distributed systems

Mukhtiar Ahmad

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering

NTN Communication Terrestrial Cellular Networks distributed systems edge computing URLLC Safety-Critical Embedded Systems Applied AI

Mukhtiar Ahmad is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. His research interests encompass Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), terrestrial cellular networks, distributed systems, and edge computing, with a primary focus on enabling Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (URLLC) applications. Education and Early Career Mukhtiar Ahmad received the M.Sc. and M.Phil. degrees in Electronics from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Lahore University of Management

Cyber Resilient Decentralized Agentic Security Operation Center (SOC)

Fri, Sep 12 2025

Cyber Resilience Cyber Security SOC distributed systems

There is a notable increase in cyberattacks, targeting vital digital services like energy, water, oil plants, communication and transportation infrastructure, etc. The lack of right cybersecurity and resilience solutions can transform the blessing of the digital transformation into a curse, thus leaving significant societal threats and economic damage. Security Operation Centers (SOC) are therefore becoming a necessary part of every digital and critical infrastructure with the main roles of defining cybersecurity policies, processes, and implementing detection and response mechanisms and tools

Ali Shoker

Research Associate Professor, Computer Science

cybersecurity resilient computing resilience blockchain resilient cyber-physical distributed systems Satellite Security autonomous driving intrusion tolerance Trustworthy AI malware SOC Radio Resilience

Ali Shoker, a Research Associate Professor at KAUST leading the Cyber Security and Resilience Technology lab. His research is focused on Applied Cyber Security and Resilience for real-world applications including SOC (SIEM, SOAR, XDR, IDS, IPS), Trustworthy AI, satellite systems, autonomous vehicles, fintech, Blockchain, RF Resilience, etc.