He is a Professor of Cyber Security and the Head of Computing Research in Birmingham City University, United Kingdom.

Ali E. Abdallah was a Senior Advisor to the Lebanese Government on Digital Transformation.

He leads EU funded projects in partnership with Birmingham City Council for the co-creation of smart city innovations and his current research focuses on engineering open trustworthy platforms and sustainable digital services.

He holds a Master's degree and DPhil in Computer Science from the University of Oxford.