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Research Interests

Big Data mining: Cloud-based mining of Big Data, Big Data analytics for healthcare, healthcare decision support systems and data mining and machine learning applications. Data Stream mining: Data stream classification and clustering, coping with concept-drift in data streams, classification and novel class detection in concept-drifting data streams, text stream classification, classification and clustering of data streams with dynamic feature space, active mining of data streams, and semi-supervised learning in data streams. Cyber Security: malware and intrusion detection using data mining, network security solutions with data mining.

Books

Big Data Analytics with Applications in Insider Threat Detection

Big Data Analytics with Applications in Insider Threat Detection
Bhavani Thuraisingham, Pallabi Parveen, Mohammad Mehedy Masud, Latifur Khan. CRC Press.
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Data Mining Tools for Malware Detection

Data Mining Tools for Malware Detection
Mehedy Masud, Latifur Khan, Bhavani Thuraisingham. CRC Press.
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Patent

Systems and Methods for Detecting a Novel Data Class
Mohammad Mehedy Masud, Latifur Rahman Khan, Bhavani Marienne Thuraisingham, Qing Chen, Jing Gao, Jiawei Han. US Patent number 9,165,051, Approved – Sep 2015.

Research Grants

  • [G18] AED 400,000 – (UAEU-ADU, External grant), PI, "A Robust and Efficient Framework for Privacy-preserving Federated Learning". Awarded Dec 2023. (running)
  • [G17] AED 40,000 – (SDG Research, Internal grant), PI, "An Artificial Intelligence based Early Warning System for Water-stress Effects Management using Heterogenous Environmental Data". Awarded Dec 2023. (running)
  • [G16] AED 32,000 – (SURE+ Research, Internal grant), PI, "Social Media Misinformation Propagation and Detection". Awarded May 2023. (completed)
  • [G15] AED 32,000 – (SDG Research, Internal grant), PI, "Quality Education with Key Concept Mining from Multimedia Lecture Content using Artificial Intelligence". Awarded Dec 2022. (completed)
  • [G14] AED 46,000 – (SURE+ Internal grant), PI, "Deepfake: Making and Breaking". Awarded May 2022. (completed)
  • [G13] BDT 1,290,000 – (External grant, Overseas funding agency), Co-PI, "Blood Glucose Prediction from Daily Food Intake and Activities". Institute of Advanced Research grant, United International University Bangladesh. Awarded August 2021. (completed)
  • [G12] AED 600,000 – (UPAR) Co-PI, "Edge AI and Blockchain to support smart cities operations and secure data storage and sharing." UPAR grant. Awarded Jan 2021 (running)
  • [G11] AED 491,000 – (External grant, Zayed University Research Cluster Award), Co-PI, "Blockchain-Based Collaborative Intrusion Detection Systems and Trust Management for Industrial IoT". Duration 3 years, awarded December 2020. (running)
  • [G10] AED 3,200,000 – (UAEU internal collaboration grant) PI, "Application of Artificial Intelligence in Data Quality Management and Clinical Decision Support in the Mutaba’ah: Mother and Child Health Study". Duration 4 years, awarded March 2020. (running)
  • [G9] BDT 1,700,000 – (External grant, overseas funding agency) Co-PI, “Smart emergency warning system for cardiovascular patients”. ICT Innovation grant by Bangladesh Government. Awarded Mar 2019. (completed)
  • [G8] AED 65,000 – (SURE+ Internal grant), PI, "Study and development of a deep learning model for enhancing clinical predictions using deep autoencoding and ensemble construction". Awarded May 2018 (completed)
  • [G7] AED 200,000 – (External grant, UAE Dept. of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) Research Excellence Award) PI, “Continuous anywhere monitoring and emergency medical warning system”. Awarded December 2017 (completed)
  • [G6] AED 25,000 – (UAEU external research collaboration grant) PI, Awarded grant covers visit to a collaborator at a top 100 ranked University. Awarded May 2018. (completed)
  • [G5] AED 70,000 – (UAEU Space Center Grant) PI, “Educational app development for raising awareness in space science”. Awarded September 2017 (completed)
  • [G4] AED 395,000 – (UAEU Startup Grant) Co-PI, “Privacy protection of biomedical data in the cloud”. UAEU startup grant, Awarded January 2014 (completed)
  • [G3] AED 498,000 – (UAEU Interdisciplinary Grant, externally evaluated) PI, “Building the Foundation of an Intelligent Healthcare Information System for UAE”. Awarded January 2015 (completed)
  • [G2] AED 320,000 – (UAEU-NRF grant, externally evaluated) PI, “Biometrics based highly Secured Networks (Bio-Networks)”. Awarded February 2013 (completed)
  • [G1] AED 2,728,948 – (External grant, funded by ICT funding agency, UAE) Co-PI, “Health Monitoring System for Modeling Individual Exposure to Environmental Triggers of Asthma Episodes in the United Arab Emirates”. Project was in collaboration with the College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS) and several US Universities. Awarded July 2014 (completed)

Total Grant Value: Approx. AED 8,000,000 (~USD 2.17 million)

Publications