Dr Muhammad Imran - Research
Publications summary
Publications breakdown
Category | Number of Publications |
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Peer-reviewed Journal/Magazine Papers | 200 |
Peer-reviewed Conference Proceeding Papers | 90 |
Books Edited | 2 |
Books Chapters | 1 |
Editorials | 16 |
Total | 309 |
Google Scholar citations summary
Category | Citation count |
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Number of citations | 9051 |
h-index | 47 |
i-index | 156 |
Top cited paper citations | 563 |
2nd highest cited paper citations | 452 |
3rd highest cited paper citations | 381 |
Books
- F. Al-Turjman, M. Imran, IoT Technologies in Smart-Cities: From sensors to big data, security
and trust, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Jun, 2020, ISBN: 978-1785618697,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/IoT-Technologies-Smart-Cities-security-
Robotics/dp/1785618695 - M. Imran, A. M. Said, M. Younis “Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks: Localized Movement
Control Algorithms for Maintaining Coverage and Connectivity” Lambert Academic
Publishing, Aug, 2011, ISBN: 978-3-8454-2946-5, Germany.
https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Sensor-Actor-Networks-Connectivity/dp/3845429461
Book chapters
- D. Mahmood, N. Javaid, M. Imran, U. Qasim, Z. A. Khan, “Data Fusion for Orientation Sensing
in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks using Smart Phones”, Intelligent Data-Centric
Systems, Elsevier, 2016.
Editorials
- M. A. Attia, M. Imran, Industrial Internet of Things for Automotive Industry - New Directions,
Challenges and Applications, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 142, August
2020, 106751. - G. Han, Y. Bi, M. Guizani, J. Lloret, M. Imran, A Rayes, K Gao, Emerging Information and
Communication Technologies for Autonomous Driving, IEEE Wireless Communications, Vol.
26(4), pp. 4-5, Aug, 2019. (SCIE, IF – 11.00, Q1). Rank 2/155 (Top 2%). - G. Han, M. Imran, Danda B. Rawat, S. Chan, Fatos Xhafa, Emerging Trends, Issues and
Challenges in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks, IEEE Access, 2019. - M. Imran, J. M. Batalla, C. X. Mavromoustakis, E. Ahmed, T. Hayajneh, Economic Aspects of
Cybersecurity and Privacy, Future Generation Computing Systems, 2019 - K. Psannis, J. M. Batalla, M. Imran, W. Guibene, T. Taniguchi, Roadmap to 5G: Rising to the
Challenge, IEEE Access, 2019. - J. Wan, C. Lai, H. Song, M. Imran, D. Jia, Software-Defined Industrial Internet of Things,
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Vol. 2019, Article ID 7947638, 2 pages.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/7947638 - E. Ahmed, M. Imran, A. Zomaya, A. Rayes, J. J. P. C. Rodrigues, W. Guibene, Enabling Wireless
Communications & Networking Technologies of Edge Computing, IEEE Communications
Magazine, Vol. 56 (9), pp. 94 – 95, Sept, 2018. - M. Imran, S. Jabbar, N. Chilamkurti, J. J. P. C. Rodrigues, Enabling Technologies for Social
Internet of Things, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 92 (3), pp. 715-717, March,
2019. - E. Ahmed, I. Yaqoob, M. Imran, R. Buyya, M. Devetsikiotis, L. Atzori, Real-Time Edge Analytics
for Big Data in Internet of Things, IEEE Access, 2018. - M. Imran, J. J. P. C. Rodrigues, A. E. Kamal, E. Ahmed, F. Xia, I. Awan, Survivability Strategies
for Emerging Wireless Networks, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, pp. 225219 – 225225, Dec, 2020. - A. Kamal, M. Imran, H. Chen, A. V. Vasilakos, Survivability Strategies for Emerging wireless
networks, Computer Networks, Vol. 128, pp. 1-196, Dec, 2017. - M. Imran, A. V. Vasilakos, T. Hayajneh, N. Xiong Topology Control in Emerging Sensor
Networks, Sensors, Jun, 2017. - M. Imran, E. Ahmed, M. Guizani, A. Rayes, J. Lloret, G. Han, W. Guibene, Enabling Mobile and
Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities: Part 3, IEEE Communications Magazine, Magazine,
Vol. 55 (5), pp. 24-25, May, 2017. - M. Imran, E. Ahmed, M. Guizani, A. Rayes, J. Lloret, G. Han, W. Guibene, Enabling Mobile and
Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities: Part 2, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 55 (3),
pp. 12-13, Mar, 2017. - E. Ahmed, M. Imran, M. Guizani, A. Rayes, J. Lloret, G. Han, W. Guibene, Enabling Mobile and
Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 55 (1), pp. 74-
75, Jan, 2017. - M. Imran, S. Ullah, A. Yasar, A. V. Vasilakos, S. Hussain, Enabling Technologies for Next-
Generation Sensor Networks: Prospects, Issues, Solutions, and Emerging
Trends. IJDSN 11: 634268:1-634268:2 (2015).
Peer-reviewed journal/magazine papers
Accepted
- A. Mohamed, M. Hamdan, S. Khan, A. Abdelaziz, S. F. Babiker, M. Imran, Software-Defined
Networks for Resource Allocation in Cloud Computing: A Survey, Computer Networks, May,
2021. - M. Bada, D. E. Boubiche, N. Lagraa, C. A. Kerrache, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, A Policy-based
Solution for the Detection of colluding GPS-Spoofing attacks in FANETs, Transportation
Research Part A: Policy and Practice, May, 2021. (SCIE, IF – 3.992, Q1). - F. Ullah, S. M. E. Sepasgozar, M. J. Thaheem, Changxin Cynthia Wang, M. Imran, It’s all about
Perceptions: A DEMATEL approach to exploring user perceptions of real estate online
platforms, Ain Shams Engineering Journal, May, 2021. - H. Dai, Y. Wu, H. Wang, M. Imran, N. Haider, Blockchain-empowered Edge Intelligence for
Internet of Medical Things Against COVID-19, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, June, 2021. - M. J. Anwar, A. Q. Gill, F. K. Hussain, M. Imran, Secure Big Data Ecosystem Architecture:
Challenges and Solutions, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking,
May, 2021. - F. Ullah, F. Al-Turjman, S. Qayyum, H. Inam, M. Imran, Advertising through UAVs: Optimized
path system for delivering smart real estate advertisement materials, International Journal of
Intelligent Systems, Mar, 2021. (SCIE, IF – 10.312, Q1). Rank 6/137, Top 5%). - S. K. Khan, U. Naseem, I. Razzak, M. Imran, The role of unmanned aerial vehicles and mmWave
in 5G: Recent advances and challenges, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications
Technologies, Feb, 2021. - M. Rahim, S. Ali, A. N. Alvi, M. A. Javed, M. Imran, M. A. Azad, An intelligent content caching
protocol for connected vehicles", Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications
Technologies, Jan, 2021. - M. Raza, N. Singh, M. Khalid, S. Khan, M. Awais, M. U. Hadi, M. Imran, S. Islam, J. J. P. C.
Rodrigues, Challenges and limitations of medical Internet of Things in e-health and prevailing
healthcare issues in COVID-19, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, Sep, 2021. - M. A. Azad, J. Arshad, S. M. A. Akmal, F. Riaz, S. Abdullah, M. Imran, F. Ahmad, A First Look at
Privacy Analysis of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Smartphone Applications, IEEE Internet of
Things Journal, Sep, 2020. https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.13354 - Y. Liu, H. Dai, Q. Wang, M. Imran, N. Guizani, Wireless Powering Internet of Things with UAVs:
Challenges and Opportunities, IEEE Network, Sep, 2020. https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.05220
(SCIE, IF – 8.808, Q1, Rank 4/156). - G. Rathee, F. Ahmad, F. Kurugollu, M. A. Azad, R. Iqbal, M. Imran, CRT-BIoV: A Cognitive Radio
Technique for Blockchain-enabled Internet of Vehicles, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent
Transportation Systems, Jul, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2020.3004718 (SCIE, IF – 6.319,
Q1, Rank = 2/134, Top 6%). - Z. Guo, Y. Shen, A. K. Bashir, M. Imran, N. Kumar, D. Zhang, K. Yu, Robust Spammer Detection
Using Collaborative Neural Network in Internet of Thing Applications, IEEE Internet of Things, Jun, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2020.3003802 (SCIE, IF – 9.936, Q1, Rank = 3/156,
Top 5%). - 14. S. Hakak, A. Kamsin, W. Z. Khan, A. B. Zakari, K. B. Ahmad, G. A. Gilkar, M. Imran, Digital Hadith
Authentication: Recent Advances, Open Challenges and Future Directions, Transactions on
Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Mar, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/ett.3977
[SCIE, IF – 1.594, Q3] - I. Yaqoob, K. Saleh, M. Uddin, R. Jayaraman, M. Omar, M. Imran, Blockchain for Digital Twins:
Recent Advances and Future Research Challenges, IEEE Network Magazine, Jun, 2020.
DOI: 10.1109/MNET.001.1900661 (SCIE, IF – 8.808, Q1, Rank 4/156, Top 5%). - R. A. A. Habeeb, Fariza, A. Gani, A. Amanullah, I. A. T. Hashem, E. Ahmed, M. Imran, Clustering
based real-time anomaly detection - A breakthrough in big data technologies, Transactions
on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Jun, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ett.3647 [SCIE, IF – 1.594, Q3] - M. A. Azad, J. Arshad, S. Mahmoud, K. Salah, M. Imran, A Privacy-preserving Framework for
Smart Context-aware Healthcare Applications, Transactions on Emerging
Telecommunications Technologies, May, 2019. DOI: 10.1002/ett.3634 [SCIE, IF – 1.594, Q3] - M. A. S. Goraya, Z. Jing, M. A. Shareef, M. Imran, A. Malik, M. S. Akram, An Investigation of the
Drivers of Social Commerce and e-Word of Mouth Intentions: Elucidating the Role of Social
Commerce in E-business, Electronic Markets Journal, April, 2019. (SCIE, IF – 2.981, Q2). - M. A. Manazir Ahsan, I. Ali, M. Imran, M. Yamani Idna Bin Idris, S. Khan, A. Khan, A Fog-centric
Secure Cloud Storage Scheme, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, Mar, 2019.
10.1109/TSUSC.2019.2914954 - I. Ahmad, R. M. Noor, I. Ahmedy, M. A. Qureshi, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, A Cooperative
Heterogeneous Vehicular Clustering Mechanism for Road Traffic Management, International
Journal of Parallel Programming, Jan, 2019. (SCIE, IF – 1.244, Q3).
Published
- B. Shahzad, F. Amin, A. Abro, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, Resource Optimization-based Software
Risk Reduction Model for Large Scale Application Development, Sustainability, Vol. 13(5),
2602, 2021. (SCIE, IF – 2. 567, ). - Ke Zhang, Jiahuan Long, Xiaofen Wang, Hong-Ning Dai, Kaitai Liang, M. Imran, Lightweight
Searchable Encryption Protocol for Industrial Internet of Things, IEEE Transactions on
Industrial Informatics, Vol. 17 (6), pp. 4248-4259, Jun, 2021.
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2020.3014168 (SCIE, IF – 9.112, Q1, Top 5%, Rank 4/109). - Z. Mubeen, M. Afzal, Z. Ali, S. Khan, M. Imran, Detection of impostor and tampered segments
in audio by using an intelligent system, Computers & Electrical Engineering, Vol. 91, May,
2021, 107122. (SCIE, IF – 2. 663, Q2). - P. Subedi, A. Alsadoon, P. W. C. Prasad, S. Rehman, N. Giweli, M. Imran, S. Arif, Network slicing:
a next generation 5G perspective, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and
Networking, Article number: 102 (2021), April, 2021. - G. Ahmed, T. Sheltami, A. Mahmoud, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, A Novel Collaborative IoD-Assisted
VANET Approach for Coverage Area Maximization, IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 61211 - 61223,
April, 2021. - S. Naz, I. Kamran, I. Razzak, M. Imran, Handwriting dynamics assessment using deep neural
network for early identification of Parkinson’s disease, Future Generation Computer Systems,
Vol. 117, pp. 234-244, Apr, 2021. (SCIE, IF – 6.125, Q1). Rank 8/108 (Top 10%). - M. Khalid, M. Awais, N. Singh, S. Khan, M. Raza, Q. B. Malik, M. Imran, Autonomous
Transportation in Emergency Healthcare Services: Framework, Challenges, and Future Work,
IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, Vol. 4 (1), pp. 28 - 33, March, 2021. - A. Aldabbas, Z. Gal, K. M. Ghori, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, Deep Learning-Based Approach for
Detecting Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft Trajectory Modifications, IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp.
39111-39125, March, 2021. - Y. El-Hansali, F. Outay, A. Yasar, S. Farrag, M. Shoaib, M. Imran, H. H. Awan, Smart Dynamic
Traffic Monitoring and Enforcement System, Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol. 67 (3), pp.
2797-2806, March, 2021. - F. Ali, A. Ali, M. Imran, R. A. Naqvi, M. H. Siddiqi, K. Kwak, Traffic Accident Detection and
Condition Analysis Based on Social Networking Data, Accident Analysis & Prevention Journal,
Vol. 151, Article ID: 105973, March 2021. (SCIE, IF – 3.655, Q1). Rank 23/137, Top 10 %). - J. Al-Muhtadi, K. Saleem, S. Al-Rabiaah, A. Gawanmeh, M. Imran, J. J. P. C. Rodrigues, A
Lightweight Cyber Security Framework with Context-Awareness for Pervasive Computing
Environments, Sustainable Cities and Societies, Vol. 66, Article ID: 102610, Mar, 2021. (SCIE,
IF – 5.268, Q1). Rank 5/63, Top 10 %). - M. Babar, M. S. Khan, F. Ali, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, Cloudlet Computing: Recent advances,
Taxonomy, and Challenges, IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 29609-29622, Feb, 2021. (SCIE, IF –
4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - M. Raza, M. Awais, N. Singh, M. Imran, S. Hussain, Intelligent IoT Framework for indoor
healthcare monitoring of Parkinson's Disease Patients, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
Communications, Vol. 39 (2), pp. 593-602, Feb, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2020.3021571
(SCIE, IF – 11.420, Q1, Rank = 4/266, Top 2%). - J. Kaur, M. A. Khan, M. Iftikhar, M. Imran, Q. E. Haq, Machine Learning Techniques for 5G and
Beyond, IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 23472-23488, Jan, 2021. (SCIE, IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank
23/155). - Z. Ali, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, An IoT-based smart healthcare system to detect dysphonia, Neural
Computing and Applications, Jan, 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s00521-020-05558-3 (SCIE, IF –
4.774, Q1). Rank 23/137, Top %). - M. H. Rehman, C. S. Liew, T. Y. Wah, M. Imran, K. Salah, N. Nasser, D. Svetinovic, Device-Centric
Adaptive Data Stream Management and Offloading for Analytics Applications in Future
Internet Architectures, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 114, pp. 155-168, Jan,
2021. (SCIE, IF – 6.125, Q1). Rank 8/108 (Top 10%). - F. Ali, S. El-Sappagh, S. M. Riazul Islam, A. Ali, M. Attique, M. Imran, K. S. Kwak, An Intelligent
Healthcare Monitoring Framework Using Wearable Sensors and Social Networking Data,
Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 114, pp. 23-43, Jan, 2021. (SCIE, IF – 6.125, Q1).
Rank 8/108 (Top 10%). - Q. Wang, H. Dai, X. Li, M. K. Shukla, M. Imran, Artificial noise aided scheme to secure UAV assisted
Internet of Things with wireless power transfer, Computer Communications, Vol.
164, pp. 1-12, Dec, 2020. - K. Saleem, G. Alabduljabbar, N. Alrowais, J. Al-Muhtadi, M. Imran, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Bio-
Inspired Network Security for 5G-enabled IoT Applications, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, pp. 229152-
229160, Dec, 2020. (SCIE, IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - L. U. Khan, M. Alsemwi, I. Yaqoob, M. Imran, Z. Han, C. Hong, Resource Optimized Federated
Learning-Enabled Cognitive Internet of Things for Smart Industries, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, pp.
168854-168864, Dec, 2020. (SCIE, IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - F. Al-Qershi, M. Al-Qurishi, M. S. Aksoy, M. Al-Rubaian, M. Imran, A Robust Consistency Model
of Crowd Workers in Text Labeling Tasks, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, 168381-168393, Dec, 2020.
(SCIE, IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - L. U. Khan, I. Yaqoob, M. Imran, Z. Han, C. S. Hong, 6G Wireless Systems: A Vision, Architectural
Elements, and Future Directions, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, pp. 147029-147044, Dec, 2020. (SCIE,
IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - U. Naseem, I. Razzak, K. Musial, M. Imran, Transformer based Deep Intelligent Contextual
Embedding for Twitter Sentiment Analysis, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 113,
pp. 58-69, Dec, 2020. (SCIE, IF – 6.125, Q1). Rank 8/108 (Top 10%). - M. Hamdan, B. Mohamed, U. Humayun, A. Abdelaziz, S. Khan, M. A. Ali, M. Imran, Mn Marsono,
Flow-Aware Elephant Flow Detection for Software Defined Networks, IEEE Access, Vol. 8 (1),
pp. 72585-72597, Dec, 2020. (SCIE, IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - N. Noreen, S. Palaniappan, A. Qayyum, I. Ahmad, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, A Deep Learning Model
Based on Concatenation Approach for the Diagnosis of Brain Tumor, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, pp.
55135-55144, Dec, 2020. (SCIE, IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - M. Shoaib, M. Imran*, F. Subhan, I. Ahmad, Towards a low complexity scheme for medical
images in scalable video coding, IEEE Access, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 41439-41451, Dec, 2020. (SCIE,
IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - K. M. Ghori, R. A. Abbasi, M. Awais, M. Imran, A. Ullah, L. Szathmary, Performance Analysis of
Different Types of Machine Learning Classifiers for Non-Technical Loss Detection, IEEE
Access, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 16033-16048, Dec, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s12652-019-01649-9 (SCIE, IF
– 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - F. Shahid, I. Ahmad, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, Novel One Time Signature: A Compact Post-quantum
Digital Signature Scheme, IEEE Access, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 15895-15906, Dec, 2020. DOI:
10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2966259 (SCIE, IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - F. A. Narudin, I. A. T. Hashem, Z. H. A. Hasan, T. G. Ang, N. B. Anuar, M. Imran, Blending Big
Data Analytics: Review on Challenges and a Recent Study, IEEE Access, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 3629-
3645, Dec, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2923270 (SCIE, IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - F. Ali, S. El-Sappagh, S.M. R. Islam, D. Kwak, A. Ali, M. Imran, K. Kwak, A Smart Healthcare
Monitoring System for Heart Disease Prediction Based On Ensemble Deep Learning and
Feature Fusion, Information Fusion, Vol. 63, pp. 208-222, Nov, 2020. (SCIE, IF – 13.669, Q1,
Rank = 1/108, Top 1%). - M. Raza, M. Awais, K. Ali, N. Aslam, V. V. Paranthaman, M. Imran, F. Ali, Establishing effective
communications in disaster affected areas and artificial intelligence based detection using
social media platform, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 112, pp. 1057-1069, Nov.
2020. (SCIE, IF – 6.125, Q1). Rank 8/108 (Top 10%). - I. Razzak, K. Zafar, M. Imran, G. Xu, Randomized nonlinear one-class support vector machines
with bounded loss function to detect of outliers for large scale IoT data, Future Generation
Computer Systems, Vol. 112 (11), pp. 715-723, Nov, 2020. (SCIE, IF – 6.125, Q1). Rank
8/108 (Top 10%). - H. Dai, H. Wang, G. Xu, J. Wan, M. Imran, Big Data Analytics for Manufacturing Internet of
Things: Opportunities, Challenges and Enabling Technologies, Enterprise Information
Systems Journal, Vol. 14 (9-10), pp. 1279-1303, Jun, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17517575.2019.1633689. (SCIE, IF – 2.145, Q3). - M. Rahim, M. A. Javed, A. N. Alvi, M. Imran, An efficient caching policy for content retrieval in
autonomous connected vehicles, Transportation Research Part A- Policy and Practice, Vol.
140, pp. 142-152, Oct, 2020 (SCIE, IF – 3.992, Q1). - S. Fu, Z. Li, K. Liu, S. Din, M. Imran, X. Yang, Model Compression for IoT Applications in
Industry 4.0 via Multi-scale Knowledge Transfer, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics,
Vol. 16 (9), Sep, 2020. 10.1109/TII.2019.2953106 (SCIE, IF – 9.112, Top 5%, 2/48 (Ind. Eng.)
4/109, Q1) - H. Wang, S. Ma, H. Dai, M. Imran, T. Wang, Blockchain-based Data Privacy Management with
Nudge Theory in Open Banking, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 110, pp. 812-823,
Sep, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2019.09.010 (SCIE, IF – 6.125, Q1). Rank 8/108,
Top 10%). - H. Dai, M. Imran, N. Haider, Blockchain-enabled Internet of Medical Things to Combat COVID-
19, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, Vol. 3 (3), pp. 52-57, Sep, 2020. - J. M. Batalla, E. Andrukiewicz, G. P. Gomez, P. Sapiecha, C. X. Mavromoustakis, G. Mastorakis, J.
Zurek, M. Imran, Security Risk Assessment for 5G networks – national perspective, IEEE
Wireless Communications Magazine, Vol. 27 (4), pp. 16-22, Aug, 2020. (SCIE, IF – 11.391,
Q1). Rank 2/156 (Top 2%). - W. Rafique, L. Qi, I. Yaqoob, M. Imran, R. u. Rasool and W. Dou, "Complementing IoT Services
through Software Defined Networking and Edge Computing: A Comprehensive Survey," IEEE
Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Vol. 22 (3), pp. 1761-1804, Aug, 2020. doi:
10.1109/COMST.2020.2997475. (SCIE, IF – 23.700, Q1, Rank 1/156, Top 1%). - M. Xia, X. Zheng, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, Data-Driven Prognosis Method using Hybrid Deep
Recurrent Neural Network, Applied Soft Computing journal, Vol. 93, 106351, Aug, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2020.106351 (SCIE, IF – 5,472, Q1, Rank = 9/109). - X. Li, H. Dai, Q. Wang, M. Imran, D. Li, M. A. Imran, Securing Internet of Medical Things with
Friendly-Jamming Schemes, Computer Communications, Vol. 160, pp. 431-442, Jul, 2020.
(SCIE, IF – 2.816, Q2, Rank 63/156). - S. Hakak, W. Z. Khan, M. Imran, K. R. Choo, M. Shoaib, Have you been a victim of COVID-19
related incidents? A survey, taxonomy and mitigation strategies, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, pp.
124134 – 124144, Jun, 2020. (SCIE, IF – 3.745, Q1, Rank 35/156). - M. A. Manazir Ahsan, M. Yamani, A. Ali, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, “Countering Statistical Attacks in
Cloud-Based Searchable Encryption” International Journal of Parallel Programming, Vol. 48
(3), pp. 470-495, Jun, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10766-018-0584-8 (SCIE, IF – 1.244,
Q3). - S. Arif, M. A. Khan, S. U. Rehman, M. A. Kabir, M. Imran, Investigating Smart Home Security: Is
Blockchain The Answer?, IEEE Access, Vol, 8, pp. 117802 – 117816, Jun, 2020. (SCIE, IF –
3.745, Q1, Rank 35/156). - A. Karim, M. Razzaq, H. Tahir, S. Kiran, Z. Safdar, S. A. Gillani, E. Ahmed, M. Imran, “Big Data
Management in Participatory Sensing: Issues, Trends and Future Directions” Future
Generation Computer Systems Journal, Volume 107, pp. 942-955, June 2020. (SCIE, IF –
6.125, Q1). Rank 8/108 (Top 10%). - S. Hakak, W. Z. Khan, G. A. Gilkar, N. Haider, M. Imran, M. S. Alkatheiri, Industrial Wastewater
Management using Blockchain Technology: Architecture, Requirements, and Future
Directions, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, Vol. 3 (2), pp. 38-43, Jun, 2020. - W. Rafique, X. Zhao, S. Yu, I. Yaqoob, M. Imran, W. Dou, An Application Development
Framework for Internet-of-Things Service Orchestration, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol.
7 (5), pp. 4543-4556, May, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2020.2971013 (SCIE, IF – 9.515, Q1, Rank
= 3/155, Top 2%). - H. Tang, D. Li, J. Wan, M. Imran*, M. Shoaib, A Reconfigurable Method for Intelligent
Manufacturing Based on Industrial Cloud and Edge Intelligence, IEEE Internet of Things
Journal, Vol. 7 (5), pp. 4248-4259, May, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2019.2950048 (SCIE, IF –
9.515, Q1, Rank = 3/155, Top 2%). - A. Yousafzai, A. Gani, R. M. Noor, I. Yaqoob, M. Imran, Process migration-based computational
offloading framework for IoT-supported mobile edge/cloud computing, IEEE Internet of
Things Journal, Vol. 7 (5), pp. 4171-4182, May, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2019.2943176
(SCIE, IF – 9.515, Q1, Rank = 3/155, Top 2%). - Y. Liu, H. Dai, H. Wang, M. Imran, X. Wang, M. Shoaib, UAV-enabled Data Acquisition Scheme
with Directional Wireless Energy Transfer for Internet of Things, Computer Communications,
Vol. 155, pp. 184-196, Apr, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2020.03.020 (SCIE, IF –
2.766, Q2, Rank 54/155). - Y. Liu, H. Dai, Q. Wang, M. K. Shukla, M. Imran, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Internet of
Everything: Opportunities and Challenges, Computer Communications, Vol. 155, pp. 66-83,
April 2020. (SCIE, IF – 2.766, Q2, Rank 54/155). - M. I. Razzak, M. Imran, G. Xu, Big Data Analytics for Preventive Medicine, Neural Computing
and Applications, Vol. 32 (9), pp. 4417–4451, Apr, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-
019-04095-y (SCIE, IF – 4.664, Q1). Rank 21/133, Top 15%). - Z. Zheng, S. Xie, H. Dai, W. Chen, X. Chen, J. Weng, M. Imran, An Overview on Smart Contracts:
Challenges, Advances and Platforms, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 105, pp. 475-
491, April, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2019.12.019 (SCIE, IF – 5.768, Q1). Rank
8/104, Top 10%). - A. Rahman, S. Naz, I. Razzak, F. Akram, M. Imran, A Deep Learning based Framework for
Automatic Brain Tumors Classification using Transfer Learning, Circuits, Systems and Signal
Processing Journal, Vol. 39 (2), pp 757–775, Feb, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00034-
019-01246-3 (SCIE, IF – 1.922, Q3). - A. Naseer, M. Rani, S. Naz, I. Razzak, M. Imran, G. Xu, Refining Parkinson’s Neurological
Disorder Identification Through Deep Transfer Learning, Neural Computing and Applications,
Vol. 32 (3), pp. 839-854, Feb, 2020. (SCIE, IF – 4.664, Q1). Rank 21/133 (Top 15%). - M. A. Amanullah, R. A. A. Habeeb, F. Nasaruddin, A. Gani, E. Ahmed, A. S. M. Ninar, N. M. Akim,
M. Imran, Deep Learning and Big Data Technologies for IoT Security, Computer
Communications, Vol. 151, pp. 495-517, Feb, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2020.01.016 - R. Wan, M. Imran, K. Saleem, A Microservice Recommendation Mechanism Based on Mobile
Architecture, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Vol. 152, Feb, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2019.102510 (SCIE, IF – 5.273, Q1). Rank 6/107 (Top
10%). - I. Yaqoob, L. U. Khan, S. M. A. Kazmi, M. Imran, N. Guizani, C. S. Hong, Autonomous Driving
Cars in Smart Cities: Recent Advances, Requirements, and Challenges, IEEE Network, Vol. 34
(1), pp. 174 – 181, Jan/Feb, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/MNET.2019.1900120 (SCIE, IF – 7.503, Q1).
Rank 4/155, Top 5%). - S. Hakak, W. Z. Khan, G. A. Gilkar, M. Imran, N. Guizani, Securing Smart Cities through
Blockchain Technology: Architecture, Requirements and Challenges, IEEE Network, Vol. 34
(1), pp. 8-14, Jan/Feb, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/MNET.001.1900178 (SCIE, IF – 7.503, Q1). Rank
4/155 (Top 5%). - K. M. Ghori, M. Imran, A. Nawaz, R. A. Abbasi, A. Ullah, M. Awais, L. Szathmary, Performance
Analysis of Machine Learning Classifiers for Non-technical Loss Detection, Journal of Ambient
Intelligence and Humanized Computing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-019-01649-9, Jan,
2020. (SCIE, IF – 1.910, Q3). - S. Xie, Z. Zheng, W. Chen, J. Wu, H. Dai, M. Imran, Blockchain for Cloud Exchange: A Survey,
Computers & Electrical Engineering, Vol. 81, Jan, 2020, 106526. (SCIE, IF – 2.189, Q2) - D. E. Boubiche, M. Imran, A. Maqsood, M. Shoaib, Mobile Crowd Sensing - Taxonomy,
Applications, Challenges, and Solutions, Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 101 (12), pp.
352-370, Dec, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.10.028 IF – 4.306, Q1, Top
10%, 4/88) - S. Hakak, A. Kamsin, P. Shivakumara, G. A. Kilkar, W. Z. Khan, M. Imran, Exact String Matching
Algorithms: Recent advances, Issues, and Future Research Directions, IEEE Access, Vol. 7(1),
pp. 69614-69637, Dec, 2019. (SCIE, IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - A. Ullah, S. Yaqoob, M. Imran, H. Ning, Emergency Message Dissemination Schemes based on
Congestion Avoidance in VANET and Vehicular FoG Computing, IEEE Access, Vol. 7(1), pp.
1570-1585, Dec, 2019. (SCIE, IF – 4.098, Q1, Rank 23/155). - A. A. Fadele, M. Othman, I. A. T. Hashem, I. Yaqoob, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, A novel
countermeasure technique for reactive jamming attack in internet of things, Multimedia Tools
and Applications, Vol. 78 (21), pp. 29899–29920, Nov, 2019. (SCIE, IF – IF- 2.101, Q2). - S. Moin, A. Karim, Z. Safdar, K. Safdar, E. Ahmed, M. Imran, Securing IoTs in distributed
blockchain: analysis, requirements and open issues, Future Generation Computer Systems,
Vol. 100 (11), pp. 325-343, Nov, 2019. (SCIE, IF – 5.768, Q1). Rank 8/104 (Top 10%). - H. A. Khattak, M. Shah, S. khan, I. Ali, M. Imran, Perception Layer Security in Internet of Things,
Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 100 (11), pp. 144-164, Nov, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2019.04.038 (SCIE, IF – 5.768, Q1). Rank 8/104 (Top
10%). - S. Yaqoob, A. Ullah, M. Akbar, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, Congestion Avoidance through Fog
Computing in Internet of Vehicles, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized
Computing, Vol. 10(10), pp. 3863-3877, Oct, 2019.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12652-019-01253-x (SCIE, IF – 1.910, Q3). - M. H. Rehman, I. Yaqoob, K. Salah, M. Imran, P. P. Jayaraman, C. Perera, The Role of Big Data
Analytics in Industrial Internet of Things, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 99 (10),
pp. 247-259, Oct, 2019. (SCIE, IF – 5.76, Q1). Rank 8/104 (Top 10%). - B. Chen, J. Wan, Y. Lan, M. Imran, D. Li, N. Guizani, Improving Cognitive Ability of Edge
Intelligent IIoT through Machine Learning, IEEE Network, Vol. 33 (5), pp. 61-67, Sept-Oct,
2019. (SCIE, IF – 7.503, Q1). Rank 4/155 (Top 5%). - T. Hayajneh, K. Griggs, M. Imran, B. J. Mohd, Secure and efficient data delivery for fog-assisted
wireless body area networks, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications Journal, Vol. 12 (5),
pp. 1289-1307, Sep, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12083-018-0705-6 (SCIE, IF – 2.397,
Q2) - I. Razzak, M. Imran, G. Xu, Efficient Brain Tumor Segmentation with Multiscale Two-Pathway-
Group Conventional Neural Networks, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Vol.
23 (5), Sep, 2019. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2018.2874033. (SCIE, IF – 4.217, Q1, Rank 19/155). - Z. Ali, M. Imran, S. McClean, N. Khan, M. Shoaib, Protection of Records and Data
Authentication based on Secret Shares and Watermarking, Future Generation Computer
Systems, Vol. 98 (9), pp. 331-341, Sep, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2019.01.050
(SCIE, IF – 5.768, Q1). Rank 8/104 (Top 10%). - F. Riaz, M. A. Azad, J. Arshad, M. Imran, A. Hassan, S. Rehman, Pervasive blood pressure
monitoring using Photoplethysmogram (PPG) Sensor, Future Generation Computer Systems,
Vol. 98, Pages 120-130, September 2019. (SCIE, IF – 5.76, Q1). Rank 8/104 (Top 10%). - S. Ullah, K. Kim, K. Kim, M. Imran, P. Khan, UAV-enabled healthcare architecture: Issues and
challenges, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 97 (8), pp. 425-432, Aug, 2019. (SCIE,
IF – 5.768, Q1). Rank 8/104 (Top 10%). - J. Guan, V. Sharma, I. You, M. Atiquzzaman, M. Imran, Extension of MIH for FPMIPv6 (EMIHFPMIPv6)
to Support Optimized Heterogeneous Handover, Future Generation Computer
Systems, Volume 97, Pages 775-791, August 2019. (SCIE, IF – 5.768, Q1). Rank 8/104 (Top
10%). - J. Yang, B. Ai, I. You, M. Imran, L. Wang, K. Guan, D. He, Z. Zhong, W. Keusgen, Ultra-reliable
Communications for Industrial Internet of Things: Design Considerations and Channel
Modeling, IEEE Network, Vol. 33(4), pp. 104-111, July/August 2019. (SCIE, IF – 7.503, Q1).
Rank 4/155 (Top 5%). - X. Li, J. Wan, H. Dai, M. Imran, M. Xia, A. Celesti, A Hybrid Computing Solution and Resource
Scheduling Strategy for Edge Computing in Smart Manufacturing, IEEE Transactions on
Industrial Informatics, Vol. 15 (7), pp. 4225 – 4234, Jul, 2019. 10.1109/TII.2019.2899679
(SCIE, IF – 7.377, Top 5%, 1/46 (Ind. Eng.) 4/106 (CS), Q1) - J. Wan, J. Li, M. Imran, D. Li, F. Amin, A Blockchain-Based Solution for Enhancing Security and
Privacy in Smart Factory, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 15 (6), pp. 3652-
3660, Jun, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2019.2894573 (SCIE, IF – 7.377, Top 5%,
1/46 (Ind. Eng.) 4/106 (CS), Q1) - I. Awan, N. Shah, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, N. Saeed, An Improved Mechanism for Flow Rule
Installation in In-band SDN, Journal of Systems Architecture, Vol. 96 (6), pp. 1-19, Jun, 2019.
(SCIE, IF – 1.159, Q3). - B. Chen, M. Imran, N. Nasser, M. Shoaib, Self-Aware Autonomous City: From Sensing to
Planning, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 57 (4), pp. 33-39, April, 2019. (SCIE, IF –
9.270, Q1, Rank 4/260, Top 2%). - R. A. A. Habeeb, F. Nasaruddin, A. Gani, I. A. T. Hashem, E. Ahmed, M. Imran, Real-time big
data processing for anomaly detection: A Survey, International Journal of Information
Management, Vol. 45 (4), pp. 289-307, April, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.08.006
(SCIE, IF – 4.516, Q1, Top 10%, Rank 3/88). - S. Hakak, N. F. M. Noor, M. N. Ayub, H. Affal, N. Husin, E. Ahmed, M. Imran, Cloud-assisted
Gamification for Education and Learning - Recent advances and Challenges, Computers &
Electrical Engineering, Vol. 74, pp. 22-34, Mar, 2019. (SCIE, IF – 1.747, Q2) - E. Ahmed, A. Naveed, A. Gani, S. H. A. Hamid, M. Imran, M. Guizani, Process state
synchronization-based application execution management for mobile edge/cloud computing,
Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 91 (2), pp. 579-589, Feb, 2019. (SCIE, IF – 4.639,
Q1). Rank 10/104 (Top 10%). - B. Chen, S. Rho, M. Imran, M. Guizani, W. Fan, "Cognitive Sensors Based on Ridge Phase-
Smoothing Localization and Multiregional Histograms of Oriented Gradients", IEEE
Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, Vol. 7 (1), pp. 123-134, Jan-Mar, 2019. (SCIE,
IF – 3.626, Q1) - M. Noureen, F. Subhan, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, S. Haider, M. Tariq, Impact of Node
Deployment and Routing for Protection of Critical Infrastructures, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp.
11502-11514, Jan, 2019. (SCIE, IF – 3.557, Q1) - J. Wan, S. Tang, D. Li, M. Imran, C. Zhang, C. Liu, Z. Pang, Reconfigurable Smart Factory for
Drug Packing in Healthcare Industry 4.0, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 15
(1), pp. 507-516, Jan, 2019. (SCIE, IF – 6.764, Top 10%, 1/47 (Ind. Eng.) 5/105 (CS), Q1) - A. Hanif, F. Qaisar, M. Imran, Extending the Technology Acceptance Model for Use of e-
Learning Systems by Digital Learners, IEEE Access, Vol. 6 (1), pp. 73395-73404, Dec, 2018.
(SCIE, IF – 3.557, Q1)
109. S. Ullah, E. Tovar, K. Kim, K. Kim, M. Imran, Performance Analysis of Priority-Based IEEE - 15.6 Protocol in Saturated Traffic Conditions, IEEE Access, Vol. 6(1), pp. 66198-66209,
Dec, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 3.557, Q1) - U. Iqbal, T. Y. Wah, M. H. Rehman, G. Mujtaba, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, “Deep deterministic
learning for Pattern recognition of different cardiac diseases through Internet of Medical
Things”, Journal of Medical Systems, Vol. 42 (12), Dec, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-018-1107-2, IF – 2.098, Q2 - N. Hassan, S. Gillani, E. Ahmed, I. Ibrar, M. Imran, “The role of Edge Computing in Internet
of Things” IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56 (11), pp. 110-115, Nov, 2018. DOI:
10.1109/MCOM.2018.1700906. (SCIE, IF – 9.270, Q1, Rank 4/260, Top 2%). - I. Ahmad, R. M. Noor, I. Ahmedy, S. A. A. Shah, E. Ahmed, M. Imran, I. Yaqoob, VANET-LTE
based Heterogeneous Vehicular Clustering for Driving Assistance and Route Planning
Applications, Computer Networks, Vol. 145 (9), pp. 128-140, Nov, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 2.522,
Q1). - A. Khan, I. Ali, A. Rahman, M. Imran, F. Amin, H. Mahmood, “Co-EEORS: Cooperative
Energy Efficient Optimal Relay Selection Protocol for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks”,
IEEE Access, Vol. 6 (1), pp. 28777-28789, Dec, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 3.557, Q1) - R. Khan, I. Ali, M. Zakarya, M. Ahmad, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, Technology-Assisted Decision
Support System for Efficient Utilization of Water: A Real-Time Testbed for Irrigation using
Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Access, Vol. 6 (1), pp. 25686-25697, Dec, 2018 (SCIE, IF –
3.557, Q1) - Z. Ali, M. Imran, M. Alsulaiman, M. Shoaib, S. Ullah, Chaos-based robust method of zero watermarking
for medical signals, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 88 (11), pp.
400-412, Nov, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 4.639, Q1). Rank 10/104 (Top 10%). - I. Baig, U. Farooq, E. Ahmed, M. Imran*, M. Shoaib, A Hybrid Procoding and Filtering Based
Uplink MC-LNOMA Scheme for 5G Cellular Networks with Reduced PAPR, Transactions on
Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Vol. 29 (10), Oct, 2018. [SCIE, IF – 1.606, Q3] - S. Wang, J. Wan, M. Imran, D. Li, C. Zhang, Cloud-based Smart Manufacturing for
Personalized Candy Packing Application, Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 74 (9), pp. 4339–
4357, Sep, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 1.532 Q2) - A. A. Abdelltif, E. Ahmed, A. T. Fong, A. Gani, M. Imran, SDN-Based Load Balancing Service
for Cloud Servers, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 106-111, Aug, 2018.
(SCIE, IF – IF – 9.270, Q1). - X. Li, D. Li, J. Wan, C. Liu, M. Imran, Adaptive Transmission Optimization in SDN-based
Industrial Internet of Things with Edge Computing, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 5 (3),
pp. 1351 – 1360, Jun, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 7.596, Q1, Rank = 3/146, Top 2%). - R. Kolandaisamy, R. M. Noor, I. Ahmedy, I. Ahmad, M. Imran, M. Alnuem, A Multivariant
Stream Analysis Approach to Detect and Mitigate DDoS Attacks in Vehicular Ad Hoc
Networks, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Volume 2018, Article ID
2874509, May, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 1.899, Q2) - M. Imran*, S. T. Bakhsh, S. Tahir, M. Basheri, M. Shoaib, A reconfigurable scatternet
formation and maintenance scheme with heterogeneous services for smart Bluetooth devices,
Sustainable Cities and Society Journal, Vol. 40, pp. 589-599, Jul, 2018 (SCIE, IF – 3.073, Q1). - A. Ali, I. Yaqoob, E. Ahmed, M. Imran*, K. S. Kwak A. Ahmad, S. A. Hussain, and Z. Ali,
Channel Clustering and QoS Levels Identification Scheme for Multi-Channel Cognitive Radio
Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56 (4), pp. 164 – 171, April, 2018. (SCIE, IF –
10.435, Q1). - Z. Ali, M. Imran*, M. Alsulaiman, T. Zia, M. Shoaib, A zero-watermarking algorithm for
privacy protection in biomedical signals, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 82, pp.
290-303, May, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 3.977, Q1). Rank 10/104 (Top 10%). - J. Al-Muhtadi, M. Qiang, K. Zeb, J. Chaudhry, K. Saleem, A. Derhab, M. A. Orgun, M. Imran,
R. Shankaran, M. Pasha, A Critical Analysis of Mobility Management Related Issues of Wireless
Sensor Networks in Cyber Physical Systems, IEEE Access, Vol. 6, pp. 16363 – 16376, Mar
2018. (SCIE, IF – 3.244, Q1) - N. M. Elzein, M. A. Majid, I. b. A. T. Hashem, I. Yaqoob, F. A. Alaba, M. Imran, Managing Big
RDF Data in Clouds: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions, Sustainable Cities and Society
Journal, Vol. 39 (5), pp. 375-386, May, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 1.777, Q2) - M. Imran*, Bibliometric Analysis of Industrial Internet of Things, International Journal of
Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Vol. 7 (1), pp. 50-58, Feb, 2018. - E. Ahmed, I. Yaqoob, I. A. T. Hashem, J. Shuja, M. Imran*, N. Guizani, S.T. Bakhsh, Recent
Advances and Challenges in Mobile Big Data, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56 (2), pp.
102-108, Feb, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 10.435, Q1) - J. Wan, B. Chen, M. Imran*, F. Tao, D. Li, C. Liu, S. Ahmad, Toward Dynamic Resources
Management for IoT-based Manufacturing, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56 (2), pp.
52 – 59, Feb, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 10.435, Q1). - M. H. Rehman, E. Ahmed, I. Yaqoob, I. A. T. Hashem, M. Imran, S. Ahmad, Big Data Analytics
in Industrial IoT Using a Concentric Computing Model, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol.
56 (2), pp. 37-43, Feb, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 10.435, Q1) - S. A. A. Shah, E. Ahmed, M. Imran, S. Zeadally, 5G for Vehicular Communications, IEEE
Communications Magazine, Vol. 56(1), pp. 111-117, Jan, 2018. (SCIE, IF – 10.435, Q1) - I. Yaqoob, E. Ahmed, M. H. Rehman, A. I. A. Ahmed, M. A. Al-Garadi, M. Imran, M. Guizani,
The rise of ransomware and emerging security challenges in the Internet of Things, Computer
Networks, Vol. 129, Part 2, pp. 444-458, Dec, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 2.516, Q1) - E. Ahmed, A. Ahmed, I. Yaqoob, J. Shuja, A. Gani, M. Imran*, M. Shoaib, Bringing
Computation Closer toward the User Network: Is Edge Computing the Solution?, IEEE
Communications Magazine, Vol. 55(11), pp. 138 – 144, Nov, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 10.435, Q1) - F. Al-Turjman, M. Imran*, S. T. Bakhsh, Energy Efficiency Perspectives of Femtocells in
Internet of Things: Recent Advances and Challenges, IEEE Access, Vol. 5, pp. 26808 - 26818
Nov, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 3.244, Q1) - E. Ahmed, I. Yaqoob, I. A. T. Hashem, I. Khan, A. I. A. Ahmed, M. Imran, A. Vasilakos, The
role of big data analytics in Internet of Things, Computer Networks Journal, Vol. 129, Part 2,
pp. 459-471, Nov, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 2.516, Q1) – WOS Highly Cited Article - H. Yan, Qingsong Hua, Yingying Wang, Wenguo Wei, M. Imran, Cloud Robotics in Smart
Manufacturing Environments: Challenges and Countermeasures, Computers & Electrical
Engineering, Vol. 63, pp. 56-65, Oct, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 1.570, Q3) - N. N. Xiong, L. Zhang, W. Zhang , A. V. Vasilakos, M. Imran, Design and Analysis of an
Efficient Energy Algorithm in Wireless Social Sensor Networks, Sensors 2017, 17(10), 2166;
doi: 10.3390/s17102166. (SCIE, IF – 2.677, Q1). - I. Ahmed, I. Ahmad, Fazal-e-Amin; M. Imran, K. Sattar, M. Shoaib, M. Nasir, Towards
Intrusion Detection to Secure VANET-Assisted Healthcare Monitoring System, Journal of
Medical Imaging and Health Informatics, Vol. 7 (6), pp. 1391–1398, Oct, 2017. (SCIE, IF –
0.621, Q4). - B. Al-Dhafian, I. Ahmad, M. Hussain, F. Amin, M. Imran, Improving the Security in
Healthcare Information System Through Elman Neural Network Based Classifier, Journal of
Medical Imaging and Health Informatics, Vol. 7 (6), pp. 1429–1435, Oct, 2017. (SCIE, IF –
0.621, Q4). - S. Tahira, M. Sher, A. Ghafoor, M. Imran, A. V. Vasilakos, Handover based IMS Registration
Scheme for Next Generation Mobile Networks, Wireless Communications and Mobile
Computing Journal, Vol. 2017, Article ID 8789513, 15 pages, Sept, 2017.
doi:10.1155/2017/8789513. (SCIE, IF - 1.899, Q2) - Y. Mehmood, N. Haider, M. Imran, A. Timm-Giel, M. Guizani, M2M Communications in 5G:
State-of-the-Art Architecture, Recent Advances, and Research Challenges, IEEE
Communications Magazine, Vol. 55 (9), pp. 194 – 201, Sept, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 10.435, Q1) - Y. Mehmood, F. Ahmad, I. Yaqoob, A. Adnane, M. Imran*, S. Guizani, Internet-of-Things-
Based Smart Cities: Recent Advances and Challenges, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol.
55 (9), pp. 16-24, Sept, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 10.435, Q1) – WOS Highly Cited Article - D. Lin, Y. Tang, F. Labeau, Y. Yao, M. Imran, A. V. Vasilakos, “Internet of Vehicles for Ehealth
Applications: A Potential Game for Optimal Network Capacity”, IEEE Systems Journal,
Vol. 11 (3), pp. 1888-1896, sept, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2015.2441720 (SCIE, IF – 3.882,
Q1). - N. Javaid, S. Hussain, A. Ahmad, M. Imran, A. Khan, M. Guizani “Region based cooperative
routing in underwater wireless sensor networks”, Journal of Network and Computer
Applications, Vol. 92 (8), pp. 31-41, Aug, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 3.50, Q1). - I. Yaqoob I. Ahmed, E. Ahmed, A. Gani, M. Imran, N. Guizani. Overcoming the Key
Challenges to Establishing Vehicular Communication: Is SDN the Answer?, IEEE
Communications Magazine, Vol. 55 (7), pp. 128 – 134, Jul, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 10.435, Q1) - M. Imran*, Z. Ali, S. T. Bakhsh, S. Akram, Blind Detection of Copy-Move Forgery in Digital
Audio Forensics, IEEE Access, Vol. 5, pp. 12843 – 12855, Jun, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 3.244, Q1) - S. Rehman, M. A. Khan, M. Imran*, T. A. Zia, M. Iftikhar, Enhancing Quality-of-Service
Conditions Using a Cross-Layer Paradigm for Ad-Hoc Vehicular Communication, IEEE Access,
Vol. 5, pp. 12404 – 12416, Jun, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 3.244, Q1) - I. Yaqoob E. Ahmed, A. I. A. Ahmed, A. Gani, M. Imran, M. Guizani, Internet of Things
Architecture: Recent Advances, Taxonomy, Requirements, and Open Challenges, IEEE
Wireless Communications Magazine, Vol. 24 (3), pp. 10-16, Jun, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 8.972, Q1)
- WOS Highly Cited Article - A. Ahmad, S. Ahmed, M. Imran, M. Alam, I. A. Niaz, N. Javaid, On energy efficiency in
underwater wireless sensor networks with cooperative routing, Annals of
Telecommunications, Vol. 72 (3), pp. 173–188, April, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 0.722, Q3) - I. Ahmad, R. M. Noor, I. Ali, M. Imran, A. V. Vasilakos, “Characterizing the role of vehicular
cloud computing in road traffic management”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor
Networks, April, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 0.906, Q3) - X. Jing, H. Hu, H. Yang, M. H. Au, S. Li, N. Xiong, M. Imran, A. V. Vasilakos, A Quantitative
Risk Assessment Model Involving Frequency and Threat Degree under Line-of-Business
Services for Infrastructure of Emerging Sensor Networks, Sensors 17(3): 642 (2017), Mar,
2017. (SCIE, IF – 2.033, Q1) - E. Ahmed, I. Yaqoob, Arif Ahmed, A. Gani, M. Imran, M. Guizani, Social-aware Resource
Allocation and Optimization for D2D Communication, IEEE Wireless Communications
Magazine, Vol. 24 (3), pp. 122 - 129, Feb, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 8.972, Q1) - Z. Ali, M. Imran*, M. Alsulaiman, “An Automatic Digital Audio Authentication/Forensics
System”, IEEE Access, Vol. 5 (?), pp. 2994 – 3007, Feb, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 1.270, Q2) - I. Yaqoob, E. Ahmed, A. Gani, S. Mokhtar, M. Imran, Heterogeneity-aware Task Allocation
in Mobile Ad Hoc Cloud, IEEE Access, Vol. 5 (?), pp. 1779 – 1795, Feb, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 1.270,
Q2) - F. M. Al-Turjman, M. Imran*, A. V. Vasilakos, "Value-Based Caching in Information-Centric
Wireless Body Area Networks ", Sensors Journal, Sensors 2017, 17(1), 17(1), 181;
doi:10.3390/s17010181 Jan, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 2.033, Q1). - Q. Wang, H. Dai, Z. Zheng, M. Imran, A. V. Vasilakos, On Connectivity of Wireless Sensor
Networks with Directional Antennas, Sensors Journal, Sensors 2017, 17(1), 134;
doi: 10.3390/s17010134, Jan, 2017. (SCIE, IF – 2.033, Q1). - E. Ahmed, I. Yaqoob, A. Gani, M. Imran, M. Guizani, “Internet-of-things-based smart
environments: state of the art, taxonomy, and open research challenges”, IEEE Wireless
Communications Magazine, Vol. 23 (5), pp. 10-16, Nov, 2016. (SCIE, IF – 6.524, Q1) - E. Ahmed, I. Yaqoob, A. Ahmed, A. Gani, M. Imran, S. Guizani, “Green Industrial
Networking: Recent Advances, Taxonomy, and Open Research Challenges”, IEEE
Communications Magazine, Vol. 54 (10), pp. 38-45, Oct, 2016. (SCIE, IF – 5.125, Q1) - I. Yaqoob, E. Ahmed, A. Gani, S. Mokhtar, M. Imran, S. Guizani, Mobile Ad hoc Cloud: A
Survey, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, Vol. 16 (16), pp. 2572–
2589, Nov, 2016. (SCIE, IF – 0.922, Q2) - J. Wan, S. Tang, Z. Shu, D. Li, S. Wang, M. Imran, A. V. Vasilakos, Software-Defined
Industrial Internet of Things in the Context of Industry 4.0, IEEE Sensors journal, Vol. 16 (20),
pp. 7373-7380, Oct, 2016. (SCIE, IF – 1.889, Q1) - WOS Highly Cited Article - Z. Shu, J. Wan, D. Li, J. Lin, A. V. Vasilakos, M. Imran, “Security in Software-Defined
Networking: Threats and Countermeasures”, Mobile Networks and Applications Journal, Vol.
21(5), pp. 764-776, Oct, 2016. (SCIE, IF – 1.045, Q2). - A. Ghafoor, M. Sher, M. Imran, I. Baig, Disjoint Key Establishment Protocol for Wireless
Sensor and Actor Networks, Journal of Sensors, Article ID: 5071617, Aug, 2016. (SCIE, IF –
0.712, Q3) - H. Ashraf, M. Sher, A. Ghafoor, M. Imran, A Secure and Efficient IP Multimedia Subsystem
Authentication Mechanism for LTE, Journal of Internet Technology, Vol. 17 (4), pp.839-848,
Jul, 2016. (SCIE, IF – 0.533, Q4) - M. Akbar, N. Javaid, M. Imran, A. Rao, M. S. Younis, I. A. Niaz, A multi-hop angular routing
protocol for wireless sensor networks, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks,
Article ID: 7314690, Jul, 2016. (SCIE, IF – 0.906, Q3) - M. K. Nasir, R. Noor, M. Iftikhar, M. Imran, A. W. A. Wahab, M. R Jabbarpour, R. H Khokhar,
A Framework and Mathematical Modeling for the Vehicular Delay Tolerant Network Routing,
Mobile Information Systems Journal, Jul, 2016, Article ID: 7805217. (SCIE, IF – 1.462, Q3). - N. Javaid, A. Tauqir, M. Imran, M. Guizani, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, Modeling induction and
routing to monitor hospitalized patients in multi-hop mobility-aware body area sensor
networks, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Jun, 2016,
2016:147, DOI: 10.1186/s13638-016-0643-z (SCIE, IF – 0.72, Q3). - M. Iftikhar, H. Mathkour, M. Imran*, A. Bedaiwi, A. V. Vasilakos, “A Novel Framework for
G/M/1 Queuing System based on Scheduling-cum-Polling mechanism to Analyze Multiple
Classes of Self-similar and LRD Traffic”, Wireless Networks, 22(4), 1269-1284, May, 2016.
(SCIE, IF – 0.961, Q3). - M. Alhussein, Z. Ali, M. Imran, A. Wadood, “Automatic Gender Detection based on
Characteristics of Vocal Folds for Mobile Healthcare System”, Mobile Information Systems
Journal, May, 2016, Article ID: 7805217. (SCIE, IF – 0.949, Q3). - N. Javaid, M. Shah, A. Ahmad, M. Imran, M. I. Khan, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, An enhanced
energy balanced data transmission protocol for underwater acoustic sensor networks,
Sensors 2016, 16(4), 487; doi:10.3390/s16040487, (SCIE, IF – 2.245, Q1). - T. Hayajneh, B. Mohd, M. Imran, G. Almashaqbeh,
A. Vasilakos, Secure Authentication for Remote Patient Monitoring with Wireless Medical
Sensor Networks, Sensors 2016, 16(4), 424; doi:10.3390/s16040424. (SCIE, IF – 2.245, Q1). - M. Akbar, N. Javaid, A. H. Khan, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, A. V. Vasilakos, “Efficient data
gathering in 3D linear underwater wireless sensor network using sink mobility,
Sensors 2016, 16(3), 404; doi:10.3390/s16030404. (SCIE, IF – 2.245, Q1). - M. Akbar, N. Javaid, M. Imran, N. Amjad, M. I. Khan, M. Guizani, “Sink mobility aware
energy efficient network integrated super heterogeneous protocol for WSNs”, EURASIP
Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Dec. 2016:66. (SCIE, IF – 0.72, Q3). - M. B. Rasheed, N. Javaid, M. Imran, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, A. V. Vasilakos, Delay and Energy
Consumption Analysis of Priority Guaranteed MAC Protocol for Wireless Body Area
Networks, Wireless Networks Journal, Vol. 23 (4), pp. 1249–1266, May, 2017. (SCIE, IF –
1.055, Q3). - J. Wan, J. Liu, Z. Shao, A. V. Vasilakos, M. Imran, K. Zhou, “Mobile Crowd Sensing for Traffic
Prediction in Internet of Vehicles”, Sensors Journal, Vol. 16(1), 88;
doi:10.3390/s16010088, Jan, 2016. (SCIE, IF – 2.245, Q1). - M. Moetesum, F. Hadi, M. Imran*, A. A. Minhas, A. Vasilakos, “An Adaptive and Efficient
Buffer Management Scheme for Resource-constrained Delay Tolerant Networks”, Wireless
Networks Journal, Vol. 22 (7), pp. 2189–2201, Oct, 2016. (SCIE, IF – 1.055, Q3). - ed, N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, Z. A. Khan, M. Imran, M. Guizani, A. Hayat, M. Ilahi, “A Fatigue
Measuring Protocol for Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks”, Journal of Medical Systems, Vol.
39:193, 2015. doi: 10.1007/s10916-015-0338-8. (SCIE, IF – 2.213, Q2) - H. Zhang, Y. Liu, N. N. Xiong, M. Imran, A. V. Vasilakos, “An Improved Similarity Based
Adaptive Step Size Glowworm Algorithm”, Journal of Internet Technology, Vol. 16(5), pp. 905-
914, Sep, 2015. (SCIE, IF – 0.438, Q4). - M. Imran*, N. A. Zafar, M. A. Alnuem, M. S. Aksoy, A. Vasilakos, “Formal Verification and
Validation of a Movement Control Actor Relocation Algorithm for Wireless Sensor and Actor
Networks”, Wireless Networks Journal, Vol. 22 (1), pp. 247-265, Jan, 2016. doi:
10.1007/s11276-015-0962-8. (SCIE, IF – 1.055, Q3). - S. Ahmed, N. Javaid, M. Akbar, M. Imran, Z. A. Khan, N. Alrajeh, “Co-LAEEBA: Cooperative
Link Aware and Energy Efficient protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks”, Computers in
Human Behavior, Volume 51, Part B, Pages 1205-1215, Oct, 2015. (SCIE, IF – 2.694, Q1) - W. Wallayt, M. S. Younis, M. Imran*, M. Shoaib, M. Guizani, “Automatic Modulation
Classification for Low SNR Digital Signal in Frequency-Selective Fading Environment”,
Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 84(3), pp. 1891-1906, Oct, 2015. (SCIE, IF – 0.653,
Q3) - N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, Q. Nadeem, Z. A. Khan, M. Imran, N. Haider, “iM-SIMPLE: iMproved
Stable Increased Throughput Multi-hop Link Efficient Routing Protocol for Wireless Body
Area Networks”, Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 51, Part B, Pages 1003-1011, Oct, 2015.
(SCIE, IF – 2.694, Q1) - M. M. Sandhu, N. Javaid, M. Jamil, Z. A. Khan, M. Imran, M. Ilahi, M. A. Khan, “Modeling
Mobility and Psychological Stress based Human Postural Changes in Wireless Body Area
Networks”, Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 51, Part B, Pages 1042-1053, Oct, 2015. (SCIE,
IF – 2.694, Q1) - S. Alvi, M. S. Younis, M. Imran, Fazal-E-Amin, M. Guizani “A Near-Optimal LLR Based
Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Scheme for CRAHNs”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications, Vol. 14 (7), pp. 3877 – 3887, Jul, 2015. (SCIE, IF – 2.762, Q1) - A. Al-Mogren, M. Iftikhar, M. Imran*, N. N. Xiong, S. Guizani, “Performance analysis of
hybrid polling schemes with multiple classes of self-similar and long-range dependent traffic
input”, Journal of Internet Technology, Vol. 16 (4), pp. 615-627, Jul, 2015. (SCIE, IF – 0.438,
Q4) - F. Subhan, S. Ahmed, K. Ashraf, M. Imran, “Extended Gradient RSSI Predictor and Filter
for Signal Prediction and Filtering in Communication Holes”, Wireless Personal
Communications, Vol. 83 (1), pp. 297-314, Jul, 2015, (SCIE, IF – 0.979, Q3). - N. Javaid, M. B. Rasheed, M. Imran, M. Guizani, Z. A. Khan, T. A, Alghamdi, M. Illahi, “An
Energy Efficient Distributed Clustering Algorithm for Heterogeneous WSNs”, EURASIP
Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Jun, 2015:151 doi:10.1186/s13638-
015-0376-4. (SCIE, IF – 0.80, Q3). - A. Akhanzada, E. Ahmed, A. Gani, M. K. Khan, M. Imran, S. Guizani, “Securing Software
Defined Networks: Taxonomy, Requirements, and Open Issues”, IEEE Communications
Magazine, Vol. 53 (4), pp. 36-44, Apr, 2015. (SCIE, IF – 4.460, Q1) - N. Javaid, M. R. Jafri, Z. A. Khan, N. Alrajeh, M. Imran, A. Vasilakos, “Chain-based
Communication in Cylindrical Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks”, Sensors Journal,
15(2), pp. 3625-3649, 2015, doi:10.3390/s150203625. (SCIE, IF – 2.245, Q1). - A. A. Malik, N. A Khan, W. Majeed, Y. Ayaz, M. Jamil, S. O. Gilani, M. B. Rasheed, M. Imran,
N. Javaid, “Comparative analysis of different classifiers for developing an adaptive Computer
Assisted EEG Analysis System for diagnosing Epilepsy”, BioMed Research International, Vol.
2015, Feb, 2015, Article 638036. (SCIE, IF – 2.706, Q2) - S. Jabbar, R. Iram, M. Imran, A. Ahmad, A. Paul, A. A. Minhas, M. Iftikhar, “Energy Aware
Simple Ant Routing Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Mathematical Problems in
Engineering, Vol. 2015 (2015), Article 194532. (SCIE, IF – 1.082, Q2) - A. Ghafoor, M. Sher, M. Imran, A. Derhab, “Secure Key Distribution using Fragmentation
and Assimilation in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks”, International Journal of
Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 2015 (2015), Article 542856. (SCIE, IF – 0.923, Q3) - S. Jabbar, A. A. Minhas, M. Imran, S. Khalid, K. Saleem, “Energy Efficient Strategy for
Throughput Improvement in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Sensors Journal, 15(2), pp. 2473-
2495, Jan, 2015, doi:10.3390/s150202473. (SCIE, IF – 2.245, Q1) - A. Derhab, A. Bouras, M. R. Senouci, M. Imran, “Fortifying Intrusion detection systems in
dynamic ad-hoc and wireless sensor networks”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor
Networks, Vol. 2014. (SCIE, IF – 0.923, Q3),
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdsn/aip/608162/ - M. A. Alnuem, N. A. Zafar, M. Imran*, M. Fayed, S. Ullah “Formal Specification and
Validation of a Localized Algorithm for Segregation of Critical/Non-critical nodes in MAHSNs”,
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 2014, (SCIE, IF – 0.923, Q3). https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/140973 - S. Ullah, M. Imran, M. A. Alnuem, “A Hybrid and Secure Priority-Guaranteed MAC protocol
for Wireless Body Area Network”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol.
2014 (2014), Article ID 481761, Jan, 2014. (SCIE, IF – 0.923, Q3), https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/481761 - M. Imran*, A. M. Said, M. Younis, and H. Hasbullah, "Application-centric Recovery
Algorithm for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks," International Journal of Communication
Networks and Distributed Systems, Vol. 10 (4), pp.379 – 401, Jun, 2013. (Scopus-indexed). - M. Imran*, N. A. Zafar, “Formal Specification and Validation of a Hybrid Connectivity
Restoration Algorithm for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks”, Sensors Journal, Vol. 12 (9),
pp. 11754-11781, Aug, 2012. (SCIE, IF – 1.953, Q1) - M. Imran*, M. Younis, N. Haider, M. Alnuem, “Resource Efficient Connectivity Restoration
Algorithm for Mobile Sensor/Actor Networks”, EURASIP Journal on Wireless
Communications and Networking, Vol. 2012 (347), doi:10.1186/1687-1499-2012-347.
(SCIE, IF – 0.54, Q3) - M. Imran*, M. Younis, A. M. Said, and H. Hasbullah, "Localized Motion-based Connectivity
Restoration Algorithms for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks," Journal of Network and
Computer Applications, Vol. 35(2), March, 2012. (SCIE, IF – 1.467, Q1)
International conferences and workshop papers (accepted/published)
- N. Nasser, E. Qazi, M. Imran, A. Ali, A. Al-Helali, A Deep Learning-based System for Detecting
COVID-19 Patients, in the proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on
Communications (ICC), 14-23 June 2021, Montreal, Canada. - Y. Liu, H. Dai, M. Imran, N. Nasser, Ground-to-UAV Communication Network: Stochastic
Geometry-based Performance Analysis, in the proceedings of the IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC), 14-23 June 2021, Montreal, Canada. - G. Raja, V. S. Saran, S. Anbalagan, A. K. Bashir, M. Imran, N. Nasser, Collisionless Fast Pattern
Formation Mechanism for Dynamic Number of UAVs, in the proceedings of the IEEE Global
Communications Conference (Globecom), 7-11 Dec, 2020, Taipei, Taiwan. - Omaji Samuel, N. Javaid, M. Imran, N. Nasser, A Trust Management System for Multi-Agent
System in Smart Grids Using Blockchain Technology, in the proceedings of the IEEE Global
Communications Conference (Globecom), 7-11 Dec, 2020, Taipei, Taiwan. - M. Han, J. Wu, A. K. Bashir, W. Yang, M. Imran, N. Nasser, Adversarial Learning-based Bias
Mitigation for Fatigue Driving Detection in Fair-Intelligent IoV, in the proceedings of the IEEE
Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 7-11 Dec, 2020, Taipei, Taiwan. - Z. Guo, K. Yu, T. Guo, A. K. Bashir, M. Imran, M. Guizani, Implicit Feedback-based Group
Recommender System for Internet of Things Applications, in the proceedings of the IEEE
Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 7-11 Dec, 2020, Taipei, Taiwan. - I. Baig, U. Farooq, N. U. Hasan, M. Zghaibeh, M. A. Arshad, M. Imran, A Joint SLM and Precoding
Based PAPR Reduction Scheme for 5G UFMC Cellular Networks, in the proceedings of the
2020-International Conference on Computing and Information Technology (ICCIT-1441), 9-
10 Sep, 2020 Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. - M. A. Khan, N. Javaid, S. Javaid, A. Khalid, Nidal Nasser, M. Imran, A novel cooperative link
selection mechanism for enhancing the robustness in scale-free IoT networks, in the
Proceedings of the 16th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
Conference (IWCMC 2020), 15-19 Jun, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus. - M. Usman, N. Javaid, A. Khalid, N. Nasser, M. Imran, Robustness Optimization of Scale-Free IoT
Networks, in the Proceedings of the 16th International Wireless Communications
and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2020), 15-19 Jun, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus. - A. Sadiq, N. Javaid, O. Samuel, A. Khalid, N. Haider, M. Imran, Efficient Data Trading and Storage
in Internet of Vehicles using Consortium Blockchain, in the Proceedings of the 16th
International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2020),
15-19 Jun, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus. - M. U. Javaid, A. Jamal, N. Javaid, N. Haider, M. Imran, Conditional Anonymity enabled
Blockchain-based Ad Dissemination in Vehicular Ad-hoc Network, in the Proceedings of the
16th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
(IWCMC 2020), 15-19 Jun, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus. - T. Ashfaq, N. Javaid, M. U. Javaid, M. Imran, N. Haider, N. Nasser, Secure Energy Trading for
Electric Vehicles using Consortium Blockchain and k-Nearest Neighbor, in the Proceedings of
the 16th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
(IWCMC 2020), 15-19 Jun, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus. - M. S. Iftikhar, N. Javaid, O. Samuel, M. Shoaib, M. Imran, An Incentive Scheme for VANETs based
on Traffic Event Validation using Blockchain, in the Proceedings of the 16th
International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2020),
15-19 Jun, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus. - M. Z. Iftikhar, N. Javaid, S. Javaid, M. Imran, N. Nasser, TFPMS: Transactions Filtering Pattern
Matching Scheme for Vehicular Networks based on Blockchain, in the Proceedings of the 16th
International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2020),
15-19 Jun, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus. - M. Anwar, N. Javaid, A. Khalid, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, Electricity Theft Detection using Pipeline
in Machine Learning, in the Proceedings of the 16th International Wireless Communications
and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2020), 15-19 Jun, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus. - A. Naz, N. Javaid, A. Khalid, M. Shoaib, M. Imran, Electric Load Forecasting using EEMD and
Machine Learning Techniques, in the Proceedings of the 16th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2020),
15-19 Jun, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus. - A. Ullah, N. Javaid, O. Samuel, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, CNN and GRU based Deep Neural Network
for Electricity Theft Detection to Secure Smart Grid, in the Proceedings of the 16th
International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2020),
15-19 Jun, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus. - A. S. Yahaya, N. Javaid, R. Khalid, M. Imran, M. Guizani, “A Blockchain-based Privacy-
Preserving Mechanism with Aggregator as Common Communication Point”, in the
proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 7-11 June 2020,
Dublin, Ireland. - A. S. Yahaya, N. Javaid, R. Khalid, M. Imran, N. Naseer, “A Blockchain-based Privacy-Preserving
System for Electric Vehicles through Local Communication”, in the proceedings of the IEEE
International Conference on Communications (ICC), 7-11 June 2020, Dublin, Ireland. - S. Mujeeb, N. Javaid, R. Khalid, M. Imran, N. Naseer, “DE-RUSBoost: An Efficient Electricity
Theft Detection Scheme with Additive Communication Layer”, in the proceedings of the IEEE
International Conference on Communications (ICC), 7-11 June 2020, Dublin, Ireland. - O. Samuel, N. Javaid, R. Khalid, M. Imran, M. Guizani, “A Case Study of Direct Communication
based Solar Power Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa for Levelled Energy Cost”, in the
proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 7-11 June 2020,
Dublin, Ireland. - R. Khalid, N. Javaid, S. Javaid, M. Imran, N. Naseer, “A blockchain-based decentralized energy
management in a P2P trading system”, in in the proceedings of the IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC), 7-11 June 2020, Dublin, Ireland. - K. M. Ghori, R. A. Abbasi, M. Awais, M. Imran, A. Ullah, S. Laszlo, Impact of Feature Selection on
Non-Technical Loss Detection, in the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Data
Science and Machine Learning Applications (CDMA), March 3-5, 2020, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. - O. Samuel, N. Javaid, M. Awais, Z. Ahmed, M. Imran, M. Guizani, A Blockchain Model for Fair
Data Sharing in Deregulated Smart Grids, in the Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Global
Communications Conference (Globecom), December 9-13, 2019, Hawaii, USA. - M. Rehman, N. Javaid, M. Awais, M. Imran, N. Nasser, Cloud Based Secure Service Providing
for IoTs using Blockchain, in the Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Global Communications
Conference (Globecom), pp. 1-6, December 9-13, 2019, Hawaii, USA. - S. Din, A. ahmad, A. Paul, M. Anisetti, G. Jeon, M. Imran, N. Nasser, RTRD: Real-Time Route
Discovery for Urban Scenarios Using Internet of Things, in the Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE
Global Communications Conference (Globecom), pp. 1-6, December 9-13, 2019, Hawaii, USA. - M. Awais, N. Javaid, N. Nasser, M. Imran, Exploiting Energy Efficient Routing protocols for Void
Hole Alleviation in IoT enabled Underwater WSN, in the Proceedings of the 15th
International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2019),
Tangier, Morocco, June 24-28, 2019. - N. Javaid, H. Nasir, W. Raza, M. Imran, N. Nasser, Outage Probability of HybridDecode-
Amplify-Forward Relaying Protocol for Buffer-Aided Relays, in the Proceedings of the IEEE
International Conference on Communications (ICC), 20-24 May 2019 Shanghai, China. - N. Javaid, H. Nasir, M. Imran, N. Nasser, W. Raza, Buffer Occupancy based DF and AF Relaying
inNakagami-m Fading Channels, in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on
Communications (ICC), 20-24 May 2019 Shanghai, China. - I. Baig, U. Farooq, N. U. Hasan, M. Zghaibeh, V. Jeoti, M. Imran, "A Low PAPR Universal Filtered
Multi-Carrier System for 5G Machine Type Communications" in the Proceedings of the IEEE
Wireless Days, April 24th - 26th, Manchester, UK, 2019. - H. Kazmi, N. Javaid, M. Imran, F. Outay, Congestion Control in Wireless Sensor Networks based
on Support Vector Machine, Grey Wolf Optimization and Differential Evolution, in the
Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Days, April 24th - 26th, Manchester, UK, 2019. - I. Baig, U. Farooq, N. U. Hasan, M. Zghaibeh, V. Jeoti, M. Imran, A Low PAPR Universal Filtered
Multi-Carrier System for 5G Machine Type Communications, in the Proceedings of the IEEE
Wireless Days, April 24th - 26th, Manchester, UK, 2019. - G. Latif, N. Javaid, A. Iqbal, J. Ahmad, A. Jabbar, M. Imran, An efficient routing protocol via
depth adjustment and energy gradation in underwater wireless sensor networks, in the
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services
in Ubiquitous Computing (IMIS-2018), Jul 4–6, 2018, Matsue, Japan. - I. Baig, U. Farooq, N. Ul. Hasan, M. Zghaibeh, U. M.Rana, M. Imran, M. Ayaz, A Joint Filtering and
Precoding Based Uplink MC-NOMA, in the Proceedings of the International Symposium
on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), 19-21 June 2018, Rome, Italy. - I. Baig, U. Farooq, N. Ul. Hasan, M. Zghaibeh, U. M.Rana, M. Imran, M. Ayaz, On the PAPR
Reduction: A Novel Filtering Based Hadamard Transform Precoded Uplink MC-NOMA Scheme
for 5G Cellular Networks, in the Proceedings of the 2018 1st International Conference on
Computer Applications & Information Security (ICCAIS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
DOI: 10.1109/CAIS.2018.8441999 - S. Yaqoob, A. Ghafoor, M. Akbar, M. Imran, M. Guizani, Fog-assisted Congestion Avoidance
Scheme for Internet of Vehicles, in the Proceedings of the 14th
International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2018),
Limassol, Cyprus, June 25 — 29, 2018. - N. Javaid, O. A. Karim, A. Sher, M. Imran, A. H. Yasar, M. Guizani, Q-Learning for energy
balancing and avoiding the void hole routing protocol in underwater sensor networks, in the
Proceedings of the 14th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
Conference (IWCMC 2018), Limassol, Cyprus, June 25 — 29, 2018. - W. Raza, N. Javaid, H. Nasir, M. Imran, A. H. Yasar, Buffer Occupancy Based Link Prioritization
for Cooperative Wireless Networks, in the Proceedings of the 14th
International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2018),
Limassol, Cyprus, June 25 — 29, 2018. - H. Nasir, N. Javaid, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, M. Anwar, Simultaneous Wireless Information and
Power Transfer for Buffer-Aided Cooperative Relaying Systems, in the Proceedings of the 14th
International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2018),
Limassol, Cyprus, June 25 — 29, 2018. - H. Nasir, N. Javaid, W. Raza, M. Imran, M. Shoaib, A New Insight Towards Buffer-Aided
Relaying in Cooperative Wireless Network, in the Proceedings of the 14th
International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2018),
Limassol, Cyprus, June 25 — 29, 2018. - J. S. Abbasi, N. Javaid, S. Gull, S. Islam, M. Imran, N. Hassan, K. Nasr, Balanced Energy Efficient
Rectangular routing protocol for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks, in the Proceedings
of the 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
(IWCMC 2017), pp., pp. 1634-1640, 26-30 June 2017, Valencia, Spain. - H. Nasir, N. Javaid, W. Raza, M. Imran, M. Guizani, Performance analysis of a buffer-aided
incremental relaying in cooperative wireless network, in the Proceedings of the 13th
International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2017),
pp. 1483-1488, 26-30 June 2017, Valencia, Spain. - A. H. Khan, K. Khan, S. Gull, M. Sajid, M. Imran, N. Javaid, Logical sub-region with sink mobility
for throughput maximization and energy consumption minimization in rectangular UWSNs,
in the Proceedings of the 13th International Wireless Communications
and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2017), pp. 1648-1653, 26-30 June 2017,
Valencia, Spain. - M. A. Khan, N. Javaid, Z. Wadud, S. Gull, M. Imran, K. Nasr, Towards energy balancing in
heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks, in the Proceedings of the 13th
International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2017),
pp. 786-791, 26-30 June 2017, Valencia, Spain. - Z. Ali, M. Imran, W. Abdul, M. Shoaib, An Innovative Algorithm for Privacy Protection in a
Voice Disorder Detection System, in the Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference
on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA 2017), August 1-6, 2017, Moscow,
Russia. - E. Ahmed, A. Naveed, A. Gani, S. H. A. Hamid, M. Imran, M. Guizani, “Process State
Synchronization for Mobility Support in Mobile Cloud Computing”, in the Proceedings of the
International Conference on Communications (ICC 2017), 21-25 May 2017, Paris, France. - M. M. Rathore, A. Paul, A. Ahmad, M. Imran, M. Guizani, “Big Data Analytics of Geosocial Media
for Planning and Real-Time Decisions”, in the Proceedings of the International Conference on
Communications (ICC 2017), 21-25 May 2017, Paris, France. - M. M. Rathore, A. Paul, A. Ahmad, S. Rho, M. Imran, M. Guizani, “Hadoop Based Real-time
Intrusion Detection for High-speed Networks” in the Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Global
Communications Conference (Globecom), pp. 1-6, 4-8 Dec, 2016, Washington DC, USA. - M. M. Rathore, A. Paul, A. Ahmad, M. Imran, M. Guizani, “High-Speed Network Traffic Analysis:
Detecting VoIP Calls in Secure Big Data Streaming” in the Proceedings of the 41st Annual IEEE
Conference on Local Computer Networks, pp. 595-598, 7-10 Nov, 2016, Dubai, UAE. - A. Ahmad, N. Javaid, M. Imran, M. Guizani, A. A. Alhamed, “An advanced energy consumption
model for terrestrial wireless sensor networks”, in the Proceedings of the 12th IEEE
International Conference on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC,
2016), pp. 790-793, 5-9 Sept, 2016, Paphos, Cyprus. - N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, , M. Imran, A. A. Alhamed, M. Guizani, “BIETX: A New Quality Link Metric
for Static Wireless Multi-hop Networks”, in the Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International
Conference on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC, 2016), pp.
______________, 5-9 Sept, 2016, Paphos, Cyprus. - T. Liaqat, N. Javaid, M. Imran, A. Majid, I. Azam, T. Khan, “Energy efficient and reliable data
gathering in Underwater WSNs, in the Proceedings of the 30th IEEE International Conference
on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Mar.
23-25, 2016. - M. A. Khan, N. Javaid, M. Imran, M. A. Alnuem, “Dual Sink Efficient Balanced Energy Technique
for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks”, in the Proceedings of the 30th IEEE International
Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, Crans-Montana,
Switzerland, Mar. 23-25, 2016. - H. Afzaal, M. Imran, N. A. Zafar, “Implementing Partitioning Detection and Connectivity
Restoration in WSAN Using VDM-SL”, in the Proceedings of the 13th International Conference
on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT'15), Dec. 14-16, 2015, Islamabad Pakistan. - A. Ahmad, M. M. Rathore, A. Paul, S. Rho, M. Imran, M. Guizani, “A Multi-parameter Based
Vertical Handover Decision scheme for M2M Communications in HetMANET”, in the
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Selected Areas
in Communications, Green Communications and Computing, 6-10 Dec, 2015, San Diego, CA,
USA. - S. Riaz, H. Afzaal, M. Imran, N. A. Zafar, M. S. Aksoy, “Formalizing Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor
Networks using VDM-SL” in the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Emerging
Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN 2015), Vol. 63, pp. 148–153, 27-30 Sep,
2015, Berlin, Germany. - T. Liaqat, N. Javaid, S. M. Ali, M. Imran, M. Alnuem, “Depth-Based Energy-Balanced Hybrid
Routing Protocol for Underwater WSNs”, in the Proceedings of the 7th International
Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (INCoS), pp. 262 - 267 , 2-4
Sep, 2015, Taipei, Taiwan. - M. Shah, N. Javaid, S. Tariq, M. Imran, M. Alnuem, “A Balanced Energy Consumption Protocol
for Underwater ASNs”, in the Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on
Network-Based Information Systems (NBiS), 2-4 Sep, 2015, Taipei, Taiwan. - M. M. Sandhu, N. Javaid, M. Imran, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, “BEC: A Novel Routing Protocol for
Balanced Energy Consumption in Wireless Body Area Networks”, in the Proceedings of the
11th IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
(IWCMC, 2015), pp. 653 – 658, 24-27 Aug, 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia. - M. Shah, N. Javaid, M. Imran, M. Guizani, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, “Interference Aware Inverse
EEDBR Protocol for Underwater WSNs”, in the Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International
Conference on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC, 2015), pp. 739 –
744, 24-27 Aug, 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia. - N. Haider, M. Imran, M. Younis, N. M. Saad, M. Guizani, “A Novel Mechanism to Restore Actor
Connected Coverage in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks”, in the Proceedings of the 2015
IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC), pp. 6383-6388, Jun 8-12, 2015,
London, UK. - A. Ghafoor, M. Sher, M. Imran, K. Saleem, “A Lightweight Key Freshness Scheme for Wireless
Sensor Networks”, in the Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Information
Technology: Next Generation (ITNG), pp. 169-173, Las Vegas, USA, Apr 13-15, 2015. - S. Yousaf, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, M. Imran, N. Javaid, M. Iftikhar, “Incremental Relay Based
Cooperative Communication in Wireless Body Area Networks”, in the Proceedings of the 6th
International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2015), pp.
552–559, Jun 2 - 5, 2015, London, UK. - A. H. Khan, N. Javaid, M. Imran, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, N. Haider “DYN-NbC: Routing Scheme to
Maximize Lifetime and Throughput of Wireless Sensor Networks”, in the Proceedings of the
29th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications
(AINA-2015), pp. 92-97, Gwangju, Korea, Mar 24-27, 2015. - D. Mahmood, N. Javaid, M. Imran, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, M. A. Alnuem, “On Data Fusion for
Orientation Sensing in WBASNs using Smart Phones”, in the Proceedings of the 29th IEEE
International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-
2015), pp. 461-467, Gwangju, Korea, Mar 24-27, 2015. - A. H. Khan, N. Javaid, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, M. Imran, N. Haider, “DYN-NbC-JSM: Dynamic Joint
Sink Mobility with Need-based Clustering in WSNs”, in the Proceedings of the 29th IEEE
International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops
(AINA-2015), pp.320-325, Gwangju, Korea, Mar 24-27, 2015. - N. Javaid, M. Imran, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, M. A. Alnuem, “A Survey of Home Energy
Management for Residential Customers”, in the Proceedings of the 29th IEEE International
Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2015), pp. 666-
673, Gwangju, Korea, Mar 24-27, 2015. - N. Ilyas, N. Javaid, M. Imran, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, M. Shoaib, “Extended Lifetime Based
Elliptical Sink-Mobility in Depth Based Routing Protocol for UWSNs”, in the Proceedings of
the 29th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and
Applications Workshops (AINA-2015), pp. 297-303, Gwangju, Korea, Mar 24-27, 2015. - N. Ilyas, N. Javaid, M. Imran, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, M. Shoaib, “AAEERP: Advanced AUV aided
Energy Efficient Routing Protocol for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks”, in the
Proceedings of the 29th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking
and Applications (AINA-2015), pp. 77-83, Gwangju, Korea, Mar 24-27, 2015. - A. Ahmad, N. Javaid, Z. A. Khan, M. Imran, M. Alnuem, “iA-MAC: improved Adaptive Medium
Access Control protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks” in the Proceedings of the 14th
International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, pp. 156 – 160,
Sep 26-26, 2014, Incheon, Korea. - S. Alvi, M. S. Younis, M. Imran, Fazal-E-Amin, “A Log-Likelihood Based Cooperative Spectrum
Sensing Scheme for Cognitive Radio Networks”, in the Proceedings of the 5th International
Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks, Sep 22-25, 2014,
Halifax, Canada. - W. Wallayt, M. S. Younis, M. Imran, M. Zia, “Performance Analysis of Automatic Modulation
Classification in Multipath Fading Environment”, in the Proceedings of the 5th International
Conference on Intelligent & Advanced Systems, 3-5 Jun, 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. - A. Alamri, Sk. Md. Mizanur Rahman, M. A. Hossain, M. Mahmud, M. Imran, A. Almogren, M.
Alnuem, A lightweight Secure Data Aggregation Technique for Wireless Sensor Network, EEE
International Symposium on Multimedia, - S. Alvi, M. S. Younis, M. Imran, Fazal-E-Amin, “A Weighted Linear Combining Scheme for
Cooperative Spectrum Sensing”, in the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on
Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies
Jun 2 - 5, 2014, Hasselt, Belgium. - M. Yasir, N. Haider, W. Afzal, U. Younus, I. Rashid, M. Imran, “Impact of Massive MIMO Systems
on Future M2M Communication”, in the Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Malaysian International
Conference on Communication (MICC 2013), 26-28 Nov, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. - N. Haider, M. Imran, N. M. Saad, M. A. Zakariya, “Performance Analysis of Reactive
Connectivity Restoration algorithms for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks”, in the
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Malaysian International Conference on Communication (MICC
2013), 26-28 Nov, 2013, pp. 490 – 495, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. - M. Iftikhar, M. Imran, G. Al-Naymat, M. A. Alnuem, H. Mathkour “Performance Analysis of
Mixed Polling Schemes with Multiple Classes of Self-Similar Traffic Input to Build
Comprehensive SLAs”, in the Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conference on Local Computer
Networks (LCN 2013), 21-24 Oct, 2013, Sydney, Australia. - M. Iftikhar, M. Imran, I. A. Shoukat, “Performance Analysis of Mixed Polling Schemes with
Multiple Classes of Traffic Input”, in the Proceedings of the International Conference on
Advances in Computing, Electronics and Communication (ACEC, 2013), 21-22 Sep, 2013,
Zurich, Switzerland. - N. Haider, M. Imran, N. M. Saad, “CARE: Coverage-Aware Connectivity Restoration Algorithm
for Mobile Actor/Robot Networks”, in the Proceedings of the 19th Asia-Pacific Conference on
Communications (APCC 2013), 29-31 Aug, 2013, Bali Island, Indonesia. - M. Imran, M. A. Alnuem, M. S. Fayed, A. Alamri, “Localized Algorithm for Segregation of
Critical/Non-critical Nodes in Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks”, Procedia Computer
Science, Volume 19, 2013, Pages 1167-1172. - M. Imran, M. A. Alnuem, N. Haider, “Efficient Movement Control Actor Relocation for Honing
Connected Coverage in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks” in The Proceedings of the 37th
IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2012), 22-25 October 2012, Clearwater,
Florida, USA. - M. Imran, M. A. Alnuem, W. AlSalih and M. Younis, "A Novel Wireless Sensor and Actor
Network Framework for Autonomous Monitoring and Maintenance of Lifeline
Infrastructures," in the Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Communication
(ICC, 2012), 10-15 June 2012, pp. 6484 – 6488, Ottawa, Canada. - M. Imran, A. M. Said, M. Younis, and H. Hasbullah, "Application-centric Connectivity
Restoration algorithm for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks," in the Proceedings of the 6th
International Conference on Grid and Pervasive Computing (GPC' 11) Oulu, Finland, 2011. - M. Imran, M. Younis, A. M. Said, and H. Hasbullah, "Partitioning Detection and Connectivity
Restoration Algorithm for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks," in the Proceedings of the 8th
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC-2010)
Hong Kong, China, 2010, pp. 200-207. - M. Imran, M. Younis, A. Md Said, and H. Hasbullah, "Volunteer-instigated connectivity
restoration algorithm for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks," in the Proceedings of the
2010 IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and
Information Security (WCNIS). Beijing, China, 2010, pp. 679-683. - M. Imran, A. M. Said, and H. Hasbullah, "A survey of simulators, emulators and testbeds for
wireless sensor networks," in the Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Information Technology (ITSim), 2010 vol. 2 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2010, pp. 897-902. - M. Imran, H. Hasbullah, A. M. Said, “Personality Wireless Sensor Networks”, 8th Seminar on
Science and Technology, 2008, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia. CoRR abs/1212.5543,
2012 - M. Imran, A. Khan, A. Abdullah, “Energy Balancing through Cluster-head selection using Ktheorem
in Homogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Conference on Science &
Technology: Applications in Industry & Education (ICSTIE, 2008), Penang, Malaysia. - A. Khan, M. Imran, A. Abdullah, “Energy-efficient technique for Cluster head selection in
wireless sensor networks”, International Conference on Information and Communication
technologies (IC-ICT, 2008), Bannu, Pakistan. - M. Imran, I. A. Niaz, S. Haider, N. Hussain, M. A. Ansari, “Towards Optimal Fault Tolerant
Scheduling in Computational Grid”, Proc. of the IEEE 3rd International Conference on
Emerging Technologies (ICET, 2007), Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 2007, pp. 154-159. - S. Haider, M. Imran, I. A. Niaz, S. Ullah, M. A. Ansari, “Component Based Proactive Fault
Tolerant Scheduling in Computational Grid”, Proc. of the IEEE 3rd International Conference
on Emerging Technologies (ICET, 2007), Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 2007, pp. 119-124. - S. Haider, M. M. Yasin, N. Hussain, M. Imran, “LNOS - Live Network OS”, Proc. of 6th CIIT
Workshop on Research in Computing (CWRC, Fall 2007), Abbottabad, Pakistan, 2007, pp.
120-123, ISBN: 978-969-8779-153.
Professional certifications/training/courses
- ISACA Certified Information Security Manager, Jan, 2021.
- PECB Certified ISO 27032 Lead Cyber Security Manager, March, 2021.
- PECB Certified ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, PECB, 11/2019.
- ICSI Certified Network Security Specialist, UK, 05/2020.
- Digital Forensics, IT Masters/Charles Sturt University, Australia, 04, 2020
- Certified ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management, Axelos, 06/2016.
- Project Management (PMP) training from Knowledge Core
- Certificate of Inter Connecting CISCO Network Devices (ICND) 40 Credit Hours,
from COMSATS Headquarter.
Professional memberships & profiles
- Member, Australian Information Security Association (AISA)
- Professional Member, Information Systems Audit and Control Association®, ISACA
- Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Member, IEEE Computer Society
- Member, Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Member, International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (http://www.issip.org/)
- Google Scholar Profile: Muhammad Imran
- ORCID Author ID: 0000-0002-6946-2591
- Scopus Author ID: 57200275504
- Web of Science Researcher ID: M-7442-2019||Q-2375-2017