Mehdi Javanmard received his M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick, Canada and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada, in 1989 and 1996 respectively. He is a faculty member of Payam Noor University (PNU) and currently President of COMSTECH Inter Islamic Network on Virtual Universities (CINVU). He has been teaching for many years at different universities where he has been involved in their course development for the Computer Science Department. Additionally, he works as a System Development Consultant for various companies. Dr. Javanmard's research interests are in the areas of Information & Communication Security, Corporate Portals Design, Ethics and Technology, Soft Power, Signal Processing, ICT, and Urban Management.