From the Research Director’s Desk

MIT’s Masters by Research students are completing their theses, which are being examined by external examiners. Our students’ high quality research projects are recognised by international experts who accepted their papers for presentation at international conferences. Academic staff at MIT are publishing papers in high quality journals, presenting papers at international conferences, and collaborating with both national and international experts on research projects. MIT is now ready to work with its industry partners and the alumni on sponsored research projects for researched solutions to industry problems.
As the year ends, MIT celebrates its research achievements presented in this newsletter with successful research students, high-quality publications, and hosting an international conference.

MIT Master of ICT Research Students Present Academic Papers at International Conferences

MIT Academic Collaborates with International Partners for Research

Dr Kholoud Alkayid, Senior Lecturer, School of Business represented MIT at the CANWEST International Research Congress 2024 in Casablanca, Morocco. She had the honour of chairing a session titled ‘E-commerce Applications in Entrepreneurship: Navigating the Digital Frontier’. This session focused on innovative strategies and trends in e-commerce, fostering insightful discussions among global researchers.
Following the conference, Dr. Alkayid was invited by His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, the former Minister of Climate Change and Environment in the UAE and now a Visiting Professor at the American University of Sharjah for discussions on empowering women in the Arab world through IT and leadership, extending the Australian experience to UAE.

Dr. Alkayid also visited the Dubai Knowledge Village, home to world-renowned universities’ offshore campuses, and met with Dr. Mohamed Batmatraf, the Director of Industry Relations for the Middle East at GEDU - https://gedu.global/
Potential benefits for MIT from these international collaborations include global partnerships in advancing education and research.
Dr Alkayid is a member of the conference organizing committee for the 6th International Conference on Supply Chain Management (ICSCM2025). This conference will be held at Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, from February 21-23, 2025.

Invited Talk

Associate Professor Monica Chaudhary delivered a talk on the "Role of Data in Decision Making" to the MBA students at Jaipuria School of Business https://jsb.jaipuria.edu.in/ as an invited speaker on 9th Oct 2024.

Journal Editor

Dr. Rajan Kadel and Dr. Samar Shailendra from the Melbourne Institute of Technology are guest editors together with Dr. Assefa Kassa Teshome from Victoria University for the special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292), Electronics | Special Issue : Applications of Sensor Networks and Wireless Communications.
Dr. Mohammad Dabbagh from the Melbourne Institute of Technology is a Guest Editor for the Journal of Big Data and Cognitive Computing
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/BDCC/special_issues/YT0X5C7IYC), 2024

MIT Hosts an International Conference

The 14th International Conference on Advanced Engineering and ICT Convergence 2025 will be held at the MIT Sydney Campus from 10 to 13 February 2025.
Professor Johnson Agbinya, Professor Savitri Bevinakoppa, Professor Adel Al Jumaily, Dr Sanjeeb Shrestha, Dr Xioaying Kong and Dr Mohammed Dabbagh are members of the conference organising and technical committees.

Publications 2023 to July 2024

Congratulations to the authors of the following publications:

Journal Papers

Bkheet, S.A.; Agbinya, J.I.; Khamis, G.S.M. Advanced Deep Learning Approach for Smart Home Appliance Identification Using Recurrent Neural Networks with LSTM. IoT 2024, 5, 835–851. https:// doi.org/10.3390/iot5040038

Durrah, O., Charbatji, O., Chaudhary, M., & Alsubaey, F. (2024). Authentic leadership behaviors and thriving at work: Empirical evidence from the information technology industry in Australia. Psychological Reports, 127(4), 1911-1940.

Chaudhary, M., & Chaudhary, T. (2024). Anime and influence on consumption. International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing, 8(2), 109-125.

Shailendra S., Kadel R. and Sharma A., "Framework for Adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Education," in IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 777-785, Oct. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TE.2024.3432101.

Elizabeth Abugri, Emmanuel Kweku Duah, Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei (Oct. 2024). Investigating the Crucial Role of Parental Education Level, Race, and Gender in Shaping Students’ Academic Performance. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol.14, No.7, 2024. DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/14-7-05

Al-Quraishi, T., Mahdi , O. A., Abusalem , A., NG , C. K., Gyasi-Agyei , A., Al-Boridi , O., & Al-Quraishi,N. (July 2024). Transforming Amazon’s Operations: Leveraging Oracle Cloud-Based ERP with Advanced Analytics for Data-Driven Success. Applied Data Science and Analysis, 2024, 108–120. https://doi.org/10.58496/ADSA/2024/010

Al-Quraishi , T., Keong NG , C., Mahdi , O. A., Gyasi-Agyei, A., & Al-Quraishi, N. (May 2024). Advanced Ensemble Classifier Techniques for Predicting Tumor Viability in Osteosarcoma Histological Slide Images. Applied Data Science and Analysis, 2024, 52–68. https://doi.org/10.58496/ADSA/2024/006

Das, Bhagwan & Agbinya, Johnson & Abdullah, Mohammad & Mahdi, Osama & Ali, Nawfal & Ghaffar, Abdul & Gyasi-Agyei, Amoakoh. (April 2024). Adaptive composite bandwidth and automatic gain control receiver for 6G wireless optical communication. Discover Applied Sciences. Vol. 6. 10.1007/s42452-024-05882-6.

Gyasi-Agyei, Amoakoh. (Feb 2024). Detection of explosives in dustbins using deep transfer learning based multiclass classifiers. Applied Intelligence. Vol. 54. pps. 1-34. DOI:10.1007/s10489-023-05249-1.

Book Chapters

Kwan, P., Kadel, R., Memon, T. D., & Hashmi, S. S. (2024). Intensifying learner engagement and focus by a block mode flipped learning pedagogy. In Flipped Classrooms and Learning: Perspectives, Opportunities and Challenges (pp. 9-33). Nova Science Publishers Inc.

Ghouse, S. M., & Chaudhary, M. (2024). Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Tourism Start-Ups. In Innovative Technologies for Increasing Service Productivity (pp. 161-178). IGI Global.

Chaudhary, M., & Chaudhary, T. (2024). Anime and influence on consumption. International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing, 8(2), 109-125.

Tarafder, T., & Shahid, S. (2023). Is the UN's Quality Education Goal for Tertiary Level (SDG-4.3) at Stake Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic? In Innovation, Leadership and Governance in Higher Education: Perspectives on the Covid-19 Recovery Strategies (pp. 45-59). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

Conference Papers

Khanom, N., & Tarafder, T. (2024). Tyranny of women of colour in academia: A racial literacy perspective from narratives. Paper presented at the 37th ANZAM Conference, December 3–5, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. Retrieved from https://anzamconference.org/

R. Kadel, B. K. Mishra, S. Shailendra, S. Abid, M. Rani and S. P. Mahato, "Crafting Tomorrow’s Evaluations: Assessment Design Strategies in the Era of Generative AI," 2024 International Symposium on Educational Technology (ISET), Macau, Macao, 2024, pp. 13-17, doi: 10.1109/ISET61814.2024.00012.

Nagendra Reddy Palugula and Savitri Bevinakoppa, "IoT Based Secure Data Sharing for Precision Agriculture with Optimal Clustering and Hybrid Encryption Algorithm", 2024 IEEE 9th International Conference on Engineering, Technologies & Applied Sciences (ICETAS 2024), Bahrain, 20-22 Nov 2024

Sireesha Avula and Savitri Bevinakoppa, "Energy Efficient Internet of Things Based Routing Algorithm", 2024 IEEE 9th International Conference on Engineering, Technologies & Applied Sciences (ICETAS 2024), Bahrain, 20-22 Nov 2024

Dharti Patel and Savitri Bevinakoppa, "Machine Learning-Based Automated Threat Detection Network Security in Healthcare", 2024 IEEE 9th International Conference on Engineering, Technologies & Applied Sciences (ICETAS 2024), Bahrain, 20-22 Nov 2024

A. S. Rafsanjani, N. B. Kamaruddin, H. M. Rusli and Dabbagh, M. 2023. "QsecR: Secure QR code Scanner According to a Novel Malicious URL Detection Framework," in IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3291811

Mahdi, Osama A, Bevinakoppa, Savitri and Singh, Sarabjot, "Diversity Measure for Drift Detection in Data Streams", 2024 IEEE 9th International Conference on Engineering, Technologies & Applied Sciences (ICETAS 2024), Bahrain, 20-22 Nov 2024

Mahdi, Osama A, Bevinakoppa , Savitri and Singh, Sarabjot, "Multi-Criteria Analysis of Concept Drift Detection Algorithms: A Decision-Making Approach", 2024 IEEE 9th International Conference on Engineering, Technologies & Applied Sciences (ICETAS 2024), Bahrain, 20-22 Nov 2024

Singh, Sarabjot, Mahdi, Osama A, Bevinakoppa, Savitri and Alazab , Ammar, "Enhanced IoT Intrusion Detection: A Hybrid Framework Integrating Decision Tree and One-Class SVM", 2024 IEEE 9th International Conference on Engineering, Technologies & Applied Sciences (ICETAS 2024), Bahrain, 20-22 Nov 2024