Education

• PhD, 2015, Engineering Faculty, National University of Malaysia (UKM).
• Meng, 2010, Engineering Faculty, National University of Malaysia (UKM).
• BEng, 2003, Engineering Faculty, University of Aden.

Courses taught: Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems

Research interests: Cybersecurity and applied machine learning

Work experience:

• 2016 – 2024: Senior Lecturer, Universiti Tenaga Nasional – Malaysia
• 2014 – 2015: Research Assistant, University of Malaya – Malaysia
• 2011 – 2012: Analytic Programmer, Al-Madinah International University – Malaysia
• 2003 – 2006: Database Developer, Public Electricity Corporation, Aden – Yemen

Achievements

• Participating in a number of interdisciplinary research projects (as both researcher and developer) across the fields of computer engineering and science, security, healthcare, food science and biomedical engineering, among others.
• Designing and developing a number of database systems for governmental and private sector business.
• Achieving Excellent grades in all high school and academic degrees
• Obtaining a number of certificates from online MOOCs, CEHv8 and ITILv3
• Development Technologies: C, Java, Python, JavaScript, Dart, PHP, SQL
• IEEE member, since Jan. 2013 to present

Sample MOOCs Taken

• Machine Learning, Coursera, Issued Jul 2012
• CEHv8, EC-Council, Issued Dec 2014, Expired Dec 2017
• Introduction to Probability and Data, Coursera, Issued Feb 2019, Credential ID NTV759P4ZE2J
• AI For Everyone, Coursera, Issued May 2019, Credential ID A2T936Z22ALF
• Neural Networks and Deep Learning, Coursera, Issued Jun 2019, Credential ID SFPSR7CVCUXX
• Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization, Coursera, Issued Jul 2019, Credential ID 32SSWWKWXRX8
• Structuring Machine Learning Projects, Coursera, Issued Aug 2019, Credential ID CHM8S6P5GZ54
• Convolutional Neural Networks, Coursera, Issued Sep 2019, Credential ID 7JYW58DUXZGF
• Software Design: Code and Design Smells, LinkedIn, Issued Jun 2021
• Software Testing Foundations: Test Planning, LinkedIn, Issued Sep 2021
• Software Testing Foundations: Test Management, LinkedIn, Issued Sep 2021
• Programming Foundations: Software Testing/QA, LinkedIn, Issued Sep 2021
• React: Creating and Hosting a Full-Stack Site, LinkedIn, Issued Oct 2021
• React Hooks, LinkedIn, Issued Oct 2021
• Statistics Foundations: The Basics, LinkedIn, Issued Dec 2021
• Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, LinkedIn, Issued Mar 2022
• How Blockchains Will Change Business, LinkedIn, Issued Mar 2022
• Building Deep Learning Applications with Keras 2.0, LinkedIn, Issued Mar 2022
• Flutter Essential Training: Build for Multiple Platforms, LinkedIn, Issued Oct 2022
• Clean Code with Dart, LinkedIn, Issued Mar 2023
• Transitioning to a Career in Cybersecurity, LinkedIn, Issued Apr 2023
• Cybersecurity Careers and Certifications, LinkedIn, Issued Apr 2023
• ISO 27001:2013-Compliant Cybersecurity: Getting Started, LinkedIn, Issued May 2023
• Cybersecurity Foundations: Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), LinkedIn, Issued Jun 2023