Mohiuddin Ahmed
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College of Engineering and Information Technology School of Computer Science and Information Technology School of Computer Science and Information Tech
Profile of Mohiuddin Ahmed

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Computer science
Cyber security
Information Technology & management

My skills

Cyber Governance
Cyber Wargaming
Data Analytics
Offensive Security
Ransomware Resilience
The Conversation

About me

Associate Professor Mohi Ahmed has been educating the next generation of cyber leaders and researching to disrupt the cybercrime ecosystem. His research is based on three pillars: (1) Offensive Security & Ransomware Resilience, (2) Cyber Governance, and (3) Data Analytics. He is driven to ensure national security and safeguard critical infrastructures from cyber terrorists. Mohi secured several internal and external grants totalling more than $2 million and has been collaborating with academia and industry. He has been regularly invited to speak at international conferences, government agencies and public organisations. He regularly appears in national and international media (newspapers, radio, and TV), commenting on cyber issues, reaching a global audience of more than a billion people. His contributions, as published in The Conversation, have reached over one million readers worldwide. 

  • 2025 Australian AI Award Finalist for the Academic of the Year
  • 2025 AIPS WA Young Tall Poppy
  • 2023 AISA Award Finalist for the Cyber Security Researcher of the Year
  • 2023 Best Paper Award at 12th International Conference on Health Information Science
  • 2023 ECU Media Award in the Best Expert Commentary
  • 2022 ECU Honour Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Media
  • 2021 ECU Media Star Award for Most Widely Read THE CONVERSATION Article
  • 2021 14th EAI International Wireless Internet Conference Best Paper Award
  • 2020 Aspire Award – Business Events Perth
  • ScholarGPS - Lifetime Scholar in the speciality of Anomaly Detection
  • World's Top 2% of scientists list by Stanford/Elsevier

  • 2026 – Present | Associate Professor in Cyber Security at Adelaide University, Australia
  • 2022 – 2026 | Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at Edith Cowan University, Australia
  • 2019 – 2022 | Lecturer in Cyber Security at Edith Cowan University, Australia
  • 2017 – 2019 | ICT Lecturer at Canberra Institute of Technology, Australia

  • INFO 3043 Cybersecurity Fundamentals (UG)
  • INFO 6005 Critical Infrastructure and Control System Security (PG)

  • UK Higher Education Academy | Fellow 
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | Senior Member
  • Australian Computer Society (ACS) | Certified Professional Member
  • Australian Information Security Association (AISA) | Member 
  • European Alliance of Innovation | Distinguished Member 
  • Association for Computing Machinery | Member & Distinguished Speaker (2021-2024)

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  • Computer science
  • Cyber security
  • Information Technology & management
Last updated on 02/02/2026 by Mohiuddin Ahmed