Biography

Ali Jalooli (Ashkan) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at California State University, Dominguez Hills. His service extends to numerous committees, including the Master of Science in Cybersecurity and the Colloquium Committees. Prior to his role at CSUDH, Ashkan was affiliated with Michigan Technological University, where he contributed as a researcher and instructor. In addition to his roles at CSUDH, Ashkan has held various positions in academic settings, including steering committee member, advisory member, technical program committee member, track chair, session chair, and general session contributor. He has also contributed as a reviewer for various journals and conferences. He has secured funding of over $500,000 from prestigious institutions, including the National Science Foundation (NSF). Ashkan is a member of ACM, IEEE, and ComSoc.

Education

• Ph.D., Michigan Tech University
• MS, University of Malaya
• BS (Hons), Staffordshire University

Research

• Internet of Things and Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
• Privacy and Cybersecurity
• Cloud/Edge Computing and Machine Learning

Grants and Funds

• DHS 23STSLA00019: 07/07/2023 - 07/06/2028 ($1,000,000)
• NSF CNS-2131291: 10/01/2021 - 09/30/2025 ($1,200,000)
• NSF CNS-2219589: 09/01/2022 - 08/31/2025 ($191,698)
• Norris Award: 06/01/2024 - 05/31/2025
• Grants for My Research, CSUDH: 06/01/2024 - 05/31/2025
• Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award, CSUDH, AY 2024-25
• Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award, CSUDH, AY 2023-24
• NSF Mini-grant, CyBR-MSI 2022-005, NSF CNS-2139136: 05/01/2022 - 09/30/2022
• Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award, CSUDH, AY 2022-23

Book Chapters

• A Dynamic Vehicular Traffic Control Using Ant Colony and Traffic Light Optimization", Advances in Systems Science, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Volume 240, 2014, pp 57-66, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-01857-7-6

Selected Journal Publications

• A. Jalooli and A. Marefat "Cluster Stability-Driven Optimization for Enhanced Routing in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks", Elsevier Vehicular Communications, March 2024.
• A. Jalooli, M. Song, W. Wang "Message Coverage Maximization in Infrastructure-Based Urban Vehicular Networks", Elsevier Vehicular Communications, February 2019.
• M. Jabbarpour, A. Marefat, A. Jalooli, H. Zarrabi "Cloud-Based Vehicular Networks: a Taxonomy, Survey, and Conceptual Hybrid Architecture", Wireless Networks, July 2017.
• M. Jabbarpour, A. Jalooli, E. Shaghaghi, A. Marefat, R. Noor, J-J. Jung "Analyzing the Impacts of Velocity and Density on Intelligent Position-based Routing Protocols", Elsevier Journal of Computational Science, November 2014.
• M. Jabbarpour, A. Marefat, A. Jalooli, R. Noor, R. khokhar "Performance Analysis of V2V Dynamic Anchor Position-based Routing Protocols", Wireless Networks, October 2014.
• M. Jabbarpour, A. Jalooli, E. Shaghaghi, R. Noor, L. Rothkrantz, R. khokhar, N. Anuar "Ant-based vehicle congestion avoidance system using vehicular networks", Elsevier Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence, August 2014.
• O. Micheal, R. Noor, A. Jalooli "Quality of Service Management for IPTV Service Support in VANET: A Performance Evaluation Study", Wireless Networks, August 2014.
• A. Emami, A. Jalooli, O. Micheal, R. Noor, I. Ahmedy, R. Salleh "Performance Evaluation of Enhanced Velocity-Based Handoff Algorithm for VANET", Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, June 2014.

Selected Conference Publications

• Huzaif Khan, Lokesh Purohit, Ali Jalooli, "Bridging Security and Efficiency: Energy-Aware Clustering for Data Encryption in Smart Agriculture", Proc. of IEEE ICNC, February 2025.
• Huzaif Khan, Lokesh Purohit, Ali Jalooli, "Energy-Aware Clustering for Efficient CKKS Encryption in Smart Agriculture", Proc. of IEEE CCNC, January 2025.
• Ali Jalooli, Huzaif Khan, Lokesh Purohit "Blockchain-Enabled Collaborative Forged Message Detection in RSU-Based VANETs", Proc. of IEEE CSNet, December 2024.
• Ali Jalooli and Frankie Murcia "Vehicular Edge Computing-Driven Optimized Multihop Clustering with Data Aggregation", Proc. of IEEE CloudNet, November 2023.
• Ali Jalooli, Kuilin Zhang, Min Song, Wenye Wang, "A Novel Clustering Scheme for Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICC, June 2020.
• Ali Jalooli, Min Song, Xiaohua Xu, "Delay Efficient RSU Placement Algorithm for VANET Safety Applications", Proc. of IEEE WCNC, March 2017.
• Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour, Ali Jalooli, Alireza Marefat, Rafidah Md Noor, "A Taxonomy-based Comparison of Vehicle Cloud Architectures", ICICN March 2015.
• Ali Jalooli, Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour, Hossein Malakooti, Erfan Shaghaghi, Alireza Marefat, Rafidah Md Noor, "Adaptive Advisory Speed Limit Dissemination Using Vehicular Communication", Proc. of IEEE APWiMob, August 2014.
• Erfan Shaghaghi, Ali Jalooli, Rozita Aboki, Alireza Marefat, Rafidah Md Noor, "Intelligent Traffic Signal Control for Urban Central Using Vehicular Ad-hoc Network", Proc. of IEEE APWiMob, August 2014.
• Alireza Marefat, Rozita Aboki, Ali Jalooli, Erfan Shaghaghi, Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour, Rafidah Md Noor, "An Adaptive Overtaking Maneuver Assistant System using VANET", Proc. of IEEE APWiMob, August 2014.
• Ali Jalooli, Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour, Hossein Malakooti, Rafidah Md Noor, Nornazlita Hussin, "Intelligent Speed Limit Information Dissemination Through Vehicular Networks", 10th IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Asia Pacific Wireless Communications Symposium, August 2013.
• Hossein Malakooti, Ali Jalooli, Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour, Rafidah Md Noor, "Network Coding-Aware Data Dissemination in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks", 10th IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Asia Pacific Wireless Communications Symposium, 22-23 August 2013.
• Ali Jalooli, Nor Azlina, Khalida Shajaratuddur, Nurul Haniza "A Troubleshooting Home Internet Connection Framework for Malaysian Service Providers", Proc. of IEEE ComCompAp, April 2013.

Institutional Services

• Member of Colloquium Committee
• Member of Computer Science Assessment Committee
• Member of Master of Science in Cyber Security Committee
• Member of Associate Dean Search Committee
• Member of Faculty Director of Program Learning Assessment Search Committee
• Member of International Education Council
• Member of Adjunct Faculty Review Committee
• Member of Title IX and DHR Administrator Search Committee
• Member of STEM Leadership Learning Community Committee
• Member of University Scholarship Committee
• Member of Course Outline of Record Evaluators (CORE)

Professional Services

• Guest Editor for Applied Sciences (Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Smart Cities)
• Workshop Chair at the 2nd International Conference on Networks, Communications, and Intelligent Computing (NCIC 2024).
• Organizing Committee for Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (TAIML '24)
• Advisory Member at the IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Innovations in Healthcare Industries (ICAIIHI'23)
• Steering committee member and special track chair (CTRQ'22 - Present)
• Session chair at the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'20)
• General session at the IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC'17)
• Frequent reviewer for IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Elsevier Vehicular Communications, IET Communications, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), IEEE Vehicular Technology Conferences, etc.
• Judge, Research Symposium, Michigan Tech University, March 2018.

Current Students

• Alex Jeter (Graduate student - Computer Science)- Research Assistant
• Jeffrey Han (Graduate student - Cyber Security) - Research Assistant
• Sriven Pulkaram (Graduate student - Cyber Security) - Research Assistant
• Lokesh Purohit (Graduate student - Computer Science) - Research Assistant
• Huzaif Khan (Graduate student - Computer Science) - Research Assistant
• Saul Moreno (Undergraduate student - Computer Science) - Research Assistant

Former Students

• Tiffany Kim (Graduate student - Cybersecurity) - Researc Assistant - Recipient of the first-place award in the research poster competition at GMiS, 2022.
• Diana Lopez (Undergraduate student - Computer Science) - Research Assistant
• Frankie Murcia (Undergraduate student - Computer Science) - Research Assistant
• Santiago Tecuanhuey Garcia (Undergraduate student - Computer Science)- Research Assistant
• Simon Yang (Undergraduate student - Computer Science)- Research Assistant
• Ross Peltekov (Undergraduate student - Computer Science)- Research Assistant
• Alexander Medina (Undergraduate student - Computer Science)- REU, 2023
• Michelle Pickens (Undergraduate student - Computer Science)- REU - Recipient of the third-place award in the research poster competition at GMiS, 2022
• Bryan Ortiz Pardo (Undergraduate student - Computer Science)-REU, 2022

Courses

• Advanced Hacking Prevention (CYB 552)
• Data Communications and Computer Networks (CYB 551)
• Information Security Policy and Procedures (CYB 538)
• Foundations of Information Security(CYB 538)
• Design and Analysis of Algorithms (CSC 501)
• Research Methods (CSC 500)
• Senior Design (CSC 492)
• Finite Automata (CSC 371)
• Computer Organization (CSC 331)
• Concepts of Programming Languages (CSC 321)
• Data Structures (CSC 311)
• Introduction to Operating Systems and Networks (CTC 228)