Yasir Faheem (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor,
NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Google Scholar Profile, Youtube Channel, NUST-SEECS Webpage
Research Lab: Machine Vision & Intelligent Systems
Email: firstname "dot" lastname "at" seecs"dot"edu"dot"pk
Office: Room 205-A, SEECS-NUST, Sector H-12, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
Professional Experience:
Associate Professor, NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [October, 2020 - till date]
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad [March, 2013 - September, 2020]
Lecturer (ATER in French), Université Paris Nord, France [September, 2011 - August, 2012]
Education:
Ph.D. (Computer Science), Université Paris Nord, France [2012]
MS (Networks and Distributed Systems), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France [2008]
BS (Computer Science), FAST NUCES [2006] (Silver Medalist)
Funded Projects:
Co-Principal Investigator
Project Title: An AI enabled quasi-real-time water quality monitoring for early chemical and/or bio-contamination detection
Funding Body: TEINN Asi@Connect Grant: 150,000 Euros
Project Duration: March 2022 - February 2023
Co-Principal Investigator
Project Title: PEEOS: Phenology Estimation of Rice and Wheat in Pakistan using Earth Observation Satellite Images
Funding Body: HEC-NRPU Grant: PKR 13 Million
Project Duration: 3 years starting from March, 2022
Research Interests:
Routing, medium access control, resource allocation and security related issues in:
Internet of Things
Cloud Computing
Mobile Ad hoc Networks (vehicular networks, opportunistic networks, sensor networks)
Smart Grids
Moreover, I am interested in the applications of algorithmic game theory to various research domains.
Publications:
Books
Mubashir Husain Rehmani and Yasir Faheem, Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks: Applications, Architectures, and Challenges, This book is part of the Advances in Wireless Technologies and Telecommunication (AWTT) series., Editors: Mubashir Husain Rehmani and Yasir Faheem, IGI Global, USA, June, 2014.
Book Chapters
M. H. Rehmani, Y. Faheem, Data Dissemination and Channel Selection in Cognitive Radio Networks, Book chapter in Evolution of Cognitive Networks and Self-Adaptive Communication Systems, Editors: Thomas Lagkas, Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, Malamati Tenia, Periklis and Chatzimisios, IGI Global USA, 2013
Journals (Total Impact Factor: 67.2)
[J15] M. M. Qirtas, Y. Faheem, M. H. Rehmani, A Cooperative Mobile Throwbox-Based Routing Protocol for Social-Aware Delay Tolerant Networks, Springer Wireless Networks, 2020 [IF = 2.4]
[J14] R. Niazi, Y. Faheem, A Bayesian Game-Theoretic Intrusion Detection System for Hypervisor-Based Software Defined Networks in Smart Grids , IEEE Access, 2019 [IF=4.09]
[J13] A. Haq, Y. Faheem, A Peer-to-Peer Communication based Content Distribution Protocol for Incentive-Aware Delay Tolerant Networks, Springer Wireless Networks, 2019 [IF = 2.4]
[J12] S. Ali, A. Ahmad, Y. Faheem, M. Altaf, H. Ullah, Energy-efficient RRH-association and resource allocation in D2D enabled multi-tier 5G C-RAN, Springer Telecommunication Systems, 2019 [IF = 1.7]
[J11] H. Khelifi, S. Luo, B. Nour, H. Moungla, Y. Faheem, R. Hussain, A. Ksentini, Named Data Networking in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks: State of the Art and Challenges, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 2019 [ IF= 22.97]
[J10] M. Fahimullah, Y. Faheem, N. Ahmad, A Bi-Objective Game-Theoretic Model for Collaboration Formation Between Software Development Firms, PLOS ONE, 2019, [IF = 2.77]
[J9] M. Fahimullah, Y. Faheem, N. Ahmad, Collaboration Formation and Profit Sharing Between Software Development Firms: A Shapely Value Based Cooperative Game, IEEE Access, 2019, [IF = 4.09]
[J8] N. Islam, Y. Faheem, I. U. Din, et. al., A Blockchain-based Fog Computing Framework for Activity Recognition as an Application to e-Healthcare Services, Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, 2019 [IF = 5.7]
[J7] S. Khan, N. Islam, Z. Jan, I. Din, A. Khan, Y. Faheem, An e-Health Care Services Framework for the Detection and Classification of Breast Cancer in Breast Cytology Images as an IoMT Application, Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, 2019 [IF = 5.7]
[J6] M. U. Hassan, M. H. Rehmani, Y Faheem, Performance Evaluation of Broadcasting Strategies in Cognitive Radio Networks, Springer Wireless Networks, 2017. [IF = 1.98]
[J5] R. Ullah, Y. Faheem, B. S. Kim, Energy and Congestion-Aware Routing Metric for Smart Grid AMI Networks in Smart City, IEEE Access, July 2017 [IF = 3.24]
[J4] M. Qirtas, Y. Faheem, M. H. Rehmani, Throwboxes in Delay Tolerant Networks: A Survey of Placement Strategies, Buffering Capacity, and Mobility Models, Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2017 [IF = 3.50]
[J3] Y. Faheem. S. Boudjit, Duty-Cycle SN-MPR Algorithm for Mobile Sink Wireless Sensor Networks, IET Wireless Sensor Systems, 2015 [ISI indexed]
[J2] Z. A. Khan, Y. Faheem, Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks: Smart Communication for Smart Grids - A Case Study of Pakistan, Elsevier Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 [IF = 5.62]
[J1] M. A. Qureshi, M. I. Khan, Y. Faheem et. al., Reactive GTS Allocation Protocol for Sporadic Events Using the IEEE 802.15.4, Hindawi's Journal of Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2014 [IF = 1.08]
Conferences and Workshops
[C4] Y. Faheem, S. Boudjit, TABA: A Traffic-Aware Channel Selection Protocol for 802.15.4 Based Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of the twelfth ACM international symposium on Mobile ad hoc networking and computing (MOBIHOC), Paris, 2011 (short paper)
[W1] Y. Faheem, S. Boudjit, Traffic-aware Adaptive-Bandwidth Channel Selection Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks, IWSOS workshop, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2011
[C3] Y. Faheem, S. Boudjit, & K. Chen, Dynamic Sink Location Update Scope Control Mechanism for Mobile Sink Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of Wireless On-Demand Networks Conference (WONS), Italy, 2011
[C2] Y. Faheem, S. Boudjit & K. Chen, Data Dissemination Strategies in Mobile Sink Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey, in Proceedings of IFIP Wireless Days Conference , Paris, France, 2009
[C1] Y. Faheem, J. L. Rougier, Loop avoidance for fish-eye OLSR in Sparse Wireless Mesh Networks, in Proceedings of the Sixth international conference on Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services (WONS), IEEE Press, 2009, 215-218
Technical Program Committee Member:
Reviewing Activities
Departmental Services:
Department of Computing, SEECS-NUST (Since October, 2020)
Revision of the curriculum of BSCS degree program as per guidelines of National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC).
Mapped the BSCS program as per the requirements of:
Undergraduate Education Policy, 2020 of HEC and
National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC)
Team lead of the committee to prepare self assessment reports of the following four post graduate degree programs:
MS(IT)
Ph.D. (IT)
MS (Information Security)
Ph.D. (Information Security)
Computer Science Department, COMSATS University Islamabad (2013-2020):
Computer Science Department, COMSATS University Islamabad (2013-2020):
Convener of the Course Mentors Committee
Member of ABET Continuous Assessment and Improvement Committee
Member of Graduate Thesis Committee
Member of Departmental Academic Review Committee
Member of Undergraduate Final Year Projects Committee
Member of class counselors committee
Contact Details:
Email: firstname.lastname "at_the_rate_of" seecs.edu.pk
Office: A-205, Faculty Block, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National University of Sciences and Technology, Sector H-12, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.