Ahmad Almulhem's Homepage

Ahmad Almulhem

Assistant Professor
Computer Engineering Department
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

Contact

Office: 22/407-2
Tel: +966-3-860-7554
Fax: +966-3-860-3059
E-mail: ahmadsm@REM0VE.kfupm.edu.sa

About Me

Hello and welcome to my website! I am an assistant professor in the Computer Engineering Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. I received my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Victoria, Canada. My research interests are mainly in the area of computer security. I teach courses in computer security and digital forensics.

Teaching

Courses in this semester - Spring 2013 (T122)

Courses in all semesters

COE599/CSE699: Seminar ( Spring 2008 )
COE589: Digital Forensics ( Spring 2013, Fall 2012 )
COE485: Senior Design Project ( Fall 2010, Spring 2010 )
COE451: Computer and Network Security ( Spring 2013, Fall 2012)
COE449: Network and Information Security ( Spring 2011, Fall 2010 )
COE449: Network Security Engineering ( Spring 2008 )
COE390: Seminar ( Fall 2009 )
COE350/351: COE Cooperative Work ( Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 )
COE203: Digital Design Lab ( Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008 )
COE202: Digital Logic Design ( Spring 2010, Fall 2009 )
ICS103: Computer Programming in C ( Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 )

Research

My research interests include computer security, digital forensics, user authentication, intrusion detection systems, security of health systems, application of machine learning and visualization in computer security.

The following is a selected list of my publications:

Ahmad Almulhem, "Threat Modeling for Electronic Health Record Systems", Journal of Medical Systems, Springer, 2012, 36, 2921-2926. [paper]
Ahmad Almulhem, "A Graphical Password Authentication System", World Congress on Internet Security (WorldCIS-2011), London, UK, February 21-23, 2011. [paper] [slides]
Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Detecting Connection-Chains: A Data Mining Approach", International Journal of Network Security, Vol.10, No.1, PP.62-74, Jan. 2010 [paper]
Ahmad Almulhem, "Network Forensics: Notions and Challenges", 9th IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT 2009), Ajman, UAE, December 2009 [paper] [slides]
Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Profiling Distributed Connection Chains", International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems 2008 - Vol. 1, No.1 pp. 4 - 18 [paper]
Ahmed Awad, Issa Traore and Ahmad Almulhem, "Digital Fingerprinting Based on Keystroke Dynamics", International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2008), Plymouth, UK, July 2008
Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "A Survey of Connection-Chains Detection Techniques", 2007 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, Victoria, B.C., Canada, Aug 2007 [paper] [slides]
Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Mining and Detecting Connection-Chains in Network Traffic", Joint iTrust and PST Conferences on Privacy, Trust Management and Security, Moncton, Canada, Jul 2007. (Acceptance rate 30%) [paper] [slides]
Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Profiling Spatial Hackers", Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Technical Report ECE-06.1, 2006
Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Experience with Engineering a Network Forensics System", The International Conference on Information Networking, Jeju, Korea, Jan 2005 (Acceptance rate 24%), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, 2005 [paper] [slides]
Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Connection-Chains: A Review and Taxonomy", Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Technical Report ECE-05.4, 2005 [paper]
Al-Mulhem, A. S., Amin, A. A., and Youssef, H. "Stochastic Evolution Algorithm for Technology Mapping", Proceedings of the 8th Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLS'98), Lafayette, Louisiana, Feb. 1998 [paper]

Misc

Ahmad Almulhem, "Information Security: An Overview", Invited Talk, ITC Awareness Day, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2013 [slides]
Ahmad Almulhem, "Firewalls", KACST Project Talk, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, March 10, 2012 [slides]