Hafiz Malik Professor 2165 Engineering Lab Building(ELB) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI 48128   Office: 2165 ELB Phone: 313-593-5677 E-mail: hafiz at umich dot edu URL: http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~hafiz Office Hours: For Summer 2021 T & TR 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. via GoogleMeet  or by an appointment.

Hafiz Malik is also founder and director of the Information Systems, Security, and Forensics (ISSF) Laboratory at the University of Michigan - Dearborn.

Research Interests | Research Projects | Publications |  Education | Teaching | Courses Taught | Prospective Students | Patents | Talks | CV

Research Interests

Automotive Cybersecurity, Deepfake Detection, Liveliness Detection, Sensor Security, Multimedia Forenscis and Security, IoT Security, Digital Forensics, Steganalysis, Multimedia Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Machine Learning

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Education

Ph.D., in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering,

University of Illinois At Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2006

 

M.S., in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering,

University of Illinois At Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2004

B.S., in Electronics and Communication Engineering,

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, 1999

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Fall 2022 Teaching

ECE 3171 - Introduction to Analog and Discrete Signals and Systems

 

ECE 375 - Introduction to Computer Architecture

 

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Courses Taught

ECE 537 / CIS 568 - Data Mining (Fall 2008, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13)

ECE Department, University of Michigan - Dearborn, MI

 

ECE 375 - Introduction to Computer Architecture (Fall 2007, '08, '09, '10, Winter 2009, '10,'11, '14)

ECE Department, University of Michigan - Dearborn, MI

 

ECE 3731 - Microprocessors and Embedded Systems (Fall 2017, '18, Winter 2017, '18)

ECE Department, University of Michigan - Dearborn, MI

 

ECE 550 - Communications Theory (Winter 2011, '12, '13, '14)

ECE Department, University of Michigan - Dearborn, MI

 

ECE 450 - Analog and Digital Communication Systems (Winter 2012, 13)

ECE Department, University of Michigan - Dearborn, MI

 

ECE 414 - Electronic System Design (Fall 2012)

ECE Department, University of Michigan - Dearborn, MI

 

ECE 311 - Electronic Circuit (Fall 2012)

ECE Department, University of Michigan - Dearborn, MI

 

ECE 3171 - Electronic System Design (Summer 2017, 18)

ECE Department, University of Michigan - Dearborn, MI

 

ECE/CIS 387 - Digital Forensics I (Winter 2010, Fall 2011, 13, 15, 17)

ECE Department, University of Michigan - Dearborn, MI

 

ECE/CIS 467 - Digital Forensics II (Winter 2010, Fall 2011, 13, 15, 17)

ECE Department, University of Michigan - Dearborn, MI

 

ECE 426 - Multimedia Forensics (Winter 2010, Fall 2011, 13, 15, 17)

ECE Department, University of Michigan - Dearborn, MI

 

EEE 5654 - Digital Signal Processing (Winter 2010)

ECE Department, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI

 

EEE 5444 - Digital Communications (Winter 2010)

ECE Department, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI

 

EpE358a - Switching Theory and Logic Design (Spring 2006)

ECE Department, Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ

 

ECE430 - Statistical Communication and Signal Processing (Fall 2004)

ECE Department, University of Illinois At Chicago, IL

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Prospective Students

There one PhD position available in the areas of digital forensic. Send me an email along with your CV and one page research statement. Also provide list of courses in Mathematics (linear algebra, probability and stochastic processes, etc.), security, data analysis, machine learning, signal processing, and software background (Matlab, C, Python, etc.) along with at least two references with their email addresses.

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Patents/Invention Disclosures

1. Malik, H., Kulkarni, A., and Moore, J., "Dynamic Watermarking Using Seeded Randomized Pixels to Embed Time Stamp and Date Values with Verification and Validation for Camera Based Sensors" (US patent pending, 2017)

2. Malik, H., Kulkarni, A., and Moore, J., "Dynamic Watermarking Using Seeded Randomized Pixel Values to Embed GPS" (US patent pending, 2017)

3. Malik, H., Kulkarni, A., and Moore, J., "Seeded Value Dynamic Watermarking Injection for Camera Sensor" (US patent pending, 2017)

4. Malik, H., "Physical Fingerprinting of Controller Area Network Bus and Electronic Control Units" (US patent pending, 2017)

5. Malik, H., and Nehal  Uddin "License Plate verification system via VIN number from cloud and vehicle" (US patent pending, 2017)

6. Malik H., and M.K. Khan, M.K., “Online Audio Authentication Tool” (US patent pending, 2016)

7. Malik, H., Rashid Ansari, R., Sumb, N., Gjomemo, R., and Venkatakrishnan, V., "Countering Fraud in Remote Check Deposit " (US Patent Pending, provisional patent filed on Nov. 2012)

8. Malik, H., Subbalakshmi, K.P., and Chandramouli, R., "A Blind Message Extraction Algorithm from Quantization Index Modulation based Steganography"

9. Malik, H., Khokhar, A. and Ansari, R. "An Improved Watermark Embedder and Detector for Spread Spectrum based Watermarking"

10. Malik,H., Khokhar, A. and Ansari, R. "Watermark Embedder in Audio Information"

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Invited Talks

• “Data Hiding and CyberSecurity”, (Guest Lecture) for Cybersecurity Forensics Department of Computer Science Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ, October 4, 2006 (slides)

• H. Malik, A. Khokhar, and R. Ansari, “Digital Asset Management: Trends and Technologies”, NSF International Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan December 2004. (slides)

• “Digital Asset Management of Multimedia Archives”, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. (slides)

• “Effect of Phase Distortion on Speech/Music Signals”, Signal Processing II, Course Project Fall 2002 at UIC. (slides)

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