Teaching
- 2024 Topics in IoT (CS-677)
- 2023 Operating Systems (CS-370)
- 2023 Algorithms (CS-310)
- 2023 Computer Organization and Assembly Language (CS-223)
- 2023, 2021 and 2020 Object Oriented Programming (CS-210)
- 2022 Embedded Systems Security (ESS) (CyS-367)
- 2022 Critical Infrastructure Security (CyS-697)
- 2022 and 2021 Research Methodolgy (CS-692)
- 2021 Cyber Security Tool Development (CyS-353)
- 2020 Embedded System (CS-602)
- 2020 Drone and Autonomous Vehicle Security (CS-634)
- 2019 Introduction to Computing (CS-156)
- 2019 OOP and Data Structures (CS-200)
- 2013, 2012 and 2011 Teacher Assistant for EE522(Advance Embedded System at FAST-NUCES)
Funding
- "Cleanify: AI-Based Waste management system using Battery-less IoT devices" NRPU Research Fund. Rs. 9.5/- Million. Role:PI. Awarded: April 2024 - 2026
- "SCYDES - Self Cyber Defense Evaluation System" NCCS Research Fund. Rs. 14.972/- Million. Role:PI. Awarded: Feb 2021 - 2023. Successful Closure Ceritificate
- "ReCyP:HER - Rethinking Cybersecurity in Pakistan Human factors' Essential Role" Erasmus+ Research Fund. Role:Research Associate. Awarded: 2021 -2024
Services
- 2022 Reviewer Elsevier Computers and Security
- 2021 Reviewer ACM Computing Survey
- 2020 Reviewer Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT)
- 2019 Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT)
- 2019 Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI)
- 2019 Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of IEEE ICPADS'19 Conference
- 2019 Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of Springer AlgoSensor'19 Conference
- 2019 Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of IEEE ISIOT'19 Conference
- 2019 Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of ACM/IEEE IoTDI'19 Poster/Demo
- 2019 and 2018 Web and Social Chair of ACM/IEEE IPSN 19 and IPSN 18 conferences
- 2019 Reviewer Springer Swarm Intelligence
- 2019 Reviewer IET Electronic Letters
- 2019, 2018 and 2016 Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN)
- 2015 Reviewer International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (IJDSN)
- 2015 Reviewer ACM Internetware'15 Conference
Awards and Achievements
- 2022 Vice Chancellor (Air University) Commendation Award for best faculty
- 2018 Recipient of a 12 month ERCIM Alain Bensoussan Postdoc fellowship
- 2016 Best Ph.D. Forum Presentation award in International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN 2016)
- 2014 Recipient of a Indigenous Ph.D. Scholarship from the Politecnico di Milano
- 2013 Recipient of the Gold Medal of MSc graduating class of 2011 (at FAST-NUCES)
M.Sc. Students
Undergrad Students
Workshops and Talks Conducted
- 2018 Tutorial on Transiently-powered Embedded Systems (IPSN 2018, Porto, Portugal)
- 2017 Talk on Transiently-powered Embedded Systems (RISE-SICS, Stockholm, Sweden)
- 2016 Internet of things workshop (ComSys lab, RWTH Aachen, Germany)
- 2015 Interactive lecture on embedded sensing (Politecnico di Milano - Campus Bovisa)
- 2015 Aerial drone showcase at Polifactory (Politecnico di Milano - Campus Bovisa)
- 2013 Conducted tutorial labs for TelosB, Mbed and MSP430(Evaluation board) platforms for EE522
(Advance Embedded System at FAST-NUCES)
- 2012 Conducted workshop on installation and use of Bro NIDS for CS411 (Network Security at FAST-NUCES