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Name	Dr. Muhammad Awais Azam
Designation	Assistant Professor
Department	Computer Engineering (Taxila)
Highest Qualification
Specialization	Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Opportunistic Networks
Phone No	051-9047-584
Cell No	0312-5151200
Fax No
Email	[email protected]

Degrees

College/University

Year of

Passing/Grades

PhD Electronic Engineering

Masters in Wireless

Networks

BSC Computer Engineering

Queen Mary, University of London, UK

University of Engineering & Tech. Taxila, Pakistan

2008-2012

2007 – 2008 /

Distinction

2003 – 2006 /

(GOLD MEDALIST)

Internet of Things
Human Activity and Behavior Recognition using smart environment
Information Centric Networking
Ambient Intelligence
Secured Key Distribution in Wireless Sensor Network
Routing Issues in networks
TCP Optimization for Cellular Networks
Network & Communication Security
Performance Improvement for Real Time Services in Wireless LANs
Message Passing in Opportunistic Networks
Antenna Design

2018

Sobia Arshad, Muhammad Awais Azam, Mubashir Rehmani, Jonathan Loo (2017), Information-Centric Networking based Caching and Naming Schemes for Internet of Things: A survey and Future Research Directions, IEEE Communication Surveys & Tutorials, Vol Pages(s) (Accepted) IF=18.7
Sobia Arshad, Babar Shahzad, M. Awais Azam, Jonathan Loo, Syed Ahmed, Saleem Aslam, IoT-2481-2017.R1 Hierarchical and Flat based Hybrid Naming Scheme in Content-Centric Networks of Things, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Accepted (04-01-2018) IF=7.6
Isibor IHIANLE, Syed Islam, Usman Naeem, Saeed Sharif, Muhammad Awais Azam, Amin Karami,
“Intelligent Recognition of Activities of Daily Living from Patterns of Object Use" at the IEEE Technically Sponsored Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2018, to be held from 6-7 September 2018, London, United Kingdom.
Rida Ghafoor, Mustansar Ali, M. Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Shafiq Urrehman, “A Performance Comparison of Machine Learning Classification Approaches for Robust Activity of Daily Living Recognition”, Artificial Intelligence Review Journal, Accepted 05-01-2018 IF=3.2

2017

Mustandar Ali Ghazanfar, Saad Ali Alahmari, Yasmeen Fahad Aldhafiri, Anam Mustaqeem, Muazzam Maqsood, Muhammad Awais Azam, “Using Machine Learning Classifiers to Predict Stock Exchange Index”, International Journal of Machine Learning and Computing, Vol. 7, No. 2, April 2017.
Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Hina Iqbal, Naif Aljohani, Sandor Szedmak, Muhammad Awais Azam, “Building Scalable and Accurate Hybrid Kernel Mapping Recommender System”, Proceedings of Intelligent Systems Conference 2017, 7-8 September 2017, London, UK.
Usman Naeem, Syed Islam, Mhd Saeed Sharif, Sergey Sudakov, Muhammad Awais Azam, “Taskification: Gamification of Tasks”, Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, (UbiComp 2017), Maui, Hawaii-September 11-15, 2017, Page(s) 631-634.
M. Ehatisham-ul-Haq, Muhammad Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Shafiq ur Rehamn, Asra Khalid, “Identifying Smartphone users based on their Activity Patterns via Mobile Sensing”, The 8th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN 2017), Volume 113, Page(s) 202-209, 18-20 September 2017, Lund, Sweden
M. Ehatisham-ul-Haq, M. Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Yasar Amin, Jonathan Loo, “Authentication of Smartphone Users Based on Activity Recognition and Mobile Sensing”, Accepted in Sensors-Open Access Journal. Impact Factor 2.677.
Saima Nazir, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Naif Radi Aljohani, M. Awais Azam, Jalal S. Alowibdi, “Data Analysis to Uncover Intruder Attacks using Data Mining Techniques”, 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, Malacca, Malaysia 17-19 May, 2017.
Christian Meurisch, Usman Naeem, Philipp M. Scholl, M. Awais Azam, Sebastian Cunther, Paul Baumann, Shafiq ur Rehman, Max Muhlhauser, “SmartGuidance'17, 2nd International Workshop on Intelligent Personal Support of Human Behavior being held in conjunction with UbiComp'17”, September 11-15 at Maui, Hawaii, USA.
Waqas Ali, Muhammad Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Mustansar Ali GHazanfar, Asra Khalid, Yasar Amin, “Variance Based Pattern Detection for Inferring Activities of Daily Living”, The NUCLEUS journal (Accepted)
Rida Ghafoor, Mustansar Ali, Muhammad Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Christian Meurisch, “Smartphone Based Robust Hierarchical Framework for Activity Recognition based on Machine Learning", in International Conference on Future Technologies (FTC), 29-30 November 2017, Vancouver, Canada (Accepted)
Sobia Arshad, Muhammad Awais Azam, Jonathan Loo, “Towards Name Data Networking (NDN) Naming for Internet of Things (IoT): THE CASE OF SMART CAMPUS”, in International Workshop on Smart Technologies (WOSTech) in conjunction with International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems, July 19-20, 2017, Cambridge, UK (Accepted)
Ayesha Habib,Sohaira Ansar, Adeel Akram, M. Awais Azam, Yasar Amin and Hannu Tenhunnen , ‘Directly Printable Organic ASK based Chipless RFID Tag for IoT Applications’, Radio Engineering Journal, IF = 0.945
Ayesha Habib, Yasar Amin, Muhammad Awais Azam, Jonathan Loo, Hannu Tenhunen, ‘Frequency signature directly printable humidity sensing tag using organic electronics’, IEICE Electronics Express, Vol. 14 (2017), No. 3 pp. 1-6
Asra Khalid, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Sobia Zahra, M awais Azam, Saad Ali Alahmari, (2016) “A Scalable and Practical One-Pass Clustering Algorithm for Recommender System”, Journal of Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA) – Accepted for Publication in March IF=.766
Aslam B, Khan UH, Azam MA, Amin Y, Loo J, Tenhunen H. A compact implantable RFID tag antenna dedicated to wireless health care. Int J RF Microw Comput Aided Eng. 2017;00: e21094. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmce.21094, IF=0.746
Habib A., Amin Y, Azam MA, Loo J, Tenhunen H. Frequency signature directly printable humidity sensing tag using organic electronics. IEICE Electronic Express 2017, Vol. 14, No. 3, 1-6 , IF=0.456

2016

Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Saad Ali Alahmari, Anam Mustaqeem, Muazzam Maqsood, Sanay Muhammad Umar Saeed, Muhammad Awais Azam (2016), “Using Machine Learning Classifiers to Predict Stock Exchange Index”, In International Conference on Information Computer Application (ICICA2016), January 18-19, 2016 Brisbane, Australia
Muhammad Adeel, Laurissa N Tokarchuk, SKA Khan, Muhammad Awais Azam, (2016) “On Propagation of Generic and Real-World Mobile Malware”, Proceedings appeared on IOARP Digital Library, March 2016, London UK
Azhar-ud-din, Ali Javed, A Hanif, M Awais Azam, Tasawer Hussain, (2016) “Development of Postpaid and Prepaid Billing System for ISP’s”, ICCN 2015 - IOARP International Conference on Communication and Networks, March 2016, London UK
Rahat Masood, Muazzam Maqsood, Anam Mustaqeem, Muhammad Awais Azam, (2016) “Cloud Forensics: A Discussion on Open Problems and State-of-the-Art Approaches”, ICCN 2015 - IOARP International Conference on Communication and Networks, March 2016, London UK
Shamila Nasreen, Muhammad Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Asra Khalid, (2016) “Recognition Framework for Inferring Activities of Daily Living Based on Pattern Mining”, The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, pp 1-14, March 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s13369-016-2091-9
Ayesha Raana, Muhammad Awais Azam, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Nadeem Majeed, Yasar Ameen, Usman Naeem, Ali Javed, (2016) “C++ BUG CUB: Logical Bug Detection for C++ Code”, The Nucleus 53, No. 1, 2016. http://www.thenucleuspak.org.pk/Fulltext/MS-1159.pdf
U. H. Khan, B. Aslam, J. Khan, M. Nadeem, H. Shahid, M. A. Azam, Y. Amin, H. Tenhunen, “A Novel Asterisk-Shaped Circularly Polarized RFID Tag for On-Metal Applications”, Vol 31, Num 9, 2016
Umar Hasan Khan, Bilal Aslam, Tayyabah Noor, Nimra Javed, Awais Azam, Yasar Amin, Hannu Tenhunen, “COMPACT RFID ENABLED MOISTURE SENSOR”, Paper No. 16-282, Radio Engineering Journal, IF = 0.6
Bilal Aslam, Umar Hassan, Muhammad Awais Azam, Yasar Amin, Hannu Tenhunen, (2016) "A MINIATURIZED DECOUPLED SLOTTED PATCH RFID TAG FOR WEARABLE HEALTHCARE”, PIERS Journal
Umar Hassan Khan, Bilal Aslam, Humayun Shahid,,, Muhammad Awais Azam, Yasar Amin, Jonathan Loo, “Novel chipless displacement sensor circuit using spurline resonator”, IEICE Electronics Express, (ELEX).
Christian Meurisch, Usman Naeem, Muhammad Awais Azam, Frederik Janssen, Benedikt Schmidt, Max Mühlhäuser, “Smarticipation – Intelligent Personal Guidance of Human Behavior Utilizing Anticipatory Models”, Workshop at the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiCOmp’16), Heidelberg, Germany 12/13 September 2016.
Isibor Kennedy Ihianle, Usman Naeem, Abdel-Rahman Tawil, Muhammad Awais Azam, “Recognizing Activities of Daily Living from Patterns and Extraction of Web Knowledge”, Workshop at the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp’16), Heidelberg, Germany 12-13 September 2016, Pages: 1255-1262, doi>10.1145/2968219.2968440
Usman Naeem, Muhammad Awais Azam, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, (2016) “Inference Engine Based on a Hierarchal Structure for Detecting Everyday Activities within the Home”. SAI Intelligent Systems Conference 2016 (IntelliSys 2016), 21-22 September, London UK, page(s): 969-986
Ayesha Habib, Muhhamad Awais Azam, Yasar Amin, Hannu Tenhunen, (2016) “Chipless Slot Resonators for IoT System Identification”, IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology, May 19-21, 2016, North Dakota, USA

2015

Asra Khalid, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, M awais Azam, Saad Ali Alahmari, “A Scalable and Practical One-Pass Clustering Algorithm for Recommender System”, Proc. SPIE 9875, Eight international Conference on Machine Vision (ICMV 2015), December 8, 2015, Barcelona Spain; doi:10.1117/12.2229516
Shamila Nasreen, Muhammad Awais Azam , Usman Naeem , Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, (2015), “Inference of activities with unexpected actions using pattern mining”, UbiComp/ISWC Adjunct September 7-11, 2015, pp. 1479-1488
Usman Naeem, Richard Anthony, Abdel-Rahman Tawil, Muhammad Awais Azam and David Preston, (2015) “Activities of Daily Life Recognition using Process Representation Modelling to Support Intention Analysis" (IJPCC-01-2015-0002.R1), In International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, IJPCC
Sobia Z., Ghazanfar, M., Asra K. and M. A. Azam, Usman Naeem, Adam Prugel- Bennett (2015) “Novel Centroid Selection Approaches for KMeans-Clustering Based Recommender Systems”, Information Sciences (2015). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2015.03.062 IF 3.98

2014

Usman Naeem, Richard Anthony, Abdel-Rahman Tawil, Muhammad Awais Azam and David Preston, (2014) ‘Tracking Functional Decline Using Ambient Intelligence for Alzheimer’s Patients’, In 19th International Conference of the Society for Design and Process (SDPS 2014), 15-19 June 2014, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Muhammad Adeel, N. Tokarchuk, Muhammad Awais Azam, S.K.A. Khan, M.A. Khalil, (2014) “Propagation Analysis of Malware Families in Mobile P2P Networks”, In the international conference on Information Technology: New Generations, ITNG 2014, April 7-9, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Usman Naeem, Richard Anthony, Abdel-Rahman Tawil, Muhammad Awais Azam and David Preston, (2014) ‘Approaches for Tracking Functional Decline using Ambient Intelligence’. In Assistive Technologies for Physical and Cognitive Disabilities, Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice (AMTCP) Book Series Chapter, IGI- Global, October 2014.
S. K. A. Khan, J. Loo, A. Lasebae, M. A. Azam, M. Adeel, R. Kausar and H. Sardar, (2014) “LOC algorithm: Location-aware opportunistic forwarding by using node's approximate location”, in International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, IJPCC Volume 10 Issue 4, October 2014, pp. 481-496.
Shamila Nasreen, Muhammad Awais Azam, Khurram Shehzad, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, (2014) “Frequent Pattern Mining Algorithms for Finding Associated Frequent Patterns for Data Streams: A Survey”, in the 5th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN-2014),September 22-25, Volume 37, Page(s) 109-116, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2014.

2013

Muhammad Awais Azam, Jonathan Loo, Usman Naeem, Muhammad Adeel, “Recognising Indoor/Outdoor Activities of Low Entropy People using Bluetooth Proximity and Object Usage Data ” ,International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, IJPCC, Volume 9 Issue 4, Nov, 2013 Waleed Ejaz, Najam ul Hassan, Muhammad Awais Azam, Hyung Seok Kim, “Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks: Performance analysis for Realistic Channel Conditions”, WiMo, 2013, Turkey.
Muhammad Awais Azam, Jonathan Loo, “Using Wireless Proximity Data to Infer the Behaviour of Mobile People”. International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, IJPCC, Volume 9 Issue 1, Page(s) 6-36, 2013.
Khan SKA, Loo J, Azam MA et al. (2013) . LOC: Location-aware opportunistic content forwarding using direction vectors. 2013 IEEE Symposium on Computers & Informatics (ISCI 2013), Langkawi, Malaysia, 07-09 April 2013.

2012

Waleed Ejaz, NAjam ul Hassan, Muhammad Awais Azam, Hyung Seok Kim, “Improved Local Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks”. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, a SpringerOpen Journal, Issue November 2012.

Muhammad Awais Azam, et.al., “Behavioural Pattern Analysis of Low Entropy People Using Proximity Data”, In Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing and Dependable Applications (JoWUA), Volume 3, Number 3, Page(s) 41-49.
Sardar Kashif Ashraf Khan, Jonathan Loo, Muhammad Awais Azam, et.al., “Hybrid Content Forwarding Technique for Bluetooth Communication Environment”, In proceedings of 20th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2012), Page(s) 1-5, September11-13, Split.
Sardar Kashif Ashraf Khan, Jonathan Loo, Muhammad Awais Azam, et.al., “Enhanced Lobby Influence: Knowledge Based Content Forwarding Algorithm for Opportunistic Communication Networks”, In proceedings of 20th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2012), Page(s) 1-5, September11-13, Split.
Muhammad Awais Azam, et. al., “A Framework to Recognise Daily Life Activities with Wireless Proximity and Object Usage Data”, In 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’12), September 9-12, 2012, Sydney, Australia.
Muhammad Awais Azam, e.t al., “Human Behaviour Analysis Using Data Collected from Mobile Devices”, In Journal of Life Sciences, Volume 4, Number 1& 2, Page(s) 1-10, IARIA, 2011.
Muhammad Awais Azam, et al., “Behaviour Analysis of Low Entropy Mobile People Using Contextual Information”, In 9th IEEE Workshop on Context modeling and reasoning (CoMoRea) at the 10th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom’12), Page(s) 590 – 595, March 19-23, 2012, Lugano, Switzerland.
Muhammad Awais Azam, et al., “Tiered Approach to infer the Behaviour of Low Entropy Mobile People”, In 2012 IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC’12), Page(s) 3334 – 3339, April 1-4, 2012, Paris, France.

2011

Waleed Ejaz, najam ul Hasan, Hyun Seok Kim, Muhammad Awais Azam, “Fully Distributed Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive radio Ad Hoc Networks”, In 9th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, FIT 2011, Islamabad, Pakistan, Page(s) 9-13, December 19-21, 2011.

2010

Muhammad Awais Azam, Muhammad Adeel et al., “Human Behaviour Detection Using Cell Tower and Bluetooth Proximity Data”, In Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, UBICOMM 2010, Page(s) 428 – 433, Florence, Italy, October 25-30, 2010.
Muhammad Awais Azam, Muhammad Adeel et al., “Routing Efficiency Comparison of Chord and PChord Routing Protocols”, In Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, SoftCOM 2010, Split, Croatia, September 2010.
Muhammad Awais Azam, et al., “Human Behaviour Detection Using Cell Tower ID and Bluetooth Proximity Data – Abstract Presentation”, In 2nd Post Graduate Conference, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University, London, UK, 22-23 June 2010.
Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Awais Azam, et al., “Classification of Mobile P2P Malware Based on Propagation Behaviour”, In Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, UBICOMM 2010, Page(s) 35 – 40, Florence, Italy, October 25-30, 2010.
Munir Hussain, Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Awais Azam, et al, “Analysis of Session Key Negotiation & Distribution Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks”, In Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, SoftCOM 2010, Page(s) 295 – 299, Split, Croatia, September 2010.

2009

Muhammad Awais Azam, Muhammad Adeel et al. “Overhead Analysis of Security Implementation using IPSec”, In Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies, ICICT2009, Page(s) 70 – 76, Karachi, Pakistan, August 15 – 16, 2009.
Muhammad Awais Azam et al. “Behaviour Detection using Wireless Proximity Data”, In Proceedings of International Conference on Networking and E-commerce, NAEC’09, Lake Garda, Italy, October 2009.
Muhammad Awais Azam, et al., “Unusual Human Behaviour Detection – Poster Presentation”, In 1st Post Graduate Conference, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University, London, UK, 17-18 September 2009.

Job Title : Assistant Professor

Location : Computer Engineering Department, University of Engineering & Technology

Taxila, Pakistan

Duration : August 2013 to Date

- - HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
  - HEC Approved Master Trainer
  - Director : DS Lab
  - Worked as Head of Computer Department Store – Managing the whole
    - Computer Department budget
  - Head of Outcome Based Education Implementation committee

· Taught Courses: Network Security, Microcomputer Systems, Communication Systems, Network Security and Performance Analysis,

Stochastic Processes and Digital Logic Design (Sub Campus Chakwal)

- - Currently supervising: 06 BSc, 03 MSc and 05 PhD students (12 BSc and 05

MSc students passed out)

- - Member Undergraduate FYP Review and Marking Committee

§ Member Research Meeting Committee and co-supervisor of number of PhD students

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job Title : Head of Academics

Location : Cromwell College of IT & Management, London, UK

Duration : May 2012 to August 2013

· Lead and Manage Academic Development of the College while Optimizing the student experience

· Management of Curriculum to ensure its currency, responsiveness and sustainability

· To promote strong external partnerships amongst employers, professional bodies and educational institutions, both local and international

- - - To ensure both the academic standards and quality enhancement across the

Faculty’s taught provision

· To access the current training and development resources, managing their budget to adhere the needs and requirements for the newly development

programs

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job Title : Assistant Tutor/ Assistant Examiner

Location : Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University of London

Duration : September 2008 to May 2011

- - - Conducting Labs and giving Demonstrations
    - Helping students in Projects

· Conducting and Marking exams and Assignments

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job Title : Lecturer / Administrative Duties

Location : University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan

Duration : July 2006 to September 2007

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job Title : Assistant IT Manager (Trainee)

Location : Tera Light Limited, Islamabad, Pakistan

Duration : December 2005 to February 2006

Member Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
Member Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
HEC Approved Master Trainer
PC Member ICCN 15-16
PC Member CCode 2017

Grants:

8-11 October 2009

Italy

= £700/- from Queen Mary

University, UK

19-23 March 2012

Switzerland

= $600/- IEEE Travel Grant

PerCom 2012

1-4 April 2012

France

= £700/- from Middlesex

University, UK

9-12 September 2012

Australia

= £2000/- from Middlesex

University, UK

22-25 September 2014

Canada

HEC Travel Grant

=Rs 2,82,000/-

07-11 September 2015

Japan

HEC Travel Grant

=Rs 2,25,000/-

07-11 September 2015

Japan

=£600/- from East London

University, UK (conference registration)

12-16 September 2016

Germany

= £550/- from East London University, UK

21-22 September 2016

United Kingdom

HEC Travel Grant

= Rs 191,000/-

ICT Research Grant

2015

ECG Signal Transmission

= Rs 48,000/-

Authentication of Smartphone user by activity recognition based on native sensing

UET Post Graduate Research Project Grant

Rs. 2,73,800/-

Detection and Analysis of Human Breath Patterns

UET Post Graduate Research Project Grant

Rs. 2,47,000/-

Information Centric Networking for Internet of Things

UET Post Graduate Research Project Grant

Rs. 500,000/-

11-15 September 2017

USA

HEC Travel Grant

=Rs. 3,62,000/-

Won Best Paper Award in SoftCom 2010, Italy.
FDP Scholarship for MS and PhD – 6 million Rupees
£7500/- from Queen Mary University for Distinction
Gold Medalist in B.Sc. (Engg.) at the UET Taxila.
Rs 50,000/- Scholarship from UET Taxila for scoring first position in 5 consecutive Semesters.
Rs. 50,000/- Award money for being overall topper of 2k3 session of BSc Computer Engineering UET Taxila, from NESCOM, Pakistan
3rd position in Technical Discussion competition 2006, held at the UET Taxila.
Appreciation prize for ‘Parking Manager’ project in 2nd Micromirax Exhibition held at the UET Taxila.
Supervised number of undergrad and post graduate students in their projects.
MS and PhD Students Supervised/Supervising: MS = 07, PhD = 05
Reviewer for Journal of Communication and Networks. http://www.jcn.or.kr/home/journal/
Reviewer for the International Conference on Signal and Information Processing, Networking and Computers, Oct 17-18, 2015 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Program Committee Member of International Conference on Communication and Networks, http://www.ioarp.org/iccn2015/
Reviewer and Area Editor of Journal of Communication and Networks (JCN), http://ioarp.org/ioarp-digital-library/subject/publications.php?id=15
Workshop Organised, in collaboration with Researchers of UK and Germany, Christian Meurisch, Usman Naeem, Muhammad Awais Azam, Frederik Janssen, Benedikt Schmidt, Max Mühlhäuser, “Smarticipation – Intelligent Personal Guidance of Human Behavior Utilizing Anticipatory Models”, Workshop at the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiCOmp’16), Heidelberg, Germany 12/13 September 2016 http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2016/workshops/workshops.php
Reviewer for AWICT 2017 second edition conference.
Program Committee Member of AWICT 2017 second edition conference, https://bindscience.com/awict/

Presented research paper at 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2016) – Heidelberg, Germany
Organized a workshop ‘Smarticipation’ at 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2016) – Heidelberg, Germany
Presented research paper at IEEE SAI Intelligent Systems Conference 2016 (IntelliSys 2016) – London, UK
Attended 13th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT’15)
Participated in a Symposium on redesigning of Engineering Education – Islamabad, Pakistan
Presented research paper at 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2015) – Osaka, Japan
Presented research paper at 5th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN 2014) – ELSEVIER
Presented research paper at IEEE International Conference on Personal Indoor/Outdoor Mobile Radio Communication (PIMRC 2012)
Presented research paper at IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom 2012)
Presented research paper at 4th Internal Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services & Technology (UBICOMM 2010), Florence, Italy (Won BEST PAPER AWARD)
Presented research paper at International Conference SOFTCOMM’10, Split-Bol (Island of Brac)

Presented research paper at Conference on Networking and E-commerce, NAEC’09, Lake Garda, Italy
Presented research paper at International Conference ICICT’09, Karachi, Pakistan
Organized the 17th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electronics ’05, Islamabad Pakistan

Ubiquitous Computing Research Group

http://web.uettaxila.edu.pk/uet/CPED/group-ubc.asp

Profile Information

Name	Dr. Muhammad Awais Azam
Designation	Assistant Professor
Department	Computer Engineering (Taxila)
Highest Qualification
Specialization	Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Opportunistic Networks
Phone No	051-9047-584
Cell No	0312-5151200
Fax No
Email	[email protected]

Education

Degrees

College/University

Year of

Passing/Grades

PhD Electronic Engineering

Masters in Wireless

Networks

BSC Computer Engineering

Queen Mary, University of London, UK

University of Engineering & Tech. Taxila, Pakistan

2008-2012

2007 – 2008 /

Distinction

2003 – 2006 /

(GOLD MEDALIST)

Research Work

Research Interests

Internet of Things
Human Activity and Behavior Recognition using smart environment
Information Centric Networking
Ambient Intelligence
Secured Key Distribution in Wireless Sensor Network
Routing Issues in networks
TCP Optimization for Cellular Networks
Network & Communication Security
Performance Improvement for Real Time Services in Wireless LANs
Message Passing in Opportunistic Networks
Antenna Design

Publications

2018

Sobia Arshad, Muhammad Awais Azam, Mubashir Rehmani, Jonathan Loo (2017), Information-Centric Networking based Caching and Naming Schemes for Internet of Things: A survey and Future Research Directions, IEEE Communication Surveys & Tutorials, Vol Pages(s) (Accepted) IF=18.7
Sobia Arshad, Babar Shahzad, M. Awais Azam, Jonathan Loo, Syed Ahmed, Saleem Aslam, IoT-2481-2017.R1 Hierarchical and Flat based Hybrid Naming Scheme in Content-Centric Networks of Things, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Accepted (04-01-2018) IF=7.6
Isibor IHIANLE, Syed Islam, Usman Naeem, Saeed Sharif, Muhammad Awais Azam, Amin Karami,
“Intelligent Recognition of Activities of Daily Living from Patterns of Object Use" at the IEEE Technically Sponsored Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2018, to be held from 6-7 September 2018, London, United Kingdom.
Rida Ghafoor, Mustansar Ali, M. Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Shafiq Urrehman, “A Performance Comparison of Machine Learning Classification Approaches for Robust Activity of Daily Living Recognition”, Artificial Intelligence Review Journal, Accepted 05-01-2018 IF=3.2

2017

Mustandar Ali Ghazanfar, Saad Ali Alahmari, Yasmeen Fahad Aldhafiri, Anam Mustaqeem, Muazzam Maqsood, Muhammad Awais Azam, “Using Machine Learning Classifiers to Predict Stock Exchange Index”, International Journal of Machine Learning and Computing, Vol. 7, No. 2, April 2017.
Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Hina Iqbal, Naif Aljohani, Sandor Szedmak, Muhammad Awais Azam, “Building Scalable and Accurate Hybrid Kernel Mapping Recommender System”, Proceedings of Intelligent Systems Conference 2017, 7-8 September 2017, London, UK.
Usman Naeem, Syed Islam, Mhd Saeed Sharif, Sergey Sudakov, Muhammad Awais Azam, “Taskification: Gamification of Tasks”, Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, (UbiComp 2017), Maui, Hawaii-September 11-15, 2017, Page(s) 631-634.
M. Ehatisham-ul-Haq, Muhammad Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Shafiq ur Rehamn, Asra Khalid, “Identifying Smartphone users based on their Activity Patterns via Mobile Sensing”, The 8th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN 2017), Volume 113, Page(s) 202-209, 18-20 September 2017, Lund, Sweden
M. Ehatisham-ul-Haq, M. Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Yasar Amin, Jonathan Loo, “Authentication of Smartphone Users Based on Activity Recognition and Mobile Sensing”, Accepted in Sensors-Open Access Journal. Impact Factor 2.677.
Saima Nazir, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Naif Radi Aljohani, M. Awais Azam, Jalal S. Alowibdi, “Data Analysis to Uncover Intruder Attacks using Data Mining Techniques”, 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, Malacca, Malaysia 17-19 May, 2017.
Christian Meurisch, Usman Naeem, Philipp M. Scholl, M. Awais Azam, Sebastian Cunther, Paul Baumann, Shafiq ur Rehman, Max Muhlhauser, “SmartGuidance'17, 2nd International Workshop on Intelligent Personal Support of Human Behavior being held in conjunction with UbiComp'17”, September 11-15 at Maui, Hawaii, USA.
Waqas Ali, Muhammad Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Mustansar Ali GHazanfar, Asra Khalid, Yasar Amin, “Variance Based Pattern Detection for Inferring Activities of Daily Living”, The NUCLEUS journal (Accepted)
Rida Ghafoor, Mustansar Ali, Muhammad Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Christian Meurisch, “Smartphone Based Robust Hierarchical Framework for Activity Recognition based on Machine Learning", in International Conference on Future Technologies (FTC), 29-30 November 2017, Vancouver, Canada (Accepted)
Sobia Arshad, Muhammad Awais Azam, Jonathan Loo, “Towards Name Data Networking (NDN) Naming for Internet of Things (IoT): THE CASE OF SMART CAMPUS”, in International Workshop on Smart Technologies (WOSTech) in conjunction with International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems, July 19-20, 2017, Cambridge, UK (Accepted)
Ayesha Habib,Sohaira Ansar, Adeel Akram, M. Awais Azam, Yasar Amin and Hannu Tenhunnen , ‘Directly Printable Organic ASK based Chipless RFID Tag for IoT Applications’, Radio Engineering Journal, IF = 0.945
Ayesha Habib, Yasar Amin, Muhammad Awais Azam, Jonathan Loo, Hannu Tenhunen, ‘Frequency signature directly printable humidity sensing tag using organic electronics’, IEICE Electronics Express, Vol. 14 (2017), No. 3 pp. 1-6
Asra Khalid, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Sobia Zahra, M awais Azam, Saad Ali Alahmari, (2016) “A Scalable and Practical One-Pass Clustering Algorithm for Recommender System”, Journal of Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA) – Accepted for Publication in March IF=.766
Aslam B, Khan UH, Azam MA, Amin Y, Loo J, Tenhunen H. A compact implantable RFID tag antenna dedicated to wireless health care. Int J RF Microw Comput Aided Eng. 2017;00: e21094. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmce.21094, IF=0.746
Habib A., Amin Y, Azam MA, Loo J, Tenhunen H. Frequency signature directly printable humidity sensing tag using organic electronics. IEICE Electronic Express 2017, Vol. 14, No. 3, 1-6 , IF=0.456

2016

Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Saad Ali Alahmari, Anam Mustaqeem, Muazzam Maqsood, Sanay Muhammad Umar Saeed, Muhammad Awais Azam (2016), “Using Machine Learning Classifiers to Predict Stock Exchange Index”, In International Conference on Information Computer Application (ICICA2016), January 18-19, 2016 Brisbane, Australia
Muhammad Adeel, Laurissa N Tokarchuk, SKA Khan, Muhammad Awais Azam, (2016) “On Propagation of Generic and Real-World Mobile Malware”, Proceedings appeared on IOARP Digital Library, March 2016, London UK
Azhar-ud-din, Ali Javed, A Hanif, M Awais Azam, Tasawer Hussain, (2016) “Development of Postpaid and Prepaid Billing System for ISP’s”, ICCN 2015 - IOARP International Conference on Communication and Networks, March 2016, London UK
Rahat Masood, Muazzam Maqsood, Anam Mustaqeem, Muhammad Awais Azam, (2016) “Cloud Forensics: A Discussion on Open Problems and State-of-the-Art Approaches”, ICCN 2015 - IOARP International Conference on Communication and Networks, March 2016, London UK
Shamila Nasreen, Muhammad Awais Azam, Usman Naeem, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Asra Khalid, (2016) “Recognition Framework for Inferring Activities of Daily Living Based on Pattern Mining”, The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, pp 1-14, March 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s13369-016-2091-9
Ayesha Raana, Muhammad Awais Azam, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, Nadeem Majeed, Yasar Ameen, Usman Naeem, Ali Javed, (2016) “C++ BUG CUB: Logical Bug Detection for C++ Code”, The Nucleus 53, No. 1, 2016. http://www.thenucleuspak.org.pk/Fulltext/MS-1159.pdf
U. H. Khan, B. Aslam, J. Khan, M. Nadeem, H. Shahid, M. A. Azam, Y. Amin, H. Tenhunen, “A Novel Asterisk-Shaped Circularly Polarized RFID Tag for On-Metal Applications”, Vol 31, Num 9, 2016
Umar Hasan Khan, Bilal Aslam, Tayyabah Noor, Nimra Javed, Awais Azam, Yasar Amin, Hannu Tenhunen, “COMPACT RFID ENABLED MOISTURE SENSOR”, Paper No. 16-282, Radio Engineering Journal, IF = 0.6
Bilal Aslam, Umar Hassan, Muhammad Awais Azam, Yasar Amin, Hannu Tenhunen, (2016) "A MINIATURIZED DECOUPLED SLOTTED PATCH RFID TAG FOR WEARABLE HEALTHCARE”, PIERS Journal
Umar Hassan Khan, Bilal Aslam, Humayun Shahid,,, Muhammad Awais Azam, Yasar Amin, Jonathan Loo, “Novel chipless displacement sensor circuit using spurline resonator”, IEICE Electronics Express, (ELEX).
Christian Meurisch, Usman Naeem, Muhammad Awais Azam, Frederik Janssen, Benedikt Schmidt, Max Mühlhäuser, “Smarticipation – Intelligent Personal Guidance of Human Behavior Utilizing Anticipatory Models”, Workshop at the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiCOmp’16), Heidelberg, Germany 12/13 September 2016.
Isibor Kennedy Ihianle, Usman Naeem, Abdel-Rahman Tawil, Muhammad Awais Azam, “Recognizing Activities of Daily Living from Patterns and Extraction of Web Knowledge”, Workshop at the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp’16), Heidelberg, Germany 12-13 September 2016, Pages: 1255-1262, doi>10.1145/2968219.2968440
Usman Naeem, Muhammad Awais Azam, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, (2016) “Inference Engine Based on a Hierarchal Structure for Detecting Everyday Activities within the Home”. SAI Intelligent Systems Conference 2016 (IntelliSys 2016), 21-22 September, London UK, page(s): 969-986
Ayesha Habib, Muhhamad Awais Azam, Yasar Amin, Hannu Tenhunen, (2016) “Chipless Slot Resonators for IoT System Identification”, IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology, May 19-21, 2016, North Dakota, USA

2015

Asra Khalid, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, M awais Azam, Saad Ali Alahmari, “A Scalable and Practical One-Pass Clustering Algorithm for Recommender System”, Proc. SPIE 9875, Eight international Conference on Machine Vision (ICMV 2015), December 8, 2015, Barcelona Spain; doi:10.1117/12.2229516
Shamila Nasreen, Muhammad Awais Azam , Usman Naeem , Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, (2015), “Inference of activities with unexpected actions using pattern mining”, UbiComp/ISWC Adjunct September 7-11, 2015, pp. 1479-1488
Usman Naeem, Richard Anthony, Abdel-Rahman Tawil, Muhammad Awais Azam and David Preston, (2015) “Activities of Daily Life Recognition using Process Representation Modelling to Support Intention Analysis" (IJPCC-01-2015-0002.R1), In International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, IJPCC
Sobia Z., Ghazanfar, M., Asra K. and M. A. Azam, Usman Naeem, Adam Prugel- Bennett (2015) “Novel Centroid Selection Approaches for KMeans-Clustering Based Recommender Systems”, Information Sciences (2015). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2015.03.062 IF 3.98

2014

Usman Naeem, Richard Anthony, Abdel-Rahman Tawil, Muhammad Awais Azam and David Preston, (2014) ‘Tracking Functional Decline Using Ambient Intelligence for Alzheimer’s Patients’, In 19th International Conference of the Society for Design and Process (SDPS 2014), 15-19 June 2014, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Muhammad Adeel, N. Tokarchuk, Muhammad Awais Azam, S.K.A. Khan, M.A. Khalil, (2014) “Propagation Analysis of Malware Families in Mobile P2P Networks”, In the international conference on Information Technology: New Generations, ITNG 2014, April 7-9, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Usman Naeem, Richard Anthony, Abdel-Rahman Tawil, Muhammad Awais Azam and David Preston, (2014) ‘Approaches for Tracking Functional Decline using Ambient Intelligence’. In Assistive Technologies for Physical and Cognitive Disabilities, Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice (AMTCP) Book Series Chapter, IGI- Global, October 2014.
S. K. A. Khan, J. Loo, A. Lasebae, M. A. Azam, M. Adeel, R. Kausar and H. Sardar, (2014) “LOC algorithm: Location-aware opportunistic forwarding by using node's approximate location”, in International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, IJPCC Volume 10 Issue 4, October 2014, pp. 481-496.
Shamila Nasreen, Muhammad Awais Azam, Khurram Shehzad, Mustansar Ali Ghazanfar, (2014) “Frequent Pattern Mining Algorithms for Finding Associated Frequent Patterns for Data Streams: A Survey”, in the 5th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN-2014),September 22-25, Volume 37, Page(s) 109-116, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2014.

2013

Muhammad Awais Azam, Jonathan Loo, Usman Naeem, Muhammad Adeel, “Recognising Indoor/Outdoor Activities of Low Entropy People using Bluetooth Proximity and Object Usage Data ” ,International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, IJPCC, Volume 9 Issue 4, Nov, 2013 Waleed Ejaz, Najam ul Hassan, Muhammad Awais Azam, Hyung Seok Kim, “Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks: Performance analysis for Realistic Channel Conditions”, WiMo, 2013, Turkey.
Muhammad Awais Azam, Jonathan Loo, “Using Wireless Proximity Data to Infer the Behaviour of Mobile People”. International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, IJPCC, Volume 9 Issue 1, Page(s) 6-36, 2013.
Khan SKA, Loo J, Azam MA et al. (2013) . LOC: Location-aware opportunistic content forwarding using direction vectors. 2013 IEEE Symposium on Computers & Informatics (ISCI 2013), Langkawi, Malaysia, 07-09 April 2013.

2012

Waleed Ejaz, NAjam ul Hassan, Muhammad Awais Azam, Hyung Seok Kim, “Improved Local Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks”. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, a SpringerOpen Journal, Issue November 2012.

Muhammad Awais Azam, et.al., “Behavioural Pattern Analysis of Low Entropy People Using Proximity Data”, In Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing and Dependable Applications (JoWUA), Volume 3, Number 3, Page(s) 41-49.
Sardar Kashif Ashraf Khan, Jonathan Loo, Muhammad Awais Azam, et.al., “Hybrid Content Forwarding Technique for Bluetooth Communication Environment”, In proceedings of 20th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2012), Page(s) 1-5, September11-13, Split.
Sardar Kashif Ashraf Khan, Jonathan Loo, Muhammad Awais Azam, et.al., “Enhanced Lobby Influence: Knowledge Based Content Forwarding Algorithm for Opportunistic Communication Networks”, In proceedings of 20th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2012), Page(s) 1-5, September11-13, Split.
Muhammad Awais Azam, et. al., “A Framework to Recognise Daily Life Activities with Wireless Proximity and Object Usage Data”, In 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’12), September 9-12, 2012, Sydney, Australia.
Muhammad Awais Azam, e.t al., “Human Behaviour Analysis Using Data Collected from Mobile Devices”, In Journal of Life Sciences, Volume 4, Number 1& 2, Page(s) 1-10, IARIA, 2011.
Muhammad Awais Azam, et al., “Behaviour Analysis of Low Entropy Mobile People Using Contextual Information”, In 9th IEEE Workshop on Context modeling and reasoning (CoMoRea) at the 10th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom’12), Page(s) 590 – 595, March 19-23, 2012, Lugano, Switzerland.
Muhammad Awais Azam, et al., “Tiered Approach to infer the Behaviour of Low Entropy Mobile People”, In 2012 IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC’12), Page(s) 3334 – 3339, April 1-4, 2012, Paris, France.

2011

Waleed Ejaz, najam ul Hasan, Hyun Seok Kim, Muhammad Awais Azam, “Fully Distributed Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive radio Ad Hoc Networks”, In 9th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, FIT 2011, Islamabad, Pakistan, Page(s) 9-13, December 19-21, 2011.

2010

Muhammad Awais Azam, Muhammad Adeel et al., “Human Behaviour Detection Using Cell Tower and Bluetooth Proximity Data”, In Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, UBICOMM 2010, Page(s) 428 – 433, Florence, Italy, October 25-30, 2010.
Muhammad Awais Azam, Muhammad Adeel et al., “Routing Efficiency Comparison of Chord and PChord Routing Protocols”, In Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, SoftCOM 2010, Split, Croatia, September 2010.
Muhammad Awais Azam, et al., “Human Behaviour Detection Using Cell Tower ID and Bluetooth Proximity Data – Abstract Presentation”, In 2nd Post Graduate Conference, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University, London, UK, 22-23 June 2010.
Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Awais Azam, et al., “Classification of Mobile P2P Malware Based on Propagation Behaviour”, In Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, UBICOMM 2010, Page(s) 35 – 40, Florence, Italy, October 25-30, 2010.
Munir Hussain, Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Awais Azam, et al, “Analysis of Session Key Negotiation & Distribution Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks”, In Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, SoftCOM 2010, Page(s) 295 – 299, Split, Croatia, September 2010.

2009

Muhammad Awais Azam, Muhammad Adeel et al. “Overhead Analysis of Security Implementation using IPSec”, In Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies, ICICT2009, Page(s) 70 – 76, Karachi, Pakistan, August 15 – 16, 2009.
Muhammad Awais Azam et al. “Behaviour Detection using Wireless Proximity Data”, In Proceedings of International Conference on Networking and E-commerce, NAEC’09, Lake Garda, Italy, October 2009.
Muhammad Awais Azam, et al., “Unusual Human Behaviour Detection – Poster Presentation”, In 1st Post Graduate Conference, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University, London, UK, 17-18 September 2009.

Projects

Admin Work

Development Work

Experience

Job Title : Assistant Professor

Location : Computer Engineering Department, University of Engineering & Technology

Taxila, Pakistan

Duration : August 2013 to Date

- - HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
  - HEC Approved Master Trainer
  - Director : DS Lab
  - Worked as Head of Computer Department Store – Managing the whole
    - Computer Department budget
  - Head of Outcome Based Education Implementation committee

· Taught Courses: Network Security, Microcomputer Systems, Communication Systems, Network Security and Performance Analysis,

Stochastic Processes and Digital Logic Design (Sub Campus Chakwal)

- - Currently supervising: 06 BSc, 03 MSc and 05 PhD students (12 BSc and 05

MSc students passed out)

- - Member Undergraduate FYP Review and Marking Committee

§ Member Research Meeting Committee and co-supervisor of number of PhD students

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job Title : Head of Academics

Location : Cromwell College of IT & Management, London, UK

Duration : May 2012 to August 2013

· Lead and Manage Academic Development of the College while Optimizing the student experience

· Management of Curriculum to ensure its currency, responsiveness and sustainability

· To promote strong external partnerships amongst employers, professional bodies and educational institutions, both local and international

- - - To ensure both the academic standards and quality enhancement across the

Faculty’s taught provision

· To access the current training and development resources, managing their budget to adhere the needs and requirements for the newly development

programs

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job Title : Assistant Tutor/ Assistant Examiner

Location : Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University of London

Duration : September 2008 to May 2011

- - - Conducting Labs and giving Demonstrations
    - Helping students in Projects

· Conducting and Marking exams and Assignments

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job Title : Lecturer / Administrative Duties

Location : University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan

Duration : July 2006 to September 2007

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job Title : Assistant IT Manager (Trainee)

Location : Tera Light Limited, Islamabad, Pakistan

Duration : December 2005 to February 2006

Services

Memberships

Member Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
Member Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
HEC Approved Master Trainer
PC Member ICCN 15-16
PC Member CCode 2017

Teaching

Academic Positions

Affiliations

Awards

Grants:

8-11 October 2009

Italy

= £700/- from Queen Mary

University, UK

19-23 March 2012

Switzerland

= $600/- IEEE Travel Grant

PerCom 2012

1-4 April 2012

France

= £700/- from Middlesex

University, UK

9-12 September 2012

Australia

= £2000/- from Middlesex

University, UK

22-25 September 2014

Canada

HEC Travel Grant

=Rs 2,82,000/-

07-11 September 2015

Japan

HEC Travel Grant

=Rs 2,25,000/-

07-11 September 2015

Japan

=£600/- from East London

University, UK (conference registration)

12-16 September 2016

Germany

= £550/- from East London University, UK

21-22 September 2016

United Kingdom

HEC Travel Grant

= Rs 191,000/-

ICT Research Grant

2015

ECG Signal Transmission

= Rs 48,000/-

Authentication of Smartphone user by activity recognition based on native sensing

UET Post Graduate Research Project Grant

Rs. 2,73,800/-

Detection and Analysis of Human Breath Patterns

UET Post Graduate Research Project Grant

Rs. 2,47,000/-

Information Centric Networking for Internet of Things

UET Post Graduate Research Project Grant

Rs. 500,000/-

11-15 September 2017

USA

HEC Travel Grant

=Rs. 3,62,000/-

Won Best Paper Award in SoftCom 2010, Italy.
FDP Scholarship for MS and PhD – 6 million Rupees
£7500/- from Queen Mary University for Distinction
Gold Medalist in B.Sc. (Engg.) at the UET Taxila.
Rs 50,000/- Scholarship from UET Taxila for scoring first position in 5 consecutive Semesters.
Rs. 50,000/- Award money for being overall topper of 2k3 session of BSc Computer Engineering UET Taxila, from NESCOM, Pakistan
3rd position in Technical Discussion competition 2006, held at the UET Taxila.
Appreciation prize for ‘Parking Manager’ project in 2nd Micromirax Exhibition held at the UET Taxila.
Supervised number of undergrad and post graduate students in their projects.
MS and PhD Students Supervised/Supervising: MS = 07, PhD = 05
Reviewer for Journal of Communication and Networks. http://www.jcn.or.kr/home/journal/
Reviewer for the International Conference on Signal and Information Processing, Networking and Computers, Oct 17-18, 2015 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Program Committee Member of International Conference on Communication and Networks, http://www.ioarp.org/iccn2015/
Reviewer and Area Editor of Journal of Communication and Networks (JCN), http://ioarp.org/ioarp-digital-library/subject/publications.php?id=15
Workshop Organised, in collaboration with Researchers of UK and Germany, Christian Meurisch, Usman Naeem, Muhammad Awais Azam, Frederik Janssen, Benedikt Schmidt, Max Mühlhäuser, “Smarticipation – Intelligent Personal Guidance of Human Behavior Utilizing Anticipatory Models”, Workshop at the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiCOmp’16), Heidelberg, Germany 12/13 September 2016 http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2016/workshops/workshops.php
Reviewer for AWICT 2017 second edition conference.
Program Committee Member of AWICT 2017 second edition conference, https://bindscience.com/awict/

Conferences

Presented research paper at 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2016) – Heidelberg, Germany
Organized a workshop ‘Smarticipation’ at 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2016) – Heidelberg, Germany
Presented research paper at IEEE SAI Intelligent Systems Conference 2016 (IntelliSys 2016) – London, UK
Attended 13th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT’15)
Participated in a Symposium on redesigning of Engineering Education – Islamabad, Pakistan
Presented research paper at 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2015) – Osaka, Japan
Presented research paper at 5th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN 2014) – ELSEVIER
Presented research paper at IEEE International Conference on Personal Indoor/Outdoor Mobile Radio Communication (PIMRC 2012)
Presented research paper at IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom 2012)
Presented research paper at 4th Internal Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services & Technology (UBICOMM 2010), Florence, Italy (Won BEST PAPER AWARD)
Presented research paper at International Conference SOFTCOMM’10, Split-Bol (Island of Brac)

Presented research paper at Conference on Networking and E-commerce, NAEC’09, Lake Garda, Italy
Presented research paper at International Conference ICICT’09, Karachi, Pakistan
Organized the 17th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electronics ’05, Islamabad Pakistan

Participations

Thesis Supervised

Workshops/Courses Attended

PostGraduate Students

Research Group

Ubiquitous Computing Research Group

http://web.uettaxila.edu.pk/uet/CPED/group-ubc.asp