Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Cryptology and Information Security

Sattar B. Sadkhan Al Maliky (S’80, M’06, SM’11) is a professor at the College of Information Technology of the University of Babylon, Hilla, Iraq. He received a PhD degree in Wireless Communication Engineering in 1984, and MSc degree from the VAAZ Academy in Brno, Czech Republic in 1981. His BSc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Military Engineering College (MTC) in Baghdad, Iraq in 1978. He received a Diploma in Radar Repairing (4 years in 1974) in Iraq, and another Diploma in Cryptography from Switzerland in 1988. His main research interests include wireless digital communication, cryptography, cryptanalysis, security evaluation, information hiding, digital watermarking, ICA, and soft computing techniques. He was the leader of many scientific research groups in different research institutes in Iraq from 1986 – 2003. He is the creator and the chair of IEEE Iraq Section since Sept. 2008. He is the creator and chair of IEEE ComSoc Iraq Chapter since 2011. He is the Editor-in-Chief of 8 international scientific journals, and he is the Associate Editor-in-Chief of 6 international journals, and a member of 20 international scientific journals. He has served as honorable chair, general chair, member of scientific committee, technical program committee chair, and symposium chair for many international conferences. He participated in many international TPCs and several editorial review boards. He has authored or coauthored over 230 papers in refereed international journals and conferences. He has translated 3 books into Arabic. He is the creator and chair of URSI Iraq Committee since 2012. He is the Chair of Iraq Group in BRCORP Institute in 2014. Nidaa A. Abaas received the M.Sc. degree in “Homogenous Image Compression Using Quadtree” from Computer Science Dept. of the University of Babylon, Iraq in 1999, and the Doctor degree from Computer Science Dept. of the University of Technology, Iraq in 2006, with a thesis titled “A Comparison among Adaptive ICA Algorithms for Blind Speech Signals Separation: Cocktail Party Problem.” She has been Vice Chair of IEEE IRAQ Section, Vice Chair of Workshop (ATS-WiMob2009) in Morocco, Editorial Board in IJACT Journal, Member of ICEBE 2009 Program Committee, Member of ICNS 2010 Technical Program Committee, Technical Committee of International Arab Conference of e-Technology, Technical Committee of IAJeT, Editorial Board in AICIT: The International Association for Information, Culture, Human, and Industry Technology Journal , and other journals and conferences. Her current research interests include statistical signal processing and neural networks, wavelet, and steganalysis.