Hanif Rahbari
Assistant Professor
Hanif Rahbari
Assistant Professor
Education
BS, Sharif University of Technology (Iran); MS, Amirkabir University (Iran); Ph.D., University of Arizona
Bio
Hanif Rahbari received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from The University of Arizona (UA) in 2016. His dissertation was a blend of theoretical and experimental (software radio-based) research on transmission fingerprints obfuscation in wireless communications. He joined RIT as an Assistant Professor in Spring 2018, following a short-term affiliation with UA as a Senior Research Specialist and a brief experience as a Postdoctoral Associate at Virginia Tech. His broad research interests lie in wireless security and communications, with emphasis on jamming, secure physical layer, connected vehicle security, Internet of Things (IoT), Wi-Fi security, and secure spectrum coexistence. He was the lead researcher in developing the first-ever modulation obfuscation technique, and the swiftest but highly disruptive jamming attacks against Wi-Fi systems. He also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on cybersecurity and (wireless) networking.
For a complete list of Dr. Rahbari's publications, please see http://rahbari.csec.rit.edu/publications.
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May 13, 2025
RIT showcase offers glimpse of early tech innovation cycle
TechTarget speaks to Paloma Hamilton, fifth-year mechanical engineering student; Geoff Twardokus, electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student; and Christopher Collison, director of RIT's AI Hub and Initiatives, about the innovative developments featured at Imagine RIT.
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September 10, 2024
RIT faculty play large role in NSF Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace research
Nine RIT faculty members attended the 2024 Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Principal Investigators’ Meeting Sept. 4-5, in Pittsburgh.
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August 14, 2024
RIT researchers present novel dynamic defense model for thwarting wireless attacks at IEEE INFOCOM
Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) recently presented a cutting-edge defense mechanism against advanced wireless attacks at the prestigious IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). The paper, authored by Professor Hanif Rahbari and computing and information sciences Ph.D. student Naureen Hoque, was showcased at the top-ranked networking conference held in Vancouver in May.
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October 10, 2024
Dongre and Rahbari publish research on 5G and Wi-Fi coexistence
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August 19, 2024
Hoque and Rahbari present at IEEE INFOCOM
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April 29, 2024
Ph.D. candidate presents at Women in CyberSecurity 2024 Conference
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February 29, 2024
Rahbari, doctoral student publish paper at NDSS Symposium