Mahdi Fahmideh

Mahdi Fahmideh is an Associate Professor in Cyber Security at the School of Business, University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), Australia. He holds a PhD in Information Systems from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and MSc/BSc in Software Engineering from Azad University, Iran. His research focuses on Cyber Security, AI Ethics, Blockchain, and IoT, with a track record of securing ARC grants and international visiting fellowships. He has published in top-tier journals like European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), and ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR).

His career includes roles as Senior Lecturer at UniSQ, Lecturer at the University of Wollongong, and Postdoctoral Researcher at UTS. Awards include a Best Paper Award (2018) and multiple research excellence recognitions. He teaches courses in Cyber Security, Data Mining, and Information Assurance. His grants include ARC Linkage projects on Adversarial Machine Learning (AUS $445K) and Blockchain in Visual Arts (AUS $570K).

Fahmideh’s recent work explores AI-Human collaboration (e.g., ChatGPT in software development) and trustworthy AI frameworks. He leads course development in Cyber Security and mentors students in HDR programs. His industry experience includes 8 years as an analyst programmer in software systems for publishing, insurance, and government sectors.