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Short Biography About Ts. Dr. Ku Chin Soon

Chin Soon Ku received a PhD from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 2019. Currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia, his current research interests including AI techniques (such as genetic algorithm), computer vision, decision support tools, graphical authentication (authentication, picture-based password, graphical password), machine learning, deep learning, speech processing, natural language processing and unmanned logistics fleets. He has published papers on graphical password methods, including techniques to prevent shoulder-surfing attacks and improve password security. Additionally, he has contributed to research on information security, particularly in the context of chatbots and cryptography. He has explored techniques, features, and applications related to mobile phone data, including its use in crime applications and surveys of mobile phone data. In addtion, he has worked on improving optimization algorithms for various applications, such as optimal allocation and scheduling of wind turbine and electric vehicle parking lots, and optimal design of hybrid energy systems. He has conducted research on equity forecasting and stock market predictions, including the use of long short-term memory methods and dynamic indicators.

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Articles in Journals

1. Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S.; Islam, A.; et al. Graphical password: prevent shoulder-surfing attack using digraph substitution rules. Front. Comput. Sci. 2017, 11: 1098. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-016-5472-z
2. Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S.; Ang, T.F. Preventing Shoulder-Surfing Attacks using Digraph Substitution Rules and Pass-Image Output Feedback. Symmetry 2019, 11, 1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11091087
3. Por, L.Y.; Adebimpe, L.A.; Idris, M.Y.I.; Khaw, C.S.; Ku, C.S. LocPass: A Graphical Password Method to Prevent Shoulder-Surfing. Symmetry 2019, 11, 1252. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11101252
4. Al-Hussein, W.A.; Li, W.; Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S.; Alredany, W.H.D.; Leesri, T.; MohamadJawad, H.H. Investigating the Effect of COVID-19 on Driver Behavior and Road Safety: A Naturalistic Driving Study in Malaysia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 11224. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811224
5. Okmi, M.; Por, L.Y.; Ang, T.F.; Ku, C.S. Mobile Phone Data: A Survey of Techniques, Features, and Applications. Sensors 2023, 23, 908. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020908
6. Yang, J.; Xiong, J.; Chen, Y.L..; Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S.; Babanezhad, M. Improved Golden Jackal Optimization for Optimal Allocation and Scheduling of Wind Turbine and Electric Vehicles Parking Lots in Electrical Distribution Network Using Rosenbrock's Direct Rotation Strategy. Mathematics, 2023, 11(6), 1415. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11061415
7. Yang, J.; Chen, Y.-L.; Yee, P.L.; Ku, C.S.; Babanezhad, M. An Improved Artificial Ecosystem-Based Optimization Algorithm for Optimal Design of a Hybrid Photovoltaic/Fuel Cell Energy System to Supply A Residential Complex Demand: A Case Study for Kuala Lumpur. Energies 2023, 16, 2867. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062867
8. Okmi, M.; Por, L.Y.; Ang, T.F.; Al-Hussein, W.; Ku, C.S. A Systematic Review of Mobile Phone Data in Crime Applications: A Coherent Taxonomy Based on Data Types and Analysis Perspectives, Challenges, and Future Research Directions. Sensors 2023, 23, 4350. https://doi: 10.3390/s23094350
9. Yang, J.; Chen, Y.-L.; Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S. A Systematic Literature Review of Information Security in Chatbots. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 6355. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13116355
10. Ku, C.S.; Xiong, J.; Chen, Y.-L.; Cheah, S.D.; Soong, H.C.; Por, L.Y. Improving Stock Market Predictions: An Equity Forecasting Scanner Using Long Short-Term Memory Method with Dynamic Indicators for Malaysia Stock Market. Mathematics 2023, 11, 2470. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11112470
11. Kalhoro, A.; Wagan, A.A.; Khan, A.A.; Lin, J.-M.; Ku, C.S.; Por, L.Y.; Yang, J. Rewarding Developers by Storing Applications on Non-Fungible Tokens. Mathematics 2023, 11, 2519. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11112519
12. Liu, X.; Chen, Y.-L.; Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S. A Systematic Literature Review of Vehicle Routing Problems with Time Windows. Sustainability 2023, 15, 12004. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151512004
13. Wang, Y.-J.; Chen, M.-C.; Ku, C.S. An Improved Archimedes Optimization Algorithm (IAOA). J. Netw. Intell. 2023, 8, 693-709. https://bit.kuas.edu.tw/~jni/2023/vol8/s3/04.JNI-0450.pdf
14. Uddin, A.H.; Chen, Y.-L.; Borkatullah, B.; Khatun, M.S.; Ferdous, J.; Mahmud, P.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S.; Por, L.Y. Deep-Learning-Based Classification of Bangladeshi Medicinal Plants Using Neural Ensemble Models. Mathematics 2023, 11, 3504. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11163504
15. Abbasi, M.A.; Chen, Y.-L.; Khan, A.A.; Memon, Z.A.; Durrani, N.M.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S.; Por, L.Y. Enabling IoT Service Classification: A Machine Learning-Based Approach for Handling Classification Issues in Heterogeneous IoT Services. IEEE Access 2023, 11, 89024–89037.https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3306607
16. Adebimpe, L.A.; Ng, I.O.; Idris, M.Y.I.; Okmi, M.; Ku, C.S.; Ang, T.F.; Por, L.Y. Systemic Literature Review of Recognition-Based Authentication Method Resistivity to Shoulder-Surfing Attacks. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 10040. https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810040
17. Haq, S.U.; Bazai, S.U.; Fatima, A.; Marjan, S.; Yang, J.; Por, L.Y.; Anjum, M.; Shahab, S.; Ku, C.S. Reseek-Arrhythmia: Empirical Evaluation of ResNet Architecture for Detection of Arrhythmia. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 2867. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182867
18. Bhatti, U. A.; Bazai, S. U.; Hussain, S.; Fakhar, S.; Ku, C. S.; Marjan, S.; Por, L. Y.; Jing, L. Deep Learning-Based Trees Disease Recognition and Classification Using Hyperspectral Data. Computers, Materials & Continua 2023, 77(1), pp. 681--697. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2023.037958
19. Gabr, M.; Korayem, Y.; Chen, Y.-L.; Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S.; Alexan, W. R3− Rescale, Rotate and Randomize: A Novel Image Cryptosystem Utilizing Chaotic and hyper-chaotic Systems. IEEE Access 2023, 11, 119284–119312. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3326848
20. Khan, A.A.; Zhang, X.; Fahima, A; Yang J.; Ku, C.S.; Por, L.Y. ASMF: Ambient Social Media Forensics Chain of Custody with an Intelligent Digital Investigation Process Using Federated Learning. Heliyon 2024, 10(1), e23254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23254
21. Taherinavid, S.; SMoravvej, S.V.; Chen, Y.-L.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S.; Por, L.Y. Automatic Transportation Mode Classification Using a Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach with Smartphone Sensors. IEEE Access, 2024, 12, 511–533. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3346875
22. Ainan U.H.; Por, L.Y.; Chen, Y.-L.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S. Advancing Bankruptcy Forecasting with Hybrid Machine Learning Techniques: Insights from an Unbalanced Polish Dataset. IEEE Access, 2024, 12, 9369–9381. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3354173
23. Por, L.Y.; Ng, I.O.; Chen, Y.-L.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S., A Systematic Literature Review on the Security Attacks and Countermeasures Used in Graphical Passwords. IEEE Access, 2024, 12, 53408–53423. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3373662
24. Hong, Z. W., Tsai, M. H. M., Ku, C. S., Cheng, W. K., Chen, J. T., & Lin, J. M. Utilizing robot-tutoring approach in oral reading to improve Taiwanese EFL students’ English pronunciation. Cogent Education, 2024, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2342660
25. Uddin, A.H., Chen, Y.-L., Akter, M.R., Ku, C. S., Yang, J., Por, L.Y. Colon and Lung Cancer Classification from Multi-modal Images Using Resilient and Efficient Neural Network Architectures, Heliyon, 2024, 10(9), e30625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30625
26. Muhammad, N.S., Ullah, B.S., Nada, A., Liu, Y., Imran, G.M., Rozi, K., Ku, C.S., Yang, J., Sana, S., Por, L.Y. Optimizing Lung Cancer Classification Through Hyperparameter Tuning, Digital Health, 10, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241249661
27. Sana, L., Nazir, M.M., Yang, J., Hussain, L., Chen, Y.-L., Ku, C.S., Alatiyyah, M., Por, L.Y. Securing the IoT Cyber Environment: Enhancing Intrusion Anomaly Detection with Vision Transformers, IEEE Access, 2024, 12, 82443–82468. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3404778
28. Babur, S.M., Khan, S.U.R., Yang, J., Chen, Y.-L., Ku, C.S., Por, L.Y. Preventing 51% Attack By Using Consecutive Block Limits In Bitcoin, IEEE Access, 2024, 12, 77852–77869. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3407521
29. Khan, A.A., Chen, Y.-L., Hajjej, F., Shaikh, A.A., Yang, J., Ku, C.S., Por, L.Y. Digital forensics for the socio-cyber world (DF-SCW): A novel framework for deepfake multimedia investigation on social media platforms, Egyptian Informatics Journal, 2024, 27, 100502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eij.2024.100502

Articles in Journals - Early Access / Online First

1. Abdullah Ayub Khan, Jing Yang, Shafique Ahmed Awan, Abdullah M. Baqasah , Roobaea Alroobaea, Yen-Lin Chen, Chin Soon Ku, Lip Yee Por. Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Blockchain-Empowering Future Vehicular Developments: A State-of-the-Art Multi-Hierarchical Lifecycle, Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences, 2024.

Articles in Journals - Preprint

1. Abdullah Ayub Khan, Jing Yang, Asif Ali Laghari, Fahima Hajjej, Yen-Lin Chen, Chin Soon Ku, Lip Yee Por. Metaverse in Multimedia Gaming: Quality of Experience (QoE) Challenges and Standards Requirements for Immersive Media Consumption, 03 September 2023, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3310980/v1]
2. Abdullah Khan, Yen-Lin Chen, Fahima Hajjej, Aftab Ahmed Shaikh, Jing Yang, Chin Soon Ku, Lip Yee Por. Towards an Intelligent Industrial Environment: Blockchain-Empowering Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence for Risk Assessment and Strategic Evaluation, 03 September 2023, SSRN, (preprint), available at SSRN preprint [https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4582304]

Articles in Proceeding

1. Amanul Islam, Por Lip Yee, Fazidah Othman, Ku Chin Soon, A review of the recognition-based graphical password, The 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Computational Science and Technology - 4th ICCST 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 29-30 November 2017 (ISSN: 1876-1100). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2622-6_49
2. Z. Tang and C. S. Ku, "Optimization of Wireless Charging Power Transmission Efficiency Based on Decoupling Equivalent Circuit Model," 2023 Asia-Pacific Conference on Image Processing, Electronics and Computers (IPEC), Dalian, China, 2023, pp. 141-150, doi: 10.1109/IPEC57296.2023.00033.

Editorial

1. Por, L.Y.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S.; Khan, A.A. Special Issue on Cryptography and Information Security. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 6042. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13106042

Letter to the Editor

1. Yang, J., Por, L.Y., Leong, M.C. and Ku, C.S. The Potential of ChatGPT in Assisting Children with Down Syndrome. Ann Biomed Eng (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-023-03281-3

Research Project

1. Graphical Password: Prevent Shoulder-Surfing Attack Using Digraph Substitution Rules, UM POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANT (PPP), February 2016 - March 2019. (GRANT NUMBER: PG005-2015B)
2. A Graphical Authentication Method To Prevent Shoulder-Surfing Attacks Using Digraph Substitution Rules, UTARRF, December 2017 - December 2018. (GRANT NUMBER: IPSR/RMC/UTARRF/2017-C2/K03)
3. Prevent Password Reconstruction Attack For Cyber Security Authentication Using Knowledge-based Method, MOHE FRGS, July 2018 - June 2021. (GRANT NUMBER: FRGS/1/2018/ICT04/UM/02/17)
4. A Recognition-based Graphical User Authentication scheme to Resist Shoulder-Surfing Attacks, UTARRF, December 2020 - June 2022. (GRANT NUMBER: IPSR/RMC/UTARRF/2020-C2/K04)
5. A Knowledge-based Graphical User Authentication scheme using Compass Directional Method to Resist Shoulder-Surfing Attacks, UTARRF, July 2023 - June 2024. (GRANT NUMBER:IPSR/RMC/UTARRF/2023-C1/K01)
6. A Knowledge-Based Graphical User Authentication to Resist Video Recording Attacks, MOHE FRGS, October 2023 - September 2026. (GRANT NUMBER: FRGS/1/2023/ICT03/UTAR/02/1)

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