DrKeshav Sood

Dr. Keshav Sood (Senior Member IEEE) received his B.Tech. degree (Hons.) in Electronic and Communication Engineering with distinction and the M.Tech. degree in Optical Fiber Engineering in 2007 and 2012, respectively. He was a trainee with the Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory (TBRL, DRDO, Ministry of Defense) in Chandigarh, India. He received his Ph.D. degree (advisor Professor Shui Yu, Fellow IEEE) in Information Technology (software-defined networking security) from Deakin University, Melbourne in 2018. Dr. Sood was the recipient of the Professor of IT award given by the School of IT for his outstanding academic achievements during his PhD degree. Dr. Sood completed his post-doctoral from The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. 

He is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at Deakin University, School of IT. His work in cyber security for next generation networks has been published in top-notch security and networking venues i.e., IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IEEE-TMC), IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (IEEE-TIFS), IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (IEEE-TDSC), IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (IEEE/ACM ToN), IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (IEEE-TNSM), IEEE Network Magazine, etc. Dr. Sood has been successful in obtaining a research funding from the Department of Defence, Australia, Cyber CRC, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT, Australia), and industry partners.

Professional Services-

Editorial Board

Associate Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal (Jan. 2024 -Jan. 2026)

Associate Editor, IET Networks Journal (Wiley Publications, UK) (Feb. 2024- 2026)

Associate Editor, IEEE Open Journal of Computer Society (Feb. 2024- 2026)

Associate Editor, IEEE Networking Letters (June 2024- )

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (Jan. 2025- )

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (March. 2026- )

TPC Co-Chair (Area/Track TPC Chair)

Guest Editorials

Guest Editor, Special Issue, "Security and Privacy for AI-powered Smart IoT Applications", Digital Communications and Networks, Elsevier, 2020.

Guest Editor, Special Issue, "Privacy Preserved Learning in Distributed Communication Systems", Elsevier, 2021.
Guest Editor, Special Issue “Envisioning the Future: Breakthroughs in Ethical Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning”, Elsevier, Array, 2025. 

Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue “Security and Privacy Issues in Networking in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”, IEEE Networking Letters, 2025.

PhD Research Supervision, completed and ongoing as Principal Supervisor:-

1. Dr. Dinh Duc Nha Nguyen (Tony) (PhD), Oct 2020- Feb. 2024. (Recipient of the Professor of IT award given by the School of IT for his  outstanding academic achievements during his PhD degree in 2022). Now Assistant Professor in VinUniversity, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
2. Mr. Gurpreet Singh (PhD), Sep. 2021-  July 2026. Now a Post-doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH), India. 
3. Mr. Muhammad Wahid Akram (PhD), May 2024-