Doctor Farnaz Farid

Academic Program Advisor, Cyber Security and Behaviour,
Criminology & Policing

Lecturer in Cybercrime and Policing,
Criminology & Policing

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Publications
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Teaching

Biography

Farnaz joined Western Sydney University as a Lecturer in Cybersecurity 2021. Previously, she worked at the University of Sydney as an associate lecturer in the School of Computer Science. Before joining academia, she worked in various roles at IBM China.

Her primary teaching and research interests include Cybersecurity, Networking and Distributed Systems, the Internet of Things (IoT), AI and Machine learning and Data Science. She is particularly interested in using machine learning techniques to analyse big data from IoT devices, focusing on data from water monitoring systems and healthcare applications. She is also interested in analysing different intelligent systems' security and usability aspects from technical and behavioural perspectives.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Farid.

Qualifications

Phd University of Western Sydney
MSc Dalian University of Technology
Bsc Dalian University of Technology

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

Criminology & Policing
Criminology & Policing

Contact

Email:	Farnaz.Farid@westernsydney.edu.au
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Teaching

Previous Teaching Areas

INFO2004 Cyber Crime and Social Engineering, 2022
INFO2006 Usable Security, 2022

Publications

Chapters in Books

Farid, F., Bello, A., Jahan, N. and Sultana, R. (2024), 'A review of the concept, applications, risks and control strategies for digital twin', Data Analytics in System Engineering, Proceedings of 7th Computational Methods in Systems and Softwar 2023, Vol. 4, Springer 9783031548192.
Farid, F., Bello, A., Jahan, N. and Sultana , R. (2024), 'Cyber security management in Metaverse : a review and analysis', Data Analytics in System Engineering: Proceedings of 7th Computational Methods in Systems and Software 2023, Vol. 3, Springer 9783031535512.
Kaur, M. and Farid, F. (2023), 'A taxonomy of secure data transmission techniques : preventing Sybil attacks in vehicular ad hoc networks ', Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Advances in Computing Research (ACR'23), Springer 9783031337420.
Ahamed, F., Farid, F. and Dawoud, A. (2023), 'Taxonomy of green mobile cloud computing for multimedia applications', Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Advances in Computing Research (ACR'23), Springer 9783031337420.
Chen, J., Farid, F. and Polash, M. (2023), 'Federated learning : an alternative approach to improving medical data privacy and security', Current and Future Trends in Health and Medical Informatics, Springer 9783031421112.
Huang, Y., Farid, F. and Suleiman, B. (2023), 'Predicting the relationship between meal frequency and type 2 diabetes : empirical study using machine and deep learning', Current and Future Trends in Health and Medical Informatics, Springer 9783031421112.
Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2018), 'A fuzzy logic-based Qos evaluation method for heterogeneous networks', Networks of the Future: Architectures, Technologies, and Implementations, CRC Press 9781498783972.
Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2017), 'Quantifying QoS in heterogeneous networks : a generalized metric-based approach', Multimedia Services and Applications in Mission Critical Communication Systems, IGI Global 9781522521136.

Journal Articles

Zhang, Y., Suleiman, B., Alibasa, M. and Farid, F. (2024), 'Privacy-aware anomaly detection in IoT environments using FedGroup : a group-based federated learning approach', Journal of Network and Systems Management, vol 32, no 1 .
Bello, A., Jahan, S., Farid, F. and Ahamed, F. (2023), 'A systemic review of the cybersecurity challenges in Australian water infrastructure management', Water, vol 15, no 1 .
Thapa, S., Bello, A., Maurushat, A. and Farid, F. (2023), 'Security risks and user perception towards adopting Wearable Internet of Medical Things', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol 20, no 8 .
Kang, M., Zhao, J. and Farid, F. (2023), '[In Press] Implications of classification models for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease', Artificial Intelligence and Applications, .
Sabrina, F., Sohail, S., Farid, F., Jahan, S., Ahamed, F. and Gordon, S. (2022), 'An interpretable artificial intelligence based smart agriculture system', Computers, Materials & Continua, vol 72, no 2 , pp 3777 - 3797.
Ahamed, F., Farid, F., Suleiman, B., Jan, Z., Wahsheh, L. and Shahrestani, S. (2022), 'An intelligent multimodal biometric authentication model for personalised healthcare services', Future Internet, vol 14, no 8 .
Hu, H., Lai, T. and Farid, F. (2022), 'Feasibility study of constructing a screening tool for adolescent diabetes detection applying machine learning methods', Sensors, vol 22, no 16 .
Xu, X., Lai, T., Jahan, S., Farid, F. and Bello, A. (2022), 'A machine learning predictive model to detect water quality and pollution', Future Internet, vol 14, no 11 .
Farid, F., Farid, F., Elkhodr, M., Elkhodr, M., Sabrina, F., Ahamed, F., Ahamed, F. and Gide, E. (2021), 'A smart biometric identity management framework for personalised IoT and cloud computing-based healthcare services', Sensors, vol 21, no 2 .
Farid, F., Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2020), 'A dynamic model for quality of service evaluation of heterogeneous networks', International Journal of Wireless Networks and Broadband Technologies, vol 9, no 2 , pp 17 - 42.
Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2019), 'A metric-based approach for quality evaluation in distributed networking systems', International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies, vol 9, no 1 , pp 48 - 76.
Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2016), 'QoS evaluation of heterogeneous networks : application-based approach', International Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, vol 8, no 1 , pp 47 - 60.
Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2013), 'Quality of service concerns in wireless and cellular networks', IBIMA Communications, vol 2013, no 794626 .
Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2013), 'A user-centric network architecture for sustainable rural areas', Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7593 , pp 138 - 150.

Conference Papers

Farid, F. (2023), 'BioEnvsense : a usable cybersecurity framework for critical infrastructure', International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking, Istanbul, Turkey.
Elkhodr, M., Gide, E., Farid, F. and Ahamed, F. (2023), 'A blockchain and IoT-enabled secure health data handling framework', International Conference on Advances in Biomedical Engineering, Beirut, Lebanon.
Ameli, L., Chowdhury, M., Farid, F., Bello, A., Sabrina, F. and Maurushat, A. (2022), 'AI and fake news : a conceptual framework for fake news detection', International Conference on Cyber Security, Hangzhou, China.
Ahamed, F., Farid, F. and Farid, F. (2019), 'Applying Internet of Things and machine-learning for personalized healthcare : issues and challenges', International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Engineering, Sydney, N.S.W..
Farid, F., Farid, F. and Ahamed, F. (2019), 'Biometric authentication for dementia patients with recurrent neural network', International Conference on Electrical Engineering Research and Practice, Sydney, N.S.W..
Farid, F., Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2015), 'Application-based QoS evaluation of heterogeneous networks', International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Networks, Sydney, N.S.W..
Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2014), 'A fuzzy logic approach for Quality of Service quantification in wireless and mobile networks', Conference on Local Computer Networks, Edmonton, Canada.
Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2013), 'Application based handover : an energy-efficient approach for heterogeneous networks', IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Sydney, N.S.W..
Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2013), 'QoS analysis and evaluations : improving cellular-based distance education', Conference on Local Computer Networks, Sydney, N.S.W..
Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2012), 'Quality of service requirements in wireless and cellular networks : application-based analysis', International Business Information Management Association Conference, Bercelona, Spain.
Farid, F., Shahrestani, S. and Ruan, C. (2012), 'Sustainable rural areas : network-based architecture', International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, Rome, Italy.

I am a Cybersecurity researcher with a special focus on network and communication technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Usable Security, Technology for development and Web and software systems. My current research interest involves various aspects of Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Data Science, Cybercrime, and Human Factors in Cybersecurity. I am particularly interested in using AI techniques to analyze security, privacy and usability aspects of the Internet of Things and sensor devices, focusing on data from smart environments, agriculture, water monitoring systems, and healthcare applications.

Some of the projects I am currently working on:

Ensemble Learning for IoT Cybersecurity via Bayesian Hyperparameters Sensitivity Analysis
A Digital Inclusion Study among the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Population in Western Sydney from Usable Security and Privacy Perspectives
Unlocking with Heart: A Study to Evaluate User Experience of ECG-based Biometric Authentication
Cybercrimes in Smart cities
The application of Explainable AI in different industry