{"id":7393,"date":"2026-08-21T17:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/?page_id=7393"},"modified":"2026-10-28T09:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T01:50:23","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group ni-site\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"ni-skip\" href=\"#ni-main\">Skip to content<\/a><div class=\"ni-institution\" aria-label=\"Institutional affiliation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ni-lockup ni-lockup--colour\" src=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/717\/2026\/09\/New-UTM-ASCEND2030-COL.png\" width=\"1474\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Universiti Teknologi Malaysia \u2014 ASCEND 2030\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ni-lockup ni-lockup--black\" 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href=\"\/murtadha\/scopus-indexed-publications\/\">Publications<\/a><a href=\"\/murtadha\/phd-students\/\">People<\/a><a href=\"\/murtadha\/teaching\/\">Teaching<\/a><a href=\"\/murtadha\/consultancy-industry-engagement\/\">Impact<\/a><a href=\"\/murtadha\/biography\/\">About<\/a><a href=\"mailto:murtadha@utm.my\">Contact &#x2197;<\/a><\/nav><\/details><\/header><div id=\"ni-main\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/div><section class=\"ni-hero\"><div class=\"ni-hero-copy\"><p class=\"ni-label\">MOHD MURTADHA MOHAMAD<\/p><p class=\"ni-affiliation\">Associate Professor<br>Faculty of Computing \u00b7 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia<\/p><h1>Networked<br><em>intelligence.<\/em><\/h1><p class=\"ni-lede\">Building intelligent systems for environments where communication is difficult.<\/p><div class=\"ni-actions\"><a class=\"ni-button\" href=\"#research\">Explore research <span>&#x2197;<\/span><\/a><a href=\"#publications\">Selected work \u2193<\/a><\/div><p class=\"ni-keywords\">WIRELESS SENSING \/ NETWORK RESILIENCE<br>APPLIED AI \/ AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS<\/p><\/div><figure class=\"ni-portrait\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/717\/2026\/09\/murtadha-office-desk.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"Mohd Murtadha Mohamad at his desk in the Faculty of Computing\"><figcaption><span>RESEARCH \/ PEOPLE \/ POSSIBILITIES<\/span><span>01 \u2014 UTM<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/section><section class=\"ni-metrics\" aria-label=\"Academic record\"><div><strong>82<\/strong><span>Scopus-indexed documents<\/span><\/div><div><strong>9<\/strong><span>Current doctoral researchers<\/span><\/div><div><strong>6<\/strong><span>Research themes<\/span><\/div><div><strong>2000<\/strong><span>The beginning at UTM<\/span><\/div><p>Academic record from the September 2026 source content. <a href=\"\/murtadha\/cv\/\">Explore the full CV &#x2197;<\/a><\/p><\/section><section class=\"ni-metrics\" aria-label=\"Web of Science record\"><div><strong>40<\/strong><span>Web of Science Core Collection records<\/span><\/div><div><strong>368<\/strong><span>Web of Science citations<\/span><\/div><div><strong>199<\/strong><span>Verified peer reviews<\/span><\/div><div><strong>9<\/strong><span>Web of Science h-index<\/span><\/div><p>Web of Science profile, September 2026. <a href=\"\/murtadha\/web-of-science-indexed-publications\/\">See the Web of Science record &#x2197;<\/a><\/p><\/section><section class=\"ni-scroll21\" aria-labelledby=\"ni-scroll21-title\" style=\"padding:clamp(82px,10vw,148px) clamp(20px,5vw,72px);background:#171416;color:#fff;overflow:hidden\">\n<div style=\"max-width:1280px;margin:0 auto\">\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,380px),1fr));gap:32px;align-items:end;margin-bottom:clamp(42px,7vw,82px)\">\n<div><p class=\"ni-label\" style=\"margin:0 0 20px;color:#c6a15b\">NETWORKED INTELLIGENCE \/ SCROLL STUDY 21<\/p><h2 id=\"ni-scroll21-title\" style=\"margin:0;color:#fff;font-size:clamp(48px,7vw,104px);line-height:.9;letter-spacing:-.055em\">Ideas connect.<br><em style=\"color:#d7c9bd;font-weight:400\">Intelligence emerges.<\/em><\/h2><\/div>\n<p style=\"max-width:470px;margin:0;color:#bcb3b6;font-size:17px;line-height:1.65\">Six research directions move from individual inquiry towards one connected academic ecosystem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"list\" aria-label=\"Connected research directions\" style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,220px),1fr));gap:12px\">\n<a role=\"listitem\" href=\"#featured\" style=\"min-height:220px;padding:24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:space-between;background:#eee8e3;color:#171416;text-decoration:none;border-top:4px solid #c6a15b\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.14em;opacity:.7\">01 \/ NETWORKS<\/span><strong style=\"font-size:29px;line-height:1;letter-spacing:-.035em\">Wireless<br>networks<\/strong><\/a>\n<a role=\"listitem\" href=\"#featured\" style=\"min-height:220px;padding:24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:space-between;background:#7a1f32;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-top:4px solid #c6a15b\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.14em;opacity:.72\">02 \/ SENSING<\/span><strong style=\"font-size:29px;line-height:1;letter-spacing:-.035em\">Underwater<br>sensing<\/strong><\/a>\n<a role=\"listitem\" href=\"#featured\" style=\"min-height:220px;padding:24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:space-between;background:#d8c9bd;color:#171416;text-decoration:none;border-top:4px solid #7a1f32\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.14em;opacity:.7\">03 \/ SECURITY<\/span><strong style=\"font-size:29px;line-height:1;letter-spacing:-.035em\">MANET<br>security<\/strong><\/a>\n<a role=\"listitem\" href=\"#featured\" style=\"min-height:220px;padding:24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:space-between;background:#f7f3ef;color:#171416;text-decoration:none;border-top:4px solid #c6a15b\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.14em;opacity:.7\">04 \/ POSITIONING<\/span><strong style=\"font-size:29px;line-height:1;letter-spacing:-.035em\">Indoor<br>intelligence<\/strong><\/a>\n<a role=\"listitem\" href=\"#featured\" style=\"min-height:220px;padding:24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:space-between;background:#7a1f32;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-top:4px solid #c6a15b\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.14em;opacity:.72\">05 \/ AUTONOMY<\/span><strong style=\"font-size:29px;line-height:1;letter-spacing:-.035em\">Autonomous<br>systems<\/strong><\/a>\n<a role=\"listitem\" href=\"#people\" style=\"min-height:220px;padding:24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:space-between;background:#d8c9bd;color:#171416;text-decoration:none;border-top:4px solid #7a1f32\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.14em;opacity:.7\">06 \/ PEOPLE<\/span><strong style=\"font-size:29px;line-height:1;letter-spacing:-.035em\">Research<br>community<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:20px;margin:28px 0 0;color:#8f8589;font-size:9px;letter-spacing:.16em\"><span>SCROLL TO CONNECT<\/span><span>UTM \u00b7 ASCEND 2030<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><section id=\"research\" class=\"ni-section\" style=\"padding:clamp(72px,9vw,128px) 0;background:#faf8f5\">\n<div class=\"ni-wrap\">\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,300px),1fr));gap:28px;align-items:end;margin-bottom:42px\">\n<div><div class=\"ni-kicker\">Networked intelligence<\/div><h2 style=\"margin:0;max-width:760px\">Networked intelligence in action.<\/h2><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;max-width:620px;font-size:clamp(16px,1.5vw,20px);line-height:1.65;color:#5c5558\">A connected view of research, people, innovation and partnerships\u2014each node contributing to a wider academic ecosystem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"list\" aria-label=\"Networked intelligence themes\" style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,220px),1fr));gap:12px\">\n<a href=\"#about\" aria-label=\"Academic profile: Mohd Murtadha Mohamad\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-end;min-height:300px;padding:clamp(22px,3vw,34px);background:#7a1f32;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-top:4px solid #c6a15b\">\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:auto;padding-bottom:34px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;opacity:.72\">Academic profile<\/span>\n<strong style=\"display:block;font-size:clamp(22px,2.3vw,34px);line-height:1.05;letter-spacing:-.025em;font-weight:650\">Mohd Murtadha Mohamad<\/strong>\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-top:14px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;opacity:.82\">Wireless networks, intelligent sensing and academic leadership.<\/span>\n<\/a><a href=\"#featured\" aria-label=\"Research: Wireless networks\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-end;min-height:210px;padding:clamp(22px,3vw,34px);background:#f0ece7;color:#171416;text-decoration:none\">\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:auto;padding-bottom:34px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;opacity:.72\">Research<\/span>\n<strong style=\"display:block;font-size:clamp(22px,2.3vw,34px);line-height:1.05;letter-spacing:-.025em;font-weight:650\">Wireless networks<\/strong>\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-top:14px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;opacity:.82\">Resilient communication across connected environments.<\/span>\n<\/a><a href=\"#featured\" aria-label=\"Research: Underwater sensing\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-end;min-height:210px;padding:clamp(22px,3vw,34px);background:#171416;color:#fff;text-decoration:none\">\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:auto;padding-bottom:34px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;opacity:.72\">Research<\/span>\n<strong style=\"display:block;font-size:clamp(22px,2.3vw,34px);line-height:1.05;letter-spacing:-.025em;font-weight:650\">Underwater sensing<\/strong>\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-top:14px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;opacity:.82\">Intelligent sensing beneath the surface.<\/span>\n<\/a><a href=\"#featured\" aria-label=\"Research: MANET security\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-end;min-height:210px;padding:clamp(22px,3vw,34px);background:#e8e1dc;color:#171416;text-decoration:none;border-top:4px solid #c6a15b\">\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:auto;padding-bottom:34px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;opacity:.72\">Research<\/span>\n<strong style=\"display:block;font-size:clamp(22px,2.3vw,34px);line-height:1.05;letter-spacing:-.025em;font-weight:650\">MANET security<\/strong>\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-top:14px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;opacity:.82\">Trust, resilience and secure mobile networks.<\/span>\n<\/a><a href=\"#impact\" aria-label=\"Innovation: Heritage intelligence\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-end;min-height:210px;padding:clamp(22px,3vw,34px);background:#f3efeb;color:#171416;text-decoration:none\">\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:auto;padding-bottom:34px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;opacity:.72\">Innovation<\/span>\n<strong style=\"display:block;font-size:clamp(22px,2.3vw,34px);line-height:1.05;letter-spacing:-.025em;font-weight:650\">Heritage intelligence<\/strong>\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-top:14px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;opacity:.82\">Digital systems connecting culture, place and knowledge.<\/span>\n<\/a><a href=\"#featured\" aria-label=\"Innovation: Autonomous systems\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-end;min-height:210px;padding:clamp(22px,3vw,34px);background:#7a1f32;color:#fff;text-decoration:none\">\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:auto;padding-bottom:34px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;opacity:.72\">Innovation<\/span>\n<strong style=\"display:block;font-size:clamp(22px,2.3vw,34px);line-height:1.05;letter-spacing:-.025em;font-weight:650\">Autonomous systems<\/strong>\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-top:14px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;opacity:.82\">Networks that perceive, decide and adapt.<\/span>\n<\/a><a href=\"#featured\" aria-label=\"Research: Indoor positioning\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-end;min-height:210px;padding:clamp(22px,3vw,34px);background:#ddd4ce;color:#171416;text-decoration:none;border-top:4px solid #c6a15b\">\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:auto;padding-bottom:34px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;opacity:.72\">Research<\/span>\n<strong style=\"display:block;font-size:clamp(22px,2.3vw,34px);line-height:1.05;letter-spacing:-.025em;font-weight:650\">Indoor positioning<\/strong>\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-top:14px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;opacity:.82\">Context-aware location intelligence for complex spaces.<\/span>\n<\/a><a href=\"#people\" aria-label=\"People: Doctoral researchers\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-end;min-height:210px;padding:clamp(22px,3vw,34px);background:#171416;color:#fff;text-decoration:none\">\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:auto;padding-bottom:34px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;opacity:.72\">People<\/span>\n<strong style=\"display:block;font-size:clamp(22px,2.3vw,34px);line-height:1.05;letter-spacing:-.025em;font-weight:650\">Doctoral researchers<\/strong>\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-top:14px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;opacity:.82\">Advanced inquiry shaped through close supervision.<\/span>\n<\/a><a href=\"#teaching\" aria-label=\"People: Developing researchers\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-end;min-height:210px;padding:clamp(22px,3vw,34px);background:#eee8e3;color:#171416;text-decoration:none\">\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:auto;padding-bottom:34px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;opacity:.72\">People<\/span>\n<strong style=\"display:block;font-size:clamp(22px,2.3vw,34px);line-height:1.05;letter-spacing:-.025em;font-weight:650\">Developing researchers<\/strong>\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-top:14px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;opacity:.82\">Teaching, mentoring and building future capability.<\/span>\n<\/a><a href=\"#impact\" aria-label=\"Partnerships: Beyond campus\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-end;min-height:210px;padding:clamp(22px,3vw,34px);background:#7a1f32;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-top:4px solid #c6a15b\">\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:auto;padding-bottom:34px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;opacity:.72\">Partnerships<\/span>\n<strong style=\"display:block;font-size:clamp(22px,2.3vw,34px);line-height:1.05;letter-spacing:-.025em;font-weight:650\">Beyond campus<\/strong>\n<span style=\"display:block;margin-top:14px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;opacity:.82\">Research translated through meaningful collaboration.<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id=\"featured\" class=\"ni-section \"><div class=\"ni-section-heading\"><span class=\"ni-label\">02 \/ RESEARCH IN CONTEXT<\/span><h2>Difficult places. Real questions.<\/h2><\/div><article class=\"ni-story\" id=\"story-heritage\"><div class=\"ni-story-index\">01<span>IoT \/ MICROCLIMATES \/ EXPLAINABLE AI<\/span><\/div><div><h3>Heritage intelligence.<\/h3><p class=\"ni-story-deck\">Sensing the invisible conditions that slowly damage historic buildings.<\/p><p>Microclimate monitoring and maintenance-priority research connect IoT sensing with applied machine learning and the heritage-building work with UTM KALAM.<\/p><a href=\"\/murtadha\/research-areasinterest\/\">Research context &#x2197;<\/a><\/div><\/article><article class=\"ni-story\" id=\"story-underwater\"><div class=\"ni-story-index\">02<span>UWASN \/ OPPORTUNISTIC ROUTING \/ AUV<\/span><\/div><div><h3>Networks underwater.<\/h3><p class=\"ni-story-deck\">Communication beyond the reach of conventional radio.<\/p><p>Underwater acoustic networks bring routing, energy efficiency and autonomous underwater vehicle path planning into difficult physical environments.<\/p><a href=\"\/murtadha\/research-areasinterest\/\">Research context &#x2197;<\/a><\/div><\/article><article class=\"ni-story\" id=\"story-manet\"><div class=\"ni-story-index\">03<span>MANET \/ TRUST \/ FEDERATED LEARNING<\/span><\/div><div><h3>Networks without infrastructure.<\/h3><p class=\"ni-story-deck\">Building trust into networks that keep moving.<\/p><p>Research on mobile ad-hoc networks connects intrusion detection, trust-aware routing and federated learning for distributed defence.<\/p><a href=\"\/murtadha\/research-areasinterest\/\">Research context &#x2197;<\/a><\/div><\/article><article class=\"ni-story\" id=\"story-robotics\"><div class=\"ni-story-index\">04<span>MOTION PLANNING \/ LOCALISATION \/ OPTIMISATION<\/span><\/div><div><h3>Autonomous systems.<\/h3><p class=\"ni-story-deck\">Finding a way through uncertain environments.<\/p><p>Robot navigation and path planning connect bio-inspired optimisation with localisation, extending the doctoral work on foraging ant strategies.<\/p><a href=\"\/murtadha\/research-areasinterest\/\">Research context &#x2197;<\/a><\/div><\/article><div class=\"ni-two\"><article id=\"story-wireless\"><h3>Wireless sensor networks<\/h3><p>The common thread: resilient sensing, routing and deployment with scarce energy and unstable links.<\/p><\/article><article id=\"story-positioning\"><h3>Indoor positioning<\/h3><p>WiFi, camera-based localisation and hybrid positioning for pedestrian navigation and emergency rescue location.<\/p><\/article><\/div><\/section><section id=\"publications\" class=\"ni-section \"><div class=\"ni-section-heading\"><span class=\"ni-label\">03 \/ SELECTED WORK<\/span><h2>Ideas, tested and shared.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"mm ni-selected\"><div class=\"mm-pub\">\n<span class=\"mm-pub__year\">2024<\/span>\n<span class=\"mm-pub__title\">Advanced Intrusion Detection in MANETs: A Survey of Machine Learning and Optimization Techniques for Mitigating Black\/Gray Hole Attacks<\/span>\n<span class=\"mm-pub__venue\">IEEE Access 12, 150046\u2013150090<\/span>\n<\/div><div class=\"mm-pub\">\n<span class=\"mm-pub__year\">2024<\/span>\n<span class=\"mm-pub__title\">Enhancing MANET Security Through Federated Learning and Multiobjective Optimization: A Trust-Aware Routing Framework<\/span>\n<span class=\"mm-pub__venue\">IEEE Access 12, 181149\u2013181178<\/span>\n<\/div><div class=\"mm-pub\">\n<span class=\"mm-pub__year\">2023<\/span>\n<span class=\"mm-pub__title\">An Overview of Machine Learning Techniques in Local Path Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles<\/span>\n<span class=\"mm-pub__venue\">IEEE Access 11, 24894\u201324907<\/span>\n<\/div><div class=\"mm-pub\">\n<span class=\"mm-pub__year\">2019<\/span>\n<span class=\"mm-pub__title\">Toward Adaptive and Scalable OpenFlow-SDN Flow Control: A Survey<\/span>\n<span class=\"mm-pub__venue\">IEEE Access 7, 107346\u2013107379<\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><a class=\"ni-text-link\" href=\"\/murtadha\/scopus-indexed-publications\/\">Explore the publication record &#x2197;<\/a><\/section><section id=\"journey\" class=\"ni-section \"><div class=\"ni-section-heading\"><span class=\"ni-label\">04 \/ ACADEMIC JOURNEY<\/span><h2>A career built on curiosity.<\/h2><\/div><ol class=\"ni-timeline\"><li><span>2000<\/span><h3>Universiti Teknologi Malaysia<\/h3><p>BEng (Computer); began at UTM as a tutor.<\/p><\/li><li><span>2007<\/span><h3>Heriot-Watt University<\/h3><p>PhD in Electrical Engineering, following an MSc in Embedded Systems Engineering.<\/p><\/li><li><span>2012<\/span><h3>Eindhoven University of Technology<\/h3><p>Visiting researcher.<\/p><\/li><li><span>Today<\/span><h3>Faculty of Computing<\/h3><p>Coordinator, PhD in Computer Science programme.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><a href=\"\/murtadha\/cv\/\">The full academic record &#x2197;<\/a><\/section><section id=\"people\" class=\"ni-section \"><div class=\"ni-section-heading\"><span class=\"ni-label\">05 \/ PEOPLE &amp; SUPERVISION<\/span><h2>Good research starts with people.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"ni-two\"><p class=\"ni-story-deck\">Currently supervising nine doctoral candidates.<\/p><div><p>Research in network security, IoT intrusion detection and underwater sensing. Prospective PhD candidates can send a CV and a one-page proposal.<\/p><div class=\"ni-actions\"><a class=\"ni-button\" href=\"\/murtadha\/phd-students\/\">Meet the researchers &#x2197;<\/a><a href=\"mailto:murtadha@utm.my?subject=PhD%20supervision%20inquiry\">Discuss a PhD &#x2197;<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section id=\"impact\" class=\"ni-section \"><div class=\"ni-section-heading\"><span class=\"ni-label\">06 \/ BEYOND CAMPUS<\/span><h2>Research beyond papers.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"ni-two\"><p class=\"ni-story-deck\">Advisory and applied work, grounded in real environments.<\/p><div><p>Industry engagement on sensing deployments, network resilience and data-driven monitoring. Explore the existing consultancy record, including project values and partners.<\/p><a href=\"\/murtadha\/consultancy-industry-engagement\/\">Consultancy &amp; industry engagement &#x2197;<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section id=\"teaching\" class=\"ni-section \"><div class=\"ni-section-heading\"><span class=\"ni-label\">07 \/ KNOWLEDGE IN PRACTICE<\/span><h2>Teaching the next questions.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"ni-two\"><p class=\"ni-story-deck\">From fundamentals to independent research.<\/p><div><p>Eight undergraduate subjects across twenty-eight semesters, alongside postgraduate supervision and professional service.<\/p><a href=\"\/murtadha\/teaching\/\">Explore the teaching record &#x2197;<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section id=\"notes\" class=\"wp-block-group ni-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ni-section-heading\"><span class=\"ni-label\">08 \/ FIELD NOTES<\/span><h2>From the work, as it happens.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-query ni-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7436 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-linkedin-updates\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-23T19:07:51+08:00\">August 23, 2026<\/time><\/div><h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2026\/08\/23\/predicting-heritage-building-maintenance-priorities\/\" target=\"_self\" >Heritage-building maintenance priorities and climate data: a research note<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A research note on a study that examines whether historical climate data can help rank maintenance priorities for a heritage building.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2026\/08\/23\/predicting-heritage-building-maintenance-priorities\/\">Read the note \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7434 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-linkedin-updates\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-23T19:06:46+08:00\">August 23, 2026<\/time><\/div><h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2026\/08\/23\/ai-powered-trust-prediction-for-manet-security\/\" target=\"_self\" >AI-powered trust prediction for MANET security<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A short update linking to a study description of MANET trust prediction, routing, black-hole and gray-hole attacks, and simulation scope.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2026\/08\/23\/ai-powered-trust-prediction-for-manet-security\/\">Read the note \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7432 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-linkedin-updates\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-23T19:05:35+08:00\">August 23, 2026<\/time><\/div><h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2026\/08\/23\/utm-ascend-phd-scholarship\/\" target=\"_self\" >UTM ASCEND PhD Scholarship<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A funded opportunity for prospective PhD candidates seeking research support and global exposure.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2026\/08\/23\/utm-ascend-phd-scholarship\/\">Read the note \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/section><section id=\"collaboration\" class=\"ni-section \"><div class=\"ni-section-heading\"><span class=\"ni-label\">09 \/ GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT<\/span><h2>Research crosses borders.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"ni-two\"><p class=\"ni-story-deck\">Connected through institutions, ideas and shared questions.<\/p><div><h3>Heriot-Watt University<\/h3><p>Postgraduate study in embedded systems and electrical engineering.<\/p><h3>Eindhoven University of Technology<\/h3><p>Visiting research appointment, 2012.<\/p><a href=\"\/murtadha\/biography\/\">Read the biography &#x2197;<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"ni-cta\"><p class=\"ni-label\">THE NEXT CONNECTION<\/p><h2>Let\u2019s ask a<br><em>better question.<\/em><\/h2><a href=\"mailto:murtadha@utm.my?subject=Research%20collaboration\">Research, supervision or collaboration &#x2197;<br>murtadha@utm.my<\/a><\/section><section class=\"ni-section\"><details class=\"ni-archive\"><summary>Previous academic overview \u00b7 preserved September 2026<\/summary><p>This preserves the previous homepage record, including the detailed supervision topics and historical totals.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"mm mm-sec--dark \">\n  <div class=\"mm-hero\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/717\/2026\/09\/murtadha-office-desk.jpg\" alt=\"Mohd Murtadha bin Mohamad at his desk in the Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia\">\n    <div class=\"mm-hero__text\">\n      <div class=\"mm-hero__kicker\" style=\"color:#c3b6a8\">Associate Professor &middot; Faculty of Computing, UTM<\/div>\n      <h3>Wireless intelligence for the <em>real world<\/em>.<\/h3>\n      <p class=\"mm-hero__lede\">Connected sensing, resilient networks and applied AI &mdash; from underwater acoustic channels to the microclimates of heritage buildings.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"mm-actions\">\n        <a class=\"mm-btn\" href=\"mailto:murtadha@utm.my?subject=PhD%20supervision%20inquiry\" style=\"background:#5b0822\">Email me about PhD supervision<\/a>\n        <a class=\"mm-btn mm-btn--ghost\" href=\"mailto:murtadha@utm.my?subject=Research%20collaboration\">Propose a collaboration &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mm-metrics\">\n    <div class=\"mm-metric\"><span class=\"mm-metric__n\" style=\"color:#f8dfa8\">82<\/span><span class=\"mm-metric__label\" style=\"color:#c3b6a8\">Indexed publications<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-metric\"><span class=\"mm-metric__n\" style=\"color:#f8dfa8\">10<small style=\"color:#c3b6a8\">+11<\/small><\/span><span class=\"mm-metric__label\" style=\"color:#c3b6a8\">PhD and Master&rsquo;s graduates supervised<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-metric\"><span class=\"mm-metric__n\" style=\"color:#f8dfa8\">6<\/span><span class=\"mm-metric__label\" style=\"color:#c3b6a8\">Active research areas<\/span><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mm mm-sec\">\n  <div class=\"mm-inner mm-bio\">\n    <div class=\"mm-eyebrow-row\"><span class=\"mm-eyebrow\">01 &mdash; Biography<\/span><\/div>\n    <h2>Twenty-five years at UTM, and still asking how networks survive the places we put them.<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"mm-bio__cols\">\n      <p>I graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer) from UTM in 2000 and began my career here as a tutor. A JPA scholarship took me to Heriot-Watt University for an MSc in Embedded Systems Engineering, continuing directly into a PhD in Electrical Engineering, awarded in 2007.<\/p>\n      <p>I coordinate the PhD in Computer Science programme at the Faculty of Computing. Previously Head of the Pervasive Computing Research Group, Faculty Research Manager (2022&ndash;2025), and Deputy Director of UTMDigital. In 2012 I was a visiting researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"mm-facts\">\n        <div class=\"mm-fact\"><span class=\"mm-fact__k\">PhD<\/span><span class=\"mm-fact__v\">Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt, 2007<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"mm-fact\"><span class=\"mm-fact__k\">BEng<\/span><span class=\"mm-fact__v\">Computer, UTM, 2000<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"mm-fact\"><span class=\"mm-fact__k\">Fellowship<\/span><span class=\"mm-fact__v\">Residential Fellow, KTHO<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"mm-fact\"><span class=\"mm-fact__k\">Programme<\/span><span class=\"mm-fact__v\">Coordinator, PhD in Computer Science<\/span><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mm mm-sec mm-sec--tint\">\n  <div class=\"mm-inner\">\n    <div class=\"mm-eyebrow-row\"><span class=\"mm-eyebrow\">02 &mdash; Focus<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-focus\">\n      <div class=\"mm-anchor\">\n        <span class=\"mm-anchor__label\">Anchor area<\/span>\n        <h3>Wireless Sensor Networks<\/h3>\n        <p>Protocols, routing and topology control for networks that must hold together with scarce energy, unstable links and no maintenance window. The thread that runs through every other area on this page.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"mm-anchor__tags\"><span>Routing &amp; topology<\/span><span>Energy models<\/span><span>Deployment<\/span><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mm-list\">\n        <div class=\"mm-list__row\"><span class=\"mm-list__name\">Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks<\/span><span class=\"mm-list__meta\">UWASN<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"mm-list__row\"><span class=\"mm-list__name\">Mobile Ad-hoc Networks<\/span><span class=\"mm-list__meta\">MANET security<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"mm-list__row\"><span class=\"mm-list__name\">Indoor Positioning<\/span><span class=\"mm-list__meta\">WLAN \/ camera<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"mm-list__row\"><span class=\"mm-list__name\">Robot Motion Planning<\/span><span class=\"mm-list__meta\">Path planning<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"mm-list__row\"><span class=\"mm-list__name\">AI\/ML for Heritage Buildings<\/span><span class=\"mm-list__meta\">Machine learning<\/span><\/div>\n        <a class=\"mm-more\" href=\"\/murtadha\/research-areasinterest\/\">All research areas &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mm mm-sec\">\n  <div class=\"mm-inner\">\n    <div class=\"mm-eyebrow-row\"><span class=\"mm-eyebrow\">03 &mdash; Selected work<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-pub\">\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__year\">2024<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__title\">Advanced Intrusion Detection in MANETs: A Survey of Machine Learning and Optimization Techniques for Mitigating Black\/Gray Hole Attacks<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__venue\">IEEE Access 12, 150046&ndash;150090<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-pub\">\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__year\">2024<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__title\">Enhancing MANET Security Through Federated Learning and Multiobjective Optimization: A Trust-Aware Routing Framework<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__venue\">IEEE Access 12, 181149&ndash;181178<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-pub\">\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__year\">2023<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__title\">An Overview of Machine Learning Techniques in Local Path Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__venue\">IEEE Access 11, 24894&ndash;24907<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-pub\">\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__year\">2019<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__title\">Toward Adaptive and Scalable OpenFlow-SDN Flow Control: A Survey<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-pub__venue\">IEEE Access 7, 107346&ndash;107379<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <a class=\"mm-more\" href=\"\/murtadha\/scopus-indexed-publications\/\">View all 82 publications &rarr;<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mm mm-sec mm-sec--tint\">\n  <div class=\"mm-inner\">\n    <div class=\"mm-eyebrow-row\"><span class=\"mm-eyebrow\">04 &mdash; Supervision<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-sup__head\">\n      <h2>Currently supervising nine doctoral candidates.<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"mm-recruit\">Open to new PhD candidates in network security, IoT intrusion detection and underwater sensing. Send a CV and a one-page proposal to <a href=\"mailto:murtadha@utm.my?subject=PhD%20supervision%20inquiry\">murtadha@utm.my<\/a>.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-student\">\n      <span class=\"mm-student__name\">Saad Alogaili<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-student__topic\">Enhancing Location-Aided Routing in MANETs: Trust Estimation, Federated Knowledge Sharing, and Adaptive Weighting<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-student__year\">Examination<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-student\">\n      <span class=\"mm-student__name\">Asma Basharat<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-student__topic\">Lightweight Filter-Aware Vision Transformer for Obfuscation and Zero-Day Resilient Malware Image Classification<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-student__year\">Year 6<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-student\">\n      <span class=\"mm-student__name\">Mohammed Ibrahem<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-student__topic\">Drift-oriented intrusion detection framework for the Industrial Internet of Things<\/span>\n      <span class=\"mm-student__year\">Year 4<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-links\">\n      <a href=\"\/murtadha\/phd-students\/\">All postgraduate students &rarr;<\/a>\n      <a href=\"\/murtadha\/teaching\/\">Teaching record &rarr;<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mm mm-sec\">\n  <div class=\"mm-inner mm-duo\">\n    <div class=\"mm-duo__col\">\n      <span class=\"mm-eyebrow\">05 &mdash; Beyond campus<\/span>\n      <h3>Consultancy &amp; industry engagement<\/h3>\n      <p>Advisory and applied work with industry partners on sensing deployments, network resilience and data-driven monitoring.<\/p>\n      <a class=\"mm-more\" href=\"\/murtadha\/consultancy-industry-engagement\/\">See engagements &rarr;<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mm-duo__col\">\n      <span class=\"mm-eyebrow\">06 &mdash; Record<\/span>\n      <h3>Teaching &amp; curriculum vitae<\/h3>\n      <p>Eight undergraduate subjects across twenty-eight semesters, plus the full academic record: appointments, grants, service and the complete publication list.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"mm-links\" style=\"margin-top:2px\">\n        <a href=\"\/murtadha\/teaching\/\">Teaching record &rarr;<\/a>\n        <a href=\"\/murtadha\/cv\/\">Read the CV &rarr;<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mm mm-sec mm-contact\">\n  <div class=\"mm-inner\">\n    <h2>Let&rsquo;s talk research, supervision, or collaboration.<\/h2>\n    <a class=\"mm-contact__mail\" href=\"mailto:murtadha@utm.my\">murtadha@utm.my<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details><\/section><footer class=\"ni-footer\"><div class=\"ni-footer-institution\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ni-lockup ni-lockup--white\" src=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/717\/2026\/09\/New-UTM-ASCEND2030-WT.png\" width=\"1467\" height=\"451\" alt=\"Universiti Teknologi Malaysia \u2014 ASCEND 2030\"><\/div><div><span class=\"ni-label\">UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA<\/span><h2>Mohd Murtadha Mohamad<\/h2><p>Associate Professor \u00b7 Faculty of Computing<\/p><a href=\"mailto:murtadha@utm.my\">murtadha@utm.my &#x2197;<\/a><\/div><nav aria-label=\"Footer\"><a href=\"\/murtadha\/research-areasinterest\/\">Research<\/a><a href=\"\/murtadha\/scopus-indexed-publications\/\">Publications<\/a><a href=\"\/murtadha\/phd-students\/\">People<\/a><a href=\"\/murtadha\/teaching\/\">Teaching<\/a><a href=\"\/murtadha\/consultancy-industry-engagement\/\">Impact<\/a><a href=\"\/murtadha\/biography\/\">About<\/a><a href=\"\/murtadha\/cv\/\">Curriculum vitae<\/a><a href=\"\/murtadha\/social-media\/\">Connect<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1478-0138\">ORCID &#x2197;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=16033644000\">Scopus &#x2197;<\/a><\/nav><p class=\"ni-colophon\">Networked intelligence \u00b7 Johor Bahru, Malaysia<\/p><\/footer><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic profile of Mohd Murtadha Mohamad at UTM: networked intelligence, MANET security, wireless sensing and AI\/ML for heritage buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7393"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7768,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7393\/revisions\/7768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}