Staff Profile
Academic Qualifications
- PhD in Information Technology - Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)
- Master of Information Technology - Masters Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
- Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
Najhan bin Muhamad Ibrahim (Dr.)
Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
KULLIYYAH OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
najhan_ibrahim@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Najhan Muhamad Ibrahim received his Ph.D. from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS under Graduated Assistant (GA) program. His Ph.D. research area was Agent-based Technology for Service Oriented Architecture. He did his postdoctoral in Computer Sciences for Big Data in Digital Humanities at the University of Limerick, Ireland. His current research is on Big Data for Public Open Data.Â
   He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Systems, Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology (KICT). He started his career in Data Warehousing at Satyam Computer Services in 2006. After that, He joined V-Source Sdn Bhd as Technical support, then he joined AKER Solutions Sdn Bhd (Oil & Gas) as Information Technology Services Management (ITSM). He also was working as a lecturer at University Sultan Azlan Shah (USAS) and as a part-time lecturer at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) from 2013 -2019.  Â
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Area of Specialisation
- ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ Educational Technology ~ Web Based Courses - service
- ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ Emergent Information Technology ~ Intelligent Database - data
- ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ Information Systems ~ Agent Technology - agent
- ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ Software ~ Software Agents - AI
- ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ Web Technology ~ Web Services - service
Teaching Responsibilities
| DATATHON AND BOOTCAMP | 2023/2024 |
| FINAL YEAR PROJECT I | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| FINAL YEAR PROJECT II | 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| FINTECH FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE | 2023/2024 |
| FINTECH OF ISLAMIC FINANCE | 2025/2026 2024/2025 |
| MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM | 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 2020/2021 |
| SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | 2019/2020 |
| Web Application Development | 2026/2027 2025/2026 2024/2025 |
| WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| WEB APPLICATION SECURITY | 2026/2027 2025/2026 |
| WEB TECHNOLOGIES | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
Supervision
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Digital Mergers And Acquisitions Innovation Model For Industrial Firms In Pakistan.
Ph.D
Completed
2026
Main Supervisor
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The Role Of Familiarity Factor In Influencing The Business Process Management Based On Technology Acceptance Of Utaut2 For Felcra Berhad.
Ph.D
Completed
2025
Co-supervisor
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Factors Affecting The Adoption Of E-Learning During Covid-19 : An Empirical Study In Pakistan.
Ph.D
Completed
2024
Co-supervisor
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Adoption Of Cloud Health Information Systems Among Healthcare Professionals In Pakistan.
Ph.D
Completed
2021
Co-supervisor
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Digital Crime Investigation Procedure And Technology Adoption Within Law Enforcement Department In Bangladesh.
Ph.D
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Success Factors For Payroll Management Systems: The Role Of Organizational Quality In Nigeria.
Ph.D
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Challenges Of Big Data Analytics Applications In Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Malaysia: A Toe Model Study.
Master
Completed
2024
Main Supervisor
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Master
Completed
2024
Main Supervisor
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Ai-Based Chest X-Ray Interpretation For Detection Of Lung Diseases.
Master
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Barriers To Website Adoption Among Hotels In Myanmar: Toward A Strategic Framework For Digital Transformation.
Master
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Research Projects
Completed
| 2023 - 2024 | A Comprehensive Literature Review on Cryptocurrency (Digital Asset) Based on Maqasid Shariah |
| 2021 - 2024 | ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW, ICT AND SOCIETY |
| 2020 - 2024 | A Novel Framework of Digital Food Marketplace for International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Community |
| 2020 - 2023 | Duties and liabilities of State Islamic Religious Council as Trustee of Waqf in Malaysia: Improving the efficiency in Waqf administration |
| 2020 - 2023 | Holistic Big Data Interoperability Framework for Malaysia Public OpenData to Discover Disease Patterns |
On-Going
| 2025 - Present | Designing an ICT-Enabled Legal Framework for Nomination Policy Management in Gold Trading Companies |
| 2025 - Present | ESSENTIALS OF MALAYSIAN COMMERCIAL LAW: A TEXTUAL APPROACH |
| 2025 - Present | ETHICAL HORIZONS: NAVIGATING THE LANDSCAPE OF A.I. DEVELOPMENT |
| 2024 - Present | Developing Unified Tawhidic Paradigm Online Assessment Toolkit (e-UTP) for Malaysian SMEs |
| 2020 - Present | Development of Framework and Business Model for University Crowdsourcing Food-Bank Mobile Application |
Awards & Recognition
| 07 Aug, 2025 | Best Paper in KICT Journals 2024 (JISDT) - KICT TAKRIM AWARD 2025 | KCDIO |
| 07 Aug, 2025 | Community Builder Award (Staff) - KICT TAKRIM AWARD 2025 | KCDIO |
| 07 Aug, 2025 | Leader in National Academic/Professional Bodies - KICT TAKRIM AWARD 2025 | KCDIO |
| 18 Oct, 2024 | Highest Number of Publication in MyCite - KICT TAKRIM AWARD 2024 | KCDIO |
| 09 Aug, 2024 | Winning - KICT FYP1 Showcase SEM 2, 2023/2024 | KCDIO |
| 22 Dec, 2023 | Highest Publication Chapters In Research Book - KICT TAKRIM AWARD 2023 | KCDIO |
| 28 Aug, 2023 | Best of Oral Presentation Award - 2nd International Conference on applied Science and Humanities 2023 | International |
| 06 Mar, 2023 | Gold Medal - FINAL YEAR PROJECT SHOWCASE AWARDS - KICT | University |
| 30 Nov, 2022 | Highest Number of Indexed Chapter in Research Books Award - KICT | University |
| 30 Sep, 2019 | Adjunct Senior Lecturer - University of Limerick, Ireland | International |
Publications
Articles
Conference or Workshop Items
Books
| 2025 | Islamic worldview: IT and society. IIIT and IIUM Press, ISBN: |
Book Sections
| 2024 | Harmonisation of laws on inheritance between Muslim and non-Muslim subjects. In: Centre for Islamisation, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: , pp. 142-165 |
| 2022 | Towards big data framework in government public open data (GPOD) for health. In: Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-323-91907-4, pp. 54-83 |
| 2021 | Big data Interoperability framework for Malaysian public open data. In: Springer, ISBN: , pp. 421-429 |
| 2019 | Towards model checking product lines in the digital humanities: an application to historical data. In: Springer, ISBN: 978-3-030-30984-8, pp. 338-364 |
| 2018 | Literature Survey on Enhancement of MOM for Intelligent Cross-Platform Communications in Service Oriented Architecture. In: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019, ISBN: , pp. |