Ardalan Sani
Co-Founder at UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Irvine, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolArdalan Sani is a researcher-turned-founder who directs the Trustworthy Systems Lab at UC Irvine and builds systems at the intersection of mobile computing, security, and operating systems. With a PhD and MS from Rice and a BS from Sharif University of Technology, he has progressed from assistant to full professor and co-founded Secluso, bringing academic rigor to applied security. His work has earned an NSF CAREER Award, Google’s ASPIRE award, and a UCI mid-career research honor, reflecting both innovation and impact. He combines deep systems expertise with practical threat-aware designs, often translating lab prototypes into real-world protections. Based in Irvine, CA, he blends long-term research vision with startup execution, emphasizing trustworthy mobile and OS infrastructure. An uncommon trait: he routinely bridges principled academic methods with startup speed to ship secure, deployable systems.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Engineering at Rice UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology
Github Skills (3)
ozone2
chromium1
wayland1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
arrdalan/ubuntu_dfv
May 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:2 commits in 4 months
arrdalan/dfv_modules
May 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:5 commits in 5 months
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