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Dr Mohammad Haseeb Zafar

Department: Computer Science

Office/Location: Llandaff Campus

Telephone:

Email: mhzafar@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Staff 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.

Teaching

Teaching Taught following undergraduate/graduate courses:

  • Computer Programming in C++
  • Data Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Advanced Computer Networks
  • Computer Security
  • Wireless Communication
  • Mobile Networking
  • Wireless Networks
  • Performance Evaluation and Modelling of Communication Networks
  • Communication Systems
  • Digital Logic Design
  • Research Methodology 

Research Supervision

  • Undergraduate Students (More than 30 projects supervised).
  • M.Sc Students (More than 20 projects supervised).
  • PhD Students successfully supervised:
  1. Dr. Zeeshan Shafiq (June 2018)
    Research Area: Physical Analysis and Link-Level Enhancements in IEEE 802.11p for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. 
  2. Dr. Majid Ashraf (July 2018)
    Research Area: On-demand Routing and Quality of Service Support in the presence of unidirectional links in multihop wireless networks. 
  3. Dr. Durr-e-Nayab (September 2021)
    Research Area: Adaptive Expanding Ring Search based Per Hop Rendition of Routing in MANETs using Machine Learning Techniques.

  • PhD Students currently enrolled:
  1. Latif Jan
    Research Area: Research Area: Evaluating Ergodic Capacity for MIMO-RF OFDM and Outage-Error Rate Analysis using a Hybrid MIMO-RF UOWC System. 
  2. Jawad Ali
    Research Area: Embedding Intelligent Network Design in the Internet of Things (IoT) – Smart Sensing. 
  3. Imran Khan
    Research Area: MIMO in Wireless Networks.

Research

My main research interests lie in performance analysis of diverse computer and wireless communication networks & security. I am particularly interested in design, deployment and analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs), Wireless Mesh Networks, Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), Internet of Things (loT), 5G Networks, Routing, Network Traffic Estimation, Software Defined Networks, Machine 2 Machine Communications, Cryptographic Algorithms and Intelligent Transportation Systems.

I have acquired a number of research grants and have published/produced more than 90 technical journal and conference papers, all in well-reputed venues. I am a Senior Member of IEEE and lifetime member of Pakistan Engineering Council.

Key Publications

ISI Impact Factor Journal Articles 

  1. H. Zafar, I. Khan and M.O. Alassafi, "An Efficient Resource Optimization Scheme for D2D Communications", (accepted) Digital Communications and Networks, 2021. (Impact Factor: 6.797) 
  2. I.S. Ansari, L. Jan, Y. Tang, L. Yang and H. Zafar, "Outage and Error Analysis of Dual-Hop TAS/MRC MIMO RF-UOWC Systems", (accepted) IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2021. (Impact Factor: 5.978) 
  3. W.W. Aljaghthami, H. Zafar and A.Z. Attiah, “An Efficient Energy Aware Routing Mechanism for Wireless Body Area Networks”, Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 1111-1126, 2022. (Impact Factor: 3.772)
  4. L. Jan, H. Zafar, A. Waheed, M. Zareei and S. Goudarzi, “Ergodic Capacity Evaluation of Multi-hop Decode-and-Forward MIMO-OFDM Relaying Networks”, Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 3133-3145, 2021. (Impact Factor: 4.89) 
  5. D. Nayab, H. Zafar and A. Altalbe, "Prediction of Scenarios for Routing in MANETs Based on Expanding Ring Search and Random Early Detection Parameters Using Machine Learning Techniques", IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 47033-47047, 2021. (Impact Factor: 3.745) 
  6. D. Nayab, H. Zafar and M. Basheri, "Adaptive Expanding Ring Search Based Per Hop Behavior Rendition of Routing in MANETs", Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 1137-1152, 2021. (Impact Factor: 4.89) 
  7. H. Zafar, I. Khan and M. Basheri, "Matrix Inversion -Less Direct Decoding for Efficient Channel Estimation in 5G Massive MIMO Systems", IET Communications, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 865-871, 2020. (Impact Fact or: 1.779) 
  8. R.A. Khalil, E. Jones, M.I. Babar, T, Jan, H. Zafar and T. Alhussain, "Speech Emotion Recognition Using Deep Learning Techniques: A Review", IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 117327-117345, 2019. (Impact Factor: 4.098) 
  9. I. Khan, M.H. Alsharif, H. Zafar, M.O. Alassafi, M. Ashraf, Y. Huang, J. Kim and J.H. Kim, “An Efficient Algorithm for mmWave MIMO Systems”, Symmetry, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 1–13, June 2019. (Impact Factor: 2.143) 
  10. Z. Shafiq, R. Abbas, H. Zafar and M. Basheri, “Analysis and Evaluation of Random Access Transmission for UAV-assisted Vehicular-to-Infrastructure Communications”, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 12427–12440, 2019. (Impact Factor: 3.557) 
  11. K. Noor, T. Jan, M. Basheri, A. A;I, R.A. Khalil, H. Zafar, M. Ashraf, M.I. Babar and S.W. Shah, “Performances Enhancement of Fingerprint Recognition System using Classifiers”, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 5760–5768, 2019. (Impact Factor: 3.557) 
  12. I. Khan, H. Zafar, M. Ashraf and S. Kim, “Computationally Efficient Channel Estimation in 5G Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-output Systems”, Electronics, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 1–12, December 2018. (Impact Factor: 2.110) 
  13. I. Khan, H. Zafar, M.T. Jan, J. Lioret, M. Basheri and D. Singh, “Spectral and Energy Efficient Low-Overhead Uplink and Downlink Channel Estimation for 5G Massive MIMO Systems”, Entropy, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 1–23, February 2018. (Impact Factor: 1.821) 
  14. A. Hamza, T. Jan, A. Jehangir, S.W. Shah, H. Zafar and M. Asif, “A Novel Approach for Blind Estimation of Reverberation Time using Gamma Distribution Model”, Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 529–536, March 2016. (Impact Factor: 0.528) 
  15. I. Din, H. Anwar, I. Syed, H. Zafar and L. Hasan, “Calibration for Pattern Projection Systems”, Journal of Applied Research and Technology, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 80–86, February 2014. (Impact Factor: 0.355) 
  16. Faheem, S.A. Mahmud, G.M. Khan, M. Rahman and H. Zafar, “A Survey of Intelligent Car Parking Systems”, Journal of Applied Research and Technology, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 714–726, October 2013. (Impact Factor: 0.355) 
  17. S.A. Mahmud, G.M. Khan, H. Zafar, K. Ahmad and N Behttani, “A Survey on Femtocells: Benefits, Deployment Models and Proposed Solutions”, Journal of Applied Research and Technology, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 733–754, October 2013. (Impact Factor: 0.355) 
  18. L. Jan, H. Zafar, U. Ali and M.I. Babar, “Comprehensive approach towards the Feasibility of Radio over Fiber Technology for WiMAX Systems”, IETE Technical Review, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 200–209, May-June 2013. (Impact Factor: 0.724) 
  19. L. Hasan, M. Taouil and H. Zafar, “Performance Evaluation for Field Programmable Gate Array based Bioinformatics Sequence Alignment”, IETE Journal of Research, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 17–22, January-February 2013. (Impact Factor: 0.209) 
  20. H. Zafar, D. Harle, I. Andonovic, L. Hasan and S. Mahmud, “An Effective Capacity Estimation Scheme in IEEE802.11-based Ad Hoc Networks”, Journal of Applied Research and Technology, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 865–870, December 2012. (Impact Factor: 0.145) 
  21. L. Hasan and H. Zafar, “Performance versus Power Analysis for Bioinformatics Sequence Alignment”, Journal of Applied Research and Technology, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 920–928, December 2012. (Impact Factor: 0.145) 
  22. M. Zuhairi, H. Zafar and D. Harle, “The Impact of Mobility Models on the Performance of Mobile Ad Hoc Network Routing Protocol”, IETE Technical Review, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 414–420, September-October 2012. (ISI Impact Factor: 0.724) 
  23. H. Zafar, M. Zuhairi, D. Harle and I. Andonovic, “A Survey of Quality of Service-aware Routing Approaches for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”, IETE Technical Review, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 188–195, May-June 2012. (Impact Factor: 0.370) 
  24. H. Zafar, M. Zuhairi, D. Harle and I. Andonovic, “A Review of Techniques for the Analysis of Simulation Output”, IETE Technical Review, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 223–228, May-June 2012. (Impact Factor: 0.370) 
  25. M. Zuhairi, H. Zafar and D. Harle, “Dynamic Reverse Route for On-Demand Routing Protocol in MANET”, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 1354–1372, May 2012. (Impact Factor: 0.164) 
  26. H. Zafar, D. Harle, I. Andonovic and Y. Khawaja, “Performance Evaluation of Shortest Multipath Source Routing Scheme”, IET Communications in Special Issue on Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 700–713, May 2009. (Impact Factor: 0.345)

Other Projects and activities

Recent Research Projects as Principal Investigator 

  • Resource Allocation in D2D-V2V for 5G-enabled IoT Networks (2021-2022). 
  • Power Allocation in NOMA-CR for 5G Enabled IoT Networks (2021-2022). 
  • An Efficient Resource Optimization Scheme for Device-to-Device Communications (2020-2021). 
  • Matrix Inversion-Less Direct Decoding for Efficient Channel Estimation in SG Massive MIMO Systems (2019-2020). 


Editorial Board 

  • Journal of King Abdulaziz University Computing and Information Technology Sciences, 2018 – present.
  • International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications, 2012 - present. 
  • Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2012 – present. 
  • International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security, 2016 – present. 


Conference / Seminar / Workshop Organiser 

  • Co-Chair, Workshop on Outcome Based Education/Outcome based Assessment, UET Peshawar, Pakistan, 2017. 
  • Session Chair, Fund Winning Opportunities for Academia and Industry, UET Peshawar, Pakistan, 2016. 
  • 2nd Invention to Innovation Summit, UET Peshawar, Pakistan, 2016. 
  • 3rd Conference on Sustainability in Process Industries, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2016. 
  • Seminar on FYP Guide, IEEE student chapter, UET Peshawar, Pakistan, 2016. 
  • Seminar on Medical Signal Processing, IEEE student chapter, UET Peshawar, Pakistan, 2016. 
  • IEEE International Conference of Emerging Technologies (ICET), Peshawar, Pakistan, 2015. 
  • Seminar on FYP Guide, IEEE student chapter, UET Peshawar, Pakistan, 2015. 


Member Technical Program Committee – International Conferences

  • ​International Symposium on Cloud Computing and Cyber-Security, Venice, Italy, 2017. 
  • International Workshop on Cyber-Security in IoT-based Healthcare Systems & Cloud Computing, Leuven, Belgium, 2017. 
  • 4th International Workshop on Mobile Applications, Prague, 2017. 
  • 9th IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition, Manama, Bahrain, 2017. 
  • International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, Manipal, India, 2017.
  • IEEE International Conference of Emerging Technologies (ICET), Peshawar, Pakistan, 2016. 
  • IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2016. 
  • 2nd International Symposium on Web of Things and Big Data (WoTBD), London, UK, 2016. 
  • Global Summit on Computer and Information Technology, Tunisia, 2015. 
  • 2015 International Symposium on Web of Things and Big Data (WoTBD), Manama, Bahrain, 2015. 
  • IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2015.


Judging Panel 

  • Best IT Innovation Awards, in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), 2016, Islamabad, Pakistan. 
  • Best IT Innovation Awards, in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), 2015, Islamabad, Pakistan. 
  • Best IT Innovation Awards, in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), 2014, Islamabad, Pakistan. 
  • Best IT Innovation Awards, in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), 2013, Islamabad, Pakistan. 
  • Various technical competitions at the university level. 


Reviewer of International Journals 

  • IEEE Access 
  • IEEE Communications Letters 
  •  IEEE Sensors 
  • CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua 
  • IET Communications 
  • IET Networks 
  • IET Electronics Letters 
  • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems 
  • Smart Computing Review 
  • Journal of Communications (John Wiley) 
  • International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems (IJCDS) 
  • Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (JEAS) 
  • Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) 
  • Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 


Reviewer of International Conferences 

  • IEEE International Conference of Communications (ICC), 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015. 
  • IEEE International Conference of Emerging Technologies (ICET), 2006, 2010 - 2016. 
  • IEEE GLOBECOM, 2008 and 2012. 
  • IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2009, 2011 and 2012. 
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2010. 
  • IEEE CyberC, 2010. 
  • IEEE International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST), 2014. 
  • IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, 2012 – 2016. 
  • Conference on Information Assurance and Cyber Security, 2014. 
  • IEEE International Multi-Topic conference (INMIC), 2015, 2016. 
  • International Conference on Computing, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, 2016.

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