Teaching & Research

My Research Interests

I am researching in the area of Network Management in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), specifically Fault Management and its related issues in WSN. My field of interest also includes Network Self-Organization and Clustering, Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks, Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Security, Network Security and Cloud computing. My Ph.D. was funded by the University of Malakand, under Faculty Development Program (FDP), sponsored by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan.

I am the group-leader and focal person of the Network Systems & Security Research Group (NSSRG), working under the umbrella of the Department of CS&IT, University of Malakand. NSSRG's prime objective is to provide a stimulating environment for networking and security research at the CS&IT department.

I am also an HEC (Higher Education Commission of Pakistan) approved supervisor since January 2014. Till date, 03 PhD and 11 M.Phil students have completed their research work under my supervision.

This webpage is just to give brief details of my teaching and research.

LIST OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Journals

HEC (Higher Education Commission of Pakistan) Recognized Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=2XosbLsAAAAJ

[1] S. Abbas, M. Haqdad, H. u. Rahman, M. Z. Khan, A. Khan, and Atta Ur Rehman Khan, "Survivability Analysis of Manet Routing Protocols Under DoS Attacks," KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, 2020. Pages: 3639-62, Vol. 14, Issue. 9. (IF 0.711)
[2] G. Mehmood, M. Z. Khan, S. Abbas, M. Faisal, and H. U. Rahman, "An Energy-Efficient and Cooperative Fault-Tolerant Communication Approach for Wireless Body Area Network," IEEE Access, pp. 69134-69147, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2986268. (W Category IF 4.089)
[3]. M. Z. Khan, M. Z. khan, H. U. Rahman, and M. Faisal, "Performance Comparison of Structured Based Data Aggregation Schemes in Wireless Sensor Networks," jictra, vol. 10, no. 1(2019), p. 13, Jun. 2019. (X Category)
[4]. M. Faisal, S. Abbas, H. U. Rahman, M. Z. Khan, and A. U. Rahman, "An Analysis of DDoS Attacks on the Instant Messengers," Security and Communication Networks, vol. 2019, p. 8, 2019, Art. no. 1751285. (W Category IF 1.81)
[5]. A. Qayyum, H.u. Rahman, M. Z. Khan, and M. Faisal, "A NEW ENERGY-EFFICIENT CLUSTER-HEAD SELECTION (NEETCH) TECHNIQUE TO INCREASE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK's LIFETIME," Journal of Information Comm. Tech. and Robotic Appl., jictra, vol. 9, no. 2, pp.52-61, Dec. 2018. ( X Category)
[6]. S. Abbas, M. Faisal, H. U. Rahman, M. Z. Khan, M. Merabti, and A. u. R. Khan, "Masquerading Attacks Detection in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," IEEE Access, pp. 55013-55025, 2018. (W Category IF 4.098)
[7]. G. Mehmood, M. Z. Khan, H. U. Rahman, and S. Abbas, "AN EFFICIENT AND SECURE SESSION KEY ESTABLISHMENT SCHEME FOR HEALTH-CARE APPLICATIONS IN WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORKS," JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES, vol. 37, no. 1, 30, Jun. 2018. (HJRS: Y Category)
[8] Muhammad Asim, Hala Mokhtar, Muhammad Zahid Khan, " An energy efficient management scheme for wireless sensor networks," International Journal of Critical Computer-Based Systems, Vol.6, pp.133-153, September, 2015. (Scopus Indexed) .
[9] G. Mehmood, M. Z. Khan, A. Waheed, M. Zareei, and E. M. Mohamed, "A Trust-Based Energy-Efficient and Reliable Communication Scheme (Trust-Based ERCS) for Remote Patient Monitoring in Wireless Body Area Networks," IEEE Access, pp. 131397-131413, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3007405. (W Cat IF 4.640).
[10] S. ABBAS, M. HAQDAD, S BEGUM, and M. Z. KHAN, "DETECTING SYBIL ATTACKS USING HETEROGENEOUS TYPOLOGIES IN STATIC WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK," Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, vol. 96, no. 15, 2018. (Scopus indexed, HJRS: Y Cat)
[11] M. N. Khan, H. U. Rahman, and M. Z. Khan, "An Energy-Efficient Adaptive Scheduling Scheme (EASS) for Mesh Grid Wireless Sensor Networks, "Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 146, pp.139-157, 2020/12/01. (W Cat. Elsevier IF 2.296).
[12] Khan, M.N., Rahman, H.U., Almaiah, M.A., Khan, M.Z., Khan, A., Raza, M., Al-Zahrani, M., Almomani, O. and Khan, R., 2020. Improving Energy Efficiency With Content-Based Adaptive and Dynamic Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Access, 8, pp.176495-176520. W Category IF 4.089)

[13] Hamid Mukhtar; Hafiz Farooq Ahmad; Muhammad Zahid Khan; Nasim Ullah Analysis and Evaluation of Covid-19 Web-Applications for Health Professionals: Challenges and Opportunities, Healthcare MDPI, 12/2020. (ISSN 2227-9032) (W Cat. IF 1.916)
[14] F. Ullah, M. Zahid Khan, M. Faisal, H. U. Rehman, S. Abbas, and F. S. Mubarek, "An Energy Efficient and Reliable Routing Scheme to enhance the stability period in Wireless Body Area Networks," Computer Communications, vol. 165, pp. 20-32, 2021/01/01/ 2021.
[15] Citation: Khan, S.; Sharma, I.; Aslam, M.; Khan, M.Z.; Khan, S. "Security Challenges of Location Privacy in VANETs and State-of-The -Art Solutions: A Survey", Future Internet 2021, 13, 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi13040096
[16] Z. Khan et al., "Internet of Things-Based Smart Farming Monitoring System for Bolting Reduction in Onion Farms," Scientific Programming, vol. 2021, p. 7101983, 2021/07/24 2021, doi: 10.1155/2021/7101983. (W cat IF 1.025)
[17] Mehmood, G., Khan, M. Z., Fayaz, M., Faisal, M., Rahman, H. U. et al. (2022). An Energy-Efficient Mobile Agent-Based Data Aggregation Scheme for Wireless Body Area Networks. CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, 70(3), 5929–5948. (W cat IF 3.722)
[18] Abdul Rehman Javed, Muhammad Umar Sarwar, Thar Baker, Muhammad Asim, Muhammad Zahid Khan, "Towards Explainable AI-empowered Human Activity Recognition and Cognitive Health Assessment", Soft Computing Springer, 2021. (In Press IF 3.576)
[19] A. Malik, M. Z. Khan, M. Faisal, F. Khan, and J.-T. Seo, "An Efficient Dynamic Solution for the Detection and Prevention of Black Hole Attack in VANETs," Sensors, vol. 22, no. 5, p. 1897, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/5/1897. (IF 3.576)

[20] M. Z. U. Haq, M. Z. Khan, H. U. Rehman, G. Mehmood, A. Binmahfoudh, M. Krichen, and R. Alroobaea, "An Adaptive Topology Management Scheme to Maintain Network Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks," Sensors, vol. 22, no. 8, p. 2855, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/8/2855. (IF 3.576)
[21] M. N. Khan, H. U. Rahman, M. Z. Khan, G. Mehmood, A. Sulaiman, A. Shaikh, and A. Alqhatani, "Energy-Efficient Dynamic and Adaptive State-Based Scheduling (EDASS) Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 12386-12403, 2022, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2022.3174050. [Online[. Available: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9771433. (IF 3.301)
[22] S. Khan, M. Z. Khan, P. Khan, G. Mehmood, A. Khan, and M. Fayaz, "An Ant-Hocnet Routing Protocol Based on Optimized Fuzzy Logic for Swarm of UAVs in FANET," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2022, p. 6783777, 2022/06/23 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcmc/2022/6783777/ DOI:10.1155/2022/6783777. (IF 2.336)
   [23] S. Mehboob, A. Khan, H. Khalid, and M. Z. Khan, "Exploring Recent Trends in Blockchain Technology: A Systematic Literature Review," Innovative Computing Review, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 2- 17, 10/27/2022 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.32350/icr.0201.01 https://journals.umt.edu.pk/index.php/icr/article/view/2647 (IF 0.586)
    [24] A. R. Javed, H. U. Khan, M. U. Sarwar, M. Asim, A. Almadhor, and M. Z. Khan, "Towards Explainable AI-empowered Cognitive Health Assessment," Front. Public Health, vol. 11, 17/02/2023, 2023, ISSN. 2296-2565Doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1024195 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1024195/abstract https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1024195 (IF 6.4610)
  [25] M. Fawad, M. Z. Khan, K. Ullah, H. Alasmary, D. Shehzad, and B. Khan, "Enhancing Localization Efficiency and Accuracy in Wireless Sensor Networks," Sensors, vol. 23, no. 5, 03/03/2023, p. 2796, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/s23052796 Website: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/5/2796 PDF Version: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/5/2796/pdf (IF 3.847)
[26] H. Khalid, A. Khan, M. Zahid Khan, G. Mehmood, and M. Shuaib Qureshi, "Machine Learning Hybrid Model for the Prediction of Chronic Kidney Disease," Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, vol. 2023, p. 9266889, 2023/03/14 2023,https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9266889https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cin/2023/9266889/ (IF 3.12)
[27] A. Malik, M. Z. Khan, S. M. Qaisar, M. Faisal, and G. Mehmood, "An Efficient Approach for the Detection and Prevention of Gray-Hole Attacks in VANETs," IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 46691-46706, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3274650. (IF 3.476)https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10121754
[28] G. Mehmood, M. Z. Khan, A. K. Bashir, Y. D. Al-Otaibi, and S. Khan, "An Efficient QoS-Based Multi-Path Routing Scheme for Smart Healthcare Monitoring in Wireless Body Area Networks," Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 109, p. 108517, 2023/07/01/ 2023, (If IF 4.152)doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2022.108517https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045790622007327
[29] S. Abbas, M. Fayaz, A. Ghandoura, M. Z. Khan and A. U. Rehman, "Secure Energy Aware Power Control in Consumer Internet of Things With Semi Grant Free NOMA," in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2024, (IF 4.3)https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10634187https://doi.org/10.1109/TCE.2024.3442568
[30] A. Malik, M. Z. Khan, M. Faisal, M. N. Khan, T. Hussain, and R. W. Attar, "Comprehensive taxonomy and critical analysis of mitigation approaches for black-hole and gray-hole security attacks in AODV-based VANETs," Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 122, 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2024.109950. (IF 4..0)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2024.109950https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045790624008759

Non-HEC Recognized Journals

[1] M. Z. Khan and I. M. Khan, "A Research Based Review of Wireless Sensor Networks," Annals. Computer Science Series, vol. 9, p. 16, Dec. 2011.
[2] K. M. Zahid, A. Muhammad, and K. M. Ijaz, "An Overview of Hierarchical Schemes for Fault Management in Wireless Sensor Networks," Journal of Computer Science and Control Systems (JCSCS), vol. 5, pp. 43-48, May. 2012.
[3] B. S. Umar and K. M. Zahid, "Implementation of Signal Processing in Stereo-Scopic Active Sonar Using Heterodyne System," Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (JEEE), vol. 5, p. 6, Oct. 2012.
[4] M. Z. Khan, M. Asim, and I. M. Khan, "Centralized Schemes of Fault Management in Wireless Sensor Networks," GESJ: Computer Science and Telecommunications vol. 4, pp. 66-75, Dec. 2012.
[5] M. Z. Khan, "Fault Management in Wireless Sensor Networks," GESJ: Computer Science and Telecommunications, vol. 1, p. 15, Apr. 2013.
[6] S ABBAS, M HAQDAD, S BEGUM, MZ KHAN, "DETECTING SYBIL ATTACKS USING HETEROGENEOUS TYPOLOGIES IN STATIC WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK" Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 96 (15), 2018.
[7] S. Mehboob, A. Khan, H. Khalid, and M. Z. Khan, "Exploring Recent Trends in Blockchain Technology: A Systematic Literature Review," UMT Innovative Computing Review (ICR), vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 00-00, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.32350.icr.21.01.

General Articles

[1]. GTSNetS Simulator Installation Guide Under Ubuntu -Linux ( Modified Version of Thomas Watteyne's Document).

Conference Papers

[1] M. Z. Khan, M. Merabti, and B. Askwith, "Design Considerations for Fault Management in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. of the 10th Annual PGNET'09 Conference, LJMU, Liverpool, UK, June 2009, pp. 3-9.
[2] M. Z. Khan, M. Merabti, B. Askwith, and F. Bouhafs, "A Fault-Tolerant Network Management Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks," presented at the 11th Annual PGNet 2010 Conference, LJMU, Liverpool, UK, June 2010.
[3] M. Z. Khan, B. Askwith, F. Bouhafs, and M. Asim, "Limitations of Simulation Tools for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks," presented at the IEEE Workshops of International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (WAINA), Biopolis, Singapore, March 2011.
[4] M. Asim, Hala.Mokhtar, M. Z. Khan, and M. Merabti, "A Sensor Relocation Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks," presented at the IEEE Workshops of International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (WAINA), Biopolis, Singapore, March 2011.
[5] I. Khan, M. Z. Khan, N. Jabeur, and H. Mokhtar, "An Overview of the Impact of Wireless Sensor Networks in Medical Healthcare," presented at the 1st International Conference on Computers and Information Technology (ICCIT’2012), Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia, March 2012.
[6] I. M. Khan, M. Z. Khan, H. Mokhtar, and M. Merabti, "Enhancements of the Self-Detection Scheme for Boundary Recognition in Wireless Sensor Networks," presented at the 4th Int. Conference on Development in eSystem Engineering (DeSE'11), Dubai, December 2011.
[7] M. Z. Khan, M. Merabti, B. Askwith, and F. Bouhafs, "A Zone-Based Hierarchical Framework and clustering Scheme for Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks," presented at the IFIP and IEEE: The Wireless Days 2012, Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 2012.

MS/M.Phil Thesis/Projects Completed

MS/M.Phil Thesis and Projects

Baseer Ul Haq, “Bio Inspired Deep Learning Algorithms For the Detection of Botnets Attacks In IoMT", MPhil Thesis, Department of Computer Science & I.T, University of Malakand, Chakdara, KP, Pakistan, 2023. (Co-Supervised)
Wasim Ahmad, “An Efficient Distributed Fault Detection Scheme for WSNs”, MPhil Thesis, Department of Computer Science & I.T, University of Malakand, Chakdara, KP, Pakistan, 2023.
Saifullah, “An Optimized Fuzzy Logic Based Ant-Hocnet Routing Protocol for Swarm of UAVs in FANETs,” MS Thesis, Virtual University Islamabad, Pakistan, 2020.
Z. Khan, "IoT Based Smart Farming Monitoring System For Bolting Reduction in Onion Farms," M.Phil Thesis, Dept. of Comp. Sci. & I.T, University of Malakand Chakdara, Pakistan, 2020.
M. Z. U. Haq, "An Adaptive Topology Management Scheme To Maintain Network Connectivity In Wireless Sensor Networks," M.Phil Thesis, Department of Computer Science & I.T, University of Malakand Chakdara, Pakistan, 2018.
F. Khaliq, "An Early Warning System For Forest Fire Detection Based On Wireless Sensor Network," M.Phil Thesis, Department of Computer Science & I.T, University of Malakand Chakdara, Pakistan, 2018.
M. Z. Khan, "Performance Comparison Of Structured Based Data Aggregation Schemes In Wireless Sensor Networks," M.Phil Thesis, Department of Computer Science & I.T, University of Malakand Chakdara, Pakistan, 2018.
A. Subhan, "An Improved Fault Recovery Scheme To Achieve Fault-Tolerance In Resource-Constrained Wireless Sensor Networks," M.Phil Thesis, Department of Computer Science & I.T, University of Malakand Chakdara, Pakistan, 2018.
F. Ullah, "An Energy-Efficient and Reliable Routing Scheme to Enhance Stability Period in Wireless Body Area Networks," M.Phil Thesis, Department of Computer Science & I.T, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan, 2018.
N. Begum, "An Efficient Sybil Attack Detection Scheme for Wireless Ad hoc Networks," M.Phil Thesis, Department of Computer Science & I.T, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan, 2017.
S. Begum, "Topology Based Prevention of Sybil Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks," M.Phil Thesis, Department of Computer Science & I.T, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan, 2017.
W. Hussain, "Improving the DSR Protocol to Minimize Link Breakages in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," M.Phil Thesis, Department of Computer Science & I.T, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan, 2017. (Co-Supervised)

Ph.D Thesis

M. Fawad, "Enhancing Localization Efficiency and Accuracy in Wireless Sensor Networks," Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Comput. Sci. & I.T., University of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 2023. Defended on May 10, 2024.
A. Malik, "Detection and Prevention Of Black-Hole And Gray-Hole Security Attacks In AODV Routing Protocol To Enhance Security And Performance Of VANET," PhD, Department of Computer Science & I.T, University of Malakand, June 2022.
G. Mehmood, "Energy-Efficient and Fault-Tolerant Solution To Ensure Reliability of Wireless Body Area Networks," PhD Thesis, Department of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan, March 2021.

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