science (Jun. 2011~Apr. 2012) | C$21,250 |
[40] |
Principal investigator,
Concordia
Accelerator Funding Program (Individual Stream) (Jun. 2011~May 2012) Topic: Chat Log Mining for Cybercrime Investigation Acceptance ratio: 35/78 = 45% |
C$6,300 |
[39] |
Principal investigator, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
(Nov. 2011~Mar. 2012) Topic: Code clone search |
C$24,499 |
[38] |
Deputy Study Project Manager, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC): Centre for Security Science (CSS)
-
Public Security Technical Program (PSTP) Topic: The objective of this project is to enhance Internet security. |
C$199,990 |
Year 2011 | ||
[37] |
Principal investigator, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
(Feb. 2011~Mar. 2011) Topic: Survey of Code Clone Detection |
C$24,457 |
[36] |
Principal investigator,
Concordia Seed Funding Program (Team)
(May 2010~Apr. 2011) Topic: Data Mining Techniques for Cyber Security Response Systems Co-investigator: Amr Youssef |
C$15,000 |
[35] | Graduate Student Support Program (GSSP), Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science (Jun. 2010~Apr. 2011) | C$36,250 |
Year 2010 | ||
[34] |
Principal investigator,
National Cyber-Forensics Training Alliance Canada (NCFTA
Cda) (Apr. 2009~Mar.
2010) Topic: Text Mining for Cybercrime Investigation and Detection |
C$28,800 |
[33] |
Principal investigator,
Concordia
Seed Funding Program (Individual Stream) (Jun. 2009~May 2010) Topic: Privacy Protection in Data Sharing and Data Mining for Cybercrime Investigations Acceptance ratio: 39/60 = 65% |
C$7,000 |
[32] | Graduate Student Support Program (GSSP), Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science (Jun. 2009~May 2010) | C$27,125 |
[31] | ECrimes Summit 2010, Concordia University (Nov. 2010) | C$10,830 |
Year 2009 | ||
[30] |
Co-investigator,
Concordia
Seed Funding Program (2008~2009) Topic: Techniques for Combating and Mitigating Online Identity Theft Principal investigator: Amr Youssef (CIISE) |
C$17,000 |
[29] |
Co-PI,
Concordia Seed Funding
Program (2008~2009) Topic: Energy Use Data Mining, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, and Optimization Studies for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings Principal investigator: Fariborz Haghighat (BCEE) |
C$17,000 |
[28] |
Principal investigator, Concordia ENCS Faculty
Start-up Funds (Dec. 2007~May 2009) Topic: Privacy-Preserving RFID Systems for Data Analysis |
C$25,000 |
[27] | Concordia ENCS Teaching Fellow (Winter 2009) | C$2,500 |
Year 2008 | ||
[26] |
Co-applicant,
Concordia ENCS Aid to
Research Related Events, Publication, Exhibition and Dissemination
Activities (2008) Topic: Workshop on Recent Trends in IT Security Principal applicant: Mourad Debbabi (CIISE) |
C$5,000 |
[25] | Nominated by the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University for NSERC Doctorial Prizes | |
[24] | Nominated by the Faculty of Applied Sciences at Simon Fraser University for CAGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Awards | |
Year 2007 | ||
[23] |
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship Doctoral Award (2005-2~2007-1)
+ Topic: Data Mining-based Privacy Protection |
C$42,000 |
[22] | Clark, Wilson Graduate Scholarship in Expert Systems (2007-1) * | C$1,400 |
[21] | Gordon, Monica, and Sonia Eppich Graduate Scholarship in Expert Systems (2007-1) * | C$700 |
Year 2006 | ||
[20] | Graduate Fellowship (2006-3), Dean of Graduate Studies, Simon Fraser University * | C$6,000 |
[19] | Borden Ladner Gervais Graduate Scholarship in Expert Systems (2006-1) * | C$1,000 |
Year 2005 | ||
[18] | Graduate Fellowship (2005-3), Dean of Graduate Studies, Simon Fraser University * | C$6,000 |
[17] | Graduate Fellowship (2005-2), Dean of Graduate Studies, Simon Fraser University * | C$6,000 |
[16] | Deskin Sales Graduate Scholarship in Expert Systems (2005-1) * | C$700 |
[15] | NSERC Graduate
Student Conference Travel Support (2005-1), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada |
C$700 |
[14] | Applied Science Graduate Student Conference Travel Grants (2005-1), Faculty of Applied Sciences, Simon Fraser University | C$350 |
[13] | CSGSA Travel Support (2005-2), Simon Fraser University | C$167.09 |
[12] | SFSS Travel Support (2005-2), Simon Fraser University | C$100 |
Year 2004 | ||
[11] | President's Ph.D. Research Stipend (2004-3), Dean of Graduate Studies, Simon Fraser University * | C$6,000 |
[10] | Graduate Fellowship (2004-2), Dean of Graduate Studies, Simon Fraser University * | C$6,000 |
[9] | B.C. Welding
Supplies Ltd. Graduate Scholarship in Expert Systems
(2004-1) * |
C$700 |
[8] | Backwater Industries Ltd. Jost Family Graduate Scholarship in Expert Systems (2004-1) * | C$700 |
Year 2003 | ||
[7] | Century 21 Charlwood Family Graduate Scholarship in Expert Systems (2003-1) * | C$700 |
[6] | Graduate Student Travel Support Grants, Centre for System Science, Simon Fraser University (2003-2) | C$350 |
Year 2002 | ||
[5] | Graduate Fellowship (2002-3), Dean of Graduate Studies, Simon Fraser University * | C$4,800 |
[4] | ABC Recycling Ltd. Graduate Scholarship in Expert Systems (2002-1) * | C$700 |
[3] | Backwater Industries Ltd. Jost Family Graduate Scholarship in Expert Systems (2002-1) * | C$700 |
[2] |
Canadian Liquid Air Ltd.
Graduate Scholarship in Expert Systems (2002-1) * |
C$700 |
[1] | Jardine Rolfe Ltd. Graduate Scholarship in Expert Systems (2002-1) * | C$700 |
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Criteria of this national scholarship include academic excellence, research
potential, communication skills and interpersonal and leadership abilities.
* The criteria for these awards are: |
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My Supervisory Committee at Simon Fraser University |