Dr. Fariza Sabrina

• PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Master of Engineering (Research) in Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
• Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education and Teaching, Federation University, Australia
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Hons), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh
• Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Business and Finance, Coventry University, United Kingdom (UK)

• School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia
• School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
• Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• School of IT and Engineering, Federation University, Australia

• Stanford–Elsevier recognition (2025): Included in the list of the world’s top 2% of scientists.
• CSIRO ON Prime Performance Bonus (2023): Team Leader, Self-managed Data Privacy project.
• CSIRO ON Prime Marketing Bonus Prize (2023): Team Leader, Self-managed Data Privacy project.
• Best Paper Award (2019): International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC), for A Novel Entitlement-based Blockchain-enabled Security Architecture for IoT.
• Best Paper Award (2003): International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), for A Novel Architecture for Resource Management in Active Networks Using a Directory Service.

  Selected News and Research Highlights

• AI toolkit gains national acclaim for learning and teaching impact - CQUniversity, 17 November 2025.
• CQU academics feature in World’s Top 2% Scientists list - CQUniversity, 23 September 2025.
• Harnessing promise, avoiding pitfalls: ICT education gains Generative AI Toolkit - CQUniversity, 12 March 2025.
• Encrypting AI and quantum for maximum mass event security - CQUniversity, 30 September 2024.
• CQU innovation wows at CSIRO ON Prime showcase event — CQUniversity, 11 July 2023.

Taught and coordinated undergraduate and postgraduate ICT and Engineering units at:

• University of Sydney, Australia
• University of New South Wales, Australia
• Federation University Australia, Australia
• Melbourne Institute of Technology, Sydney, Australia
• International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• CSIRO ICT Centre, Sydney: Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Scientist in the Networking Technologies Lab.
• Westpac Banking Corporation, Sydney: IT Consultant.
• Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre: Researcher.
• Macchina Pty Ltd, Sydney: Researcher.

I hold professional memberships with the following organisations:

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and IEEE Communications Society
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Australian Computer Society (ACS) — MACS CP; IP3P
• Australian Information Security Association (AISA)
• Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)

• Head of Course — Undergraduate ICT: Provide strategic and academic leadership for undergraduate ICT programs, including course development, curriculum review, quality assurance and academic coordination, while supporting student success across campus and online delivery.
• Research Cluster Leader — Cybersecurity and Networking (CML-NET): Lead collaborative research initiatives, develop multidisciplinary partnerships, support competitive grant applications and strengthen research capability through mentoring and researcher development.
• Founder and Chair - CoICT and CML-NET Research Seminar Series: Organise and chair regular research seminars featuring university, industry and government speakers to promote scholarly exchange, research visibility and collaboration.
• Higher Research Degree Supervision: Supervise and mentor higher degree research candidates, providing guidance on research design, methodology, publication and thesis development.
• Academic Mentoring and Staff Leadership: Mentor and support academic staff in teaching, research, leadership development and career progression.
• Scholarship of Learning and Teaching: Lead and contribute to collaborative higher education research focusing on reflective practice, academic integrity, curriculum innovation and the responsible integration of artificial intelligence.
• Industry and Community Engagement: Develop industry partnerships, support industry-linked student projects, facilitate research collaborations and contribute to community cybersecurity outreach and digital literacy initiatives.

I contribute to the international research community through conference service and journal peer review. I have served on Technical Program Committees (TPCs) for international conferences including the IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), the International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC), the IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), the International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP), and the International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS). My engagement with the higher education community includes conference reviewing and session chairing for the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA). 

I also review manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, including IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, IEEE Access, Computer Communications, Sensors, Computers, and Electronics

• Guest Editor, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)
• Guest Editor, Electronics
• Guest Editor, Computation