He received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Cairo University,  Egypt  in  1994,  the  M.Sc.  degree  jointly from  the  Fontys  University  and  Technical  University Eindhoven, Netherlands, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree  in computer sciences from  Tohoku University,  Japan,  in  2006.  He  is  the  professor of  electronics  technology,  Beni-suef  University, Egypt.  In  2008,  he  joined  the  college  of  computer  science  and  engineering  at  Taibah  University, KSA. On 2012, he became the chair of networks and communications systems department. He is the author of several research papers published in the most reputable journals and conferences. He is the author of the book titled “Optical Networks: A Restoration Perspective with Active.” He is also the editor of the book titled "Wireless Sensor Multimedia Networks: Architectures, Protocols and Applications" published by CRC Press USA. He is a member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of Sensor and Related  Networks  and  International  Journal  of  Communication  Networks and Information Security. He is a senior IEEE member. He is also the chairof the membership development committee of IEEE in western KSA of R8.

Books............................................................. total (2)

1.        Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Xiaohong Jiang, "Wireless Sensor Multimedia Networks (WSMNs): Architectures, Protocols and Applications", CRC Press, USA, ISBN 9781482253115, Nov. 2015.

2.        Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, “Optical Networks: A Restoration Perspective with Active Restoration”, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-659-47602-0, Nov. 2013.

Book Chapters ..............................................  total (1)

1.      Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Aly M. Al-semary, “Assessing the vulnerabilities of Mission-critical wireless sensor networks”, Wireless Sensor Networks Technologies and Protocols, InTech, ISBN 978-953-51-0735-4, 2012.

Refereed Journal Papers ...............................  total (15)

1.        Ahlam Alrehili, Abdullah Alsaedi and Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, A Data Dissemination Scheme for a Wireless Nanosensor Network towards IoNT,
International Journal of Sensor Networks, accepted, March 2020. [IF: 1.289]

2.        Mohamed A. Azim, Assessing Link Availability on Communications
Networks under Regional Failures, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, Vol.23 No.1, pp.25 – 43, 2019. [Scopus indexed]  https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCNDS.2019.100640

3.        Ahmed Salem and Mohamed A. Azim, The effect of RBCs concentration in blood on the wireless communication in Nano-networks in the THz band, Nano Communication Networks, , Vol. 18, pp34-43, Nov. 2018. [IF: 2.06]

4.        Muhammad Nomani Kabir, Md Arafatur Rahman, Saiful Azad, Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, A connection probability model for communications networks under regional failures, International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Vol. 20, Pages 16-25, 2017. [IF: 2.15]

5.        Aly M. El-Semary, Mohamed A. Azim, and Hossam Diab, SPCBC: A Secure Parallel Cipher Block Chaining Mode of Operation based on logistic Chaotic Map, KSII TRANSACTIONS ON INTERNET AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Vol. 11, No.7, July 31, 2017 March, 2017.

6.        Aly El-Semary and Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, “Counter Chain: A New Block Cipher Mode of Operation”, The International Journal of Information Processing Systems, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 266-279, June 2015.

7.        Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim and M. N. Kabir, “Availability Analysis of Shared Backup Path Protection under Multiple-Link Failure scenario in WDM Networks”, International Journal of Annals of Communications, Volume 70, Issue 5–6, pp 249–262, June 2015.

8.        Aly El-Semary and Mohamed A. Azim, “A Dual-Sink Secure Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Information Assurance and 
Security (JIAS), Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 324-337, 2012.

9.        Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim and M. N. Kabir, “Availability Analysis Under Multiple Link-Failures in WDM Networks with Shared-Link Connections”, International Journal of Photonic Networks Communications, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 83-91, Springer, 2012. DOI: 10.1007/s11107-011-0339-6

10.     Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Aly M. Al-semary and Abdullah AlBinAli, “HON-OVCS: Virtual Topology Based Architecture for QoS Guarantee in OBS Networks", International Journal of Electrical & Computer Sciences IJECS-IJENS, Vol. 11, Issue: 06, ISSN: 2077-1231, Dec. 2011.

11.     Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim and M. N. Kabir, “Availability Study of M:N Automatic Protection Switching Scheme in WDM Networks”, International Journal of High Speed Networks, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-13, IOS Press, Dec. 2011.

12.     Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, “MAP : A Balanced Energy Consumption Routing
Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks”, The International Journal of Information Processing Systems, Vol. 6 No. 3, pp. 295-306, September 2010.

13.     Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Xiaohong Jiang, Susumu Horiguchi, and Minyi Guo, “Restoration Probability Modeling for Active Restoration-Based Optical Networks with Correlation among Backup Routes”, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Volume 18,  Issue 11, Page(s):1592-1606, Nov. 2007.

14.     Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Xiaohong Jiang, Pin-Han Ho, and Susumu Horiguchi, “Models of Restoration Probability in WDM Networks Employing Active Restoration”, Journal of Photonic Communications Networks, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 141 -153, September 2005.

15.     Mohamed M. A. Azim, X. Jiang, Md. M. R. Khandker, S. Horiguchi, and Pin-Han Ho, “Active Lightpath Restoration in WDM Networks”, Journal of Optical Networking , Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 247-260, April 2004.

Refereed Conferences............................. total (22)

1.      Arwa Mohammed Althagafi and Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Internet of Beautiful Things (IoBT): Towards Improving Human’s Behaviors, IEEE GCIoT 2019, Accepted.

2.      Kholood Albalawi, Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Cloud-based IoT Device Authentication Scheme Using Blockchain, IEEE GCIoT 2019, Accepted.

3.      Ahmed Salem and Mohamed A. Azim, Dielectric and Optical Properties of Blood with
Different RBCs Concentrations in the THz Band, 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation (ISMS 2018), Accepted April 2018.

4.      Sakhaa B. Al-Saedi, Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, “Radio Frequency Near Communication (RFNC) Technology: An Integrated RFID-NFC System for Objects’ localization”, IEEE-GCC 2017, accepted Feb. 2017.

5.      Ahmed H. Abbas, Rania Ahmed Aboul-Seoud and Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, , “Smart Object Protection Alert System by using Wireless Sensor Networks”, IAC2015, 6-8 April, Egypt, 2015.

6.      Ahmed H. Abbas, Rania Ahmed Aboul-Seoud and Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, “ECG and EMG by using Wireless Sensor Networks”, IAC2015, 6-8 April, Egypt, 2015.

7.     Mohamed A. Azim  and Abdullah Al Binali “Assessing Risk of Regional-Failures on the Existing Saudi National Electricity Network: An Analytical and a Simulation Study”, Saudi Arabia Smart Grid 2012, 2012.

8.     Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim and Aly M. El-Semary, “Vulnerability Assessment for Mission Critical Networks Against Region Failures: A Case Study”, International Conference on Computing and Information Technology ICCIT 2012, pp. 838-843, March 2012.

9.     Aly M. El-Semary, Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, A Two-Tier Energy-Efficient Secure Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, the Seventh International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2011), pp. 331-337, 2011.

10.  Aly M. El-Semary, Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, “Path Energy Weight: A Global Energy-Aware Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Accepted, IEEE IFIP Wireless Days 2010, pp. 1-6,  October 2010, Venice, Italy. (Acceptance ratio< 32%)

11.  Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, “MAP : Energy Efficient Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks”, the 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies & Applications (ICUT 2009), pp.1-6, December 2009, Fukuka, Japan. Doi: 10.1109/ICUT.2009.5405750

12.  Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, M. N. Kabir, M. Ahmed, A. Issa-Salwe, “Availability Analysis of M:N Protection System in WDM Networks”, the 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies & Applications (ICUT 2009), December 2009, Fukuka, Japan. Doi: 10.1109/ICUT.2009.5405753

13.   Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Xiaohong Jiang and Susumu Horiguchi, “Performance Analysis for Active Restoration-Based Optical Networks Incorporating the Correlation Among Backup Routes”, IEEE International Conference on Communication ICC06, Vol. 6,  pp. 2483-2488, June 2006, Istanbul, Turkey.

14.   M. Mostafa A. Azim, X. Jiang and S.Horiguchi, "On Modelling the Restoration Probability of Active Restoration-Based Optical Networks with Correlation among Backup Routes,” Proc. Japan-China Joint Workshop on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology (FCST 2006), IEEE CS Press, pp. 17 - 18, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima, Japan, (2006, Nov.).

15.   Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Xiaohong Jiang, Pin-Han Ho, and Susumu Horiguchi, “Comprehensive Performance Study of Active Restoration-Based Optical Networks under Dual-Failure Attacks”, International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing ICICS05, December 2005, Bangkok, Thailand,.

16.   Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Xiaohong Jiang, S. Horiguchi and Pin-Han Ho, "Comprehensive Performance Study of Active Restoration-Based Optical Networks under Dual-Failure Attacks," 2005 5th International Conference on Information Communications & Signal Processing, Bangkok, 2005, pp. 1202-1206.
doi: 10.1109/ICICS.2005.1689245

17.   Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Xiaohong Jiang, Pin-Han Ho, and Susumu Horiguchi, “A New Hybrid Architecture for Optical Burst Switching Networks”, International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications HPCC05, pp.196-202,  September 2005, Sorrento(Naples) ,  Italy.

18.   Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Xiaohong Jiang, Pin-Han Ho, and Susumu Horiguchi, “Behaviors of Active Lightpath Restoration in All-Optical Networks with and without Wavelength Converters”, Asia-Pacific conference on telecommunications APCC05, pp. 941-945, September 2005 ,  Perth, Australia.

19.   Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Xiaohong Jiang, Pin-Han Ho, and Susumu Horiguchi, “Dual-Failure Restorability for WDM Networks with Active Restoration”, the  Fourth International Conference on the Optical Internet (COIN'2005), pp. 178-183, May 2005, Chongqing, china..

20.   Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Xiaohong Jiang, Md. Mamun R. Khandker, Susumu Horiguchi, and Pin-Han Ho, “A new scheme for lightpath restoration in WDM networks,” the international workshop on Optical Networks Control and Management (ONCM’04), pp. 381-386, August 2004, Montreal, Canada.

21.   Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Xiaohong Jiang, Pin-Han Ho, and Susumu Horiguchi, “Performance Analysis of WDM Networks Employing Active Restoration,” the IASTED international conference on Optical Communication Systems and Networks (OCSN’04), pp.  796-801, July 2004, Banff, Canada.

22.   Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Md. Mamun-ur-R. Khandker and Susumu Horiguchi, "An Active Lightpath Restoration Method Using Multi-Backup Paths in WDM Networks", Proc. Of International Symposium on Towards Peta-Bit Ultra-Networks, No.1, pp. 40-47, Sept. 2003, Ishikawa, Japan.

1.        Ahlam Alrehili, Abdullah Alsaedi and Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, A Data Dissemination Scheme for a Wireless Nanosensor Network towards IoNT,
International Journal of Sensor Networks, accepted, March 2020. [IF: 1.289]

2.        Mohamed A. Azim, Assessing Link Availability on Communications
Networks under Regional Failures, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, Vol.23 No.1, pp.25 – 43, 2019. [Scopus indexed]  https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCNDS.2019.100640

3.        Ahmed Salem and Mohamed A. Azim, The effect of RBCs concentration in blood on the wireless communication in Nano-networks in the THz band, Nano Communication Networks, , Vol. 18, pp34-43, Nov. 2018. [IF: 2.06]

4.        Muhammad Nomani Kabir, Md Arafatur Rahman, Saiful Azad, Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, A connection probability model for communications networks under regional failures, International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Vol. 20, Pages 16-25, 2017. [IF: 2.15]

5.        Aly M. El-Semary, Mohamed A. Azim, and Hossam Diab, SPCBC: A Secure Parallel Cipher Block Chaining Mode of Operation based on logistic Chaotic Map, KSII TRANSACTIONS ON INTERNET AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Vol. 11, No.7, July 31, 2017 March, 2017.