Seyedmohammad Nouraniboosjin (Mohammad Nour)


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Researcher and Ph.D. student

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Education


Ph.D. Degree

Electrical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

M.Sc. Degree

Electrical Engineering
Sharif University of Technology

Work


Ph.D. Student and Research Assistant

Aug 2023 - Present: WPI

Teaching Assistant

Aug 2024 - May 2025: WPI

Laboratory Assistant

Jan 2019 - Jan 2023: SUT

Leadership and social activities


Led the Iranian Student Association at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2023–2025), supporting 42 students during a period of geopolitical stress and connecting them with institutional resources.

Website

Represented the community in local media, advocating for international students and building trust during uncertain times.

Website

Founded and organized the OPTIMIST PhD forum on AI and side-channel analysis, hosting sessions with ~20 participants from academia and industry.

Website

Mentored four undergraduate researchers and promoted reproducibility by releasing six open-source GitHub repositories supporting research artifacts.

Website

Publications


Uncertainty estimation in neural network-enabled side-channel analysis and links to explainability

Conference on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES), 2026

Paper

Too hot to be true: Temperature calibration for higher confidence in NN-assisted side-channel analysis

Constructive Approaches for SeCurity Analysis and Design of Embedded systems (CASCADE), 2026

Paper

Swarm in EM Hay: Particle Swarm-guided Probe Placement for EM SCA

USENIX WOOT Conference on Offensive Technologies, 2026

Paper

Rock and a Hard Place: Attack Hardness in Neural Network-assisted Side Channel Analysis

under review

Paper

There’s Waldo: PCB Tamper Forensic Analysis using Explainable AI on Impedance Signatures

IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Signal & Power Integrity (EMC+SIPI), 2025

Paper

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