Dr Sujit Biswas
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Dr. Sujit Biswas is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Cybersecurity and Programme Co-Director for Cybersecurity in the Department of Computer Science at City St George’s, University of London. He is also an Honorary Research Associate at the Centre for Blockchain Technologies, UCL and a Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of HEA. His research focuses on Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Financial Technologies, Federated Learning, privacy-preserving AI, Agentic AI and scalable Internet of Things (IoT) systems, with particular emphasis on secure, trustworthy, and decentralised digital infrastructures. Update in Google Scholar.
Prior to joining City St George’s, University of London, Dr. Biswas served as a Research Fellow in Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Surrey within the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP), Lecturer in Computer Science and Digital Technologies at the University of East London, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Faridpur Engineering College under the University of Dhaka. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science and Technology from Beijing Institute of Technology, where his doctoral research addressed scalable and interoperable blockchain solutions for Industrial IoT ecosystems.
His research contributions have been published in leading international journals and conferences, including the IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Big Data, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, IEEE Computer, and ACM Computing Surveys. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics and holds editorial board positions in several international journals, including IET and Springer publications.
Dr. Biswas actively leads and collaborates on interdisciplinary research and innovation projects funded by industry and national funding bodies, including Innovate UK. His projects focus on trustworthy AI, intelligent automation, blockchain-enabled verification systems, cybersecurity for critical infrastructures, and AI-powered recruitment and education technologies. He works closely with academic, industrial, and international partners to translate advanced research into deployable real-world solutions with societal and economic impact.
Alongside his research, Dr. Biswas is deeply committed to teaching, supervision, and mentoring. He teaches across Cybersecurity, Blockchain, and Software Systems modules and supervises PhD, MSc, and undergraduate research projects. Through research leadership, international collaboration, and knowledge exchange, he continues to contribute to the advancement of secure, transparent, scalable, and socially responsible digital technologies.
Qualifications
- PhD in Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, China, September 2016 - March 2020
Employment
- Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity, City, University of London, United Kingdom, August 2025 - present
- Programme Director, Cybersecurity, City, University of London, United Kingdom, July 2025 - present
- Lecturer (eq. Assistant Prof.) in Cybersecurity and FinTech, City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2024 - July 2025
- Lectuer in CDT, University of East London, United Kingdom, July 2022 - December 2024
- Research Associate (Honorary), University College London, United Kingdom, July 2022 - present
- Research Fellow in Blockchain and AI, University of Surrey, United Kingdom, November 2021 - June 2022
- Assistant Professor, Faridpur Engineering College, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 2018 - November 2021
Memberships of professional organisations
- Senior Member, IEEE, July 2025 - present
- Fellow, HEA, July 2022 - present
- Life Member, Bangladesh Computer Society (BCS), February 2017 - present
Award
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Beijing Institute of Technology (2019). Excellent Student Award 2018-2019
The award was for contribution ot the research and publication
Languages
Bengali (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review), Chinese (Cantonese) (can understand spoken), English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review) and Hindi (can understand spoken)
Expertise
Geographic Areas
- London
Research
Research Interest
Blockchain, FinTech, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Federated Machine Learning,
Current Research
Secure Authentication in FinTech domain, Sclabble Blockchain Solutions for IoT, IoMT, etc.
Research students
Khurshida Jahan Moumi
Attendance: October 2025 - present, full-time
Role: 2nd Supervisor
Qasim, Tooba
Attendance: February 2024 - present, full-time
Role: 2nd Supervisor
Tooba Qusim
Attendance: February 2024 - February 2028, full-time
Role: 2nd Supervisor
Publications
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Conference papers and proceedings (13)
- Qasim, T., Siris, V.A., Oosthuizen, I., Rajarajan, M. and Biswas, S. (2025). Quantum Secure Biometric Authentication in Decentralised Systems. 2025 IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB) 8-11 September.doi:10.1109/ijcb65343.2025.11410790
- Nehra, A., Bansal, N., Mittal, S., Biswas, S., Bali, R.S. and Naik, K. (2025). A Big Data Federated Learning-Based Traffic Optimization Routing Scheme for Emergency Services Provision in Autonomous Vehicles Environment. ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications 8-12 June.doi:10.1109/icc52391.2025.11161949
- Chaudhary, S., Budhiraja, I., Chaudhary, R., Kumar, N. and Biswas, S. (2025). Asynchronous Federated Learning Technique for Latency Reduction in STAR-RIS Enabled VRCS. ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications 8-12 June.doi:10.1109/icc52391.2025.11161820
- Raha, A.D., Gain, M., Saha, S.K., Rahman, M.S., Adhikary, A., Debnath, R.... Biswas, S. (2025). Resource-Aware Monkeypox Diagnosis: Leveraging High-Capacity and Lightweight Models with Knowledge Distillation. 2025 17th International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworks (COMSNETS) 6-10 January.doi:10.1109/comsnets63942.2025.10885586
- Zhu, L., Bukhari, S., Sharif, K., Li, F., Fardous, S. and Biswas, S. A Novel Merging Framework for Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Blockchain Systems. .doi:10.1007/978-3-031-71467-2_25
- Abdal, M.N., Haque, M.A., Hassan, M.M., Adnan, M.N., Adhikary, A., Biswas, S.... Bairagi, A.K. IoT-Based Smart Mushroom Farming, and Classification of Mushroom Using Deep Learning. .doi:10.1007/978-981-96-2721-9_37
- Rasel Rahman, A.K.Z., Ghosh, P., Raha, A.D., Biswas, S. and Bairagi, A.K. Focusing on Subtleties: Class-Specific Attention-Based Deep Learning for Precise Diagnosis of Lung and Colon Cancers. .doi:10.1007/978-981-96-2721-9_6
- Zohora, F.T., Biswas, S., Bairagi, A.K. and Sharif, K. (2024). Nature-based Bengali Picture Captioning using Global Attention with GRU. 2024 IEEE 34th International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) 22-25 September.doi:10.1109/mlsp58920.2024.10734813
- Consul, P., Joshi, N., Budhiraja, I., Biswas, S., Kumar, N., Sharma, S.... Abraham, A. A Reliable Zero-Trust Network for Task Offloading in Vehicular Systems Using an Asynchronous Federated Learning Approach in 6G. ACM SIGCOMM '24: ACM SIGCOMM 2024 Conference.doi:10.1145/3672200.3673877
- Paul, P.B., Biswas, S., Bairagi, A.K. and Masud, M. (2021). Data-Driven Decision Making for Smart Cultivation. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (iSES) 18-22 December.doi:10.1109/ises52644.2021.00064
- Reza, M.S., Biswas, S., Alghamdi, A., Alrizq, M., Bairagi, A.K. and Masud, M. (2021). ACC: Blockchain Based Trusted Management of Academic Credentials. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (iSES) 18-22 December.doi:10.1109/ises52644.2021.00104
- Biswas, S., Sharif, K., Li, F. and Liu, Y. 3P Framework: Customizable Permission Architecture for Mobile Applications. .doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60033-8_39
- Biswas, S. Explainable AI-Driven Fusion Modeling for Accurate Intrusion Detection in Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Networks. .
Journal articles (40)
- Karim, M.M., Qu, Q., Sharif, K., Muzammal, M. and Biswas, S. (2026). MTC-SBC: Reputation-based service provision for multi-tier computing-enabled sharded blockchain. Future Generation Computer Systems, 182, pp. 108499-108499. doi:10.1016/j.future.2026.108499
- Karim, M.M., Khan, S., Qu, Q., Muzammal, M., Sharif, K. and Biswas, S. (2026). From trust to augmentation: A comprehensive survey on synergistic integration of decentralized and generative intelligence. Computer Science Review, 61, pp. 100936-100936. doi:10.1016/j.cosrev.2026.100936
- Bagchi, P., Bera, B., Rakshit, S., Das, A.K., Biswas, S., Hasan, M.K.... Sikdar, B. (2026). AI-Enabled Adversarial Attacks Resistant Post-Quantum Secure Authentication Protocol for Consumer Applications. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics. doi:10.1109/tce.2026.3689339
- Sharma, G., Sharma, H., Jain, S., Singh, A. and Biswas, S. (2026). Scheduling irrigation with artificial intelligence: a systematic review on evapotranspiration based techniques. PeerJ Computer Science, 12, pp. e3677-e3677. doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.3677
- Rahman, A.K.Z.R., Swapno, S.M.M.R., Raha, A.D., Biswas, S., Khan, S., Khushbu, K.G.... Moni, M.A. (2026). Deep ensemble of multi-head attention CNNs for histopathological image-based of lung and colon cancer diagnosis. DIGITAL HEALTH, 12. doi:10.1177/20552076261444271
- Ghanta, S., Pradhan, A.K., Boyapati, P., Biswas, S. and Mohanty, S.P. (2026). Security and Verifiability in Federated Learning: A Zero-Knowledge Reputation-Based Blockchain Framework. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 13, pp. 8005-8022. doi:10.1109/tnse.2026.3676154
- Saedi, M., Moore, A., Jaafar, F., Rahman, M.A. and Biswas, S. (2026). Zero Trust Rule-Based Protocol for Secure 5G Handover Against Rogue Base Stations. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 7, pp. 5092-5106. doi:10.1109/ojcoms.2026.3691214
- Abhijat, , Sharma, H., Sharma, G., Dogra, A., Wani, N.A., Biswas, S.... Sookhak, M. (2026). CRISPR-ImmunoPred: A Multi-Stage AI Framework to Predict T-Cell Reactivity and Mitigate Immunogenicity in CRISPR-Cas9 Therapies. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence pp. 1-14. doi:10.1109/tetci.2026.3697428
- Ghanta, S., Siddareddy, V.S., Boyapati, P., Biswas, S., Swain, G. and Pradhan, A.K. (2025). Federated proximal learning with data augmentation for brain tumor classification under heterogeneous data distributions. PeerJ Computer Science, 11, pp. e3396-e3396. doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.3396
- Ghanta, S., Boyapati, P., Biswas, S., Pradhan, A.K. and Mohanty, S.P. (2025). Enhancing privacy-preserving brain tumor classification with adaptive reputation-aware federated learning and homomorphic encryption. PeerJ Computer Science, 11, pp. e3165-e3165. doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.3165
- Junchi, M., Chaudhry, H.N., Kulsoom, F., Guihua, Y., Khan, S.U., Biswas, S.... Khan, F. (2025). MULTICAUSENET temporal attention for multimodal emotion cause pair extraction. Scientific Reports, 15(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-025-01221-w
- Thiriveedhi, A., Ghanta, S., Biswas, S. and Pradhan, A.K. (2025). ALL-Net: integrating CNN and explainable-AI for enhanced diagnosis and interpretation of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. PeerJ Computer Science, 11, pp. e2600-e2600. doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.2600
- Biswas, S., Sharif, K., Latif, Z., Alenazi, M.J.F., Pradhan, A.K. and Bairagi, A.K. (2024). Blockchain controlled trustworthy federated learning platform for smart homes. IET Communications, 18(20), pp. 1840-1852. doi:10.1049/cmu2.12870
- Monjurul Karim, M., Sharif, K., Biswas, S., Latif, Z., Qu, Q. and Li, F. (2024). CIC-SIoT: Clean-Slate Information-Centric Software-Defined Content Discovery and Distribution for Internet of Things. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(22), pp. 37140-37153. doi:10.1109/jiot.2024.3441814
- Bukhari, S., Sharif, K., Zhu, L., Xu, C., Li, F. and Biswas, S. (2024). Dynamic Fine-Grained SLA Management for 6G eMBB-Plus Slice Using mDNN & Smart Contracts. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 17(6), pp. 3499-3512. doi:10.1109/tsc.2024.3453709
- Singamsetty, S., Ghanta, S., Biswas, S. and Pradhan, A. (2024). Enhancing machine learning-based forecasting of chronic renal disease with explainable AI. PeerJ Computer Science, 10, pp. e2291-e2291. doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.2291
- Chatterjee, S., Debnath, R., Biswas, S. and Bairagi, A.K. (2024). Prediction of RNA Secondary Structure Using Butterfly Optimization Algorithm. Human-Centric Intelligent Systems, 4(2), pp. 220-240. doi:10.1007/s44230-024-00062-6
- Nag, A., Mondal, H., Mehedi Hassan, M., Al-Shehari, T., Kadrie, M., Al-Razgan, M.... Kumar Bairagi, A. (2024). TumorGANet: A Transfer Learning and Generative Adversarial Network- Based Data Augmentation Model for Brain Tumor Classification. IEEE Access, 12, pp. 103060-103081. doi:10.1109/access.2024.3429633
- Wang, Z., Liu, X., Shao, X., Alghamdi, A., Alrizq, M., Munir, M.S.... Biswas, S. (2023). An Optimized and Scalable Blockchain-Based Distributed Learning Platform for Consumer IoT. Mathematics, 11(23). doi:10.3390/math11234844
- Sohail, M., Latif, Z., Javed, S., Biswas, S., Ajmal, S., Iqbal, U.... Khan, A.U. (2023). Routing protocols in Vehicular Adhoc Networks (VANETs): A comprehensive survey. Internet of Things, 23, pp. 100837-100837. doi:10.1016/j.iot.2023.100837
- Prottasha, N.J., Murad, S.A., Muzahid, A.J.M., Rana, M., Kowsher, M., Adhikary, A.... Bairagi, A.K. (2023). Impact learning: A learning method from feature’s impact and competition. Journal of Computational Science, 69, pp. 102011-102011. doi:10.1016/j.jocs.2023.102011
- Biswas, S., Yao, Z., Yan, L., Alqhatani, A., Bairagi, A.K., Asiri, F.... Masud, M. (2023). Interoperability Benefits and Challenges in Smart City Services: Blockchain as a Solution. Electronics, 12(4). doi:10.3390/electronics12041036
- Latif, Z., Umer, Q., Lee, C., Sharif, K., Li, F. and Biswas, S. (2022). A Machine Learning-Based Anomaly Prediction Service for Software-Defined Networks. Sensors, 22(21). doi:10.3390/s22218434
- Biswas, S., Sharif, K., Li, F., Alam, I. and Mohanty, S.P. (2022). DAAC: Digital Asset Access Control in a Unified Blockchain Based E-Health System. IEEE Transactions on Big Data, 8(5), pp. 1273-1287. doi:10.1109/tbdata.2020.3037914
- Alghamdi, A., Zhu, J., Yin, G., Shorfuzzaman, M., Alsufyani, N., Alyami, S.... Biswas, S. (2022). Blockchain Empowered Federated Learning Ecosystem for Securing Consumer IoT Features Analysis. Sensors, 22(18). doi:10.3390/s22186786
- Wang, J., Zhu, J., Zhang, M., Alam, I. and Biswas, S. (2022). Function Virtualization Can Play a Great Role in Blockchain Consensus. IEEE Access, 10, pp. 59862-59877. doi:10.1109/access.2022.3176349
- Liu, Y., Shan, G., Liu, Y., Alghamdi, A., Alam, I. and Biswas, S. (2022). Blockchain Bridges Critical National Infrastructures: E-Healthcare Data Migration Perspective. IEEE Access, 10, pp. 28509-28519. doi:10.1109/access.2022.3156591
- Biswas, S., Sharif, K., Li, F., Bairagi, A.K., Latif, Z. and Mohanty, S.P. (2021). GlobeChain: An Interoperable Blockchain for Global Sharing of Healthcare Data—A COVID-19 Perspective. IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, 10(5), pp. 64-69. doi:10.1109/mce.2021.3074688
- Alam, I., Sharif, K., Li, F., Latif, Z., Karim, M.M., Biswas, S.... Wang, Y. (2021). A Survey of Network Virtualization Techniques for Internet of Things Using SDN and NFV. ACM Computing Surveys, 53(2), pp. 1-40. doi:10.1145/3379444
- Latif, Z., Sharif, K., Li, F., Karim, M.M., Biswas, S., Shahzad, M.... Mohanty, S.P. (2021). DOLPHIN: Dynamically Optimized and Load Balanced Path for Inter-Domain SDN Communication. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 18(1), pp. 331-346. doi:10.1109/tnsm.2020.3045725
- Bairagi, A.K., Masud, M., Kim, D.H., Munir, M.S., Nahid, A.-.A., Abedin, S.F.... Hong, C.S. (2020). Controlling the Outbreak of COVID-19: A Noncooperative Game Perspective. IEEE Access, 8, pp. 215570-215581. doi:10.1109/access.2020.3040821
- Biswas, S., Sharif, K., Li, F., Latif, Z., Kanhere, S.S. and Mohanty, S.P. (2020). Interoperability and Synchronization Management of Blockchain-Based Decentralized e-Health Systems. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 67(4), pp. 1363-1376. doi:10.1109/tem.2020.2989779
- Biswas, S., Sharif, K., Li, F. and Mohanty, S. (2020). Blockchain for E-Health-Care Systems: Easier Said Than Done. Computer, 53(7), pp. 57-67. doi:10.1109/mc.2020.2989781
- Latif, Z., Sharif, K., Li, F., Karim, M.M., Biswas, S. and Wang, Y. (2020). A comprehensive survey of interface protocols for software defined networks. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 156, pp. 102563-102563. doi:10.1016/j.jnca.2020.102563
- Biswas, S., Sharif, K., Li, F., Maharjan, S., Mohanty, S.P. and Wang, Y. (2020). PoBT: A Lightweight Consensus Algorithm for Scalable IoT Business Blockchain. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 7(3), pp. 2343-2355. doi:10.1109/jiot.2019.2958077
- Nour, B., Sharif, K., Li, F., Biswas, S., Moungla, H., Guizani, M.... Wang, Y. (2019). A survey of Internet of Things communication using ICN: A use case perspective. Computer Communications, 142-143, pp. 95-123. doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2019.05.010
- Biswas, S., Sharif, K., Li, F., Nour, B. and Wang, Y. (2019). A Scalable Blockchain Framework for Secure Transactions in IoT. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 6(3), pp. 4650-4659. doi:10.1109/jiot.2018.2874095
- Biswas, S., Haipeng, W. and Rashid, J. (2016). Android Permissions Management at App Installing. International Journal of Security and Its Applications, 10(3), pp. 223-232. doi:10.14257/ijsia.2016.10.3.21
- Biswas, S. (2015). Mobile Banking Based a New E-commerce Architecture: Developing Countries Perspective. International Journal of u- and e-Service, Science and Technology, 8(2), pp. 347-356. doi:10.14257/ijunesst.2015.8.2.33
- Biswas, S. (2015). GSM Verification Based Secure E-Voting Framework. International Journal of u- and e-Service, Science and Technology, 8(1), pp. 231-238. doi:10.14257/ijunesst.2015.8.1.21
Professional activities
Collaboration (industrial)
- Researcher of FinTechFish for UnityAgro project (January 2024 - present), Bangladesh
Editorial activity (3)
- Springer Nature, Discover Computing System Journal, Editorial Board Member, May 2026 - present.
- IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (TCE), Associate Editor, February 2026 - present.
- Blockchains ( MDPI Journal), Editorial Board Memeber, June 2023 - present.