Mohammed Al-Khalidi

Dr Mohammed Al-Khalidi

Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security

MSc Cyber Security Course Leader

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Biography

Dr Mohammed Al-Khalidi is a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security with the Department of Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University, U.K. He has been awarded research funding by UKRI’s Global Challenges Research Fund and other government bodies focussing on AI Security and Network Security. He has also been involved in EU projects, including POINT (awarded best Internet project by the Future Internet Assembly). His past assignments include Lecturer with the Department of Computer Science, Edge Hill University, and Research Officer with the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, UK, where he also received his PhD degree. Prior to that, he worked in industry as a Senior Core Network Engineer at several leading mobile telecommunication companies. His research interests include AI security, IoT security, Mobile Computing, Cloud Computing, Ad-Hoc Networks, and Information Centric Networks.

Interests and expertise

Academic and professional qualifications

  • PhD in Electronic Systems Engineering.
  • MSc in Software Engineering.
  • BSc in Computer and Software Engineering.

Professional Qualifications:

  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).
  • Cisco Certified Information Security Specialist. 
  • Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA): Security Fundamentals. 

Membership of professional associations

  • Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE).
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). 
  • Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS).

Get in touch

E128 John Dalton Building

Projects

Awarded over £500,000 in competitive research funding as Principal/Co-Investigator for the following research projects: 

1 - FarmSense - an affordable, modular Internet of Things enabled pre-harvest test and predictive analytics solution. (UKRI’s Global Challenges Research Fund AAKTP programme).

2 - Identifying Intentional Algorithmic Bias and its Effect on AI Model Behaviour. (North West Partnership for Security and Trust).

3 - The Security Gene: Discovering Embedded Commonalities within Adversarial Machine Learning. (North West Partnership for Security and Trust).

4 - Assessment of the Cyber Security Risks to Artificial Intelligence (AI). (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology).

5 - Emerging AI technologies in Financial Services. (Jersey Finance Limited).

Teaching

Current Teaching:

Forensics Fundamentals, UG (Unit Leader)

Cyber Security Principles and Practices, PGT (Unit Leader)

File Systems Forensics and Analysis, UG (Unit Leader)

External Examiner Roles:

External Examiner for University of Central Lancashire MComp/BSc Cyber Security Programme.

External Examiner for BPP University BSc Digital and Technology Solutions Programme.

Current PhD Supervision:

  • Tarek Ali, Project: Intelligent and Secure Mobility Management in 6G and Beyond Networks (Principal Supervisor).
  • Adnan Al-Husseini, Project: Intelligent Zero Trust Security for the Internet of Drones (Principal Supervisor).
  • Hayley Berry, Project: Undersea UAV Security using AI and Blockchain (First Supervisor).
  • Ahmed Abdullahi, Project: Cybersecurity Framework for 6G Wireless Communication Implementation in an Intelligent Transport System (First Supervisor).

PhD External Examination:

  • Rita Goel, University of Bradford, UK. Thesis Title: Addressing the Interclass Similarity Challenges in Automated Face Recognition, 2024.
  • Muhsin Hassanu Saleh, University of Salford, UK. Thesis Title: Energy efficient Routing Protocols for Underwater Acoustic Wireless Sensor Network, 2023.
  • Olayinka Adeboye, University of Salford, UK. Thesis Title: DeepClean: A Robust Deep Learning Approach for Autonomous Vehicle Camera Data Privacy, 2022.

Research outputs