Biplob Ray, IEEE Senior Member, is an Associate Professor at CQUniversity. Dr. Ray holds a PhD in Contemporary Network Security from Deakin University, a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education, and a Master of Information Technology from the University of Ballarat, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from AMA University. With over eight years at CQUniversity, he currently leads as a Discipline Lead and CML-NET Cluster Lead in Emerging Technologies. He has previously served as a Senior Lecturer and CIS Research Group Lead and began his tenure as a Lecturer in ICT. He is highly interested in multidisciplinary research with core interests in secure communication protocols of Cyber-Physical systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT). He is the Treasurer of IEEE Victorian Section, Committee member of IEEE Victoria section, Fonding Co-Chair of IEEE Vic. IoT community, Certified Professional (CP) by Australian Computer Society (ACS), Senior Member of Australian Computer Society (ACS), Member of Golden Key International Honour Society, Member of IEEE and IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative (CYBSI) group, and Member of Academic Leadership Committee, CQUniversity, Cairns campus. He was the editorial board member of International Journal of Hybrid Intelligence published by Inderscience. And he also been the Reviewer of Various Elsevier and IEEE journals (Computers & Electrical Engineering, Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and so on).