PhD students
Current Students
Wajid Ullah Khan
Thesis Title: Optimal ACL Policy Implementation in Hybrid Software Defined Network with Dynamic Topology
Status: Synopsis Approved
Completed PhD
Muhmmad Shahbaz Abid Akhter in joint supervision with Prof. Mazliza Othman University of Malaya, Malaysia (Since September- 2011-December, 2014)
Thesis title: APPLYING A 3D LOGICAL STRUCTURE IN A DHT PARADIGM FOR EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS IN MANETS,
Status: Completed successfully PhD with Distinction in 2015
Rashid Amin (Fall 2015)
Thesis Topic: Auto-configuration of ACL Policies in Hybrid SDN,
Status: Completed successfully September 28,2020
Muhammad Ibrar in joint supervision with Prof. Lei Wang Dalian University Of Technology, China (September 2017- May 2021)
Thesis Title: An Improved Performance of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Hybrid SDN in a Case of Link Failures
Status: Completed successfully February 20,2021.
Mudassar Hussain (Spring 2016)
Thesis Topic: Efficient Handling of Network Policy Change in Software Defined Networking
Status: Completed on September 27,2021
Ali Tahir
Thesis Topic: Hierarchical DHT-based Routing Protocol for MANETs
Status: completed on August 23, 2021
Israr Iqbal,
Thesis Title: Efficient In-band Communication between Controller and Forwarding Devices in Software Defined Network,
Status: Completed successfully Spring 2019.
Saleem Zahid,
Thesis Title: Scalable Distributed Hash Table Based Routing with Distributed Partition Detection and Merging in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.
Status : Completed successfully 3rd July 2019.
Jan Badshah
Thesis Title: Efficient Cache Placement to Optimize Access Time in SDN-based ICN
Status: Completed on November 12, 2021
PhD in Co-supervision with Dr. Muhammad Kamran.
Mushtaq Khan,
Thesis Title: Energy Efficient MAC layer Mechanism for the Internet of Things
Status: Completed successfully January 09,2023
Muhammad Waqas
Thesis Title: Improving the Performance of Software Defined Network in Case of Byzantine Fault Tolerant
Status: Completed successfully June 27, 2025
MS students
Muhammad Farhan, GNN-based improved routing algorithm for SDN MS Supervisor Synopsis Approved. Thesis defense in June 2022
Kamran Ali, "An Intelligent Method for Link Recovery in Software-Defined Networking", MS Supervisor, Completed in January 2021
Mujahid Ali, Dynamic ACL policy implementation in an enterprise network, MS Supervisor, Complete in Spring 2020
Mussarat Fatima, "Network Performance Improvement by placement of SDN Controllers in Software Defined Networking", MS Supervisor, Complete January 2020
Syed Mohsan Raza, "Reliability Aware Multiple Path Installation in Software Defined Networking", MS Supervisor, Completed in June 2019
Ms. Maryam Akhtar, A Novel Watermarking Technique for Ownership Protection and Data Compression of Big Data, MS Supervisor, Completed in Feburary 2018
Muhammad Tayyab, A new approach for detecting network invariants in multi-controller SDN, MS Co-supervisor, Completed in June 2018
Abdul Basit, Improving The Performance Of Hybrid SDN By Using Closeness Centrality Algorithm, MS Co-supervisor, Completed in June 2018
RUQIA BIBI, An Improved Method For Localizing Network Invariants In Software Defined Networks, MS Supervisor, Completed in June 2018
WAQAS AHMAD, An Improved Cache Replacement strategy in SDN based ICN MS Supervisor, Completed in June 2018
Zia Ur Rehman, An Implementation of DHT-Based Routing in Smart Grid, MS Supervisor, Completed in December 2017
Mubeen ul Basharat, Hybrid Approach for fault localization in software defined networks, MS Supervisor, Completed in June 2016
Ms. Abmrin Javed, A Cross-layer approach for improving performance of DHT-based routing in MANET , MS Supervisor, Completed in June 2016
Mr. Saad Afzal, A Multicasting Protocol using Virtual Cord Protocol for Performance Improvement in MANET, MS supervisor, Degree Completed in June 2016
Aqeel Ahmad, A Distributed Merging Detection for a DHT based Routing in MANET, MS Supervisor, Degree Completed in 2015
Rumsha Zafar, Retinal Blood Vessel Tree Enhancement and Segmentation using Fundus Image, MS Supervisor, Completed in 2015
Ms. Tayyaba Bashir, Address auto-configuration using DHT routing in MANETs, MS Supervisor, Completed in 2013