Rizal Mohd Nor received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a second major in B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from John Hopkins University, MD, USA. Upon completing his degree in 2000, he joined Answerthink Consulting in Philadelphia, PA, USA as an e-commerce consultant and later in 2001, joined Lucent Technologies, Reading, PA, USA as a test design engineer. Rizal returned to Malaysia in 2002 and joined DRB-Hicom IT as an IT consultant involved in various government IT projects like e-perolehan, open source competency centre, and open source software research. His experience in open source software later landed him a job in Mimos Berhad as a researcher in open source technologies and applications.
In 2004, Rizal obtained his first Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from IIUM, Malaysia. In 2009, he completed his second Master's in Computer Science (MSc) from Kent State University, USA. In 2012, Rizal completed his Ph.D in Computer Science from Kent State University. His research in self-stabilizing algorithms was recognized for the Best Student Paper Award presented in the 13th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems 2011, Grenoble, France.
Presently, Dr Rizal is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Kulliyyah of ICT, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).

• ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ Distributed Computing ~ Other Distributed Computing n.e.c. - Designed algorithms in the context of asynchronous and synchronous message passing communication systems. Such environments are important for distributed computing in applications of peer-to-peer systems, parallel computing, grid-computing, cloud services and the likes. Such systems requires algorithms that are self-stabilizing, fault-tolerant, reliable and secure.
• ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ Communication ~ Mobile Network Technology - Mobile computing have a lot of potentials in smart environments. As the numbers of its use increases, the future of ambient computing is becoming a realization. Thus, research in the area of mobile applications, infrastructure, communication networks, communication algorithms, energy harvesting algorithms, context-aware applications, sensor networks are necessary.

ADVANCED NETWORKS	2014/2015
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE & ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE	2007/2008 2006/2007
COMPUTER NETWORKING	2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2014/2015 2007/2008 2006/2007
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ISLAMIC FINANCE	2018/2019 2016/2017
ELEMENTS OF PROGRAMMING	2019/2020 2018/2019
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS	2006/2007
FINAL YEAR PROJECT	2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2007/2008 2006/2007
FINAL YEAR PROJECT I	2020/2021 2019/2020 2017/2018
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II	2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
FINTECH FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE	2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017
INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT	2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2006/2007
MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT	2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015
NETWORKS & SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION	2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2006/2007
OPERATING SYSTEM	2020/2021 2019/2020 2015/2016 2013/2014 2012/2013
OPERATING SYSTEMS	2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
WEB PROGRAMMING	2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013
WEB PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTAL	2014/2015

Completed

2020 - 2020	Blockchain Training Alliance CBBF and CBSA Coaching and Training for Knowlegecom Singapore Clients
2020 - 2022	Secure Water Monitoring and Management (SWaM) System
2019 - 2022	The Implications of Fintech Development on the Financial Industry in France and Malaysia: A Game Theory Approach
2019 - 2019	KKR Gimmick Video, Drone and Robot For Sambutan Hari Profesion Teknikal Negara
2017 - 2022	Sya-riah-based Asset-backed Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
2017 - 2022	Elucidating the anti-cancer Mechanism of thymoquinone nanoparticles involving the MAPK signaling pathway in zebrafish xenografts of colonic and melanoma cancers. in vitro & in vivo study
2017 - 2017	Shariah Fintech Forum 2017 (SFF 2017)
2016 - 2019	Tori-Connected Flattened Butterfly Network (TFBN)
2013 - 2016	Development of Immune Inspired Algorithm for Self-Healing Swarm Robotic Systems
2013 - 2017	A New Hierarchical Interconnection Network for Future Generation Massively Parallel Computer Systems
2012 - 2015	Mahkota : A Self Stabilizing Algorithms for Peer to Peer Systems in Mobile Applications
- 2018	Privacy and Security in Cloud First Policy Environment (Microsoft Fund)

On-Going

2023 - Present	Blockchain Usecase feasibility study for Halal Supply Chain (2 months evaluation)
2022 - Present	Digitalisation of "SME Rating & Accreditation (SRA) Phase 1" Platform for SME Corp. Malaysia
2021 - Present	The Development of the Medical Assistance Robot, MediBOT
2020 - Present	Face Detection Attendance System
2020 - Present	Industry@University: 4IR Competence Centre
2020 - Present	Smart Door Access System
2019 - Present	Sustainable Development Goals for Digital Entrepreneurship ? assesment of technological requirements, beyond computers and internet access
2018 - Present	Construction of a Blockchain Framework for PTPTN
2017 - Present	A New Cost-Effective Low-Hop Distance Hierarchical Interconnection Network for Massively Parallel Computer System
2017 - Present	A New Cost-Effective Low-Hop Distance Hierarchical Interconnection Network for Massively Parallel Computer System
2017 - Present	Kiram-al-Katibin : Green and Secure IoT Project for Managing Resources and Assist Classroom Related Activities
2016 - Present	Formulation of Smart Contract for Blockchain Implementation in Islamic Financial Technologies (Islamic Fintech)

Article

2021	Freemium multi-sided platform business model: mosque kitchen as a source of free food, employment and empowerment of B40s food-preneurs. Journal of Information Systems and Digital Technologies, 3 (2) pp. 1-10
2021	Proposing an intelligent information retrieval (IIR) framework for shariah sources retrieval in Islamic financial industry. TIJARI International Journal of Islamic Economics, Business, and Entrepreneurship, 1 (1) pp. 57-70
2020	Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Movement Control Order to Limit the Spread of COVID-19. Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing (AETiC), 4 (4) pp. 1-9
2019	SCCN : a time-effective hierarchical interconnection network for network-on-chip. Mobile Networks and Applications, 24 (4) pp. 1255-1264
2018	A framework for the development of a National Crypto-Currency. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 10 (9) pp. 14-25
2018	Technical approach in text mining for stock market prediction: a systematic review. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 10 (2) pp. 770-777
2017	Cost effective factor of a midimew connected mesh network. Asian Journal of Scientific Research, 10 (4) pp. 394-399
2016	An optimum value of dynamic communication performance for midimew connected mesh network. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9 (31) pp. 1-6
2016	Dynamic communication performance of a horizontal midimew connected mesh network. International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology (IJACT), 8 (1) pp. 31-40
2016	NFC based attendance: More than just a touch. Jurnal Teknologi, 78 (9-3) pp. 69-78
2016	Non-contact electrocardiogram (ECG) smart chair for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction detect. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 84 (3) pp. 315-320
2016	SCCN: a cost effective hierarchical interconnection network for network-on-chip. International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology(IJACT), 8 (5) pp. 70-79
2015	Architecture and network-on-chip implementation of a new hierarchical interconnection network. Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, 24 (2) pp. 1540006-1
2015	Bringing order in segments for a robust network in mobile services. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 10 (23) pp. 17808-17815
2013	Corona: a stabilizing deterministic message-passing skip list . Theoretical Computer Science, 512 () pp. 119 - 129

Conference or Workshop Item

2021	Business model shifts: masjid kitchens as soup kitchens, jobs employment and empowering asnaf entrepreneurs, and income generation for the masjid. In: International Conference on Information Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M 2021),
2021	Cooperative behavior (ta’awun) between mosques and civic organizations in empowering asnafpreneurs through IIUM m-kitchen® project. In: 2nd Kedah International Zakat Conference 2021 (KEIZAC 2021),
2021	e-Hailing from Service Quality Perspective: A Malaysian Based Study. In: 2021 International Conference on Software Engineering & Computer Systems and 4th International Conference on Computational Science and Information Management (ICSECS-ICOCSIM),
2020	Adopting e-hailing application among Malaysian millennials.. In: "The 7th International Conference on Cyber and IT Service Management (CITSM 2019)",
2018	Cryptocurrency vs fiat currency: Architecture, algorithm, cashflow & ledger technology on emerging economy subtitle: The influential facts of cryptocurrency and fiat currency. In: 2018 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M),
2017	Biometric identification for twins using photoplethysmogram signals. In: 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M), 2016,
2017	Blockchain sadaqa mechanism for disaster aid crowd funding. In: 6th International Conference on Computing and Informatics 2017 (ICOCI 2017),
2017	Cloudemy: Step into the Cloud. In: 10th Malaysian Software Engineering Conference (MySEC 2017),
2017	Cost effectiveness analysis of a Vertical Midimew-connected Mesh Network (VMMN). In: 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Mining, ICCIDM 2016,
2017	Re-inventing PTPTN study loan with blockchain and smart contracts. In: 2017 8th International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT),
2017	Real time electrocardiogram identification with multi-modal machine learning algorithms. In: 2nd International Conference of Reliable Information and Communication Technology (IRICT) 2017,
2017	Time-cost effective factor of a Midimew connected Mesh network. In: 2016 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M 2016),
2016	A hasty approach to ECG person identification. In: 2016 International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE),
2016	A high radix hierarchical interconnection network for network-on-chip. In: 12th International Conference on Computing and Information Technology (IC2IT),
2016	Analyzing communication overhead in linearizing peer to peer system. In: 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M 2016),
2016	Cost effective factor of a Midimew connected Mesh Network. In: 2nd International Conference on Engineering, Technologies, and Social Sciences (ICETSS 2016),
2016	Electrocardiogram identification: Use a simple set of features in QRS complex to identify individuals. In: 12th International Conference on Computing and Information Technology (IC2 IT),
2016	Linear sure bootstraper: Self-stabilizing nodes for network construction. In: 6th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2016),
2016	Midimew-connected Gaussian network. In: 2015 4th International Conference on Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies (ACSAT 2015),
2016	Packing density and message traffic density of a midimew connected mesh network. In: 6th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2016),
2016	ScanMed: a mobile medicine adherence application with intake validation using QR code. In: 2016 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M 2016),
2015	A framework for non-contact ECG signal detection device on smart chair and its implementation. In: Second International Conference on Advanced Data and Information Engineering (DaEng-2015),
2015	A low hop distance hierarchical interconnection network. In: 2nd International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT 2015),
2015	Bringing order in segments for a robust network in mobile services. In: 4th International Conference on Research and Innovation in Information Systems – 2015 (ICRIIS’15),
2015	NFC based attendance: more than just a touch. In: 4th International Conference on Research and Innovation in Information Systems – 2015 (ICRIIS’15). ,
2015	On uniform traffic pattern of symmetric midimew connected mesh network. In: 2nd International Symposium on Big Data and Cloud Computing (ISBCC'15),
2015	Uniform traffic patterns using virtual cut-through flow control on VMMN. In: International Conference on Computer Science and Computational Intelligence (ICCSCI 2015),
2014	A new assignment of free links in Midimew connected mesh network. In: 1st International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT 2013),
2014	A new derivative of midimew-connected mesh network. In: The 10th International Conference on Computing and Information Technology (IC2IT2014),
2014	The design and implementation of a QR-code enabled mobile online judging application. In: 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M 2014),
2014	TOPAZ simulator on mesh and torus network. In: 5th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M 2014),
2013	Linearizing peer-to-peer systems with Oracles. In: 15th Internationl Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2013),

Book

2023	mKitchen™ towards Masyarakat Madani. mKitchen KICT IIUM, ISBN: 9789672656999
2023	Rumah Makan mKitchen for Free Food Distribution. mKitchen, KICT IIUM, ISBN: 978-967-26569-8-2
2022	Batch 3 IIUM mkitchen students. mKitchen, ISBN: 978-967-26569-6-
2022	Budi Ramadan mKitchen IIUM students. mKitchen KICT, ISBN: 978-967-26569-4-4
2022	Empowered batch 3 IIUM mkitchen students. mKitchen, ISBN: 978-967-26569-7-5
2022	MKitchen IIUM students integrate food with budi sejahtera. mKitchen Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology (KICT), ISBN: 978-967-26569-3-7
2022	MKitchen training and development. Mkitchen, KICT IIUM Gombak, ISBN: 978-967-26569-2-0
2022	Readings on Sejahtera MKitchen Entrepreneurship. mKitchen KICT IIUM, ISBN: 978-967-26569-5-1
2022	مطبخ المسجد: مشروع ريادي تعاوني. Al Manar Resources, ISBN: 978-629-97700-2-2
2021	A journey of ta’awun (cooperative behaviour) in edu-action at IIUM Mkitchen® and Masjid al-Syakirin Gombak (MASG). Meso Publishing, ISBN: 9789671981412
2021	Budi Mkitchen for flood victims. mKitchen, ISBN: 978-967-26569-1-3
2021	Budiman Mahallah kitchen. mKitchen, ISBN: 9789672656906
2021	Inaugural edu-action journey with cooperative behavior (Ta’awun) of mKitchen® students in free food for the needy. Meso Publishing, ISBN: 978-967-19814-4-3
2021	Mkitchen® UIAM penggerak asnaf sejahtera lestari. Meso Publishing, ISBN: 978-967-19814-2-9

Book Section

2021	Disrupting Islamic international trade finance using blockchain technology. In: Routledge, ISBN: , pp. 222-237
2021	Disrupting Islamic international trade finance using blockchain technology. In: Routledge, ISBN: , pp. 222-237
2021	Redesign business model of masjid kitchens as soup kitchens, providing jobs employment and nurturing of asnaf as entrepreneurs, and income generation for the masjid. In: Pusat Islam UTM, ISBN: , pp. 100-111
2020	Crowdfunding: new form of both investment opportunities and source of capital. In: IGI Global, ISBN: 9781799832577, pp. 110-135
2019	A framework for non-contact ECG signal detection device on smart chair and its implementation. In: Springer Nature Singapore, ISBN: 978-981-13-1797-2, pp. 639-646
2019	Regulatory and shariah framework of cryptocurrency. In: Palgrave Mcmillan, ISBN: 978-3-030-10748-2, pp. 195-220
2019	Unattended sensors in marine environments: oxybuoy for hypoxia study. In: IGI Global, ISBN: 9781522573081, pp. 396-419
2016	Long wire length of midimew-connected mesh network. In: Springer International Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-319-28033-2, pp. 97-102
2016	Long wire length of midimew-connected mesh network. In: Springer International Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-319-28033-2, pp. 97-102
2016	Unattended sensors in marine environments: oxybuoy for hypoxia study. In: IGI Global, ISBN: 9781466694385/ 9781466694392, pp. 285-308
2016	Unattended sensors in marine environments: oxybuoy for hypoxia study. In: IGI Global, ISBN: 9781466694385/ 9781466694392, pp. 285-308
2014	Wire length of midimew-connected mesh network. In: Springer International Publishing, ISBN: Print ISBN: 9783662449165, Online ISBN: 9783662449172, pp. 132-143
2010	Oxybuoy: constructing a real-time inexpensive hypoxia monitoring platform. In: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, ISBN: 9783642117237 (O), 9783642117220 (P), pp. 795-804

Monograph

2019	Commentaries on Public Consultation Paper (No. 1/2019): The Proposed Regulatory Framework for the Issuance of Digital Assets through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). In: ,