Md Shirajum Munir, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
School of Computing, Analytics, and Modeling Dr. Perry College of Mathematics, Computing, and Sciences

678-839-6664
mmunir@westga.4C3dsd52FRgPUqbtesAtLM0fKt5rrV91edu

Technology Learning Center - Room 2248
Office Hours
Fall 2025
Mon and Wed (In-person): 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (ET)
Tue and Thu (Online): 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET)
Or By appointment.

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Md Shirajum Munir, Ph.D.

Md Shirajum Munir is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the School of Computing, Analytics, and Modeling, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, USA, and directing the Intelligent Critical Cyber-Physical Systems Lab.  

He is serving as an associate editor of the IEEE Internet of Things Journal since April 2023. He is a member of IEEE, IEEE Communication Society, and IEEE Young Professional.  His research interests include machine learning, data science, trustworthy artificial intelligence and stochastic models, intelligent cyber-physical systems, cyber-security and risk, sustainable edge computing, healthcare, industrial IoT, intelligent IoT network management, future internet, and resilient smart grid. Dr. Munir is a recipient of 2025 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) early-career CRII award.

Previously, he worked as a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Cybersecurity, at Old Dominion University, USA from July 2023 to August 2024, and performed the role of a Visiting Faculty at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Rome, NY, USA from May 2024 to July 2024.  He served as a Post-doctoral Research Associate from September 2022 to July 2023 at Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center, Old Dominion University, USA.  He also served as a Postdoctoral Researcher from September 2021 to August 2022 with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University (KHU), South Korea. He received the B.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from Kyung Hee University (KHU), South Korea, in 2021. Before his Ph.D., he served as a Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, and Lead Engineer with the Solution Laboratory, Samsung Research and Development Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 2010 to 2016. 

 

 

  • B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, Khulna University, 2010
  • Ph.D., Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, 2021

Fall 2025 Sections

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Fall 2024 Sections

M. S. Munir et al., "A Trust-By-Learning Framework for Secure 6G Wireless Networks Under Native Generative AI Attacks," in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 6, pp. 6045-6065. [View Publication External Resource]

M. S. Munir et al., "Securing Next-Generation Wireless Networks Against Native GenAI Attacks: An Evidence-Theoretic Approach," 2025 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2025, pp. 805-811 [View Publication External Resource]

S. H. Sudhakara, M. S. Munir, M. Rahman, and S. Shetty, “Native AI-based Predictive Operational Resiliency in Cyber-Physical Energy Systems,” 21st International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference, pp. 1258-1263. [View Publication External Resource]

M. S. Munir, S. Proddatoori, M. Muralidhara and S. Shetty, A Bayesian Belief Network Framework for Protecting Generative AI-driven Attack in Smart Grid Communication," 2025 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, pp. 168-173. [View Publication External Resource]

M. E. Rahman, M. S. Munir and S. Shetty, "Deep Learning-Driven Beam and Blockage Forecasting for Reliable mmWave Vehicular Networks," 2025 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Honolulu, HI, USA, 2025, pp. 491-497 [View Publication External Resource]

T. D. Hayes, K. R. Dearman, M. Rahman and M. S. Munir, "User Utility in Tiered Spectrum-Shared Markets," SoutheastCon 2025, Concord, NC, USA, 2025, pp. 1324-1325. [View Publication External Resource]

H. Kim, P. S. Aung, M. S. Munir et al., "Cooperative Urban Air Mobility Trajectory Design for Power and AoI Optimization: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 74, no. 9, pp. 14799-14804, Sept. 2 [View Publication External Resource]

M. S. Munir et al., "Cognitive Behavior-in-the-Loop: Towards an Attentive Driving in Intelligent Transportation Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 14469-14478, Dec. 2024 [View Publication External Resource]

M. Monem, M. S. Munir et al., ”A sustainable Bitcoin blockchain network through introducing dynamic block size adjustment using predictive analytics”, Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS), Volume 153, Pages 12-26, April 2024. [View Publication External Resource]

M. S. Munir et al., "Neuro-Symbolic Explainable Artificial Intelligence Twin for Zero-Touch IoE in Wireless Network," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 24, pp. 22451-22468, 15 Dec, 2023. [View Publication External Resource]

AI, ML, CPS

Trustworthy Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI),  Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), Wireless Communication Systems, Sustainable Edge Computing,  AI for Cyber and Cyber for AI, Cyber-security, Risk, and Privacy Management,  AI Security and Privacy, Data Science, Quantum computing, networking, and machine learning, Internet of Things, Stochastic Modeling, Machine Learning.