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 (35.6, Q1, Top 1%) Scopus and WOS Indexed

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

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%) Scopus and WOS Indexed

▪ 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, Top 5%) Scopus and WOS Indexed

• 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 (8.2, Q1, Top 5%) Scopus and WOS Indexed

• 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 (4.3, 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 (3.2, 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., Farag. Sallabi, Mohamed Adel. Serhani, Tariq Qayyum, 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., 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. 

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.