Introduction
I am Mohammad(Moe) Sanjari, a PhD student in Computer Science at Tennessee Technological University and a research assistant in the ReACT Lab. I am advised by Dr. Pritom, where I work on advancing trustworthy and explainable AI systems for cybersecurity applications. My work focuses on the intersection of Software Engineering and Information Technology. Currently maintaining a 4.0 GPA, I aim to bridge the gap between academic theory and scalable industrial applications.
Latest News
- Jun 2025 Served as Chair of the SaT-CPS 2025 workshop (on behalf of my supervisor, Dr. Pritom).
- Jun 2025 Presented the SmishViz paper at ACM CODASPY 2025 in Pittsburgh, PA.
- Jun 2025 Started work on the awarded proof-of-concept (POC) grant for the SmishViz dashboard.
- May 2025 Presented poster: “A Few-Shot Learning Method for SMS Phishing Detection and Explanation Using SLMs” at IEEE S&P 2025.
- Apr 2025 Awarded a highly competitive IEEE S&P 2025 travel grant (26/219 submissions).
- Apr 2025 Selected for an NSF-funded travel grant to attend and participate in ACM CODASPY 2025.
- Aug 2024 Serving as a Research Assistant at the CyTrust Lab, focusing on trustworthy AI for cybersecurity.
- Aug 2024 Started my PhD in Computer Science at Tennessee Technological University.
- May 2024 Graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a dual master’s degree and an IT certificate.
- Apr 2024 Published “Advances in the performance of hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric generators: a review” (Senior Author).
- May 2023 Published “Experimental investigation on the power generation for a hexacopter using a hydrogen fuel cell stack” (Senior Author).
- Apr 2023 Secured 2nd place at the Arkansas Tech Annual Research Symposium.
- Apr 2023 Participated in the Annual Arkansas Space Grant Symposium at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute (Morrilton, AR).
- Jan 2023 Started working as a Lab Manager at COMSEL, Arkansas Tech (Drone Research).
- Aug 2022 Started my Master’s program in Information Technology at Arkansas Tech University.
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science
2024 — 2027Tennessee Tech University • GPA 4.0
M.S. in Information Technology
2022 — 2024Arkansas Tech University • GPA 4.0
M.S. in Computer Software Engineering
2013 — 2016University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
B.S. in Computer Engineering
2007 — 2012Payame Noor University, Rasht, Iran
Publications
SmishViz: Towards A Graph-based Visualization System for Monitoring and Characterizing Ongoing Smishing Threats
2025SM Sanjari, AM Shibli, M Mia, M Gupta, MMA Pritom
Fifteenth ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY) [PDF | Code | POC]
Poster: A Few-Shot Learning Method for SMS Phishing Detection and Explanation Using SLMs
2025SM Sanjari, J Roberts, MMA Pritom
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P) [PDF]
Advances in the performance of hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric generators: a review
2024Z Zamanipour, SK Thallapelly, SMS Pirmahalleh
Future Technology 3 (4), 1-11 [PDF]
System and Methods for Ongoing SMS Phishing Campaign Visualization, Monitoring and Characterization
2025SM Sanjari, AM Shibli, M Mia, M Gupta, MMA Pritom
Student Research and Creative Inquiry Day 2025
Experimental investigation on the power generation for a hexacopter using a hydrogen fuel cell stack
2023Gerardo Urdaneta, Jacob Crawford, Andres Dewendt, Zuhanee Khan, Kyle McMillan, Christopher Meyers, Mohammad Sanjari
Future Energy 2 (2), 21-28 [PDF]
Recent Developments in Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Drones
2023SM Sanjari Pirmahalleh
Future Energy Journal
Projects
An intelligent agent framework for analyzing and generating smishing communication patterns for security research.
An augmented dataset specifically designed for detecting and analyzing QR code-based phishing (Quishing) attempts.
The core repository for the SmishViz system, focusing on graph-based threat characterization and monitoring.
Smishviz Dashboard
Link PendingA high-performance interactive dashboard for visualizing smishing campaign clusters and temporal threat evolution.