Shahzad Ahmed Memon - staff profile

Dr Shahzad Memon

Senior Lecturer

Cyber Security and Privacy

Department of Engineering & Computing , School of Architecture Computing and Engineering

I have extensive experience teaching a variety of courses in Computer Sciences / Engineering at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. I have also supervised numerous students in their research projects and actively engaged in research in cybersecurity and its relevant areas.

Qualifications

  • PhD
  • MSc
  • BSc

Areas Of Interest

  • Cyber Physical Systems Security
  • Healthcare Services, Security, and Privacy
  • Smart Infrastructure (Transportation, healthcare, industry) Security
  • Cloud/Edge and Mobile Security
  • Behavioural biometrics
  • Cybersecurity in the age of AI
  • Social media privacy concerns and behaviour analysis.
     
Shahzad Ahmed Memon - staff profile

OVERVIEW

Dr Shahzad Ahmed Memon holds a PhD in Fingerprint Biometrics Sensors Security from Brunel University, London. With over 20 years of experience, he excels in teaching and supervising computer science/engineering courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. 

Dr Memon has experience in supervising more than 150 undergraduate projects, 17 MSc and 12 PhD students and has published research work in peer-reviewed journals and conferences.

PUBLICATIONS

Visit the UEL research repository to view a full list of publications.

Journals

  • Raza, A., Memon, S., Nizamani, M.A., Shah, M.H. (2024). Intrusion detection system for smart industrial environments with ensemble feature selection and deep convolutional neural networks. Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, 39(3), 545-566. https://doi.org/10.32604/iasc.2024.051779
  • Shaikh, Z. A., Khoumbati, K.-U.-R., Memon, S., Dhomeja, L. D., & Dahri, K. (2023). Blockchain-Based Fintech Architecture for Enhanced Interoperability in Health Insurance. The Asian Bulletin of Big Data Management, 3(1). http://abbdm.com/index.php/Journal/article/view/43
  • M Leghari, S Memon, LD Dhomeja, AH Jalbani, AA Chandio (2023). Online Signature Verification Using a Deep Learning Approach. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing: Soft Computing Applications: Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop Soft Computing Applications (SOFA 2020) (pp. 465-476). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23636-5
  • Ali, S. A., Memon, S., Dhomeja, L. D., Djokic, D., & Sahito, F. (2022). Cloud Forensics Framework for Law Enforcement Agencies, Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University, 57(2). http://jsju.org/index.php/journal
  • Ismail, M., Memon, S., Dhomeja, L. D., Shah, S. M., Hussain, D., Rahim, S., & Ali, I. (2021). Development of a regional voice dataset and speaker classification based on machine learning. Journal of Big Data, 8(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40537-021-00435-9
  • Leghari, M., Memon, S., Dhomeja, L. D., Jalbani, A. H., & Chandio, A. A. (2021). Deep Feature Fusion of Fingerprint and Online Signature for Multimodal Biometrics. Computers, 10(2), 21 https://doi.org/10.3390/computers10020021
  • Pirzado, F., Memon, S., Dhomeja, L. D. D., & Ahmed, A. (2021). Keystroke dynamics-based technique to enhance the Security in Smart Devices. KIET Journal of Computing and Information Sciences, 4(1), 57-70. https://doi.org/10.51153/kjcis.v4i1.61
  • Awan, J., Memon, S., Sha,h A. Pathan, K T. (2020), Proposed Framework of Smart Transportation in Pakistan: Issues, Challenges, Vulnerabilities, and Solutions, International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism,10(4)-pp-49-63. DOI: 10.4018/IJCWT.2020100104
  • Leghari, M., Dhomeja, L., & Memon, S. (2020). “User Control Support in Smart Homes”. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Context-aware Systems and Applications, 7(21). https://doi.org/10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.164666
  • M Leghari, S Memon, LD Dhomeja, AH Jalbani (2020)  “Analysing the Effects of Data Augmentation on Single and Multimodal Biometrics”, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering,39(3)-pp- 647-656 http://dx.doi.org/10.22581/muet1982.2003.19
  • Awan, J., Memon, S., Burfat, F. (2019), Role of Cyber Law and Mitigation Strategies in Perspective of Pakistan to Cope with Cyber Threats, International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism,9(2)-pp. 29- 38
    DOI: 10.4018/IJCWT.2019040103
  • Awan, J., Memon, S., Memon, S., Pathan, K., & Arijo, N. (2018). Cyber Threats/Attacks and a Defensive Model to Mitigate Cyber Activities. Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering And Technology, 37(2), 359-366. DOI: 10.22581/muet1982.1802.12
  • Shah, S., M., Memon, S., Khoumbati, K., R., Moinuddin, M. (2017), A Pashtu speakers database using accent and dialect approach, International Journal of Applied Pattern Recognition 4(4)-pp-358-380
    https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAPR.2017.089398
  • Memon, M., Memon, S., & Khan, S. (2017). THD Minimisation from H-Bridge Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Using Particle Swarm Optimisation Technique. Mehran University Research Journal Of Engineering And Technology, 36(1), 33-38. 
    DOI: 10.22581/muet1982.1701.04
  • Awan, J. H., Memon, S. A., Memon, N. A., Shah, R., Bhutto, Z., & Khan, R. A. (2017). Conceptual model for WWBAN (wearable wireless body area network). International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 8(1).
    DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080147
  • Hussain, Z., Memon, S., Shah, R., Bhutto, Z. A., & Aljawarneh, M. (2016). Methods and techniques of electricity thieving in Pakistan. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 4(9), 1-10.
    DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2016.49001
  • Memon, S., Manivannan, N., Noor, A., Balachadran, W., & Boulgouris, N. V. (2012). Fingerprint sensors: Liveness detection issue and hardware-based solutions. Sensors & Transducers, 136(1), 35.
    https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/fingerprint-sensors-liveness-detection-issue/docview/930419975/se-2?accountid=17234
  • Manivannan, N., Tigli, C., Noor, A., & Memon, S. (2011). Fingerprint Biometric for Identity Management. International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 2(2), 39–44. https://doi.org/10.24867/IJIEM-2011-2-106
  • Manivanan, N., Memon, S., & Balachandran, W. (2010). Automatic detection of active sweat pores of the fingerprint using high-pass and correlation filtering. Electronics Letters, 18(46), 1268-1269.
    DOI:  10.1049/el.2010.1549
  • Manivanan, N., Memon, S., & Balachandran, W. (2010). Security breaks a sweat. Electronics Letters, 18(46), 1241-1242.
    DOI:  10.1049/el.2010.9104

Conference Papers

  • Memon, S., Memon, S., Das, L., & Memon, B. R. (2024, January). Cyber Security Risk Assessment Methods for Smart Healthcare. In 2024 IEEE 1st Karachi Section Humanitarian Technology Conference (KHI-HTC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/KHI-HTC60760.2024.10481961
  • Ali, S. A., Memon, S., & Memon, N. (2023). Cloud Virtualisation Attacks and Mitigation Techniques. In Advances in Cybersecurity, Cybercrimes, and Smart Emerging Technologies (pp. 147-159). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21101-0_12
  • Raza, A., Memon, S., Nizamani, M. A., & Shah, M. H. (2022, June). Machine Learning-Based Security Solutions for Critical Cyber-Physical Systems. In 2022, 10th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9800811
  • Kanwal, I., Shafi, H., Memon, S., & Shah, M. H. (2021). Cloud Computing Security Challenges: A Review. Cybersecurity, Privacy and Freedom Protection in the Connected World, 459-469.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68534-8_29
  • Khan, R. A., Memon, S., & Xin, Q. (2021). Enhancing Wireless Transmission Efficiency for Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks Based on Transposing of Sensors. In Emerging Trends in ICT for Sustainable Development (pp. 151-160). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53440-0_17
  • Ali, S. A., Memon, S., & Sahito, F. (2020, December). Analysis of cloud forensics techniques for emerging technologies. In 2020 International Conference on Computing, Networking, Telecommunications & Engineering Sciences Applications (CoNTESA) (pp. 106-111). IEEE.
    DOI: 10.1109/CoNTESA50436.2020.9302862
  • Khan, RA, Memon, S. “Sensors Transposing Technique for Minimising the Path Loss Effect and Enhancement of Battery Lifetime in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks” ACM, 3rd International Conference on Networking, Information Systems & Security, 2020, Marrakesh, Morocco
    https://doi.org/10.1145/3386723.3387828
  • MSB Syed, F Memon, S Memon, RA Khan, “IoT-based Emergency Vehicle Communication System” 2020 IEEE-International Conference on Information Science and Communication Technology (ICISCT), Karachi, Pakistan
    DOI: 10.1109/ICISCT49550.2020.9079940
  • A Bhatti, Z Bhatti, S.Memon, A Waqas.” A Proposed Model for Quadruped Footprint Generation” IEEE- 2020 3rd International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies (iCoMET), Sukkur, Pakistan DOI: 10.1109/iCoMET48670.2020.9074144
  • Leghari, M., Memon, S., Sahito, F., Chandio, A. A., Leghari, M (2018). “Biometric Verification Enhancement with Ensemble Learning Classifiers” IEEE-5th International Multi-Topic ICT Conference (IMTIC’18) (pp. 1-6), Pakistan. DOI: 10.1109/IMTIC.2018.8467227
  • Leghari, M., Memon, S., & Chandio, A. A. (2018, March). “Feature-level fusion of fingerprint and online signature for multimodal biometrics”, IEEE. International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies (iCoMET), 2018 (pp. 1-4), Pakistan. DOI: 10.1109/ICOMET.2018.8346358
  • Ali, S.A., Memon, S., Sahito, F. (2018, August). “Challenges and Solutions in Cloud Forensics” ACM- 2nd International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing (ICCBDC-18) (pp. 6-10) Spain https://doi.org/10.1145/3264560.3264565
  • Awan, J., Memon, S. “Threats of Cyber Security and Challenges for Pakistan” International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security 2016, Boston University, USA. https://www.proquest.com/conference-papers-proceedings/threats-cyber-security-challenges-pakistan/docview/1779928716/se-2?accountid=17234
  • J. H. Awan, S. Memon, M. H. Shah and F. H. Awan, "Security of eGovernment services and challenges in Pakistan," 2016 SAI Computing Conference (SAI), London, UK, 2016, pp. 1082-1085, doi: 10.1109/SAI.2016.7556112
  • S. Shah, S. Mughal and S. Memon, "Theoretical and empirical-based extinction coefficients for fog attenuation in terms of visibility at 850 nm," 2015 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), Peshawar, Pakistan, 2015, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICET.2015.7389190
  • Z. Bhutto, K. Dahri, I. Lakho and S. Memon, "Social Video Streaming (SVS): A prototype application for street crime reporting," 2015 International Conference on Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment (CyberSA), London, UK, 2015, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/CyberSA.2015.7166131
  • K. Dahri, S. Rajput, S. Memon and L. Das Dhomeja, "Smart Activities Monitoring System (SAMS) for security applications," 2015 International Conference on Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment (CyberSA), London, UK, 2015, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/CyberSA.2015.7166138
  • S. Memon, S. Mahar, L. Das Dhomeja and F. Pirzado, "Prospects and challenges for social media in Pakistan," 2015 International Conference on Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment (CyberSA), London, UK, 2015, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/CyberSA.2015.7166124
  • S. Memon, N. Manivannan and W. Balachandran, "Active pore detection for liveness in fingerprint identification system," 2011 19th Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR) Proceedings of Papers, Belgrade, Serbia, 2011, pp. 619-622, doi: 10.1109/TELFOR.2011.6143624
  • S. Memon and W. Balachandran, "Low Level Ionic Current Sensing Micro-Tip," 2010 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, USA, 2010, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IAS.2010.5615300

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