Artificial Intelligence and National Security

Dr. Reza Montasari is a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Threats at the Department of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy in the School of Social Sciences at Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom (UK). Dr. Montasari is also a member of the Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC) at Swansea University, which focuses on addressing a wide range of online threats, from terrorism, extremism and cybercrime to child sexual exploitation and grooming online. Reza serves as a Member of Strategic Independent Advisory Group at South Wales Police (Cardiff, Wales, UK), and a Programme Chair, Programme Steering Member, and Committee Member of the Annual International Conference on Global Security, Safety & Sustainability. Reza holds a BSc (Hons) in Multimedia Computing and an MSc in Computer Forensics both from the University of South Wales and a PhD in Digital Forensics from the University of Derby. He is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), a Chartered Engineer (CEng), and a Memberof the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Reza’s main research interests lie in the areas of Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, and Artificial Intelligence but also include Cyber Law and Cyber Criminology. Reza is a prolific publisher of academic research and is frequently invited to present or be a panelist at various international security-related conferences. Reza is an experienced professor, supervisor and examiner of both undergraduate and postgraduate candidates, as well as having extensive experience in reviewing and examining programmes of study. Reza is also very experienced at designing, developing and validating both new programmes of studies and new modules. He is or has been an External Examiner to the University of South Wales (Newport, UK) and the University of Northampton (Northampton, UK). He has also acted as the External Member of Validation Panel for Postgraduate Computer Forensics and Security at Leeds Beckett University (Leeds, UK), and an External Assessor for Validation  and Review for  MSc Digital Forensics / MSc Information Security Management at Middlesex University (London, UK).