Faculty - National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

Faculty Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal

Summary

I am Dr. Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, currently employed as Associate Professor at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan. Moreover, I have worked on various administrative positions (Training Officer, Coordination Officer, PG Prog Coordination) at Dept of Information Security (NUST) since 2012. Other than this, my professional services include, but not limited to Industry Consultation, Workshops Organizer/Resource Person (International Workshops/Seminars), Technical Program Committee member, Member Accreditation team, Conference Chief Organizer, Invited Speaker, Teaching (UG/PG/PhD) courses, Research & Development, and Guest Editor/reviewer for several international journals/conferences. I am an academician and researcher since 2012 and have published more than 70 scientific research articles (Impact Factor ~ 175) related to healthcare security, digital forensics, cryptography, IoT security etc in prestigious international journals (ISI-Indexed) like IEEE Comm Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, ACM Computing Surveys, Future Generation Computer Systems, Multimedia Tools and Applications, IEEE Sensors, Systems Journal etc., along with reputed conferences like “ICC”. I am currently supervising 3 x PhD, 8 x MS and Co-Supervising 2 x PhD students. 20 MS students have already passed out under my Supervision. I have won 10 funded projects as Principal and Co-Principal investigator worth 226.8 M PKR from Industry, NUST Def RnD, and European Union (Erasmus+). Furthermore, I have conducted more than 15 CEH, CHFI, CSCU, and Forensics practical hands-on workshops for industry and public sector. I also have the honor of serving as Think Tank member at National Security Division on Cyber (Government of Pakistan). In recognition of my services, I was awarded Overall University Best Teacher Award.

Academic Background

PhD (Information Security) NUST, Islamabad February 23, 2017 - April 04, 2021

Honours and Awards

University Best Teacher Awarded Over All University Best Teacher October 05, 2016

Invited Speaker Invited Speaker for 7th International Conference on Internet Security: Enhancing Information Exchange Safeguards, Almaty, Kazakhstan 19-23 Dec 2017 December 21, 2017

Scholarship Awarded Merit Based Scholarship throughout Bachelors Degree - Computer Science Department, University of Peshawar February 04, 2008

Publications

Demographical Based Sentiment Analysis for Detection of Hate Speech Tweets for Low Resource Language April 25, 2024 Kamal Safdar, Shibli Nisar, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Awais Ahmad, Yawar Abbas Bangash, ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing -

Verifiable Privacy-Preserving Image Retrieval in Multi-Owner Multi-User Settings April 25, 2024 Shahzad Khan, Haider Abbas, Waseem Iqbal, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence - Pages: 16

Offensive Language Detection for Low Resource Language Using Deep Sequence Model April 25, 2024 Anas Ali Khan, Muhammad Hammad, Shibli Nisar, Awais Ahmad, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal , IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems - Pages: 09

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) and Intrusion Detection Evaluation Dataset for Linux Systems 2024 June 01, 2024 Syed Sohaib Karim, Mehreen Afzal, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Dawood al Abri, Data in Brief - Volume 54, Article Number 110290

Reliability through an optimal SDS controller’s placement in a SDDC and smart city March 17, 2024 Dr. Yawar Abbas Bangash, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Shynar Mussiraliyeva, Saddaf Rubab, Bilal Rauf, Cluster Computing - Pages: 22

The reality of backdoored S-Boxes—An eye opener February 01, 2024 Shah Fahd, Mehreen Afzal, Waseem Iqbal, Dawood Shah, Ijaz Khalid, Journal of Information Security and Applications - Volume 80, Article Number 103674

An improved hybrid model for cardiovascular disease detection using machine learning in IoT December 19, 2023 Arsalan Naseer, Muhammad Muheet Khan, Fahim Arif, Waseem Iqbal, Awais Ahmad, Ijaz Ahmad, Expert Systems - Pages 1-19

BSLPSDN: Base station location privacy via software-defined networking (SDN) in wireless sensor networks August 17, 2023 Yawar Abbas Bangash, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Saddaf Rubab, Abdul Waheed Khan, Waqas Aman, International Journal of Communication Systems - Volume: 36, Issue: 17, Articel Number: e5601 Pages: 25

Fall Detection in the Elderly using Different Machine Learning Algorithms with Optimal Window Size August 04, 2023 Firdous Kausar, Mostefa Mesbah, Waseem Iqbal, Awais Ahmad, Ikram Sayyed, Mobile Networks and Applications - Pages 1-11

From trust to truth: Advancements in mitigating the Blockchain Oracle problem August 01, 2023 Ammar Hassan, Imran Makhdoom, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Awais Ahmad, Asad Raza, Journal of Network and Computer Applications - Volume 217, Article Number 103672

Identity-based attack detection using received signal strength in MIMO systems August 01, 2023 Raees Ahmad Sher, Ahmad Cheema, Abdul Wakeel, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Shibli Nisar, Ikram Sayyed, Jaehyuk Choi, AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications - Volume 168, Article Number 154709

Context-Based Adaptive Fog Computing Trust Solution for Time-Critical Smart Healthcare Systems June 15, 2023 Aiman Almas, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Ayesha Altaf, Kashif Saleem, Shynar Mussiraliyeva, Muhammad Wajahat Iqbal, IEEE Internet of Things Journal - Early Access

Detection of non-trivial preservable quotient spaces in S-Box(es) June 03, 2023 Shah Fahd, Mehreen Afzal, Dawood Shah, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Yawar Abbas Bangash, Neural Computing and Applications - Pages 1-13

Privacy and security federated reference architecture for Internet of Things May 11, 2023 Musab Kamal, Imran Rashid, Waseem Iqbal, Haroon, Sohaib Khan, Ijaz Ahmad, Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering - Volume 24, Pages 481-508

An Improved Multiexposure Image Fusion Technique March 16, 2023 Nazish Zulfiqar, Adil Masood Siddiqui, Awais Ahmad, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Muhammad Imran, Imran Touqeer, Wajiha Munir, Big Data - Pages 1-10

PCSS: Privacy Preserving Communication Scheme for SDN Enabled Smart Homes September 15, 2022 Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Haider Abbas, Bilal Rauf, Yawar Abbas, Muhammad Faisal Amjad, Ahmed Hemani, IEEE Sensors - Volume 22, Issue 18, Pages 17677-17690

A social qualitative trust framework for Fog computing September 01, 2022 Mahnoor Hamza, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Awais Ahmad, Muhammad Babar, Sohaib Khan, Computers & Electrical Engineering - Volume 102, Article Number 108195

ARP Overhead Reduction Framework for Software Defned Data Centers May 26, 2022 Maliha Safdar, Yawar Abbas, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Mir Yasir Umair, Abdul Wakeel, Journal of Network and Systems Management - Volume 30, Article Number 50

A game model design using test bed for Malware analysis training April 11, 2022 Marium Khalid, Mehreen Afzal, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Information and Computer Security - Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 1-18

Carving of the OOXML document from volatile memory using unsupervised learning techniques March 15, 2022 Noor Ul Ain, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Hammad Afzal, Journal of Information Security and Applications - Volume 65, Article Number 103096

Forensic analysis of image deletion applications February 16, 2022 Maheen Fatima, Haider Abbas, Waseem Iqbal, Narmeen Shafqat, Multimedia Tools and Applications - Pages 1-28

FBASHI: Fuzzy and Blockchain-Based Adaptive Security for Healthcare IoTs February 11, 2022 Zeeshan Zulkifl, Fawad Khan, Shahzaib Tahir, Mehreen Afzal, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Abdul Rehman, Saqib Saeed, Abdullah M. Almuhaideb, IEEE Access - Volume 10, Pages 15644-15656

An Efficient and Secure Revocation-Enabled Attribute-Based Access Control for eHealth in Smart Society January 03, 2022 Shahzad Khan, Dr Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Abdul Waheed, Gulzar Mehmoo, Shawal Khan, Mahdi Zareei, Rajesh Roshan Biswal, Sensors - Volume 22(1), Article Number 336

CACS: A Context-Aware and Anonymous Communication Framework for an Enterprise Network using SDN December 02, 2021 Bilal Rauf, Haider Abbas, Ahmed Muqeem Shehri, Waseem Iqbal, Yawar Abbas Bangash, Mahmoud Daneshmand, Muhammad Faisal Amjad, IEEE Internet of Things Journal - Volume: 9, Issue: 14, Page(s): 11725 - 11736, 15 July 2022

Behavioral Based Insider Threat Detection Using Deep Learning October 27, 2021 Rida Nasir, Mehreen Afzal, Rabia Latif, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 143266-143274

Hand-based Multibiometric Systems: State-of-the-Art and Future Challenges October 07, 2021 Anum Aftab, Farrukh Aslam Khan, Muhammad Khurram Khan, Haider Abbas, Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Farhan Riaz, PeerJ Computer Science - Volume 7, Article Number e707

Encryption and Re-Randomization Techniques for Malware Propagation October 04, 2021 Ahsan Rasheed Abbasi, Mehreen Afzal, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Shynar Mussiraliyeva, Fawad Khan, Awais Ur Rehman, IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 132522-132532

A novel trust management model for edge computing September 14, 2021 Rabia Latif, Malik Uzair Ahmed, Shahzaib Tahir, Seemab Latif, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Awais Ahmad, Complex & Intelligent Systems - Pages 1-17

Enhanced Metamorphic Techniques-A Case Study Against Havex Malware August 17, 2021 Zainab Mumtaz , Mehreen Afzal, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Waqas Aman, Naima Altaf, IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 112069-112080

Forensic Analysis of Social Networking Applications on an Android Smartphone July 23, 2021 Anoshia Manahil, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Mohsin Iftikhar, Waleed Bin Shahid, Khwaja Mansoor , Saddaf Rubab, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing - Volume 2021, Article ID 5567592, 36 pages

Application Threats to Exploit Northbound Interface Vulnerabilities in Software Defined Networks July 13, 2021 Bilal Rauf, Haider Abbas, Muhammad Usman, Tanveer A. Zia, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Yawar Abbas, Hammad Afzal, ACM Computing Surveys - Volume 54, Issue 6, Article Number 121

ALAM: Anonymous Lightweight Authentication Mechanism for SDN Enabled Smart Homes June 06, 2021 Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Haider Abbas, Pan Deng, Jiafu Wan, Bilal Rauf, Yawar Abbas, Imran Rashid, IEEE Internet of Things Journal - Volume 8, Issue 12, Pages 9622-9633

Background subtraction in videos using LRMF and CWM algorithm May 17, 2021 Wajhia Munir, Adil Masood Siddiqui, Muhammad Imran, Imran Tauqeer, Nazish Zulfiqar, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Awais Ahmad, Journal of Real-Time Image Processing - Pages 1-12

On GPS spoofing of aerial platforms: a review of threats, challenges, methodologies, and future research directions May 06, 2021 Shah Zahid, Mujahid Mohsin, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, PeerJ Computer Science - Volume 7, Article Number e507

Enterprise Integration Patterns in SDN: A Reliable, Fault-Tolerant Communication Framework April 15, 2021 Bilal Rauf, Haider Abbas, Ahmed Muqeem Sheri, Waseem Iqbal, Abdul Waheed, Abdul Waheed, Abdul Waheed, IEEE Internet of Things Journal - Volume 8, Issue 8, Pages 6359-6371

An In-Depth Analysis of IoT Security Requirements, Challenges and their Countermeasures via Software Defined Security October 01, 2020 Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Haider Abbas, Mehmood Daneshmand, Bilal Rauf, Yawar Abbas Bangash, IEEE Internet of Things Journal - Volume 7, Issue 10, Pages 10250-10276

Kleptographic Attack on Elliptic Curve Based Cryptographic Protocols August 11, 2020 Anum Sajjad, Mehreen Afzal, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Haider Abbas, Rabia Latif, Rana Aamir Raza , IEEE Access - Volume 8, Pages 139903-139917

SS7 Vulnerabilities - A Survey and Implementation of Machine Learning vs Rule Based Filtering for Detection of SS7 Network Attacks April 01, 2020 Imran Rashid, Hammad Afzal, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Yawar Abbas Bangash, Haider Abbas, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials - Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 1337-1371

MARC: A Novel Framework for Detecting MITM Attacks in eHealthcare BLE Systems October 16, 2019 Muhammad Yaseen, Waseem Iqbal, Imran Rashid, Haider Abbas, Mujahid Mohsin, Kashif Saleem, Yawar Abbas Bangash, Journal of Medical Systems - Volume 43, Issue 11, Article Number 324

Delay Reduction Through Optimal Controller Placement to Boost Scalability in an SDDC October 01, 2019 Yawar Abbas Bangash, Haider Abbas, Waseem Iqbal, Malik Muhammad Zaki Murtaza Khan, Bilal Rauf, Hammad Afzal, IEEE Systems Journal - -

CATSWoTS: Context Aware Trustworthy Social Web of Things System July 12, 2019 Sabeen Javaid, Hammad Afzal, Fahim Arif, Naima Altaf, Haider Abbas, Waseem Iqbal, Sensors - Volume: 19, Issue: 14, Article Number: 3076,

Forensic Analysis of Tor Browser: A Case Study for Privacy and Anonymity on the Web May 01, 2019 Abid Khan Jadoon, Waseem Iqbal, Muhammad Faisal Amjad, Hammad Afzal, Yawar Abbas Bangash, Forensic Science International - FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL Volume: 299 Pages: 59-73

AndroKit: A Toolkit for Forensics Analysis of Web Browsers on Android Platform October 09, 2018 Muhammad Asim, Muhammad Faisal Amjad, Waseem Iqbal, Hammad Afzal, HAIDER ABBAS, Yin Zhang, Future Generation Computer Systems - Volume 94, Pages 781-794

A Secured Data Management Scheme for Smart Societies in Industrial Internet of Things Environment July 03, 2018 Muhammad Babar, FAZLULLAH KHAN, Waseem Iqbal, ABID YAHYA, Fahim Arif, ZHIYUAN TAN, JOSEPH M. CHUMA, IEEE Access - NULL

Secure sensors data acquisition and communication protection in eHealthcare: Review on the state of the art July 01, 2018 Muhammad Yaseen, Kashif Saleem, Mehmet A. Orgun, Dr. Haider Abbas, Jalal Al- Muhtadi, Waseem Iqbal, Imran Rashid, Abdelouhid Derhab, Telematics and Informatics - Volume:35, Issue:4, Page:702-726

Correlation power analysis of modes of encryption in AES and its countermeasures June 01, 2018 Shah Fahd, Dr. Mehreen Afzal, Dr. Haider Abbas, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Salman Waheed, Future Generation Computer Systems - NULL

USB Storage Device Forensics for Windows 10 May 01, 2018 Ayesha Arshad, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Haider Abbas, Journal of Forensic Sciences - Volume 63, Issue 3, Pages 657-983

Forensic Investigation to detect forgeries in ASF Files of Contemporary IP Cameras April 26, 2018 Rashid Masood Khan, Waseem Iqbal, Muhammad Faisal Amjad, HAIDER ABBAS, Hammad Afzal, Abdul Rauf, Maroof Pasha, The Journal of Supercomputing - Page 1–22

Privacy Preservation in e-Healthcare Environments: State of the Art and Future Directions February 14, 2018 Muneeb Ahmed Sahi, Haider Abbas, Kashif Saleem, Xiaodong Yang, Abdelouahid Derhab, Mehmet A. Orgun, Waseem Iqbal, Imran Rashid, Asif Yaseen, IEEE Access - Volume:6, Page:464-478

A Survey of Authentication Schemes in Telecare Medicine Information Systems January 01, 2017 Muhammad Umair Aslam, Abdelouahid Derhab, Kashif Saleem, Haider Abbas, Mehmet Orgun, Dr Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Baber Aslam, Journal of Medical Systems - Vol.41:14, Pages 1-26

Conferences

Revolutionizing Data Center Networks: Dynamic Load Balancing via Floodlight in SDN Environment - April 25, 2024 HASSAN ISAR, Dr Waseem Iqbal, Dr. Yawar Abbas Bangash, Mir Yasir Umair, Abdul Wakeel, 5th International Conference on Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICACS)

Robustness of Affine and Extended Affine Equivalent Surjective S-Box(es) against Differential Cryptanalysis December 12, 2022 - December 14, 2022 Shah Fahd, Mehreen Afzal, Dawood Shah, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Atiya Hai, 15th International Symposium on Foundations & Practice of Security (FPS – 2022)

Vulnerability Assessment of Pakistan Government Websites September 21, 2021 - September 22, 2021 Imama Ghazanfar, Haider Abbas, Waseem Iqbal, Imran Rashid, 2021 International Conference on Communication Technologies (ComTech)

Smart Secure USB SSU-256 January 14, 2021 - January 15, 2021 Muhammad Ehsan ul Haq, Zeeshan Ali, Muhammad Taimoor Ali, Ruqiya Fazal, Waseem Iqbal, Mehreen Afzal, ICGS3 2021 : 13th International Conference on Global Security, Safety & Sustainability

MAD-Malicious Activity Detection Framework in Federated Cloud Computing December 14, 2020 - December 17, 2020 Akash Gerard, Rabia Latif, Seemab Latif, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Tanzila Saba , Naqash Gerard, Waseem Iqbal, IEEE 13th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE)

DTMSim-IoT: A Distributed Trust Management Simulator for IoT Networks August 17, 2020 - August 22, 2020 Naima Altaf, Syed Wasif Abbas Hamdani, Abdul Waheed Khan, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal , 2020 IEEE Intl Conf on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, Intl Conf on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, Intl Conf on Cloud and Big Data Computing, Intl Conf on Cyber Science and Technology Congress (DASC/PiCom/CBDCom/CyberSciTech)

Detection and Prevention of a Malicious Activity in Industrial Federated Cloud Computing Paradigm July 16, 2020 - July 20, 2020 Naqash Gerard, Ahmed Husnain, Umer Asgher, Akash Gerard, Rabia Latif, Waseem Iqbal, Rabia Latif, 11th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics

Enhanced Lightweight Cloud-assisted Mutual Authentication Scheme for Wearable Devices August 27, 2019 - August 29, 2019 Mehmood Hassan, Khwaja Mansoor, Shahzaib Tahir, Waseem Iqbal, 2019 International Conference on Applied and Engineering Mathematics (ICAEM)

Framework for Calculating Applications’ Authenticity using Free Tools August 19, 2019 - August 21, 2019 Haider Abbas, Narmeen Shafqat, Kashif Saleem, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, Rida Zojaj Naeem, Rida Zojaj Naeem, 16th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC)

A Framework to Determine Applications’ Authenticity August 19, 2019 - August 21, 2019 Rida Zojaj Naeem, Haider Abbas, Narmeen Shafqat, Kashif Saleem, Waseem Iqbal, The 16th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC)

Analysis of Windows OS's File Carving Techniques: A Systematic Literature Review April 01, 2019 - April 03, 2019 Noor Ul Ain Ali, Waseem Iqbal, Narmeen Shafqat, 16th International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations (ITNG 2019)

Forensic Analysis of LinkedIn?s Desktop Application on Windows 10 OS April 01, 2019 - April 03, 2019 Saman Bashir, Haider Abbas, Narmeen Shafqat, Waseem Iqbal, Kashif Saleem, 16th International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations (ITNG 2019)

Integrated Security Model for Managing the Security Non-functional Requirements at Architectural Design of Internet-Based Systems December 17, 2018 - December 19, 2018 Muhammad Babar, Shahid Azeem, Fahim Arif, Waseem Iqbal, 2018 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)

Decentralized Authentication for Secure Cloud Data Sharing June 27, 2018 - June 29, 2018 Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal , Subas Khan, Bilal Rauf , Imran Rashid , 27th International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE-2018)

Enhancing E-Healthcare Privacy Preservation Framework through L-Diversity June 25, 2018 - June 29, 2018 Adeel Shah, Haider Abbas, Waseem Iqbal, Rabia Latif, 2018 14th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC)

Internet of Things (IoT) Design Considerations for Developers and Manufacturers May 21, 2017 - May 25, 2017 Bilal Javed, Mian Waseem Iqbal, Haider Abbas, ICC2017: WT04-5thIEEE International Workshop on Smart Communication Protocols and Algorithms

Internet of things (IoT) design considerations for developers and manufacturers May 21, 2017 - May 25, 2017 Bilal Javed, Mian Waseem Iqbal, Haider Abbas, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops)

A comprehensive people, process and technology (PPT) application model for Information Systems (IS) risk management in small/medium enterprises (SME), April 19, 2017 - April 21, 2017 Muhammad Imran Javaid, Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, IEEE 2017 International Conference on Communication Technologies (ComTech)

Big Data-An evolving concern for forensic investigators November 10, 2015 - November 12, 2015 Dr. Shahzaib Tahir, Dr. Waseem Iqbal, 2015 1st International Conference on Anti-Cybercrime, ICACC 2015

Feasibility Analysis for Incorporating/Deploying SIEM for Forensics Evidence Collection in Cloud Environment June 28, 2015 - July 01, 2015 Muhammad Irfan, Haider Abbas, Waseem Iqbal, 2015 IEEE/ACIS 14th International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS)