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Name Aubin Birba
Label Security Researcher and Engineer
Email birba dot zelma underscore aubin at courrier dot uqam dot ca
Url https://birbaubin.github.io/
Summary Cybersecurity researcher and engineer specialized in applied cryptography, with expertise in secure protocol design with applications in high-assurance and constrained environments. Focused on bridging research and practical implementation, delivering privacy-preserving solutions for cloud, distributed systems and machine learning, and integrating encryption services into applications, with exposure to security operations (SOC) and strong interest in critical infrastructure and ICS/OT

Work

  • 2025.10 - Present
    Security Operations Center Analyst
    I-Tracing Cybersecurity
    Responsible for monitoring and responding to security incidents, and providing security advice to more than 40 clients. Maintaining continuous monitoring of critical systems as part of a 24/7, follow-the-sun SOC.
    • Continuous monitoring
    • Threat detection
    • Detection engineering and tuning
    • Incident response
    • Security advice
  • 2024.01 - Present
    Lecturer – Penetration Testing & Cyber Defense
    Champlain College
    Designed and delivered hands-on courses covering network security, application security, PKI, key management, and cryptographic protocols.
    • Created structured learning materials aligned with NIST CSF
    • Led laboratory sessions on secure application development, OWASP Top 10 mitigation, and penetration testing
    • Applied Agile teaching methodology to drive collaboration and practical problem-solving
  • 2023.01 - Present
    Teaching Assistant
    Université du Québec À Montréal (UQÀM)
    Held interactive lab sessions for various courses.
    • Systems security
    • Linux administration
    • Secure coding
    • Java programming
  • 2021.03 - 2021.09
    Junior Security Engineer – Embedded Systems Security
    Expleo Group
    Developed SDLC-integrated security methodology for critical environments (aerospace, automotive, rail), achieving compliance with standards such as IEC 63452.
    • Built compliance support tools (Odoo, Python, Security Knowledge Framework, C/C++)
    • Streamlined developer adherence to security policies
    • Helped clients achieve compliance with IEC 63452 standards

Volunteer

  • 2022.11 - Present
    Secretary
    Association des Étudiants aux Cycles Supérieurs en Informatique (AECSI) at UQÀM
    Secretary of the graduate students association in computer science (AECSI).
    • Student association management
    • Event organization

Education

  • 2022.01 - Present
    PhD
    Université du Québec À Montréal (UQÀM)
    Computer Science - Applied Cybersecurity and Cryptography in Collaborative Machine Learning
    • Secure Multiparty Computation
    • Machine Learning Security
    • Privacy-Preserving Computing
    • Applied Cryptography
    • Machine Learning
  • 2018.10 - 2021.10
    Master
    Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France / Ecole Nationale Sciences Appliquées
    Dual Degree – Computer Engineering & MSc in Cyber-Defense and Information Security
    • Offensive/Defensive Security
    • Cryptography
    • Governance and Risk Management
    • Compliance in Critical Sectors
  • 2016.10 - 2018.09
    Bachelor
    Faculté des Sciences, El Jadida
    Mathematics and Computer Science
    • Mathematics
    • Computer Science

Certificates

Skills

Cryptography & Data Security
RSA, AES, digital signatures, PKI
Homomorphic encryption (TFHE, BFV, CKKS)
Secure multi-party computation (SPDZ)
Key management, secrets management
Applied cryptographic protocol design
OWASP Top 10 vulnerability assessment
Network security: Snort, Surricata, Splunk, Sentinel
Development & Systems
Python, Java, C++, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript
Angular, Spring Boot, Django, Laravel
MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Firebase
Linux administration, Git, Docker
Secure Machine Learning
ML on encrypted data
Secure unlearning
Adversarial training
Outlier detection
TensorFlow, scikit-learn
TFHE-rs, OpenFHE, SPDZ, OpenSSL
Methodologies
Agile/Scrum
Technical documentation
Secure SDLC integration
Research and scientific writing

Languages

French
Native speaker
English
Professional competence

Interests

Research
Applied cryptography
Privacy protection
Digital security
Secure protocol design
High-assurance environments
Security Engineering
Security operations
Incident response
Threat detection
Detection engineering and tuning
Teaching
Education
Knowledge sharing
Hands-on learning