Hafiz Malik is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. His research in the areas of automotive cybersecurity, deepfakes, IoT security, sensor security, multimedia forensics, steganography/steganalysis, information hiding, pattern recognition, and information fusion has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Academies, Ford Motor Company, Marelli, Inc. N.A., and other agencies. He is a recipient of the UM-Dearborn Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Fellows 2022, UM-Dearborn 2022 Distinguished Research Award, and College of Engineering and Computer Science 2020 Excellence in Research Award. He has published over 150 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and workshops. He is a founding member and chief operating officer (COO) of the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research, a founding member of the Cybersecurity Center for Research, Education, and Outreach at UM-Dearborn and a member of the leadership circle for the Dearborn Artificial Intelligence Research Center at UM-Dearborn. He is also a member of the Scientific and Industrial Advisory Board (SIAB) of the National Center of Cyber Security Pakistan. He has been a member of MCity Working Group on Cybersecurity since 2015.