Dr. Sheeba Armoogum is an Associate Professor at the Department of Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) at the University of Mauritius (UoM). She received her PhD in Cybersecurity from the University of Technology, Mauritius. She is a recipient of the South African Patent in Cybersecurity ascribed to the Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS). She is the sole Inventor of the patented work under the Inventor class H04L, an IP classification under the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) with a validity period of 20 years. Dr. Sheeba is the founder of the CyberSecurity & Forensics Research Group (CSFRG) at the University of Mauritius, and she leads the research group. She was the past Head of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at the UoM.
Her fields of research and study are Cybersecurity, Cyber forensics, Cyberpsychology, Brain-Computer Interface, Cryptography, AI and Machine Learning, and Wireless/Mobile Communication and networking. She is certified in both Research Ethics and Research Ethics Evaluation. She has published several research papers in International Journals, Conference Proceedings and Book Chapters.
Dr. Sheeba is a Research Fellow at the INTI International University, Malaysia; an International Doctoral Examiner for the University of KwaZulu-Natal - South Africa; Interim Chairperson for the Southern African Federation & Engineering Organisation (SAFEO) Industry Committee on ICT; and Executive Member of the International Cyber Security & Investigation Committee (ICSIC). She is an active member of International Committees like the Africa Region to International Cyber Security (AFRICC) Steering Committee and the International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC) Steering Committee, and she represents Southern Africa as Deputy Secretariate for both committees.
To disseminate knowledge in Cybersecurity and related at the National and International levels, to promote awareness and understanding of cybercrimes and their impact, she has served as Keynote Speaker / Main Speaker / Invited Speaker / Panellist Speaker for international conferences, forums, webinars and seminars in countries like Poland, Iceland, India, South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka and China. She served as a member of the Editorial Board of reputed International Journals and as a reviewer for International Journals and Conferences, as a subject specialist in the field of Cybersecurity for accreditation of the programmes at the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Mauritius, and as Technical Expert at the Mauritius Accreditation Services (MAURITAS).
She received the Global Women Inventor & Innovator Network Special Recognition Award (GlobalWIIN) 2023 and several other international awards.
Dr. Avinash Mungur is an Associate Professor at the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at the University of Mauritius where he joined in 2015. He completed his BSc (Hons) in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Mauritius in 2005, followed by an MSc in Multimedia Networking from Lancaster University (UK) in 2007. In 2012, he received his PhD in Computer Science from Lancaster University (UK).
Dr. Avinash Mungur's research interests lie in the areas of Computer Networks and Security, IPv6, Internet of Things, Future Internet Architecture, and Cloud Computing. He has several publications in peered reviewed conferences, journal publications and research abstracts.
He is an active researcher and is supervising PhD candidates. Dr. Avinash Mungur has been involved in the organisation of international conferences and served as TPC member in numerous international conferences. He is also a certified IPv6 Network Engineer, certified IBM Mobile Application Developer and certified IBM Blockchain Developer.