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.
Recent publications
Article
Peng, Tianqi , Gong, Bei, Guo, Chong, Badshah, Akhtar , Waqas, Muhammad , Alasmary, Hisham , Chen, Sheng (2025), An efficient conjunctive keyword searchable encryption for cloud-based IoT systems. Elsevier - KeAi Communications. In: , , , . Elsevier - KeAi Communications, Digital Communications and Networks 2352-8648 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcan.2025.03.002).
Hammad, Muhammad , Badshah, Akhtar, Almeer, Mohammed A., Waqas, Muhammad , Song, Houbing , Chen, Sheng , Han, Zhu (2025), Lightweight and robust key agreement for securing IIoT-driven flexible manufacturing systems. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Internet of Things 2327-4662 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3535846).
Yang, Qiong , Ma, Li, Ullah, Sami, Tu, Shanshan , Alasmary, Hisham , Waqas, Muhammad (2025), Blockchain-based trust model for inter-domain routing. Tech Science Press. In: , , , . Tech Science Press, Computers, Materials and Continua ISSN: 1546-2218 (Print), 1546-2226 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2025.059497).
Ai, Xin , Badshah, Akhtar, Tu, Shanshan, Waqas, Muhammad , Ahmad, Iftekhar (2025), An improved ultra-lightweight anonymous authenticated key agreement protocol for wearable devices. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC) ISSN: 1536-1233 (Print), 1558-0660 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2025.3526076).
Zeng, Dake , Badshah, Akhtar, Tu, Shanshan, Waqas, Muhammad , Han, Zhu (2025), A security-enhanced ultra-lightweight and anonymous user authentication protocol for Telehealthcare Information Systems. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC) ISSN: 1536-1233 (Print), 1558-0660 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2025.3526519).
Hossain, Kamal , Ahmad, Iftekhar, Habibi, Dayoush, Waqas, Muhammad (2024), Enhancing IoT sensors precision through sensor drift calibration with variational autoencoder. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2327-4662 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2024.3503616).
Bano, Shehr , Abbas, Ghulam, Bilal, Muhammad, Abbas, Ziaul Haq , Ali, Zaiwar , Waqas, Muhammad (2024), PHyPO: Priority-based Hybrid task Partitioning and Offloading in mobile computing using automated machine learning. Public Library of Science (PLoS). In: , , , . Public Library of Science (PLoS), PLoS ONE, 19: e0314198 (12) 1932-6203 (Online) (doi: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0314198).
Elahi, Ehsan , Anwar, Sajid, Al-kfairy, Mousa, Rodrigues, Joel J.P.C. , Ngueilbaye, Alladoumbaye , Halim, Zahid , Waqas, Muhammad (2024), Graph attention-based neural collaborative filtering for item-specific recommendation system using knowledge graph. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Expert Systems with Applications, 266: 126133 ISSN: 0957-4174 (Print), 1873-6793 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.126133) NB Item availability restricted.
Peng, Tianqi , Gong, Bei, Tu, Shanshan, Namoun, Abdallah , Alshmrany, Sami , Waqas, Muhammad , Alasmary, Hisham , Chen, Sheng (2024), Forward and backward private searchable encryption for cloud-assisted industrial IoT. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Sensors, 24: 7597 (23) 1424-8220 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/s24237597) NB Item availability restricted.
Guo, Chong , Gong, Bei, Waqas, Muhammad, Alasmary, Hisham , Tu, Shanshan , Chen, Sheng (2024), An efficient pairing-free ciphertext-policy attribute-based encryption scheme for Internet of Things. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Sensors, 24: 6843 (21) 1424-8220 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/s24216843).
Basit Dogar, Abdul , Ullah, Sami, Zhang, Yiran, Alasmary, Hisham , Waqas, Muhammad , Chen, Sheng (2024), Resilient TCP variant enabling smooth network updates for software-defined data center networks. Tsinghua University Press (TUP) - IEEE Xplore. In: , , , . Tsinghua University Press (TUP) - IEEE Xplore, Tsinghua Science and Technology, 29 (5) . pp. 1615-1632 1007-0214 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.26599/TST.2024.9010010).
Dawood, Muhammad , Tu, Shanshan, Xiao, Chuangbai, Haris, Muhammad , Alasmary, Hisham , Waqas, Muhammad , Rehman, Sadaqat Ur (2024), The impact of Domain Name Server (DNS) over Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) on cyber security: limitations, challenges, and detection techniques. Tech Science Press. In: , , , . Tech Science Press, Computers, Materials and Continua, 80 (3) . pp. 4513-4542 ISSN: 1546-2218 (Print), 1546-2226 (Online) (doi: https://www.techscience.com/cmc/v80n3/57854).
Ibrahim Ali, Isa , Namoun, Abdallah, Ullah, Sami, Alasmary, Hisham , Waqas, Muhammad , Ahmad, Iftekhar (2024), Infrared ship segmentation based on weakly-supervised and semi-supervised learning. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Access, 12 . pp. 117908-117920 2169-3536 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3448301).
Arshad, Usama , Halim, Zahid, Alasmar, Hisham, Waqas, Muhammad (2024), Futuristic decentralized vehicular network architecture and repairing management system on blockchain. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11 (13) . pp. 23604-23616 2327-4662 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2024.3386600).
Yang, Qiong , Ma, Li, Tu, Shanshan, Ullah, Sami , Waqas, Muhammad , Alasmary, Hisham (2024), Towards blockchain-based secure BGP routing, challenges and future research directions. Tech Science Press. In: , , , . Tech Science Press, Computers, Materials and Continua, 79 (2) . pp. 2035-2062 ISSN: 1546-2218 (Print), 1546-2226 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2024.049970).
Bai, Fenhua , Shen, Tao, Yu, Zhuo, Song, Jian , Gong, Bei , Waqas, Muhammad , Alasmary, Hisham (2024), Blockchain-enhanced time-variant mean field-optimized dynamic computation sharing in mobile network. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - IEEE Comunications Society / IEEE Signal Processing Society. In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - IEEE Comunications Society / IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 23 (9) . pp. 12140-12156 ISSN: 1536-1276 (Print), 1558-2248 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3388411).
Badshah, Akhtar , Abbas, Ghulam, Waqas, Muhammad, Muhammad, Fazal , Abbas, Ziaul Haq , Bilal, Muhammad , Song, Houbing (2024), Blockchain-assisted lightweight authenticated key agreement security framework for smart vehicles-enabled Intelligent Transportation System. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering ISSN: 1545-5955 (Print), 1558-3783 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2024.3381068).
Wang, Yilei , Sun, Xin, Zheng, Guiping, Rashid, Ahmar , Ullah, Sami , Alasmary, Hisham , Waqas, Muhammad (2024), Enhancing energy efficiency with a dynamic trust measurement scheme in power distribution network. Tech Science Press. In: , , , . Tech Science Press, Computers, Materials and Continua, 78 (3) . pp. 3909-3927 ISSN: 1546-2218 (Print), 1546-2226 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2024.047767).
Chen, Lei , Guo, Chong, Gong, Bei, Waqas, Muhammad , Deng, Lihua , Qin, Haowen (2024), A secure cross-domain authentication scheme based on threshold signature for MEC. Springer Open. In: , , , . Springer Open, Journal of Cloud Computing, 13 (70) . pp. 1-12 ISSN: 2192-113X (Print), 2192-113X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13677-024-00631-x).
Badshah, Akhtar , Abbas, Ghulam, Waqas, Muhammad, Tu, Shanshan , Abbas, Ziaul Haq , Muhammad, Fazal , Chen, Sheng (2024), USAF-IoD: Ultralightweight and Secure Authenticated key agreement Framework for Internet of Drones environment. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology ISSN: 0018-9545 (Print), 1939-9359 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2024.3375758).
Gong, Bei , Guo, Chong, Guo, Chong, Guo, Chen , Sun, Yao , Waqas, Muhammad , Chen, Sheng (2023), SLIM: a Secure and Lightweight Multi-Authority Attribute-Based Signcryption Scheme for IoT. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 19 . pp. 1299-1312 ISSN: 1556-6013 (Print), 1556-6021 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TIFS.2023.3331566).
Zhang, Jiangjian , Ning, Zhenhu, Waqas, Muhammad, Alasmary, Hisham , Tu, Shanshan , Chen, Sheng (2023), Hybrid edge-cloud collaborator resource scheduling approach based on deep reinforcement learning and multi-objective optimization. IEEE Computer Society. In: , , , . IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Transactions on Computer ISSN: 0018-9340 (Print), 1557-9956 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TC.2023.3326977).
Muhammad, Dawood , Tu, Shanshan, Xiao, Chuangbai, Alasmary, Hisham , Waqas, Muhammad , Rehman, Sadaqat (2023), Cyberattacks and security of cloud computing: a complete guideline. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Symmetry, 15: 1981 (11) . pp. 1-33 2073-8994 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15111981).
Tu, Shanshan , Waqas, Muhammad, Badshah, Akhtar, Yin, Mingxi , Abbas, Ghulam (2023), Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) based on Pseudo-Siamese Stacked Autoencoders in fog computing. IEEE. In: , , , . IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Service Computing, 16 (6) . pp. 4317-4327 1939-1374 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TSC.2023.3319953).
Zhang, Jiangjiang , Gong, Bei, Waqas, Muhammad, Tu, Shanshan , Chen, Sheng (2023), Many-objective optimization-based intrusion detection for in-vehicle network security. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems . pp. 1-15 ISSN: 1524-9050 (Print), 1558-0016 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2023.329600).
Tu, Shanshan , Badshah, Akhtar, Alasmary, Hisham, Waqas, Muhammad (2023), EAKE-WC: Efficient and Anonymous Authenticated Key Exchange scheme for wearable computing. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing ISSN: 1536-1233 (Print), 1558-0660 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2023.3297854).
Hammad, Muhammad , Badshah, Akhtar, Abbas, Ghulam, Alasmary, Hisham , Waqas, Muhammad , Khan, Waseem Ahmed (2023), A provable secure and efficient authentication framework for smart manufacturing industry. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Access, 11 . pp. 67626-6763 2169-3536 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3290913).
Zhang, Jiangjiang , Gong, Bei, Waqas, Muhammad, Tu, Shanshan , Han, Zhu (2023), A hybrid many-objective optimization algorithm for task offloading and resource allocation in multi-server mobile edge computing networks. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 16 (5) . pp. 3101-3114 1939-1374 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TSC.2023.3268990).
Tu, Shanshan , Haoyu, Yu, Badshah, Akhtar, Waqas, Muhammad , Halim, Zahid , Ahmad, Iftekhar (2023), Secure Internet of Vehicles (IoV) with decentralized consensus blockchain mechanism. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 72 (9) . pp. 11227-11236 ISSN: 0018-9545 (Print), 1939-9359 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2023.3268135).
Gong, Bei , Guiping, Zheng, Waqas, Muhammad (2023), LCDMA: Lightweight Cross-domain Mutual Identity Authentication scheme for Internet of Things. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 10 (14) . pp. 12590-12602 2327-4662 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2023.3252051).
Zhang, Jiangjiang , Ning, Zhenhu, Ali, Raja Hashim, Waqas, Muhammad , Tu, Shanshan , Ahmad, Iftekhar (2023), A many-objective ensemble optimization algorithm for the edge cloud resource scheduling problem. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing . pp. 1-18 ISSN: 1536-1233 (Print), 1558-0660 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2023.3235064).
Badshah, Akhtar , Waqas, Muhammad, Muhammad, Fazal, Abbas, Ghulam , Abbas, Ziaul Haq , Chaudhry, Shehzad Ashraf , Chen, Sheng (2022), AAKE-BIVT: Anonymous Authenticated Key Exchange scheme for Blockchain-Enabled Internet of Vehicles in smart Transportation. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , , . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24 (2) . pp. 1739-1755 ISSN: 1524-9050 (Print), 1558-0016 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2022.3220624).
Conference item
Ullah, Sana , Tu, Shanshan, Badshah, Akhtar, Waqas, Muhammad (2024), A robust anonymous authentication scheme for securing IoT-enabled healthcare services. In: 8th Cyber Security in Networking Conference (CSNet 2024) - AI for Cybersecurity, 4th - 6th December 2024, Paris, France , . , (doi: https://infosecmap.com/listing/csnet-2024-cyber-security-in-networking-conference/).
Sati, Omar Salem , Zhang, Jiangjiang, Tu, Shanshan, Waqas, Muhammad (2024), Performance evaluation of scheduling algorithms using CloudSim. In: NCIC 2024: The 2nd International Conference on Networks, Communications and Intelligent Computing, 22nd - 25th November, 2024, Beijing, China , . , (doi: https://www.icncic.org/).