Mohammad Salar Arbabi

Mohammad Salar Arbabi is a Research Fellow at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. His PhD research focuses on blockchain technology applications in healthcare, particularly within the SMARTMED project. He holds a B.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology (2016) and an M.Sc. from Amirkabir University of Technology (2019), both in IT Engineering. His expertise includes distributed systems, smart contracts, and data privacy. Current role: Systems Engineer at Airthings.

Education:

• PhD Research Fellow (2019–Current), University of Oslo
• M.Sc. in Information Technology Engineering (2016–2019), Amirkabir University of Technology
• B.Sc. in IT Engineering (2011–2016), Sharif University of Technology

Research Interests: Blockchain in healthcare, smart contracts, decentralized systems, IoT security, and GDPR compliance. His work explores enhancing healthcare data storage and access systems through blockchain.

Publications: Focus on healthcare blockchain applications, IoT security, and distributed systems. Recent work includes analyzing health data access tracking and surveying blockchain challenges in healthcare.

Awards:

• Top M.Sc. student (1st rank, 2018) at Amirkabir University
• Admitted to top Iranian universities via elite national exams

Experience: Taught Ethereum workshops in Iran, contributed to ISEC lab research, and held software engineering roles. Active in teaching as a course instructor/TA for 12 courses.