DrMuna Al-Hawawreh

Lecturer, Cyber Security

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Information Technology

  • Lecturer, Cyber Security
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Information Technology
  • +61 3 522 73794 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    1 Jun 2026
    Alt-TAB project was recognised as a finalist for the Tech Diversity Awards in iAwards—Australia’s longest-running and most prestigious technology innovation awards. The project was developed with contributions from Deakin students Camille Ang and Hashini Deshappriya under my supervision and in collaboration with Sarah Barnbrook, highlighting impactful student-led innovation in technology and inclusion.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Teaching Innovation Award
    14 Dec 2025
    The faculty of SEBE Teaching Innovation Award " IT Student Academy". Dr. Muna & Dr. Aaron (Founders)
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    The Early Career Research Award
    11 Dec 2024
    The Early Career Research Award by the Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Built Environment at Deakin University in recognition of my outstanding contributions and significant impact in advancing research and knowledge in the field.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    The IEEE ComSoc Communications Systems Integration and Modeling Technical Committee (CSIM-TC) Best Journal Paper Award for 2024
    1 Dec 2024
    The IEEE ComSoc Communications Systems Integration and Modeling Technical Committee (CSIM-TC) Best Journal Paper Award for 2024 ID: 9B6174B8-BC72-4797-81F8-D6EBA4E845E3More source info
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Stephen Fester Prize for the most outstanding Thesis on an Information Technology Related topic by a masters by research or PhD thesis student
    31 Dec 2022
    Stephen Fester Prize for the most outstanding Thesis on an Information Technology Related topicby a masters by research or PhD thesis student-UNSW-2022.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    De Groot Prize for the best performance by a female postgraduate student
    31 Mar 2022
    De Groot Prize for the best performance by a female postgraduate student-UNSW-2022
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    ARC PGC Student Award
    ARC PGC Student Award -in recognition efforts to continue researching and contribute to theUNSW HDR community during the COVID-19. 2021.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Dr. KW Wong best paper award
    Dr. KW Wong best paper award Elsevier publisher-selected on the grounds of originality and impact from the publications of 2018-2020.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    First prize for high impact publications award
    First prize for high impact publications award- UNSW Canberra- School of Engineering and Information Technology (SEIT) 2019.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    The student who earned the highest GPA of master computer science in each academic year.
    The student who earned the highest GPA of master computer science in each academic year.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    The student who earned the highest GPA of Bachelor computer science in each academic year.
    The student who earned the highest GPA of Bachelor computer science in each academic year.
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Deputy Course Director- Bachelor of Cyber Security-Deakin university.
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    A member in the postgraduate course leadership team -Master degree in cyber security-Deakin university.
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Guest Editor in Journals (e.g., sensors).
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Reviewer in the top-tier journals such as IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transaction on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Transaction on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transaction Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Access, and Security and Communication Networks (Hindawi).
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Chair- The 9th International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security-2022.
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Program committee member -First International Conference on Advances in Cyber Security Malaysia 2019, and 20th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications.
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Master and PhD thesis examiner.