{"id":5,"date":"2025-12-04T14:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/mnojoumian\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-11-12T00:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T00:05:41","slug":"main","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/nojoumian\/","title":{"rendered":"Main"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" class=\"wp-image-438\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/mnojoumian\/files\/2026\/11\/Mehrdad_2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/nojoumian\/files\/2026\/11\/Mehrdad_2023.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/nojoumian\/files\/2026\/11\/Mehrdad_2023-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td><td><strong>Mehrdad Nojoumian<\/strong><br><br>Associate Professor<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.edu\/engineering\/eecs\/\">Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.edu\/\">Florida Atlantic University<\/a>,&nbsp;EE 429<br><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boca_Raton,_Florida\">Boca Raton, FL 33431<\/a><br>Office: (561) 297-3411<br>mnojoumian@fau.edu<\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"73\" class=\"wp-image-437\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/mnojoumian\/files\/2026\/11\/FAU_Logo_Wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/nojoumian\/files\/2026\/11\/FAU_Logo_Wide.jpg 404w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/nojoumian\/files\/2026\/11\/FAU_Logo_Wide-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I received my PhD from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwaterloo.ca\/\">Cheriton School of Computer Science<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/\">University of Waterloo<\/a>, and my MSc from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uottawa.ca\/faculty-engineering\/school-electrical-engineering-computer-science\">School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uottawa.ca\/en\">University of Ottawa<\/a>. My research interests lie on privacy, security, and trust in autonomy\/AI, and cross-disciplinary research on the intersections of computer science and other disciplines. If you are interested in conducting research in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/nojoumian\/students\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/nojoumian\/students\/\">Lab<\/a>, please contact me. Considering merit-based criteria, consideration is given to underrepresented students, including Hispanics, students of color, and women in engineering\/computer science. We also thank our research sponsors: ARO-AFOSR, NSF, AFRL, FC2, and I-Sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our 4th patent, <a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US20230011012A1\/en\">adaptive cyber manufacturing by human-AI e-partnerships<\/a>, was granted by USPTO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.edu\/newsdesk\/articles\/human-ai-manufacturing-system-patent.php\">FAU News<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our 3rd patent, <a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US20220179432A1\/en\">active occupant status and vehicle operational status warning system<\/a>, was granted by USPTO.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recipient of the Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching Award 2023, Office of the Provost.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recipient of the Faculty Service and Outreach Award 2023, College of Engineering and Computer Science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recipient of the Senior Faculty Teaching Award 2023, College of Engineering and Computer Science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inducted into the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.edu\/newsdesk\/articles\/national-academy-inventors.php\">FAU Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)<\/a>, USA, 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-030-78358-7_14\">Should AVs mimic human driving behaviors?<\/a>&nbsp;received the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/nojoumian\/Files\/Awards\/2021_MobiTAS_Best_Paper_Award.jpg\">Best Paper Award<\/a>&nbsp;in HCII-MobiTAS&#8217;21:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.edu\/newsdesk\/articles\/self-driving-cars-behavior.php\">FAU News<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our 2nd patent,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US11221623B2\/en\">adaptive driving mode in autonomous vehicles<\/a>, was issued by USPTO:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.edu\/newsdesk\/articles\/autonomous-vehicles-patent.php\">FAU News<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=18xlq5rTaA8\">Our research and technology development<\/a>&nbsp;related to autonomous vehicles was animated and featured by FAU.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our 1st patent,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US10981563B2\/en\">adaptive mood control in autonomous vehicles<\/a>, was issued by USPTO:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.edu\/newsdesk\/articles\/amc-utility-patent.php\">FAU News<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/amp\/news\/local\/self-driving-cars-could-soon-sense-our-emotions-thanks-to-this-fau-researcher\">CBS12 News<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-030-39445-5_48\">Efficient implementation of privacy-preserving auction protocols<\/a>&nbsp;received the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.fau.edu\/nojoumian\/Files\/Awards\/2020_FICC_Best_Paper_Award.jpg\">Best Paper Award<\/a>&nbsp;in FICC&#8217;20.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recipient of the Excellence in Teaching 2020, Junior Faculty, College of Engineering and Computer Science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our research on human-autonomy interactions was featured by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/innovate.ieee.org\/innovation-spotlight\/car-autonomy-trust\/\">IEEE Xplore Innovation Spotlight<\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fau.edu\/newsdesk\/articles\/self-driving-cars-trust.php\">FAU News<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$<\/strong>45K was awarded by AFRL for our project on private planning among drones using combinatorial auctions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$<\/strong>300K was awarded by ARO-AFOSR to study Bitcoin, dishonest mining strategies and countermeasures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mehrdad Nojoumian Associate ProfessorElectrical Engineering and Computer ScienceFlorida Atlantic University,&nbsp;EE 429Boca Raton, FL 33431Office: (561) 297-3411mnojoumian@fau.edu I received my PhD 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