About Me
I’m Nima (Persian: نیما), a 3rd-year PhD student in the School of Computing at University of Connecticut (UConn). I’m advised by Prof. Yuan Hong.
I work on AI safety, and have a passion for privacy. I enjoy digging into AI models 🕵️♂️, finding where they break, uncovering hidden vulnerabilities, and (sometimes) exploring ways to make them safer 🛠️.
I’m always happy to chat about new ideas. Please feel free to reach out!
📰 News
- May 2026: Received the UConn Computer Science Predoctoral Fellowship Tier 1 award.
- March 2026: A co-authored paper has been accepted to EuroS&P '26.
- October 2025: Received the Distinguished Artifact Reviewer Award at ACM CCS '25. Thanks for the recognition!
- July 2025: Received the USENIX Security '25 Student Grant. Thanks for the support!
- June 2025: Our paper on unlearning evaluation was accepted at USENIX Security '25 (See you in Seattle 🌧️☕🏔️) [paper] | [code] | [poster] | [slides (demo)]
- December 2024: Passed the Qualifying Exam
- April 2024: Awarded the Synchrony Fellowship for Spring 2024
🎓 Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Connecticut (Sep 2023 – Present)
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology (2017 – 2022)
📄 Service
- Artifact Evaluation Committee, ACM CCS 2025, USENIX Security 2026
- Reviewer, AAAI 2024
- External Reviewer, USENIX Security 2025, 2024, 2023; ACM CCS 2025, 2024; NDSS 2026, 2025; IEEE S&P 2026, 2024; KDD 2025; CVPR 2024