Dr. Shikah Alsunaidi joined the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Finance and Digital Economy (IRC-FDE) at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) as a Postdoctoral Fellow. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from KFUPM, specializing in Security and Net-centric Computing, and an M.Sc. in Computer Science with a focus on Information Security from Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University. Her academic and professional experience spans university teaching, technical training and supervision, and contributions to funded interdisciplinary research projects. She also holds professional certifications from Cisco, Microsoft, and CompTIA.

 

Her research interests include cybersecurity, blockchain technologies, and machine learning, with particular emphasis on smart contract security, vulnerability and threat detection, digital authentication, and blockchain-based security solutions. Her scholarly contributions include publications in journals such as ACM Computing Surveys and Scientific Data, alongside the development of open-source frameworks and datasets supporting security analysis and reproducible research.

 

At IRC-FDE, she aims to contribute to interdisciplinary research in financial technology and the digital economy by applying her expertise in data-driven methods, security analysis, and blockchain-based systems. Her work aims to strengthen the security and trustworthiness of emerging digital technologies through interdisciplinary research and collaboration with academic and industry partners.