Doctor Seyed Shahrestani

Doctor Seyed Shahrestani

SENIOR LECTURER,
Computing & ICT

Personal

Qualifications

  • MComp University of Western Sydney,Nepean
  • PhD University of Sydney
  • MEng University of Sydney
  • BSc Oklahoma State University

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Computing & ICT

Contact

Email:S.Shahrestani@uws.edu.au
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Location:Y.3.63
Penrith (Kingswood)
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Biography

Seyed completed his PhD degree in Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Sydney. He joined UWS in 1999, where he is currently a Senior Lecturer. He is also the head of the Networking, Security and Cloud Research (NSCR) group at UWS. 

His main teaching and research interests include: computer networking, management and security of networked systems, analysis, control and management of complex systems, artificial intelligence applications, and health ICT. He is also highly active in higher degree research training supervision, with successful results.

Seyed has established collaborations with several researchers and groups around the globe. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.Seyed’s research in complex systems, has resulted in establishment of a framework for global control of complex nonlinear, and possibly chaotic, systems. In addition to introducing new concepts and strategies, the framework utilizes established methods for analysis and control of complex nonlinear systems but with new intent.In computer networking, Seyed’s research has provided some original solutions to problems in two important aspects of the Internet, namely: network security and management. These works include novel approaches and the use of AI and particularly fuzzy logic and soft computing to enhance modeling and management of large networks and enterprises.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Shahrestani.

Teaching

Previous Teaching Areas

  • 300252 Advanced Topics in Networking, 2012
  • 300389 Wireless Networking, 2012
  • 300255 Network Management, 2012
  • 300695 Network Technologies, 2010
  • 300166 Systems and Network Management, 2009

Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Elkhodr, M., Shahrestani, S. and Cheung, H. (2013), 'Preserving the privacy of patient records in health monitoring systems', Theory and Practice of Cryptography Solutions for Secure Information Systems, IGI Global 9781466640306.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2004), 'Fuzzy detection of network intrusions and integrated network management', Enhancing the power of the Internet, Springer Verlag 3540202374.

Journal Articles

  • Giweli, N., Shahrestani, S. and Cheung, H. (2013), 'Enhancing data privacy and access anonymity in cloud computing', Communications of the IBIMA, 10.
  • Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2013), 'Quality of service concerns in wireless and cellular networks', IBIMA Communications, .
  • Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2013), 'A user-centric network architecture for sustainable rural areas', Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 13.
  • Shahrestani, S. and Ginige, A. (2013), 'Cloud computing : security and reliability issues', Communications of the IBIMA, 12.
  • Elkhodr, M., Elkhodr, M., Shahrestani, S. and Cheung, H. (2011), 'Ubiquitous health monitoring systems: Addressing security concerns', Journal of Computer Science, 9.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2011), 'Distinctive Feature Extraction for Fast and Reliable Classification in Complex Systems', Communications of the IBIMA, .
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2011), 'Improving the Performance of Wireless Ad-hoc Networks: Accounting for the Behavior of Selfish Nodes', Communications of the IBIMA, 11.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2011), 'Efficacy of Fuzzy Representation of Knowledge for Integrated Management of Networked Systems', Communications of the IBIMA, .
  • Shahrestani, S. (2009), 'Employing Artificial Immunology and Approximate Reasoning Models for Enhanced Network Intrusion Detection', WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on INFORMATION SCIENCE and APPLICATIONS, 11.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2009), 'Mitigation of the Effects of Selfish and Malicious Nodes in Ad-hoc Networks', WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on COMPUTERS, 17.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2009), 'Adaptive Categorization of Complex System Fault Patterns', WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on SYSTEMS, 10.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2009), 'Adaptive Categorization in Complex Systems', WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on INFORMATION SCIENCE and APPLICATIONS, 11.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2009), 'Opportunities in ICT Education', WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on COMPUTERS, 10.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2008), 'Improving the Reliability of Ad-hoc On Demand Distance Vector Protocol', WSEAS Transactions on Communications, 10.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2008), 'Utilization of Soft Computing to Improve Cooperative Management Efficiency', WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 10.
  • Ray, P., Shahrestani, S. and Daneshgar, F. (2005), 'The Role of Fuzzy Awareness Modelling in Cooperative Management', Journal of Information Systems Frontiers, 18.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2005), 'Exploiting Structure and Concepts for Enhanced Management of Information and Networked Systems', World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Transactions on Computers, 8.
  • Munasinghe, K. and Shahrestani, S. (2005), 'Performance Analysis of Multi-tunnel Virtual Private Networks in Wireless Environments', WSEAS Transactions on Communications, 11.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2005), 'Performance Evaluation and Simulation Verification for Wireless Ad-hoc Networks', WSEAS Transactions on Communications, 8.

Conference Papers

  • Elkhodr, M., Shahrestani, S. and Cheung, H. (2012), 'A review of mobile location privacy in the Internet of Things', International Conference on ICT and Knowledge Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2012), 'Quality of service requirements in wireless and cellular networks : application-based analysis', International Business Information Management Association Conference, Bercelona, Spain.
  • Elkhodr, M., Shahrestani, S. and Kourouche, K. (2012), 'A proposal to improve the security of mobile banking applications', International Conference on ICT and Knowledge Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Ahamed, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ginige, A. (2012), 'Addressing the challenges in securing the cloud', International Business Information Management Association. Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Giweli, N., Shahrestani, S. and Cheung, H. (2012), 'Cloud computing : preserving data privacy and managing access control', International Business Information Management Association Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2012), 'Improving network performance : management of nonlinear dynamics', International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications, Rome, Italy.
  • Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2012), 'Sustainable rural areas : network-based architecture', International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, Rome, Italy.
  • Ruan, C. and Shahrestani, S. (2011), 'Logic Based Authorization Program and Its Implementation', The 4th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks, Sydney.
  • Elkhodr, M., Elkhodr, M., Shahrestani, S. and Cheung, H. (2011), 'Enhancing The Security of Mobile Health Monitoring Systems Through Trust Negotiations', 36th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, Bonn Germany.
  • Elkhodr, M., Elkhodr, M., Shahrestani, S. and Cheung, H. (2011), 'An approach to enhance the security of remote health monitoring systems', The 4th international conference on Security of information and networks, Sydney.
  • Elkhodr, M., Elkhodr, M., Shahrestani, S. and Cheung, H. (2011), 'Improving E-Health Security Through Trust Negotiation', The 6th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies, Seville, Spain.
  • Elkhodr, M., Elkhodr, M., Shahrestani, S. and Cheung, H. (2011), 'Securing Ubiquitous Access in U-Health Monitoring Systems', The 7th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA 2011), Sydney.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2011), 'IMPROVING COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT - Fuzzy Modeling and Proximity Networks', International Conference on Software and Database Technologies, Spain.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2011), 'Improving the network performance and management of operability regions', IEEE 36th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Germany.
  • Ruan, C. and Shahrestani, S. (2010), 'Role Based Access Control for Web-based Teaching Systems', 2010 International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering (CiSE 10), Wuhan, China.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2010), 'Establishing Class Membership through Distinctive Features and Adaptive Negative Recognition', 14th International Business Information Management Association Conference, Turkey.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2010), 'Analysis of the Behavior of Selfish Nodes in Ad-hoc Networks for Reduction of their Impacts', 14th International Business Information Management Association Conference, Turkey.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2010), 'Improving Network Management Efficiency: Knowledge Level Granulation and Fuzzy Representation', 14th International Business Information Management Association Conference, Turkey.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2009), 'ICT Healthcare: Overcoming Complex Barriers for Successful Deployment', 5th Int. Conf. on DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS and CONTROL, Spain.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2009), 'Classification in Complex Systems through Negative Recognition', 11th Int. Conf. on MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, Spain.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2009), 'Complex System Diagnosis through Adaptive Recognition', 11th Int. Conf. on MATHEMATICAL METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, Spain.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2009), 'Identification of distinctive features for classification in complex systems', International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology, IIT '09, UAE.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2009), 'ICT Education: Challenges and Prospects', 5th International Conference on EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES (EDUTE' 09), Spain.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2009), 'Fuzzy Modelling for Enhancement of Integrated Network Management Effectiveness', World Multiconference on APPLIED ECONOMICS, BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT (AEBD '09), Spain.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2008), 'Fuzzy Trust Approach for Wireless Ad-hoc Networks', The 10th International Business Information Management Association Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2008), 'Employing Fuzzy Trust Levels to Improve Wireless Network Reliability', Communications & Information Technology, Greece.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2008), 'Fuzzy Modelling to Enhance Cooperative Management', International Conf Circuits, Systems and Signals, Greece.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2008), 'Improving Network Intrusion Detection through Soft Computing and Natural Immunology', 8th International Conference on APPLIED COMPUTER SCIENCE, Italy.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2008), 'Enhancing the Reliability of Ad-hoc Networks through Fuzzy Trust Evaluation', 8th International Conference on APPLIED COMPUTER SCIENCE, Italy.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2008), 'Trust Assessment in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks', IFIP Wireless Days, Dubai, UAE.
  • Seher, I., Ginige, A. and Shahrestani, S. (2007), 'A Domain Identification Algorithm for Personalised Query Expansion with Contextual Information', 6th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Seher, I., Ginige, A. and Shahrestani, S. (2007), 'A Personalised Query Expansion Approach using Context', 3rd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'07), Germany, Ulm.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2007), 'Utilising Behaviour History to fight malicious nodes in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks', 8th International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2007), 'Wireless Ad-hoc Networks: Employing Behaviour History to Combat Malicious Nodes', 1st International Conference on Signal Processing and Telecommunication Systems, ICSPCS'2007, Australia, Gold Coast.
  • Hallani, H., Shahrestani, S. and Stootman, F. (2007), 'Wireless Ad-hoc networking: Analysis and validation of simulation results', IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference , .
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2006), 'The impact of Malicious Nodes on The Performance of Wireless Ad-hoc Networks', The 6th International Business Information Management Association Conference, Bonn, Germany.
  • Munasinghe, K. and Shahrestani, S. (2005), 'Virtual Private Networks over a wireless Infrastructure: Evaluation and Performance Analysis', 9th WSEAS International Conference on Computers, Athens, Greece.
  • Munasinghe, K. and Shahrestani, S. (2005), 'Wireless VPNs: An Evaluation of QoS Metrics and Measures', IEEE International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB2005), Sydney, Australia.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2005), 'Simulation and Performance Analysis of Wireless Ad-hoc Networks', 9th WSEAS International Conference on Computers, Athens, Greece.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2005), 'Utilization of Structure and Concepts in Handling Network and Information Management Complexity', 9th WSEAS International Conference on Communications, Athens, Greece.
  • Hallani, H., Shahrestani, S. and Stootman, F. (2005), 'Wireless Ad-Hoc Networking : Analysis and Validation of Simulation Results', TENCON 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2004), 'Soft Computing in Network Intrusion Detection', International Business Information Management Conference, Amman, Jordan.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2004), 'Handling Network Management Information Complexity through Soft Computing', International Business Information Management Conference, Amman, Jordan.
  • Munasinghe, K. and Shahrestani, S. (2004), 'Evaluation of an IPSec VPN over a Wireless Infrastructure', Australian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, Sydney.
  • Munasinghe, K. and Shahrestani, S. (2004), 'Analysis of Multiple Virtual Private Network Tunnels over Wireless LANs', The 3rd International Business Information Management Conference, Cozumel, Mexico.
  • Hallani, H. and Shahrestani, S. (2004), 'Wireless Mesh Networking: Implementation Issues and Analysis', E-Business and Organizations in the 21st Century: Issues and Trends, Cozumel Mexico.
  • Shahrestani, S. (2002), 'Handling Network Management Information Complexity Through Soft Computing', workshop on the Internet, telecommunications and signal processing, Wollongong, NSW.

Research

Current Projects

Title:Workflow Management for Volunteer Cloud Computing
Years:2012-10-24 - 2013-11-24
ID:P00021117
UWS Researchers:Bahman Javadi Jahantigh and Seyed Shahrestani
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney

Supervision

Doctor Shahrestani is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Title:Secure Cloud Computing
Field of Research:
Title:Improving the End-to-End Security and Privacy of Ubiquitous Health Systems
Field of Research:
Title:Enhancing Cloud Computing Security and Privacy
Field of Research:
Title:Improving Reliability of Wireless Mesh and Ad-hoc Networks through Path Identification
Field of Research:
Title:Communication and Data Security in Cloud Computing Systems.
Field of Research:
Title:Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Improve the Security of Wireless Networks
Field of Research:
Title:Enhancing Remote Services for Rural Areas Using Heterogeneous Networks
Field of Research:

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