Prof. Dr. Ghulam Abbas

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Prof. Dr. Ghulam Abbas

Professor and Head of Department (Cybersecurity & Software Engineering)

Qualifications: MS (UK), PhD (UK)
Research Interests: Computer networks, wireless communications and distributed systems


Email: abbasg(at)giki(dot)edu(dot)pk

Tel: +92 (0) 938 281 026 (Ext. 2739)
 

Background

Dr. Abbas completed his B.S. (1998–2002) in Computer Science at Edwardes College Peshawar, and received M.S. (2003–2005) in Distributed Systems from University of Liverpool (QS World Rank # 181), England, with distinction in research dissertation. The award of distinction rendered him recipient of a bursary to study for his doctorate. He earned his Ph.D. (2006–2010) from the Department of Electrical Engineering and ElectronicsUniversity of Liverpool. Dr. Abbas joined GIK Institute as Assistant Professor (2011–2016) in the Faculty of Computer Sciences & Engineering.

Prior to joining GIK, Dr. Abbas was with Liverpool Hope University, where he served as Research Assistant (2006–2009) in the Intelligent and Distributed Systems (IDS) Laboratory, and later as Project Coordinator (2009–2010) at the IDS Laboratory on a knowledge transfer project funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. After the completion of his doctorate, Dr. Abbas served as Seminar Tutor (2010–2011) at the School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering, Liverpool Hope University. He had also contributed as Mentor (2003–2011) for many Edwardian students at Liverpool Hope University during his stay in Liverpool. Before embarking on his Ph.D., Dr. Abbas served briefly as Lecturer (2005–2006) at Edwardes College Peshawar, and formerly as Teaching Assistant (2002–2003) at the same College.

Dr. Abbas has authored more than 130 research publications with a cumulative impact factor of 330+. He has won several prestigious national and international awards, including the Best Application Prospect Award at Huawei ICT Competition Middle East, and HEC Best Research Paper Award. Additionally, he has won two research awards, an award for excellence in teaching, and several cash awards for research publications at GIK Institute.

Apart from research and teaching, Dr. Abbas also has a number of contributions in his administrative roles at GIK, first as Director (IT) and then as Advisor (IT) and Director (Huawei ICT Academy). He has been an active member of the committees for curriculum development and establishing new degree programs at GIK. Dr. Abbas has supervised a number of MS and PhD students and final year projects, with a few showing high impact in the field. He has been a member of a number of key committees at GIK and advisor of several student societies. He is the co-founding member of the Telecommunications and Networking (TeleCoN) Research Center at GIK. Dr. Abbas serves as member of editorial boards and reviewer for leading impact factor journals in his field. Additionally, he has been the member of organizing committees and technical program committees of a number of highly ranked international conferences and workshops. In recognition of his professional standing, Dr. Abbas was elected as Fellow of the Institute of Science & Technology, England, in 2011, was elected to the grade of the Senior Member of IEEE in 2015, and was elected as Fellow of the British Computer Society in 2016.

 
Professional Affiliations

  • Fellow — British Computer Society (BCS), England.
  • Fellow — Institute of Science & Technology (IST), England.
  • Senior Member  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA.
  • Member — Internet Society (ISOC), USA.
  • Founding Member — Telecommunications and Networking (TeleCoN) Research Center, GIK Institute.
 
Awards & Recognitions

International:

  • Best Paper Award, 2nd Asia Symposium on Signal Processing (ASSP 2021), Beijing, China
  • Best Application Prospect Award, Huawei ICT Competition Middle East 2020

National:

  • Best Research Paper Award 2015/16, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
  • HEC Approved PhD Supervisor (2012), Higher Education Commission of Pakistan

Institutional:  

  • Research Award (2022), 2nd Position, GIK Institute
  • Research Award (2019), 3rd Position, GIK Institute
  • Award for Excellence in Teaching (201819), GIK Institute
  • Several Cash Awards for Research Publications (201921), GIK Institute
  • Research Award (2016), 3rd Position, GIK Institute
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award (2016), Elsevier
  • Bursary Award for Doctoral Studies (2006), Liverpool Hope University, England
 
Publications

At a Glance:

Total Publications151
Number of Books4
Journal Articles

105 (Q1: 52, Q2: 41, Q3: 8, Q4: 2)

Cumulative Impact Factor396.7
Conference Papers42

Books:

  1. W. A. Khan, K. Rahman, G. Hussain, G. Abbas, and X. Wang, “Integration of Heterogeneous Manufacturing Machinery in Cells and Systems: Policies and Practices”, in press, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, USA, 2024.
  2. W. A. Khan, K. Rahman, G. Hussain, G. Abbas, and X. Wang “Machine Tools: An Industry 4.0 Perspective”, Computers in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, 1st Edition, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, USA, Feb 2023, ISBN: 9781032116693. [↗].
  3. W. A. Khan, K. Rahman, G. Hussain, and G. Abbas, “Functional Reverse Engineering of Strategic and Non-Strategic Machine Tools”, Computers in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, 1st Edition, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, USA, June 2021, ISBN: 9780367365806. [] [].
  4. W. A. Khan, G. Abbas, K. Rahman, G. Hussain, C. A. Edwin “Functional Reverse Engineering of Machine Tools”, Computers in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, 1st Edition, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, USA, October 2019, ISBN: 9780367078034. [[].

Journal Articles:

  1. A. Badshah, G. Abbas, M. Waqas, S. Tu, Z. H. Abbas, F. Muhammad, and S. Chen, “USAF-IoD: Ultralightweight and secure authenticated key agreement framework for Internet of Drones environment”, in press, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 6.8, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  2. H. Sadia, A. K. Hassan, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, M. Waqas, and Z. Han, “IRS-enabled NOMA communication systems: A network architecture primer with future trends and challenges”, in press, Digital Communications and Networks. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 7.9, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  3. A. Badshah, G. Abbas, M. Waqas, F. Muhammad, Z. H. Abbas, M. Bilal, and H. Song, “Blockchain-assisted lightweight authenticated key agreement security framework for smart vehicles-enabled intelligent transportation system”, in press, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 5.6, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ↗].
  4. A. Ullah, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, F. Muhammad, and J. Kang, “Hybrid millimeter wave heterogeneous networks with spatially correlated user equipment”, in press, Digital Communications and Networks. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 7.9, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  5. A. Ullah, W. Choi, Z. H. Abbas, and G. Abbas, “Aerial-terrestrial networks with multi-antenna transmissions: How many UAVs need to be deployed?”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 2212–2226, February 2024. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 6.8, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  6. A. Numani, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, and Z. Ali, “Energy conserving cost selection for fine-grained computational offloading in mobile edge computing networks”, Computer Communications, vol. 213, pp. 199–207, January 2024. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 6.0, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  7. S. Tu, M. Waqas, A. Badshah, M. Yin, and G. Abbas, “Network intrusion detection system (NIDS) based on pseudo-siamese stacked autoencoders in fog computing”, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 4317–4327, Nov.–Dec. 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 8.1, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  8. W. U. I. Zafar, M. A. U. Rehman, F. Jabeen, R. Ullah, G. Abbas, and A. Khan, “Decentralized receiver-based link stability-aware forwarding scheme for NDN-based VANETs”, Computer Networks, vol. 236, no. 109996, pp. 1–23, November 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 5.6, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  9. N. U. Zaman, A. K. Hassan, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, M. Bilal, S. Pack, “Performance analysis of NOMA enabled multi-user co-operative IoT network with SWIPT protocol”, Journal of King Saud University – Computer and Information Sciences, vol. 35, no. 8 (101639), pp. 1–10, September 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 6.9, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  10. M. Hammad, A. Badshah, G. Abbas, H. Alasmary, M. Waqas, and W. A. Khan, “A provable secure and efficient authentication framework for smart manufacturing industry”, IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 67626–67639, July 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 3.9, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  11. H. Ayaz, M. Waqas, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, and M. Bilal, “Multiple re-configurable intelligent surfaces based physical layer eavesdropper detection for V2I communications”, Physical Communication, vol. 58, no. 102074, pp. 1–17, June 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 2.2, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2, ].
  12. S. L. Shah, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, F. Muhammad, A. Hussien, and T. Baker, “An innovative clustering hierarchical protocol for data collection from remote wireless sensor networks based Internet of Things applications”, Sensors, vol. 23, no. 12 (5728), pp. 1–26, June 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 3.9Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2].
  13. H. Sadia, A. K. Hassan, Z. H. Abbas, and G. Abbas, “System throughput maximization in IRS-assisted phase cooperative NOMA networks”, Physical Communication, vol. 58, no. 102007, pp. 1–13, June 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 2.2, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2, ].
  14. H. Ayaz, G. Abbas, M. Waqas, Z. H. Abbas, M. Bilal, A. Nauman, and M. A. Jamshed, “Physical layer security analysis using radio frequency-fingerprinting in cellular-V2X for 6G communication”, IET Signal Processing, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 1–11, May 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 1.7, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2, ].
  15. S. Ullah, G. Abbas, M. Waqas, Z. H. Abbas, and A. U. Khan, “RSU assisted reliable relay selection for emergency message routing in intermittently connected VANETs”, Wireless Networks, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 1311–1332, April 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 3.0, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2, ].
  16. S. Ullah, G. Abbas, M. Waqas, Z. H. Abbas, and Z. Halim, “Multi-hop emergency message dissemination through optimal cooperative forwarder in grid-based 5G-VANETs”, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 4461–4476, April 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 7.104, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  17. S. Munawar, Z. Ali, M. Waqas, S. Tu, S. A. Hassan, and G. Abbas, “Cooperative computational offloading in mobile edge computing for vehicles: A model-based DNN approach”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 3376–3391, March 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 6.8, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  18. A. Badshah, M. Waqas, F. Muhammad, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas. S. A. Chaudhry, and S. Chen, “AAKE-BIVT: Anonymous authenticated key exchange scheme for blockchain-enabled Internet of Vehicles in smart transportation”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 1739–1755, February 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 8.5, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  19. M. Waqas, S. Tu, J. Wan, T. Mir, H. Alasmary, and G. Abbas, “Defense scheme against advanced persistent threats in mobile fog computing security”, Computer Networks, vol. 221, no. 109519, pp. 1–11, February 2023. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 5.6, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1].
  20. H. Ayaz, M. Waqas, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, M. Bilal, and K. S. Kwak, “Improved rate of secret key generation using passive re-configurable intelligent surfaces for vehicular networks”, Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 1 (342), pp. 1–16, December 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 3.9, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2, ].
  21. M. Ghous, A. K. Hassan, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, A. Hussien, and T. Baker, “Cooperative power-domain NOMA systems: An overview”, Sensors, vol. 22, no. 24 (9652), pp. 1–39, December 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 3.9Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2].
  22. M. Waqas, S. Tu, Z. Halim, S. U. Rehman, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, “The role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in wireless networks security: Principle, practice and challenges”, Artificial Intelligence Review, vol. 55, no. 7, pp. 5215–5261, October 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 12.0, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  23. M. A. Shah, F. Z. Khan, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, J. Ali, S. S. Aljameel, I. U. Khan, and N. Aslam, “Optimal path routing protocol for warning messages dissemination for highway VANET”, Sensors, vol. 22, no. 18 (6839), pp. 1–23, September 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 3.9Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2].
  24. A. U. Khan, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, M. Bilal, S. C. Shah, and H. Song, “Reliability analysis of cognitive radio networks with reserved spectrum for 6G-IoT”, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 2726–2737, September 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 5.3, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  25. A. Badshah, M. Waqas, G. Abbas, F. Muhammad, Z. H. Abbas, S. Vimal, and M. Bilal, “LAKE-BSG: Lightweight authenticated key exchange scheme for blockchain-enabled smart grids”, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol. 52, no. 102248, Part C, pp. 1–13, August 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 8.0, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1, ].
  26. M. M. Ashraf, M. Waqas, G. Abbas, T. Baker, Z. H. Abbas, and H. Alasmary, “FedDP: A privacy-protecting theft detection scheme in smart grids using federated learning”, Energies, vol. 15, no. 17 (6241), pp. 1–15, August 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 3.2, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2, ].
  27. G. Abbas, S. Ullah, M. Waqas, Z. H. Abbas, and M. Bilal, “A position-based reliable emergency message routing scheme for road safety in VANETs”, Computer Networks, vol. 213, no. 109097, pp. 1–15, August 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 5.6, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1].
  28. M. Waqas, S. Bano, F. Hassan, S. Tu, G. Abbas, and Z. H. Abbas, “Physical layer authentication using ensemble learning technique in wireless communications”, CMC–Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 73, no.3, pp. 4489–4499, July 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 3.1, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2, ].
  29. A. Badshah, M. Waqas, F. Muhammad, G. Abbas, and Z. H. Abbas, “A novel framework for smart systems using Blockchain-enabled Internet of Things”, IT Professional, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 73–80, May–June 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 2.6, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2, ].
  30. G. Abbas, A. U. Khan, Z. H. Abbas, M. Bilal, K. S. Kwak, and H. Song, “FMCPR: Flexible multiparameter-based channel prediction and ranking for CR-enabled massive IoT”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 7151–7165, May 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 10.6Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1].
  31. M. A. Shah, F. Z. Khan, and G. Abbas, “A robust emergency messages routing scheme for urban VANETs”, CMC–Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 2617–2632, March 2022.  [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 3.1, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2, ].
  32. A. U. Khan, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, and W. U. Khan, “On reliable key performance indicators in cognitive radio networks”, IEEE Networking Letters, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 11–15, March 2022. [↗].
  33. M. Tanveer, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, M. Bilal, A. Mukherjee, and K. S. Kwak, “LAKE-6SH: Lightweight user authenticated key exchange for 6LoWPAN-based smart homes”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 2578–2591, February 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 10.6Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q1].
  34. N. Khan, S. Haider, T. Baker, G. Abbas, and Z. H. Abbas, “MACRS: An enhanced directory-based resource sharing framework for mobile ad hoc networks”, Electronics, vol. 11, no. 5 (725), pp. 1–26, February 2022. [Impact factor (JCR 2022): 2.9Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2022): Q2].
  35. G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, Z. Ali, M. S. Asad, U. Ghosh, M. Bilal, “Smart stochastic routing for 6G-enabled massive Internet of Things”, Computer Communications, vol. 180, pp. 284–294, December 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 5.047Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q1, ↗].
  36. A. U. Khan, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, W. U. Khan, M. Waqas, “Spectrum utilization efficiency in CRNs with hybrid spectrum access and channel reservation: A comprehensive analysis under prioritized traffic”, Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 125, pp. 726–742, December 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 7.307Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q1].
  37. G. Abbas, M. Tanveer, Z. H. Abbas, M. Waqas, T. Baker, D. Al-Jumeily OBE, “A secure remote user authentication scheme for 6LoWPAN-based Internet of Things”, PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 11 (e0258279), pp. 1–18, November 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 3.752Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q1].
  38. Z. Halim, M. N. Yousaf, M. Waqas, M. Sulaiman, G. Abbas, M. Hussain, I. Ahmad, M. Hanif, “An effective genetic algorithm-based feature selection method for intrusion detection systems”, Computers & Security, vol. 110, no. 102448, pp. 1–20, November 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 5.105Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q1, ].
  39. Z. Ali, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, A. Numani, M. Bilal, “Smart computational offloading for mobile edge computing in next-generation Internet of Things networks”, Computer Networks, vol. 198, no. 108356, pp. 1–9, October 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 5.493Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q1].
  40. M. Ghous, A. K. Hassan, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, “Modeling and analysis of self-interference impaired two-user cooperative MIMO-NOMA system”, Physical Communication, vol. 48, no. 101441, pp. 1–11, October 2021.  [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 2.379Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q2, ].
  41. G. Abbas, “Book review of signals in the soil: Developments in Internet of Underground Things”, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 413–414, August 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 2.915Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q2].
  42. S. Tu, M. Waqas, F. Huang, G. Abbas, and Z. H. Abbas, “A revocable and outsourced multi-authority attribute-based encryption scheme in fog computing”, Computer Networks, vol. 195, no. 108196, pp. 1–8, August 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 5.493Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q1].
  43. A. Numani, Z. Ali, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, T. Baker, and D. Al-Jumeily, “Smart application division and time allocation policy for computational offloading in wireless powered mobile edge computing”, Mobile Information Systems, vol. 2021, article ID. 9993946, pp. 1–13, July 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 1.863Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q2].
  44. M. Ghous, Z. H. Abbas, A. K. Hassan, G. Abbas, T. Baker, and D. Al-Jumeily, “Performance analysis and beamforming design of a secure cooperative MISO-NOMA network”, Sensors, vol. 21, no. 12 (4180), pp. 1–18, June 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 3.847Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q2].
  45. Z. H. Abbas, Z. Ali, G. Abbas, L. Jiao, M. Bilal, D-Y. Suh, and Md. J. Piran, “Computational offloading in mobile edge with comprehensive and energy efficient cost function: A deep learning approach”, Sensors, vol. 21, no. 10 (3523), pp. 1–18, May 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 3.847Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q2].
  46. A. Irshad, Z. H. Abbas, Z. Ali, G. Abbas, T. Baker, and D. Al-Jumeily, “Wireless powered mobile edge computing systems: Simultaneous time allocation and offloading policies”, Electronics, vol. 10, no. 8 (965), pp. 1–17, April 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 2.69Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q2].
  47. S. Ullah, G. Abbas, M. Waqas, Z. H. Abbas, S. Tu, and I. A. Hameed, “EEMDS: An effective emergency message dissemination scheme for urban VANETs”, Sensors, vol. 21, no. 5 (1588), pp. 1–19, March 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 3.847Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q2].
  48. F. Muhammad, F. Ali, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, S. Haider, M. Bilal, M. J. Piran, and D. Y. Suh, “Palliation of four-wave mixing in optical fibers using improved DSP receiver”, Electronics, vol. 10, no. 5 (611), pp. 1–15, March 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 2.69Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q2, ].
  49. S. Tu, M. Waqas, S. U. Rehman, T. Mir, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, Z. Halim, and I. Ahmad, “Reinforcement learning assisted impersonation attack detection in device-to-device communications”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 1474–1479, February 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 6.239Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q1].
  50. Z. H. Abbas, M. S. Haroon, F. Muhammad, G. Abbas, and F. Y. Li, “Enabling soft frequency reuse and Stienen’s cell partition in two-tier heterogeneous networks: Cell deployment and coverage analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 613–626, January 2021. [Impact factor (JCR 2021): 6.239Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2021): Q1].
  51. A. K. Hassan, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, and T. Baker, “Simultaneous diagonalization using baseband beamforming in mmWave MU-MIMO systems”, Electronics, vol. 9, no. 11 (1944), pp. 1–10, November 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 2.397Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q2].
  52. Z. Ali, S. Khaf, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, L. Jiao, A. Irshad, K. S. Kwak, and M. Bilal “A comprehensive utility function for resource allocation in mobile edge computing”, CMC–Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 1461–1477, November 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.772Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1].
  53. Z. Ali, S. Khaf, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, F. Muhammad, and S. Kim, “A deep learning approach for mobility-aware and energy-efficient resource allocation in MEC”, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 179530–179546, October 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.367Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1↗].
  54. A. U. Khan, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, T. Baker, and M. Waqas, “Spectrum efficiency in CRNs using hybrid dynamic channel reservation and enhanced dynamic spectrum access”, Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 107, no. 102246, pp.1–16, October 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 4.111Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1↗].
  55. S. Ullah, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, M. Waqas, and M. Ahmed, “RBO-EM: Reduced broadcast overhead scheme for emergency message dissemination in VANETs”, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 175205–175219, September 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.367Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1].
  56. A. U. Khan, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, M. Waqas, and A. K. Hassan, “Spectrum utilization efficiency in the cognitive radio enabled 5G-based IoT”, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 164, no. 102686, pp. 1–16, August 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 6.281Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1].
  57. M. Ghous, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, A. K. Hassan, and M. Moinuddin, “Transmit beamformer based performance analysis and diversity gains of cell edge user in cooperative MISO-NOMA system”, Physical Communication, vol. 41, no. 101102, pp. 1–11, August 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 1.81Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q2, ].
  58. A. Ullah, Z. H. Abbas, F. Muhammad, G. Abbas, and S. Kim, “Uplink performance analysis of user-centric small cell aided dense HCNets with uplink-downlink decoupling”, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 148460–148474, August 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.367Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1].
  59. M. S. Haroon, Z. H. Abbas, F. Muhammad, and G. Abbas, “Coverage analysis of cell-edge users in heterogeneous wireless networks using Stienen’s model and RFA scheme”, International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 1–17, July 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 2.047Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q2].
  60. S. Haider, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, M. Waqas, S. Tu, and W. Zhao, “A novel cross-layer V2V architecture for direction-aware cooperative collision avoidance”, Electronics, vol. 9, no. 7 (1112), pp. 1–22, July 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 2.397Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q2].
  61. S. Haider, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, and F. Muhammad, “LWE-CPPA: A scheme for secure delivery of warning messages in VANETs”, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, vol. 34, no. 3, pp.170–185, July 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 0.654Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q4].
  62. M. S. Haroon, F. Muhammad, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, A. K. Hassan, and M. Waqas, “Interference management in ultra-dense 5G networks with excessive drone usage”, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 102155–102164, June 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.367Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1].
  63. A. Ullah, Z. H. Abbas, F. Muhammad, G. Abbas, and L. Jiao, “Capacity driven small cell deployment in heterogeneous cellular networks: Outage probability and rate coverage analysis”, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 1–21. June 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 2.638Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q2].
  64. M. Tanveer, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, M. Waqas, F. Muhammad, and S. Kim, “S6AE: Securing 6LoWPAN using authenticated encryption scheme”, Sensors, vol. 20, no. 9 (2707), pp. 1–23, May 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.576Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q2].
  65. M. Waqas, S. Tu, S. U. Rehman, Z. Halim, S. Anwar, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, and O. U. Rehman, “Authentication of vehicles and road side units in Intelligent Transportation System”, CMC–Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 359–371, May 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.772Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1].
  66. Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, M. S. Haroon, and F. Muhammad, “Analysis of interference management in heterogeneous cellular networks in the presence of wideband jammers”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 1138–1141, May 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.436Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1].
  67. H. Zafar, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, F. Muhammad, M. Tufail, and S. Kim, “An effective fairness scheme for named data networking”, Electronics, vol. 9, no. 5 (749), pp. 1–15, May 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 2.397Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q2].
  68. M. S. Haroon, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, and F. Muhammad, “Coverage analysis of ultra-dense heterogeneous cellular networks with interference management”, Wireless Networks, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 2013–2025, April 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 2.602Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q2].
  69. A. U. Khan, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, M. Tanveer, S. Ullah, and A. Naushad, “HBLP: A hybrid underlay-interweave mode CRN for the future 5G–based Internet of Things”, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 63403–63420, April 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.367Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1↗].
  70. Z. H. Abbas, M. S. Haroon, G. Abbas, and F. Muhammad, “SIR analysis for non-uniform HetNets with joint decoupled association and interference management”, Computer Communications, vol. 155, pp. 48–57, April 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.167Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1↗].
  71. A. Ullah, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, F. Muhammad, and L. Jiao, “Performance analysis of user-centric SBS deployment with load balancing in heterogeneous cellular networks: A Thomas cluster process approach”, Computer Networks, vol. 170, no. 107120, pp. 1–14, April 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 4.474Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1↗].
  72. M. S. Haroon, F. Muhammad, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, N. Ahmed, and S. Kim, “Proactive uplink interference management for nonuniform heterogeneous cellular networks”, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 55501–55512, March 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.367Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1↗].
  73. B. Khan, R. Naseem, F. Muhammad, G. Abbas, and S. Kim, “An empirical evaluation of machine learning techniques for chronic kidney disease prophecy”, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 55012–55022, March 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.367Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1↗].
  74. S. Haider, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, S. Boudjit, and Z. Halim, “P-DACCA: A probabilistic direction-aware cooperative collision avoidance scheme for VANETs”, Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 103, pp. 1–17, February 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 7.187Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1].
  75. Z. H. Abbas, A. Ullah, G. Abbas, F. Muhammad, and F. Y. Li, “Outage probability analysis of user-centric SBS-based HCNets under hybrid Rician/Rayleigh fading”, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 297–307, February 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.436Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1].
  76. M. S. Haroon, Z. H. Abbas, F. Muhammad, and G. Abbas, “Analysis of coverage-oriented small base station deployment in heterogeneous cellular networks”, Physical Communication, vol. 38, no. 100908, pp. 1–16, February 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 1.81Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q2].
  77. M. S. Akhtar, Z. H. Abbas, F. Muhammad, and G. Abbas, “Analysis of decoupled association in HetNets using soft frequency reuse scheme”, AEÜ – International Journal of Electronics and Communications, vol. 113, no. 152961, pp. 1–12, January 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.183Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q2].
  78. G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, S. Haider, T. Baker, S. Boudjit, and F. Muhammad, “PDMAC: A priority-based enhanced TDMA protocol for warning message dissemination in VANETs”, Sensors, vol. 20, no. 1 (45), pp.1–20, January 2020. [Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.576Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q2].
  79. N. Bashir, Z. H. Abbas and G. Abbas, “On-demand cluster head formation with inherent hierarchical clustering and reliable multipath routing in wireless sensor networks”, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, vol. 45, no. 1–2, pp. 59–91, 2019. [Impact factor (JCR 2019): 0.851Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2019): Q3].
  80. F. Muhammad, M. S. Haroon, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, and S. Kim, “Uplink interference management for HetNets stressed by clustered wide-band jammers”, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 182679–182690, December 2019. [Impact factor (JCR 2019): 3.745Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2019): Q1].
  81. Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, M. S. Haroon, F. Muhammad, and S. Kim, “Proactive uplink interference mitigation in HetNets stressed by uniformly distributed wideband jammers”, Electronics, vol. 8, no. 12 (1496), pp. 1–18, December 2019. [Impact factor (JCR 2019): 2.412Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2019): Q2].
  82. G. Hussain, W. A. Khan, H. A. Ashraf, H. Ahmad, H. Ahmed, A. Imran, I. Ahmad, K. Rehman, and G. Abbas, “Design and development of a lightweight SLS 3D printer with a controlled heating mechanism: Part A”, International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 373–378, December 2019. [Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q1].
  83. S. Haider, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, and T. Baker, “DABFS: A robust routing protocol for warning messages dissemination in VANETs”, Computer Communications, vol. 147, pp. 21–34, November 2019. [Impact factor (JCR 2019): 2.816Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2019): Q1].
  84. G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, and A. Naushad, “A novel efficient traffic estimation strategy using Hello messaging through local link connectivity in MANETs”, Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 109, no. 2, pp. 1033–1070, November 2019. [Impact factor (JCR 2019): 1.061Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2019): Q3].
  85. G. Abbas, U. Raza, Z. Halim, and K. Kifayat, “ARCH: A dual-mode fairness-driven AQM for promoting cooperative behaviour in best effort Internet”, IET Networks, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 372–380, November 2019. [Web of Science indexedJournal quartile ranking (SJR 2019): Q2].
  86. Z. Ali, L. Jiao, T. Baker, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, and S. Khaf, “A deep learning approach for energy efficient computational offloading in mobile edge computing”, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 149623–149633, October 2019. [Impact factor (JCR 2019): 3.745Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2019): Q1].
  87. A. Naushad, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, and L. Jiao, “A novel faster failure detection strategy for link connectivity using Hello messaging in mobile ad hoc networks”, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 75–98, September 2019. [Impact factor (JCR 2019): 0.714Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2019): Q3].
  88. A. Naushad, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, and A. Pagourtzis, “Novel strategies for path stability estimation under topology change using Hello messaging in MANETs”, Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 87, pp. 76–99, May 2019. [Impact factor (JCR 2019): 3.643, Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2019): Q1].
  89. A. Naushad, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, L. Jiao, and F. Muhammad, “A novel dynamic link connectivity strategy using Hello messaging for maintaining link stability in MANETs”, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2018, article ID. 3780534, pp. 1–23, December 2018. [Impact factor (JCR 2018): 1.396Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2018): Q3].
  90. Z. Hussain, G. Abbas, and Z. Halim, “A lightweight fairness-driven AQM for regulating bandwidth utilization in best-effort routers”, Journal of Network and Systems Management, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 486–517, April 2018. [Impact factor (JCR 2018): 1.676Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2018): Q2].
  91. G. Abbas, S. Manzoor, and M. Hussain, “A stateless fairness-driven active queue management scheme for efficient and fair bandwidth allocation in congested Internet routers”, Telecommunication Systems, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 3–20, January 2018. [Impact factor (JCR 2018): 1.707Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2018): Q2].
  92. G. Abbas, “A review of `Random graphs and complex networks’ by Hofstad”, Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 1–3, October 2017. [Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q3].
  93. Z. Halim, A. R. Baig, G. Abbas, and M. A. Islam, “Computational intelligence-based search of entertaining rules in the space of predator/prey games”, Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 643–663, 2017. [Impact factor (JCR 2017): 0.437Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2017): Q3].
  94. G. Abbas, “Bandwidth price estimation for scalable and responsive rate control”, Journal of Interconnection Networks, vol. 16, no. 3&4, pp. 1650005­–1:30, December 2016. [Web of Science indexedJournal quartile ranking (SJR 2016): Q4].
  95. Z. Halim, R. Kalsoom, S. Bashir, and G. Abbas, “Artificial intelligence techniques for driving safety and vehicle crash prediction”, Artificial Intelligence Review, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 351–387, October 2016. [Impact factor (JCR 2016): 2.627Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2016): Q1].
  96. F. Muhammad, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, and L. Jiao, “Decoupled downlink-uplink coverage analysis with interference management for enriched heterogeneous cellular networks”, IEEE Access, vol. 4, pp. 6250–6260, October 2016. [Impact factor (JCR 2016): 3.244Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2016): Q1].
  97. G. Abbas, “Managing and engineering complex technological systems: a review”, Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling, vol. 4, no. 20, pp. 1–3, August 2016. [Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q3].
  98. G. Abbas, Z. Halim, and Z. H. Abbas, “Fairness-driven queue management: A survey and taxonomy”, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 324–367, First Quarter 2016. [Impact factor (JCR 2016): 17.188Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2016): Q1].
  99. M. A. Shah, G. Abbas, A. B. Dogar, and Z. Halim, “Scaling hierarchical clustering and energy aware routing for sensor networks”, Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 1–23, December 2015. [Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2020): Q3].
  100. Z. Halim, A. R. Baig, and G. Abbas, “Computational intelligence-based entertaining level generation for platform games”, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1128–1143, November 2015. [Impact factor (JCR 2015): 0.391Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2015): Q2].
  101. B. Rehman, Z. Halim, G. Abbas, and T. Muhammad, “Artificial neural network-based speech recognition using DWT analysis applied on isolated words from oriental languages”, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 242–262, September 2015. [Impact factor (JCR 2015): 0.476Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2015): Q2].
  102. Z. Halim and G. Abbas, “A Kinect-based sign language hand gesture recognition system for hearing- and speech-impaired: A pilot study of Pakistani sign language”, Assistive Technology, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 34–43, March 2015. [Impact factor (JCR 2015): 1.283Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2015): Q2].
  103. G. Abbas, A. K. Nagar, and H. Tawfik, “On unified quality of service resource allocation scheme with fair and scalable traffic management for multiclass Internet services”, IET Communications, vol. 5, no. 16, pp. 2371–2385, November 2011. [Impact factor (JCR 2011): 0.829,  Journal quartile ranking (SJR 2011): Q2].
  104. G. Abbas, A. K. Nagar, H. Tawfik, and J. Y. Goulermas, “Pricing and unresponsive flows purging for global rate enhancement”, Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 2010, article ID. 379652, pp.1–10, June 2010. [Web of Science indexedJournal quartile ranking (SJR 2011): Q2].
  105. A. K. Nagar, G. Abbas, and H. Tawfik, “Online state estimation of communication networks”, International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, vol. 6, no. 5B, pp. 49–60, May 2006. [Web of Science indexed].

Conference Papers: 

  1. H. Ayaz, G. Abbas, Z. Abbas, and M. Waqas. “Secrecy capacity analysis with imperfect channel state information and varying interference for 6G C-V2X communication”, in Proc. 10th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM 2023), 26–28 October 2023, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1–6. []
  2. H. Sadia, Z. H. Abbas, A. K. Hassan, G. Abbas, “Outage probability analysis of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-enabled NOMA network”, in Proc. 10th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM 2023), 26–28 October 2023, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1–6. []
  3. M. Q. Abid, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, and M. Waqas, “Distance vector and prominent reliable path selection based stochastic routing in distributed Internet of Things”, in Proc. International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2023), 19–23 June 2023, Marrakesh, Morocco, pp. 935–940. []
  4. G. Hussain, W. A. Khan, K. Rehman, G. Abbas, M. S. Khan, M. S. Qaiser, M. U. Kaimkhani, S. Q. Hussain, S. E. Rasan, and U. Hussain, “Design, manufacturing and sustainability analysis of textile spinning machine”, in Machine Tools: An Industry 4.0 perspective (Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Functional Reverse Engineering of Machine Tools – WRE 2021), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, USA, February 2023. []
  5. G. Hussain, A. Imran, S. Amin, W. A. Khan, K. Rehman, G. Abbas, A. Alvi, A. Murtaza, D. Akram, and R. Rehman, “Internet of Things-enabled 3D printer”, in Machine Tools: An Industry 4.0 perspective (Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Functional Reverse Engineering of Machine Tools – WRE 2021), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, USA, February 2023. []
  6. M. Khan, S. Tu, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, H. Alasmary, and M. Waqas, “A reliable and stable V2V routing scheme for warning message dissemination in VANETs using bi-directional clustering”,  in Proc. 12th International Conference on Communication and Network Security (ICCNS 2022), 01–03 December 2022, Beijing, China, pp. 159–167. []
  7. A. Badshah, M. Waqas, S. Tu, and G. Abbas, “Enhancing security in the Internet of Things ecosystem using reinforcement learning and Blockchain”, in Proc. International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2022), 30 May–03 June 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 243–247. []
  8. O. Saleem, S. Munawar, S. Tu, Z. Ali, M. Waqas, and G. Abbas “Intelligent task offloading for smart devices in mobile edge computing”, in Proc. 2022 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2022), 30 May–03 June 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 312–317. []
  9. S. Ullah, G. Abbas, M. Waqas, Z. H. Abbas, and S. Tu, “Position-based vehicular clustering for emergency messages dissemination in zone of interest”, in Proc. 2nd Asia Symposium on Signal Processing (ASSP 2021), 12–14 November 2021, Beijing, China, pp. 61–66. [] (Recipient of the Best Paper Award).
  10. K. Batool and G. Abbas, “A comprehensive review on evolving data stream clustering”, in Proc. 3rd IEEE International Conference on Communication Technologies (ComTech 2021), 21–22 September 2021, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. []
  11. G. Hussain, S. Amin, W. A. Khan, S. Ullah, K. Rehman, R. Safdar, G. Abbas, and H. Altaf, “Functional reverse engineering of universal testing machine with enhanced positioning and reduced power consumption”, in Functional Reverse Engineering of Strategic and Non-Strategic Machine Tools (Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Functional Reverse Engineering of Machine Tools – WRE 2020), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, USA, June 2021. []
  12. G. Hussain, S. Faisal, I. Ahmad, W. A. Khan, M. K. Abbasi, K. Rehman, S. Chohan, G. Abbas, and A. Samad, “Design, modeling, analysis, and characterization of a pin-on-disk tribometer with a novel spring loading mechanism”, in Functional Reverse Engineering of Strategic and Non-Strategic Machine Tools (Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Functional Reverse Engineering of Machine Tools – WRE 2020), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, USA, June 2021. []
  13. M. Tanveer, G. Abbas, and Z. H. Abbas, “LAS-6LE: A lightweight authentication scheme for 6LoWPAN environments”, in Proc. 14th International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST 2020), 16–17 December 2020, Lahore, Pakistan, pp. 1–6. []
  14. Y. Zhang, Y. Meng, S. Tu, M. Waqas, S. U. Rehman, W. Zhao, G. Abbas, and Z. H. Abbas, “Intelligent contract for power market transaction based on the blockchain”, in Proc. 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Security (ICAIS 2020), 17–20 July 2020, Hohhot, China, pp. 39–49. []
  15. M. Yin, J. Yu, S. Tu, M. Waqas, S. U. Rehman, G. Abbas, and Z. H. Abbas, “An efficient approach for selecting a secure relay node in fog computing social ties network”, in Proc. 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Security (ICAIS 2020), 17–20 July 2020, Hohhot, China, pp. 173–183. []
  16. A. U. Khan, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, M. Waqas, S. Tu, and A. Naushad, “Service completion probability enhancement and fairness for SUs using hybrid mode CRNs”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2020), 7–11 June 2020, Dublin, Ireland. pp. 1–6. []
  17. M. Gulzar, G. Abbas, and M. Waqas, “Climate smart agriculture: A survey and taxonomy”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Smart Technologies (ICETST 2020), 26–27 March 2020, Karachi, Pakistan. pp. 1–6. []
  18. A. Naushad, G. Abbas, S. A. Shah, and Z. H. Abbas, “Energy efficient clustering with reliable and load-balanced multipath routing for WSNs”, in Proc. 3rd International Conference on Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICACS 2020), 17–19 February 2020, Lahore Pakistan, pp. 1–9. []
  19. W. Ali, G. Abbas, and Z. H. Abbas, “Joint sybil attack prevention and energy conservation in wireless sensor networks”, in Proc. 17th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2019), 16–18 December 2019, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 179–184. []
  20. S. Haider, G. Abbas, and Z. H. Abbas, “VLCS: A novel clock synchronization technique for TDMA-based MAC protocols in VANETs”, in Proc. 4th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Sciences and Technology (ICEEST 2019), 10–11 December 2019, Karachi, Pakistan, pp. 1–6. []
  21. A. Ullah, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, and F. Muhammad, “Analysis of outage probability and rate coverage in heterogeneous cellular networks with joint uniform and clustered users”, in Proc. 22nd IEEE International Multi Topic Conference (INMIC 2019), 29–30 November 2019, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 1–7. []
  22. M. Gulzar and G. Abbas, “Internet of Things security: A survey and taxonomy”, in Proc. 2019 International Conference on Engineering & Emerging Technologies (ICEET 2019), 21–22 February 2019, Lahore, Pakistan, pp. 1–6. []
  23. A. Naushad, G. Abbas, Z. H. Abbas, S. Haider, and M. Tanveer, “Analyzing link connectivity to ensure faster failure detection for QoS routing in MANETs: A peculiar outline”, in Proc. 2nd International Conference on Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICACS 2019), 18–20 February 2019, Lahore, Pakistan, pp.1–9. []
  24. M. S. Haroon, Z. H. Abbas, G. Abbas, and F. Muhammad, “Analysis of interference mitigation in heterogeneous cellular networks using soft frequency reuse and load balancing,” in Proc. 28th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC 2018), 21–23 November 2018, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1–6. []
  25. S. Bilal, G. Abbas, and Z.H. Abbas, “An active queue management based deterministic denial of service prevention”, in Proc. 13th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2017), 27–28 December 2017, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 1–6. []
  26. I. Ullah, G. Abbas, and Z.H. Abbas, “Energy-aware congestion-less dynamic source routing for MANETs”, in Proc. 20th International Multi-Topic Conference (INMIC 2017), 24–26 November 2017, Lahore, Pakistan, pp. 1–6. []
  27. Z. Hussain, G. Abbas, and U. Raza, “CHOKe with recent drop history”, in Proc. 13th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2015), 14–16 December 2015, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 160–165. []
  28. U. Raza, G. Abbas, and Z. Hussain, “CHOKe–FS: CHOKe with fair bandwidth share”, in Proc. 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICICT 2015), 12–13 December 2015, Karachi, Pakistan, pp. 1­–5. []
  29. S. Manzoor, G. Abbas, and M. Hussain, “CHOKeD: Fair active queue management”, in Proc. 15th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT 2015), 26–28 October 2015, Liverpool, UK, pp. 512–516. []
  30. A. Ali, G. Abbas, Z. Halim, and M. Afaq, “A two-relay asymmetric diamond cooperative diversity system over Rayleigh fading channels,” in Proc. 2014 International Conference on Robotics and Emerging Allied Technologies in Engineering (iCREATE 2014), 22–24 April 2014, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 160–165. []
  31. S. Masood, M. P. Qureshi, M. B. Shah, S. Ashraf, Z. Halim, and G. Abbas, “Dynamic time wrapping based gesture recognition,” in Proc. 2014 International Conference on Robotics and Emerging Allied Technologies in Engineering (iCREATE 2014), 22–24 April 2014, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 205–210. []
  32. M. Shah, A. B. Dogar, and G. Abbas, “Shortest path tree scaling hierarchical power efficient routing for wireless sensor networks”, in Proc. IEEE 9th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2013), 9–10 December 2013, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 1–6. []
  33. G. Abbas, A. K. Nagar, H. Tawfik, and J. Y. Goulermas, “Estimation based distributed QoS pricing and scheduling for elastic Internet services”, in Proc. 2nd International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE 2009), 14–16 December 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE, pp. 89–98. []
  34. G. Abbas, A. K. Nagar, H. Tawfik, and J. Y. Goulermas, “Welfare maximization in nonconvex rate utility problem of multimedia e-communication systems”, in Proc. 2nd International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE 2009), 14–16 December 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE, pp. 3–11. []
  35. R. Huang, H. Tawfik, A. K. Nagar, and G. Abbas, “A novel hybrid QoS multicast routing based on clonal selection and artificial fish swarm algorithm”, in Proc. 2nd International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE 2009), 14–16 December 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE, pp. 47–52. []
  36. G. Abbas, A. K. Nagar, H. Tawfik, and J. Y. Goulermas, “Quality of service issues and nonconvex network utility maximization for inelastic services in the Internet”, in Proc. 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Modelling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2009), 21–23 September 2009, London, UK, pp. 537–547. []
  37. G. Abbas, A. K. Nagar, H. Tawfik, and J. Y. Goulermas, “Extended adaptive rate allocation for distributed flow control of multiclass services in the next generation networks”, in Proc. 3rd International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services, and Technologies (NGMAST 2009), 15–18 September 2009, Cardiff, UK, pp. 285–291. []
  38. G. Abbas, A. K. Nagar, H. Tawfik, and J. Y. Goulermas, “A systems engineering approach for online state estimation and flow control of distributed communication networks”, in Proc. First Joint Online International Conference on Developments of eSystems Engineering (DeSE 2008), 15–17 December 2008, Liverpool, UK, pp.1–6.
  39. G. Abbas, A. K. Nagar, H. Tawfik, and J. Y. Goulermas, “A state estimation based framework for control and management of data communication networks”, in Proc. First International Conference on Distributed Framework for Multimedia Applications (DFmA 2008), 21–22 October 2008, Penang, Malaysia, pp.194–199. []
  40. G. Abbas, A. K. Nagar, H. Tawfik, and J. Y. Goulermas, “A novel approach to distributed network utility maximization for a low-loss low-delay rate control”, in Proc. Second UKSIM European Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation (EMS 2008), 8–10 September 2008, Liverpool, UK, pp. 530–535. []
  41. A. K. Nagar, G. Abbas, and H. Tawfik, “State estimation of congested TCP traffic networks”, in Proc. 6th International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2006), Part I, 28–31 May 2006, Reading, UK, pp. 802–805. []
  42. A. K. Nagar, G. Abbas, and H. Tawfik, “Simulation and state estimation of TCP/IP traffic networks”, in Proc. 9th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim 2006), 4–6 April 2006, Oxford, UK, pp. 153-158. []

Theses: 

  1. G. Abbas, “Internet flow control and traffic management algorithms for performance and fairness guarantees”, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering & Electronics, University of Liverpool, UK, May 2010. [British Library EThOS ID: 533898].
  2. G. Abbas, “Simulation and state estimation of congested TCP traffic networks”, M.S. Thesis, University of Liverpool, UK, August 2005.
 
Grants

  • Co-PI for “China-Pakistan Nexus of the Electronic Vehicle Industry Chain and Coordinated Development Policy”, PKR 3.5 million (2023–Present), Donor: Pakistan Science Foundation.
  • PI for “Existing Huawei ICT Academy Upgradation at GIK Institute”, PKR 3 million (2020–Present), Donors: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and Huawei Technologies (Pakistan) Pvt. Ltd.
  • PI for “UK Alumni Scholarship 2020”, GBP 1000.00 (2020), Donor: British Council, Pakistan.
  • Co-PI for “Promoting Enterprises of Reverse Engineering”, PKR 105 Million (2017–Present), Donors: Directorate General of Science and Technology, Government of KP, Pakistan and GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan.
  • PI for “Establishment of Huawei Authorized Information & Network Academy (HAINA) at GIK Institute”, PKR 5.7 million (2017–2020), Donors: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Huawei Technologies (Pakistan) Pvt. Ltd. and GIK Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Pakistan.
  • Project Coordinator for “REDIRECT: Redesigning Internet Rate Enhancement and Control Techniques”, GBP 10,000.00 (2009–2010), Donor: Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), under Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF–4).
 
Scholarly Contributions

Theses Supervised: 

Ph.D. theses supervised:

  1. Hina Ayaz, “Wireless physical layer security schemes for beyond 5G vehicular communications”, Ph.D. thesis, GIK Institute, defended November 2023.
  2. Akhtar Badshah, “Authenticated key exchange schemes for secure communications in smart systems”, Ph.D. thesis, GIK Institute, defended April 2023.
  3. Mujtaba Ghous, “Performance analysis of cell edge user in NOMA communication systems”, Ph.D. thesis, GIK Institute (co-supervised), defended April 2023.
  4. Mumtaz Ali Shah, “Efficient vehicle-to-vehicle information dissemination in urban scenario”, Ph.D. thesis (co-supervised), UET Taxila, defended December 2022.
  5. Sami Ullah, “Reliable emergency messages dissemination schemes for road safety in vehicular ad hoc networks”, Ph.D. thesis, GIK Institute, defended August 2022.
  6. Muhammad Tanveer, “Security and privacy support in 6LoWPAN-based Internet of Things environments”, Ph.D. thesis, GIK Institute, defended April 2022.
  7. Zaiwar Ali, “Computational offloading in mobile edge computing through deep learning”, Ph.D. thesis (co-supervised), GIK Institute, defended September 2021.
  8. Abd Ullah Khan, “Spectrum efficiency analysis in CRNs using spectrum reservation, prediction, and hybrid access with reliability consideration”, Ph.D. thesis, GIK Institute, defended June 2021.
  9. Arif Ullah, “User-centric small cell aided heterogeneous cellular networks: Sub-6GHz and hybrid millimeter wave communications”, Ph.D. thesis (co-supervised), GIK Institute, defended June 2021.
  10. Shahab Haider, “A novel cross-layer V2V architecture for cooperative collision avoidance on bi-directional highways”, Ph.D. thesis, GIK Institute, defended June 2020.
  11. Muhammad Sajid Haroon, “Interference management in next generation cellular networks”, Ph.D. thesis (co-supervised), GIK Institute, defended June 2020.
  12. Alamgir Naushad, “Proactive strategies to improve link stability under topology changes in mobile adhoc networks”, Ph.D. thesis, GIK Institute, defended May 2019.

M.S. theses supervised:

  1. Syed Luqman Shah, “Energy efficient and reliable comunication in mIoT networks”, M.S. thesis (co-supervised), GIK Institute, defended June 2023.
  2. Quswar Mahmood Abid, “Distance vector and prominent reliable path selection based stochastic routing in distributed Internet of Things”, M.S. thesis, GIK Institute, defended December 2022.
  3. Mansoor Khan, “A reliable and stable V2V routing scheme for warning message dissemination in VANETs using bi-directional clustering”, M.S. thesis, GIK Institute, defended August 2022.
  4. Shehr Bano, “PHyPO: A priority-based hybrid partitioning and offloading scheme in mobile computing”, M.S. thesis, GIK Institute, defended June 2022.
  5. Muhammad Mansoor Ashraf, “FedDP: A privacy-protecting theft detection framework in smart grids”, M.S. thesis (co-supervised), GIK Institute, defended June 2022.
  6. Amna Irshad, “Simultaneous time allocation and offloading policies in wireless powered mobile edge computing systems”, M.S. thesis (co-supervised), GIK Institute, defended June 2021.
  7. Muhammad Shahwar Asad, “Smart stochastic routing for 6G-enabled massive Internet of Things”, M.S. thesis, GIK Institute, defended January 2021.
  8. Waqas Ali, “Prevention of Sybil attacks and energy conservation in wireless sensor networks”, M.S. thesis, GIK Institute, defended February 2019.
  9. Ikram Ullah, “Energy efficient congestion-aware DSR (EEC-DSR) in MANETs”, M.S. thesis, Virtual University of Pakistan, defended September 2018.
  10. Shehzad A. Shah, “Energy efficient clustering with reliable load-balanced multipath routing for wireless sensor networks”, M.S. thesis, GIK Institute, defended May 2018.
  11. Hammad Zafar, “Fairness-based optimal congestion control for information-centric networks”, M.S. thesis (co-supervised), GIK Institute, defended May 2018.
  12. Muhammad Saeed Akhtar, “Analysis of decoupled association in heterogeneous cellular networks”, M.S. thesis (co-supervised), GIK Institute, defended May 2018.
  13. Hafiz Saif Bilal, “Deterministic denial of service prevention”, M.S. thesis, GIK Institute, defended May 2017.
  14. Nouman Bashir, “Energy efficient cluster based hierarchical multipath routing in wireless sensor networks”, M.S. thesis (co-supervised), GIK Institute, defended April 2017.
  15. Zawar Hussain, “CHOKe-RH: CHOKe with recent drop history”, M.S. thesis, GIK Institute, defended June 2015.
  16. Usman Raza, “CHOKe-FS: CHOKe with fair bandwidth share”, M.S. thesis, GIK Institute, defended May 2015.
  17. Sanaullah Manzoor, “CHOKeD: A fair active queue management system”, M.S. thesis (co-supervised), GIK Institute, defended January 2015.
  18. Aitizaz Ali, “Diamond structures based relaying techniques for enhanced cooperative communication”, M.S. thesis, GIK Institute, defended June 2013.
  19. Mumtaz A. Shah, “Shortest path tree scaling hierarchical power efficient routing for wireless sensor networks”, M.S. thesis, Virtual University of Pakistan, defended March 2013.
Senior design projects supervised:
  1. “Dublr: AI-based end-to-end automated dubbing system”, by A. M. Usman, A. M. Ali, M. Khawaja, and R. Zafar, 2023 (2nd Position).
  2. “Career Craft”, by A. Hasan, T. Ahmad, A. A. Razzaq, M. U. Rehman, 2023. 
  3. “Beetle”, by A. R. Mustansar, A. F. K. Lodhi, A. B. Arif, H. J. Wahla, and M. Ahmad, 2022 (2nd Position).
  4. “Namkiin”, by M. A. Abid, M. A. Ahmed, M. M. Ismail, and H. Najib, 2022. 
  5. “Wear-tificially”, by U. Ahmad, G. Hussain, and M. Inam, 2021. (First Position).
  6. “Autonomous Shopping Cart”, by A. Asad, A. Habib, and W. Amjad, 2021.
  7. “Techriculture: Think outside the Farm” by A. Hassan, H. Saleem, M. Gulzar, S. H. Imran, and S. M. B. Shah, 2020.
  8. “Dry-Aware”, by F. Ali, M. A. Basit, and R. B. Nazir, 2020.
  9. “Intelligent Secure Communication: ISEC”, by A. Sameeh, S. A. R. Gardezi, U. U. Rehman, and Z. Asani, 2020.
  10. “ParkHere”, by A. Manzoor, F. Taqveem, H. Niazi, and M. Qiam, 2020.
  11. “LifeTrack: Family Tracker”, by I. M. Nadeem, S. H. B. Afzal, S. Iftikhar, and S. M. A. H. Gillani, 2019. (First Position).
  12. “Cabby: The intelligent cab service”, by H. Farukh, H. Qureshi, Rauhan Khan, and Z. Ashraf, 2019.
  13. “Investopia”, by S. Shehzad, Y. Ali, and M. A. Aslam, 2019.
  14. “Blockchain-based Digital Identity and Electoral Voting System”, by A. Khan, A. Sameed, H. Iftikhar, and M. Qasim, 2019.
  15. “Smart Store”, by A. Khalid, A. Mujeeb, M. A. Malik, and M. H. Khan, 2019.
  16. “Virtual Layser Keyboard”, by H. Jamali and T. Aslam, 2019.
  17. “Claf Monitro”, by S. Arsalan, Y. Khan, and W. Alam, 2018.
  18. “Be My Eye: Removing differences”, by A. Javed, H. Farrukh, I. Ismail, and S. K. Jamil, 2018. (2nd Position).
  19. “ARChem Lab”, by J. Jamshed, S. Raza, R. Liaqat, and A. Rashid, 2018.
  20. “Augtual Reality”, by M. Hasan, M. Sohail, M. Z. Shahid, O. Naeem, and Wasim Hassan Khan, 2017. (2nd Position).
  21. “Leap Aid”, by A. Murad, Hafza Zumar Rashid, and M. B. Islam, 2016. (3rd Position).
  22. “Green Ride”, by M. Ali, A. Saeed, and H. Khan, 2016.
  23. “SecurePay”, by A. Malik, M. G. Zaman, M. H. A. Nasir, Murva Hussain, and S. Gondal, 2016.
  24. “Student Circle”, by B. Masud, A. A. Ejaz, and S. Rafi, 2016.
  25. “Food 4 All”, by M. Muneeb Bilal, Uzair Aziz, and Rana Junaid, 2016.
  26. “Acoustic Gunshot Detection and Localization System”, by S. Kiani, O. Mashood, and M. Shams, 2015.
  27. “Rescue Me Security System”, by A. Ullah, M. A. Amjad, S. Shujat, and S. A. A. Kazmi, 2015.
  28. “Driver Alertness and Eye Protection System”, by A. Rehman, S. A. Melta, and V. Chhatwani, 2015.
  29. “Computer Aided Vision for Visually Impaired”, by M. Umer, M. H. Khan, M. Hamza, and M. U. Hayat, 2015.
  30. “Indoor Mapping, Position and Navigation Application”, by F. Ahmed, and Z. Ali, 2015.
  31. “Replacement of ID Cards using NFC Smartphones/Tags”, by A. Manzoor, B. Faisal, and E. Arshad, 2014.
  32. “BTS Monitoring & Control System”, by A. Sherwani, A. Komal, O. Khan, and R. Mansoor, 2014.
  33. “Design and Implementation of Energy Management and Automation System”, by M. Asad, M. Awais, and S. Hamza, 2014.

Journal Peer Review (Complete list here): 

  • IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
  • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking
  • International Journal of Communication Systems
  • Journal of Network and Computer Applications
  • IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • Future Generation Computer Systems
  • Wireless Personal Communications
  • Tsinghua Science and Technology
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Annals of Telecommunications
  • IEEE Communications Letters
  • Telecommunication Systems
  • IEEE Network Magazine
  • IET Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Energy Reports

Member Editorial Boards:

Member of Organizing Committees:

  • Coordinator — WRE 2023, 16 December 2023, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Program Chair —  WRE 2023, 16 December 2023, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Publication Chair — WRE 2023, 16 December 2023, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Local Arrangements Chair — WRE 2023, 16 December 2023, Topi, Pakistan.
  • General Co-Chair — WRE 2022, 17 December 2022, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Program Chair —  WRE 2022, 17 December 2022, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Publication Chair — WRE 2022, 17 December 2022, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Local Arrangements Chair — WRE 2022, 17 December 2022, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Publication Chair — ICET 2022, 29–30 November 2022, Topi, Pakistan.
  • General Co-Chair — WRE 2021, 11 December 2021, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Program Chair —  WRE 2021, 11 December 2021, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Publication Chair — WRE 2021, 11 December 2021, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Local Arrangements Chair — WRE 2021, 11 December 2021, Topi, Pakistan.
  • General Co-Chair — WRE 2020, 30 December 2020, online.
  • Program Chair —  WRE 2020, 30 December 2020, online.
  • Publication Chair — WRE 2020, 30 December 2020, online.
  • Local Arrangements Chair — WRE 2020, 30 December 2020, online.
  • General Co-Chair — WRE 2018, 12–13 January 2019, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Organizing Chair —  WRE 2018, 12–13 January 2019, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Publication Chair — WRE 2018, 12–13 January 2019, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Local Arrangements Chair — WRE 2018, 12–13 January 2019, Topi, Pakistan.
  • Local Arrangements Committee — BIC-TA 2010, 8–10 September 2010, Liverpool, England.
  • Local Arrangements Committee — EMS 2008, 8–10 September 2008, Liverpool, England.
Invited Talks: 
  • Integrating Heterogeneous Manufacturing Equipment using Industrial Ethernet— ICCCM 2023, Nagoya, Japan, August 2023.
  • Internet of Things: Architecture, Technologies and Standards— CCIE 2023, Hangzhou, China, March 2023.
  • Integrating Heterogeneous Manufacturing Equipment using Industrial Ethernet — WRE 2022, Topi, Pakistan, December 2022.
  • Internet of Things: Architecture, Technologies and Standards — ICET 2022, Topi, Pakistan, November 2022.
  • Internet of Things: Recent Advances and Challenges — INMIC 2019, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 2019.
  • Internet of Things: Architectures, Technologies, Standards, and Challenges — CUSIT, Peshawar, Pakistan, September 2019 [↗].
  • Revisiting the Complex System View of the Internet — FIT 2014, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 2014.
  • Internet Architectural Guidelines: Philosophy, Complexity and Robustness — HACTRiX’13, GIK Institute, Pakistan, February 2013.
  • Pakistan’s Economy, Industry and Relationship with China — Seminar on Machinery Industry for Officials and Entrepreneurs from Developing Countries, Beijing, July 2012.
  • Optimization and Control of Communication Networks — Liverpool Hope University, England, March 2011.
  • Developments in Network Optimization and Control — Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC Innovations Ltd., England, October 2011.

Technical Sessions Chaired: 

  • Technical Session on Data Centric Network Detection and Security Protection, ICCNS 2023, Fuzhou, China, December 2023.
  • Technical Session on Cybersecurity for Digital Twins, WRE 2023, Topi, Pakistan, December 2023.
  • Technical Session on Architecture Design and Algorithm Analysis in Communication Networks— ICCCM 2023, Nagoya, Japan, August 2023.
  • Technical Session on Data Protection and Information Security — ICCNS 2022, Beijing, China, December 2022.
  • Technical Session on Robotics in Manufacturing Industry — WRE 2022, Topi, Pakistan, December 2022.
  • Technical Session on Internet of Things — WRE 2021, Topi, Pakistan, December 2021.
  • Technical Session on Modeling and Simulation — WRE 2020, Topi, Pakistan, December 2020.
  • Technical Session on Systems Engineering — WRE 2018, Topi, Pakistan, January 2019.
  • Technical Session on Additive Manufacturing — WRE 2018, Topi, Pakistan, January 2019.
  • Technical Session on Automotive Industry — WRE 2018, Topi, Pakistan, January 2019.
  • Technical Session on Software Engineering, Testing, Reliability and Semantic Web — ICET 2017, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 2017.
  • Technical Session on Signal Processing — FIT 2014, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 2014.

Member of Technical Program Committees:

  • 11th International Conference on Computer and Communications Management (ICCCM 2023), Nagoya, Japan.
  • 19th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT 2023), Nice, France.
  • 12th IEEE International Conference on Communication, Networks and Satellite (IEEE COMNETSAT 2023), Malang, Indonesia.
  • 13th International Conference on Communication and Network Security (ICCNS 2023), Fuzhou, China.
  • 15th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT 2023), Ghent, Belgium. 
  • 10th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics (EECSI 2023), Palembang, Indonesia.
  • Arab ICT Conference (AICTC 2023), Kingdom of Bahrain. 
  • 2nd International Conference on Information Technology Research and Innovation (ICITRI 2023), Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • 2023 International Seminar on Application for Technology of Information and Communication (iSemantic 2023), Semarang, Indonesia. 
  • 8th International Symposium on Intelligent Informatics (ISI 2023), Bangalore, India.
  • 20th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2023), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2022-Fall), London and Beijing.
  • 14th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2022), Valencia, Spain.
  • 8th International Workshop on Mobile Applications 2022 (MobiApps 2022), Rome, Italy. 
  • 12th International Conference on Communication and Network Security (ICCNS 2022), Beijing, China.
  • 6th International Conference on Informatics and Computational Sciences (ICICoS 2022), Semarang, Indonesia.
  • 7th International Symposium on Intelligent Informatics (ISI 2022), Kerala, India. 
  • 2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (3ICT 2022), Bahrain.
  • 9th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics (EECSI 2022), Jakarta, Indonesia. 
  • 3rd International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Applications (DASA 2022),  Thailand. 
  • 24th UKSim-AMSS International Conference on Modelling & Simulation (UKSIM 2022), Cambridge, UK.
  • 2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (3ICT 2022), Online.
  • 2022 International Conference on Data Analytics for Business and Industry (ICDABI 2022), Online.
  • 2022 International Conference on Information Technology Research and Innovation (ICITRI 2022), Online.
  • 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2022), Topi, Pakistan.
  • 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC 2021), Leuven, Belgium.
  • 16th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2021), Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 17th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT 2021), Valencia, Spain.
  • 5th International Conference on Informatics and Computational Sciences (ICICoS 2021), Semarang, Indonesia.
  • 2021 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (3ICT 2021), Bahrain.
  • 13th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2021), Online.
  • 4th International Conference on Informatics and Computational Sciences (ICICoS 2020), Semarang, Indonesia.
  • 2020 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Applications (DASA 2020), Online.
  • 2020 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (3ICT 2020), Bahrain.
  • 16th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT 2020), Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 12th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2020), Online.
  • 3rd IET Smart Cities Symposium (SCS 2020), Online.
  • 3rd International Conference on Informatics and Computational Sciences (ICICoS 2019), Semarang, Indonesia.
  • 15th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT 2019), Nice, France.
  • 11th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2019), Dublin, Ireland.
  • 16th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA 2019), Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  • 15th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2019), Peshawar, Pakistan.
  • 14th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT 2018), Barcelona, Spain.
  • 10th International Congress On Ultra-Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2018), Moscow, Russia.
  • 7th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI 2018), Bangalore, India.
  • 13th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT 2017), Venice, Italy.
  • 13th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2017), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • 15th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2017), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • 9th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2017), Munich, Germany.
  • 14th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2016), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • 8th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2016), Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Fourth International Symposium on Intelligent Informatics (ISI 2016), Jaipur, India.
  • International Conference on Automation, Cognitive Science, Optics, Micro Electro-­Mechanical  System, and Information Technology (ICACOMIT 2015), Bandung, Indonesia.
  • International Conference on Advanced Wireless, Information, and Communication Technologies (AWICT 2015), Tunisia.
  • 13th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2015), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • 7th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2015), Brno, Czech Republic.
  • 12th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2014), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • 7th International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST 2013), Lahore, Pakistan.
  • 9th International Conference on Emerging Technologies 2013 (ICET 2013), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD 2013), Putrajaya, Malaysia.
  • 11th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2013), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • International Symposium on Intelligent Informatics (ISI 2012), Chennai, India.
  • IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2012), Islamabad, Pakistan.

Reviewer/Member of International Program Committees:

  • 4th International Conference on Computer Communication and Information Systems (CCCIS 2024), Phuket, Thailand.
  • 9th International Workshop on Mobile Applications (MobiApps 2023), Marrakesh, Morocco.
  • 27th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2023), Online.
  • 19th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2022), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • 3rd Annual International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS 2022), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • 25th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2021), Winter Garden, Florida, USA/Online.
  • 5th International Conference on Informatics and Computational Sciences (ICICoS 2021), Semarang, Indonesia.
  • 4th International Conference on Computational Science and Information Management (ICoCSIM 2021), Pahang, Malaysia.
  • 24th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2020), Orlando, Florida, USA.
  • 23rd World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2019), Orlando, Florida, USA.
  • 17th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2019), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • 5th International Conference on Communication and Computer Engineering (ICOCOE 2018), Melaka, Malaysia. 
  • UKSim-AMSS 11th European Modelling Symposium on Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (EMS 2017), Manchester, UK. 
  • 9th IEEE-GCC conference & Exhibition (GCCCE 2017), Manama, Bahrain. 
  • 4th International Conference on Communication and Computer Engineering (ICOCOE 2017), Penang, Malaysia.
  • 14th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2016), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • 3rd International Conference on Communication and Computer Engineering (ICOCOE 2016), Bandung, Indonesia.
  • 9th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation (EUROSIM 2016), Oulu, Finland.
  • 7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks (CICSyN 2015), Riga, Latvia.
  • 8th International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (AMS 2014), Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 6th International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks (CICSyN 2014), Tetovo, Macedonia Republic.
  • 2014 Conference on Information Assurance and Cyber Security (CIACS-2014), Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
  • 12th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2014), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • 5th International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks (CICSyN 2013), Madrid, Spain.
  • 7th Asia Modelling Symposium (AMS 2013), Hong Kong & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation (EMS 2013), Manchester, UK.
  • 4th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling & Simulation (ISMS 2013), Bangkok, Thailand.
  • 2nd National Conference on Information Assurance (NCIA 2013), Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
  • 11th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2013), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks (CICSyN 2012), Phuket, Thailand. 
  • 2nd IEEE International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing (PDGC 2012), Himachal Pradesh, India.
  • 2nd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation (ISMS 2011), Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks (CICSyN 2011), Bali, Indonesia.
  • 2011 First International Conference on Informatics and Computational Intelligence (ICI 2011), Bandung, Indonesia.
  • UKSim 13th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim 2011), Cambridge, UK.
  • UKSim/AMSS 1st International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation (ISMS 2010), Liverpool, UK.
  • UKSim 12th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim 2010), Cambridge, UK.
  • 4th International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (AMS 2010), Borneo, Malaysia.
  • 2nd International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems & Networks (CICSyN 2010), Liverpool, UK.
  • IEEE 5th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA 2010), Liverpool, UK.
  • UKSim 4th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation (EMS 2010), Pisa, Italy.
  • 11th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim 2009), Cambridge, UK.
  • 3rd Asia International Conference on Modelling and Simulation (AMS 2009), Bali, Indonesia.
  • 1st International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Modelling and Simulation (CSSim 2009), Brno, Czech Republic.
  • UKSim 3rd European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation (EMS 2009), Athens, Greece.
  • 2nd International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE 2009), Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Theses Examined: 

Ph.D. theses examined:

  • “The RPL-based hybrid security frameworks for mitigating internal attacks in low power and lossy networks”, Umer Farooq, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, December 2023.
  • “A framework for detecting anomalous behavior in IoT devices”, Nouman Shamim, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, December 2023.
  • “Optimization of deep learning models for resource constrained systems”, Usman Haider, PhD Title Defense, GIK Institute, August 2022.
  • “Towards development of computational methods for handwriting analysis with focus on writer identification, personality prediction, and emotion detection”, Atta Ur Rahman, GIK Institute, June 2022.
  • “Design of Digital-twin based AI-enabled indigenous flexible manufacturing system (FMS)”, Asif Ullah, PhD Title Defense, GIK Institute, August 2021.
  • “Placement of drone small cells for efficient communication in disaster regions”, Bilal Ahmad, PhD Synopsis Defense, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, June 2021.
  • “Detecting internal attacks for securing fog-enabled IoT-based systems”, Noshina Tariq, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, November 2020.
  • “Resource-aware and load-balanced scheduling for cloud computing environments”, Altaf Hussain, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, 2020.
  • “Load-balanced multi-job scheduling for heterogeneous CPU-GPU systems”, Yasir Noman Khalid, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, 2020.
  • “Identification of affective states in digital documents utilizing data science methods”, Madiha Tahir, PhD Title Defense, GIK Institute, April 2019.
  • “SIM–Cumulus: An academic cloud for the provisioning of large-scale network-simulation-as-a-service”, Samiullah Khan, Capital University of Science & Technology, Islamabad, March 2019.
  • “On the design and optimization of next generation virtual LANs”, Abdul Hameed, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Lahore, September 2018.
  • “Adaptive simultaneous multipath transmission schemes”, Samiullah Khan, Capital University of Science & Technology, Islamabad, October 2017.
  • “Performance analysis of heterogeneous cellular networks using stochastic geometry”, Fazal Muhammad, PhD Title Defense, GIK Institute, April 2015.
  • “Routing & self-organized management of non-cooperative services in cognitive wireless sensor networks”, Shah Nawaz Khan, GIK Institute, January 2014.

M.S. theses examined:

  • “Real-time anonymous TOR network traffic detection and characterization”, Muhammad Asad, Air University, Islamabad, August 2021.
  • “Multi-level detection, characterization of network traffic and attacks over anonymity network (TOR)”, Muhammad Asad, MS Topic Defense, Air University, Islamabad, August 2020.
  • “Personality prediction based on textual data”, Hurriat Ali, Air University, Islamabad, July 2019.
  • “Efficient Inference using Pruned ConvNets”, Usman Haider, GIK Institute, May 2019.
  • “Efficient task scheduling for heterogeneous computing using hybrid techniques”, Muhammad Sulaiman, GIK Institute, May 2019.
  • “Personality prediction based on textual features”, MS Topic Defense, Hurriat Ali, Air University, Islamabad, March 2019.
  • “DeepDetect: Detection of distributed denial of service attacks using neural networks”, Muhammad Asad, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, March 2019.
  • “A QoT–aware approach for thing selection in Internet of Things”, Ayesha Qamar, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, March 2019.
  • “Multi target tracking using a team of cooperative UAVs”, Salman Mehboob, GIK Institute, February 2019.
  • “Soft computing based clustering of probabilistic graphs”, Muhammad Waqas, GIK Institute, May 2014.
  • “Computational intelligence based early warning system for accident prediction”, Rizwana Kalsoom, GIK Institute, January 2014.
 
Professional Trainings

  • Workshop on Quality Assurance and Outcome Based Education – Implementation & Challenges, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (April 2019).
  • Workshop on Leaders in Science and Innovation Policy – A Summer School for Policymakers, Academic Leaders, and Faculty, Organized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan at LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan (July 2018).
  • Workshop on PhD Students’ Supervision, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Tertiary Education Support Program, Islamabad (May 2017).
  • Seminar on Machinery Industry for Officials and Entrepreneurs from Developing Countries, Academy for International Business Officials, Ministry of Commerce, Beijing, China (Jun–Jul 2012).
  • IET Leadership Seminar, University of Liverpool Management School, Liverpool, England (May 2011).
  • Workshop on Internet Failures – Complex Systems and Critical Design Errors, British Computer Society, London Office (Dec 2009).
  • Academic Writing Workshop, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, England (Nov 2009).
  • Research Skill Workshop, Graduate School, University of Liverpool, England (Nov 2006).
  • Training Course in A-Level Computing, Organized by University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, Islamabad, Pakistan (Apr 2002).
 

 

Professional Services

External:

  • Peer Reviewer —  Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), Doha, Qatar (2023).
  • Member —  Central Procurement Committee for Acquisition and Implementation of CMS and ERP, Women University Swabi, Pakistan  (2022).
  • Member — Appellate Committee, Department of Computer Science, Women University Swabi, Pakistan  (2022).
  • Examiner— Combined Competitive Examination for Recruitment to the Posts Pertaining to Gilgit Baltistan, Federal Public Service Commission, Pakistan (2021).
  • Member — Evaluation Panel, Research Fund Stage–III Defense Pitching, National Centre for Cyber Security, Pakistan (2020).
  • Reviewer — Research Fund Proposals, National Centre for Cyber Security, Pakistan (2020).
  • Member— PhD Research Monitoring Committee, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan (2019–2022).
  • Member— Roster of Experts (IT/MIS), Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (2019).
  • Reviewer— Research Proposal under Pak-Turk Researchers’ Mobility Grant Program, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (2018).
  • Member— Board of Studies, Department of Computer Science, Women University Swabi, Pakistan (2018).
  • Member— Selection Committees, Women University Swabi, Pakistan (2017-2019).
  • Member— Curriculum Revision Committee (IT), Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (2013–14).
  • Member— Committee on Development Strategy for IT Sector, Higher Education, Archives & Libraries Department, Government of KP, Pakistan (2013).
  • Member— Technical Evaluation Committee for R&D Projects (Universities/R&D Organization), Directorate of Science and Technology, Government of KP, Pakistan (2012).
  • Member— Pak-India Joint Technical Level Working Group, Ministry of Information Technology, Government of Pakistan (2012).
  • Member— Technical/Expert Committee for Evaluation of Engineering Projects (General Public), Directorate of Science & Technology, Government of KP, Pakistan (2012).

Internal:

  • Member — Campus Security Committee (2023–Present)
  • Member — Undergraduate Admission Committee (2023–Present)
  • Member — Admissions Marketing Committee (2023–Present)
  • Convener — Technical Evaluation Committee for Procuring Desktop Computers and Laptops (2023)
  • Convener — Committee to Conduct Zero Visit of the BS Software Engineering (2023)
  • Member — Technical Evaluation Committee for Procuring All-in-One PCs (2023)
  • Member — Committee for Technical Policy Dialogue on Economic Assistance (2023)
  • Member — FCSE Faculty Hiring Committee (2023)
  • Director — IT Department (2022–Present)
  • Convener — LMS-ERP Committee (2022)
  • Convener — Committee for Conducting Online Undergraduate Admission Test (2022)
  • Convener — Committee for Hiring of Lab Engineers (2022)
  • Convener— Online Graduate Admission Test Committee (Fall 2021)
  • Member — Technical Committee for Migration to O365 Email (2022)
  • Member — Online Distance Learning Academic Committee (OAC) (2022)
  • Member — Technical Committee for Digital Transformation Phase-I (2022)
  • Member — FCSE Faculty Hiring Committee (2022)
  • Member — Committee for Improvement in GIK College (2022)
  • Member— FCSE Committee for Design of BS Cyber Security Curriculum (2022)
  • Convener— Online Graduate Admission Test Committee (Spring 2021)
  • Convener— FCSE Committee to Conduct NCEAC Accreditation Visit (2021)
  • Interim Convener — Campus Management System (CMS) Committee (2021)
  • Member — Committee to Review Criteria for Research Award (2021)
  • Advisor — Team LAMBDA (2021–Present)
  • Convener— Online Course Review Committee B (2020-2021)
  • Convener— FCSE Faculty Hiring Committee (2020)
  • Convener— Committee for Lab Instruction and FYP/Class Projects Policy (2020)
  • Member — Capacity Building Committee (2020)
  • Advisor — Foreign Aspirants Team (2019–Present)
  • Convener — FCSE Knowledge Group on Communication, Systems and Architectures (2019–Present)
  • Focal Person — National Computing Education Accreditation Council (2019–Present)
  • Team Leader— Peshawar Test Center, Undergraduate Admissions (2019)
  • Convener— FCSE Faculty Hiring Committee (2019)
  • Member — Committee for Hiring of Lab Engineers (2019)
  • Internal Member — Evaluation of Self-Assessment Report, MS/PhD Program in CS (2019) 
  • Member— Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Committee (2019)
  • Advisor — BS(CS) Batch 28 (2018–2022)
  • Member — Committee for Intellectual Property and Copyrights (2018)
  • Focal Person — MoUs between GIK and Other Institutions (2017)
  • Advisor — IT Department (2017–2022)
  • Director — Huawei ICT Academy (2017–Present)
  • Advisor —Graduate Student Society (2016–Present)
  • Focal Person— Technical Collaboration with Universities in the Islamic World under Auspices of Inter Islamic Network on Information Technology (2016)
  • Focal Person— HEC’s Interim Placement of Fresh PhDs Program (IPFP) (2016)
  • Program Administrator— Microsoft IT Academy Program, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (2016)
  • Member — Energy Management Committee (2016–2018)
  • Internal Member — Evaluation of Self-Assessment Report, MS Program in CSE (2015)
  • Member — Review Committee, The Incubator (2015–2017)
  • Advisor — NETRONiX (2014–Present)
  • Focal Person— Digital Youth Summit, Information Technology Board, Government of KP, Pakistan (2014).
  • Internal Member — Evaluation of Self-Assessment Report, PhD Program in CE (2014)
  • Member — Undergraduate Admissions Committee (2013–2018)
  • Advisor — Webteam (2012–Present)
  • Judge — FCSE Projects in Open House & Career Fair (2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Member — Open House Committee (2012–2018)
  • Director — IT Department (2012–2017) 
  • Special Invitee — Governing Council (2011–Present)
  • Member— Graduate Admissions Committee (2011–Present)
  • Member — Academic Council (2011–2019)
  • Focal Person— PERN-2 Implementation at GIK Institute, IT Division, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (2011–2012)
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