Curriculum Vitae

DR. MUHAMMAD NUR FIRDAUS BIN SAHRAN

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Computer System & Technology
    Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
  • firdaussahran
  • 0379672507

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Firdaus Sahran is currently a senior lecturer at the Department of Computer System and Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaya. He received his PhD in Computer Science from Universiti Malaya in 2024. Firdaus Sahran's research focuses on computer networking, specifically software-defined networking (SDN), security, and analytics. He is dedicated to teaching and has taught courses in computer networks and computer systems to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He strives to make complex networking concepts understandable and applicable for students. In addition, he is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of computer network researchers.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • HIGH SPEED NETWORK
  • SWITCHED NETWORKS

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND NETWORKING) PASS WITH HONOURS (WITH DISTINCTION), (Sistem dan Rangkaian Komputer)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • Doctoral Degree (PhD), (Computer Science)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Sahran, Firdaus; Altarturi, Hamza H. M.; Anuar, Nor Badrul; Bouras, Christos J.; Liu, Yiming; Zhang, Zhi; Meng, Yue (2024). Exploring the Landscape of AI-SDN: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis and Future Perspectives, ELECTRONICS. 13(1). doi:10.3390/electronics13010026
  2. Sahran, Firdaus; Anuar, Nor Badrul (2023). SCALABILITY IMPROVEMENT OF ACTIVE PROBING FOR FAILURE DETECTION IN LARGE- SCALE SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS USING COMMUNITY DETECTION ALGORITHMS, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. 36(4)
  3. Daud, N. N., Hamid, S. H. A., Saadoon, M., Sahran, F., & Anuar, N. B. (2020). Applications of link prediction in social networks: A review. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 166, 18. doi: 10.1016/j.jnca.2020.102716
ESCI
  1. Ainin, Sulaiman; Feizollah, Ali; Anuar, Nor Badrul; Abdullah, Nor Aniza Binti; Sahran, Muhammad Nur Firdaus (2020). Examining what people tweet in relation to halal cosmetics-related topics, COGENT ARTS & HUMANITIES. 7(1). doi:10.1080/23311983.2020.1724593
Scopus
  1. Sahran F., Anuar N.B. (2023). CALABILITY IMPROVEMENT OF ACTIVE PROBING FOR FAILURE DETECTION IN LARGE-SCALE SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS USING COMMUNITY DETECTION ALGORITHM, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science. 36(4). doi:10.22452/mjcs.vol36no4.2
  2. Daud N.N., Ab Hamid S.H., Saadoon M., Sahran F., Anuar N.B. (2020). Applications of link prediction in social networks: A review, Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 166. doi:10.1016/j.jnca.2020.102716

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Computer Networks (Software-defined Networking (SDN))
  • Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning, Large Language Models)
  • Cyber Security (AI in Cybersecurity)

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2024 - 2026, UNIVERSITI MALAYA RESEARCH EXCELLENCE GRANT (UMREG)
    Anomaly Detection Using Hybrid Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2024 - 2025, RU Geran - UMCares
    Analysis of Smart Wearable Technology in Enhancing Health Among Stroke Survivors ( Principal Investigator(PI))
International
  1. 2024 - 2025,  (Guangzhou Development District International Technology)
    Research and Application of Low Resource Intelligent Speech Interaction Technology (RMB 4,500,000), Guangdong University of Technology ( Co-Researcher)
University
  1. 2024 - 2025, RU Geran - UMCares
    Close to the Heart of Sabah?s Indigenous People Module ( Principal Investigator(PI))