Key details
Dr Muhammad Waqas
Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security (Wireless Communications Security)
Muhammad Waqas received his BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering (Major in Wireless Communications) with the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan in 2005 and 2009, respectively. He pursued his PhD degree with the Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2019. From October 2019 to March 2022, he was a Research Associate at the Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China and also affiliated with GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan. From April 2022, he has been an Assistant Professor at the Computer Engineering Department, College of Information Technology, University of Bahrain, Bahrain. In the UK, he is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, London, UK. He has also been an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Australia, since November 2021.
Dr Waqas has more than 100 research publications in reputed Journals and Conferences with more than 2400 citations, an h-index of 25 and an i10 index of 63. He is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems. He is also a guest editor of Applied Sciences - MDPI. He was also invited as a distinguished speaker at several reputed conferences. In his career, he achieved 7 funded projects.
His current research interests are in the areas of Wireless Communication, vehicular networks, cybersecurity and Machine Learning. He is recognised as a Global Talent in the area of Wireless Communications by UK Research and Innovation and a Professional Member of Engineer Australia. He is a senior member of IEEE, a Professional Member of ACM, an IEEE Young Professional, a Member of the Pakistan Engineering Council and PhD approved supervisor by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
Responsibilities within the university
- Teaching
- Research
- Administrative Role
Awards
Research Grants
| 2022-2023 | Co-I, Deanship of Scientific Research Grant Under Large Group of Project (Grant No. RGP.2/201/43, 150,000 SAR (£32673) |
| 2020 – 2021 | PI - Beijing Municipal Postdoctoral International Exchange Training Introduction Foundation, Amount: 100,000 RMB, (£11197) |
| 2020 – 2021 | PI - China Postdoctoral Research Foundation, Grant No. 2020M670074, Amount: 80,000 RMB (£8957) |
| 2020 – 2021 | PI - Beijing Postdoctoral Research Foundation, Grant No. 2021ZZ077, Amount: 50,000 RMB (£5598) |
| 2019 – 2023 | Co–PI - Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 61801008, Amount: 306500 RMB (£34319) |
| 2021 – 2023 | Co-PI - Beijing Natural Science Foundation, Grant No. 4212015, Amount: 200,000 RMB (£22394) |
Recognition
Advisory Groups & Memberships
Senior IEEE member; Member of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), Young Professional IEEE, Professional Member ACM, Approved PhD Supervisor by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
Journal editorships
Associate editor: International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems.
Guest Editor: Special Issue “Blockchain and 6G Trustworthy Networking”, Applied Sciences, MDPI.
Guest Editor: Special Issue “Joint Sensing and Communication for Edge Computing Networks, AETiC.
Awards
Best Research Paper Award: Asia Symposium on Signal Processing, China 2021.
Invited talks
Speaker: Seminar at University of Bahrain on the Topic of “The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Next Generation Wireless Communications/Network Security.
Invited Speaker: The 11th International Conference on Computer and Communications management, Nagoya, Japan, August 4-6, 2023.
Invited Speaker: ICE CUBE Conference, Quetta, Pakistan, 2021.
Distinguish Speaker: ICE CUBE Conference, Quetta, Pakistan, 2021.
Session Chair: International Conf. on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation, China, 2020.
Session Chair: International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing and Technologies, Bahrain, 2022.
Research / Scholarly interests
Research Topics
- Wireless Communication (5G/6G)
- Vehicular Networks
- Cybersecurity
- Machine Learning
Research supervision
Doctoral Students
Akhtar Badshah (2022), “Blockchain-enabled secure communication in Smart Systems”
Hina Ayaz (2023), “Physical Layer Security in Vehicular Networks using Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces”
Samiullah (2021), Reliable Emergency Messages Dissemination Schemes for Road Safety in Vehicular Adhoc Networks”
Yuan Meng (2021), Mobile Fog Computing Security: A user-oriented Smart Attack Defense Strategy Based on BQL
Master Students
Fengming Huang (2022), “A Revocable and Outsourced Multi-authority Attribute-based Encryption Scheme in Fog Computing”.
Nadia Ali (2021), “Emotion Prediction from Resource Constrained Language using Multilingual Bert Model”.
Jialin Wan (2021), “Defense Scheme Against Advanced Persistent Threats in Mobile Fog Computing”.
Liu Meng (2021), “The Allocation and Reuse Scheme of Physical Cell Identification Based on Maximum Degree First Coloring Algorithm”.
Qiangqiang Lin (2021), “Tracking Areas Planning Based on Spectral Clustering in Small Cell Networks.