Asadullah Tariq 

Research Publications

Journal Publications

▪ Tariq. A, R. A. Rehman, and B. Kim

Forwarding Strategies in NDN-Based Wireless Networks: A Survey. 

IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2020. Impact factor (46.7, Q1, Top 1%)  

• Tariq, A., Serhani, M.A., Sallabi, F.M., et al.

Trustworthy federated learning: A comprehensive review, architecture, key challenges, and future research prospects. 

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. 2024 Impact factor (7.9, Q1, Top 5%) 

• Tariq, A., Serhani, M.A., Sallabi, F., Qayyum, T., Barka, E.,

Leveraging Game Theory and XAI for Data Quality-Driven Sample and Client Selection in Trustworthy Split Federated Learning. 

IEEE Transaction on Consumer Electronics. 2025 Impact factor (10.9, Q1) 

• Serhani, M.A., Tariq, A., Qayyum, T., Taleb, I, Din, IU, Trabelsi, Z.,

Meta-XPFL: An Explainable and Personalized Federated Meta-Learning Framework for Privacy-Aware IoMT. 

IEEE Internet of Things journal, 2025. Impact factor (8.9, Q1) 

• Serhani, M.A., Abreha, H.G., Tariq, A., Hayajneh, M., Xu, Y. and Hayawi, K.

Dynamic Data SampleSelection and Scheduling in Edge Federated Learning. 

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2023. Impact factor (7.9, Q1) 

• Nisa, Z., Tariq, A., Din, IU., and Belkacem, A.N.

On Harnessing EEG Signals for the Comprehensive Assessment of Neurological Disorders: A Review

IEEE Transaction  on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 2026. Impact factor (4.9, Q1) 

• Tariq, Q., Trabelsi. Z, Tariq, A, Malik, A.W, Din IU 

DHFL: Decentralized Hierarchical Federated Learning With Dynamic Global Aggregation for Privacy-Aware Fog Computing

IEEE Transaction on Consumer Electronics, 2025. Impact factor (10.9, Q1) 

• Tariq, Q., Trabelsi. Z, Tariq, A, Malik, A.W, Din IU 

A Quantum Resilient Sharded Blockchain Framework for Secure V2X and FL in Intelligent Transport Systems

IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transport Systems, 2025. Impact factor (8.9, Q1) 

• Tariq, A., Serhani, M.A., Sallabi, F., Qayyum, T., Barka, E.,

AI-Driven Lightweight and Trustworthy FL Framework for Decision-Making in Resource-Constrained Consumer Edge-IoT

IEEE Transaction on Consumer Electronics, 2025. Impact factor (10.9, Q1) 

• Unnisa, Z., Tariq, A., Sarwar, N. et al. 

Impact of fine-tuning parameters of convolutional neural network for skin cancer detection. 

Nature Scientific Reports 15, 14779 , 2025. Impact factor (3.9, Q1, Top 5%) Scopus and WOS Indexed

• Trabelsi, Z., Ali, M., Qayyum, T., Tariq, A., 

Dynamic task offloading in vehicular networks using large language models for adaptive low latency decision making

Nature Scientific Reports, 2026. Impact factor (3.9, Q1, Top 5%) Scopus and WOS Indexed

• Unnisa, Z., Tariq, A., Din, I.U., Shehzad, D., Serhani, M.A., Belkacem, A.N. and Sarwar, N., 2025. 

Threats and Mitigation Strategies for Electroencephalography‐Based Person Authentication. 

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications, 2025

Impact factor (3, Q1) Scopus and WOS Indexed

▪ M. Iqbal, A. Tariq, M. Adnan, I. U. Din and T. Qayyum.

FL-ODP: An Optimized Differential Privacy Enabled Privacy Preserving Federated Learning. IEEE Access, 2023.

Impact factor (3.9, Q1) Scopus and WOS Indexed

▪ Tariq, A.; Rehman, R.A.; Kim, B.-S. EPF—An Efficient Forwarding Mechanism in SDN Controller Enabled Named Data IoTs. Applied Sciences, 2020.

Impact factor (2.7, Q1) Scopus and WOS Indexed

▪ Tariq. A, I, ud din, R. A. Rehman and B. Kim, 

An Intelligent forwarding strategy in SDN enabled Named data IoV. Computer Material& Continua, CMC, 2021.

Impact factor (3.1, Q1) Scopus and WOS Indexed

▪ Qazi. M, Tariq. A, R. A. Rehman and B. Kim. 

A Novel Solution to Minimize the Interest Flooding and to Improve the Content-Store Performance for NDN-based Wireless Sensor Networks. IEICE-Transaction on Information and Systems, 2021.

Impact factor (0.77, Q3) Scopus and WOS Indexed

▪ Rehman, uddin, Adnan, Tariq, A. and Malik, S.

VTA-SMAC: variable traffic-adaptive duty cycled sensor MAC protocol to enhance overall QoS of S-MAC protocol. IEEE Access, 2021.

Impact factor (3.9, Q1) Scopus and WOS Indexed

▪ R. Mehwish, D. Irfan ud, A. Muhammad, Tariq. A, M. Sheheryar and S. Ikram. 

ECM-MAC: An Efficient Collision Mitigation Strategy in Contention Based MAC Protocol. IEEE Access, 2021.

Impact factor (3.9, Q1) Scopus and WOS Indexed

▪ Qayyum. T, Trabelsi. Z, Tariq. A, Ali. M, Hayawi. K, I, ud din. 

Flexible Global Aggregation and Dynamic Client Selection for federated learning in internet of vehicle. Computer Material& Continua, CMC, 2023.

Impact factor (3.1, Q1) Scopus and WOS Indexed

• Khater, H.M., Sallabi, F., Serhani, M.A., Barka, E., Shuaib, K., Tariq, A. and Khayat, M.

Empowering Healthcare with Cyber-Physical System–A Systematic Literature Review. IEEE Access.

Conference Publications

• Tariq, A., Farag. Sallabi, Mohamed Adel. Serhani, Tariq Qayyum, Ezedin. baraka. Dynamic Edge Computing with MARL and AI-Driven Selective Encryption in FL. In IEEE INFOCOM, 2025. (Ranked A*) IEEE/ACM Flagship Conference

• Tariq, A., Tariq Qayyum, Mohamed Adel. Serhani, Farag. Sallabi, Ezedin. baraka. Communication Efficiency in FL with Adaptive Gradient Quantization and Communication Frequency Optimization. In IEEE ICC, 2025. (Ranked A) IEEE COMSOC Flagship Conference

• Tariq, A., Serhani, M. A., Abdolamein, M. A., Din, IU., Taleb, I., FairMoE-FL: A Communication-Efficient and Fair Federated Mixture-of-Experts Framework. In IEEE ICC, 2026. (Ranked A) IEEE COMSOC Flagship Conference

• Tariq, A., Sallabi, F., Serhani, M.A., Qayyum, T.,  IU., Taleb, Barka, E., 𝗣𝗣-𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁: 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀. In IEEE WCNC, 2026. (Ranked A) IEEE COMSOC Flagship Conference

• Tariq, A., Taleb, I., Serhani, M.A., Qayyum, T.,  Din, IU.,  𝗖𝗩𝗗-𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗫𝗙𝗟: 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗻-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀-𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. In IEEE ICMLCN, 2026. 

• Qayyum, T., Trabelsi, Z., Tariq, A., Ali, M., AFRWC: Adaptive Reputation-Weighted Consensus for Hierarchical Federated Learning at the Edge. In IEEE ICC, 2026. (Ranked A) IEEE COMSOC Flagship Conference

• Ali, M., Qayyum, T., Trabelsi, Z., Tariq, A., Deep Learning-Driven and Zero-Knowledge Proof-Enhanced Task Offloading for Privacy-Preserving Vehicular Networks. In IEEE ICC, 2026. (Ranked A) IEEE COMSOC Flagship Conference

• Tariq, A., Lakas. A., Farag. Sallabi, Qayym. T., Serhani, M.A. Empowering Trustworthy Client Selection in Edge Federated Learning Leveraging Reinforcement Learning.  In ACM/ IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing 2023, IEEE/ACM, Wilmington, DE, USA (Ranked A)

• Tariq, A., Farag. Sallabi, Mohamed Adel. Serhani, Tariq Qayyum, Ezedin. baraka. A trust and data quality-based dynamic node selection and aggregation optimization in federated learning. In IEEE IWCMC 2024.  (Ranked B)

• Qayyum, T., Tariq, A., Haseeb, M. W., A. lakas,  Mohamed Adel. Serhani, Trabelsi, Z., . Quantum-Enhanced Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Classification. In IEEE Future Network World Forum (FNWF), 2024.  (Flagship Conference)

• Tariq, A., Salabi, F., Serhani, M.A. and Din, I.U. NSoV: An Efficient SDVC Assisted Forwarding Model in NDN Based IoV. In 2022 International Conference on Big Data and Internet of Things, Springer, Taniger, Morocco.

• Tariq, A., Rehman, R.A. and Kim, B.S. Energy Efficient Priority Aware Forwarding in SDN Enabled Named Data Internet of Things. In 2020 International Conference on Electronics, Information, and Communication (ICEIC), IEEE,  Barcelona, Spain.

• Tariq, A. and Rehman, R.A. CBAM: A Controller based broadcast storm avoidance mechanism in SDN based NDN-IoTs. In 2020 3rd International Conference on Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICACS), IEEE, Lahore, Pakistan.

• Iqbal, M. Tariq, A., Serhani, M.A. A Secure and Scalable Peer-to-Peer Federated Learning Approach for Handling Veracity in Big Data In 2023 9th IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing (CBDCom 2023), IEEE, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

• Heba. Khater, Tariq, A., Farag. Sallabi, Mohamed Adel. Serhani, Ezedin. baraka. Integrating Cyber-Physical System with Federated-Edge Computing for Diabetes Detection and Management. In 2023 5th International Conference on Big-data Service and Intelligent Computation (BDSIC 2023), Springer, Singapore.

• Heba. Khater, Tariq, A., Farag. Sallabi, Mohamed Adel. Serhani, Ezedin. baraka. Federated-Edge Computing Based Cyber-Physical Systems Framework for Enhanced Diabetes Management. In 2023 15th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT), Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 

• Muhammad Ali, Tariq Qayyum, Asadullah Tariq, Mohamed Adel Serhani, Irfanud Din, Deep Learning-Based Task Offloading for Efficient and Reliable Computation in High-Mobility Vehicular Networks, In IEEE IWCMC 2025.  (Ranked B)

• Tariq Qayyum, Asadullah Tariq, Mohamed Adel Serhani, et. al,Intelligent Task Offloading in VANETs: A Hybrid AI-Driven Approach for Low-Latency and Energy Efficiency, In IEEE IWCMC 2025.  (Ranked B)

• Tariq Qayyum, Asadullah Tariq, Zouheir Trabelsi, Mohamed Adel Serhani Lightweight MQTT Aware Post Quantum Secure Communication Framework for IoT and Consumer Electronics, 2026 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) (Flagship)

• Asadullah Tariq, M.A. Serhani, Ahmed Abdolamien, Irfan ud Din, Ikbal Taleb FairMoE-FL: A Communication-Efficient and Fair Federated Mixture-of-Experts Framework, , In IEEE ICC 2026. (Ranked A)

Book Chapter Publications

• Tariq, A., Ali, L., Sallabi, F., Alnajjar, F. and AlJassmi, H., 2025. Applications of big data analytics in IoT. In Empowering IoT with Big Data Analytics (pp. 75-107). Academic Press, Elsevier.

• Iqbal, M., Tariq, A., Adnan, M., Din, I.U. and Qayyum, T., 2025. Privacy Preserved Federated Learning with Optimized Differential Privacy (FL-ODP). Securing the Digital Realm: Advances in Hardware and Software Security, Communication, and Forensics, p.24.

Submitted Paper

• M. Ali, Tariq Qayyum, A. Tariq et. al, Lightweight TinyML-Enhanced Task Offloading in VANETs for Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems, In IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transportation Systems (In Review)

• T. Qayyum, A. Tariq, I.Taleb, MA. Serhani  A Performance-Optimized V2V Task Offloading Framework for Real-Time Vehicular Communication, In IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (In Review)