It is a great achievement for Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) that it has produced its first PhD- Mr. Abdullah Ayub Khan in the field of Computer Science. The Thesis Final Defence of the PhD scholar was held on Tuesday at the Seminar Hall of the university which was chaired by the Vice Chancellor Dr. MujeebSahrai.
The PhD scholar Mr. Abdullah Ayub has done his PhD on the subject of “Digital Forensics Integrates with BlockchainHyperledger and Challenges” under the supervision of Dr. Aftab Ahmed Shaikh, Dean Faculty of Information Technology of SMIU, while the co-supervisor was Dr. Asif Ali Laghari, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science of SMIU.
Talking in the seminar Vice Chancellor Dr. MujeebSahrai said Mr. Abdullah Ayub Khan is going to be the first PhD in the history of SMIU which is an honour for all of us, the vice chancellor, faculty and other stakeholders. Congratulating to Mr. Abdullah Ayub, his PhD supervisor Dr. Aftab Ahmed Shaikh, co-supervisor Dr. Asif Ali Laghari, Director Post Graduate Studies Dr. Zahid Ali Channar, Advisor on Academics Dr. Abdul Hafeez Khan, Dr. Muhammad Adnan Khurshid, Assistant Professor, and all faculty members Dr. MujeebSahrai said the first PhD degree is a remarkable addition to the history of SMIU and this great institute will produce more PhDs in the fields that could benefit the country in real terms, in the near future.
He said Sindh Madressatul Islam had received university status in 2012, now it has come out from its formative phase and is producing graduates in various disciplines. The PhD Scholar Mr. Abdullah Ayub Khan said that he feels proud to be the first PhD from this historic institution of the Country-Sindh Madressatul Islam University. In his presentation the PhD scholar said his study proposes a secure blockchain-enabled digital forensics investigation process on the Internet of Things (IoT) environment. “We presented a HyperledgerSawtooth-based forensics investigation for the internet of things domain, which provides robust security mechanisms and protected preservation for evidence incident response examination and real-time digital analysis,” Mr.
Abdullah Ayub said. He further said that the digital forensics investigation on the IoT environment is an attractive research area that delivers a chain-of-custody to the participating stakeholders without physical proof of existence and centralizes privacy preservation for evidence items required.
