Mohiuddin Ahmed

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

• Associate Professor in Cyber Security, Adelaide University

Profile Articles Activity

A/Prof. Mohi Ahmed has been educating the next generation of cyber leaders and researching to disrupt the cybercrime ecosystem. His research is based on three pillars: (1) Offensive Security & Ransomware Resilience, (2) Cyber Governance, and (3) Data Analytics. He is driven to ensure national security and safeguard critical infrastructures from cyber terrorists. Mohi secured several external and internal grants worth more than $2 Million and has been collaborating with academia and industry. He has been regularly invited to speak at international conferences, government agencies and public organizations. He regularly appears on national and international media (newspapers, radio and TV), commenting on cyber issues with a global audience reach of more than a billion people. His contributions, as published in The Conversation, have reached over one million readers worldwide. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Distinguished Member of the European Alliance of Innovation and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. He also served as an ACM Distinguished Speaker. ScholarGPS ranked him as a highly ranked lifetime scholar in the speciality of Anomaly Detection and has been listed in the world's Top 2% of scientists by Stanford University. Dr Ahmed is nationally recognised as a 2025 Western Australian Young Tall Poppy, Finalist for 2023 Australian Information Security Association Awards (2023 Cyber Security Researcher of the Year) and Australian AI Awards (2025 Academic of the Year).

Experience

• 2026–present Associate professor, Adelaide University
• 2022–2026 Senior lecturer, Edith Cowan University
• 2019–2022 Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
• 2017–2019 Lecturer, Canberra Institute of Technology

Education

• 2017 Canberra Institute of Technology, Certificate IV in Training & Assessment
• 2016 UNSW Australia, PhD in Computer Science

Grants and Contracts

• 2020 Heterogeneous Anomaly Detection from Network Traffic Streams using Data Summarization Role: Chief Investigator Funding Source: Cyber Security Research Centre Ltd
• 2020 Communications Skill Development Scheme for the Future Cyber Security Leaders Role: Chief Investigator Funding Source: ECU Learning & Teaching Grant
• 2020 Edith Cowan University Aspire Award Role: Winner Funding Source: Business Events Perth
• 2019 Vignette Development for Bachelor of Science (Cyber Security) Unit Role: Chief Investigator Funding Source: School of Science Teaching & Learning Grant
• 2019 Securing Internet of Medical Things against False Data Injection Attacks Using Blockchain Role: Chief Investigator Funding Source: ECU Early Career Researcher Grant
• 2019 MDPI Applied Sciences - False Image Injection Prevention Using iChain Role: Chief Investigator Funding Source: ECU Open Access Funding Support Scheme
• 2019 Developing autonomous solutions for building knowledge graphs to support educational outcomes in Virtuoso Role: Co-Investigator Funding Source: CingleVue Pty Ltd
• 2019 An Investigation of Cyber Attacks on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the era of Internet of Flying Things (IoFT) Role: Chief Investigator Funding Source: ECU School of Science Research Grant

Professional Memberships

• SMIEEE (Senior Member of the IEEE)
• MACS CP (Australian Computer Society Certified Professional)
• MAISA (Member of Australian Information Security Association)

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