PROF. DR. FARRUKH A. KHAN
(BCS Fellow, IEEE Senior Member)
Professor of Advanced Computing (Cybersecurity)
College of Engineering & Advanced Computing
Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Ph.D. (2007), Computer Engineering, JNU, South Korea
M.S. (2003), Computer System Engineering, GIK Institute, Topi, Pakistan
M.Sc. (1998), Computer Science, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Biography:
Biography:
Farrukh Aslam Khan is a Professor of Advanced Computing (Cybersecurity) at the College of Engineering & Advanced Computing, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Before joining Alfaisal University, he served as a Professor of Cybersecurity at the Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he worked for 15 years. With over 25 years of academic and research experience, he has been recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists for four consecutive years (2022–2025), according to a Stanford University study. His research interests span a broad range of fields, including Cybersecurity, Wireless Sensor Networks, e-health, Smart Grids, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Prof. Khan holds an M.S. degree in Computer System Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering. He further enhanced his expertise through professional training at leading institutions, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), New York University, and IBM. He has exhibited exemplary leadership in advancing research and innovation through his role as the founder of multiple research groups and labs at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES), Pakistan, and King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He has supervised and co-supervised several Ph.D. and M.S. students. Moreover, he has received various research grants of over 2.2 million SAR in cybersecurity and related technologies. He has published over 170 research articles in refereed international journals and conferences. His work has been cited over 6500 times, according to Google Scholar, and he has an H-index of 47.
Prof. Khan serves/served on the Editorial Board of prestigious international journals, including IEEE ACCESS, PLOS One, Neurocomputing (Elsevier), Complex & Intelligent Systems (Springer), Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, Human-Centric Computing and Information Sciences (Springer), PeerJ Computer Science, and Security and Communication Networks. He is also a reviewer for over 50 reputed international journals, including ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST), IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE), IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC), IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI), IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, etc. In addition to his editorial roles, he has co-organized several international conferences and workshops and has delivered various keynote and invited speeches.
His contributions to international collaborations and thought leadership in cybersecurity are widely acknowledged. As a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS) and a Senior Member of the IEEE, he continues to drive advancements in cybersecurity, fostering innovation and ethical practices across the field.
Personal Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/fakhan/
Call for Papers
(Deadline April 17, 2021)Call for Papers
in conjunction with
18th MobiSPC 2021, August 9-12, 2021, Leuven, Belgium.
College of Engineering & Advanced Computing, Alfaisal University,Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia. Email: farrukh<dot>aslam<AT>gmail<dot>com
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