Dr Liqaa Nawaf
Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security
Cardiff School of Technologies
Overview
Dr Liqaa Nawaf is a Senior Lecturer with the School of Technologies, and the Programme Director for MSc Information Technology Management & MSc Technology Project Management. She holds a BSc (Hons), MSc Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. degree in the area of Distributed and Scientific Computing from the School of Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University. She holds a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
She is an expert in networks, artificial intelligence and cyber security. She is particularly interested in understanding how artificial intelligence techniques could be used to support in distributed systems, and the use of these techniques in various application areas.
Research Publications
Optimization of cyber security through the implementation of AI technologies
Nawaf, L. & Bentotahewa, V., 6 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Intelligent Systems. 34, 1, 20240226.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Novel Comparison Validation Framework for IDS and IPS
Yousif, M., Nawaf, L. & Hewage, C., 18 Sept 2024, AI Applications in Cyber Security and Communication Networks - Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Cyber Security, Privacy in Communication Networks ICCS 2023. Hewage, C., Nawaf, L. & Kesswani, N. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 351-371 21 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1032 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Enhancing Industrial Wireless Communication Security Using Deep Learning Architecture-Based Channel Frequency Response
Alhoraibi, L., Alghazzawi, D., Alhebshi, R., Nawaf, L. F. & Carroll, F., 28 Mar 2024, In: IET Signal Processing. 2024, p. 1-13 13 p., 8884688.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Preface
Hewage, C., Nawaf, L. & Kesswani, N., 2024, In: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. 1032 LNNS, p. vResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Enhancing Cyber Security Governance and Policy for SMEs in Industry 5.0: A Comparative Study between Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom
Rawindaran, N., Nawaf, L., Alarifi, S., Alghazzawi, D., Carroll, F., Katib, I. & Hewage, C., 14 Aug 2023, In: Digital. 3, 3, p. 200-231 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Autoencoder and Machine Learning Method for Myocardial Infarction (MI) Detection Application
Altorabi, H. & Nawaf, L., 23 Feb 2023, IET Conference Proceedings. 26 ed. Institution of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 2022. p. 136-140 5 p. (IET Conference Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Detection and Minimization of Malware by Implementing AI in SMEs
Rawindaran, N., Nawaf, L., Bentotahewa, V., Prakash, E., Jayal, A., Hewage, C. & Alghazzawi, D. M. N., 23 Dec 2022, Malware - Detection and Defense. Babulak, E. (ed.). IntechOpenResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Cooperative Offloading Based on Online Auction for Mobile Edge Computing
Zheng, X., Shah, S. B. H., Nawaf, L., Rana, O. F., Zhu, Y. & Gan, J., 17 Nov 2022, Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications - 17th International Conference, WASA 2022, Proceedings. Wang, L., Segal, M., Chen, J. & Qiu, T. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 617-628 12 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 13473 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Spatiotemporal Location Privacy Preservation in 5G-Enabled Sparse Mobile Crowdsensing
Li, M. C., Yang, Q., Zheng, X. & Nawaf, L., 9 Jul 2022, Proceedings of International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks, ICCCN 2021. Bashir, A. K., Fortino, G., Khanna, A. & Gupta, D. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 277-295 19 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 394).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Privacy and security challenges and opportunities for IoT technologies during and beyond COVID-19
Bentotahewa, V., Yousif, M., Hewage, C., Nawaf, L. & Williams, J., 16 Feb 2022, Privacy, Security And Forensics in The Internet of Things (IoT). Springer International Publishing, p. 51-76 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review