Emerging ICT Technologies and Cybersecurity (PDF)

Kutub Thakur, Ph.D., is Director of the NJCU Center for Cybersecurity, Assistant Professor, and Director of the Cybersecurity Program at New Jersey City University. He worked for various private and public entities such as the United Nations, New York University, Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital, ConEdison, City University of New York, and Metropolitan Transport Authority. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science with a specialization in cybersecurity from Pace University, New York, M.S. in Engineering Electrical and Computer Control systems from the University of Wisconsin, B.S. and A.A.S. in Computer Systems Technology from the City University of New York (CUNY). He reviewed for many prestigious journals and published several papers in reputable journals and conferences. His research interests include digital forensics, network security, machine learning, IoT security, privacy, and user behavior. Dr. Thakur is currently serving as Program Chair for many conferences and workshops. He is also currently supervising many graduate and doctoral students for their theses, proposals, and dissertations in the field of cybersecurity.

Al-Sakib Khan Pathan is Professor at the CSE department, United International University (UIU), Bangladesh. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering in 2009 from Kyung Hee University, South Korea, and his B.Sc. in Computer Science and Information Technology from the Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh, in 2003. In his academic career so far, he worked as Faculty Member in the CSE Department at the Independent University, Bangladesh (2020-2021), Southeast University, Bangladesh (2015-2020), Computer Science Department, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia, during 2010-2015; at BRACU, Bangladesh, during 2009-2010; and at NSU, Bangladesh, during 2004-2005. He has served as General Chair, Organizing Committee Member, and Technical Program Committee Member in numerous international