Muhammad Amjad, PhD, FHEA, SMIEEE

INTRODUCTION

Muhammad Amjad (PhD, FHEA, SMIEEE) is currently working as a Lecturer (Computer Science) at University of Wolverhampton. He has also worked as a Tutor (Computer Science) with Swansea University, and Communication and Networks Data Scientist (KTP Associate) in a joint project with the University of Essex, UK and the SEA-KIT International, UK. He has his Ph.D. degree with the School of Computer Science and Electronics Engineering, University of Essex, UK. He received his M.S. degree in computer science from the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. He is also the Fellow of advance HEA (FHEA) and Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE). His research interests include 5G/B5G, uRLLC, wireless power transfer, and energy harvesting. He was a recipient of the Best Paper Award at ACM 7th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies, USA, in 2016 and Top Peer Reviewer 2019 Award in the field of Computer Science Publons (Clarivate Analytics -Web of Science Group).  

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Contact:

Email: amjad2 at wlv dot ac dot uk                   

EDUCATION

PhD in Computer Science

University of Essex, UK

Oct, 2017 - March, 2022

Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science:    2014 -  June, 2016.

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan

Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication System (BS-TS)

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

Chartered Management Institute - CMI Level 5 Qualifications in Management and Leadership

Completed in Sep, 2021

Ashorne Hill Management College, UK

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 

Lecturer, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences

University of Wolverhampton, UK 

Nov, 2024 - Present

Tutor in Computer Science, 

Swansea University, UK

Nov, 2022- Oct, 2024

Communication and Networks Data Scientist- KTP Associate 

University of Essex, UK and SEA-KIT International UK. 

Nov, 2020 - Nov, 2022

ACHIEVEMENTS

• "The Best Paper Award" ACM 7th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies, July 6, 2016 , Dallas, U.S.A 

• "Top Peer Reviewer 2019 Award" in the field of Computer Science by Publons (Clarivate Analytics - Web of Science Group). 

• The Best Reviewer of the Year 2016" of Elsevier, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal,

• Outstanding Reviewer of Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, December 2017.

• PhD Scholarship from the University of Essex, UK, 2017.                               

PUBLICATIONS

Journals   

[10]   Zina Mohamed,  Muhammad Amjad, Leila Musavian and Sonia Aïssa, "Effective Capacity of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access with Finite Blocklength for Low-Latency Communications," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (Accepted). 

[J9]    M. Imran, Muhammad Amjad, M. K. Afzal, M. Usman and B. -S. Kim, "Investigating Low Latency Communications with Link-Layer rate of NOMA under Nakagami-m Fading Channel in Finite Blocklength Regime," in IEEE Access ,  vol. 13, pp. 24237-24250, , 2025. 

[J8]     Muhammad Amjad, Leila Musavian, and Sonia Aïssa, NOMA versus OMA in Finite Blocklength Regime:Link-Layer Rate Performance, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol 69, no. 12 (2020): 16253-16257.   (PDF)

[J7]     A. Nauman, Y. A. Qadri, Muhammad Amjad, Y. B. Zikria, M. K. Afzal, and S. W. Kim, “Multimedia Internet of Things: A comprehensive survey”, IEEE Access, vol. 8(1), pp. 8202-8250, January 2020.

[J6]     Muhammad Amjad, Leila Musavian, and Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Effective Capacity in Wireless Networks: A Comprehensive Survey, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 3007-3038, Fourthquarter 2019. (Impact Factor = 22.97).(PDF) 

[J5]     Muhammad Amjad, Mubashir Husain Rehmani and Shiwen Mao, Wireless Multimedia Cognitive Radio Networks: A Comprehensive Survey, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials,  vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 1056-1103, 2018. (Impact Factor = 22.97)  (PDF). The review of this paper has been published in "IEEE COMSOC MMTC Communications – Review"  in February 2018. IEEE MMTC each month selects "interesting, timely, and newsworthy papers and articles from IEEE publications". (Click here to find the review). This article has also been one  among the Top 50 most Accessed Articles in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials in the Months of (July 2018) and (August 2018).

[J4]     Muhammad Amjad, Fayaz Akhtar, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Martin Reisslein, and Tariq Umer,  Full-Duplex Communication in Cognitive Radio Networks: A Survey, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 2158-2191, 2017. (Impact Factor=22.97)  (PDF).   This article has been one among the Top 50 most Accessed Articles in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials in the Months of (November 2017), (December 2017), and (January 2018).

[J3]    Muhammad Amjad, Ayaz Ahmad, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, and Tariq Umer, "A Review of EVs Charging: From the Perspective of Energy Optimization, Optimization Approaches, and Charging Techniques",  Elsevier Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, vol. 62, pp. 386--417,  2018,  (Impact Factor = 4.05).  

[J2]     Muhammad Amjad, M. K Afzal, T. Umer, and B. S. Kim, "QoS-Aware and Heterogeneously Clustered Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks", IEEE Access, vol. 5, no. , pp. 10250-10262, 2017.  (Impact Factor=4.09)

[J1]      Muhammad Amjad, M. Sharif, M. K. Afzal, and S. W. Kim, “TinyOS-New trends, comparative views and supported sensing applications: A Review", IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 2865-2889, May 2016. (Impact Factor=3.07). 

International Conferences   

[C3]   Muhammad Amjad, Leila Musavian, and Sonia Aïssa, "Link-Layer Rate of NOMA with Finite Blocklength for Low-Latency Communications" https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.03476,  IEEE PIMRC, 2020,

[C2]   Muhammad Amjad and Leila Musavian, "Performance Analysis of NOMA for Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications", IEEE GLOBECOM, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 9-13 December 2018.

[C1]    Tariq Umer, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, and Muhammad Aslam "Hybrid Rapid Response Routing Approach for Delay-Sensitive Data in Hospital Body Area Sensor Network" ACM 7th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies, July 6, 2016 , Dallas, U.S.A. 

Book Chapters

[BC4]  Muhammmad Amjad, Security Attacks in Digital Twin-Enabled Wireless System. In: Afzal, M.K., Naeem, M., Ejaz, W. (eds) Digital Twins for Wireless Networks. Springer, 2025. 

[BC3]  Muhammmad Amjad, Digital Twin for UAVs: Architecture, Framework, Challenges and Solutions. In: Afzal, M.K., Naeem, M., Ejaz, W. (eds) Digital Twins for Wireless Networks. Springer, 2025. 

[BC2]  Muhammmad Amjad, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, and Tariq Umer,  "Electric Vehicle Scheduling and Charging in the Smart Cities" in Transportation and Power Grid in Smart Cities: Communication Networks and Services, Edited by H. Mouftah, M.E. Kantarci, M. H. Rehmani, John Wiley, UK, 2017.

[BC1]   Tariq Umer, Muhammad Amjad, Nadir Shah, and Zhiguo Ding. "Modeling Vehicles Mobility for Connectivity Analysis in VANET." In Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 221-239. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

PhD Thesis:

Muhammad Amajd, "Link-layer rate of multiple access technologies with short-packet communications for uRLLC", University of Essex, UK.  

MS Thesis.

Muhammad Amajd,  "A Routing Protocol For Energy Harvesting Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks", Master degree Thesis, CIIT, Pakistan.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Special Session Chair, IEEE CEEC'19, UK. 

Publicity Chair, IEEE CEEC'19, UK.   

Publicity Co-Chair, IEEE GLOBECOM 2018 Workshop W#4:UHS5G Ultra-High Speed, Low Latency and Massive Connectivity Communication for 5G/B5G

Program Committee:

• TPC Member IEEE ICC, 2025.

• TPC Member IEEE ICC, 2023.

• TPC Member of IEEE WCNC, 2019, Marrakech, Morocco.

• TPC Member of VTC-Spring, 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• TPC Member of IEEE Globecom, 2018, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 

• TPC Member of IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC),  Bologna, Italy, 2018

• TPC Member of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC)-Fall: Chicago, USA, 2018.

• TPC Member of IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC),  Limassol, Cyprus, 2018.

• TPC Member of IEEE International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2018), Barcelona, Spain. April 23-26, 2018.

• TPC Member of IEEE International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing, Augsburg, Germany, 2017.

• TPC Member of IEEE International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), Marrakech, Morocco, 2017.

• TPC Member of IEEE International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing, Augsburg, Germany, 2016.

• TPC Member of International Conference on Information Technology & e-Services (ICITeS’), Sousse, Tunisia, 2016.

• TPC Member of International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, Hammamet, Tunisia, 2016

Reviewer:

Journals

• IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

• IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.

• IEEE Communications Magazine.

• IEEE Access.

• Elsevier, Ad Hoc Networks.

• Elsevier, Computer Networks

• Elsevier, Future Generation Computer Networks Journal.

• Elsevier, Pervasive and Mobile Computing. 

• Elsevier, Journal of Network and Computer Applications.

• Elsevier, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal.

• Elsevier, Information Systems.

• Elsevier, Digital Communications and Networks

• Journal of Communications and Networks

• Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks (AHSWN).

• Springer, Wireless Networks Journal.

• The Journal of Supercomputing

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems

• Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies

• Springer, Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences

International Conferences

• IEEE GlobeCom 2017, 

• IEEE VTC-fall 2017.

• IWCMC 2017 M2M&IoT Symposium

• International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT) 2017.

• Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 2017: e-Health Symposium

• ISCC 2017.

• IEEE GlobeCom 2016 -- Cognitive Radio and Networks

• IEEE 23rd International Conference on Telecommunications ,2016, in Thessaloniki, Greece.

• IEEE 1st International Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies, June 2016, Washington D.C,USA.

• IEEE WiMob 2016 Workshop on Smart Environments & Urban Networking, New York, USA.

• IEEE IPCCC 2016, Las Vegas, USA.

• The 8th ITU Kaleidoscope academic conference: ICTs for a Sustainable World,Bangkok, Thailand, November 2016.

• The 22nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, Indonesia.

• International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference 2016, Peyia, Cyprus. 

• The 14th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT'16)  2016, Islamabad, Pakistan.

• The 2nd Conference on Computing Systems and Applications, December 2016,  Algiers, Algeria.

• IEEE 10th International Conference on Open Source Systems & Technologies 2016, Lahore, Pakistan.

Workshops Organized         

• • Network Simulator – ns-2              (07-10-2016)      CIIT Wah, Campus, Pakistan.