Dr Mohammad Zafar
Senior Lecturer in Computer Security
Cardiff School of Technologies
Overview
Mohammad Haseeb Zafar is a is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Technologies at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff. Prior to this he was a Professor in the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He served as Head of the Postgraduate Committee and led on all matters connected with the promotion of postgraduate studies and research in the department. He obtained research grants on IoT and 5G Networks from the Deanship of Scientific Research, Ministry of Education.
He was also a Professor in the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan. He served as Secretary Board of Advanced Studies and Research and led on all matters connected with the promotion of postgraduate studies and research in the University. He was a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Intelligent Dynamic Communication in the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. Previously, from September 2011 to August 2012 he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Strathclyde where he was involved in a 1.3M£ project awarded by Technology Strategy Board (TSB) on Animal Electronic Recording, Transmission and Synthesis (ALERTS) using WSN.
He earned his PhD degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) from the University of Strathclyde in 2009. From April 2006 to November 2009, he was the recipient of research fund award by University of Engineering and Technology and a prestigious research scholarship by the University of Strathclyde. He earned his Master degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from George Washington University, Washington DC, USA in 2003. From September 2001 to January 2003, he was part time permanent employee at ECE Labs. Prior to joining George Washington University, he was an Executive Engineer at SIEMENS Pakistan where he was actively involved in technical planning, engineering & configuration of various products & systems. He earned his Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering with Honours and distinction from UET Peshawar in 1996.
Research Publications
A fog-assisted group-based truth discovery framework over mobile crowdsensing data streams
Alamri, B. H. S., Monowar, M. M., Alshehri, S., Zafar, M. H. & Anwar, M. (Editor), 26 Aug 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 8 August, p. e0330656 e0330656.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Adaptive Routing Strategies for Optimisation in MANETs Through Integration of Expanding Ring Search and Random Early Detection Using Machine Learning
Nayab, D., Zafar, M. H. & Sher, M., 29 Jul 2025, In: IET Networks. 14, 1, e70005.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluation of Learning-Based Models for Crop Recommendation in Smart Agriculture
Bakr, M. A., Khan, A. J., Khan, S. D., Zafar, M. H., Ullah, M. & Ullah, H., 24 Jul 2025, In: Information (Switzerland). 16, 8, p. 632 1 p., 632.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sub‐ THz Antenna With Graphene Enabled Beam Steering for THz Communication
Nawaz, S., Sethi, W. T., Jan, L. & Zafar, M. H., 4 Jul 2025, In: Engineering Reports. 7, 8, e70221.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Group Reliability-Aware Incentive Mechanism over Mobile Crowdsensing Data Streams
Alamri, B. H. S., Monowar, M. M., Alshehri, S. & Zafar, M. H., 2 Jun 2025, In: IETE Technical Review (Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India). 42, 3, p. 393-405 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hybridization and artificial intelligence in optimizing university examination timetabling problem: A systematic review
Ghaffar, A., Din, I. U., Tariq, A. & Zafar, M. H., 20 May 2025, In: Review of Education. 13, 2, e70071.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Sophisticated Ensemble Deep Learning Approaches for Multilabel Retinal Disease Classification in Medical Imaging
Amir, A., Jan, T., Zafar, M. H. & Khattak, S. K., 9 Apr 2025, In: CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology. 10, 4, p. 1159-1173 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Optimized FFT Designs for High-Performance LTE and 5G Networks
Khan, D., Jan, L. & Zafar, M. H., 11 Feb 2025, In: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Self correction fractional least mean square algorithm for application in digital beamforming
Shah, S. A. A., Jan, T., Shah, S. M., Raja, M. A. Z., Zafar, M. H., Haq, S. U. & Chaudhary, S. (Editor), 21 Jun 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 6, p. e0304018 e0304018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Automatic plant disease detection using computationally efficient convolutional neural network
Rizwan, M., Bibi, S., Haq, S. U., Asif, M., Jan, T. & Zafar, M. H., 13 Jun 2024, In: Engineering Reports. 6, 12, e12944.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review