Professor Richard Smith
Director of the Cyber Technology Institute
Associate Professor of Cyber Security
De Montfort University, United Kingdom
Dr Smith is the head of the Cyber Technology Institute research group at De Montfort University. As a member of the Research Institute for Trustworthy Inter-Connected cyber-physical Systems and the NCSC Industrial Control Systems Community of Interest he is investigating new ways to defend old technology, with a particular focus on Critical National Infrastructure. He is an experienced researcher particularly in the area of incident response, developing an Agile framework for Incident Response in Industrial Control Systems to allow organisations to migrate from a reactive to proactive approach in responding to incidents. His work has also centred around the develop of simulated cyber warfare scenarios around Industrial Control Systems to aid in the training and development of new tactics for both industry and government personnel through both DMU’s Cyber Range CYRAN and SCIPS Simulated Critical Infrastructure Scenarios. He has significant experience working with industry and has lead international consortia on projects for the European Space Agency, NCSC and more.
Professor Okfalisa
Informatics Engineering Department, Faculty Science and Technology
Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau, Indonesia
Prof. Dr Okfalisa, ST, MSc. completed her PhD in Information System and Computer Science at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2012. Her research interests are performance measurement, strategy execution, management information system, knowledge management, knowledge management system, decision support system, data science, machine learning, and data mining. She was once involved in several research projects and publications, national (cooperation with UIN Jakarta; UIN Bandung; UIN Malang; UGM) and international (cooperation with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor Bahru Malaysia; Price of Songkla University-Hat Yai; Universiti Teknologi MARA-Perlis, Malaysia; International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)-Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, University De Haute-Alsace-France; Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden (OTH-AW)-German; University of Antwerp-Belgium; and Sheffield Hallam University) under grant from UIN Suska Riau, Indonesia Islamic Higher Education Minister, and Bank Indonesia. She reviewed several local and international journals and conferences and invited speakers in many occasions. She was awarded two silvers and one bronze medal during the paper presentation and exhibition at the 2nd International Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand Symposium on Innovation and Creativity 2018. Currently, she is a professor in the informatics Engineering Department in UIN Suska Riau, and she is a life member of the Association Higher Education Informatics and Computers (Aptikom) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Professor Wadii Boulila
Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Wadii Boulila received the B.Eng. degree (1st Class Honours with distinction) in computer science from the Aviation School of Borj El Amri, in 2005, the MSc. degree in computer science from the National School of Computer Science (ENSI), University of Manouba, Tunisia, in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science conjointly from the ENSI and Telecom-Bretagne, University of Rennes 1, France, in 2012. He is currently an associate professor of computer science with Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia. He is also a senior researcher with the RIOTU Laboratory, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia, a senior researcher with RIADI Laboratory, University of Manouba, and previously a Senior Research Fellow with the ITI Department, University of Rennes 1, France. Wadii received the award of the young researcher in computer science in Tunisia for the year 2021 from Beit El-Hikma and the award of best researcher from the University of Manouba in Tunisia for the year 2021. He participated in many research and industrial-funded projects. His primary research interests include data science, big data analytics, deep learning, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, uncertainty modeling, and image analysis and interpretation. He has served as the chair, a reviewer, and a TPC member for many leading international conferences and journals. His work has gained global recognition, and he has been nominated as one of the top 2% of scientists in his field by Stanford University. Wadii Boulila is an IEEE Senior member, an ACM member, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), U.K.
Professor Mamoun Alazab
Discipline Chair, Information Technology, Director, NT Academic Centre for Cyber Security and Innovation (ACCI), Faculty of Science and Technology
Charles Darwin University, NT 0810, Australia
Professor Mamoun Alazab is a full Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, at Charles Darwin University (CDU), Australia. He is inaugural director of the NT Academic Centre for Cyber Security and Innovation (ACCI) at CDU. Currently, he is the Discipline Chair for Information Technology at CDU. He is the Founding Chair of the IEEE Northern Territory (NT) Subsection. He is a cyber security researcher and practitioner with industry and academic experience. His research is multidisciplinary and focuses on cyber security, data analytics and digital forensics with a focus on cybercrime detection and prevention. He looks at the intersection use of AI as an essential tool for security and privacy, for example, authorship attribution, access control systems, detecting attacks, crime investigation, analyzing malicious code, or uncovering vulnerabilities in software. He received several awards including: the NT Young Tall Poppy of the year (2021) from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS), it recognises his excellence in research as well as enthusiasm for communicating science beyond the walls of the laboratory. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellowship (2015) through his nomination from the Australian Academy of Science, IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award (2020) and (2021), the CDU Exceptional Researcher Award in (2020) and (2021). He ranked in the top 1% highly cited researchers and 0.1% influential researchers in the Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher list for 2022. Mamoun has written government publications on cybercrime. He devoted considerable time to communicating his research with members of the public, technical, non- technical and policymakers through publications in non-academic outlets. He has served as the program committee member in many national and international conferences. This year, he co-organised the “Tackling Disruptive Technology in the Era of Digital Transformation” conference that took part in Seoul, South Korea in April. He has published more than 300 research papers in journals and conference proceedings.
Professor Abdulqader M. Mohsen
University of Aden (UA), Aden, Yemen
He has a Ph.D. in Computer Sciences, from the School of computer sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia, February 2011. M.Sc. in Computer Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology (UST), Sana’a, Yemen, 2006. B.Sc. in Computer Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Sana’a, Yemen, 1999.
In April 2011, he joined the Computer Science Department, UST, as a full-time Assistant Prof. He is currently the Dean of the Arab Academy for Banking, Financial and Administration Sciences, Yemen Since 2021 until the date. He is also an Associate Professor of Computer Science at University of Aden, Yemen.
Previously, he was the dean of the Faculty of Computing & IT, UST, Yemen, from 2013 to 2021. He was the Head of the Computer Science Department, UST, Yemen, from 9/2011 to 12/2012. In addition, he was a part-time Assistant Professor at the Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences (AABFS) and University Malaysia (OUM), Yemen from 1/2012 to date. Currently, he is a member of the Steering Committee of the ACIT conference and an editorial board member of many journals and conferences. He has published about 40 journals and conferences and papers. He was the main supervisor on more than 10 master theses and a co-supervisor on 4 Ph.D. students. His research and teaching interests and activities are in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (Computational Intelligence), Optimization, Bioinformatics, Data Mining, approximate (metaheuristic Algorithms), and Information Systems. In addition, he is an IEEE senior member and the chair and one of the founders of the IEEE Yemen Subsection.