Publications

Journal Publications

10: Sajjad Khan and Davor Svetinovic," APPFL: Adaptive Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Method Against Poisonous Attacks”. Under Review in Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems Elsevier 2025.

09: Sajjad Khan , Nikita Karetnikov, Muhammad Habib Ur Rehman and Davor Svetinovic. "Split Averaging in Federated Learning: Bridging the Heterogenity Gap in Clients Data Distributions" Under Review in IEEEACCESS 2025

08: Anton Wahrstätter, Sajjad Khan, and Davor Svetinovic,"OpenFL: A Scalable and Secure Decentralized Federated Learning System on the Ethereum Blockchain ” Internet of Things, Elsevier, 2024. Doi.org/10.1016/j.iot.2024.101174

07: Kainat Mustafa, Sajjad Khan, Sheraz Aslam, Herodotos Herodotou, Nouman Ashraf, Amil Daraz and Tamim Alkhalifah, "Towards Holistic Energy Management by Electricity Load and Price Forecasting: A Comprehensive Survey.” IEEEAccess 2023, DOI: 10.1109/Access.2023.3334164

06: Sajjad Khan, Jorão Gomes Jr., Muhammad Habib ur Rehman and Davor Svetinovic,"Dynamic Behaviour Assessment Protocol for Secure Decentralized Federated Learning ” Internet of Things, Elsevier, 2023, Doi.org/10.1016/j.iot.2023.100956

05: Jorão Gomes Jr., Sajjad Khan, and Davor Svetinovic," Fortifying the Blockchain: A Systematic Review and Classification of Post-Quantum Consensus Solutions for Enhanced Security and Resilience" IEEEAccess, 2023, DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3296559

04: Anton Wahrstätter, Jorão Gomes Jr., Sajjad Khan and Davor Svetinovic,"Improving Cryptocurrency Crime Detection: CoinJoin Community Detection Approach” IEEE Transaction on Dependable and Secure Computing , 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TDSC.2023.3238412

03: Sajjad Khan, Muhammad Bilal Amin, Ahmad Taher Azar and Sheraz Aslam, "Towards interoperable blockchains: A survey on the role of smart contracts in blockchain interoperability" IEEEAccess 2021, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3106384

02: Sajjad Khan, Shahzad Aslam, Iqra Mustafa and Sheraz Aslam, "Short-term Electricity Price Forecasting by Employing Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition and Extreme Learning Machine" Forecasting 2021, 3(3), 460-476; https://doi.org/10.3390/forecast3030028

01: Mahnoor Khan, Nadeem Javaid, Sajjad Khan, Abdullah, Adnan Naseem, Salman Ahmed, Muhammad Sajid Riaz, Mariam Akbar and Manzoor Ilahi, "Game Theoretical Demand Response Management and Short-Term Load Forecasting by Knowledge Based Systems on the basis of Priority Index", Electronics 2018, 7(12), 431, EISSN 2079-9292. doi: 10.3390/electronics7120431.

Conference Proceedings / Book Chapters

22: Magdalena Gross, Alexander Jud, Gabor Tamas Mozol, Guliver Wutz, Sajjad Khan and Davor Svetinovic, "Blockchain-Based Invoice Factoring and Supply Chain Financing: Comprehensive Threat Analysis." in 6th International Conference on Blockchain and Applications (BCCA) 2024

21: Luis Ruhlander, Emilian Popp, Maria Stylidou, Sajjad Khan and Davor Svetinoivc, "On the Security and Privacy Implications of Large Language Models: In-Depth Threat Analysis." In 10th IEEE International Conference on Smart Data (IEEE SmartData, Cybermatics Congress 2024.)

20: Marija Brkic, Horia-Stefan Dinu, Alida Mirkovic, Alma Sabirovic, Sajjad Khan and Davor Svetinovic, “Cyber Vulnerabilities in Blockchain Electronic Health Records: An In-depth Threat Analysis" in The 8th Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech) 2023

19: Aleksandra Ursula Charlotte Hamel, Bogdan-Cristian Zarcu, András-Gergely Csenteri, Tamara Pfliegler, Sajjad Khan and Davor Svetinovic “Safeguarding Healthcare: A Comprehensive Threat Analysis of Clinical Decision Support Systems in The 8th Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech) 2023

18: Beáta Stingelová, Clemens Thaddäus Thrakl, Laura Wrońska, Sandra Jedrej-Szymankiewicz, Sajjad Khan and Davor Svetinovic , “User-Centric Security and Privacy Threats in Connected Vehicles: A Threat Modeling Analysis Using STRIDE and LINDDUN ”, in The 21st IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic & Secure Computing (DASC 2023)

17: Hong Hanh Doan, Audri Adhyas Paul, Harald Zeindlinger, Yiheng Zhang, Sajjad Khan and Davor Svetinovic, "Threat Modeling for ML-based Topology Prediction in Vehicular Edge Computing Architecture" in The 21st IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic & Secure Computing (DASC 2023)

16: Jaqueline Hans, Sajjad Khan and Davor Svetinovic, “Blockchain CBDC Security Threats using STRIDE”, in The Fifteh International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2023) in Conjuction with Kuwait Fintech and Blockchain Summit. 2023

15: Marko Jevtic, Sajjad Khan, Jorao Gomes Jr. and Davor Svetinovic, “Blockchain-Based Countermeasures for Luxury Goods Counterfeiting: A Focused Survey ”, in The Fifteh International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2023) in Conjuction with Kuwait Fintech and Blockchain Summit. 2023

14: Coco Koban, Maria Spravtseva, Maryia Falaleyeva, Roman Moiseev and Sajjad Khan, “ Modeling User-Centric Threats in Smart City: A Hybrid Threat Modeling Method", in 19th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications AICCSA. IEEE,2022

13: Sajjad Khan, Zahoor Ali Khan, Nadeem Javaid, Waleed Ahmad, Raza Abid Abbasi and Hafiz Muhammad Faisal, "On Maximizing User Comfort using a Novel Meta-Heuristic Technique in Smart Home", in 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA).

12: Sajjad Khan, Nadeem Javaid, Annas Chand, Abdul Basit Majeed Khan, Fahad Rashid and Imran Uddin Afridi, "Electricity load forecasting for each day of week using deep CNN", in 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2019.

11 : Sajjad Khan, Nadeem Javaid, Zahoor Ali khan, Sahibzada Muhammad Shuja, Muhammad Abdullah and Annas Chand, "Energy Efficient Scheduling of Smart Homes", in 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2019

10: Sajjad, Khan Nadeem Javaid, Annas Chand, Raza Abid Abbasi, Abdul Basit Majeed Khan, and Hafiz Muhammad Faisal. "Forecasting day, week and month ahead electricity load consumption of a building using empirical mode decomposition and extreme learning machine." In 2019 15th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), pp. 1600-1605. IEEE, 2019.

09: Butt, Ayesha Anjum, Sajjad Khan, Tehreem Ashfaq, Sakeena Javaid, Norin Abdul Sattar, and Nadeem Javaid. "A cloud and fog based architecture for energy management of smart city by using meta-heuristic techniques." In 2019 15th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), pp. 1588-1593. IEEE, 2019.

08. Azam, Irfan, Abdul Majid, Tanveer Khan, Sajjad Khan, Zahoor Ali Khan, Umar Qasim, and Nadeem Javaid. “Avoiding energy holes in underwater wireless sensor networks with balanced load distribution." In 2016 10th International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS), pp. 341-350. IEEE, 2016.

07. Shuja, Sahibzada Muhammad, Nadeem Javaid, Sajjad Khan, Hina Akmal, Murtaza Hanif, Qazi Fazalullah, and Zain Ahmad Khan. “Efficient scheduling of smart home appliances for energy management by cost and PAR optimization algorithm in smart grid." In Web, Artificial Intelligence and Network Applications: Proceedings of the Workshops of the 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (WAINA-2019) 33, pp. 398-411. Springer, 2019.

06. Abbasi, Raza Abid, Nadeem Javaid, Sajjad Khan, Shujat ur Rehman, Amanullah, Rana Muhammad Asif, and Waleed Ahmad. “Minimizing daily cost and maximizing user comfort using a new metaheuristic technique." In Web, Artificial Intelligence and Network Applications: Proceedings of the Workshops of the 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (WAINA-2019) 33, pp. 80-92. Springer, 2019.

05. Ahmad, Waleed, Nadeem Javaid, Basit Karim, Syed Qasim Jan, Muhammad Ali, Raza Abid Abbasi, and Sajjad Khan. “Pro utility pro consumer comfort demand side management in smart grid." In Web, Artificial Intelligence and Network Applications: Proceedings of the Workshops of the 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (WAINA-2019) 33, pp. 385-397. Springer, 2019.

04. Ahmad, Waleed, Nadeem Javaid, Sajjad Khan, Maria Zuraiz, Tayyab Awan, Muhammad Amir, and Raza Abid Abbasi. “A new memory updation heuristic scheme for energy management system in smart grid." In Advanced Information Networking and Applications: Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2019) 33, pp. 53-66. Springer, 2020.

03. Abbasi, Raza Abid, Nadeem Javaid, Shujat ur Rehman, Amanulla, Sajjad Khan, Hafiz Muhammad Faisal, and Sajawal Ur Rehman Khan. “Minimizing daily electricity cost using bird chase scheme with electricity management controller in a smart home." In Advanced Information Networking and Applications: Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2019) 33, pp. 82-94. Springer, 2020.

02. Khan, Abdul Basit Majeed, Sajjad Khan, Sayeda Aimal, Muddassar Khan, Bibi Ruqia, and Nadeem Javaid. “Half hourly electricity load forecasting using convolutional neural network." In Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (IMIS-2019), pp. 172-184. Springer, 2020.

01. Shuja, Sahibzada Muhammad, Nadeem Javaid, Sajjad Khan, Umair Sarfraz, Syed Hamza Ali, Muhammad Taha, and Tahir Mehmood. “Electricity Price Prediction by Enhanced Combination of Autoregression Moving Average and Kernel Extreme Learning Machine." In Web, Artificial Intelligence and Network Applications: Proceedings of the Workshops of the 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (WAINA-2019) 33, pp. 1145-1156. Springer, 2019.

MS (CS) Thesis

Multi-Objective Home Energy Management System with Multi-Class Appliances using Meta-Heuristic Techniques

Supervisor: Dr. Nadeem Javaid

Co-Supervisor: Dr. Safdar Hussain Bouk

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