Education ...
2007 - Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada.
Research Interests ...
Network Security, Network Forensics, Intrusion Detection Systems, Vulnerability Analysis, Malwares, Auditing, Fingerprinting, Application of Data Mining and Visualization techniques in Network Security
Publications ...
Journals
- Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Detecting Connection-Chains: A Data Mining Approach", International Journal of Network Security, Vol.10, No.1, PP.62–74, Jan. 2010 [pdf]
- Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Profiling Distributed Connection Chains", International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems 2008 - Vol. 1, No.1 pp. 4 - 18 [pdf]
Conferences
- Ahmad Almulhem, "Network Forensics: Notions and Challenges", 9th IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT 2009), Ajman, UAE, December 2009 [pdf]
- Ahmed Awad, Issa Traore and Ahmad Almulhem, "Digital Fingerprinting Based on Keystroke Dynamics", International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2008), Plymouth, UK, July 2008
- Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "A Survey of Connection-Chains Detection Techniques", 2007 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, Victoria, B.C., Canada, Aug 2007 [pdf]
- Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Mining and Detecting Connection-Chains in Network Traffic", Joint iTrust and PST Conferences on Privacy, Trust Management and Security, Moncton, Canada, Jul 2007. (Acceptance rate 30%) [pdf]
- Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Experience with Engineering a Network Forensics System", The International Conference on Information Networking, Jeju, Korea, Jan 2005 (Acceptance rate 24%) [pdf]
- Al-Mulhem, A. S., Amin, A. A., and Youssef, H. "Stochastic Evolution Algorithm for Technology Mapping", Proceedings of the 8th Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLS'98), Lafayette, Louisiana, Feb. 1998 [pdf]
Technical Reports
- Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Profiling Spatial Hackers", Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Technical Report ECE-06.1, 2006
- Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Connection-Chains: A Review and Taxonomy", Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Technical Report ECE-05.4, 2005 [pdf]
Book Chapters
- Ahmad Almulhem and Issa Traore, "Experience with Engineering a Network Forensics System", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, 2005
Dissertations
- Ahmad Almulhem, "Detection and Analysis of Connection Chains in Network Forensics", Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, 2007
- Ahmad Almulhem, "SELF-MAP: Stochastic Evolution LUT-FPGA Technology Mapper", M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Engineering, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, 1996