Moceheb Lazam Shuwandy

Asst. Prof. Dr. Moceheb Lazam Shuwandy is an Assistant Professor and the Head of the Cybersecurity Department at the College of Computer Science and Mathematics, Tikrit University, Iraq. He has been serving at Tikrit University since February 2005, with more than twenty years of academic, administrative, research, supervisory, and technical experience in computer science, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, mobile security, and applied software development. He received his B.Sc. in Computer and Software Engineering from the College of Engineering, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Iraq, in 2003; his M.Sc. in Information Technology from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Malaysia, in 2012; and his Ph.D. in Mobile Security from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Malaysia, in 2019. Dr. Shuwandy has held several academic and administrative positions at Tikrit University. He served as Director of the University Website Division at the Presidency of Tikrit University from June 2008 to December 2009, and as Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs at the College of Computer Science and Mathematics from February 2015 to April 2017. Since August 2024, he has served as Head of the Cybersecurity Department, where he contributes to academic leadership, curriculum development, cybersecurity education, research supervision, laboratory development, and applied cybersecurity initiatives. His research interests include cybersecurity, mobile security, artificial intelligence, cryptography, decision-making systems, biometric authentication, intelligent security systems, IoT-based monitoring systems, EEG-based authentication, early warning systems, AI-based queue management, secure mobile applications, machine learning, and applied data analysis. He has published 47 scientific articles, received 1056 citations, and holds an h-index of 14 and an i10-index of 16. Dr. Shuwandy has supervised four M.Sc. theses in the fields of IoT-based smart monitoring systems, cryptographic algorithm development, smartphone authentication, mobile security, and EEG-based biometric authentication. All supervised postgraduate theses were successfully defended and awarded Excellent grades. These theses addressed advanced and applied topics including monitoring and controlling broiler chicken farm production under extreme temperature conditions using IoT, developing Delta AES using the MOLAZ-UWAB method, designing and evaluating a light-sensor-based static authentication technique for smartphones, and distinguishing genuine users from impostors using EEG-based pattern-lock authentication. His academic and professional achievements include receiving the BITARA Award, winning the PECIPTA19 Gold Award in Malaysia, obtaining three patents, and holding memberships in the Iraqi Engineers Union and the Iraqi Academics Syndicate. In addition to his academic and research contributions, he has strong hands-on technical expertise in Python programming, Android Studio, Android application development, Java, C#, C++, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, database systems, machine learning implementation, data analysis, cybersecurity-oriented software development, and applied intelligent systems development. His professional profile combines academic leadership, scientific research, cybersecurity specialization, postgraduate supervision, artificial intelligence applications, administrative experience, and practical software engineering capabilities.