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Prof. Dr. Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak (SM IEEE, AAAI, PAS, AIR Net) is currently serving as Director Farabi Research Center for Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity as well as Member NADRA Authority Board. He has been listed among the top 2% most highly cited scientists worldwide in 2024 and 2025 and recipient of Gold Medals from the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, COMSTECH, QAU Best Researcher award and Gold Medal from the IEEE Islamabad Section. He has an additional charge of Director of the ICESCO Chair in Data Analytics and Edge Computing and Director of Science & Technology at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Prof Khattak is also chairperson of UNESCO National IFAP Committee, Pakistan. Earlier, he served as Associate Dean of Computing and Head of the Postgraduate Program at SEECS, NUST.

 He completed his PhD in a sandwich program between IIUI and University of Missouri, (UMKC), USA, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at University of Missouri, USA. Later he joined UMKC as an adjunct professor. Prof. Khattak has authored 03 books and 16 book chapters with leading international publishers, in addition to more than 245 articles in reputed international journals and conferences. His work has earned him recognition as 2% highly cited scientists in 2024, 2025, with over 7600 citations and an h-index of 46. He is also an elected member of  Turkish Academy of Science and Technology (TUBA). His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence based smart solutions for Internet of Things, Internet of Vehicles, Smart Cities, and Information Security. He also holds adjunct professorships at the University of Missouri (USA), Texas American Muslim Universities (USA), Harbin Institute of Technology (China), USAK University (Türkiye), BAKU State University (Azerbaijan), and Margullan University (Kazakhstan).

He has been honored with the Pak Academy of Sciences Gold Medal, the Best Performance Award by the Ministry of Education in 2023, and multiple performance-based awards at NUST and QAU from 2015 till 2025, as well 02 best papers awards at International conferences. He has also been nominated for the prestigious civil awards Tamgha-e-Imtiaz and Sitara-e-Imtiaz. Over the course of his career, he has secured national and international research grants amounting to Rs. 1.7 billion from institutions including the Ministry of Education (Kazakhstan), the British Council, the University of Missouri (USA), USAK University (Türkiye), and Margullan University (Kazakhstan).

Prof. Khattak serves on international advisory boards at TEXAM (USA), USAK University (Türkiye), Baku State University (Azerbaijan), Harbin Institute of Technology (China) and International Research Network on AI Development and Governance (AIR Net), China. He is also member Senate/BOG at Mirpur University of Science and Technology, AJK and Islamabad University of Health Sciences and Emerging Technologies, Islamabad.

Research Interests
AI Based Solutions For IoTs & Secure Nets Block Chain & IOTA Internet of Medical Things Quantum Cryptography Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks
Education
Post Doctorate in Computer Science

University of Missouri, KC, USA , USA

Graduated: 2016
Awards (12)
Appreciation Award & Recognition As 2% Pakistani Distinguish Researcher and Scientists 2026 Higher Education Commission, Pakistan
Best Presentation Award at 12th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE 2025), in Istanbul, Turkey 2025 IEEE, Turkey
Gold Medal, Pakistan Academy of Sciences-COMSTECH Prize in Computer Science (IT) 2025 Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Award of High Talent R-Visa 2023 Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Best Performance Award 2023 Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Best Research Paper Award in 2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2) 2022 IEEE Islamabad.
Best Research Paper Award in International Conference of Advanced Computing and Informatics (ICACIn,21). 2021 IEEE, Morocco.
Performance Based Award 2019 NUST University, Pakistan
Performance Based Award 2018 NUST University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Performance Based Award 2017 NUST University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Performance Based Award 2016 NUST University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Performance Based Award 2015 NUST University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Projects (13)
Beyond Stigma: Assessing and Supporting ADHD and ASD Higher Education Students in a UK-Pakistan Partnership the Intelli-Student Platform

Principal Investigator 2025 - 2026

Funding Agency: British Council, UK
Comprehensive Scientific and innovative system for training pedagogical staff for the development of gifted children in Kazakhstan

Principal Investigator 2025 - 2027

Funding Agency: Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Establishment of Farabi Research Center For AI and Cybersecurity

Principal Investigator 2025 - Present

Funding Agency: Farabi University, Kazakhstan and Ministry of Education Kazakhstan.
Establishment of ICESCO Chair Big Data Analytics and Edge Computing

Principal Investigator 2023 - 2027

Funding Agency: The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Morocco.
Internet of Things (IoT) Based Maternal-Fetal Health Monitoring System

Principal Investigator 2023 - 2024

Funding Agency: Pakistan Academy of Science, Pakistan
Data Downloaded from Internet/CD Scanning Management.

Principal Investigator 2022 - 2023

Funding Agency: NESCOM, Pakistan.
Internet of Things (IoT) Based Cattle Health Monitoring System.

Principal Investigator 2022 - 2023

Funding Agency: National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative (NGIRI-Ignite), Pakistan.
Air Quality Monitoring Using Internet of Things, at Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad

Principal Investigator 2021 - 2022

Funding Agency: National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative (NGIRI-Ignite), Islamabad.
IOT Based COVID-19 Patient Health Monitoring in Quarantine.

Principal Investigator 2021 - 2022

Funding Agency: National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative (NGIRI-Ignite), Islamabad.
QAU Digital Assistant for Students (Newly Admitted Students @ Quaid-i-Azam University

Principal Investigator 2021 - 2022

Funding Agency: National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative (NGIRI-Ignite), Islamabad.
She’s Safe: Women Safety Mobile Application,

Principal Investigator 2021 - 2022

Funding Agency: National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative (NGIRI-Ignite), Islamabad.
Smart Office Using Internet of Things, at Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad,

Principal Investigator 2021 - 2022

Funding Agency: National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative (NGIRI-Ignite), Islamabad.
IoT Data Analytics for User Authentication & Activity Recognition,

Principal Investigator 2020 - 2021

Funding Agency: Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Publications (103)
Total: 103 publications
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AG-GANs: A Game-Theoretic Framework for Mitigating Membership Inference Attacks in AI-Powered Consumer Electronics.

Journal 2026 DOI: DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2026.3720460

An Attention‐Based Gated Recurrent Unit for Intrusion Detection in MQTT‐Enabled IoT.

Journal 2026 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/smc2.70038

Bayesian Framework for Confidence-Calibrated Phishing Email Detection in Consumer Communication Systems.

Journal 2026 DOI: DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2026.3715813

Proactive Threat Hunting and Anomaly Detection in Intelligent Green Transportation: A Federated Edge-AI Framework for In-Vehicle Consumer Networks.

Journal 2026 DOI: DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2026.3703448

Short-Term Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using Deep Learning Models and Agentic RNN-LSTM for Localized Energy Decisions.

Journal 2026 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9087052/v1

Muhammad Zubair Khan, Muazzam Ali Khan, Belinda Copus, Cascaded Network for Multiscale Feature Extraction. ICHI 2024: 46-50

Conference 2024 DOI: 10.1109/ichi61247.2024.00014

Muhammad Zubair Khan, Muazzam Ali Khan, Belinda Copus, Semantic Neural Network for Micro-Vessels Extraction. ICHI 2024: 51-56

Conference 2024 DOI: 10.1109/ichi61247.2024.00015

Abdullah Alaklabi, Arslan Munir, Muhammad Asfand Hafeez, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Z-Crypt: Chirp Z-Transform-Based Image Encryption Leveraging Chaotic Logistic Maps and Substitution Permutation Network. IEEE Access 12: 123401-123422 (2024)

Journal 2024 DOI: 10.1109/access.2024.3453171

Mimonah Al Qathrady, Safi Ullah, Mohammed S. Alshehri, Jawad Ahmad, Sultan Almakdi, Samar M. Alqhtani, Muazzam Ali Khan, Baraq Ghaleb, SACNN-IDS: A self-attention convolutional neural network for intrusion detection in industrial internet of things. CAAI Trans. Intell. Technol. 9(6): 1398-1411 (2024)

Journal 2024 DOI: 10.1049/cit2.12352

Unaiza Alvi, Asad Waqar Malik, Anis Ur Rahman, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Samee U. Khan, Predicting Device Anomalous Condition in a Collaborated Industrial Environment. IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics 20(1): 390-398 (2024)

Journal 2024 DOI: 10.1109/tii.2023.3262815

Anwar Sadad, Muazzam Ali Khan, Baraq Ghaleb, Fadia Ali Khan, Maha Driss, Wadii Boulila, Jawad Ahmad, Distributed Twins in Edge Computing: Blockchain and IOTA. IWCMC 2023: 327-332

Conference 2023 DOI: 10.1109/iwcmc58020.2023.10182509

Faneela, Muazzam Ali Khan, Suliman A. Alsuhibany, Walid El Shafai, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Jawad Ahmad, An Immutable Framework for Smart Healthcare Using Blockchain Technology. Comput. Syst. Sci. Eng. 46(1): 165-179 (2023)

Journal 2023 DOI: 10.32604/csse.2023.035066

Hasnain Ali, Syed Omer Gilani, Muhammad Jawad Khan, Mohsin Jamil, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Stacked Bin Convolutional Neural Networks based Sparse Low-Rank Regressor: Robust, Scalable and Novel Model for Memorability Prediction of Videos. Multim. Tools Appl. 82(26): 40799-40817 (2023)

Journal 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s11042-023-15128-z

Muhammad Hassan Jamal, Naila Naz, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Faisal Saeed, Saad Nasser Altamimi, Sultan Noman Qasem, A Comparison of Re-Sampling Techniques for Detection of Multi-Step Attacks on Deep Learning Models. IEEE Access 11: 127446-127457 (2023)

Journal 2023 DOI: 10.1109/access.2023.3332512

Safi Ullah, Jawad Ahmad, Muazzam Ali Khan, Mohammed S. Alshehri, Wadii Boulila, Anis Koubaa, Sana Ullah Jan, M. Munawwar Iqbal Ch, TNN-IDS: Transformer neural network-based intrusion detection system for MQTT-enabled IoT Networks. Comput. Networks 237: 110072 (2023)

Journal 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2023.110072

S. Khan, Tariq Ali, Umar Draz, S. Yasin, Muazzam A. Khan "Prevention of DOS/DDOS Attacks Through Expert Honey Mesh Security Infrastructure" Published in Security Handbook by Taylor and Francis Publishers, 2021.

Chapter 2022 DOI: 10.1201/9780367808228-5

Hasnain Ali, Syed Omer Gilani, Muhammad Jawad Khan, Asim Waris, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Mohsin Jamil, Predicting Episodic Video Memorability using Deep Features Fusion Strategy. SERA 2022: 39-46

Conference 2022 DOI: 10.1109/sera54885.2022.9806761

Muhammad Zubair Khan, Yugyung Lee, Muazzam Ali Khan, Arslan Munir, Towards Long - Range Pixels Connection for Context-Aware Semantic Segmentation. BHI 2022: 1-5

Conference 2022 DOI: 10.1109/bhi56158.2022.9926855

Balawal Shabir, Anis Ur Rahman, Asad Waqar Malik, Muazzam Ali Khan, On Collective Intellect for Task Offloading in Vehicular Fog Paradigm. IEEE Access 10: 101445-101457 (2022)

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3208243

Balawal Shabir, Anis Ur Rahman, Asad Waqar Malik, Rajkumar Buyya, Muazzam Ali Khan, A federated multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for vehicular fog computing. J. Supercomput. 79(6): 6141-6167 (2023)

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s11227-022-04911-8

Fawad Masood, Wadii Boulila, Abdullah Alsaeedi, Jan Sher Khan, Jawad Ahmad, Muazzam Ali Khan, Sadaqat ur Rehman, A novel image encryption scheme based on Arnold cat map, Newton-Leipnik system and Logistic Gaussian map. Multim. Tools Appl. 81(21): 30931-30959 (2022)

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s11042-022-12844-w

Haseeb Hassan, Zhaoyu Ren, Chengmin Zhou, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Yi Pan, Jian Zhao, Bingding Huang, Supervised and weakly supervised deep learning models for COVID-19 CT diagnosis: A systematic review. Comput. Methods Programs Biomed. 218: 106731 (2022)

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2022.106731

Iqra Kiran, Basit Raza, Areesha Ijaz, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, DenseRes-Unet: Segmentation of overlapped/clustered nuclei from multi organ histopathology images. Comput. Biol. Medicine 143: 105267 (2022)

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105267

Irum Matloob, Shoab Ahmed Khan, Rukaiya, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Arslan Munir, A Sequence Mining-Based Novel Architecture for Detecting Fraudulent Transactions in Healthcare Systems. IEEE Access 10: 48447-48463 (2022)

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3170888

Jameel Arif, Muazzam A Khan, Baraq Ghaleb, Jawad Ahmad, Arslan Munir, Umer Rashid, Ahmed Y Al-Dubai (2022). A Novel Chaotic Permutation-Substitution Image Encryption Scheme Based on Logistic Map and Random Substitution. IEEE Access, 10, 12966-12982.

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3146792

Safi Ullah, Jawad Ahmad, Muazzam Ali Khan, Eman H. Alkhammash, Myriam Hadjouni, Yazeed Ghadi, Faisal Saeed, Nikolaos Pitropakis, A New Intrusion Detection System for the Internet of Things via Deep Convolutional Neural Network and Feature Engineering. Sensors 22(10): 3607 (2022)

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.3390/s22103607

Safi Ullah, Muazzam Ali Khan, Jawad Ahmad, Sajjad Shaukat Jamal, Zil E. Huma, Muhammad Tahir Hassan, Nikolaos Pitropakis, Arshad Ali, William J. Buchanan, HDL-IDS: A Hybrid Deep Learning Architecture for Intrusion Detection in the Internet of Vehicles. Sensors 22(4): 1340 (2022)

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.3390/s22041340

Samera Batool, Ali Hassan, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Ahsan Shahzad, Muhammad Umar Farooq, IoTAuth: IoT Sensor Data Analytics for User Authentication Using Discriminative Feature Analysis. IEEE Access 10: 59115-59124 (2022)

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3178635

Sufian Abdul Qader Badawi, Maen Takruri, Yaman Albadawi, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Ajay Kamath Nileshwar, Emad Mosalam, Four Severity Levels for Grading the Tortuosity of a Retinal Fundus Image. J. Imaging 8(10): 258 (2022)

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.3390/jimaging8100258

Umara Umar, Sanam Nayab, Rabia Irfan, Muazzam Ali Khan, Amna Umer, E-Cardiac Care: A Comprehensive Systematic Literature Review. Sensors 22(20): 8073 (2022)

Journal 2022 DOI: 10.3390/s22208073

B. Zamin Khan, A Ghani, Imran Khan, Muazzam A. Khan, Muhammad Bilal, "Stealthy Verification Mechanism to Defend SDN Against Topology Poisoning" Published in Book Software Defined Internet of Everything, pp 235-246, By Springer Publishers, 8th Oct 2021.

Chapter 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89328-6_13

Fazeela Mughal, A. Wahid, Muazzam A. Khan "Artificial Intelligence: Evolution, Benefits, and Challenges" Springer Book "Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems for Autonomous Transportation" By Springer Publishers, Dec 2021.

Chapter 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92054-8_4

M. Waqas, A. Wahid, Muazzam A. Khan "Use Case for Underwater Transportation" Springer Book "Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems for Autonomous Transportation" By Springer Publishers, Dec 2021.

Chapter 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92054-8_10

Mohan Kumar Gajendran, Muhammad Zubair Khan, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, ECG Classification using Deep Transfer Learning. ICICT 2021: 1-5

Conference 2021 DOI: 10.1109/icict52872.2021.00008

Muhammad Zubair Khan, Yugyung Lee, Arslan Munir, Muazzam Ali Khan, Detecting Chronic Vascular Damage with Attention-Guided Neural System. BIBM 2021: 1376-1380

Conference 2021 DOI: 10.1109/bibm52615.2021.9669666

Muhammad Zubair Khan, Yugyung Lee, Arslan Munir, Muazzam Ali Khan, Multi-Feature Extraction with Ensemble Network for Tracing Chronic Retinal Disorders. BIBM 2021: 926-932

Conference 2021 DOI: 10.1109/bibm52615.2021.9669607

Muhammad Zubair Khan, Yugyung Lee, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Decision Support System to Optimize Cloud Service Prioritization for Model Deployment. ICICT 2021: 158-162

Conference 2021 DOI: 10.1109/icict52872.2021.00033

Asad Waqar Malik, Tariq Qayyum, Anis Ur Rahman, Muazzam Ali Khan, Osman Khalid, Samee U. Khan, xFogSim: A Distributed Fog Resource Management Framework for Sustainable IoT Services. IEEE Trans. Sustain. Comput. 6(4): 691-702 (2021)

Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1109/tsusc.2020.3025021

Ayoub el Bendali, Anis Ur Rahman, Asad Waqar Malik, Muazzam Ali Khan, Sri Devi Ravana, On-demand multi-hop forwarding for sustainable vehicular data transfer network. Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks 17(5): 155014772110151 (2021)

Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1177/15501477211015147

Jawaid Iqbal, Arif Iqbal Umar, Noor Ul Amin, Abdul Waheed, Saleem Abdullah, Mahdi Zareei, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Efficient network selection using multi fuzzy criteria for confidential data transmission in wireless body sensor networks. J. Intell. Fuzzy Syst. 41(1): 37-55 (2021)

Journal 2021 DOI: 10.3233/jifs-191104

Muhammad Almas Khan, Muazzam Ali Khan, Sana Ullah Jan, Jawad Ahmad, Sajjad Shaukat Jamal, Awais Aziz Shah, Nikolaos Pitropakis, William J. Buchanan, A Deep Learning-Based Intrusion Detection System for MQTT Enabled IoT. Sensors 21(21): 7016 (2021)

Journal 2021 DOI: 10.3390/s21217016

Muhammad Khurram Khan, Muhammad Shiraz, Qaisar Shaheen, Shariq Aziz Butt, Rizwan Akhtar, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Wang Changda, Hierarchical Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks: Functional and Performance Analysis. J. Sensors 2021: 7459368:1-7459368:18 (2021)

Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1155/2021/7459368

Muhammad Zubair Khan, Mohan Kumar Gajendran, Yugyung Lee, Muazzam Ali Khan, Deep Neural Architectures for Medical Image Semantic Segmentation: Review. IEEE Access 9: 83002-83024 (2021)

Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3086530

Rahim Khan, Ihsan Ali, Mian Ahmad Jan, Muhammad Zakarya, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Sultan S. Alshamrani, Mohsen Guizani, A Hybrid Approach for Seamless and Interoperable Communication in the Internet of Things. IEEE Netw. 35(6): 202-208 (2021)

Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1109/mnet.011.2000787

Rukaiya, Shoab Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Umar Farooq, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Irum Matloob, Irum Nosheen, A Stochastic Distribution Based Methodology to Estimate Control Phase Time for Software-Defined Radios in Tactical MANETs. IEEE Access 9: 71687-71698 (2021)

Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3079173

Sidra Minhas, Aasia Khanum, Atif Alvi, Farhan Riaz, Shoab Ahmad Khan, Fawaz Alsolami, Muazzam Ali Khan, Early MCI-to-AD Conversion Prediction Using Future Value Forecasting of Multimodal Features. Comput. Intell. Neurosci. 2021: 6628036:1-6628036:12 (2021)

Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6628036

Tehsin Kanwal, Adeel Anjum, Saif Ur Rehman Malik, Abid Khan, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Privacy preservation of electronic health records with adversarial attacks identification in hybrid cloud. Comput. Stand. Interfaces 78: 103522 (2021)

Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.csi.2021.103522

Urva Latif, Ahmad Raza Shahid, Basit Raza, Sheikh Ziauddin, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, An end-to-end brain tumor segmentation system using multi-inception-UNET. Int. J. Imaging Syst. Technol. 31(4): 1803-1816 (2021)

Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1002/ima.22585

Tariq Qayyum, Asad W Mailk, Muazzam A. Khan, Samee U Khan, "Modeling and Simulation of Distributed Fog Environment Using FogNetSim++", Chapter 11, Book Fog Computing: Theory and Practice, Published by John Wiley & Sons, May 5, 2020.

Chapter 2020 DOI: 10.1002/9781119551713.ch11

Masood Ahmad, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Nighat Ayub, Md Alshehri, Muazzam Ali Khan, Abdul Hameed, Halil Yetgin, Security, usability, and biometric authentication scheme for electronic voting using multiple keys. Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks 16(7): 155014772094402 (2020)

Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1177/1550147720944025

Muhammad Shahzad, Arif Iqbal Umar, Muazzam Ali Khan, Syed Hamad Shirazi, Zakir Khan, Waqas Yousaf, Robust Method for Semantic Segmentation of Whole-Slide Blood Cell Microscopic Images. Comput. Math. Methods Medicine 2020: 4015323:1-4015323:13 (2020)

Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1155/2020/4015323

Muhammad Uzair, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Balawal Shabir, Asad W. Malik, Muhammad Sher Ramzan, Emergency Message Dissemination in Vehicular Networks: A Review. IEEE Access 8: 38606-38621 (2020)

Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.2975110

Sahar Shah, Mahnoor Khan, Ahmad Almogren, Ihsan Ali, Lianwen Deng, Heng Luo, Muazzam Ali Khan, Corrigendum to "Security Measurement in Industrial IoT with Cloud Computing Perspective: Taxonomy, Issues, and Future Directions". Sci. Program. 2020: 3671835:1-3671835:1 (2020)

Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1155/2020/3671835

Sahar Shah, Mahnoor Khan, Ahmad Almogren, Ihsan Ali, Lianwen Deng, Heng Luo, Muazzam Ali Khan, Shah Nazir, Security Measurement in Industrial IoT with Cloud Computing Perspective: Taxonomy, Issues, and Future Directions. Sci. Program. 2020: 8871315:1-8871315:31 (2020)

Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1155/2020/8871315

Samera Batool, Ali Hassan, Nazar Abbas Saqib, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Authentication of Remote IoT Users Based on Deeper Gait Analysis of Sensor Data. IEEE Access 8: 101784-101796 (2020)

Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.2998412

Syed Sajid Ullah, Insaf Ullah, Hizbullah Khattak, Muhammad Asghar Khan, Muhammad Adnan, Saddam Hussain, Noor Ul Amin, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, A Lightweight Identity-Based Signature Scheme for Mitigation of Content Poisoning Attack in Named Data Networking With Internet of Things. IEEE Access 8: 98910-98928 (2020)

Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.2995080

Toqeer Ali Syed, Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui, Adnan Nadeem, Ali Alzahrani, Salman Jan, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, A Novel Blockchain-Based Framework for Vehicle Life Cycle Tracking: An End-to-End Solution. IEEE Access 8: 111042-111063 (2020)

Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.3002170

Unaiza Alvi, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Balawal Shabir, Asad Waqar Malik, Sher Ramzan Muhammad, A Comprehensive Study on IoT Based Accident Detection Systems for Smart Vehicles. IEEE Access 8: 122480-122497 (2020)

Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.3006887

Yushou Tang, Jianhuan Su, Muazzam Ali Khan, Research on Sentiment Analysis of Network Forum Based on BP Neural Network. Mob. Networks Appl. 26(1): 174-183 (2021)

Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s11036-020-01697-y

M. Waseen Anawr, Farooque Azam, Muazzam A. Khan, Wasi H. Butt "The Applications of Model Driven Architecture (MDA) in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) Techniques and Tools" Book Advances in Information and Communication, Vol-1, PP 14-27, Feb, 2019.

Chapter 2019 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12388-8_2

Nousheen Akhtar, Muazzam A. Khan, Atta Ullah, M Younus Javed "Congestion Aware and Adaptive Routing Protocols for MANETs - A Survey" Springer Recent Trends and Advances in Wireless and IoT-enabled Networks, pp 159-169, 23rd Jan 2019.

Chapter 2019 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99966-1_15

Samera Batool, N. A. Saqib, Muazzam A. Khan, Ali Hassan "Identification of Remote IoT Users Using Sensor Data Analytics" Springer Book Advances in Information and Communication, Vol-1, PP 328-337, Feb, 2019.

Chapter 2019 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12388-8_24

Imran Ahsan, Mudassar Adeel Ahmed, Saad Rehman, Muhammad Abbas, Muazzam Ali Khan, A Novel NLP Application to Automatically Generate Text Extraction Concepts from Textual Descriptions. ICCAI 2019: 55-58

Conference 2019 DOI: 10.1145/3330482.3330506

Jawad Ahmad, Ahsen Tahir, Jan Sher Khan, Muazzam Ali Khan, Fadia Ali Khan, Arshad Ali, Zeeshan Habib, A Partial Ligt-weight Image Encryption Scheme. UCET 2019: 1-3

Conference 2019 DOI: 10.1109/ucet.2019.8881887

Balawal Shabir, Muazzam Ali Khan, Anis Ur Rahman, Asad W. Malik, Abdul Wahid, Congestion Avoidance in Vehicular Networks: A Contemporary Survey. IEEE Access 7: 173196-173215 (2019)

Journal 2019 DOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2955142

Bukhtawar Elahi, Asad Waqar Malik, Anis Ur Rahman, Muazzam Ali Khan, Toward scalable cloud data center simulation using high-level architecture. Softw. Pract. Exp. 50(6): 827-843 (2020)

Journal 2019 DOI: 10.1002/spe.2769

M. Q. Khan, A. Hussain, S. U. Rehman, U. Khan, M. Maqsood, K. Mehmood, M. A. Khan, Classification of Melanoma and Nevus in Digital Images for Diagnosis of Skin Cancer. IEEE Access 7: 90132-90144 (2019).

Journal 2019 DOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2926837

Muneeb Ahmed Khan, Muazzam Ali Khan, Anis Ur Rahman, Asad Waqar Malik, Safdar Abbas Khan, Exploiting cooperative sensing for accurate target tracking in industrial Internet of things. Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks 15(12) (2019)

Journal 2019 DOI: 10.1177/1550147719892203

Nousheen Akhtar, Muazzam Ali Khan, Ata Ullah, Muhammad Younus Javed, Congestion Avoidance for Smart Devices by Caching Information in MANETS and IoT. IEEE Access 7: 71459-71471 (2019)

Journal 2019 DOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2918990

Syed Sarmad Shah, Muhammad Ali, Asad Waqar Malik, Muazzam Ali Khan, Sri Devi Ravana, vFog: A Vehicle-Assisted Computing Framework for Delay-Sensitive Applications in Smart Cities. IEEE Access 7: 34900-34909 (2019)

Journal 2019 DOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2903302

Saad ullah, Jawad Ahmad, Jan Sher Khan, Muazzam A. Khan, Shehzad Amin Sheikh "Visual Meaningful Encryption Scheme Using Intertwining Logistic Map" Book Intelligent Computing, pp 764-773, Nov, 2018.

Chapter 2018 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01177-2_56

Muhammad Uzair, Muazzam Ali Khan, Shaiza Mann, Muhammad Imran, A Review: Ubiquitous Healthcare Monitoring with Mobile Phone. UEMCON 2018: 988-996

Conference 2018 DOI: 10.1109/uemcon.2018.8796756

Shoukat Ali, Muazzam Ali Khan, Jawad Ahmad, Asad Waqar Malik, Anis Ur Rahman, Detection and prevention of Black Hole Attacks in IOT & WSN. FMEC 2018: 217-226

Conference 2018 DOI: 10.1109/fmec.2018.8364068

Tariq Qayyum, Asad Waqar Malik, Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Osman Khalid, Samee U. Khan, FogNetSim++: A Toolkit for Modeling and Simulation of Distributed Fog Environment. IEEE Access 6: 63570-63583 (2018)

Journal 2018 DOI: 10.1109/access.2018.2877696

Afza Kazmi, Muazzam A. Khan, Faisal Bashir, et al "Model Driven Architecture for Decentralized Software Defined VANETs" Springer Book Future Intelligent Vehicular Technologies, Published by Springer Publications, Jan 2017.

Chapter 2017 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51207-5_5

Faisal Shahzad, Muazzam A. Khan, Shoab A. Khan, et al "Automatic DDoS Detection and its Mitigation with combination of OpenFlow and sFlow" Springer Book Future Intelligent Vehicular Technologies, Published by Springer Publications, Jan 2017.

Chapter 2017 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51207-5_11

Farhana Nazir, Wasi H. Butt, Waseem Anwar, Muazzam A. Khan "The Applications of Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Software Requirement Engineering - A Systematic Literature Review" Published Volume 424, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering series, Mar 2017.

Chapter 2017 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4154-9_56

Umair Shafiq Khan, Nazar A. Saqib, Muazzam A. Khan "Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks Based on NS-2" Book Smart Trends in Systems, Security and Sustainability. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, PP 21-31 vol 18. Springer, Singapore, Jan 2018.

Chapter 2017 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-6916-1_3

Fadia Ali Khan, Jameel Ahmed, Jan Sher Khan, Jawad Ahmad, Muazzam Ali Khan, Seong Oun Hwang, A new technique for designing 8 × 8 substitution box for image encryption applications. CEEC 2017: 7-12

Conference 2017 DOI: 10.1109/ceec.2017.8101591

Nousheen Akhtar, Muazzam Ali Khan, Ata Ullah, Muhammad Younus Javed, Efficient Routing Strategy for Congestion Avoidance in MANETs. FIT 2017: 305-309

Conference 2017 DOI: 10.1109/fit.2017.00061

Samera Batool, Nazar Abbas Saqib, Muazzam Ali Khan, Internet of Things data analytics for user authentication and activity recognition. FMEC 2017: 183-187

Conference 2017 DOI: 10.1109/fmec.2017.7946428

Wahid Hussain, Nazar Abbas Saqib, Muazzam Ali Khan, Wasi Haider Butt, Botnet Traffic Analysis Using Flow Graphs. ICBBS 2017: 172-176

Conference 2017 DOI: 10.1145/3121138.3121184

Waqar Farooq, Muazzam Ali Khan, Saad Rehman, Nazar Abbas Saqib, Muhammad Abbas, AAGV: A Cluster Based Multicast Routing Protocol for Autonomous Aerial and Ground Vehicles Communication in VANET. FIT 2017: 315-320

Conference 2017 DOI: 10.1109/fit.2017.00063

Fadia Ali Khan, Jameel Ahmed, Jan Sher Khan, Jawad Ahmad, Muazzam Ali Khan, A novel image encryption based on Lorenz equation, Gingerbreadman chaotic map and S8 permutation. J. Intell. Fuzzy Syst. 33(6): 3753-3765 (2017)

Journal 2017 DOI: 10.3233/jifs-17656

Jan Sher Khan, Muazzam Ali Khan, Jawad Ahmad, Seong Oun Hwang, Waqas Ahmed, An Improved Image Encryption Scheme Based on a Non-Linear Chaotic Algorithm and Substitution Boxes. Informatica 28(4): 629-649 (2017)

Journal 2017 DOI: 10.15388/informatica.2017.149

Jawad Ahmad, Muazzam Ali Khan, Fawad Ahmed, Jan Sher Khan, A novel image encryption scheme based on orthogonal matrix, skew tent map, and XOR operation. Neural Comput. Appl. 30(12): 3847-3857 (2018)

Journal 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s00521-017-2970-3

Wajeeha Aslam, Muazzam A. Khan, Usman Akram, et al "Energy Efficient Image Compression and Transmission in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)" Emerging Innovations in Wireless Networks and Broadband Technologies, Published by IGI Global Publications, 2016.

Chapter 2016 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9941-0.ch004

Afza Kazmi, Muazzam Ali Khan, M. Usman Akram, DeVANET: Decentralized Software-Defined VANET Architecture. IC2E Workshops 2016: 42-47

Conference 2016 DOI: 10.1109/ic2ew.2016.12

Amna W. Awan, Nazar Abbas Saqib, Muazzam Ali Khan, Intelligent Actor Mobility with Event Tracking in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks. ICPP Workshops 2016: 1-6

Conference 2016 DOI: 10.1109/icppw.2016.16

Muhammad Saqlain, Wahid Hussain, Nazar Abbas Saqib, Muazzam Ali Khan, Identification of Heart Failure by Using Unstructured Data of Cardiac Patients. ICPP Workshops 2016: 426-431

Conference 2016 DOI: 10.1109/icppw.2016.66

Rao Muzamal Liaqat, Bilal Mehboob, Nazar Abbas Saqib, Muazzam Ali Khan, A Framework for Clustering Cardiac Patient's Records Using Unsupervised Learning Techniques. EUSPN/ICTH 2016: 368-373

Conference 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2016.09.056

Jawad Ahmad, Muazzam Ali Khan, Seong Oun Hwang, Jan Sher Khan, A compression sensing and noise-tolerant image encryption scheme based on chaotic maps and orthogonal matrices. Neural Comput. Appl. 28(S-1): 953-967 (2017)

Journal 2016 DOI: 10.1007/s00521-016-2405-6

Nazar Abbas Saqib, Muhammad Zia, Hasan Mahmood, Muazzam Ali Khan, On Generating High-Quality Random Numbers. J. Circuits Syst. Comput. 26(2): 1750019:1-1750019:21 (2017)

Journal 2016 DOI: 10.1142/s0218126617500190

Sheikh Waqas Akhtar, Saad Rehman, Mahmood Akhtar, Muazzam Ali Khan, Farhan Riaz, Qaiser Chaudry, Rupert C. D. Young, Improving the Robustness of Neural Networks Using K-Support Norm Based Adversarial Training. IEEE Access 4: 9501-9511 (2016)

Journal 2016 DOI: 10.1109/access.2016.2643678

Waqar Farooq, Muazzam Ali Khan, Saad Rehman, A Novel Real Time Framework for Cluster Based Multicast Communication in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks 12(4): 8064908:1-8064908:18 (2016)

Journal 2016 DOI: 10.1155/2016/8064908

Zahra Waheed, M. Usman Akram, Amna Waheed, Muazzam Ali Khan, Arslan Shaukat, Mazhar Ishaq, Person identification using vascular and non-vascular retinal features. Comput. Electr. Eng. 53: 359-371 (2016)

Journal 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2016.03.010

Amna Pir Muhammad, M. Usman Akram, Muazzam Ali Khan, Survey Based Analysis of Internet of Things Based Architectural Framework for Hospital Management System. FIT 2015: 271-276

Conference 2015 DOI: 10.1109/fit.2015.54

Amna Pir, M. Usman Akram, Muazzam Ali Khan, Internet of things based context awareness architectural framework for HMIS. HealthCom 2015: 55-60

Conference 2015 DOI: 10.1109/healthcom.2015.7454473

Muhammad Najam Dar, M. Usman Akram, Arslan Shaukat, Muazzam Ali Khan, ECG Based Biometric Identification for Population with Normal and Cardiac Anomalies Using Hybrid HRV and DWT Features. ICITCS 2015: 1-5

Conference 2015 DOI: 10.1109/icitcs.2015.7292977

Amna Waheed, M. Usman Akram, Shehzad Khalid, Zahra Waheed, Muazzam Ali Khan, Arslan Shaukat, Hybrid Features and Mediods Classification based Robust Segmentation of Blood Vessels. J. Medical Syst. 39(10): 128:1-128:14 (2015)

Journal 2015 DOI: 10.1007/s10916-015-0316-1

Waqar Farooq, Muazzam Ali Khan, Saad Rehman, Nazar Abbas Saqib, A Survey of Multicast Routing Protocols for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks 11: 923086:1-923086:12 (2015)

Journal 2015 DOI: 10.1155/2015/923086

Rizwan Rasul, Abdul Mutaal, Nazar Abbas Saqib, Mohammad Kaleem, Arslan Shaukat, Aasia Khanum, Muazzam Ali Khan, FPGA Accelerated Computing Platform for MATLAB and C/C++. FIT 2013: 166-171

Conference 2013 DOI: 10.1109/fit.2013.38

Tamleek Ali, Muazzam Ali Khan, Amir Hayat, Masoom Alam, Muhammad Ali, Secure Actor Directed Localization in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks. Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks 9 (2013)

Journal 2013 DOI: 10.1155/2013/126327

Activities (53)
18th IEEE International Conference on Smart Communities: Improving Quality of Life Using ICT, IoT & AI, NED UET, Karachi, Pakistan, Oct 11-13, 2021.
2022 5th International Conference on Information and Computer Technologies (ICICT 2022), New York, USA, 04-06 2022.
2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2), CEME NUST, Pakistan, 24-26 May 2022.
3rd International Conference of Advanced Computing and Informatics (ICACIn,22), Casablanca, Morocco, 15-16th Oct 2022.
65. Keynote Speaker International Scientific-Practical Conference Innovation Peace and Sustainable Development, at The Oguz Han Engineering and Technology university of Turkmenistan on 11th June 2025.
Academic Committee Member & Keynote Speaker in 3rd China-Europe Scientists Forum & 8th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Manufacturing (AIAM 2026), in Frankfurt, Germany, During October 29-31, 2026.
Chief Organizers of International Workshop On
Committee Member in 2024 2nd International Conference on Data, Information and Computing Science (CDICS 2024).
General Co-Chair, IEEE Approval For
Invited Speaker at the International Conference on Health Research (ICHR-26), held at the Rehman Medical Institute (RMI), Peshawar, Pakistan, April 17–19, 2026.
Invited Speaker the 4th International Conference on Communication, Computing, and Digital Systems (C-CODE’25). The conference will take place on 1-2 October 2025 at Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Invited talk in “4th International Conference on Information Science and Communication Technology (ICISCT’26)” Karachi University and Sir Syed University, Karachi on 15-16 April, 2026.
Judge in International Summit on Entrepreneurship and the Final of ICESCO Youth Training Program, Baku Azerbaijan, 2-4 June 2024.
Keynote Speaker 1st International Conference on Computational Sciences and Innovations (ICCSI), at the University of Haripur, Pakistan, 22nd - 23rd July 2024.
Keynote Speaker 7th International Symposium on Ocean Science and Technology (ISOST 2025), which will be held from May 27-30, 2025, at the Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, Shandong, China.
Keynote Speaker and Technical Committee Member 5th International Conference of Telecommunication, Optics and Computer Science, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University Guangzhou, China (ICTOCS-2024), 2024.
Keynote Speaker in “International Conference on a World in Turmoil” by Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, 17-18th May 2024.
Keynote Speaker in “The International Scientific and Practical Conference of AIU 2024, The Synergy of Education, Science and Artificial Intelligence from Idea to Practice” From 22-24th April 2024 at Astana International University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Keynote Speaker in 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Computer Science & Information Technology (RACSIT-2024), University of Education, Lahore, 5-6 March, 2024.
Keynote Speaker in CAST Shanghai Cooperation Organization International Youth Scientist Salon on Digital and Green Coordinated Transformation Development, Beijing China, 19-20th Oct 2023.
Keynote Speaker in International Conference on
Keynote Speaker in International Staff week training at UŞAK University, Türkiye from 27-31st May 2024.
Keynote Speaker in the 4th International Conference on Computing and Related Technologies (ICCRT-2025),
Keynote Speaker in the 5th 7th International Conference on Computer System and & Communication Technology, 22 Nov 2023, Hong Kong China. (ICCSCT 2023).
Keynote Speaker in the 7th International Conference on Computer System and & Communication Technology, 22-23 Aug 2025, Hong Kong China (ICCSCT 2025).
Keynote Speaker in The 8th International Lecture Series of School of Software, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China, 19th Oct 2023.
Keynote Speaker in The International Conference On “Strengthening STI Policy Implementation for Achieving the SDGs Challenges and Pathways to Solutions” Organized at COMSTECH, Islamabad on 8th Dec 2025.
Keynote Speaker in The International Conference Optoelectronic Materials and Advanced Manufacturing May 23-25, 2025, Wuhan, China.
Keynote Speaker International Science Council Meeting on AI Policy Vision, Opportunities and Challenges, Organized by. International Science Council, 4-6th Oct 2023, Kulalumpur, Malaysia.
Keynote Speaker international symposium titled “Artificial Intelligence: Transformation and Change in Higher Education and Scientific Activities”, to be held on 28–29 October 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Keynote Speaker of the 4th International Conference on Telecommunications, Optics and Computer Science (TOCS23), Zhengzhou University, Xi'an, China December 15-16, 2023.
Keynote Speaker of the 5th International Conference on Telecommunications, Optics and Computer Science (TOCS24), Zhengzhou University, Xi'an, China December 27-29, 2024.
Keynote Speaker The 2nd IEEE International Conference on IT and Industrial Technologies [ICIT 2023] at FAST National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Chiniot-Faisalabad Campus, Pakistan, 9-10th Oct 2023.
Keynote Speaker, 1st International Conference on Computing Technologies, Tools and Applications (ICTAPP-23), Organized by Faculty of Management and Computer Sciences (FMCS), AUP, Pakistan, 9-11 May 2023.
Keynote Talk in “8th International Symposium on ocean Science and Engineering @ Harbin Institute of Technology” at Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China. From 07-10th Aug 2026.
Keynote Talk in “International Symposium of AI in Higher Education” at Ankara, Türkiye, 11-12 May 2026.
Keynote Talk in 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering [EEIE-2023] November 2nd-4th, 2023, Wuhan, China.
Keynote Talk in 3rd International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering [EEIE-2024] November 20th, 2024, Wuhan, China.
Keynote Talk in the 6th International Conference on Computer System and & Communication Technology, 22-23 Nov 2024, Hong Kong China (ICCSCT 2024).
Keynote Talk On “Artificial Intelligence Role in District management and Smart Cities” to PMS and CSS officers at National Institute of Management, Peshawar, KPK, 6th April 2026.
Keynote Talk on “Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Education: Challenges and Opportunities” in International Conference of Educational Leadership 22nd September 2023 University of Margulan, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.
Keynote Talk on “Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare” at Xiandian University, Xian, China on 4th Dec 2026
Keynote Talk on Use of Artificial Intelligence and Analytics For Food Security and Agriculture Development, at Seminar By Islamic Organization For Food Security, Kazakhstan, 09th July 2024.
Member Program Committee, International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS’22), 7-8th December 2022.
Member Technical Program Committee, 2023 6th International Conference on Information and Computer Technologies (ICICT 2023) Raleigh, USA, 24-26 Mar, 2023.
Member Technical Program Committee, The 4th International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Humanity (ICATH'2022), at Riad Ennakhil – Hotel, Morocco, 11-12th Nov 2022.
Member TPC, 4th International Conference on Information and Computer Technologies (ICICT 2021) Kahului, Hawaii, USA 11-14, March 2021.
Organizer/Invited talk in International Conference HoNET ICT-2025 International Conference at GIKI, Topi, Pakistan from December 02-04, 2025.
Program Chair and Keynote Speaker in “The Empowerment of Optical Technology in the New Type Power System” International Academic Conference on Cutting-Edge Technologies and Collaborative Optimization” to be held at Hefei, Anhui, China from 18-20th Nov 2026.
Program Committee Member “3rd International Conference on Sustainability: Developments and Innovations (ICSDI 2026)” held at Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from February 8–12, 2026.
Resource Person in Workshop on “Internet of Things Based Smart Agriculture and Food Security” By Islamic Organization For Food Security, Kazakhstan, 26-27th September 2024.
Role of Artificial Intelligence in Different Fields of District Management” National Institute of Management, 2022 Azad Jummu Kashir, Pakistan.
Speaker in “International Conference on Integrated Intelligence and Cognitive Engineering (ICIICE 2026)” at University of Abu Dhabi, UAE, 18-19 April 2026.