Dr. Shahriar Bijani Personal Blog

Dr. Shahriar Bijani is a distinguished cybersecurity and artificial intelligence expert, currently serving as Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and as Vice President for Research and Technology at Shahed University, Tehran.

He earned his Ph.D. in Intelligent Systems Security from the University of Edinburgh, UK (2013), with a thesis on securing open multi-agent systems. He holds an M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence and a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Hardware) from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic).

His research focuses on:

Information and Cyber Security: Cybersecurity governance, privacy, software and intelligent systems security
Artificial Intelligence: Intelligent Big-Data processing, behavioral analytics, AI in security

He is the founder and CEO of Faraconesh Inc., a knowledge-based ICT company, and has led numerous national cybersecurity and AI projects for telecom operators, banks, and government bodies.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. in Intelligent Systems Security 2013

University of Edinburgh, UK
Thesis: Securing Open Multi-agent Systems Governed by Electronic Institutions

M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence 2003

Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)
Thesis: Optimizing Methods of Shape-Based Image Retrieval

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Hardware) 1999

Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)
Project: Web-based Persian database interface using ASP

Professional Appointments

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science, Shahed University
2013 – Present

Vice President for Research and Technology
Shahed University
2021 – Present

CEO
Faraconesh Inc. (Knowledge-Based ICT Company)
2014 – 2024

Research Interests

Cybersecurity Governance & Cybersecurity Maturity Models

Privacy Engineering & Risk-Based Privacy Strategies

Security of Intelligent and Multi-Agent Systems

AI-Driven Behavioral Anomaly Detection in Telecom Systems

Secure Software Development & Mobile Security

Big-Data Processing for Security Analytics

Teaching Experience

Associate Professor & Faculty Member

Shahed University

Tehran, Iran

2003 – Present

Graduate Courses: Advanced AI, Big Data Processing, Secure Software Development, Secure Communication Systems, Information Hiding, E-Commerce Security, Intelligent Multi-Agent Systems

Undergraduate Courses: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Algorithms Design, Data Structures, Computer Programming (C++, C#, Pascal), Computer Fundamentals, Programming Language Design

Guest Lecturer & Teaching Assistant

University of Edinburgh

UK

2009 – 2012

Guest Lecturer: Computer Security (Mobile Network Security), 2011–2012

Teaching Assistant: Informatics 1 (Computation & Logic), Informatics 2 (Algorithms & Learning), Computer Security

Lecturer

University of Science and Technology of Mazandaran

Babol, Iran

2001 – 2003

Courses: Theory of Languages and Automata (3 semesters), Operating Systems Design (2 semesters), Operating Systems Lab (1 semester)

Visiting Lecturer

Amirkabir University of Technology

Tehran, Iran

2022

Graduate Course: E-Commerce Security

Professional & Research Experiences

Vice President for Research and Technology

Shahed University

2021 – Present

Overseeing university-wide research strategy, technology transfer, and innovation ecosystems.

CEO

Faraconesh Inc.

Tehran, Iran

2014 – 2024

Led a knowledge-based ICT company specializing in cybersecurity consulting, R&D, and national-level security projects.

Research Associate

University of Edinburgh

with Prof. Bob Fisher

2009 – 2010

Analyzed global curricula in Pattern Recognition, Signal Analysis, and Computer Vision; proposed standardized syllabi.

Software Developer (Part-time)

Institute of Petroleum Engineering

Heriot-Watt University, UK

2012 – 2016

Developed Windows-based reservoir simulation and optimization software (3RPSim).

Researcher & R&D Manager

Iran Telecommunication Research Center (ITRC)

Faraconesh Inc.

1998 – 2009 (various roles)

Conducted pioneering work in mobile network security (2G/3G/4G/5G), designed Iran’s first mobile and fixed telecom security labs, and led national CERT design initiatives.

Publications & Scholarly Works

Journal Articles

Bijani, S., Khazraeian, H., Bali Lashk, A., & Modiri, N. (2025). Risk-Based Privacy Protection Strategies for National Cloud Infrastructures. National Security Quarterly, 15(55).

Alizadeh, R., Bijani, S., Shakeri, F. (2024). Distributed consensus-based estimation of the leading eigenvalue of a non-negative irreducible matrix. Parallel Computing, 122.

Bijani, S., Talebi, M., Entezari, M. H., & Salehi Esfahani, M. (2023). A Conceptual Model for Cybersecurity Maturity of National Telecom Operators. National Security Quarterly, 13(48), 137–154.

Yari Eili, M., Rezaeenour, J., Jalaly Bidgoly, A., & Bijani, S. (2023). Analyzing the Research Grant Process in Iran’s National Elites Foundation: An Approach Based on Process Mining and Machine Learning. Iranian Journal of Management Studies, 16(2), 429–445.

Ahmadi-Nik, M., & Bijani, S. (2021). A Graph-Based Framework for Intelligent Selection of Security Controls in Smart Policing. Journal of Police ICT, 2(5). doi:10.22034/PITC.2021.207883.1051

Faezi, M. H., Bijani, S., & Dolati, A. (2020). DEGAN: Decentralized generative adversarial networks. Neurocomputing, Elsevier.

Shaeiri, Z., Kazemitabar, J., Bijani, S., & Talebi, M. (2019). Behavior-Based Online Anomaly Detection for a Nationwide Short Message Service. Journal of AI & Data Mining, 7(2), 239–247.

Bijani, S., Robertson, D., & Aspinall, D. (2018). Secure information sharing in social agent interactions using information flow analysis. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 70, 52–66.

Bijani, S., & Robertson, D. (2014). A Review of Attacks and Security Approaches in Open Multi-agent Systems. Artificial Intelligence Review, 42, 607–636.

Conference Papers

Amini, A., & Bijani, S. (2016). A Framework for Automated Security Assessment of Mobile Applications. 1st National Conference on Security of Intelligent Mobile Systems, ITRC.

Anderson, P., Bijani, S., & Vichos, A. (2012). Multi-Agent Negotiation of Virtual Machine Migration. KES AMSTA 2012.

Bijani, S., & Robertson, D. (2011). Intrusion Detection in Open Peer-to-Peer Multi-agent Systems. AIMS 2011, Nancy, France.

Bijani, S., & Kazemitabar, M. (2008). HIDGM: A Host and Network-based Intrusion Detection for Mobile Networks. ICCEE 2008.

Books & Media

Author, An Introduction to Internal Network Security (2004), Intelligent Signal Processing Research Institute. ISBN: 964-95935-1-9.

Live TV Interview: “Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity”, Porseshgar, IRIB Amoozesh, Feb 2025.

Live TV Interview: “Introduction to Cybersecurity Concepts for the Public”, Vali Amrooz, IRIB Amoozesh, Jan 2024.