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Dr Imran Baig

Department: Department of Computer Science

Office/Location: Cardiff School of Technologies, Llandaff Campus

Telephone:

Email: IBaig@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Staff Overview

Imran Baig, PhD, FHEA (UK), CEng (EC, UK), M-IET (UK), M-BCS (UK), SM-IEEE (US) is the Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the Cardiff School of Technologies (CST), Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, M.Sc. in Computer Engineering, and M.Sc. in Computer Science from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia; the Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE), Islamabad, Pakistan; and Computer Science College, Islamabad, Pakistan, respectively.

He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), a Member of the IET (MIET), a Professional Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS), and a Senior Member of the IEEE (SMIEEE). He has over 22 years of experience in higher education, including teaching and learning, curriculum development, research and development, student advising and mentoring, and academic administration. His research focuses on 5G/6G Communication Networks, AI-enabled Networking, Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks, Cyber Security, Smart Computing, Intelligent Systems, Object Oriented Analysis & Design, and Software Engineering.

He has supervised several independent studies and research projects at the UG and PG levels. He has published 66 research papers, including 40 as first author (41 Journal Publications, 23 IEEE Conference Proceedings, and 2 Book Chapters). According to Google Scholar, he has over 1500 citations with an h-index of 18 and an i10-index of 27. He was also awarded the Sultanate of Oman's highest TRC research award, the National Research Award 2018 (NRA 2018), in the category of Information and Communication Technologies. He founded the International Journal of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE, founded in December 2012).

Teaching

​​I have more than 22 years of teaching and research experience in the higher education sector, during which I had the opportunity to design and demonstrate laboratories, deliver lectures and seminars, advise/supervise the undergraduate (UG) as well as postgraduate (PG) students, and publish my research work in the top ranked IEEE proceedings and high impact factor journals. I have taught in four different regions: The Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Gulf and Europe (Pakistan, Malaysia, Oman and The UK), where I designed, developed, and delivered various modules related to computer science and engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, computer and communication engineering, and cyber security at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. At present, I am teaching the following module.

  1. CIS5005 Developing Quality Software & Systems
  2. CMP4010 Computational Thinking
  3. SEN4002 Software Design & Development

Research

​​My research focuses on the intersection of 5G/6G, Cybersecurity, Mobile Computing, Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. My current and future research interests are as under: -

  1. Fog, Edge and Cloud Computing, Intelligent Systems, Smart Computing
  2. Cyber Security (IoT Security, Applied Cryptography, Blockchain Security)
  3. Software Engineering, Software Quality Assurance, Data Structures and Algorithms
  4. Computer Networking, Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, IoT Embedded Systems
  5. Signal Processing for Communication Engineering, 5G/6G Networks, Internet of Things (IoT)
  6. Artificial Intelligence (including Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning)

Key Publications

  1. Imran Baig, N Ul Hasan, P Valsalan, M Zghaibeh “Energy Efficient Multicast Communication in Cognitive Radio Wireless Mesh Network” Sensors (MDPI), 22 (15), 2022.
  2. Imran Baig, U Farooq “Efficient Detailed Routing for FPGA Back-End Flow Using Reinforcement Learning” Electronics (MDPI), 11 (14), 2022.
  3. Imran Baig, Umer Farooq, Najam Ul Hasan, M. Zghaibeh, and Ahthasham Sajid “A New Power Domain UFMC Waveform Design for Underwater Optical Communication System” The Journal of Internet Technology, 22(2), 2021. (Web of Science, IF: 0.786)
  4. Imran Baig, Umer Farooq, Najam Ul Hasan, M. Zghaibeh, and Varun Jeoti “A Multi-Carrier Waveform Design for 5G and Beyond Communication Systems” Mathematics (MDPI), September 2020. (Web of Science, Q1, IF: 1.70)
  5. M. Zghaibeh, Umer Farooq, Najam Ul Hasan, Imran Baig, "SHealth: A Blockchain-Based Health System with Smart Contracts Capabilities," IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 70030-70043, 2020. (Web of Science, Q1, IF: 4.640)
  6. Umer Farooq, Najam Ul Hasan, Imran Baig and Naeem Shehzad, “Efficient adaptive framework for Securing the Internet of Things devices” Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 210 (2019), 2019. (Web of Science, Q2, IF: 1.830)
  7. Imran Baig, Umer Farooq and Muhammad Imran"A Hybrid Procoding and Filtering Based Uplink MC-LNOMA Scheme for 5G Cellular Networks with Reduced PAPR” Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (Wiley), Vol. 29, No. 10, pp. 4-30, 2018. (Web of Science, Q2, IF: 1.670)
  8. Muhammad Ayaz, Mohammad Ammadu Din, Imran Baig, el-Hadi M. Aggoune, “Wireless Sensor's Civil Applications, Prototypes and Future Integration Possibilities: A Review,” IEEE Sensors Journal, 18 (1), pp. 4-30, 2018. (Web of Science, Q1, IF: 3.780)
  9. Imran Baig, “A Precoding Based Multicarrier Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Scheme for 5G Cellular Networks,” IEEE Access, Vol. 5, 2017. (Web of Science, Q1, IF: 4.640)
  10. Imran Baig, Varun Jeoti, Ata ul Aziz and Muhammad Ayaz, “PAPR Reduction in Mobile WiMAX: A Novel DST Precoding Based Random Interleaved OFDMA Uplink System”, Wireless Networks, 20 (5), pp. 1213-1222, 2014. (Web of Science, Q2, IF: 2.36)
  11. Imran Baig, Varun Jeoti and M Drieberg, “On the PAPR Reduction in LTE-Advanced: Precoding Based SLM-LOFDMA Uplink Systems,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 38, No.5, pp. 1075-1086, 2013. (Web of Science, Q2, IF: 1.70)
  12. Imran Baig and Varun Jeoti, “A ZCMT Precoding Based Multicarrier OFDM System to Minimize the High PAPR,” Wireless Personal Communications (Springer), Vol. 68, No.3, pp 1135-1145, 2013. (Web of Science, Q3, IF: 0.929)
  13. Imran Baig and Varun Jeoti, “Zadoff–Chu Matrix Transform Precoding-Based Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access Uplink Systems: A Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Performance,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (Springer), Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 613-620, 2013. (Web of Science, Q2, IF: 1.70)
  14. Muhammad Ayaz, Imran Baig, Azween Abdullah, Ibrahima Faye, “A Survey on Routing techniques in Under Water Wireless Sensor Networks,” Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Vol. 34, No. 6, 2011. (Web of Science, Q1, IF: 5.273)

Other Projects and activities

​​Professional Activities

  1. Founding Editor-in-Chief: International Journal of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (Est. December 2012)
  2. Associate Editor: IEEE Access, IGI Global, Springer-Open
  3. Funding Proposal Reviewer: Deanship of Scientific Research, KSA, The Research Council (TRC), Oman
  4. Designated Reviewer: Wireless Personal Communication, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, IET Communications, IEEE Access, IEEE Communication Letters, China Communications


External Links

​​https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3142-6958

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