Research Group

PhD Students

Imtiaz (Ayas) Fawwazi 

Imtiaz (Ayas) Fawwazi

PhD student (Since January 2026)

BS: Newcastle University, Computer Science

Research interests: Cyber-physical systems, data-driven control, formal methods, neural networks

MSc Students

  • Hanpeng Liu: MSc student in Computer Science (MSc thesis in Machine Learning in Cyber Security), 2026

  • Junting Zhou: MSc student in Computer Science (MSc thesis in Cyber Security), 2026

  • Kareem Ellafi: MSc student in Computer Science (MSc thesis in Cyber Security), 2026

  • Shrinivas Ramanna: MSc student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Cyber Security), 2026

  • Karthik S: MSc student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Cyber Security), 2026

  • Nadeem Mohammed Abdul: MSc student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Cyber Security), 2026

  • Juan Kurniadi: MSc student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Data-Driven Design of Autonomous Robot), 2026

  • Karuppasamy Karuppasamy: MSc student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Cyber Security), 2026

  • Omkar Kamble: MSc student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Cyber Security), 2026

  • Prerna: MSc student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in AI-driven Anomaly Detection), 2026

  • Prithviraj Varute: MSc student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Cyber Security), 2026

  • Yifan Wu: MSc student in Advanced Computer Science (MSc thesis in Intrusion Detection using Machine Learning), 2025

  • Gabriel Busola Bada: MSc student in Computer Science (MSc thesis in Adversarial Machine Learning), 2025

  • Sirui Wang: MSc student in Computer Science (MSc thesis in Security Analysis for Smart Home), 2025

  • Shivaangi Arora: MSc student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Privacy-Preserving Network Traffic Analysis), 2025

  • Chunxiao Niu: MSc student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Security Vulnerability Analysis), 2025

  • Riddesh A. Dalvi: MSc student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Software Development for Cyber Security), 2025

  • Jamie Hedley Cook: MCOMP student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Security Verification), 2025

  • Wesley Smith: MCOMP student in Cyber Security (MSc thesis in Secure Access Control), 2025

BSc Students

  • Eesha Hussain: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in ML-Based Cyber-Attack Detection), 2026

  • Jaeda McNab: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Optimising Network Intrusion Detection), 2026

  • Gabriel Somerville-Smith: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Insider Attack in a Real-Time Sports Data Environment), 2026

  • Dylan Watson: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Gamified Web-Based Platform for Cyber-Security Education), 2026

  • Abdulaziz H M H AlMulla: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Automated Testing using AI Techniques), 2026

  • Cameron Archer: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Access Control for Zero-Trust Architectures), 2026

  • Tallal Alkhammash: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Intelligent Multi-Layer Phishing Detection), 2026

  • Faysal Khaberi: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Secure Architecture for Industrial IT Environments), 2026

  • Tariq Ibrahim A Bagaar: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Machine Learning Anomaly Detection for Autonomous System), 2025

  • Alexander Ludwick: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Software Development for Cyber Security), 2025

  • Alzbeta Rehakova: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Behavioural Biometrics and Access Monitoring for Threat Detection), 2025

  • James McConville: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Machine Learning Detection of DoS Attacks), 2025

  • Taha Peerzada: BSc student in Computer Science (BSc thesis in Cyber Security), 2025