Roles-CV

A list of roles (research and scholar) I held as an academic.


Positions Held


  • Visiting Lecturer, at the National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan, (04/2023 - 03/2024)
  • Lecturer in Computer Science, Flying Faculty at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K., (09/2022 - Present)
  • Visiting Researcher, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researchers Standard Pathway, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan, N.I.I., (10/2021 - 07/2022)
  • Senior Lecturer in Computer Forensics and Security, University of the West of England, UWE, Bristol, U.K., (09/2016 - 08/2022)
  • Visiting Researcher, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researchers Short-Term Pathway National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan, N.I.I., (03/2017 - 08/2017)
  • Research Associate, University College London, UCL, London, U.K., (03/2016 - 08/2016)
  • Cyber Security Research Expert, Enhanced Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), De Montfort University (DMU) and Airbus, DMU, Leicester, U.K., (11/2015 - 01/2016)
  • Research Assistant, University of Bristol, UoB, Bristol, U.K., (01/2012 - 06/2015)


Professional


  • Higher Education Academy SFHEA, Senior Fellow, (2022 - Present)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE, Member, (2015 - Present)
  • Association for Computing Machinery ACM, Member, (2021 - Present)
  • Internet Society ISOC, Member, (2016 - Present)
  • Global Information Assurance Certification - Advanced Smartphone Forensics GIAC-GASF (ANSI ISO/IEC 17024:2012), (2020 - Present)
  • Global Information Assurance Certification - Certified Forensic Examiner GIAC-GCFE (ANSI ISO/IEC 17024:2012), (2021 - Present)
  • Higher Education Academy FHEA, Fellow, (2018 - 2022)
  • International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group (WG) 11.12 - IFIP TC 11 Working Group 12 (Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance) ifip11.12, Member, (2021 - Present)


University


  • External Examiner Taught Programmes for Cardiff Metropolitan University, (2021 - Present)
  • UWE Bristol, BSc(Hons) Cyber Security and Digital Forensics CSDF, Programme Leader, (2019 - 2022)
  • Organiser for “Mini DF-Seminars Series”, UWEcyber, UWE Bristol (2019 - 2020).


Doctorate Advisor


  • Andrew McCarthy, UWE Bristol, “Interactive methods for improving trust and reliability against adversarial attacks” (2019 - Present) - Director of Studies: Dr Phil Legg (Now external advisor)
  • Sadegh Bamohabbat Chafjiri, UWE Bristol, “A transferable and AI-enabled software security framework”, link (2022 - 2025) - previously: Director of Studies - now: external advisor.


Esteem and Service


  • ACM Digital Threats: Research and Practice (ACM DTRAP), Associate Editor, (2022 - Present)
  • The 15th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM), ICMSM-2021, Global Equity Chair (2021)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) - Postdoctoral Fellow (2017 and 2021 - 2022)
  • JSPS Alumni Association of the UK and RoI, Member (2017 - Present)
  • The 7th/8th International Conference on Cyber Security, Privacy in Communication Networks (ICCS) 2021/2022, Publication & Technical Chair, (2021/2022)
  • The 4th/5th International Conference on Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy and Trust, HAS 2016/2017 - HCII 2016/2017, Board Member, 2016, 2017
  • Expert Fellow of the “Security, Privacy, Identity and Trust Engagement NetworkPlus” SPRITE+, (2021 - Present)
  • The Internet of Things Council, IoT Council, (2020 - Present)
  • Programme Committee Member/Reviewer for: ACM WebSci, AAAI ICSMW, STAST (ESORICS), SocInfo, ACM Eurosys, ACM Digital Threats: Research and Practice, Elsevier’s: Journal of Information Security and Applications, Information Fusion, Computers and Security, Telematics and Informatics, Information Fusion, Future Generation Computer Systems, IEEE’s Internet of Things Journal, Springer’s International Journal of Information Security, and more.


Awards – Scholarships – Internships



Detailed CV