Dr Mohi Ahmed is a Senior Lecturer of Computing and Security discipline in the School of Science. Mohi has been serving in academic leadership roles as both an undergraduate and postgraduate course coordinator, in addition to actively participating in national and international showcases.
Current Teaching
- Malware Analysis
- Enterprise Security & Governance
Current Coordination
- J99 Graduate Certificate of Cyber Security
- J98 Graduate Diploma of Cyber Security
- J97 Master of Cyber Security
Background
Dr 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 (newspaper, 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 have been listed in the world's Top 2% of scientists by Stanford University.
Professional Memberships
- 2022 - Journal of Cyber Security Technology (Associate Editor)
- 2021 - Association of Computing Machinery, ACM (Distinguished Speaker)
- 2021 - National Security Hub, University of Canberra (Affiliate Member)
- 2020 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE (Senior Member)
- 2020 - Australian Computer Society, ACS (Certified Professional)
- 2019 - Australian Information Security Association, AISA (Member)
- 2018 - Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK (Editorial Advisory Board Member)
- 2017 - International Journal of Computers and Applications (Associate Editor)
Awards and Recognition
National and International Awards
- 2023 - AISA Awards Finalist: Cyber Security Researcher of the Year
- 2023 - Best Paper Award at 12th International Conference on Health Information Science
- 2022 - ECU Honour Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Media
- 2020 - Business Events Perth Aspire Award
- 2021 - ECU Media Star Award for Most Widely Read CONVERSATION Article
- 2021 - Best Paper Award at 14th EAI International Wireless Internet Conference
- 2016 - UNSW Canberra PhD Thesis Writing Fellowship
- 2015 - UNSW Canberra High Impact Research Publications Award
- 2012 - UNSW Canberra University International Postgraduate Award
University and National Teaching Awards
- 2018 – CIT Cyber Teaching Team Nomination for Staff Achievement Award
National and International Research Positions
- 2019 – Present, Grant Reviewer & Thesis Examiner
- Canadian Discovery Grant (NSERC)
- Qatar National Research Fund (QRNF)
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- National and International Universities
Research Areas and Interests
- Cyber Governance
- Data Analytics
- Offensive Security
- Ransomware Resilience