Soly Mathew BijuSoly Mathew Biju, CEng MBCS CITP FBCS FHEA, has been in the field of academic and IT industry for a total of 25 years. She has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and also an MBA in IT management. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engneering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong in Dubai. Dr Biju has achieved the CEng status awarded by Engineering Council (UK). She also has achieved the Chartered IT Professional status which is a symbol of excellence in the field of IT and is also an ISTQB-certified software testing professional. She is also a Fellow Higher Education Academy, UK. She was nominated for the Teaching Excellence and Research Excellence awards at UOWD on numerous occasions and received the prestigious Teaching Excellence Award in 2012, 2015 and 2019. She was also awarded the prestigious Amity Global Academic Excellence award in 2020. She spearheads the 'Global Health and Wellbeing ' cluster at UOWD. Her research interests include machine learning, data security, software testing, cryptography, e-learning, innovations in teaching, agile software development, online teaching, network security and programming techniques. She has papers published in reputed journals and books and presented and reviewed papers at national and international conferences and journals. She has been a scientific and organizing committee member and session chair and content chair on various reputed national and international conferences. She was nominated for the Teaching Excellence and Research Excellence awards at UOWD on numerous occasions and received the prestigious Teaching Excellence Award in 2012, 2015 and 2019. She was also awarded the prestigious Amity Global Academic Excellence award in 2020. Her research interests include machine learning, data security, software testing, cryptography, e-learning, innovations in teaching, agile software development, online teaching, network security and programming techniques. She has papers published in reputed journals and books and presented and reviewed papers at national and international conferences and journals. She has been a scientific and organizing committee member and session chair and content chair on various reputed national and international conferences. Read More Read Less