AI Applications in Cyber Security and Communication Networks Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Cyber Security, Privacy in Communication Networks (ICCS 2023)

Nishtha Kesswani is an Associate Professor (Data Science & Analytics), Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer (Rajasthan), India. She has received prestigious awards, including the UGC Raman Postdoctoral Fellowship tenable in USA and the Young Teacher Award. She received the M.Tech. degree from the Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT). She has a vivid teaching experience at several reputed universities, including California State University at San Bernardino and the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She has visited more than 15 countries and delivered invited talks at several conferences and workshops.

Chaminda Hewage is a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Computer Science at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK He received a B.Sc. Engineering (First Class Honours Degree) in Electrical and Information Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna (Sri Lanka) in 2004 and a Ph.D. in Multimedia Communications from the University of Surrey (UK) in 2009. He was awarded the Gold Medal for best performance in Engineering (2014) by the University of Ruhuna for his achievements in undergraduate studies at the General Convocation held in 2004. In September 2005 he was awarded the Overseas Research Scholarships (ORS) award by the Higher Education Funding Council of England (Universities UK) to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of Surrey, UK. In 2014, he received a Post-Graduate Certification in HE Teaching and Learning from Kingston University – London. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK.

Dr Liqaa Nawaf is a Senior Lecturer with the School of Technologies, and the Programme Director for MSc Information Technology Management & MSc Technology Project Management. She holds a BSc (Hons), MSc Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. degree in the area of Distributed and Scientific Computing from the School of Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University. She holds a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. She is an expert in networks, artificial intelligence and cyber security. She is particularly interested in understanding how artificial intelligence techniques could be used to support in distributed systems, and the use of these techniques in various application areas.