• Associate Editor of IEEE Communications Magazine

• Associate Editor of Future Generation Computer System

• Associate Editor of IEEE Access

• Associate Editor of Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Harmonized Computing 

• Associate Editor of Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies

Address: Department of Computer Science, Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Wah, Pakistan.

Email: khalilafzal@ciitwah.edu.pk, muhammad.khalil.afzal@gmail.com   

Short Bio

Muhammad Khalil Afzal (SM’16) received his B.S and M.S degrees in Computer Science from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Campus, Pakistan in 2004 and 2007, respectively and his PhD. Degree from Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University, South  Korea, in December 2014. He has served as lecturer from January 2008 to November 2009 in Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan Pakistan, and from December 2009 to June 2011 in King Khalid University Abha, Saudi Arabia. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science at COMSATS, Wah Cantt Pakistan. He is serving as a Guest Editor of Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier), IEEE ACCESS, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (Springer), and reviewer for IEEE ACCESS, Computers and Electrical Engineering (Elsevier), Journal of Network and Computer Applications (Elsevier), FGCS, and IEEE transaction on Vehicular Technology. His research interest includes wireless sensor networks, ad hoc networks, Smart Cities, 5G, and IoT.

Special Issue: Call for Paper

• IEEE Access: The New Era of Smart Cities: Sensors, Communication Technologies and Applications (Closed) 

• FGCS Elsevier: Internet of Things (IoT): Operating System, Applications and Protocols Design, and Validation Techniques (Closed)

• IEEE Communication Magazine : Unlocking 5G Spectrum Potential for Intelligent IoT Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions (Closed)

• Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies: Special Issue on Data Driven Intelligence in Wireless Networks: Issues, Challenges, and Solution, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 2018 (Closed)

• FGCS Elsevier:Tactile Internet: Technologies, Test Platforms, Trials, and Applications (Closed)

• MDPI Sustainability: Special Issue on 5G Mobile Services and Scenarios: Challenges and Solutions,(Closed)

• IET Networks, Exploring IoT Systems in Businesses: Frameworks, Use Cases, Policies, Protocols and Services (Closed)

• MDPI Sensors:  Internet of Things (IoT) Operating Systems Management: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solution (Closed)

• IEEE Access: Information Centric Wireless Networking with Edge Computing for 5G and IoT ( Submission Deadline: 30 June 2019 )

Research Interest 

• Smart City

• Internet of Things

• MAC Protocol in Wireless Networks

• Intelligent Wireless Networks

Research Monitoring Committee (RMC) member

 Currently, I am member of Research Monitoring Committer for the following Ph. D Students of University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Taxila, Pakistan.

1. Syed Qasir Ali

2. Shahbaz Rasheed

3. Aamir Abbas

Co-Supervision 

• Currently, I am a co-supervisor of Mr. Muhammad Usman PhD Scholar studying at School of Computer Science and Engineering Beihang University Beijing, China.