Dr Sarfraz Brohi

Dr. Brohi is a distinguished researcher and senior educationist in cybersecurity for Internet of Drones (IoD), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud, with 2000+ citations reflecting the impact of his contributions. 

Currently a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security and Programme Leader of MSc IT at UWE, Bristol, he has over a decade of Computer Science and Cybersecurity teaching experience at high-ranked universities. During his previous roles, he held significant responsibilities including Coordinator of T&L, managing staff recruitment, and overseeing university programme validations.

Dr. Brohi is recognized for his research addressing adversarial risks in AI, particularly for Healthcare. His expertise quantifies and mitigates vulnerabilities such as data poisoning, adversarial perturbations, and evasion attacks to enhance the robustness and trustworthiness of DL models. Additionally, his work in IoD includes enhancing the MAVLink protocol and designing lightweight cryptography algorithms to secure drone-to-drone communications in Smart Cities. A testament to his research excellence, Dr Brohi has secured research grants totalling £200,315 from prestigious organizations, including the British Council and the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia.

Dr. Brohi has received multiple accolades, including the Best Research Paper Award at the International Conference on Technology Innovation and Data Science (2019) and the Outstanding Student Award for his MSc in Software Engineering at Staffordshire University (2010). His PhD research on Cloud Security was recognized with the International Doctoral Fellowship Award from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2012).

His research contributions extend to PhD supervision, having supervised and examined projects on container security, IoT defences, UAV protocol enhancements, digital twins security, blockchain variants, and machine learning for traffic analysis. His supervision of 51 Master's projects further underscores his dedication to mentoring the next generation of researchers.

He is an active reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Elsevier Journal of Information Security and Applications, Computers in Biology and Medicine, and Computers & Security. His participation in outreach activities complement Dr. Brohi's commitment to advancing technology and education. Supported by collaborations with industry and academia, his work addresses critical challenges in IoT, AI, Cloud and IoD security, contributing to developing secure and resilient technological solutions.