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Ali Mansour

DrAli Mansour

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Dr Ali Mansour is Senior Lecturer in Computing and Information Systems at the School of Computing, Engineering and Creative Arts.

Ali is the courses coordinator for BSc (Hons) Cybersecurity, MSc Cyber Security, and MSc Cyber Security with Project Management.

He is responsible for teaching a number of units related to Cybersecurity, and supervising student projects at BSc and MSc levels.

Ali is currently supervising PhD students as Director of Studies and have successfully completed 9 PhDs.

Ali’s PhD research and post-doctoral work on a Wellcome Trust funded project with a grant of £100K based on his Medical Informatics and Medical Intelligent Tutoring Systems research at Sheffield University.

In addition, Ali has a broad knowledge and experience in team leadership, quality assurance, project management, industry certifications, commercial training and consultancy, and curriculum development covering various fields of Computer Science and Information Technology.

Ali has successfully led the University of Bedfordshire Cisco Networking Academy and has been a leading Cisco Instructor for over a decade. He is presently leading the EC-Council Academia Partnership.

Qualifications

Academic Qualifications

  • Bachelor
    Project: BSc (Hons) in Computer Studies
  • PhD
    Project: Computer Science

Professional Qualifications

  • Chartered Engineer, British Engineering Council(CEng)
  • Chartered IT Professional (CITP), British Computer Society(CITP)
  • Fellow of the British Computer Society(FBCS)

External Positions

External Positions

  • Programme Committee Member
    0th International Conference on Global Security, Safety and Sustainability
  • Technical Reviewer
    5th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems
  • External Examiner
    Birmingham City University

Metrics

All time

Scopus
157

PlumX

18

Research Interests

  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyber Crime
  • Cross-cultural research in Cyber Security and new pedagogical techniques in Computer Science teaching
  • Networking
  • Digital Forensics
  • Medical Informatics
  • Educational Technologies

Professional/Industry Practice

  • Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), since 2012
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), since 2012
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng), British Engineering Council, since 2003
  • Chartered IT Professional (CITP), British Computer Society, since 2004
  • Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS), between 2003-2012

Teaching Expertise

  • Cybersecurity
  • Network Security
  • Governance, Risk, and Compliance
  • Laws, Regulations, and Standards
  • Digital Forensics and Incident Response
  • Ethical Hacking