Organization profile
Organization profile
The Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Secure Systems (IRC-ISS) is a recently established center at KFUPM to revamp the research activities in the fields of Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The center will be home for faculty and researchers from various departments, including Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Math, Physics, and many other departments.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Jawad Abuihlail
- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Secure Systems - Senior Research Scholar
- Department of Mathematics - Professor
Person: Academic
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Muhammad Afaq
- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Secure Systems - Research Scholar
- Department of Computer Engineering - Assistant Professor
Person: Researcher, Academic
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Izhar Ahmad
- Department of Mathematics - Professor
- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Secure Systems - Senior Research Scholar
Person: Researcher, Academic
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Developing an Automatic Speech Recognition System for Young Arabic Learners Using Transfer Learning
Amro, M. (PI), Al-Khatib, W. (CoI) & Alzahrani, A. (CoI)
14/04/26 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Poem Meter Classification from Recited Verses
Alzahrani, A. (PI), Al-Khatib, W. (CoI), Amro, M. (CoI) & Abuihlail, J. (CoI)
1/04/26 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Agentic AI for Intent-Driven Autonomous Cloud Resource Orchestration
Afaq, M. (PI) & Behzad, M. (CoI)
1/04/26 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
Research output
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A Blockchain-Enabled Zero-Trust Security Architecture for Securing Internet of Energy Systems
Hammoudeh, M., Unal, D., Laouid, A. & Azzedin, F., 2026, In: IEEE Network. 40, 1, p. 44-51 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adaptive systems for cognitive impairments: a systematic review of current trends and future directions
Alakkas, N. & Mahmood, S., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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AdRo-FL: Secure and Informed Client Selection for Federated Learning under Adversarial Aggregator
Hossain, M. K., Aljoby, W., Elgabli, A., Abdelmoniem, A. M. & Harras, K. A., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Early Career Research Award 2011
Gondal, M. (Recipient), Sahin, A. (Recipient), Asrof, A. (Recipient), Al-Garni (Recipient), Ahmad, S. (Recipient), Tabet, N. (Recipient) & El-Maleh, A. (Recipient), 2011
Prize
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Early Career Research Award 2014
Messauodi, S. (Recipient), Shuja, S. (Recipient), Alshayeb, M. (Recipient), Al-Kuhaili, M. (Recipient), Baroudi, U. (Recipient), Mekid, S. (Recipient) & Mohammad, F. (Recipient), 2014
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