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Mostafa Taha is an Assistant Professor at Carleton University's Systems and Computer Engineering Department within the Faculty of Engineering and Design. He holds a PhD from Virginia Tech (2014) and has held postdoctoral roles at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Western University. His research focuses on securing embedded systems and IoT against implementation attacks, including side-channel analysis, leakage-resilient designs, and cryptographic algorithm hardening. He has contributed to projects like LR-Keymill, a keystream generator with inherent SCA resistance, and has served on program committees for conferences such as DATE and SPACE.
Education includes a PhD in Computer Engineering (Virginia Tech), M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Assiut University), and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Assiut University). His work spans hardware security, cryptographic implementations, and vehicular networks. Awards include Egyptian Government and Assiut University scholarships for his PhD and M.Sc., respectively.
Research interests emphasize quantifying side-channel resistance, leakage-resilient architectures, and lightweight cryptographic implementations. Notable publications include work on AES S-box optimization, threshold implementations for SIMON, and quantifying masking strength in software. He teaches courses on cryptographic implementations, computer systems design, and digital systems at Carleton.
Publications reflect a focus on hardware-oriented security, with contributions to conferences like CHES, FDTC, and HOST. His work on LR-Keymill demonstrates a novel approach to SCA resistance without explicit countermeasures, achieving 67.9-bit post-attack complexity. Awards and industrial connections highlight his impact in embedded system security.
