Mohsen Toorani is an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), Campus Kongsberg. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of IACR. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Security from the University of Bergen and has a background in Secure Communications (M.Sc.) and Communications Engineering (B.Sc.). He joined USN in 2021 after working as a postdoctoral researcher in Information Security at Lund University (2019-2021) and as a postdoctoral researcher in Cryptography at the University of Bergen and Simula@UiB (2016-2019). He is responsible for several master's and Ph.D. courses in cybersecurity and cryptography at USN. Additionally, he is involved in various research projects, editorial activities, conference organization, and institutional services.
Responsibilities
Course responsible for:
- Ph.D. courses (Ph.D. in Technology / Computer Science):
- “Design and Analysis of Cryptographic Protocols” (TE9102), USN: Fall 2023 - Present.
- “Seminars in Security Research” (TE9105), USN: Fall 2023 - Present.
- Master's courses (M.Sc. in Computer Science / Cybersecurity):
- "Cybersecurity" (CS4210), USN: Fall 2021 - Present.
- "System Administration and Security" (CS4220), USN: Spring 2022 - Present.
- "Cybercrime, IT Security and Risk" (CS4230), USN: Spring 2021.
- "Research Methods for Scientists and Engineerings" (CS5000), USN: Fall 2022 - Present.
Supervision:
- Supervising theses within Cybersecurity and Cryptography.
Current Projects:
- RCN project: Co-created Health Technology (CoTecH).
Role: Leader of the Digital Security Workpackage.
Duration: May 2022 - April 2028.
- RFF project: Decentralized secure and privacy-preserving sharing of health data (DeHelse).
Role: Principal Investigator and Project Leader.
Duration: January 2024 - December 2024.
- SFO project: Cybersecurity for democracy, social security, and preparedness.
Role: Principal Investigator and Project Leader.
Duration: January 2024 - December 2024.
- SFO project: Security and privacy for health and welfare services.
Role: Principal Investigator and Project Leader.
Duration: January 2024 - June 2024.
Institutional services:
- Deputy elected faculty board member at the Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences (TNM), USN, Feb. 2023 - Present.
- Responsible for exchange programs in Computer Science (master's level) for both inbound and outbound exchange students at USN, July 2022 - Present.
- Deputy Leader of research group in Computer Science , USN, Sep. 2022 - Present.
- Program coordinator for master's program in Computer Science, USN, July 2022 - July 2023.
Competences
- Cryptography
- Cybersecurity
- Security Protocols
- Distributed Systems Security
CV
Additional details and CV are available at https://toorani.no
Postal Address: University of South-Eastern Norway, Department of Science and Industrial Systems, P.O.Box 235, N-3603 Kongsberg, Norway.