MAJID MUMTAZ, Ph.D.

Information & Communication Systems Security Specialist| Cyber Security Professional| Secure Applications Developer| Software/Systems Engineer

 

Address:484 Alcester Road South, Birmingham, England, B14 6EP

Cell / WhatsApp No: +44-778-5408863

Email: mmumtaz@mcryptogeeks.com || majid207@gmail.com

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=6SfbFx4AAAAJ

ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-5043-5550

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Majid-Mumtaz-3

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Majid Mumtaz working as Assistant Professor at Department of Computing, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University (STMU) Islamabad. He has been served in an IT industry soon after completion of graduation, where he obtained valuable experience and hands on practical knowledge against state-of-the-art technologies. In Software industry, he have experienced on several roles like software developer, and have hands on experience in System Administration, configuration, deployment and management activities. He have configured, deployed and managed large-scale systems for many renowned organizations at national and international level. The passion for technology led him to pursue specialized MS degree. Luckily, he got scholarship to pursue master’s degree from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Sweden. KTH is one of the top 100 QS world ranked university and number 1 engineering institute within Sweden. In KTH SecLab, He had experienced of R&D projects based on Information and Communication Systems security; He was the lucky guy who enabled Smart card-based authentication system using smart MicroSD card. This was one of the unique experiences he got it by utilizing Smart card first time within android-based smartphone. He came back in Pakistan and joined Academia as a Lecturer in computer Science field, where he have taught different Computer Science courses at undergraduate and graduate level. He have several years of teaching and administrative work experience in academia. His responsibilities were teaching at undergraduate, and graduate level, research or creative work, thesis and projects supervision, student’s guidance or counseling, administrative activities, and co/extra-curriculum activities of university. During his career in academia, he has fulfilled several academic and administrative duties along with teaching and research including member of various administrative committees (proposal/FYP project internal evaluation, scrutiny, Visio Spark, open house & job fair), FYP undergraduate (CS), responsible/member of session management committee (FIT Conference) and many other events. He has also served in an International Environment at KTH (under SETECS Inc.) Research and Development activities.  In local industry, he had been served in a Systems Administrative job, where he being worked as a head of Hosting department in an Internet service providing company. He has more than fifteen years of seasoned expertise in the dynamic and constantly evolving field of Information Technology, encompassing a diverse range of roles, responsibilities, and domains.

Dr. Majid Mumtaz received Ph.D. degree in Software Engineering from Tsinghua University (which is world Top 20 QS world ranked institute and number 1 Engineering University in Asia) during which he remained active member of information security and cyber security field specifically did research in Public Key Cryptanalysis, Cryptography and Information and Communication systems security. Overall, he has published six impact factor papers in journals of international repute with cumulative impact factor 12+. His research area includes but not limited to information and communication systems security, IoT Security, Public key Cryptography, and public key cryptanalysis, post quantum cryptography, etc. He has supervised/co-supervised many R&D projects of BSCS/BSSE/MCS students. He is reviewer of several prestigious journals and conferences. Besides teaching and research activities, he is also remained active to supervise administrative tasks and completed them as well with success.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  1. Smart IoT Security.
  2. Information and Communication Systems Security.
  3. Public key cryptography, RSA Cryptanalysis, Algebraic Cryptanalysis.
  4. Secure Mobile applications development.
  5. Source Code Cloning.

 


ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  1. PhD [Philosophy of Doctorate] Software Engineering from School of Software, Tsinghua University (QS World Ranked 17 & Asia's # 1 Engineering University) Beijing, China.
  2. MS [Master of Science] from KTH Royal Institute of Technology (QS World Ranked 89), Stockholm, Sweden.
  3. MCS [Master of Computer Science] from Department of Computer Science, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
  4. BSc [Bachelor of Science] from Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan

PhD DISSERTATION

Topic: Security Analysis of RSA using Lattice Basis Reduction

Supervisor: Professor Luo Ping, Tsinghua University Beijing China.

MS/M.Phil. DISSERTATION

Topic: Security Services for Mobile Applications                                [Grade A]

Supervisor: Dr. Sead Muftic Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Sweden.

RESEARCH WORK [Total Impact Factor = 12+]

Journals Publications:

1.     Mumtaz, M., & Ping, L. (2019). Forty years of attacks on the RSA cryptosystem: A brief survey. Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography, 22(1), 9-29. [Impact factor 0.77]

 

2.    Mumtaz, M., & Ping, L. (2020). Remarks on the cryptanalysis of common prime RSA for IoT constrained low power devices. Information Sciences, 538, 54-68. [Impact Factor 6.795, Q1]

 

3.     Mumtaz, M., & Ping, L. (2021). An improved cryptanalysis of large RSA decryption exponent with constrained secret key. International Journal of Information and Computer Security, 14(2), 102-117. [Impact factor 0.84]

 

4.     Akram, J., Shi, Z., Mumtaz, M., & Luo, P. (2020). DroidSD: An Efficient Indexed Based Android Applications Similarity Detection Tool. Journal of Information Science & Engineering, 36(1). [Impact factor 0.64]

 

5.     Akram, J., Mumtaz, M., Jabeen, G., & Luo, P. (2021). DroidMD: an efficient and scalable   

android malware detection approach at source code level. International Journal of Information and Computer Security, 15(2-3), 299-321. [Impact factor 0.84]

 

6.     Akram, J., Mumtaz, M., & Luo, P. (2020). IBFET: Index‐based features extraction technique for scalable code clone detection at file level granularity. Software: Practice and Experience, 50(1), 22-46. [Impact factor 2.028]

 

7.     Mumtaz M., Muftic S., N. bin Abdullah, Strong Authentication Protocol based on Java Crypto Chips, accepted to The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, Springer Cluster computing 2015.

 

Conference Publications:

1.     Mumtaz, M., & Ping, L. (2021, April). Cryptanalysis of a Special Case of RSA Large Decryption Exponent Using Lattice Basis Reduction Method. In 2021 IEEE 6th International Conference on Computer and Communication Systems (ICCCS) (pp. 714-720). IEEE.

 

2.     Mumtaz, M., Akram, J., & Ping, L. (2019, August). An RSA based authentication system for smart IoT environment. In 2019 IEEE 21st International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications; IEEE 17th International Conference on Smart City; IEEE 5th International Conference on Data Science and Systems (HPCC/SmartCity/DSS) (pp. 758-765). IEEE.

3.     Akram, J., Shi, Z., Mumtaz, M., & Luo, P. (2018, July). Droidcc: A scalable clone detection approach for android applications to detect similarity at source code level. In 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC) (Vol. 1, pp. 100-105). IEEE.

4.     Akram, J., Shi, Z., Mumtaz, M., & Luo, P. (2018, July). DCCD: An Efficient and Scalable Distributed Code Clone Detection Technique for Big Code. In SEKE (pp. 354-353).

 

5.     Robert Hoffman, Stewart Kowalski, Rohan Jain, Majid Mumtaz, Using Conversational Agents To Help Teach Information Security Risk Analysis, The First International Conference on SocialEco-Informatics, SOTICS2011 October 23-29, 2011 - Barcelona, Spain. (Best Paper Awarded)

 

REVIEWER OF JOURNALS and CONFERENCE

·       Frontier of Computer Science (Springer)

·       The Computer Journal (Oxford Academy)

·       Information Sciences (Elsevier)

·       International Journal of Information and Computer Security (IJICS Inderscience)

·       IEEE Access

·       Multiple conferences proceedings

 

RESEARCH FUNDING / RESEARCH PROJECTS

National Natural Science Funding Dates: Sep 2019—22, Ph.D research

Chinese Government Scholarship Fully funded from Sep 2016 to July 2021.

EMPLOYEMENT and EXPERIENCES of TEACHING

Ø  Job Position: Assistant Professor in Shifa School of Computing, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University Islamabad. (July 2022 to Present)

Responsibilities Includes:

·       Teaching Undergraduate and graduate students at BS and MS Computing Programs.

·       Designing, preparing, developing teaching materials for (physical/online) teaching to BS/MS Programs.

·       Supervising different administrative activities to manage Students and Computing Programs.

·       Member of Board of Studies to manage Course and Syllabus at BS / MS Level.

·       Member of Selection board Committee to higher teaching / non-teaching resources for STMU.

·       Supervision of day to day activities regarding Students matters at STMU.

Ø  Job Position: LECTURER in Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Wah Campus, Pakistan    (Feb, 2014 to June 2022)

Responsibilities Includes:

·       Delivered lectures, seminars, tutorials and taught BSCS/BSSE/MCS courses that includes Introduction to Web Engineering, Visual Programming (VP), Compiler Construction.

·       Designed, prepared, and developed teaching materials for (physical /online) teaching.

·       Served as class counselor from Feb 2014 to June 2016.

·       Supervised final year under-graduate/masters level projects related to development, hardware, web, Android, image processing, machine learning and neural network related to student’s interest

·       Served as team member of Final Year Project (FYP) management committee, proposal acceptance committee, and internal evaluation (7th and 8th semester) committee respectively.

·       Served as member of session management committee at FIT (Frontiers of Information Technology) conference 2014, and 2015 Islamabad, Pakistan.

·       Served as team member of reconstitution of results/examination scrutiny committee

·       Served as member of different committees (Visio spark, job fair, scrutiny, and disciplinary)

·       Supervised students' research and FYP related activities and guide them according to the industry need

Ø  Job Position: Research and Development at SETECS Inc. USA (Affiliated with KTH Stockholm Sweden)        (Sep 2011 to Dec 2012)

Work:  Research and development work of enterprise industry projects

Ø  Job Position: System Administration (AS) in COMSATS Internet Service provider, ISB, PK. (April 2008 to June 2010) Duties: System Management, Windows Server, Linux Server (Email, Web, Database servers)

Ø  Job Position: IT Intern Officer at AKH NCRD Islamabad Pakistan (April 2007 to March 2008)

Duties: IT Trainings to Local Government Employees

 

MEMBERSHIP / PARTICIPATONS / TRAININGS / WORKSHOPS

  1. IEEE Membership including IEEE Young Professional and IEEE Communications Society Member (Membership ID: 96092825).
  2. Member of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR).
  3. Participation certificate at FIT conference (2014-2016, 2021), Islamabad, Pakistan
  4. Certificate of Marit in MCSE/System Admin training event November 26-27, 2007-08, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  5. Training certificate of faculty development workshop for five weeks 27-july-2014 to 28-aug-2014, CUI Islamabad campus, Pakistan.
  6. Government of Pakistan, National Internship Program Certificate with distinction 2007-08.
  7. Certificate for attending the workshop on CISCO Instructor training December 11, 2015, CUI Islamabad.
  8. Certificate of Training (Driving Refresher Course 14-06-2008), COMSATS University Islamabad.
  9. Certificates of training AHK NCRD for Role of local Government in Grass Root Development April 2007.
  10. Certificate of remembering Quran by heart 1993-1996.
  11. Conducted multiple training courses for Students/practioners regarding Mobile/IT Security/Programming.
  12. Lecture delivered in emerging cyber security / Ethical Hacking / Penetration Testing Workshop at Shifa School of Computing, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University Park Road Campus, Islamabad.
  13. Leading participation in National Computing Education Accreditation Council matters regarding BS (CS / SE / AI / CySec) Programs Accreditation at Shifa School of Computing STMU Islamabad.
  14. Member of BoS Shifa School of Computing STMU Islamabad.

 


SKILLS & EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES EXPERIENCE

1.              Python, C++, and Java Problem Solving expertise.

2.              Security Protocol Verification Hands-on Programming Experience.

3.              Good hands-on Latex & Microsoft office and endnote citation software experience.

4.              Windows/Linux Client/Server software (including Web, Database, File server etc.) Management.

5.             Public Key Cryptography, Cryptanalysis, Information and Communication Systems Security.

6.              Good communication, Coordination, and administrative Skills to manage things smooth.

7.              Good working experience in teams as well as individual.