Dr Aryan Pasikhani

School of Computer Science

Lecturer in Cybersecurity

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Member of the Security of Advanced Systems research group

Aryan Mohammadi Pasikhani
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aryan.pasikhani@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Aryan Pasikhani
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (CS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
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Dr Aryan Pasikhani is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Cybersecurity in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield and a member of the Security of Advanced Systems research group. He obtained his PhD from the University of Sheffield and previously served as an Academic Fellow in Cybersecurity.

His research focuses on AI security, offensive AI, adversarial machine learning, reinforcement learning, privacy-preserving machine learning, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and the security, privacy, and transparency of AI/ML systems.

Alongside his academic work, Dr Pasikhani is the founder of CybPass, a University of Sheffield spin-out company that provides autonomous, expert-in-the-loop security testing and compliance assurance for AI systems across the AI lifecycle.

Research interests
  • Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
  • Reinforcement-Learning-based security systems
  • Security and Privacy in Internet of Things
  • Machine-learning or Modelling Attacks
  • Security and Privacy in Mobile Communication
  • Security of WSN and Low-power and Lossy Networks
  • Security and Privacy in Smart-Grid
  • Hardware Security of the IoT Devices
  • 5G and Next Generation Communication Security
  • Security and Privacy in Tactile-Internet-based Applications
Publications

Journal articles

  • Pasikhani A, Gope P, Yang Y, Mehnaz S & Sikdar B (2026) . IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 1-18.
  • Yang Y, Gope P, Pasikhani A & Sikdar B (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 1-1.
  • Patel C, Pasikhani A, Gope P & Clark J (2024) . Computers & Security, 140.
  • Das S, Pasikhani AM, Gope P, Clark JA, Patel C & Sikdar B (2024) . IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 32(2), 1080-1095.
  • Pasikhan AM, Clark JA & Gope P (2023) . Computers & Security, 135.
  • Pasikhani AM, Clark JA & Gope P (2022) . IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 17, 3831-3846.
  • Pasikhani AM, Clark JA, Gope P & Alshahrani A (2021) . IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(11), 12940-12968.
  • Yuan X, Yang Y, Gope P, Pasikhani A & Sikdar B () . Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2024(4), 840-858.

Conference proceedings

  • Sánchez G, Olayinka O & Pasikhani A (2025) . 2024 22nd International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA 2024) (pp 236-245). Bertinoro, Italy, 24 October 2024 - 24 October 2024.
  • Millwood O, PehlivanoÄŸlu MK, Mohammadi Pasikhani A, Miskelly J, Gope P & Kavun EB (2023) . 2023 IEEE 8th European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P) (pp 92-106). Delft, Netherlands, 3 July 2023 - 3 July 2023.
  • Bartsch W, Gope P, Kavun E, Millwood O, Panchenko A, Pasikhani A & Polian I (2023) . Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, Vol. 1 (pp 583-591). Lisbon, Portugal, 22 February 2023 - 22 February 2023.
  • Pasikhani AM, Clark JA & Gope P (2022) . 2021 IEEE 20th International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom) (pp 1049-1060). Shenyang, China, 20 October 2021 - 20 October 2021.

Preprints

  • Yuan X, Yang Y, Gope P, Pasikhani A & Sikdar B (2024) , arXiv.
  • Pasikhani AM, Clark JA & Gope P (2022) , arXiv.
  • Pasikhani AM, Clark AJ & Gope P (2021) , Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Grants
  • Hardware Root of Trust Reconsidered: Developing a Distributed Security Architecture to Protect Vulnerable Devices in the Semiconductor Supply Chain, EPSRC, 10/2025 - 03/2026, £72,208, as Co-PI
  • CipherGrit: Real-time ransomware detection system using transfer-learning, Innovate UK, as Co-PI
    • Phase 1: 04/2025 - 07/2025, £18,371
    • Phase 2: 09/2025 - 02/2026, £31,472
  • Secure Call: A Caller Authentication and Encrypted Communication Solution, Innovate UK, as Co-PI
    • Phase 1: 04/2025 - 07/2025, £27,054
    • Phase 2: 09/2025 - 02/2026, £54,521
  • ATM II: Automated Threat Modelling for Enterprise AI-enabled Assets, Innovate UK, 10/2023 - 03/2024, £59,376, as PI
  • ATM: Automated Threat Modelling for Enterprise AI-enabled Assets, Innovate UK, 05/2023 - 09/2023, £24,977, as PI
  • ATDPS: Adaptive Trojan Detection and Prevention Systems for Networks-onChips (NoCs) - Phase II, Innovate UK, 09/2022 - 02/2023, £52,433, as Co-PI
  • ATDPS: Adaptive Trojan Detection and Prevention Systems for Networks-on-Chips (NoCs), Innovate UK, 04/2022 - 07/2022, £22,316, as Co-PI

Links

Security of Advanced Systems research group