Professor of Computer Science, University of Central Asia | Head of Department
Professor Dr. Sam Goundar is an internationally recognised academic with more than 35 years of teaching and research experience across thirteen universities in eleven countries. He is currently Professor of Computer Science and Head of Department at the University of Central Asia, Senior Lecturer in Information Technology at RMIT University, Australia (ranked 123rd QS, 251st THE), and Visiting Professor of Data Science at SRM University, Chennai, India. Throughout his distinguished career, Professor Goundar has held academic positions at leading institutions, including the University of Fiji, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, British University Vietnam, University of the South Pacific (Fiji), Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), and the University of Waikato (New Zealand). He has also served as a Research Fellow at the United Nations University and was invited as Visiting Professor and Researcher at Hassan 1st University, Morocco, and Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.
Professor Goundar is Editor-in-Chief of three international journals: the International Journal of Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies (IJBC), the International Journal of Fog Computing (IJFC), and the International Journal of Creative Computing (IJCrC). He is also Editor-in-Chief (Emeritus) of the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC), Section Editor of Education and Information Technologies (EAIT), and Guest Editor for the Journal of Risk and Financial Management (JRFM) Special Issue on Digital Banking and Financial Technology.
With expertise spanning cloud and fog computing, blockchain, fintech, and creative computing, Professor Goundar is widely regarded as a thought leader shaping the future of emerging digital technologies in both academia and industry.