Dr. Saed Al Rabaee

Associate Professor of Information Systems and Security

Associate Professor at the department of Information systems and security and Director of the center for excellence in teaching and learning at UAE University.

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About Me

Professional Background

Saed Alrabaee works at the department of information System and Security, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE. Saed is also a Permanent Research Scientist with the Security Research Center, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Concordia University. Prior to joining UAEU, he was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Computer Science, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA.

During his PhD with Prof. Mourad Debbabi and Prof. Lingyu Wang, he was a member of software fingerprinting and malware analysis project. This project was part of a major research partnership between NSERC, Google and the Computer Security Laboratory (CSL) of the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), Concordia University.

Education

Ph.D. Information and System Engineering Program with Distinction

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

M.S. in Applied Science - Electrical & Computer Engineering

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

B.S. in Engineering – Electrical & Computer Engineer

Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan

What's New

The Digital Forensics Research Conference Europe (DFRWS EU 2026), Linköping, Sweden, March 24 -27, 2026.
The 2025 International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS 2025), Nanjing, China, October 29 – 30, 2025.

[07/2025] The paper on a student-centered model of metaverse classroom adoption in low-income contexts is accepted by Cogent Education.
[07/2025] The paper on detection of Tor network obfuscated traffic using Bidirectional generative adversarial network is accepted by Computer Networks Journal. Congrats Ban.
[06/2025] A survey paper on revolutionizing healthcare data analytics with federated learning is accepted by Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal.
[06/2025] Dr. Saed received the College Excellence in Scholarship Award.
[05/2025] Dr. Saed received the University Merit Allowance Award.
[04/2025] The paper on Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in the Implementation of AI-Driven Educational Technologies is accepted by IEEE EDUCON 2025. Congrats Muhsina, Meera, and Nisha.
[03/2025] The paper on enhancing federated feature selection is accepted by IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. Congrats Nisha.

Research

Research Interest

His research interest is focused on Computer Security with an emphasis on program analysis and trusted computing (particularly trusted execution environment), and their applications to (1) vulnerability discovery in (IoT) firmware or software; (2) malware reverse engineering, and binary code; (3) Cybersecurity for education.

Professional Activities

A panelist of the panel discussion “AI-Powered Education: Innovating R&D, Developing Talent, Transforming Curriculums, and Reshaping Recruitment” at the event of “Dubai AI Festival AI in Education x Youth Majlis” Dubai, UAE, April 24, 2025.
A panelist of the panel discussion “from input to outcome-based system; The role of Teaching and Learning” at “the 3rd Annual Conference on Best Practices in Teaching and Learning” Dubai, UAE, April 14, 2025.
A panelist at the event of “Reimaging Education: Leadership, innovation, and evolving practices in the era of unprecedented technological advancement”. Arab Consortium for Teaching and Learning Centers. November 28, 2024.
Keynote Speaker, the 7th International Conference on Signal Processing & Information Security. ICSPIS 2024. UAE, November 12-14, 2024.
Invited by the Technology Innovation Institute to deliver a talk “Binary Code Fingerprinting for Cybersecurity: Application to Malicious Code Fingerprinting” as part of the AIDRC Seminar Series. February 14, 2023.

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), 2025~
Deputy Editor, IET Information Security, 2023~
Associate Editor, IET Information Security, 2022 – 2023
Associate Editor, Cluster Computing- Springer 2021 – Spring 2023
Guest Editor, Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation 2021

Track co-chair of “Security, Trust, Privacy in AI and IoT” at IEEE Annual Congress on Artificial Intelligence of Things (IEEE AIoT), December 3-5, Osaka, Japan.
Co‐chair the workshop “Security & Privacy for Internet of Drones (IoD Security)” in conjunction with the 21st International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2025). May 12-16, 2025. Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Co‐chair the IEEE International Workshop on Cybersecurity and Resiliency of IoT, 5G, and Beyond (WCyRes) Held in conjunction with the 21st IEEE International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN), 2025. May 9-11, 2025. China
PC Member, The Digital Forensics Research Conference Europe (DFRWS EU 2026), Linköping, Sweden, March 24 -27, 2026.
PC Member, The 2025 International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS 2025), Nanjing, China, October 29 – 30, 2025
PC Member, The 20th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2025). Ghent, Belgium, August 11-14, 2025
Program co-chair: The 18th International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS 2024), Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 20-22, 2024
Program co-chair: 20th EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks. Dubai, UAE, October 28 - 30, 2024

Publications

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Enhancing Federated Feature Selection through Synthetic Data and Zero Trust Integration

Madathil, Nisha Thorakkattu*, Saed Alrabaee, and Abdelkader Nasreddine Belkacem

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 2025 Journal

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Detection of Tor network obfuscated traffic using Bidirectional Generative Adversarial Network

Alomar, Ban, Zouheir Trabelsi, and Saed Alrabaee

Computer Networks 2025 Journal

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Revolutionizing healthcare data analytics with federated learning: A comprehensive survey of applications, systems, and future directions

Madathil, Nisha Thorakkattu*, Fida K. Dankar, Marton Gergely, Abdelkader Nasreddine Belkacem, and Saed Alrabaee

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 2025 Journal

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ViTs as backbones: Leveraging vision transformers for feature extraction

Elharrouss, Omar, Yassine Himeur, Yasir Mahmood, Saed Alrabaee, Abdelmalik Ouamane, Faycal Bensaali, Yassine Bechqito, and Ammar Chouchane

Information Fusion 118 2025 Journal

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Navigating ethical dimensions in the metaverse: Challenges, frameworks, and solutions

Al-Kfairy, Mousa, Saed Alrabaee, Omar Alfandi, Amr Taha Mohamed, and Souheil Khaddaj

IEEE Access.13 2025 Journal

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Intrinsic motivation, future orientation, and financial stress: a student-centered model of metaverse classroom adoption in low-income contexts

Al-Kfairy, Mousa, Omar Alfandi, Saed Alrabaee

Cogent Education 2025 Journal

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Compiler-provenance identification in obfuscated binaries using vision transformers

Khan, Wasif, Saed Alrabaee, Mousa Al-kfairy, Jie Tang, and Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo

Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation 49 2024 Journal

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Strategic cybersecurity

AlDaajeh, Saleh*, and Saed Alrabaee

Computers & Security 141 2024 Journal

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Cybersecurity activities for education and curriculum design: A survey

Ismail, Muhusina*, Nisha Thorakkattu Madathil*, Meera Alalawi*, Saed Alrabaee,Mohammad Al Bataineh, Suhib Melhem, and Djedjiga Mouheb

Computers in Human Behavior Reports 16 2024 Journal

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A comprehensive evaluation of machine learning algorithms for web application attack detection with knowledge graph integration

Ismail, Muhusina*, Saed Alrabaee, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Luqman Ali, and Saad Harous

Mobile Networks and Applications 29, no. 3 2024 Journal

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Network traffic classification: Techniques, datasets, and challenges

Azab, Ahmad, Mahmoud Khasawneh, Saed Alrabaee, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, and Maysa Sarsour

Digital Communications and Networks 10, no. 3 2024 Journal

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Understanding trust drivers of S-commerce

Al-Kfairy, Mousa, Ahmed Shuhaiber, Ayman Wael Al-Khatib, Saed Alrabaee, and Souheil Khaddaj

Heliyon 10,no. 1 2024 Journal

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A deep learning approach to discover router firmware vulnerabilities

Abu-Mahfouz, Amjad*, Saed Alrabaee, Mahmoud Khasawneh, Marton Gergely, and Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 20, no. 1 2023 Journal

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COVID-19 pandemic and the cyberthreat landscape: Research challenges and opportunities

Saleous, Heba*, Muhusina Ismail*, Saleh H. AlDaajeh*, Nisha Madathil*, Saed Alrabaee, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, and Nabeel Al-Qirim

Digital communications and networks 9, no. 1 2023 Journal

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Efficient resource management of micro-services in VANETs

Taha, Mohammad Bany, Saed Alrabaee, and Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 24, no. 7 2023 Journal

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Social commerce adoption model based on usability, perceived risks, and institutional trust

Al-Kfairy, Mousa, Ahmed Shuhaiber, Ayman W. Al-Khatib, and Saed Alrabaee

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 71 2023 Journal

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A proposed artificial intelligence model for android-malware detection

Taher, Fatma, Omar Al Fandi, Mousa Al Kfairy, Hussam Al Hamadi, and Saed Alrabaee

In Informatics, vol. 10, no. 3, p. 67 2023 Journal

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Convergence of IoT and cognitive radio networks: a survey of applications, techniques, and challenges

Khasawneh, Mahmoud, Ahmad Azab, Saed Alrabaee, Heba Sakkal, and Hossameldein Hussein Bakhit

IEEE Access 11 2023 Journal

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DroidDetectMW: a hybrid intelligent model for android malware detection

Taher, Fatma, Omar AlFandi, Mousa Al-kfairy, Hussam Al Hamadi, and Saed Alrabaee

Applied Sciences 13, no. 13 2023 Journal

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A survey of binary code fingerprinting approaches: taxonomy, methodologies, and features

Saed Alrabaee, Mourad Debbabi, and Lingyu Wang

ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) 55, no. 1 2022 Journal

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A stratified approach to function fingerprinting in program binaries using diverse features

Saed Alrabaee

Expert Systems with Applications 193 2022 Journal

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The role of national cybersecurity strategies on the improvement of cybersecurity education

AlDaajeh, Saleh*, Heba Saleous*, Saed Alrabaee, Ezedin Barka, Frank Breitinger, and Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo

Computers & Security 119 2022 Journal

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A multi-objective approach based on differential evolution and deep learning algorithms for VANETs

Taha, Mohammad Bany, Chamseddine Talhi, Hakima Ould-Slimane, Saed Alrabaee, and Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 72, no. 3 2022 Journal

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The good, the bad, and the ugly about insta shopping: a qualitative study

Shuhaiber, Ahmed, Mousa Al-Kfairy, and Saed Alrabaee

IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems 10, no. 5 2022 Journal

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TD‐PSO: task distribution approach based on particle swarm optimization for vehicular ad hoc network

Bany Taha, Mohammad, Chamseddine Talhi, Hakima Ould‐Slimane, and Saed Alrabaee

Transactions on emerging telecommunications technologies 33, no. 3 2022 Journal

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CPA: Accurate crossplatform binary authorship characterization using LDA

Saed Alrabaee, Mourad Debbabi, and Lingyu Wang

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 15 2020 Journal

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Decoupling coding habits from functionality for effective binary authorship attribution

Saed Alrabaee, Paria Shirani, Lingyu Wang, Mourad Debbabi, and Aiman Hanna

Journal of Computer Security 27, no. 6 2019 Journal

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On the feasibility of binary authorship characterization

Saed Alrabaee, Mourad Debbabi, and Lingyu Wang

Digital Investigation 28 2019 Journal

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Fossil: a resilient and efficient system for identifying foss functions in malware binaries

Saed Alrabaee, Paria Shirani, Lingyu Wang, and Mourad Debbab

ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (TOPS) 21, no. 2 2019 Journal

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Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in the Implementation of AI-Driven Educational Technologies

Ismail, Muhusina*, Nisha Thorakkattu Madathil*, Meera Alalawi*, Shamma Alalawi*, and Saed Alrabaee

IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), pp. 1-5 2025 Conference

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Digital Transformation of Education: An Integrated Framework for Metaverse, Blockchain, and AI-Driven Learning

Al-Kfairy, Mousa, Omar Alfandi, Ravi S. Sharma, and Saed Alrabaee

17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU, pp. 865-873 2025 Conference

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Using AI to Detect Android Malware Families

Saed Alrabaee, Mousa Al-Kfairy, Mohammad Bany Taha, Omar Alfandi, Fatma Taher, and Ahmed Hashem El Fiky

20th International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN), pp. 1-8. IEEE 2024 Conference

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Revisiting Binary Code Authorship Analysis

Saed Alrabaee, Mousa Al-kfairy, Mohammad Bany Taha, Omar Alfandi, Fatma Taher, and Jie Tang

International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS), pp. 428-449 2024 Conference

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A Comparative Study on Source Code Attribution Using AI: Datasets, Features, and Techniques

Alalawi, Shamma*, Saed Alrabaee, Khan, Wasif, Al-Azzoni, Issam, Mohan Ambali Parambil, Medha

EAI SecureComm 2024. Accepted 2024 Conference

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Harnessing the Power of Quantum Computing for URL Classification: A Comprehensive Study

Qayyum, Tariq, Tariq, Asadullah, Saed Alrabaee, Trabelsi, Zouheir , Farag, Farag; Serhani, Mohamed Adel

EAI SecureComm 2024. Accepted 2024 Conference

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Ethical pathways in VR and the Metaverse: Frameworks for responsible innovation

Al-Kfairy, Mousa, Saed Alrabaee, and Omar Alfandi

2nd International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications (iMETA), pp. 009-017. IEEE 2024 Conference

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From challenges to future directions: A metaverse analysis

Al Falahi, Alanoud*, Hind Alnuaimi*, Mouza Alqaydi*, Nada Al Shateri*, Shamma Al Ameri*, Mohammad Qbea'h, and Saed Alrabaee

2nd International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications (iMETA), pp. 34-43. IEEE 2024 Conference

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Empowering Future Cyber Defenders: Advancing Cybersecurity Education in Engineering and Computing with Experiential Learning

Ismail, Muhusina*, and Saed Alrabaee

IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), pp.1-9 2024 Conference

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Evaluating and boosting cybersecurity awareness with an AI-integrated mobile app

Alalawi, Meera*, Nisha Thorakkattu Madathil*, Simon Kebede Darota*, Winner Abula*, Saed Alrabaee, and Suhib Bani Melhem

IEEE frontiers in education conference (FIE), pp. 1-9 2024 Conference

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AI Techniques for Software Vulnerability Detection and Mitigation

Khater, Heba M., Mohamad Khayat, Saed Alrabaee, Mohamed Adel Serhani, Ezedin Barka, and Farag Sallabi

IEEE Conference on Dependable and Secure Computing (DSC), pp. 1-10 2023 Conference

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Empirical Evaluations of Machine Learning Effectiveness in Detecting Web Application Attacks

Ismail, Muhusina*, Saed Alrabaee, Saad Harous, and Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo

International Conference on Future Access Enablers of Ubiquitous and Intelligent Infrastructures, pp. 99-116. Cham: Springer NatureSwitzerland 2023 Conference

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An efficient strategy for deploying deception technology

Alhosani, Noora*, Saed Alrabaee, and Ahmed Al Faresi

International Conference on Future AccessEnablers of Ubiquitous and Intelligent Infrastructures, pp. 177-194. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland 2023 Conference

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SES: Smart Education System

Alyammahi, Wadha*, and Saed Alrabaee

International Conference on Computer and Applications (ICCA), pp. 1-4.IEEE 2023 Conference

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Investigating online searching behavior based on Google Trends in MENA Region before and after COVID-19

Belkacem, Abdelkader Nasreddine, Nuraini Jamil, and Saed Alrabaee

IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), pp. 1-7 2023 Conference

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Pess: Progress enhancing student support

Madathil, Nisha Thorakkattu*, Winner Abula*, Shooq Alaboolan*, Maryam Almadhaani*, and Saed Alrabaee

International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications andNetworking (SmartNets), pp. 1-6. IEEE 2023 Conference

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AI in education: Improving quality for both centralized and decentralized frameworks

Madathil, Nisha Thorakkattu*, Saed Alrabaee, Mousa Al-Kfairy, Rafat Damseh, and Abdelkader N. Belkacem

IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), pp. 1-6 2023 Conference

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Efforts and suggestions for improving cybersecurity education

Saed Alrabaee, Mousa Al-Kfairy, and Ezedin Barka

IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), pp. 1161-1168 2022 Conference

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Diverse approaches have been presented to mitigate sql injection attack, but it is still alive: a review

Qbea'h, Mohammad, Saed Alrabaee, Mohammad Alshraideh, and Khair Eddin Sabri

International Conference on Computer and Applications (ICCA), pp. 1-5. IEEE 2022 Conference

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Safe: cryptographic algorithms and security principles gamification

Al Kaabi, Latifa*, Wadha Al Ketbi*, Aysha Al Khoori*, Maitha Al Shamsi*, and Saed Alrabaee

IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), pp. 1169-1178 2022 Conference

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Bindeep: Binary to source code matching using deep learning

Saed Alrabaee, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Mohammad Qbea'h, Mahmoud Khasawneh

IEEE 20th International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom),Pages: 1100-1107 2021 Conference

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Boosting students and teachers cybersecurity awareness during COVID-19 pandemic

Saed Alrabaee, Raed Manna

IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Pages 726-731 2021 Conference

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Applied comparative evaluation of the metasploit evasion module

Peter Casey, Mateusz Topor, Emily Hennessy, Saed Alrabaee, Moayad Aloqaily, Azzedine Boukerche

IEEE symposium on computers and communications (ISCC), Pages:1-6 2021 Conference

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BinEye: Towards Efficient Binary Authorship Characterization Using Deep Learning

Saed Alrabaee, ElMouatez Billah Karbab, Lingyu Wang, Mourad Debbabi

24th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS, Pages: 47-67. 2021 Conference

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On leveraging coding habits for effective binary authorship attribution

Saed Alrabaee, Paria Shirani, Lingyu Wang, Mourad Debbabi, Aiman Hanna

23rd European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS Pages 26-47. 2021 Conference

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Classroom Teaching

United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Advanced Sys. & Data Security (ISEC 755) (PhD level)
Special Topic in Information security (SECB 797) (PhD level)
Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure (SECB 704) (PhD level)
Comp Crime and Forensics (SECB 628) (Master level)
Digital Forensics (ISEC 412)
Secure Software Design and Engineering (ISEC 323)
Risk Analysis and Management (ISEC 421)
Security Principles and Mechanisms, (ITPB 301)
Security Principles and Mechanisms, (ITPB 301)

Concordia University (Tutorial Leader), Canada

Mathematics for Computer Science, (COMP 232)
Probability and Statistics for Computer Science, (COMP 233)
Middleware and Application Security, (INSE 6140)
Cybercrime Investigation, (INSE 6610)
Object-Oriented Programming I, (COMP 248)
Operating Systems Security, (INSE 6130)
Probability and Statistics in Engineering, (ENGR 371)
Introduction to Discrete Mathematics, (COEN 231)
Real-Time and Multimedia Communication over Internet, (ELEC 6181)
Advance Telecommunication Networks, (ELEC 472)
Microprocessor Systems, (COEN 317)

University of New Haven, US

Discrete Mathematics for Computing, (CSCI 1166)
Introduction to Computer Security, (CSCI6646)
Databases, (CSCI 2215)

York University, Canada

Malware Analysis, (EECS 4484)
Computer Security Laboratory, (EECS 4481)

Students

Current Ph.D. Students

Muhusina Ismail
Meera Alalawi

Current M.A.Sc Students

Wadha Alyammahi

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Wasif Khan :Currently working as Postdoctoral Associate at University of Florida

Former Ph.D. Students

Saleh Suleman Ad'ajeh :Currently working as Sr. Consultant Cybersecurity- Quality Assurance at Institute of Applied Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Nisha Thorakkattu Madathil: Currently working as a visiting assistant professor at College of IT, UAE University

Former M.A.Sc Students

Noora Alhosani: Currently working as Data and Information System Security Officer at Department of Government Enablement, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Meera Alalawi: First job: Ph.D. student, UAE University.
Shamma Alalawi: First job: Ph.D. student, UAE University.
Fatima AlSaedi: Currently working as a Senior Associate Researcher at Digital Science Research Centre at Technology Innovation Institute (TII), Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Nura Hamed: Currently working as an Instructor at Al Ain University (AAU), UAE.

Undergraduate Students

UAE University: Aysha Al Khoori, Latifa Al Kaabi, Maitha Al Shamsi, Wadha Al Ketbi, Aamna Alsuwaidi, Amna Hassan, Fatema Alkhatri, Hana Ali, Eiman Al Neyadi, Shaima Al Shehhi, Ameera Al Shehhi, Noora Al Hashimi.
York University: Amjad Abu-Mahfouz.
University of New Heaven: Peter Casey, Mateusz Topor, Emily Hennessy.

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Email

salrabaee@uaeu.ac.ae

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Phone

+(971) 3 716 798

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Office

Room 0005, G2 Building - Student Village
United Arab Emirates University
Sheik Khalifa Bin Zayed St, Asharij, Shiebat Al Oud
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates