Md Jakir Hossain

About

Dr. MD Jakir Hossain is a Lecturer in Cybersecurity at Newcastle University, UK. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in 2021 and obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCiE) from Staffordshire University in 2022. With over 15 years of experience in higher education, he has held academic positions across institutions in the UK, China, and Bangladesh. His research focuses on designing secure, intelligent, and privacy-preserving solutions for next-generation digital systems, including applied cryptography, secure authentication protocols, AI for cybersecurity, IoT security, cloud security, and quantum cryptography.

Education

• Ph.D. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), 2021
• Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCiE) Staffordshire University, 2022

Selected publications

• Hussain S, Butorova H, Zhang H, Hossain MJ, Hussain S. Student engagement in transnational engineering higher education: an evaluation of four active learning approaches. Frontiers in Education 2026
• Rieger M, Shah A, Alam A, Hossain MJ. Possibilities and limitations of using large language models (LLMs) for alert classification and prioritisation in security operations centers (SOCs). Expert Systems with Applications 2026
• Sayduzzaman, M, Hossain, MJ, Sabuj, SR, Ansari, MS, Gross, T, Rahman, T, Bashir, AK. From Detection to Auditable Intelligence: A Systematic Review of Explainable Fake News Detection and the Emergence of XAI 2.0. IEEE Transaction on AI 2026
• Rahmana MM, Mollickb T, Bhuiana MBH, Hossain MJ, Sejand MAS, Sabuj SR. Design and Deployment of a Hybrid Machine Learning Framework for Power Forecasting and Optimization with API-Driven Architecture. Next Research 2026
• Hossain, MJ, Sayduzzaman, M, Alam, A, Sabuj, SR, Sultan, K, Alam, MJ. Beyond PCA and SMOTE: A Deep Autoencoder Framework for IoE Intrusion Detection. Wireless Personal Network 2026
• Underhill, P, Oyinloye, T, Hossain, MJ, Cunningham,S. ROM and Beyond: A Taxonomy of Read-Only and Emerging Non-Volatile Memories for Embedded/IoT Devices. ACM Computing Surveys 2026
• Ahmad N, Sultan K, Khalid AB, Abbasi HA, Hossain MJ. Dynamic Pricing-Driven Load Optimization in Islanded Microgrid for Home Energy Management Systems. International Journal of Sustainable Energy 2025
• Hossain MJ, Seid AM, Abishu HN, Dharejo FA, Jhaveri RH, Erbad A, Alathbah M. ASMCC+: A Secure Authentication Scheme for Mobile Cloud Computing Environment Based on Zero Trust Architecture. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics 2024
• Hossain MJ, Xu C, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Li W. LAMA: A Secure Lattice‑Based Authentication Scheme for Cloud Storage Against Misbehaved Private Key Generator. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing 2023
• Hossain MJ, Xu C, Li C, Mahmud SMH, Zhang X, Li W. ICAS: Two‑Factor Identity‑Concealed Authentication Scheme for Remote‑Servers. Journal of Systems Architecture 2022