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Wireless Sensor Networks, Wireless Body Area Networks, IoT, Cloud Computing
Pakistan

Biography

Ghufran Ahmed has been serving as Professor (Computer Science) at the Department of Computer Science, FAST NUCES since Jul 2023. He joined FAST NUCES in Jan 2020 as an Associate Professor. Before joining FAST, he served as Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan. He completed PostDoc in 2016 from Department of Computer Science and Digital Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. He has completed Ph.D. in 2013 from Department of Computer Science, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University (renamed to Capital University of Science and Technology), Islamabad. His areas of research are IoT, Wireless Sensor Networks, Wireless Body Area Networks and Cloud Computing. He started Ph.D. in 2006 from Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, GIK Institute, Topi, Swabi, KPK. He also worked as a visiting scholar at the CReWMaN Lab, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington in 2008–09.
He has served as a Guest Editor for the special sections of International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (IJDSN), Hindawi Journal of Sensors and Hindawi Journal of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing. He is also working as an Associate Editor for IEEE Access, Academic Editors for Hindawi J. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, and Hindawi J. Sensors. He is also serving as an Editorial Board Member of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks (AHSWN).

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Employment (5)

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences: Karachi, PK

2023-07-01 to present | Professor (Computer Science)
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National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences - Lahore Campus: Karachi, PK

2020-01-20 to 2023-06-30 | Associate Professor (Department of Computer Science)
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COMSATS University Islamabad: Islamabad, PK

2013-07-01 to 2020-01-17 | Assistant Professor (computer science)
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Northumbria University: Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

2014-09-03 to 2015-07-02 | PostDoc Fellow (Computer Science)
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The University of Texas at Arlington: Arlington, Texas, US

2008-05-01 to 2009-04-01 | Visiting Research Scholar (Computer Science)
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Education and qualifications (1)

Mohammad Ali Jinnah University: Islamabad, PK

2007-09-01 to 2013-05-25 | PhD (Computer Science)
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Professional activities (3)

IEEE: Washington, US

2018-10-02 to present | Member
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SAGE: London, GB

2018-09-01 to present | Lead Guest Editor (IJDSN)
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IEEE Access: Washington, US

2018-08-01 to present | Associate Editor
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Funding (2)

Monitoring and Prediction of Cows’ Health in Dairy Farms

2023-06 to 2025-06 | Grant
Higher Education Commission (Islamabad, Karachi, PK)
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Health Monitoring Using Wireless Body Area Networks

2016-09 to 2017-09 | Grant
Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (Islamabad, ICT, PK)
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21-906/SRGP/R&D/HEC/2016

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Empowering IoT Resilience: Hybrid Deep Learning Techniques for Enhanced Security

IEEE Access
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Maaz; Ghufran Ahmed; Ahmad Sami Al-Shamayleh; Adnan Akhunzada; Shahbaz Siddiqui; Abdulla Hussein Al-Ghushami
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Latency-Sensitive Function Placement among Heterogeneous Nodes in Serverless Computing

Sensors
2024-06-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Urooba Shahid; Ghufran Ahmed; Shahbaz Siddiqui; Junaid Shuja; Abdullateef Oluwagbemiga Balogun
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An integrated approach: using knowledge graph and network analysis for harnessing digital advertisement

Multimedia Tools and Applications
2023-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Siraj Munir; Rauf Ahmed Shams Malick; Syed Imran Jami; Ghufran Ahmed; Suleman Khan; Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues
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Investigating Novice Developers’ Code Commenting Trends Using Machine Learning Techniques

Algorithms
2023-01-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Tahira Niazi; Teerath Das; Ghufran Ahmed; Syed Muhammad Waqas; Sumra Khan; Suleman Khan; Ahmed Abdelaziz Abdelatif; Shaukat Wasi
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A Novel Markov Model-Based Traffic Density Estimation Technique for Intelligent Transportation System

Sensors
2023-01-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Hira Beenish; Tariq Javid; Muhammad Fahad; Adnan Ahmed Siddiqui; Ghufran Ahmed; Hassan Jamil Syed
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Criminal Behavior Identification Using Social Media Forensics

Electronics
2022-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Noorulain Ashraf; Danish Mahmood; Muath A. Obaidat; Ghufran Ahmed; Adnan Akhunzada
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Contemporary Study on Deep Neural Networks to Diagnose COVID-19 Using Digital Posteroanterior X-ray Images

Electronics
2022-09-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Saad Akbar; Humera Tariq; Muhammad Fahad; Ghufran Ahmed; Hassan Jamil Syed
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Complex Network Analysis of Mass Violation, Specifically Mass Killing

Entropy
2022-07-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Iqra Erum; Rauf Ahmed Shams Malick; Ghufran Ahmed; Hocine Cherifi
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Fuzzy-Logic-Based Privacy-Aware Dynamic Release of IoT-Enabled Healthcare Data

IEEE Internet of Things Journal
2022-03-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Hasina Attaullah; Tehsin Kanwal; Adeel Anjum; Ghufran Ahmed; Suleman Khan; Danda B. Rawat; Rizwan Khan
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PCA-Based Advanced Local Octa-Directional Pattern (ALODP-PCA): A Texture Feature Descriptor for Image Retrieval

Electronics
2022-01-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Qasim; Danish Mahmood; Asifa Bibi; Mehedi Masud; Ghufran Ahmed; Suleman Khan; Noor Zaman Jhanjhi; Syed Jawad Hussain
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An efficient routing protocol for internet of medical things focusing hot spot node problem

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Ahmed, Ghufran; Mehmood, Danish; Shahzad, Khurram; Malick, Rauf Ahmed Shams
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Exploiting Ontology Recommendation Using Text Categorization Approach

IEEE Access
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Azeem Sarwar; Mansoor Ahmed; Asad Habib; Muhammad Khalid; M. Akhtar Ali; Mohsin Raza; Shahid Hussain; Ghufran Ahmed
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An Approach towards IoT-Based Predictive Service for Early Detection of Diseases in Poultry Chickens

Sustainability
2021-12-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Ghufran Ahmed; Rauf Ahmed Shams Malick; Adnan Akhunzada; Sumaiyah Zahid; Muhammad Rabeet Sagri; Abdullah Gani
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Optimizing Prediction of YouTube Video Popularity Using XGBoost

Electronics
2021-11-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Meher UN Nisa; Danish Mahmood; Ghufran Ahmed; Suleman Khan; Mazin Abed Mohammed; Robertas Damaševičius
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Symptom Analysis Using Fuzzy Logic for Detection and Monitoring of COVID-19 Patients

Energies
2021-10-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Tayyaba Ilyas; Danish Mahmood; Ghufran Ahmed; Adnan Akhunzada
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Extending ONTAgri with Service-Oriented Architecture towards Precision Farming Application

Sustainability
2021-08-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Fahad; Tariq Javid; Hira Beenish; Adnan Ahmed Siddiqui; Ghufran Ahmed
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Content-based dynamic superframe adaptation for Internet of Medical Things

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Zia, Yousaf; Farhad, Arshad; Bashir, Faisal; Qureshi, Kashif Naseer; Ahmed, Ghufran
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E<SUP>2</SUP>-MACH: Energy efficient multi-attribute based clustering scheme for energy harvesting wireless sensor networks

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Haq, Inam Ul; Javaid, Qaisar; Ullah, Zahid; Zaheer, Zafar; Raza, Mohsin; Khalid, Muhammad; Ahmed, Ghufran; Khan, Saleem
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Multi-Feature View-Based Shallow Convolutional Neural Network for Road Segmentation

IEEE Access
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Junaid; Mubeen Ghafoor; Ali Hassan; Shehzad Khalid; Syed Ali Tariq; Ghufran Ahmed; Tehseen Zia
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Threshold temperature scaling: Heuristic to address temperature and power issues in MPSoCs

Microprocessors and Microsystems
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Shehzad, Muhammad Naeem; Bashir, Qaisar; Farooq, Umer; Ahmed, Ghufran; Raza, Mohsin; Kumar, Priyan Malarvizhi; Khalid, Muhammad
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Uncertainty Assisted Robust Tuberculosis Identification With Bayesian Convolutional Neural Networks

IEEE Access
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Zain Ul Abideen; Mubeen Ghafoor; Kamran Munir; Madeeha Saqib; Ata Ullah; Tehseen Zia; Syed Ali Tariq; Ghufran Ahmed; Asma Zahra
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Calculating Trust Using Multiple Heterogeneous Social Networks

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
2020-02-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Imran; Hasan Ali Khattak; David Millard; Thanassis Tiropanis; Tariq Bashir; Ghufran Ahmed
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A Novel Co-Training-Based Approach for the Classification of Mental Illnesses Using Social Media Posts

IEEE Access
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Subhan Tariq; Nadeem Akhtar; Humaira Afzal; Shahzad Khalid; Muhammad Rafiq Mufti; Shahid Hussain; Asad Habib; Ghufran Ahmad
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A Step towards the Improvement in the Performance of Text Classification

KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Hussain, Shahid; Mufti, Muhammad Rafiq; Sohail, Muhammad Khalid; Afzal, Humaira; Ahmad, Ghufran; Khan, Arif Ali
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Cooperative Routing for Energy Efficient Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

IEEE Access
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Aqeb Yahya; Saif Ul Islam; Maryam Zahid; Ghufran Ahmed; Mohsin Raza; Haris Pervaiz; Fucheng Yang
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Energy efficient edge-of-things

Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Toor, Asfa; ul Islam, Saif; Ahmed, Ghufran; Jabbar, Sohail; Khalid, Shehzad; Sharif, Abdullahi Mohamud
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Face recognition with Bayesian convolutional networks for robust surveillance systems

Eurasip Journal on Image and Video Processing
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Zafar, Umara; Ghafoor, Mubeen; Zia, Tehseen; Ahmed, Ghufran; Latif, Ahsan; Malik, Kaleem Razzaq; Sharif, Abdullahi Mohamud
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Thermal-aware resource allocation in earliest deadline first using fluid scheduling

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Shehzad, Muhammad Naeem; Bashir, Qaisar; Ahmad, Ghufran; Anjum, Adeel; Awais, Muhammad Naeem; Manzoor, Umar; Shaikh, Zeeshan Azmat; Balubaid, Muhammad A.; Saba, Tanzila
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Utilization and load balancing in fog servers for health applications

Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Khattak, Hasan Ali; Arshad, Hafsa; ul Islam, Saif; Ahmed, Ghufran; Jabbar, Sohail; Sharif, Abdullahi Mohamud; Khalid, Shehzad
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TAEO-A Thermal Aware & Energy Optimized Routing Protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks

Sensors
2019-07-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Mohsin Javed; Ghufran Ahmed; Danish Mahmood; Mohsin Raza; Kamran Ali; Masood Ur-Rehman
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Thermal and energy aware routing in wireless body area networks

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
2019-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Ghufran Ahmed; Danish Mahmood; Saiful Islam
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Counter Measuring Conceivable Security Threats on Smart Healthcare Devices

IEEE Access
2018 | Journal article
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EE-MRP: Energy-Efficient Multistage Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Khan, Muhammad Kamran; Shiraz, Muhammad; Ghafoor, Kayhan Zrar; Khan, Suleman; Sadiq, Ali Safaa; Ahmed, Ghufran
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Novel Algorithms for Reliability Evaluation of Remotely Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Personal Communications
2018 | Journal article
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Rigorous Analysis and Evaluation of Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for Mobile Multimedia Healthcare

IEEE Access
2018 | Journal article
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Towards Efficient Sink Mobility in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

Energies
2018-06 | Journal article
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EE-MRP: Energy-Efficient Multistage Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
2018-01-08 | Journal article
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Implanted Wireless Body Area Networks: Energy Management, Specific Absorption Rate and Safety Aspects

Ambient Assisted Living and Enhanced Living Environments: Principles, Technologies and Control
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: ul Islam, Saif; Ahmed, Ghufran; Shahid, Maham; Hassan, Najmul; Riaz, Muhammad; Jan, Hilal; Shakeel, Azfar
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Novel Algorithms for Reliability Evaluation of Remotely Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Personal Communications
2017 | Journal article
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Adaptive Power-Control Based Energy-Efficient Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Personal Communications
2017-06-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Ghufran Ahmed; Noor M. Khan
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BEEC: Balanced energy efficient circular routing protocol for underwater wireless sensor networks

8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS (INCOS)
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Hameed, Ahmad Raza; Javaid, Nadeem; ul Islam, Saif; Ahmed, Ghufran; Qasim, Umar; Khan, Zahoor Ali
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MC: Maximum coverage routing protocol for underwater wireless sensor networks

PROCEEDINGS OF 19TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS (NBIS)
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Sher, Arshad; Javaid, Nadeem; Ahmed, Ghufran; ul Islam, Saif; Qasim, Umar; Khan, Zahoor Ali
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RSM and VSM: Two New Routing Protocols for Underwater WSNs

8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS (INCOS)
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Ali, Babar; Javaid, Nadeem; ul Islam, Saif; Ahmed, Ghufran; Qasim, Umar; Khan, Zahoor Ali
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Power Control-based GRACE (PC-GRACE) Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Journal of Networking Technology Volume
2014 | Journal article
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Adaptive Power Control Based Energy Efficient Routing (APCEER) In Wireless Sensor Networks

2013 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Real-time gradient Cost Establishment (RT-GRACE) for an energy-aware routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, 2013 IEEE Eighth International Conference on
2013 | Conference paper
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Real-Time Gradient Cost Establishment (RT-GRACE) for an Energy-Aware Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

IEEE Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing
2013 | Conference paper
Contributors: Hassan, Najmul; Khan, Noor M.; Ahmed, Ghufran; Ramer, Rodica
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A Kalman filter based adaptive on demand transmission power control (AODTPC) algorithm for wireless sensor networks

International Conference on Emerging Technologies
2012 | Conference paper
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A Kalman filter based adaptive on demand transmission power control (AODTPC) algorithm for wireless sensor networks

Emerging Technologies (ICET), 2012 International Conference on
2012 | Conference paper
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Experimental evaluation of transmission power control strategies in wireless sensor networks

Emerging Technologies (ICET), 2012 International Conference on
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Review activity for Journal of ambient intelligence and humanized computing. (1)
Review activity for Journal of intelligent systems. (2)
Review activity for Journal of King Saud University. (1)
Review activity for Journal of universal computer science. (9)
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