Masoumeh Abolfathi

1380 Lawrence St, Room 824, Denver, CO
masoumeh.abolfathi@ucdenver.edu

I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado Denver, where I was a member of the Active Cyber and Infrastructure Defense (ACID) laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Haadi Jafarian. My research interests encompass a broad spectrum within Cybersecurity and Data Science, focusing on Security, Privacy, and Network Traffic Analysis. I also have a keen interest in Software-Defined Networks, Cryptography, and the Internet of Things. Currently, I serve as a Cybersecurity Model Validator in the finance sector, leveraging my skills as both a qualitative researcher and scientist to ensure the security and resilience of financial models. I received my B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the University of Tehran and Tehran Polytechnic University, respectively.

Research Interests

My primary research interests include:

  • Data-driven Cybersecurity

  • Privacy-enhancing Technologies

  • Network Traffic Analysis

  • Big Data Analytics for Cyber Threat Intelligence

  • Machine Learning

  • Deep Learning

Publications

Teaching & TA-ship

Data Structures and Programming Design

Summer 2023

Fundamentals of Computing Lab

Fall 2020 - Present

Cyber/Infrastucture Defense

Spring 2019 - Present

Algorithms

Spring 2023

Ethical Hacking Concepts and Methodologies

Fall 2021

System Strategy, Architecture, and Design

Spring 2021

Web Application Development

Fall 2018

Experience

  • Manager Risk Analytics/Modeling at Charles Schwab, Dallas, TX (August 2024 - Present)
  • Information Security Researcher Intern at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN (August 2023 - December 2023)
  • Security Consultant Intern at the NCC Group, North America, New York, NY (May 2022 - August 2022)
  • Ph.D. Software Engineer Intern at the Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, CA (May 2020 - August 2020)

Honors & Awards

  • University of Colorado Denver Doctoral level Chancellor Scholarship
  • The 2nd Place of the ACM Student Research Competition Graduate Award (Tapia 2022)
  • WiCyS Fireside Chat Panelist (UCCS WiCyS Chapter, 2022)
  • Invited Speaker, Grace Hopper Celebration (vGHC21) Conference
  • Black Hat USA 2021 Student Scholarship