I am Dr
Sheeba Armoogum, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Information &
Communication Technologies at the University of Mauritius. I am truly honoured
to receive the International Leadership Award “Asia’s Innovative Award in
Cybersecurity 2022” under the category of “Asia’s Women of Influence
Award” by Asia Awards powered by RULA Awards.
About the University of Mauritius
The University of
Mauritius (UoM) was founded in 1965 and is the premier university on the island
comprising seven (7) Faculties namely, Agriculture; Engineering; Information,
Communication and Digital Technologies; Law and Management; Medicine and Health
Sciences; Science; and Social Sciences and Humanities. It also has 6 Centres
(including 3 Research Centres), a Doctoral School, a Knowledge Transfer Office
under which the University-Industry Liaison Office, the UoM Incubator and the
IP and Tech Transfer Office operate an International Affairs Office and a
Confucius Institute. The University currently offers 119 programmes of Study at
the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels and MPhil and PhD Programmes in a
wide range of fields.
The University has
strong academic and research partnerships with universities and institutions in
several countries, namely, Australia, Canada, China, France, Holland, India,
South Africa, UK, USA, several EU countries and others. UoM is collaborating
with overseas institutions (University of Arizona, USA, CY Cergy Paris
Université, France, Prince Edward Island University, Canada) to offer
dual/joint degree programs. The University is also a member of international
organizations such as l’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), the
African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), the Association of Commonwealth
Universities (ACU), the Australia-Africa Universities Network (AAUN), the
Regional Universities Forum (RUFORUM), the Southern Africa Regional
Universities Association (SARUA), the Association of African Universities (AAU)
and the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
About Me
I am a
Mauritian of Indian origin. Following my Master's degree, I took up my first
full-time academic post at the Faculty of Engineering, at the University of
Mauritius in the year 2006 and subsequently got promoted to Senior Lecturer. In
2017, I was appointed as the first Head of the Department of Information and
Communication Technologies for the newly formed Faculty of Information,
Communication & Digital Technologies (FoICDT) at the University of
Mauritius. I am a recipient of the “Outstanding Academician Award 2022” under
the category of “Best Women Achiever Award” by Women Icon.
Teaching has always been
my passion and it stems from the personal satisfaction obtained based on
effective teaching by demonstrating a deep understanding of the curriculum. My
teaching is focused on subjects: Research methodology, Computer Forensics,
Cryptography, Wireless Networking & Ubiquitous Technologies, and Computational
Mathematics. My personification of teaching & learning philosophy is a
practice of nurturing students with flawless education by providing impeccable
skills and knowledge by teaching them in a way that creates passion and zeal
for lifelong education. I subscribe to the theory of cognitivism in education
to open the black box of the human mind. I practice the learner-centric
pedagogical approach to teaching with a combination of constructive,
collaborative, inquiry-based, creative and reflective methods. Most of my
lectures are focused on real-world examples within the classroom (face-to-face
or online). I believe teaching is a dedicated art of learning in our
chosen discipline by bringing the best to our students to make the future a better
place.
I pursued my Doctor of
Philosophy (PhD) in the field of Cybersecurity at the University of Technology,
Mauritius. The South African Patent bearing the application number *** and
ascribed for the Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (pending) has
escalated my cognisance of the research thrust. Embracing the experience in
teaching & research with several publications in top journals and
conferences for more than 16 years has given me remarkable insight and credence
for academic discipline. I was part of organising several international
conferences and have served as a member of the Editorial Board of reputed
International Journals and as a reviewer for International Journals and
Conferences. Moreover, to promote awareness and understanding of cybercrimes,
their impact and cybersecurity, I administered as a speaker for the
Cybersecurity Awareness Workshop 2022.
I received recognition
to be a panellist speaker for,
My passion for research
desired to obtain intellectual satisfaction from doing creative work, to face
challenges in solving the unsolved research problems in my research discipline,
and to have a diversified connection to the same discipline. An important goal
of my research is to create a new paradigm for the next generation of
cybersecurity systems, to provide solutions to rapidly identify intruders, and
mitigate cyber-attacks with advanced techniques like Artificial Intelligence,
Machine Learning and others. I abide by the research philosophy while carrying
out the work on data collection, analysis and usage keeping in mind the four
pillar perspectives of research: pragmatism, positivism, realism and
interpretivism. My research interests focus on Cybersecurity, Cyberpsychology,
Cyber Forensics, Communication & Networking, Network Security, Artificial
Intelligence & Machine Learning and, Cryptography. My aim for PhD
supervision in the area of my research interests is to be accomplishable,
original, and ultimately eventuate into a research pioneer.
I am currently heading
the CyberSecurity & Forensics Research Group (CSFRG) at the University of
Mauritius. The vision of the CSFRG is to produce exclusive and significant
research output and make a substantial contribution to Mauritius's readiness
and response to Cybersecurity risks and threats. The CSFRG group aims to span
from research and consultancy to outreach, training, and knowledge transfer. In
line with one of the core missions of the Faculty of Information, Communication
and Digital Technologies to “Engage in ICT related activities with the
community”, I desire to share my knowledge and expertise in the field of
Cybersecurity with different schools, colleges & universities in Mauritius
to create a Cybersecurity culture. The main objective of this cybersecurity
awareness education is to educate people in Mauritius on the potential risks
they face when using internet communication tools, such as social media, chat,
online gaming, email and instant messaging with a focus on work from home
vulnerabilities and learn from home vulnerabilities. One of my goals towards
Cybersecurity research is to enhance the method of cyber threat detection and
prevention.
I served as a subject
specialist in the field of Cybersecurity for accreditation of the programmes at
the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Mauritius. I am also a Technical Expert
for the Information Security Management System (ISMS) at the Mauritius
Accreditation Services MAURITAS. Being an active member of the International
Committees like the Africa Region to International Cyber Security (AFRICC)
Steering Committee and the International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC) Steering
Committee and representing Southern Africa as Deputy Secretariate for both the
committees have escalated my international experience and leadership skills.
The committees are made of a diverse team of dedicated, focused and driven
cybersecurity experts. I mentor and coach the Mauritian participants for the
International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC) competition in Athens Greece, in
June 2022.
I am eminently
reinforced by the two pillars and the foundation of my life: my husband and my
daughter. They both catalyse the coherence of my motivation and inspiration. I
am very much passionate about cooking and photography. Both cooking and
photography hobbies helped me to relax my mind and soul. My main fondness in
cooking involves Indian Cuisine, Mauritian Cuisine & Hybrid Cuisine-which
inculcate the source of a new cooking paradigm to discover the mixture of different
cuisines. The science behind the art of cooking is my inspiration to discover
new cooking methods. I enjoy photographing nature and people. Capturing the
distinctive persona of nature at a particular moment is a breath-taking
inspiration to relax my mind.
On a closing note, I thank again the Asia Awards and RULA Awards for awarding me the International Leadership Award of “Asia’s Innovative Award in Cybersecurity 2022”.
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