Blockchain for Cybersecurity in Cyber-physical Systems

Prof. Mamoun Alazab is the Associate Professor in the College of Engineering, IT and Environment at Charles Darwin University, Australia. He received his PhD degree is in Computer Science from the Federation University of Australia, School of Science, Information Technology and Engineering. He is a cybersecurity researcher and practitioner with industry and academic experience. Dr Alazab’s research is multidisciplinary that focuses on cybersecurity and digital forensics of computer systems including current and emerging issues in the cyber environment like cyber-physical systems and the internet of things, by considering the unique challenges present in these environments, with a focus on cybercrime detection and prevention. He looks into the intersection of machine learning as an essential tool for cybersecurity, for example, for detecting attacks,analyzing malicious code or uncovering vulnerabilities in software.  He has more than 100 research papers. He is the recipient of a short fellowship from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) based on his nomination from the Australian Academy of Science. He delivered many invited and keynote speeches, 27 events in 2019 alone. He convened and chaired more than 50 conferences and workshops. He is the founding chair of the IEEE Northern Territory Subsection: (Feb 2019 – current). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Cybersecurity Academic Ambassador for Oman's Information Technology Authority (ITA), Member of the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Security and Privacy (TCSP). He has worked closely with government and industry on many projects, including IBM, Trend Micro, the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Westpac, UNODC, and the Attorney General’s Department.

Prof.Imed Romdhani is a full-time Associate Professor in networking at Edinburgh Napier University since June 2005. He was awarded his PhD from the University of Technology of Compiegne (UTC), France in May 2005. He also holds engineering and a Master degree in networking obtained respectively in 1998 and 2001 from the National School of Computing (ENSI, Tunisia) and Louis Pasteur University (ULP, France). He worked extensively with Motorola Research Labs in Paris and authored 4 patents.