Muhammad Waqas

Dr Muhammad Waqas PhD

Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security (Wireless Communications Security)

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Dr Muhammad Waqas

Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security (Wireless Communications Security)

Dr Muhammad Waqas is a Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity at the University of Greenwich (London, UK) and Head of the V2X Cyber Range Lab, where he contributes to research outputs, curriculum development, and module leadership in areas such as Computer Networks and Computer Forensics. He also serves as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Edith Cowan University (Perth, Australia). Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Bahrain and a Research Associate at Beijing University of Technology, China. He earned his PhD in Information and Communication Engineering from Tsinghua University, following MSc and BSc degrees in Electrical Engineering (Wireless Communication).

His research interests include wireless communications, vehicular networks, cybersecurity, and machine learning. In professional recognition, he is a Senior Member of IEEE and holds UK teaching recognition aligned with the UK Professional Standards Framework, including Fellowship (FHEA) (Sept. 2024 - Aug. 2025) and Associate Fellowship (AFHEA) (Sept. 2022 - Aug. 2023). His portfolio includes funded research projects (as PI/Co-PI/consultant), peer-reviewed research articles, a Best Research Paper Award (ASSP 2021), and invited talks/session chairing at international conferences and academic seminars.

Computer science and computing Computer science

Responsibilities within the university
  • Module Leader:
    • Computer Networks - COMP1560
    • Introduction to Computer Forensics - COMP1553
    • Computer Forensics 3 - COMP1812
    • Network Architecture and Services - COMP1617
  • Supervision to UG and PG (MSc & PhD) Students
  • Head of V2X Cyber Range Lab
  • Research & Scholarly Activity
  • ‎Moderator - Network Security - COMP1829

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
  • Guest Editor: Special Issue on “Federated Learning and Digital Twins for Intelligent Transportation System”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
  • Guest Editor: Special Issue on “Autonomous AI for Smart Healthcare”, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.
  • 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
  • UK Professional Standards Framework, including Fellowship (FHEA)
  • Best Research Paper Award: Asia Symposium on Signal Processing, China 2021.
Invited talks
  • Invited Speaker: The 13th International Conference on Computer and Communications Management, Okinawa, Japan, July 11-13, 2025.
  • Invited Speaker: The 13th International Conference on Computer and Communications Management, Okinawa, Japan, July 11-13, 2025.
  • Guest Speaker: Security and Privacy for Machine Learning in Engineering - Building Trust in AI at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia, 14 Aug. 2024.
  • Invited Speaker: The 12th International Conference on Computer and Communications Management, Kagoshima-shi, Japan, July 19-21, 2024.
  • 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
  1. Leonard Ikem, PhD, (Co-Supervision) , Thesis title: "Cybersecurity and Privacy Risk Management for Large Language Models (LLMs) - Powered Supply Chains”, (in progress) School of Computing and Mathematical Science, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, London, UK.
  2. Mudaqas Naz, PhD (Co-Supervision , Thesis title: "Privacy Analysis of Internet-Based Messaging Applications”, (in progress) School of Computing and Mathematical Science, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, London, UK.
  3. Irina Cretu, PhD, (Co-Supervision) , Thesis title: "”, (in progress) School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, London, UK.
  4. Xin Ai, PhD (Co-Supervision - External) , Thesis title: "Lightweight Authentication Protocol for the ITS/IoT/UAVs”, (in progress), Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
  5. Yong Wu, PhD (Co-Supervision - External) , Thesis title: "Privacy-Preserving and Traceable Certificateless Anonymous Mutual Authentication Scheme for IoT”, (in progress), Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
  6. Muhammad Dawood, PhD (Co-Supervision - External) , Thesis title: "Advanced Machine Learning Models for Encrypted DNS Traffic Detection and Security Assessment”, (in progress), Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
  7. Chong Guo, PhD (Co-Supervision - External) , Thesis title: "Attribute-Based Data Security Sharing Technology in IoTs, Graduated in June 2025, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China. Currently working as a Lecturer at the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, Communication University of China.
  8. Guiping Zheng, PhD .(Co-Supervision - External) , Thesis title: "Key Technologies of IoT Data Security Protection and Trusted Sharing”, Graduated in January 2025), Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China. Currently working as a consultant at State Grid Siji Digital Technology (Beijing), Co., Ltd.
  9. Jiangjiang Zhang, PhD. (Co-Supervision - External) , Thesis title: "Data Security and Privacy Preserving of IoTs Technologies”, Graduated in July 2024, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China. Currently working as a Lecturer at School of Computer and Information Technology, Shanxi University, China.
  10. Akhtar Badshah, PhD., (Co-Supervision) , Thesis title: "Authentication Key Exchange Schemes for Secure Communications in Smart Systems”, Graduated in June 2023, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan Currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Software Engineering, University of Malakand, Pakistan.
  11. Hina Ayaz, PhD., (Co-Supervision) , Thesis title: "Wireless Physical Layer Security Schemes for Beyond 5G Vehicular Communications”, Graduated in Nov. 2023, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan Currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan.
  12. Sami Ullah, PhD., (Co-Supervision) , Thesis title: "Reliable Emergency Messages Dissemination Schemes for Road Safety in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks”, Graduated in July 2022, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan Currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal, Pakistan.
  13. Qingwang Wang, PhD. (Co-Supervision - External) , Thesis title: "Joint Classification Method for Multi/Hyperspectral Image and Lidar Data”, Graduated in June 2020, Kunming University of Science and Technology. Currently working as a Professor/Dean’s assistant at Kunming University of Science and Technology, China.

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