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Dr Mohsen Beheshti Department Chair

Dr. Mohsen Beheshti is the Chair and Professor of Computer Science at ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ, Dominguez Hills, where he also serves as the Director of the Center for Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity, AI, and Emerging Technologies (CAE2). His diverse research portfolio spans network security, big data, and curriculum development, with a specific focus on creating innovative graduate and undergraduate programs that bridge the gap between academia and the workforce. A dedicated educator, Dr. Beheshti has utilized numerous grants to advance educational technology, develop supervised laboratory infrastructures, and lead workshops for high school teachers to strengthen the CS pipeline. Beyond his institutional leadership, he is a prominent advocate for diversity in STEM as a founding member of the and the lead for the CAHSI INCLUDES West Region, while maintaining active professional memberships in IEEE, ACM, NCWIT, and PLTLIS.

Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications:

  • Basil Alhakami, Bin Tang, Jianchao Han, and Mohsen Beheshti, DAO-R: integrating data aggregation and offloading in sensor networks via data replication, International Journal on Sensor Networks, 2019.
  • Campus Network Security: Threats, Analysis and Strategies, Payman Khani, Mehrdad Sharbaf, Mohsen Beheshti, Salar Faraji, 5th Annual Conf. on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence (CSCI'18), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Dec 13-15, 2018.
  • Mehrazarin, S., Leyba, K., Han, J., Beheshti, M., A MacBook Based Earthquake Early Warning System, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, San Francisco, CA USA, April 10-15, 2016.
  • Khani, P., Tang, B., Han, J., Beheshti, M., Power-Efficient Virtual Machine Replication in Data Centers, IEEE ICC 2016 SAC Cloud Communications and Networking, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 23-27, 2016.
  • Basil Alhakami*, Bin Tang, Jianchao Han, and Mohsen Beheshti. DAO-R: Integrating Data Aggregation and Offloading in Sensor Networks with Data Replication. Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2015).

Selected Awards:

  • Replication of a Cohort Based Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Model, S-STEM, Co-PI, NSF, Duration five years, amt:$5,000,000, 2019.
  • CAHSI (Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions) INCLUDES, Co-PI, NSF, Duration: five years, amt: $9,900,000, 2018.
  • Cyber Security Training and Certificate for the workforce, PI, LA Coalition, Duration: one year, amt: $50,000, 2017.
  • BPC-A: Computing Alliance for Hispanic-Serving Institution, Co-PI, NSF, Duration:Ìý five years, amt: $3,000,000, 2016.
  • Upgrading Computer Science PC Lab, Technology Advancement Program (TAP)
    amt: $43,000, Duration: 02-01-16 to 12-30-16, PI, Jan 2016.
  • FUSE: First-Year Undergraduate STEM Experience, Co-PI, STEM Collaborative Project, Helmsley Charitable Trust, Duration: two years, amt: $350,000, 2014.

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