Hello and welcome to my website! I am an assistant professor at the
Computer Engineering Department,
KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
My research interests span most aspects
of computer security and digital forensics.
ICS104: Introduction to Programming Using Python and C
( Spring 2021,
Fall 2020 )
ISE 291: Introduction to Data Science
( Spring 2021 )
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.
Selected publications
Ahmad Almulhem,
"Threat modeling of a multi-UAV system",
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, December 2020.
Asem Ghaleb, Sami Zhioua, Ahmad Almulhem,
"On PLC network security",
International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, May 2018.
Asem Ghaleb, Sami Zhioua, Ahmad Almulhem,
"SCADA-SST: A SCADA Security Testbed",
World Congress on Industrial Control Systems Security (WCICSS-2016),
London, UK, December 12-14, 2016
[paper]
[slides]
Haroon Wardak, Sami Zhioua, Ahmad Almulhem,
"PLC Access Control: A Security Analysis",
World Congress on Industrial Control Systems Security (WCICSS-2016),
London, UK, December 12-14, 2016
[paper]
[slides]
Mohammed Younus Siddiqui, Faizuddin Mohammad, Ahmad Almulhem,
"Supplementing Live Forensics with Traditional Forensics for
Cloud Computing",
The 26th Annual IEEE Software Technology Conference (STC2014),
Long Beach, California, USA, 29 March - 3 April 2014
Azzat Al-Sadi, Manaf Bin Yahya, Ahmad Almulhem,
"Identification of image fragments for file carving",
World Congress on Internet Security (WorldCIS-2013),
London, UK, December 9-12, 2013.
[paper]
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]