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Security Researcher
Ericsson Security
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 1M8, Canada
n.boubakr [at] gmail.com

Boubakr Nour is currently a Security Researcher at Ericsson Research (Montreal, Canada). He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) associated with Ericsson Montreal. Prior to that, Dr. Nour worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, Canada). Dr. Nour received his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Technology from Beijing Institute of Technology (Beijing, China) in 2020. He received both M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees with distinction in Computer Science from Djillali Liabes University (Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria), in 2016, and 2014 respectively. Also, he has been a visiting researcher at Paris Descartes University (Paris, France) in 2016.

Dr. Nour received Mitacs Elevate Fellowship in 2022, the Best Paper Award of the IEEE GLOBECOM in 2018. He is also the recipient of the Excellent Student Award at the Beijing Institute of Technology in 2017, 2018, and 2019, consecutively.

Dr. Nour has been an editorial member of different Special Issues with top-ranked journals such as Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier), Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (Wiley), and Frontiers in Communications and Networks (Frontiers). He is an active IEEE member and serving several reputed conferences and journals as a TPC and Reviewer respectively, including IEEE Communications Magazine, Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, and IEEE VTC. Dr. Nour's research interests include Next-Generation Networking and Internet, Information-Centric Networking (ICN), Named Data Networks (NDN), Mobile/Edge Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and Wireless Sensor Networks.

Work Experience & Positions

Nov '22
Present

Security Researcher
Ericsson Security Research, Montreal, Canada
Main Tasks:
■ Lead and manage industrial research in automated threat hunting in 5G systems
■ Investigate security challenges in cloud and 5G systems
■ Perform research on automated cybersecurity using AI/ML
■ Propose and implement innovative PoC to address research-business needs
■ Drive/participate in internal study related to 6G and Cloud
■ Manage intellectual property and publishing research papers

Feb '22
Nov '22

Postdoctoral Fellow
Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering
Concordia Unviersity, Montreal, Canada
Supervisor: Prof. Mourad Debbabi
Main Tasks:
■ Collaborate with Ericsson Montreal
    Supervisor: Dr. Makan Pourzandi
■ Perform research on attack detection for 5G networks using AI/ML

Dec '20
Dec '21

Postdoctoral Researcher
Laboratory on Intelligent Engineering for Communications and Networking
Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Supervisor: Prof. Soumaya Cherkaoui
Main Tasks:
■ Perform research on Intelligent Edge for IoT
■ Prepare and participate in funding proposals writing
■ Assist in the supervision and mentoring of students

Mar '16

Visiting Researcher
Laboratory of Informatics Paris Descartes
Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
Supervisor: Pr. Hassine Moungla
Main Research:
■ Perform research on link-quality estimators
■ Implement Internet of Things through IPv6

May '14
Oct '16

Network Consultant & Cisco Instructor
ICT-Towers (Cisco Learning Partner), Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
Main Tasks:
■ Deliver Cisco training
■ Prepare and deliver customized training
■ Technical responses to tenders and solutions deployment
■ Prepare and deliver technical presentations and workshops

Education

Sep '16
Jul '20

Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
Ph.D., Computer Science and Technology,
Dissertation: “ICN Communication Optimization for Internet of Things”
Keywords: Information-Centric Networking, Named Data Networking, Internet of Things
Dissertation Advisor: Pr. Fan Li
Dissertation Co-Advisor: Pr. Hassine Moungla

Sep '14
Jul '16

Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
M.Sc., with distinction (highest honor), Computer Science,
Field: Networks, Systems & Information Security
Dissertation: “A New Behavioral-based Forwarding to Secure MAC Layer against Unknown Unicast Flooding Attacks”
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Sofiane Boukli-Hacene

Sep '11
Jul '14

Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
B.Sc., with distinction (highest honor), Computer Science,
Field: Computer Networking
Dissertation: “Realization of Secure Trivial File Transfer Protocol”
Advisor: Dr. Sihem Aissaoui

International Journal Editorials

Past Issues

1. [Lead GE] Special Issue on "Information-Centric Network enabler Communication for Internet of Things", Future Generation Computer Systems, 2020.

2. Special Issue on “Recent Advances on the Emerging Technologies for Connected Vehicles in Smart Cities", Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 2020.

Invited Talks and Seminars

• Seminar, "Intelligent Edge Networks for Next-Generation Internet", Loughborough University, UK, Feb 2022.

• Seminar, "Communication Optimization for Next-Generation Networks", Télécom SudParis, France, May 2021.

Journal Reviewer Services

• IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

• IEEE Communications Magazine

• IEEE Network

• IEEE Internet of Things Journal

• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

• Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems

• IEEE Access

• IEEE Transactions on Services Computing

• IEEE Communications Letters

• Elsevier Computer Networks

• International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

• International Journal of Communication Systems

• Springer Wireless Networks

• Elsevier Computers & Electrical Engineering

• Springer The Journal of Supercomputing

• Springer Multimedia Tools and Applications

• Elsevier Cognitive Systems Research

• Hindawi Mobile Information Systems

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems

• Applied Computing and Informatics

Conferences TPC Services & Reviewer

• [2019-2022] IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

• [2020-2022] IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)

• [2018-2021] IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)

• [[2019-2021]] Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (3ICT)

• [2021] IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing

• [2021] IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things - Smart Health and Internet of Medical Things

• [2021] International Conference on Cyber Security in Networking (CSNet)

• [2019-2020] IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC)

• [2018-2020] IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC)

• [2018-2020] Intl. Wksp. on Recent Advancements in Future Networking Technologies (RAFNET)

• [2020] International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)

• [2020] International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA)

• [2020] International Workshop on Connected Societies (CSOC2020)

• [2020] Cyber Security in Networking Conference (CSNet)

• [2020] Intl. Wksp. on Machine Learning for Sensing, Communication and Networking in IoT (ML-IoT)

• [2020] Intl. Wksp. on Intelligent Transportation and Connected Vehicles Technologies (ITCVT)

• [2020] Conference on Computing Systems and Applications (CSA)

• [2019] International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN)

• [2019] ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

• [2019] IEEE-GCC Conference & Exhibition (IEEE-GCC)

• [2019] International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)

• [2019] IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics ( ICCE)

• [2019] Intl. Symposium on Emerging Technologies in the Era of 5G-based Internet of Things (INSERT-IoT)

• [2019] Intl. Wksp. on Big Data and Secure Communications in IoT (BDSC-IoT)

• [2019] Intl. Wksp. on Internet of Autonomous Vehicles (INAVEC)

• [2019] IEEE Middle East & North Africa Communications Conference (MENACOMM)

• [2019] Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS)

• [2018] IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC)

• [2018] IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN)

• [2018] International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP)

• [2018] IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC)

• [2018] International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC)

• [2018] Workshop on Networking and Cybersecurity for Smart Cities (SmartCitySecurity)

Honors & Awards

• Jan 2022: Mitacs Elevate Fellowship

• Dec 2019: Excellent Student Award 2018/2019 - Beijing Institute of Technology

• Dec 2018: Excellent Student Award 2017/2018 - Beijing Institute of Technology

• Dec 2018: Best Paper Award - IEEE GLOBECOM 2018

• Oct 2018: Web Co-Chair and Local Organization Member - IEEE CSCN 2018

• Sep 2018: IEEE ComSoc Student Travel Grant - IEEE GLOBECOM 2018

• Dec 2017: Excellent Student Award 2016/2017 - Beijing Institute of Technology

• Feb 2016: PhD Scholarship Award - Chinese Government Scholarship

• Sep 2015: Certificate of Excellence – 1st Edition of Cisco R&S Competition (ICT Towers)

Languages

• Arabic: Mother Tongue

• English: Full Professional Proficiency

• French: Full Professional Proficiency

• Chinese: Elementary Proficiency

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