Asi@Connect “Botnet Mitigation Best Practices and System Evaluation Workshop”
Doganalp Ergenc
Doganalp Ergenc is currently a Ph.D. student in the IT-Security and Security Management research group at the University of Hamburg. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer engineering from Middle East Technical University, Turkey in 2016 and 2018, respectively. He has worked as a system and software engineer in various network projects and researched on clustering and routing in wireless ad-hoc networks. His recent research domain is secure and resilient time-sensitive networks.
Mohammed F. R. Anbar
Dr. Mohammed Anbar currently serves a the National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAv6), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), since 2015. He also received his PhD degree in Advanced Internet Security and Monitoring from the same university, and obtained his Master of Science degree in Information Technology from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), His current research interests include Malware Detection, Web Security, Intrusion Detection System (IDS), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Network Monitoring, Internet of Things (IoT), and IPv6 Security. He has graduated two (2) PhD students and is currently supervising 13 others. He has also taught various Computer Science and IT courses for master and undergraduate programs at NAv6 and School of Computer Sciences, USM. taught various Computer Science and IT courses for master and undergraduate programs at NAv6 and School of Computer Sciences, USM.
Dr. Anbar completed two years of postdoctoral fellowship at NAv6 as an R&D researcher in the field of distributed network monitoring. Dr. Anbar has published several book chapters and more than 60 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings in the domain of cybersecurity. He has been reviewing manuscripts for more than 10 journals and served as a committee member of several national and international conferences.
Dr. Anbar is a veteran software developer using various programming language for developing desktop, web-based, and android applications. He has more than 10 years of experience in Java programming language, proving his professionalism by obtaining Proxor certification with rating 2 in 2016. He is also well-versed in many software tools, as used in his research work, such as Wireshark, TCPDUMP/LIBPCAP, Weka, and MATLAB.
Selvakumar Manickam
Dr. Selvakumar Manickam is a senior researcher and software developer and works in the area of Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, and Machine Learning at National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAV6), Universiti Sains Malaysia. He has authored and co-authored almost 150 articles in journals, conference proceedings, and book reviews. He has graduated 9 PhDs, as well as numerous masters and undergraduate students. He has given several keynote speeches, lectures, and workshops at conferences, international universities, and industry events. Most of these talks discuss Internet Security, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, IPv6, Machine Learning, and Open Source technologies. Furthermore, he also lectures in various Computer Science and IT courses which includes development of new courseware in tandem with current technology trends.
Dr. Selva is involved in MyREN (as Working Group head for Internet Security), IPv6 Forum Global (as co-chair for IPv6 Education), and various local and international technical forums. He previously worked with Intel Corporation, Motorola, and a few startups before moving to the academe. Dr. Selva is also still very much involved in industrial projects involving machine learning and data analytics using open source platforms building predominantly using C and Python programming languages. He also has experience building Android mobile applications and web-based applications.
Md. Saiful Islam
Md. Saiful Islam is a professor in the Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT) at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), where he obtained his BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 1989. His MSc in Computer Science and Engineering, on the other hand, was obtained in Shanghai University, China in 1997 while his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree was also obtained in BUET in 2008.
Presently, he is serving as the Director of IICT in BUET. He has designed, coordinated, and implemented various IT projects at national levels and published many articles in peer reviewed research journals. His research interest includes optical network, wireless communication, software engineering, and cyber security. In his long academic career, he has supervised about 40 postgraduate students which results the solution of many real-life problems.
Hossen Asiful Mustafa
Dr. Hossen Asiful Mustafa is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the Institute of Information and Communication Technology at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Dr. Mustafa received his PhD degree from University of South Carolina, USA in 2014.
He has already graduated 7 post-graduate students and is currently supervising more than 20 post-graduate students. Dr. Mustafa also worked in R&D for 5 years and has expertise in systems, security, and software development.
