Md Morshedul Islam, PhD

Assistant Professor, IT Program

Department of Mathematics & Information Technology

Faculty of Science

Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE)

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Email: mdmorshedul.islam@concordia.ab.ca

Doctorate, Computer Science, University of Calgary (UofC), AB., Canada.
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UofC, AB., Canada.
Research Specialization: Information Security and Privacy, Behavioral Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Responsible AI.

Professional Biography: I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology at Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE), Alberta, Canada. I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Calgary (UofC), where my research focused on data privacy and security. Prior to my current role, I served as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering at UofC.

I have authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers published in reputable venues, including MDPI, IEEE Access, ACM CCS, IEEE Big Data, FPS, IFIP SEC, and SECRYPT. I also serve as a Program Committee (PC) member for several international conferences. My research interests span data privacy and security, machine learning, and responsible AI.

I am actively engaged in supervising graduate and undergraduate students, including Mitacs and AITF-funded students, as well as trainees supported by other internal and external research grants. In addition, I lead research projects, secure and manage research funding, and collaborate with international research partners. I also serve on academic committees, including scholarship selection panels and faculty search committees.

Grants Awarded (selected)

🏆Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) Seed Grant, 2025-2026.
🏆CUE: Reduction in Teaching to Support Research, 2025-2026.
🏆 CUE: Reduction in Teaching to Support Research, 2024-2025.
🏆CUE Travel Award to present published paper at FPS 2024.
🏆CUE Seed Grant, 2023-2024.
🏆Best Poster Award, CARIC 2024, CARIC 2025 (Both undergraduate and graduate Category)
🏆CUE Student Project Grant - Spring 2025 (Undergraduate student)
🏆Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (2024) (Graduate student)

Research Funding (selected)

Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) Seed Grant (2026 Competition). Project Title: Toward Secure AI Chatbots with Federated Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Total Funding: $7,000
Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) Seed Grant (2025 Competition). Project Title: Federated Learning: Challenges in Explainability and Proposed Solutions. Total Funding: $5,000
Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) Travel Award. Project Title: A Privacy-Preserving Behavioral Authentication System. Total Funding: $2,500
Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) Seed Grant (2023 Competition). Project Title: Defending Against Model Extraction-based Impersonation Attack on Behavioral Authentication Systems. Total Funding: $5,000