Christopher Mansour, Ph.D.

Education

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Doctor of Philosophy

• GPA: 3.96/4.0
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dissertation Title: Trust and Reliability for Next Generation Networks: A Layered Approach
• Adviser: Dr. Danai Chasaki, Associate Professor
• Ph.D. Committee Members
• Dr. Richard Perry, Associate Professor,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Villanova University
• Dr. James Solderitsch, Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Villanova University
• Dr. Sriram Natarajan, Network Engineering, Google, Inc.

Certificate

• Major: Teaching Engineering in Higher Education Graduate Certificate Program
• Theoratical and Practical Graduate Certificate Program

Certificate

• Major: Cyber Security
• 5 course graduate certificate program on Cybersecurity.
• Program covers the major security areas related to the interdependent network of information technology infrastructures

Masters of Science

• Major: Computer Engineering
• Thesis Title: Trading Off Security and Power in Smart Devices for the Internet of Things.
• GPA: 4.0/4.0
• Adviser: Dr. Danai Chasaki, Associate Professor

Bachelors of Science

• Major: Computer and Communications Engineering
• Thesis Title: Real Time Application of ADM and DPCM Systems.
• GPA: 3.92/4.0
• Adviser: Dr. Roger Achkar, Associate Professor

Skill Set

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Assistant Professor

• Chair, Computing and Information Science Department and Asst. Professor of Cybersecurity
• Founding Member of the Undergraduate and Graduate degree Programs in Cyber Security
• Teaching Graduate and Undergraduate Levels Cybersecurity Courses
• Teaching Graduate and Undergraduate Levels Data Science Courses
• Research in Securing Next Generation Networks and Critical Infrastructure

Visiting Research Associate

Conducting research in the areas of Cybersecurity, Networks Security, Software Defined Networks and Software Engineering

For more information, please download my Curriculum vitae

Software Developer / R&D

• Research and development in the field of progressive web application technologies (ClojureScript, React, Babel, React-Native, Reagent, Re-Natal)
• Built a demo web application using ClojureScript and Reagent
• Built an iOS and Android mobile demo applications based on ClojureScript, Reagent, and React-Native
• Maintained and modified a Node JS based Middleware between the web application and the iOS mobile app
• Maintained the Web Application (Frontend/ Backend)

Graduate Assistant

• Conducting Research in the areas of: Networks Security, Software Defined Networks, Embedded Systems Security, Internet of Things
• Designed a layered monitoring approaches to secure the next-gen networks (SDN/Traditional)
• Designed a hardware monitor that co-exists with an embedded processor to detect malicious activities
• Designed a black-box monitoring system that detects malicious activities and faults based on power analysis

For more information, please download my Curriculum vitae

Software Engineer/Full Stack Developer

• Software development of intelligent business solutions for CVS Caremark, USA
• Maintenance of the Web Applications built and implementing new features upon request

Telecommunications Engineering Intern

• Maintenance and programming of the Siemens switching systems present in the exchange
• Designing and building a public switched telephone network for a sector in Beirut city