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Hadis Karimipour-Director

Dr. Hadis Karimipour is the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Secure and Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems, Director of the Smart Cyber-Physical (SCPS) Lab, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering at the University of Calgary. Her research mainly focuses on the application of Artificial Intelligent (AI) and machine learning on the Internet of Things (IoT) and critical infrastructure security.

Her research interest includes:

AI-enabled Monitoring Solution for Smart Cyber-Physical Grids
AI-enabled IoT/OT Security
Anomaly Detection in Critical Cyber-physical System
Machine Learning/Deep Learning

April 21 2023- Dr. Karimipour received the IEEE Communication Society Early Achievement Award.	March 17 2023- Dr Karimipour received the Schulich School of Engineering Excellence Award in Mentoring	Jan. 10 2023- Dr. Karimipour is selected as one of the Delegates for the Delegates for the 2023 Science Meets Parliament program
Jan. 10- 2023- Dr. Karimipour's interview with CBC on ChatGPT and its cybersecurity concerns	Jan. 10- 2023- Our Special Issue on “Federated learning for personalized recommendation of consumer electronics” in the IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, is now online.	Nov. 22- 2022- Dr. Karimpour is selected as one of the 2022 Most Inspiring Women in Cyber by IT Security Guru (the home of IT security news in the UK and Europe).
Nov. 16- 2022- Dr. Karimpour is awarded the Canada Research Chair in Secure and Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems.	Nov. 18- 2022- Our paper “An Ensemble Deep Federated Learning Cyber-threat Hunting Model for Industrial Internet of Things” is published in the Elsevier Journal of Computer Communications.	Oct. 26- 2022- Our paper “Secure Intelligent Fuzzy Blockchain Framework: Effective Threat Detection in IoT Networks” is Accepted for publication in the Elsevier Journal of Computer in Industry.
Sept. 28- 2022- Our paper “An Ensemble Deep Learning Model for Cyber Threat Hunting in Industrial Internet of Things” is published in the Elsevier Journal of Digital Communications and Networks.	Sept. 16- 2022- Our paper “Accurate Threat Hunting in Industrial Internet of Things Edge Devices” is published in the Elsevier Journal of Digital Communications and Networks	May 26- 2022- Our article on "Cyber Intrusion Detection by Combined Feature Selection Algorithm" is among the most cited article in the Elsevier Journal of Information Security and Applications.
April 21- 2022- Dr. Karimipour received the 2022 APEGA Early Accomplishment Award.	April 19- 2022- Our paper “IIoT Deep Malware Threat Hunting: From Adversarial Example Detection to Adversarial Scenario Detection” is published in IEEE Transaction o Industrial Informatics.	Mar. 13- 2022- Our paper “Block Hunter: Federated Learning for Cyber Threat Hunting in Blockchain-based IIoT Networks” is accepted for publication in IEEE Transaction o Industrial Informatics.
Sept. 1- 2021- Dr. Karimipour's interview with Cybercrimeology Podcast about research and diversity in engineering and cybersecurity for the cyber-physical systems.	Aug.25-2021- Dr. Karimipour's work on "Cybersecurity Awareness" is featured in the University of Calgary's NEWSPAPER.	Jul. 28- 2021- Dr. Karimipour was selected as one of "Canada's Top 20 Women in Cybersecurity" by IT World Canada.
Jul. 19- 2021- Our first informational cybersecurity video is now posted!

Lab Members

Postdoc/Visiting

PhD

Amir Rostami-Visiting Schoalr-W22-Present

Anik Islam-
Postdoc
W23-Present

Hammed H. Pajouh-PhD-W19-Present (UoG)

Hadis Karimipour-Director

Hilights

April 21 2023- Dr. Karimipour received the IEEE Communication Society Early Achievement Award.

March 17 2023- Dr Karimipour received the Schulich School of Engineering Excellence Award in Mentoring

Jan. 10 2023- Dr. Karimipour is selected as one of the Delegates for the Delegates for the 2023 Science Meets Parliament program

Jan. 10- 2023- Dr. Karimipour's interview with CBC on ChatGPT and its cybersecurity concerns

Jan. 10- 2023- Our Special Issue on “Federated learning for personalized recommendation of consumer electronics” in the IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, is now online.

Nov. 22- 2022- Dr. Karimpour is selected as one of the 2022 Most Inspiring Women in Cyber by IT Security Guru (the home of IT security news in the UK and Europe).

Nov. 16- 2022- Dr. Karimpour is awarded the Canada Research Chair in Secure and Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems.

Nov. 18- 2022- Our paper “An Ensemble Deep Federated Learning Cyber-threat Hunting Model for Industrial Internet of Things” is published in the Elsevier Journal of Computer Communications.

Oct. 26- 2022- Our paper “Secure Intelligent Fuzzy Blockchain Framework: Effective Threat Detection in IoT Networks” is Accepted for publication in the Elsevier Journal of Computer in Industry.

Sept. 28- 2022- Our paper “An Ensemble Deep Learning Model for Cyber Threat Hunting in Industrial Internet of Things” is published in the Elsevier Journal of Digital Communications and Networks.

Sept. 16- 2022- Our paper “Accurate Threat Hunting in Industrial Internet of Things Edge Devices” is published in the Elsevier Journal of Digital Communications and Networks

May 26- 2022- Our article on "Cyber Intrusion Detection by Combined Feature Selection Algorithm" is among the most cited article in the Elsevier Journal of Information Security and Applications.

April 21- 2022- Dr. Karimipour received the 2022 APEGA Early Accomplishment Award.

April 19- 2022- Our paper “IIoT Deep Malware Threat Hunting: From Adversarial Example Detection to Adversarial Scenario Detection” is published in IEEE Transaction o Industrial Informatics.

Mar. 13- 2022- Our paper “Block Hunter: Federated Learning for Cyber Threat Hunting in Blockchain-based IIoT Networks” is accepted for publication in IEEE Transaction o Industrial Informatics.

Sept. 1- 2021- Dr. Karimipour's interview with Cybercrimeology Podcast about research and diversity in engineering and cybersecurity for the cyber-physical systems.

Aug.25-2021- Dr. Karimipour's work on "Cybersecurity Awareness" is featured in the University of Calgary's NEWSPAPER.

Jul. 28- 2021- Dr. Karimipour was selected as one of "Canada's Top 20 Women in Cybersecurity" by IT World Canada.

Jul. 19- 2021- Our first informational cybersecurity video is now posted!

Lab Members

Postdoc/Visiting

PhD

Amir Rostami-Visiting Schoalr-W22-Present

Anik Islam- Postdoc W23-Present

Hammed H. Pajouh-PhD-W19-Present (UoG)

Co-supervisor

Abbas Yazdinejad-PhD-W21-Present (UoG)

Co-supervisor

Akram Kalaee,

PhD-S20-Present

(IUST)

Co-supervisor

Arshia Aflaki-PhD-F22-Present (UoC)

Narges Babadi-PhD-W23-Present (UoC)

MSc

Sepide Bahdoripour, MSc-W22-Present (UoC)

Join Us

Postdoctoral Fellowship Position Auditable and Explainable Cyber Threat Detection and Mitigation

PhD Position Digital twin for Security of Critical Infrastructure

Anik Islam-
Postdoc
W23-Present

Arshia Aflaki-PhD-F22-Present
(UoC)

Narges Babadi-PhD-W23-Present
(UoC)

Sepide Bahdoripour,
MSc-W22-Present
(UoC)

Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Auditable and Explainable Cyber Threat Detection and Mitigation

PhD Position

Digital twin for Security of Critical Infrastructure