FIET (UK), FBCS (UK), FFTRA (Korea), SMIEEE (USA)
Editor-in-Chief, Telecommunication Systems (Springer)
Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA)
College of Computer & Information Sciences, Building 31
King Saud University, P.O. Box 92144, Riyadh 11653
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Twitter: @khurramcyber
Prof. Muhammad Khurram Khan is currently working at the Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA), King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is one of the founding members of CoEIA and has served as the Manager R&D from March 2009 to March 2012. He developed and successfully managed the research program of CoEIA, which transformed the center as one of the best centers of research excellence in Saudi Arabia as well as in the region. He is the founder and CEO of the ‘Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research’ (http://www.gfcyber.org), which is an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan cybersecurity think-tank based in Washington D.C.
Prof. Khurram is the Editor-in-Chief of a well-esteemed international journal 'Telecommunication Systems' published by Springer-Verlag (since 1993) with an impact factor of 1.734 (JCR 2020). He is the Founding Editor of 'Bahria University Journal of Information & Communication Technology (BUJICT)'.
Furthermore, he is the full-time Editor/Associate Editor of several international journals/magazines, including IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Journal of Network & Computer Applications (Elsevier), IEEE Access, Security & Communication Networks, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, Journal of Medical Systems (Springer), PLOS ONE, Computers & Electrical Engineering (Elsevier), IET Wireless Sensor Systems, Electronic Commerce Research (Springer), Journal of Computing & Informatics, Journal of Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (JIHMSP), International Journal of Biometrics (Inderscience), etc.
He has also played role of the guest editor of several international ISI-indexed journals of Springer-Verlag and Elsevier Science, etc. Moreover, he is one of the organizing chairs of more than 5 dozen international conferences and member of technical committees of more than 10 dozen international conferences. In addition, he is an active reviewer of many international journals as well as research foundations of Switzerland, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Czech Republic.
Prof. Khurram is an adjunct professor at Fujian University of Technology, China and an honorary Professor at IIIRC, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, China. He has secured an outstanding leadership award at IEEE international conference on Networks and Systems Security 2009, Australia. He has been included in the Marquis Who's Who in the World 2010 edition. Besides, he has received certificate of appreciation for outstanding contributions in 'Biometrics & Information Security Research' at AIT international Conference, June 2010 at Japan.
He has been awarded a Gold Medal for the 'Best Invention & Innovation Award' at 10th Malaysian Technology Expo 2011, Malaysia. Moreover, his invention recently got a Bronze Medal at '41st International Exhibition of Inventions' at Geneva, Switzerland in April 2013. In addition, he was awarded best paper award from the Journal of Network & Computer Applications (Elsevier) in Dec. 2015.
Prof. Khurram is the recipient of King Saud University Award for Scientific Excellence (Research Productivity) in May 2015. He is also a recipient of King Saud University Award for Scientific Excellence (Inventions, Innovations, and Technology Licensing) in May 2016.
Prof. Khurram has published over 380 research papers in the journals and conferences of international repute. In addition, he is an inventor of 10 US/PCT patents. He has edited 7 books/proceedings published by Springer-Verlag and IEEE. He has secured several national and international research grants in the domain of information security. His research areas of interest are Cybersecurity, digital authentication, biometrics, multimedia security, and technological innovation management. Prof. Khurram has played a leading role in developing 'BS Cybersecurity Degree Program' and 'Higher Diploma in Cybersecurity' at King Saud University. In 2019, he has played an instrumental role as a cybersecurity subject expert for a USD 6 Million series B investment in a South Korean startup ‘SecuLetter’, which has received a corporate valuation of USD 38 Million.
He is a fellow of the IET (UK), fellow of the BCS (UK), fellow of the FTRA (Korea), senior member of the IEEE (USA), senior member of the IACSIT (Singapore), member of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society, member of the IEEE Communications Society, member fo the IEEE computers Society, member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Security & Privacy, member of the IEEE IoT Community, member of the IEEE Smart Cities Community, and member of the IEEE Cybersecurity Community. He is also the Vice Chair of IEEE Communications Society Saudi Chapter. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE (CESoC).
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=99LlvYUAAAAJ&hl=en
Awareness and Education Cybersecurity Ecosystem
Identity Management Authentication Protocols Internet of Things
Personal Identification Authentication Protocols Biometrics System Security
Cloud Authentication
Cloud Data Security
Cloud Privacy
Multimedia Forensics
Digital Quran Security
Digital Contents Security
Open Innovation in GCC
Innovation Ecosystem
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Professional ServicesI am always looking for talented, smart and hardworking students, researchers and collaborators.If your research interests are similiar to mine, you are welcome to discuss ideas for supervision, collaboration or joint professional & academic activities etc.
We have a strong research group with several full-time/part-time researchers, students and faculty members who are passionate for their contributions to the academia and society. We are currently focusing on digital authentication, multimedia security, biometrics security, and cloud computing security. If you have some novel and innovative ideas and would like to join our group, please feel free to contact me through my email for further discussions.
I have been fortunate to work with some of the following students, researchers, and collaborators:
There are several other classified funding projects, which are not mentioned in the list due to some reasons.
Awards & Recognitions
Awards & RecognitionsMedia / Press Coverage
Media / Press CoverageProf. Khurram Presenting an Invited Speech at 3rd National Computing Colleges Conference, King Khaled University, 2018
Prof. Khurram Presenting Keynote Speech at 'Crossing the World Elite’ Forum, Southwest Jiaotong University, China, Dec. 2018
Distinguished Experts Board Members of the ‘Arab Digital Economy Strategy’, Digital Economy Conference, UAE, 2018
Prof. Khurram delivering a keynote speech at the 11th International Symposium on Information Processing, Shanghai (China), 2018
Prof. Khurram as a distinguished panelist at the Workshop on 'Cybersecurity: Future Challenges & Network Defenses'
Prof. Khurram Invited by the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House, UK)
Prof. Khurram Delivering Keynote Speech at 21 National Computer Conference Sponsored by the IEEE and Saudi Computer Society
Prof. Khurram Presenting Keynote Speech at the workshop on "Cybersecurity: Future Challenges & Network Defenses"
Prof. Khurram Delivering a Keynote at the Saudi IoT Conference 2018
Delivering Keynote Speech at 18th IEEE PDCAT 2017 Conference Taiwan
Invited at International Forum on Regional Security & Transnational Crimes at Taiwan
Delivering an Invited Lecture at KACST Saudi Arabia 2017
A Post Lecture Group photo at Sichuan Key Lab of Cloud Computing and Intelligent Technology
Prof. Khurram as a Panelist at International Conference on C4I Solutions
Speaker at the International Conference on C4I Solutions 2017
Receiving Souvenir for an Invited Lecture at King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Group Photo with Faculty & Students After Delivering Lecture at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Visit to Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Collaboration Visit to Korea University, Seoul
Meeting at Japan Advance Institute of Science & Technology, Tokyo
Keynote Speaker at Open Government Data Forum, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Keynote Speaker at Prince Sultan University, April 2017
Receiving KSU Excellence Award for 'Inventions, Innovations, and Technology Licensing', 2017
Receiving KSU Excellence Award for 'Research Productivity', 2016
Keynote Speaker at the 2nd Annual forum on 'Information Security: Challenges, Insights, and Trends', NAUSS, 2016
Keynote Speaker at the Workshop on 'Forefront of Scientific Publishing: Impact on Achieving Saudi Vision 2030'
Session Chair at 35th IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Las Vegas, USA
Speaker at National Cybersecurity Workshop, KSU, March 2017
Keynote Speaker at International Conference on Network Security, NAUSS, 2017
Presenting a Lecture at KACST Saudi Arabia, May 2017
Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) Staff
Visit of Prince Muqrin at CoEIA
My Lecture at CoEIA, King Saud University
Adjunct Professor Appointment at FJUT, China
Delivering a Seminar at FJUT, China
Receiving Souvenir From the President FJUT
Group Photo with My Students in 2008
With Christine & Neil at Springer, New York, USA
Group Photo with CoEIA Staff
With FJUT President
Delivering a Seminar at CoEIA, KSU
Presenting a Lecture at CoEIA, KSU
Information Assurance Workshop at KSU
Panelist at ŒNational Capacity and Capability Building in Cybersecurity¹ Session
Audience at IEP SAC Keynote in May 2015