Leila Rzayeva

Leila Rzayeva is an Associate Professor and Head of the “CyberTech” Research & Innovation Center at Astana IT University, Kazakhstan. She is leading Digital forensics and CyberLab laboratories at Astana IT University. She holds a PhD in Automation and Control (2016, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan) and has over 15 years of academic and industrial experience in production automation, cybersecurity, and intelligent systems. Her research interests include control systems and industrial automation, robust control, cybersecurity cyber defense, digital forensics, AI and machine learning applications, blockchain security, and predictive analytics. Dr. Rzayeva has authored more than 40 national and international publications, contributed to multiple IEEE conferences, and serves on program committees and editorial boards of international journals. She has delivered invited talks worldwide and actively promotes international collaborations in the fields of cybersecurity and intelligent systems. E-mail: l.rzayeva@astanait.edu.kz