Dr. Bahareh Pahlevanzadeh currently serves as a lecturer in the School of Informatics and Cybersecurity at Technological University Dublin (TuDublin). With over a decade of substantial teaching experience and extensive research expertise, she actively participates in academic assessments within the fields of ICT and Cybersecurity in leading academic institutes. Since January 2022, she has been closely collaborating and contributing on the CYBER-SKILLS project, a national initiative partnered with MTU, UCD, UL, and USA- Virginia Tech's Commonwealth Cyber Initiative. Bahareh is a dedicated member of Women in Technology and Science Ireland (WITS) , IEEE and the Cyberskills Team in Cybersecurity. She had several years of experience in administrative roles, mentoring, supervision, technical responsibilities, and industry collaborations. Her leadership roles included serving as the Director of ICT Research and Management Department at ISC and leading the USM Research Team for the Japan-SOI-WIDE Project. She also held the position of CTO at an AIOT-based Medical Device Engineering startup company. Additionally, she made significant contributions as a Member of IPv6 Security & QoS at NAV6 Centre and as a senior member in the ICT Governance Council at prestigious international academic institutes. She worked on several Research Projects in collaboration with industrial/academic partners in the Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Iran, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, and China. These projects were mainly in the area of ICT, Next Gen-Networks & Cyber security (2005-Present). Bahareh received the 2021 ISC Best Researcher Award. She has supervised /mentored more than10 PhD theses and Research Projects of master students. Her most recent book, "Data Analysis in the Cloud" published in 2021, can be used by young researchers at different academic levels. She has published more than 40 high-quality papers in refereed international journals and led international conference proceedings . She has been a reviewer for various International academic Journals (Journal of Supercomputing, IEEE Access, JIST, IJISM, JICTP, Wireless communications and mobile computing, etc.)  Her research interests are centered on cybersecurity, Quality of service (QoS), and network optimization, with a specific emphasis on next-generation networks and communications within the context of Smart City, Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0. 

Her research pursuits are delineated as follows: - 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 - 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟓𝐆 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐆 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐈𝐨𝐓/𝐈𝐨𝐄, 𝐒𝐃𝐍, 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 & 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.) - 𝐀𝐈 & 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 & 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 o Leveraging Soft Computing Approaches (AI, NN, Fuzzy, Machine/Reinforcement/Federated Learning) in cybersecurity- Smart Cities/ 6G Communications - 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐂𝐓 & 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐐𝐨𝐒) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐒𝐃𝐍/𝐍𝐕𝐅/ 𝐈𝐎𝐄/𝟔𝐆/𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/ 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐐𝐨𝐒 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬) - 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ( 𝐀𝐈_𝐕𝐑 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬)