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Sam Goundar

Atlantic International University, University of the South Pacific

Research areas: Computer Science · Information Systems · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security · Internet of Things and AI · Cloud Computing and Resource Management

ORCID iD 0000-0001-6465-1097
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Professor Dr. Sam Goundar is an International Academic having taught at thirteen different universities in eleven different countries with over 35 plus years of teaching experience in universities and tertiary institutions. At the moment, he is a Senior Lecturer in Information Technology at RMIT University <https://academics.rmit.edu.au/sam-goundar/about>, a university ranked 123rd (QS) and 251st (THE) in the world and Visiting Professor of Data Science at SRM University, Chennai, India <https://www.srmist.edu.in/department/department-of-data-science-and-business-systems/visiting-faculty-members/>.

He is a former Adjunct Professor of Information Technology (2021-2023) at The University of Fiji and former Affiliate Professor of Information Technology (2016-2020) at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru. He was a Senior Lecturer in ICT at British University Vietnam, Senior Lecturer in IS at The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and University of Waikato, New Zealand. He was also a Research Fellow at the United Nations University. He was invited as a Visiting Professor and Researcher at Hassan 1st University, Morocco (June-July 2019) and Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia (June-July 2018).

Over the years, he has achieved international recognition and reputation for research and research-related activities. This is evident from his research profile at Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ot-RmiQAAAAJ&hl=en, with 2,742 citations and a h-index of 24 and more than 20 book publications at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/samgoundar with reputable publishers. Over the last 3 years, he has published 3 papers in Q1 journals, 6 papers in Q2 journals, 2 papers in Q3 journal and 38 papers in journals indexed by Scopus and Web of Science.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of three international journals: 1). International Journal of Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies (IJBC) <http://www.inderscience.com/ijbc>; 2). International Journal of Fog Computing (IJFC) <http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-fog-computing/175202>; and 3. International Journal of Creative Computing (IJCrC) <https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijcrc>. He is also the Editor-in-Chief (Emeritus) of the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC) <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-cloud-applications-computing/41974>, Section Editor of the Journal of Education and Information Technologies (EAIT) <https://link.springer.com/journal/10639/editorial-board>, and Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Digital Banking & Financial Technology <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jrfm/special_issues/Digital_Banking_and_Financial_Technology>.

He has supervised 4 PhD students and 6 Master students to completion. He currently supervises 3 PhD students. He is also on the PhD examination and defense panel for many international universities and regularly reviews and evaluates PhD thesis.

He is recognised as a leader in his field of research, and he mostly researches about emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Blockchain, Data Science, and Digital Transformation.

He is also a renowned keynote speaker at international conferences.
Last year alone, he was invited to deliver two keynote speeches at: 1). Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference (B2C' 2024), 2). International Conference on Computer & Communication Technologies (IC3T 2024) and two invited speeches: 1). Asia Pacific Next Generation Camp (APNG16) and 2). International Conference on Signal Processing and Advance Research in Computing (SPARC 2024). He was also invited to speak and be part of the high powered Industry Panel at Asian Conference on Machine Learning.

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