Yasir Faheem (Ph.D.)

Professional Experience:

• Associate Professor, School of Engineering Applied Science, and Technology, Canadian University Dubai [August 2023 - till date]

• Associate Professor, NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science      [October, 2020 - August 2023] (Currently on long leave)

• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad   [March, 2013 - September, 2020] 

• Lecturer (ATER in French), Université Paris Nord, France   [September, 2011 - August, 2012]

Education:

• Ph.D. (Computer Science), Université Paris Nord, France   [2012]

• MS (Networks and Distributed Systems), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France   [2008]

• BS (Computer Science), FAST NUCES   [2006] (Silver Medalist)

Teaching Experience:

• UG courses: Mobile application development, communication networks, LAN switching and routing, data structures & algorithms, design & analysis of algorithms, OOP, logic for computing science, and DBMS.

• PG courses: Cyber Forensics, algorithmic game theory, internet-of-things, advanced wireless networks, and advanced social networks.

• Looking Forward teach the following courses: Machine learning, web development, penetration testing, network operating systems, and blockchain technologies.

Funded Projects:

• Co-Principal Investigator

Project Title: An AI enabled quasi-real-time water quality monitoring for early chemical and/or bio-contamination detection 

Funding Body:  TEINN Asi@Connect                                                                            Grant: 150,000 Euros

Project Duration: March 2022 - February 2023

• Co-Principal Investigator

Project Title: PEEOS: Phenology Estimation of Rice and Wheat in Pakistan using Earth Observation Satellite Images

Funding Body: HEC-NRPU                                                                                                   Grant: PKR 13 Million

Project Duration: 3 years starting from March, 2022

Research Interests:

Routing, medium access control, resource allocation and security related issues in:

• Internet of Things

• Cloud Computing

• Mobile Ad hoc Networks (vehicular networks, opportunistic networks, sensor networks)

• Smart Grids

       Moreover, I am interested in the applications of algorithmic game theory to various research domains.

Publications:

Google Scholar Profile

Books

Book Chapters

• • M. H. Rehmani, Y. Faheem, Data Dissemination and Channel Selection in Cognitive Radio Networks, Book chapter in Evolution of Cognitive Networks and Self-Adaptive Communication Systems, Editors: Thomas Lagkas, Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, Malamati Tenia, Periklis and Chatzimisios, IGI Global USA, 2013

Journals (Total Impact Factor: 67.2)

• • [J15] M. M. Qirtas, Y. Faheem, M. H. Rehmani, A Cooperative Mobile Throwbox-Based Routing Protocol for Social-Aware Delay Tolerant Networks, Springer Wireless Networks, 2020 [IF = 2.4] 

  • [J14] R. Niazi, Y. Faheem, A Bayesian Game-Theoretic Intrusion Detection System for Hypervisor-Based Software Defined Networks in Smart Grids , IEEE Access, 2019 [IF=4.09]

  • [J13] A. Haq, Y. Faheem, A Peer-to-Peer Communication based Content Distribution Protocol for Incentive-Aware Delay Tolerant Networks, Springer Wireless Networks, 2019 [IF = 2.4]

  • [J12] S. Ali, A. Ahmad, Y. Faheem, M. Altaf, H. Ullah, Energy-efficient RRH-association and resource allocation in D2D enabled multi-tier 5G C-RAN, Springer Telecommunication Systems, 2019 [IF = 1.7]

  • [J11] H. Khelifi, S. Luo, B. Nour, H. Moungla, Y. Faheem, R. Hussain, A. Ksentini, Named Data Networking in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks: State of the Art and Challenges, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 2019  [ IF= 22.97]

  • [J10] M. Fahimullah, Y. Faheem, N. Ahmad, A Bi-Objective Game-Theoretic Model for Collaboration Formation Between Software Development Firms, PLOS ONE, 2019, [IF = 2.77]

  • [J9] M. Fahimullah, Y. Faheem, N. Ahmad, Collaboration Formation and Profit Sharing Between Software Development Firms: A Shapely Value Based Cooperative Game, IEEE Access, 2019, [IF = 4.09]

  • [J8] N. Islam, Y. Faheem, I. U. Din, et. al., A Blockchain-based Fog Computing Framework for Activity Recognition as an Application to e-Healthcare Services, Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, 2019 [IF = 5.7]

  • [J7] S. Khan, N. Islam,  Z. Jan, I. Din, A. Khan, Y. Faheem, An e-Health Care Services Framework for the Detection and Classification of Breast Cancer in Breast Cytology Images as an IoMT Application, Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, 2019 [IF = 5.7]

  • [J6] M. U. Hassan, M. H. Rehmani, Y Faheem, Performance Evaluation of Broadcasting Strategies in Cognitive Radio Networks, Springer Wireless Networks, 2017. [IF = 1.98]

  • [J5] R. Ullah, Y. Faheem, B. S. Kim, Energy and Congestion-Aware Routing Metric for Smart Grid AMI Networks in Smart City, IEEE Access, July 2017  [IF = 3.24]

  • [J4] M. Qirtas, Y. Faheem, M. H. Rehmani, Throwboxes in Delay Tolerant Networks: A Survey of Placement Strategies, Buffering Capacity, and Mobility Models, Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2017  [IF = 3.50]

  • [J3] Y. Faheem. S. Boudjit, Duty-Cycle SN-MPR Algorithm for Mobile Sink Wireless Sensor Networks, IET Wireless Sensor Systems, 2015 [ISI indexed]

  • [J2] Z. A. Khan, Y. Faheem, Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks: Smart Communication for Smart Grids - A Case Study of Pakistan, Elsevier Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 [IF = 5.62]

  • [J1] M. A. Qureshi, M. I. Khan, Y. Faheem et. al., Reactive GTS Allocation Protocol for Sporadic Events Using the IEEE 802.15.4, Hindawi's Journal of Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2014 [IF = 1.08]

Conferences and Workshops

• • [C4] Y. Faheem, S. Boudjit, TABA: A Traffic-Aware Channel Selection Protocol for 802.15.4 Based Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of the twelfth ACM international symposium on Mobile ad hoc networking and computing (MOBIHOC), Paris, 2011 (short paper)

  • [W1] Y. Faheem, S. Boudjit, Traffic-aware Adaptive-Bandwidth Channel Selection Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks, IWSOS workshop, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2011

  • [C3] Y. Faheem, S. Boudjit, & K. Chen, Dynamic Sink Location Update Scope Control Mechanism for Mobile Sink Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of Wireless On-Demand Networks Conference (WONS), Italy, 2011

  • [C2] Y. Faheem, S. Boudjit & K. Chen, Data Dissemination Strategies in Mobile Sink Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey, in Proceedings of IFIP Wireless Days Conference , Paris, France, 2009

  • [C1] Y. Faheem, J. L. Rougier, Loop avoidance for fish-eye OLSR in Sparse Wireless Mesh Networks, in Proceedings of the Sixth international conference on Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services (WONS), IEEE Press, 2009, 215-218

Technical Program Committee Member:

• • IEEE ICC Conference, 2020

  • IEEE ICC Conference, 2019

  • IEEE ICC Conference, 2018

  • FEMC, 2016

  • IEEE ICC Conference, 2015

  • IEEE ICC Conference, 2014

  • IEEE GLOBECOM Conference, 2014

  • ICCVE Conference, 2014

  • ICCVE Conference, 2013

  • IEEE ISCAIE, 2014

Reviewing Activities

• • Elsevier Computer Networks Journal

  • Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications

  • IET Wireless Sensor Systems Journal

  • IEEE ICC Conference 2014

  • IEEE GLOBECOM Conference 2014

  • IEEE GLOBECOM Conference 2011

  • IEEE ICC Conference 2011

  • IFIP Wireless Days Conference 2010

  • IFIP Wireless Days Conference 2009

Departmental Services:

Department of Computing, SEECS-NUST (Since October, 2020)

• • Revision of the curriculum of BSCS degree program as per guidelines of National Computing Education Accreditation Council  (NCEAC).

  • Mapped the BSCS program as per the requirements of:

    •  Undergraduate Education Policy, 2020 of HEC and 

    • National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC)

  • Team lead of the committee to prepare self assessment reports of the following four post graduate degree programs: 

    • MS(IT) 

    • Ph.D. (IT) 

    • MS (Information Security) 

    • Ph.D. (Information Security)

Computer Science Department, COMSATS University Islamabad (2013-2020):

• • Convener of the Course Mentors Committee

  • Member of ABET Continuous Assessment and Improvement Committee

  • Member of Graduate Thesis Committee

  • Member of Departmental Academic Review Committee

  • Member of Undergraduate Final Year Projects Committee

  • Member of class counselors committee

Contact Details:

Email: firstname.lastname "at_the_rate_of" seecs.edu.pk

Office: A-205, Faculty Block, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National University of Sciences and Technology, Sector H-12, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.