Academic Services 

Editor in Chief

• Serving as Editor-in-Chief [IEEE CTSoc CCN Technical Committee Newsletter] at IEEE Consumer Technology Society.

Editing

• Associate Editor in IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking [May 2024-Present]

• Associate Editor in IEEE Open Journal of Communications Society   [May 2024-Present]

• Associate Editor in IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology   [July 2024-Present]

• Associate Editor in IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine [Jan 2023-Present]

• Associate Editor in NATURE Scientific Reports at Nature Portfolio [May 2022-Present]

• Associate Editor in Springer Wireless Networks [Jan 2021-Present]

• Associate Editor in IET Networks [July 2022-Present]

• Associate Editor in IET Quantum Communication [June 2022-Present]

• Area Editor in Elsevier Physical Communication [Jan 2022-Present] 

• Editorial Board member of IEEE Future Directions Newsletter: Technology, Policy and Ethics. [Feb 2022-Present]

• Editorial Board member as technical committee member in Elsevier Computer Communication Journal .[May 2022-Present]

• Acting as Lead Guest Editor for a special issue in on” Zero Touch Networks - Opportunities, Challenges and Potential Applications in IEEE Network Magazine.

• Acting as Lead Guest Editor for a special issue in on” Autonomous Networks: Opportunities, Challenges, and Applications in IEEE Standard Communication Magazine.

• Acting as Lead Guest Editor for a special issue in IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking on “Green Communication and Networking for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles".

• Acting as Guest Editor for a special issue in on ”AI-Powered Internet of Everything (IoE) Services in Next- Generation Wireless Networks” in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering.

• Acting as Lead Guest Editor in an Elsevier Q1 Journal “Computer Communication” on Network Management for 5G Beyond/6G Networks.

Symposium/Main Track Chair

• Serving as Symposiums Chair for Consumer Communications Networks and Connectivity (CCN) in conjunction with the 43rd IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2025).

• Serving as Symposiums Chair for Symposium on Symposium on Next-Generation Networking & Internet” in conjunction with the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) will be held in Canada.

• Serving as Symposiums Chair for Symposium on SYMPOSIUM ON SECURITY IN FUTURE NETWORKS” in conjunction with 2024 IEEE Future Networks World Forum, 15-17 October 2024, Dubai, UAE.

• Serving as Symposiums Chair for Symposium on Spectrum Management in Future Networks” in conjunction with 2023 IEEE Future Networks World Forum, 13-15 November 2023, Baltimore, MD, USA.

• Serving as Main Track Chair for Wireless Networks in conjunction with IEEE, The 26th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications in Tampa, Florida, USA from Nov 28 – Dec 1 2023.

• Serving as Main Track Chair for Symposiums on Public Safety in Communication and Networking in the 2024 IEEE World Forum on Public Safety Technology (IEEE WF-PST) .

• Serving as Symposiums Chair for Consumer Communications Networks and Connectivity (CCN) in conjunction with the 42nd IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2024).

• Served as Symposiums Chair for RF, Wireless, and Network Technologies and Blockchain in next generation communications and networks in conjunction with the 41st IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2023).

Workshop Chair

• Serving as Workshop Co-Chair for IEEE International Conference on Data Mining 9-12 December 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE on Advances in AI-Driven Data Mining for Autonomous Systems

• Serving as Workshop Co-Chair workshop titled “Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) for Zero-touch Network and Service Management” Co-located with IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2024) in Dubai, UAE

• Serving as Special Session chair for IEEE Consumer Technology Society top conference on Gaming, Entertainment and Media scheduled from 5th - 7th June in Turin, Italy.

• "Call for Workshop Proposals" We invite you to submit workshop proposals for: The 2024 IEEE World Forum on Public Safety Technology (WF-PST).  

• Lead workshop chair at IEEE Globecom 2023 on 3rd Workshop on Sustainable and Resilient Industrial Networks

• Workshop Co-Chair for the “1st Workshop on Pervasive AI and Network Intelligence for Metaverse Advancements”, March 11-15, 2024 in Biarritz, France, Co-located with IEEE PerCom 2024.

• Lead workshop chair at IEEE Globecom 2022 on Network Management for 6G Communication Systems.

• Lead workshop chair at ACM MobiCom 2022 on 2nd Annual Workshop on Enabling Smart Communities with 6G: Theories, Architectures, Protocols and Techniques.

• Serving as Lead chair for 2nd Workshop on Sustainable and Resilient Industrial Communication Networks in conjunction with IEEE ICDCS 2022.

• Lead workshop chair at IEEE CCNC 2021 conference on “Traffic Congestion in 5G Beyond/6G Networks”.

• Lead workshop chair at ACM MobiCom 2021 on Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technologies for Smart Cities with 6G (6G-ABS).

• Lead workshop chair at IEEE Globecom 2021 on Network Management for 6G Communication Systems.

Leader [Special Interest Group at IEEE ComSoc]

• Special Interest Group (SIG) Chair of "Industrial Communication Networks" under IEEE ComSoc technical committee "Communications Systems Integration and Modeling".

IEEE ComSoc Standardization

• Active working group member of P1954: Standard for Self-Organizing Spectrum-Agile Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Communications.  

• Submitted internet draft on Operations and Control Networks (OCN) Use Cases for Industry control Networks in Internet Engineering Task Force-A Standardization Organization.

Keynotes/Invited Talks

• Delivered invited talk on “Unlocking the Future: Exploring the Enchanting Possibilities of 6G" under IEEE ComSoc Distinguish Speaker Program at MUET, Jamshoro, Pakistan. ComSoc’s Distinguished Speaker Program (DSP) enables current and past distinguished lecturers as well as ComSoc officers, IEEE Fellows, and prominent speakers to schedule lectures while traveling on business trips.

• Delivered a keynote at IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing and Electrical Circuits and Electronics (ICDCECE-2022) on “Computational Intelligence-native NextG Wireless Networks: A Technological Enabler for Emerging Industry 5.0 Vision” on 23 April, 2022.

• Delivered a Invited Talk at 6G Knowledge Lab Opening and 36th Virtual GISFI Workshop to be held jointly with the CGC, & GISFI as well as technically sponsored by IEEE, & WWRF at the CGC, BTECH Department, Aarhus University Herning, Denmark in June 2021.

Publication Chair

• Serving as publication chair the 11th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM 2024) is scheduled to be hosted in the city of Leeds, England, at the University of Leeds from July 23 to July 25, 2024.

Program Chair

• Serving as Program Co-Chair for 19th EAI International Conference on Body Area Networks, IIT(BHU), Varanasi, India, 15th-16th December 2024

TPC Member

• 3rd Cyber Research Conference Ireland 2024  

• TPC member of: IEEE ICC and Globecom 2023, 2024

• Serving as the technical program committee member for Globecom2022 SAC BF (2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference: Selected Areas in Communications: Backhaul/fronthaul).

• TPC member of: IEEE ICC 2022 (Aerial Communications Track)

• TPC member of IEEE VTC 2022

• TPC member of IEEE VTC2021

• Serving on the technical program committee for IEEE BlackSeaCom 2022.

• Serving as TPC member for 1st IEEE International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence enabled Autonomous Networks and Systems (IWAANETS 2022) in conjunction with IEEE VTC 2022.

• TPC member of ICBC 2021

• TPC member of ICCCN 2022

• Serving on the technical program committee for 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference 2022 under Smart Security and Privacy track.

• TPC member of SSCt2021

• TPC member of FTNCT 2020 conference, Russia

• TPC member of IEEE BCA 2020 in conjunction with AICCSA 2020

• TPC member of DICG Co-located with Middleware 2020

Technical Memberships

• Senior Member of IEEE.

• Professional Member of IEEE Communication Society and IEEE Computer Society.

• Professional Member of ACM Society.

• Active Member of several IEEE ComSoc technical committee such as IEEE Wireless Communications, Tactile Internet, Communications Systems Integration & Modeling, Computer Communications, Green Communications & Computing, Aerial Communications, and Machine Learning for Communications.

• Professional member of Pakistan Engineering Council

Reviewer

• European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants

• Worked as an Expert Reviewer under the Conex Plus UC3M program for experienced researchers within the framework of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND scheme in the year 2020.

• Reviewer Elsevier, Wiley, Springer Book Proposal.

• Reviewer, IEEE Communication Magazine

• Reviewer, IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine

• Reviewer, IEEE Network Magazine

• Reviewer, IEEE Internet of Things

• Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Green Communication and Networking

• Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering.

• Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.