Lip Yee Por is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. A Senior Member of IEEE, he is a recognized expert in security and machine learning. His research interests include AI, deep learning, support vector machines (SVM), IoT, authentication, computer vision, blockchain, cryptography, steganography, and watermarking. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications in reputable international journals and has secured more than RM 7 million in competitive research funding as Principal Investigator. Prof. Por’s impactful contributions have earned him numerous national and international awards, and he is consistently recognized as one of the top-rated lecturers at FCSIT. In addition to his research and teaching excellence, he is Associate Editor for Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers in Computer Science, and the Malaysian Journal of Computer Science; Guest Editor for Applied Sciences; and Editorial Board Member for CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua. He has held leadership roles in national and international conferences as Program Chair, Technical Chair, and Local Chair, and serves as an external assessor for academic programs at TARUC, MMU, HELP, and APU. He has also delivered over 20 keynote and invited speeches at national and international conferences.