Prof. Dr. Ghulam Abbas

Background

Dr. Abbas completed his B.S. (1998–2002) in Computer Science at Edwardes College, University of Peshawar, and received M.S. (2003–2005) in Distributed Systems from University of Liverpool (QS World Rank # 176), 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 Electronics, University 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. He is currently serving as a full Professor and Head of Department of Cybersecurity and Software Engineering Departments at GIK Institute.

Dr. Abbas has authored more than 150 research publications with a cumulative impact factor of 380+. 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 three 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 large 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:

• Recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University & Elsevier (2024)
• 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 (2023), 3rd Position, GIK Institute
• Research Award (2022), 2nd Position, GIK Institute
• Research Award (2019), 3rd Position, GIK Institute
• Award for Excellence in Teaching (2018–19), GIK Institute
• Several Cash Awards for Research Publications (2019–21), 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:

Books:

1. W. A. Khan, K. Rehman, G. Hussain, G. Abbas, and X. Wang, “Integration of Heterogeneous Manufacturing Machinery in Cells and Systems: Policies and Practices”, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Oxon, England, June 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, 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, 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, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, USA, October 2019, ISBN: 9780367078034. [↗] [↗].

Journal Articles:

1. N. Bari, F. B. Muslim, Z. H. Abbas, and G. Abbas, “The future of secure FANETs: A deep dive into advanced signcryption”, to appear, in Proc. 7th Global Conference on Wireless & Optical Technologies (GCWOT 2024), 25–27 September 2024, Malaga, Spain, pp. 1–6.
2. H. Khan, Z. Ali, Z. H. Abbas, and G. Abbas, “Optimizing energy and time efficiency through deep learning-based parallel offloading in mobile edge computing”, to appear, in Proc. 7th Global Conference on Wireless & Optical Technologies (GCWOT 2024), 25–27 September 2024, Malaga, Spain, pp. 1–6.
3. N. U. Zaman, A. K. Hassan, Z. H. Abbas, and G. Abbas, “Energy constrained user-selection framework for subscribed and non-subscribed cooperative MISO-NOMA IoT network”, to appear, in Proc. 7th Global Conference on Wireless & Optical Technologies (GCWOT 2024), 25–27 September 2024, Malaga, Spain, pp. 1–6.
4. M. Hammad, G. Abbas, and W. A. Khan, “IMS framework for N11 and D8 countries”, in Integration of Heterogeneous Manufacturing Machinery in Cells and Systems: Policies and Practices (Proceedings of the Forth International Workshop on Functional Reverse Engineering of Machine Tools – WRE 2022), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Oxon, England, June 2024. [↗]
5. 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. 10^th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM 2023), 26–28 October 2023, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1–6. [↗]
6. H. Sadia, Z. H. Abbas, A. K. Hassan, G. Abbas, “Outage probability analysis of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-enabled NOMA network”, in Proc. 10^th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM 2023), 26–28 October 2023, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1–6. [↗]
7. 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. [↗]
8. 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. [↗]
9. 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. [↗]
10. 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. [↗]
11. 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. [↗]
12. 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. [↗]
13. 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).
14. 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. [↗]
15. 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. [↗]
16. 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. [↗]
17. 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. [↗]
18. 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. [↗]
19. 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. [↗]
20. 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. [↗]
21. 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. [↗]
22. 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. [↗]
23. 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. [↗]
24. 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. [↗]
25. 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. [↗]
26. 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. [↗]
27. 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. [↗]
28. 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. [↗]
29. 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. [↗]
30. I. Ullah, G. Abbas, and Z.H. Abbas, “Energy-aware congestion-less dynamic source routing for MANETs”, in Proc. 20^th International Multi-Topic Conference (INMIC 2017), 24–26 November 2017, Lahore, Pakistan, pp. 1–6. [↗]
31. 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. [↗]
32. U. Raza, G. Abbas, and Z. Hussain, “CHOKe–FS: CHOKe with fair bandwidth share”, in Proc. 6^th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICICT 2015), 12–13 December 2015, Karachi, Pakistan, pp. 1­–5. [↗]
33. S. Manzoor, G. Abbas, and M. Hussain, “CHOKeD: Fair active queue management”, in Proc. 15^th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT 2015), 26–28 October 2015, Liverpool, UK, pp. 512–516. [↗]
34. 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. [↗]
35. 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. [↗]
36. 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. [↗]
37. 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. [↗]
38. 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. [↗]
39. 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. [↗]
40. 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. [↗]
41. 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. [↗]
42. 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.
43. 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. [↗]
44. 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. [↗]
45. A. K. Nagar, G. Abbas, and H. Tawfik, “State estimation of congested TCP traffic networks”, in Proc. 6^th International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2006), Part I, 28–31 May 2006, Reading, UK, pp. 802–805. [↗]
46. 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.

Scholarly Contributions

Theses Supervised: 

• IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
• IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking
• IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
• 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
• Computer Communications
• Physical Communication
• IEEE Network Magazine
• IET Communications
• Computer Networks
• Ad Hoc Networks
• Energy Reports

Member Editorial Boards:

Member of Organizing Committees:

• Harnessing the Power of IoT — ICCCM 2024, Kagoshima-shi, Japan, July 2024.
• Physical Layer Security Analysis in 6G Vehicular Communication using Radio Frequency Fingerprinting — CCCIS 2024, Phuket, Thailand, February 2024.
• 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 Computer Models and Intelligent Algorithms — CCCIS 2024, Phuket, Thailand, February 2024.
• 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 Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics (EECSI 2024), Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 
• 30th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT 2024), Amman, Jordan.  
• 14th International Conference on Communication and Network Security (ICCNS2024), Xiamen, China.
• 12th International Conference on Computer and Communications Management (ICCCM 2024), Kagoshima-shi, Japan.
• 4th International Conference on Computer Communication and Information Systems (CCCIS 2024), Phuket, Thailand.
• 13th IEEE International Conference on Communication, Networks, and Satellite (COMNETSAT 2024), Mataram, Indonesia.
• 8th International Seminar on Application for Technology of Information and Communication (iSemantic 2024) Semarang, Indonesia.
• International Conference on Information Technology Research and Innovation (ICITRI 2024), Jakarta, Indonesia.
• 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. 
• 10^th 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.
• 9^th 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. 
• 24^th 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.
• 15^th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2017), Islamabad, Pakistan.
• 9^th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2017), Munich, Germany.
• 14^th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2016), Islamabad, Pakistan.
• 8^th 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.
• 13^th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2015), Islamabad, Pakistan.
• 7^th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2015), Brno, Czech Republic.
• 12^th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2014), Islamabad, Pakistan.
• 7^th International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST 2013), Lahore, Pakistan.
• 9^th International Conference on Emerging Technologies 2013 (ICET 2013), Islamabad, Pakistan.
• IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD 2013), Putrajaya, Malaysia.
• 11^th 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:

• 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. 
• 9^th IEEE-GCC conference & Exhibition (GCCCE 2017), Manama, Bahrain. 
• 4th International Conference on Communication and Computer Engineering (ICOCOE 2017), Penang, Malaysia.
• 14^th 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.
• 8^th 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.
• 12^th 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.
• 7^th 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.
• 4^th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling & Simulation (ISMS 2013), Bangkok, Thailand.
• 2^nd National Conference on Information Assurance (NCIA 2013), Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
• 11^th 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.
• 3^rd 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 1^st International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation (ISMS 2010), Liverpool, UK.
• UKSim 12^th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim 2010), Cambridge, UK.
• 4^th International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (AMS 2010), Borneo, Malaysia.
• 2^nd International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems & Networks (CICSyN 2010), Liverpool, UK.
• IEEE 5^th 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.
• 1^st 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.
• 2^nd International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE 2009), Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Professional Trainings

Professional Services

• Evaluator —  Best University Teacher Award 2023, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (2024).
• 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:

• Convener — IT Committee (2024–Present)
• Convener — AI Bootcamps Committee (2024–Present)
• Advisor — GIKI NEXUS Society (2024–Present)
• Member — Academic Council (2024–Present)
• Convener — Quality Review Committee (2024)
• Convener — GIKI Website Review Committee (2024)
• Member — Campus Security 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 — Undergraduate Admission Committee (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 — GIKI 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 — GIKI NETRONiX Soceity (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 — GIKI Webteam (2012–2023)
• 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)