Research conducted in this area deals with human behavior and cognition, Socio-technical issues, Affection, human centered design, social media and interaction.

Facilitate and support research, publications, and innovation in the area of cognitive and biosignal processing.

The Smart Data Analytics in initiated based on the rapid interest across virtually every industry domain, increasing demand by students, and the boundless intellectual curiosity within the Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology on data analytics.

Through capturing social media data and applying novel methods such as decision making models, design frameworks, group behavior elicitation (e.g. herding effects), and opinion/sentiment mining, business intelligence and actionable decision making can be obtained.

To carry out research projects and consultancy services on Semantic Body of Knowledge and Technology involving Islamic content knowledge-base or pool.

Establish the standards and Islamic fundamentals in the various fields of ICT (i.e. Theories & Fundamentals). The main Islamic principles should be taken as guidelines for laying the foundation of an Islamic code of practice in Software Development.

Digital Humanities (DH) research group is focusing on humanities related research by using technology and different types of computational tools to inspire the new forms of interaction such as data management, data mining, mapping, and modelling of various types of data and creating innovations in teaching and learning.

This research group aims to coordinate all research work in the area of IT and organizational applications and its management, as well as the use and impact of IT at the country & societal level. 

Computational group is addressing the challenges in intelligent systems arising from the computational interpretation of complex data, focusing on solutions using computational modelling techniques and machine learning algorithms(AI).

This Research Unit aims to develop a fundamental understanding of how software developers build and evolve software systems.

This research unit focuses on fundamental and applied research in the field of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.

nformation Assurance is a multidisciplinary area of study and professional activity which aims to protect the business by reducing risks associated with information and information systems by means of comprehensive and systematic management of security countermeasures, which is driven by risk analysis and cost-effectiveness (Cherdantseva & Hilton, 2013).

Research areas include Network Security, Malwares, Cryptography, Quantum Computing & Quantum Information, Digital Forensics, Risk Management and Cyber Security Policies

ICT for development (society and IT security, ICT development and policy in Muslim countries, e-government and digital divide, Information and IT literacy).

This Research Unit is part of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Cyber Security, a collaboration between the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Cyber Security Malaysia (CSM).