Mr. Annamalai Alagappan is a Research Fellow with research interests in Cyber Security, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Social Network Security & Education. He is a well-qualified academician who has handled various subjects in his teaching career. Alagappan is active with several community engagements including being a member in CYBEROE of Botswana and being a Mentor in a project of Ministry of Basic Education in collaboration with Botho University, Botswana.
About
Department: Network and Infrastructure Management
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Campus: Gaborone
LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annamalai-alagappan-57bb6a13a/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BAFP2nYyURoe8Ipr%2F9yAYYg%3D%3D
Email: annamalai.alagappan@bothouniversity.ac.bw
Qualifications:
- PhD in IT, Amity University, India (Pursuing)
- 2022 M.Sc in Cyber Security, Mizoram University, India (Pursuing)
- 2022 Executive Diploma in Cyber Security, Mizoram University, India 2022
- 2014 MSc Computing, Teeside University, UK
- 2021 Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, Botho University, Botswana
- 1994 Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications, Bharat IT, India
- 1994 B.Sc Computer Science, Bharatiar University, India
- Affiliations, Honours and Industry/Community Engagement:
Member in Association of Certified Fraud Examination (ACFE)
Member of EC-Council
Member of ACM
Member OF Cyber COE, Botswana
Faculty Program Committee, Botho University
Faculty Assessment Committee, Botho University
Research
Research Interests:
Cyber Security, IoT, Artificial Inteligence, Social Media Security
Research Publications:
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for Rendering Education Technology in Multifaceted Learning Platforms—a Case Study at Botho University IEEE CONFERENCE
- COVID-19 – An Insight into Various Impacts on Health, Society and Economy, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
- A Comparative Study on Corona Virus Pandemic–What do figures indicate?, International Review of Management and Marketing
Cybersecurity infrastructure challenges in IoT based virtual power plants, Journal of Statistics and Management Systems
- Effectiveness of an Integrated Learner-Centric Approach for Teaching Complex ICT Concepts at a Higher Educational Institution In Botswana, ICERI, SPAIN
- Does a Country’s Risk Factors Impact in Spreading COVID-19 in African Countries?, International Review of Management and Marketing
- Does Risk Factors Influence the Spread of the Coronavirus in a Nation? A Statistical Insight into the Spread of the Disease Using Machine Learning, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience
- Cybersecurity challenges in energy sector (virtual power plants) – can edge computing principles be applied to enhance security?, Energy Informatics, Springer
- Impact of Biological Pandemic in Critical Infrastructure Services – Are We Heading for a Cyber Pandemic? European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine
- A Broach Study on Issues in Social Engineering Attacks on Social Networking Sites, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering
- A study on Enhancing Quality Teaching and Learning in Botho College Through Moodle, BUIRC, Botswana
- A Review of Security on Social Networking Sites, SMARTECH, India
- The Need of Applying Data Governance and Security for COVID’19 Contact Tracing in Botswana, BUIRC, Botswana
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching and Supervision:
- Linux Network Administration
- Linux Essential
- Ethical Hacking
- Information and Data Security
- Managing Business Desktops
- Fundamentals of Network Security
