Dr. Zahid Akhtar
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
State University of New York Polytechnic Institute,
C135, Kunsela Hall,
Utica, New York 13502, USA.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=WSsLM18AAAAJ&hl=en
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
State University of New York Polytechnic Institute,
C135, Kunsela Hall,
Utica, New York 13502, USA.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=WSsLM18AAAAJ&hl=en
Dr. Akhtar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Undergraduate Program Coordinator for the Cybersecurity Program at State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (USA) since August 2020. Prior to this, he was a Research Assistant Professor at University of Memphis, USA (2018-2020) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at INRS-EMT-University of Quebec, Canada (2016-2018), University of Udine, Italy (2013-2016), Bahcesehir University, Turkey (2013), and University of Cagliari, Italy (2012-2013), respectively. He was a visiting Research Fellow at University of Cagliari, Italy, from 2008 to 2009. Between 2005 to 2008, he was Junior Research Fellow at University of Pune, India. In 2004, he worked as a summer intern at Tata Motors Limited, India.
Dr. Akhtar received the Ph.D. degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from University of Cagliari (Italy). He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence as well as an Associate Editor of IEEE Access journal. Moreover, he is a Senior Member of IEEE as well as a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He is also a recipient of the IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence journal's Outstanding Associate Editor (2023), IEEE Access Journal's Outstanding Associate Editor (2023) award, Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Biometrics Journal (2014), Outstanding Paper Award at the International Conference on Internet (2017), Best Industry-Oriented research work award at National Seminar on Physics and Technology of Sensors (2007), Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award in the prestigious journal Pattern Recognition Letters (2016), and Five times Best Reviewer Award at the International Conference on Vision, Image and Signal Processing (2017-2021).
Dr. Akhtar’s current research focuses on artificial intelligence-driven solutions for deepfakes, cybersecurity, biometrics, adversarial machine learning, emotion recognition, medical diagnostics, and audiovisual multimedia quality assessment.
Latest News
Keynote/Invited Speaker:
Zahid Akhtar, "AI at the Crossroads: Cybersecurity, Adversarial Attacks, and Digital Trust", International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Network Security (ICCINS), Raipur, India, April 3, 2025.
Zahid Akhtar, "Research Methodology in the Age of AI", International Multidisciplinary Conference on Emerging Trends in Research Methodology in Higher Education System, India, February 3, 2025.
'Zahid Akhtar, "AI-Driven Education, Innovation, and Cyber Trust", Faculty Development Program on Reinventing Pedagogy in the Age of AI: Methods, Approaches and Perspectives, University of Delhi, India, January 17, 2025.
Guest Editor
special issue on "Multimedia Data and Network Security" in Journal of Computers, 2025 [Link]
special issue on "Advanced Technologies for Detecting Cybersecurity Attacks in Internet of Things Systems" in Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy, 2025 [Link]
special issue on "Applied Artificial Intelligence for Software Development" in IET Software, 2025 [Link]
special issue on "Soft Computing Techniques for Enhancing Smart Agriculture Systems" in Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing: An International Journal, 2025 [Link]
special issue on "Deepfakes, Fake News and Multimedia Manipulation from Generation to Detection, Volume II" in Journal of Imaging, 2025 [Link]
special issue on "Advanced Sensing Technologies for Detecting Cybersecurity Attacks in Internet of Things Systems" in Journal of Sensors, 2025 [Link]
special issue on "Biometrics-Based Authentication: Advancements and Real-World Implementations" in Journal of Computers, 2025 [Link]
Highlights
Received IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence Journal's Outstanding Associate Editor of 2023 Award.
Dr. Akhtar quoted in the article "Exposing deepfake imagery" in Photonics Focus (SPIE), September 1, 2023.
Received IEEE Access Journal's Outstanding Associate Editor of 2023 Award [Link].
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