Dr Mahdi Fahmideh


Dr Mahdi Fahmideh
NameDr Mahdi Fahmideh
Email Addressmahdi.fahmideh@unisq.edu.au
Job TitleSenior Lecturer (Cyber Security)
QualificationsBSoftEng Islamic Azad, MSoftEng Islamic Azad, PhD UNSW
DepartmentSchool of Business
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7196-7217
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Biography

I am currently the Senior Lecturer (equivalent to associate professor in North America) in Cyber Security at the School of Business, University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia. I received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. both in Software Engineering from Azad University, Iran with First Class Honors and PhD degree in Information Systems from the Business School, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. I am a member of Association of Information Systems (AIS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

I undertake research in two main streams. My first research area helps IT-based organisations in the effective analysis, design, and adoption of new technologies which ultimately create value as well as improve the quality of citizens’ life. Much of my work in this area focuses on designing new development methods or strategies to help IT-based organisations in their digital transformation endeavours. For example, I have explored development solutions that help business enterprises in the analysis of requirements, design, and implementation of systems relying on ABCD technologies (i.e., modern Internet-based computing technologies of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain smart contracts, Cloud computing, and big Data). My second area of research focuses on investigating research techniques used by researchers, particularly in design science research in Information Systems discipline.

My research has been awarded by the Australian funding agencies such as the Australian Research Council (ARC) and international ones such as Visiting Fellow Program Grant to undertake academic visits to top Information Systems research groups in Finland. As the lead author, my research outcomes have appeared in selective top-tier international Information Systems and Software Engineering ERA CORE A/A* and Australian Business Deans Council ranked venues such as European Journal of Information System (EJIS), IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), Information Sciences, Information Systems, IEEE Transactions on Service Computing (TSC), Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), Information and Software Technology (IST), Knowledge-Based Systems, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Pacific Asia Conference Information Systems (PACIS), and European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), among others.

Having worked in the software industry prior to taking up an academic position, I have 8 years of first-hand experience in the software industry as an analyst programmer and consultant to implement the core back-end of software systems for different industry sectors such as publishing, government, and insurance.

Feel free to contact me if you are interested in collaborations with me or have any questions. Also, I am happy to recruit master and PhD program applicants.

Teaching

Digital Forensics (CIS8708)

Data Mining for Business Analytics and Cyber Security (CIS5206)

Information Assurance and Risk Management (CIS6712)

Digital Assets and Responsible Data Management (CIS2103)

Business Intelligence (CIS6008)

Cyber Governance and Leadership (CIS6709)

Human Factors in Cyber Security (CIS2104)

Fields of Research

  • 460905. Information systems development methodologies and practice

Professional Membership

Professional MembershipYear
Association of Information Systems (AIS)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
BSoftEng
Islamic Azad
2006
MSoftEng
Islamic Azad
2010
PhD
UNSW
2017

Current Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCommenced
Addressing the human factors and evaluating the usefulness of behavioural and cognitive theories in cybersecurityAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2023
Project titleDetailsYear
Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage GrantProject title: Empowering Australia’s Visual Arts via Creative Blockchain Opportunities (project id: LP210300009) Value: AUS $570,943.00 over 3 years (4th chief investigator) Admin organisation: University of Wollongong 2022
DateNameAwarding organisationUnderpinning research
2018Best Paper AwardThe 9th IEEE Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2019Research performanceUniversity of Wollongong
2019Research performanceUniversity of Wollongong

Role of ontologies in beach safety management analytics systems

Fahmideh, Mahdi, Beydoun, Ghassan, Bandara, Madhushi, Ahmad, Aakash, Shrestha, Anup and Khan, Arif Ali. 2022. "Role of ontologies in beach safety management analytics systems." 26th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2022). Taipei, Taiwan 05 - 09 Jul 2022

Software Engineering for Internet of Things: The Practitioners’ Perspective

Fahmideh, Mahdi, Ahmad, Aakash, Behnaz, Ali, Grundy, John and Susilo, Willy. 2022. "Software Engineering for Internet of Things: The Practitioners’ Perspective." IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 48 (8), pp. 2857-2878. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSE.2021.3070692

A model-driven approach to reengineering processes in cloud computing

Fahmideh, Mahdi, Grundy, John, Beydoun, Ghassan, Zowghi, Didar, Susilo, Willy and Mougouei, Davoud. 2022. "A model-driven approach to reengineering processes in cloud computing." Information and Software Technology. 144, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2021.106795

A fuzzy-based requirement selection method for considering value dependencies in software release planning

Mougouei, Davoud, Ghose, Aditya, Dam, Hoa, Fahmideh, Mahdi and Powers, David. 2021. "A fuzzy-based requirement selection method for considering value dependencies in software release planning." 30th IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2021). Luxembourg 11 - 14 Jul 2021 United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FUZZ45933.2021.9494422

An Overview of Ontologies and Tool Support for COVID-19 Analytics

Ahmad, Aakash, Bandara, Madhushi, Fahmideh, Mahdi, Proper, Henderik A., Guizzardi, Giancarlo and Soar, Jeffrey. 2021. "An Overview of Ontologies and Tool Support for COVID-19 Analytics." 2021 IEEE 25th International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Workshop (EDOCW). Gold Coast, Australia 25 Oct 2021 United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDOCW52865.2021.00026

Big data analytics architecture design — An application in manufacturing systems

Fahmideh, Mahdi and Beydoun, Ghassan. 2019. "Big data analytics architecture design — An application in manufacturing systems." Computers and Industrial Engineering. 128, pp. 948-963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.08.004

Reusing empirical knowledge during cloud computing adoption

Fahmideh, Mahdi and Beydoun, Ghassan. 2018. "Reusing empirical knowledge during cloud computing adoption." Journal of Systems and Software. 138, pp. 124-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2017.12.011

Challenges in migrating legacy software systems to the cloud — an empirical study

Gholami, Mahdi Fahmideh, Daneshgar, Farhad, Beydoun, Ghassan and Rabhi, Fethi. 2017. "Challenges in migrating legacy software systems to the cloud — an empirical study." Information Systems. 67, pp. 100-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2017.03.008

Cloud migration process—A survey, evaluation framework, and open challenges

Gholami, Mahdi Fahmideh, Daneshgar, Farhad, Low, Graham and Beydoun, Ghassan. 2016. "Cloud migration process—A survey, evaluation framework, and open challenges." Journal of Systems and Software. 120, pp. 31-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2016.06.068

Metrics for BPEL Process Reusability Analysis in a Workflow System

Khoshkbarforoushha, Alireza, Jamshidi, Pooyan, Gholami, Mahdi Fahmideh, Wang, Lizhe and Ranjan, Rajiv. 2016. "Metrics for BPEL Process Reusability Analysis in a Workflow System." IEEE Systems Journal. 10 (1), pp. 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSYST.2014.2317310

Enhancing the OPEN Process Framework with service-oriented method fragments

Gholami, Mahdi Fahmideh, Sharif, Mohsen and Jamshidi, Pooyan. 2014. "Enhancing the OPEN Process Framework with service-oriented method fragments." Software and Systems Modeling. 13 (1), pp. 361-390. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-011-0222-z

Strategies for Improving MDA-Based Development Processes

Gholami, Mehdi Fahmideh and Ramsin, Raman. 2010. "Strategies for Improving MDA-Based Development Processes." UKSim/AMSS First International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation (ISMS 2010). Liverpool, United Kingdom 27 - 29 Jan 2010 United Kingdom. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMS.2010.38

Criteria-Based Evaluation Framework for Service-Oriented Methodologies

Gholami, Mehdi Fahmideh, Habibi, Jafar, Shams, Fereidoon and Khoshnevis, Sedigheh. 2010. "Criteria-Based Evaluation Framework for Service-Oriented Methodologies." 12th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim 2010). Cambridge, United Kingdom 24 - 26 Mar 2010 United Kingdom. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/UKSIM.2010.30