Speakers

Marwan Omar, Ph.D.

Dr. Omar's Academic career has consistently focused on applied, industry-relevant cyber security, Data Analytics, machine learning, application of AI to cyber security and digital forensics research and education that delivers real-world results. He brings a unique combination of industry experience as well as teaching experience gained from teaching across different cultures and parts of the world. He has an established self-supporting program in machine learning application to cyber security. He has established a respectable research record in AI and cyber security exemplified in the dozens of published papers and book chapters that have gained recognition among researchers and practitioners (more than 272 Google scholar citations thus far). He is actively involved in graduate as well as undergraduate machine learning education including curriculum development and assessment.

Dr. Omar has recently published two books with Springer on Machine Learning and Cyber Security and has also published research with IEEE conference on Sematic Computing. Additionally, Dr. Omar holds numerous industry certifications including Comptia Sec+, ISACA CDPSE, EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker, and SANS Advanced Smartphone Forensics Analyst.

Title of Speech: Cloud Computing Security

Sharidya Rahman, Ph.D.

Sharidya Rahman is a Research Fellow in the group of Prof Jacek Jasieniak at Monash University, Australia. He got his PhD from Australian National University in 2023. He has strong background on Optical Characterization and Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials focusing on a broad spectrum of Two-dimensional Layered materials and their heterostructures for Optoelectronic device applications. His current interest lies in investigating, characterizing and understanding light-matter interaction in novel perovskite heterostructure materials, Thin Films, Colloidal Quantum Dots, 2D materials and Heterostructures for their applications in multifarious nano-devices.

Title of Speech: Phonon Dynamics and Interlayer Excitons in Twisted Two-Dimensional Moiré Heterostructures

Javier Cifuentes-Faura, Ph.D.

Javier Cifuentes-Faura works in the Department of Financial Economics and Accounting at the University of Murcia (Spain). His lines of research include those related to public administration and economics, transparency, government, sustainability and green economics. He has published in more than 100 JCR impact journals, such as Public Performance & Management Review, Renewable Energy, Resources Policy, Local Government Studies, Economic Analysis and Policy or Journal of Policy Modeling. He is associate editor of several SSCI journals. He has participated in several international conferences, being invited to some of them as keynote speaker. He has been included in the prestigious Stanford University rankings as one of the 2% most influential researchers in the world in 2022.

Title of Speech: Big Data, Sustainable Development Goals and Mathematical Techniques