Dr Sarfraz Brohi

Dr Brohi is a senior educationist in Computer Science and Cybersecurity and a distinguished researcher in Adversarial AI, Explainable AI (XAI), UAVs, IoT, Cloud, LLMs and Agentic AI Security. Currently a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security and Programme Leader of MSc IT at UWE, Bristol, he has over a decade of teaching experience at top-ranked universities. He led MSc IT to achieve 100% overall satisfaction in the AdvanceHE Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey for two consecutive years, 2025 and 2026, reflecting his sustained commitment to academic excellence, inclusive pedagogy and educational leadership. He serves as an External Examiner for the University of Gloucestershire and the University of Technology, Bahrain, and as Quality Assurance Moderator at the Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Latvia and Villa College, Maldives. In his previous roles, he held significant responsibilities, including serving as Coordinator of T&L, overseeing staff recruitment, and overseeing university programme validations.

He is widely recognised for his research on adversarial AI and XAI in healthcare applications such as brain tumour and breast cancer detection, as well as for his UAV research relating to secure drone communications and simulations for real-world scenarios. He has published 60+ high-quality research papers with 3000+ citations. A testament to his research excellence, he has secured grants totalling £200,315 from prestigious bodies, including the British Council. He has supervised and examined PhD research on IoT, UAVs, digital twins, blockchain variants and software fuzzing using cryptography. His supervision of over 50 Master's projects further underscores his dedication to mentoring the next generation of researchers. He serves as a guest editor (SI) and reviews for IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Elsevier Intelligence-Based Medicine, Journal of Information Security and Applications, Computers & Security and many others.

He has received several notable accolades, including winning the Best Paper Award at ICTIDS in 2019, the Outstanding Student Award for his MSc in Software Engineering at Staffordshire University in 2010, the International Doctoral Fellowship from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia for his PhD research on cloud security in 2011–2012, and the 2025 UWE Bristol Staff Award in the Valuing People category. Supported by industry collaborations, his work addresses critical challenges and contributes to the development of secure and resilient solutions.