• HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

• PhD (Computer Science) Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan
• MS (Computer Science) Iqra University, Karachi
• M.Sc (Applied Physics) & B.Sc (Physics) University of Karachi

Research Interests:

• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Design & Development of Mac Layer Protocols
• Performance optimization of sensor networks
• Internet of Things/Internet of Medical Things
• Body Area Networks

Publications:

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1.  Khan, A., Siddiqui, S. & Ghani, S. (2020). FROG-MAC: A Fragmentation based MAC Scheme for Prioritized Heterogeneous Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless Personal Communications. 1-34. [I.F= 0.94]

2.  Khan, A., Ghani, S., & Siddiqui, S. (2018). A Preemptive Priority-Based Data Fragmentation Scheme for Heterogeneous Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks. Sensors, 18(12), 4473.

3.  Khan, A. A, Ghani, S., Siddiqui, S. (2018).  A Taxonomy for MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks based on Traffic Prioritization. Wireless Personal Communications. 1-30.

4.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani, S., & Khan, A. A. (2018). PD-MAC: Design and Implementation of Polling Distribution-MAC for Improving Energy Efficiency of Wireless Sensor Networks.  International Journal of Wireless Information Networks. 25(2), 200-208.

5.  Khan, A. A, Ghani, S., Siddiqui, S. (2018).  A Study on Channel Sharing for Congestion Control in WSN MAC Protocols<https://www.igi-global.com/submission/proofing/document/?did=12976>. International Journal of Wireless Networks and Broadband Technologies (IJWNBT) Volume 6, Issue 1. 6(1), 15-33.

6.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani, S., & Khan, A. A. (2017). ADP-MAC: An Adaptive and Dynamic Polling based MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks.  IEEE Sensors Journal. 18(2), 860-874.

7.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani, S., & Khan, A. A. (2015). A Study on Channel Polling Mechanisms for the MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2015.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

1.  Khan, A. A, Siddiqui, S. & Ghani, S., (2020). Optimizing MAC Layer Performance for Wireless Sensor Networks in eHealth. IEEE Proceedings on International Conference on Computers, Software & Applications: Staying Smarter in a Smartening World”. COMPSAC 2020. Madrid, Spain.

2.  Siddiqui, S. & Khan, A. A. (2019). Achieving Energy Efficiency for Bursty Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Proceedings on 22nd International Multi Topic Conference 2019 (IEEE INMIC 2019). Islamabad. Pakistan.

3.  Siddiqui, S., Khan, A. A. & Ghani, S. (2018). A Comparison Study on Dynamic Duty Cycle and Dynamic Channel Polling Approaches for Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Proceedings on International Conference on Computers, Software & Applications: Staying Smarter in a Smartening World”. COMPSAC 2018. (pp. 790-793). Tokyo. Japan.

4.  Siddiqui, S., Khan, A. A. & Ghani, S. (2017). Investigating Dynamic Polling Intervals for Wireless Sensor Network Applications with Bursty Traffic.  Proceedings of International Conference on Multi-sensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2017). (pp. 448-451). Daegu. South Korea.

5.  Khan, A. A, Ghani, S., Siddiqui, S. (2017).  Design & Implementation of Distributed
Congestion Control Scheme for Heterogeneous Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks. Proceedings of International Conference on Multi-sensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2017). (pp. 581-585). Daegu. South Korea.

6.  Siddiqui, S., Khan, A. A. & Ghani, S. (2017). DPR-MAC: A Dynamic Polling MAC for Disaster Management in Wireless Sensor Networks. Proceedings of Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery (CyberC), 2017. (pp. 425-428). Nanjing, China.

7.  Khan, A. A, Jamal, S., Siddiqui, S. (2017).  Dynamic Duty-Cycle Control for Wireless Sensor Networks using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Proceedings of Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery (CyberC), 2017. (pp. 420-424). Nanjing, China.

8.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani, S., & Khan, A. A. (2017). Effect of Polling Interval Distributions on the Performance of MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks.  ACM Proceedings on International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (pp. 573-579). Springer, Cham. Turin, Italy.

9.  Khan, A. A, Ghani, S., Siddiqui, S. (2017).  Contention Window Prioritization for Heterogeneous Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks. ACM Proceedings on International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (pp. 676-685). Springer, Cham. Turin, Italy.

10.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani. (2016), Towards Dynamic Polling: Survey and Analysis of Channel Polling Mechanisms for Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Proceedings on ICISE 2016, January 2016, Islamabad.

12.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani, S., & Khan, A. A. (2015). A Survey on Data Aggregation Mechanisms in Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Proceedings on ICICT 2015, December 2015, Karachi, Pakistan.

13.  Wajid, A., Khan, A.A., Basit, A., Siddiqui, S., Salam, A. (2015), Achieving Energy Efficiency in Body Area Networks (BAN’s) through Avoiding Spatially Correlated Contention, IEEE Proceedings on ICICT 2015, December 2015, Karachi, Pakistan.

14.  Siddiqui, S., & Ghani, S. (2013). Analytical Model for Delay Distribution of PRMAC. IEEE Proceedings on 11th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), (pp. 1-6). December 2013. Islamabad, Pakistan.

15.  Siddiqui, S., & Ghani, S. (2013). ES-MAC: Energy Efficient Sensor-MAC protocol for Wireless Sensor networks. IEEE Proceedings on 10th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC) (pp. 28-33). Paris, France.

16.  Siddiqui, S., Abbas, V. U., & Ali, M. A. (2010, September). Analysis and Simulation of Propagation Model for Wireless Communication of Bio-Sensors. IEEE Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Wireless Communications Networking and Mobile Computing (WiCOM), 2010 (pp. 1-4). Chengdu, China.

Significant Achievements:

• HEC fellowship for MS leading to PhD

Contact Information:
Email: shama.siddiqui@dsu.edu.pk

• PhD (Computer Science: Algorithm to predictfuture of Internet Technologies), University of Karachi, Pakistan, 2019.
• ME (Computer Networks), NED University of Engineeringand Technology 2012
• BE (Computer Information and SystemEngineering), NED University of Engineering and Technology 2008

Research Interests:

• Web Technologies
• Data Management System
• Big Data and Big Data Analytics
• Internet of Things
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Publications:

• Jamshed,H., Ali Khan, M. S., Khurram, M., Inayatullah, S. y Athar, S.(2019). Data Preprocessing: Apreliminary step for web data mining Citaciónsugerida: Data Preprocessing: A preliminary step for web datamining. 3C Tecnología. Glosasdeinnovaciónaplicadas a la pyme. Edición Especial,Mayo 2019, pp. 206–221. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17993/3ctecno.2019.specialissue2.206–221
• M. Sadiq and H. Jamshedand S.Mustafa and S.Iqbal, “Data Extraction using Professional WebScraping”, Automatic Control and System Engineering  ACSE, September 2018
• M. Sadiq Ali Khan, HumaJamshed,SumreenaBano and Muhammad Navaid Anwar, “Big Data Management in Connected Worldof Internet of Things”, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, August 2017

• M. Sadiq Ali Khan*, Khaliq Khanzada and Huma Jamshed, “Realization of Aggregate Applications using DynamicBehaviour of Cellular Automata”, Indian Journal of Science and Technology,Vol 10 (3), DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2017/v10i3/110621, January 2017
• Sadiq Ali Khan,HumaJamshed,“Analysisof Formal Methods for Specification of E-Commerce Applications”, MehranUniversity Research Journal of Engineering & Technology, January 2016

• M.Sadiq Ali Khan and HumaJamshed,“Challengesin Handling Big Data”, International Journal of Application orInnovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM), December 2015

Technical Skills:

• Full stack developer (HTML, DHTML,JavaScript, ASP.NET,C#, VB.NET, PHP, Jquery, TELERIK RAD Controls, Word Press,MS SQL, MySQL) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17993/3ctecno.2019.specialissue2.206–221
• Proficient in server side

Contact Information:
Email: Huma.jamshed@dsu.edu.pk

(On Study Leave)

• MS (Computer Science), LUMS BS (Computer Science), FAST-NU, Karachi

Formerly:
• Assistant Professor, Computer Science, FAST-NU Software Engineer, Core Development Group, Avanza Solutions

Research Interests:

• Big Data Analytics • Data Mining • Machine Learning • Human Computer Interaction

Publications:

• Jemal H. Abawajy, Syed I. Jami, Zubair A. Shaikh, Syed Hammad Ahmed, A Framework for Scalable Distributed Provenance Storage System, Computer Standards & Interfaces (2012)

• Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui and Syed Hammad Ahmed, Policy-based Network Management in a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Network, in 15th International Multi Topic Conference (INMIC) 2012, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 2012 (published by IEEE)

• Tariq Mahmood, Syed Hammad Ahmed, and Saqib Mahmood, Optimal Dynamic Personalization in Conversational Recommender Systems, In Proceedings of the 2nd Malaysian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MJCAI 2010), 26-30 July, Malaysia, Springer • Tariq Mahmood, Syed Hammad Ahmed, and Saqib Mahmood, Comparing Reward-based Optimal Behaviors in User-Adapted Recommender Systems, In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT 2010), July 9 -11, Chengdu, China. IEEE

Significant Achievements:

• Received Best Teacher Award (University) – Spring 2013 • Received Best Teacher Award (Department) – Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012

• Introduced novel effective teaching methodologies

• Received LUMS Merit Scholarship for MS(CS) • Placed in the Dean Honor List at LUMS (MS-CS)

• Placed in the Dean Honor List at FAST-NU (BS-CS)

Contact Information:

Email: hammad@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 132

• MPhil (Data Engineering)SZABIST, Karachi

• MCS (Software Engineering), SZABIST, Karachi

Formerly:

Associate Professor, HoD, HIMS ICT, Hamdard University View

Research Interests:

• Data Engineering, e Business
Publications:

• Intelligent Ubiquitous Computing and e Business Solution in International Journal of Information Management, IJIM Oxford, England, Vol.: 28, Issue: 6, April 2008

• IADIS International Conference Informatics 2010, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg Germany, Intellisense Sentinel , An Intelligent and Smart Hybrid Approach Towards Human Detection and Tracking, Short Paper

Significant Achievements:

• Gold Medalist & Position Holder

Contact Information:

Email: k.ahmed@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 134

• MPhil (Computer Science), University of Karachi

• MCS (Computer Science), University of Karachi

Research Interests:

• Bioinformatics

• Biometrics

• Social Computing

Contact Information:

Email: t.minai@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 134

• MBA(MIS) from IBM, Pakistan in 1999
• MS(Computer Science) from SZABIST, Pakistan in 2005

Contact Information:
Email: eram.abbasi@dsu.edu.pk

• MS (Software Engineering), Bahria University, Karachi

• BE (Software Engineering), Bahria University, Karachi

Research Interests:

• Software Engineering
• Software Project Management
• Software Quality Assurance

Significant Achievements:

• HEC Certified Master Trainer (FPDP)

Contact Information:

Email: conrad.dsilva@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 163

• MS (Computer Science), PAF-KIET

• BS (Computer Science), University of Karachi

• BS (Applied Mathematics), University of Karachi

Contact Information:

Email: t.mirza@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 191

• MS (Computer Science), Hamdard University
• BS (Telecommunications and Networking), Hamdard University

Formerly:

• Assistant Professor, Hamdard University

Contact Information:

Email: raazia.sosan@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 191

• MS(IT) – Computer Networks from KTH, Royal Institute of Technology Sweden

• BE-Computer Engineering from Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology Karachi

Formerly:

• Phoenix Armour (Pvt.) LTD

Research Interests:

• WSN & Network Security

Contact Information:

Email: asif.rafiq@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 211

• MS (Computer Science), IBA
• BS (Computer Science), University of Karachi

Contact Information:
urooj.waheed@dsu.edu.pk

• M.E (CIS), NED University
• B.E (CIS), NED University

Contact Information:
samia.masood@dsu.edu.pk

• PhD* (Computing with major in Software Engineering/Data Science) from SZABIST, Karachi
• MS (Computing with major in Software Engineering) from SZABIST, Karachi
• BS (Computer Science) from University of Karachi

Area of Interest/Expertise:

• Software Engineering
• Data Science
• Enterprise System Design
• Information System Security
• Business Analysis
• Quality Assurance

Linkedin: https://pk.linkedin.com/in/adeelmannan

Email: adeel.mannan@dsu.edu.pk

Research profile links: https://scholar.google.com.pk/citations?user=KTtDJN8AAAAJ&hl=enhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/AdeelMannan https://ideas.repec.org/f/pma2165.html

• PhD in Computer Science, University of Reading, United Kingdom
• M.Sc.(Disctinction) Advanced Software Engineering, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
• M.Sc. Information Technology, Preston University Pakistan
• Post-Graduation, Information Sciences, University of Karachi, Pakistan
• B.Sc, University of Karachi, Pakistan
• Researcher Development Program, University of Reading (UoR), UK
• Developing Professional Researcher Networks by (Dr Margaret Collin)
• Prepare to Teach by (Academic Development and Enhancement (ADE) and (Centre for Quality, Support and Development)
• Running and Interactive Session Online by (Daniel Barker; Moderator: Matt Jones)
• Basic Statistics Refresher by (James Gallagher)
• Time & energy management by (Dr Margaret Collin)
• Writing up your data analysis by (Alessandro Leidi)

Research Publications:

• Idrees, M. M., Frederic T. S., Atta B. “Adaptive Learning in Extreme Verification Latency and Non-Stationary Environments (VLANSE)” In Progress
• Idrees, M. M, Leandro L. M., Frederic T. S., Atta B. “A Heterogeneous Online Learning Ensemble for Non-Stationary Environments” Knowledge-Based Systems, Volume 188, 5 January 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2019.104983
• Jadid, M. N., and Idrees, M., M., “Cost Estimation of Structural Skeleton Using an Interactive Automation Algorithm: A Conceptual Approach”, 2007 Automation in Construction, Vol. 16, pp. 797-805.
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2007.02.007
• Jadid, M. N., and Idrees, M., M., “A Geographic Interactive Supply Chain Management System for Construction Projects” World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science. WCECS 2013, October 23 – 25, 2013, San Francisco, USA.
http://www.iaeng.org/publication/WCECS2013/WCECS2013_pp1076-1080.pdf
• Idrees, M. M. and Jadid, M. N, “Implementation of a Web-Based Multi- User Task Management System. Fourth International Conference in the 21st Century (CITCIV), “Accelerating Innovation in Engineering, Management and Technology”. July 11-13, 2007, pp. 673-683, Gold Coast, Australia.
• Jadid, M. N., and Idrees, M., M., “A Strategy for Collecting and Evaluating Information on Engineering Consultant Offices Using Neural Networks: A Case Study”, The Joint International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering, Montreal, Canada. June 14-16, 2006, pp. 2311-2322 (ISSN: 2706-6568)
http://itc.scix.net/data/works/att/w78-2006-tf351.pdf

University Funded Projects:

Participated in the following funded University projects:

• Classification of the Consultants Engineering Offices for the Private Sectors Using Artificial Neural Networks. “A Funded Project by King Abdulaziz City for Research & Science (KACST), under Grant No AB-25-28”.
• Collecting and Evaluating Information on Engineering Consultant Offices Using Neural Networks.
• Overcoming Obstacles Facing Contractors in Saudi Arabia “A Funded Project by the Deanship of Graduate Studies and Research of the University of Dammam.

• MS (Software Engineering), Bahria University, Karachi

• BS (Computer System Engineering), Bahria University, Karachi

Contact Information:

Email: farooq.shibli@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 129

• MS(Computer Science), MAJU Karachi
• BS (Computer Science), Hamdard University

Research Interests:

• Natural Language Processing

• Text Mining

• Machine Learning

• Machine Translation

Significant Achievements:

• Fully Funded ICT Scholarship for Undergraduate Program

Contact Information:

Email: zahid.hussain@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 170

• BCS from University of Peshawar, Pakistan in 2008
• MS(CS) from National College of Business Administration & Economics, Pakistan in 2018

Contact Information:
Email: sulaman.ahmed@dsu.edu.pk

• MS Software Engineering from PAF-KIET
• MS Information Technology from Hamdard University
• Bachelor’s in Science from Karachi University
• He is a full time Faculty member/Researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science & Software Engineering. He has worked in Government & University level projects. He has a strong hold on academic related matters like NCEAC, PEC, CIEC etc. He has published 40 Research published papers in local & internationals journals/conferences.

Contact Information:
Email: adnan.alam@dsu.edu.pk

• MCIT, NED University
• BS(CS), Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University

Contact Information:
qazi.samad@dsu.edu.pk

• BS (Computer Science), Bahria University Karachi Campus

Contact Information:

Email: asma.bibi@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 203

• MS – Cyber Security, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan.
• BS – Telecommunication and Networking, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan.

Research Interests:
• Cyber Security
• Digital Forensics
• Data Analytics
• Threat Analysis
• Wireless Sensor Networks

Publications:
1 – BOT DETECTION USING A SINGLE POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD CONFERENCE ON SMART TRENDS IN SYSTEMS, SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, 2019 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8903989
2 – AN ANDROID BASED SMART SYSTEM TO CONTROL AND MONITOR HOME APPLIANCES USING ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER, 2020

Contact Information:
Email: shad.muhammad@dsu.edu.pk

• MS (CS), FAST-NUCES, Karachi
• BE (Computer Systems Engineering), Mehran University Jamshoro.

Contact Information:

Email: soohan.abbasi@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 205

• MS (CSIT), NED UET
• BS (CS), Jinnah University for Women – Gold Medalist

Contact Information:
Email: sidrah.abdullah@dsu.edu.pk

• PhD. (4th year student) Computer Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
• MSc. Computer Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
• BE Computer System Engineering, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan

Research Interest:
• Machine Learning
• Privacy Aware Learning
• Information and Coding Theory
• Internet of Things
• Wireless Sensor Networks

Publications:

1. Akram Hussain and Yuan Luo, “Privacy aware contact tracing by exploiting social networks in viral disease outbreaks,” IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2020, Taiwan, China, https://globecom2020.ieeeglobecom.org/.
2. Akram Hussain, Xinchun Yu, Yuan Luo, “Generalized bidirectional limited magnitude error correcting code for MLC Flash memories,” International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA), 2017, Shanghai, China, http://anl.sjtu.edu.cn/cocoa2017/.

Awards:

1. Shanghai Government Scholarship for PhD. studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China: Sep. 2018 – Aug. 2022.
2. University Scholarship for MSc. studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China: Sep. 2015 – March 2018.
3. PM’s National ICT Scholarship Award for Bachelor degree at Hamdard University, Karachi: Sep. 2010 – July 2014.

Contact Information:
Email: akram.hussain@dsu.edu.pk

• ME (Computer and Information Engineering), Mehran UET, Jamshoro
• BE (Computer Systems Engineering), Mehran UET, Jamshoro – Gold Medalist

Contact Information:
Email: rida.memon@dsu.edu.pk

• MCIT (Masters in Computer Science and Information Technology)
• NEDUETBCIT (Bachelors in Computer Science and Information Technology), NEDUET

Contact Information:
Email: ansha.zahid@dsu.edu.pk

• MCS (Computer Science), University of Karachi

Contact Information:
Email: maleeha.shah@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 205

• MS (Computer Science), IBA
• BS (Computer Science), DHA Suffa University

Contact Information:
urooba.javed@dsu.edu.pk

• MPM in Project Management, SZABIST (In Progress)
• Bachelors in Computer Science, DHA Suffa University

Contact Information:
Email: muzammil.maqsood@dsu.edu.pk