Associate Professor
New York Institute of Technology, Vancouver
Amin Milani Fard
I am an Associate Professor of Computer Science at New York Institute of Technology - Vancouver Campus, and a visiting faculty of Management Information Systems at Simon Fraser University.
My current research and teaching interests are Security, Privacy, and Assurance of Software and Information, as well as Data and Business Analytics.
I obtained my Ph.D. in Computer Software Engineering from University of British Columbia, under the supervision of Dr. Ali Mesbah, and my M.Sc. in Computer Science from Simon Fraser University, under the supervision of Dr. Ke Wang.
Academic Positions
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Now 2023
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2023 2018
Assistant Professor
New York Institute of Technology, Vancouver
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Now 2017
Visiting Faculty
Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business
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2017 2012
Graduate Research Assistant
University of British Columbia, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
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2012 2011
Research Associate
Simon Fraser University, School of Computing Science
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2011 2009
Research and Teaching Assistant
Simon Fraser University, School of Computing Science
Education
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Ph.D. May 2012 - Jan 2017
Computer Software Engineering
University of British Columbia
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M.Sc. Jan 2009 - Dec 2010
Computer Science
Simon Fraser University
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B.Sc. Sep 2003 - Jul 2008
Computer Software Engineering
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Honors, Awards and Grants
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2023 2023
Most Influential Paper Award
IEEE SCAM 2023, Bogota, Colombia
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2023 2023
Presidential Excellence Award Finalist (Excellence in Teaching)
NYIT, New York, US
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2022 2021
NYIT-Vancouver Research Grant
NYIT - Vancouver, Canada
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2019 2019
Best Paper Award
ECIR 2019, Cologne, Germany
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2018 2019
Global Faculty Research and Creativity Grant
NYIT - Vancouver, Canada
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2017 2017
IEEE Best Paper Award Nominee
IEEE ICST 2017, Tokyo, Japan
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2016 2016
NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) Grant
($40,000) National Research Council Canada, 2016, Vancouver, Canada
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2015 2014
ACM SIGSOFT CAPS Grant Award
($1,800 USD) ACM, 2014 and 2015
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2016 2013
NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-D)
($35,000/year) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2013-2016, Vancouver, Canada
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2012 2012
Four Year Fellowship Award
($22,000/year) UBC, 2012, Vancouver, Canada
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2013 2012
Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Award
($4,000) UBC, 2012-13, Vancouver, Canada
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2010 2010
Graduate Fellowship Award
($6,250) SFU, 2010, Burnaby, Canada
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2008 2008
2nd place
Khwarizmi National Robotics Competition, 2008, Tehran, Iran
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2008 2008
4th place
IEEE Robotics Competition, 2008, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2007 2007
9th place,
RoboCup International Robotics Competition, Soccer Simulation, 2007, Atlanta, US
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2007 2007
19th place,
Asia Regional ACM ICPC Programming Contest, 2007, Tehran, Iran
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2006 2006
5th place
BICup: Business Intelligence Data Mining Challenge, 2006, Santiago, Chile
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2003 2003
Exceptional Talents Admission Award
Entering university without taking national universities entrance exam, FUM, 2003, Mashhad, Iran
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2002 2002
Research Medal
National Research Inst. for Science Policy, Ministry of Science, 2002, Iran
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2002 2002
1st Rank Khwarizmi Award
(5 golden coins about $1,800) Awarded by Iran's President Mohammad Khatami for outstanding achievement in research and innovation in science and technology, Khwarizmi Young Festival 2002, Tehran, Iran