Ijaz Ahmad

Ijaz Ahmad (SM IEEE) received his MSc. and PhD in Wireless Communications from the University of Oulu, Finland, in 2012 and 2018, respectively. Currently, he is a senior scientist at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and Adjunct Professor (Title of Docent) at the University of Oulu, Finland. Prior to this, he has been a post-doctoral researcher at Centre for Wireless Communications, Oulu, Finland. He has been a visiting scientist at the Centre Tecnològic De Telecomunicacions De Catalunya (CTTC), Barcelona Spain in 2023, Technical University of Vienna (TU-WIEN) Austria in 2019, and at Aalto University Finland in 2018. He is the recipient of over 13 awards (Finnish and international) for excellence in research including the Nokia foundation, Tauno Tönning and Jorma Ollila grant awards, and two IEEE best paper awards. His research interests include 5G and 6G security, security of critical environments, the applications of machine learning in network security, and sustainability of cybersecurity technologies. He has published over 75 articles, including journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, and a co-edited book on 5G security, i.e., "A comprehensive Guide to 5G Security".