Professional Activities
Editor
1. Special Issue (SI) on Deep Neural Networks for Cognitive Health Assessment, Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022. [SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 3.633]
[Guest Editor Team: Abdul Rehman Javed, Fahmi Khalifa, Imran Razzak, and Yousaf Bin Zikria]
2. Special Issue (SI) on Intelligent Future IoT Networks, MDPI Sensors, 2022. [SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 3.576]
[Guest Editor Team: Yousaf Bin Zikria, Rashid Ali, Imran Ashraf, Sadia Din and Sung Won Kim]
3. Special Issue (SI) on Smartphone Sensors for Indoor Positioning, MDPI Sensors, 2022. [SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 3.576]
[Guest Editor Team: Imran Ashraf, Yousaf Bin Zikria, and Sadia Din]
4. Special Issue (SI) on Blockchain for Vehicular Networks, MDPI Electronics, 2022. [SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 2.397 ]
[Guest Editor Team: Seung Yeob Nam, and Yousaf Bin Zikria]
5. Special issue (SI) on Deep Learning Algorithms and Techniques to Identify Deepfakes, Peerj Computer Science 2021. [SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 1.39]
[Guest Editor Team: Imran Ashraf, Yousaf Bin Zikria, and Ali Kashif Bashir]
6. Special Issue (SI) on Reinforcement Learning Based solutions for Next-Generation Wireless Networks Coexistence, Computers, Materials and Continua, 2021. [SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 3.772]
[Guest Editor Team: Yousaf Bin Zikria, Rashid Ali, Ali Kashif Bashir, and Imran Ashraf]
7. Special Issue (SI) on Next-Generation Internet of Things (IoT): Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions, MDPI Sensors, 2020. [SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 3.576]
[Guest Editor Team: Yousaf Bin Zikria, Rashid Ali, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, and Sung Won Kim]
8. Special Issue (SI) on Cognitive Radio Networks for Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks, MDPI Sensors, 2020. [SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 3.576]
[Guest Editor Team: Heejung Yu, and Yousaf Bin Zikria]
9. Special Issue (SI) on Internet of Things (IoT) -Based Wireless Health: Enabling Technologies and Applications, MDPI Electronics, 2020. [ SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 2.397]
[Guest Editor Team: SM Riazul Islam, Jaime Lloret Mauri, and Yousaf Bin Zikria]
10. Special Issue (SI) on Deep learning for Intelligent IoT: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions, Elsevier Computer Communications, 2019. [SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 3.167 ]
[Guest Editor Team: Yousaf Bin Zikria, Muhammad Khalil Afzal and Sung Won Kim, Andrea Marin, and Mohsen Guizani]
11. Special Issue (SI) on Internet of Multimedia Things (IoMT): Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions, MDPI Sensors, 2019. [ SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 3.576]
[Guest Editor Team: Yousaf Bin Zikria, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, and Sung Won Kim]
12. Special Issue (SI) on Internet of Things (IoT) Operating Systems Management: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solution, MDPI Sensors, 2019. [ SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 3.576]
[Guest Editor Team: Yousaf Bin Zikria, Sung Won Kim, Oliver Hahm, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, and Mohammed Y Aalsalem]
13. Special Issue (SI) on Tactile Internet: Technologies, Test Platforms, Trials, and Applications, Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS), 2018. [ SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 7.187]
[Guest Editor Team: Heejung Yu, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Yousaf Bin Zikria, Abderrezak Rachedi, and Frank HP Fitzek]
14. Special Issue (SI) on Data Driven Intelligence in Wireless Networks: Issues, Challenges, and Solution, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT), 2018. [ SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 2.638]
[Guest Editor Team: Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Yousaf Bin Zikria, and Qiang Ni]
15. Feature Topic (FT) on Unlocking 5G Spectrum Potential for Intelligent IoT: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions, IEEE Communications Magazine, 2018. [ SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 9.619]
[Guest Editor Team: Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Yousaf Bin Zikria, Shahid Mumtaz, Ammar Rayes, Anwer Al-Dulaimi, and Mohsen Guizani]
16. Special Issue (SI) on 5G Mobile Services and Scenarios: Challenges and Solutions, MDPI Sustainability, 2018. [ SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 3.251]
[Guest Editor Team: Yousaf Bin Zikria , Sung Won Kim, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Haoxiang Wang, and Mubashir Husain Rehmani]
17. Special Issue (SI) on Internet of Things (IoT): Operating System, Applications and Protocols Design, and Validation Techniques, Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS), 2017. [ SCI/E Indexed, Impact Factor = 7.187]
[Guest Editor Team: Yousaf Bin Zikria, Heejung Yu, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, and Oliver Hahm]
18. Wiley Internet Technology Letters
Conference / Workshop Chair
Chaired the Track on Advancement in IoT OSs: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions for the IEEE International Conference on Omni-layer Intelligent Systems (COINS) 2020.
[Organizing Committee: Yousaf Bin Zikria, Ali Kashif Bashir, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, and Shahid Mumtaz]
Chaired the Workshop of Artificial Intelligence for Future Internet of Things (AI-IoT ) for The International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2019) .
[Organizing Committee: Yousaf Bin Zikria, Sung Won Kim, Muhammad Khalil Afzal, Andrea Marin , and Mohsin Guizani ]
Book Editing
Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges for Business and Fintech Applications, IGI Global
[Team : Saqib Saeed, Abdullah Almhuhaideb, Neeraj Kumar, Noor Jahnaji, and Yousaf Bin Zikria]
Industry 5.0 : Towards a New Revolution and a Human-Centric Solution, De Gruyter or Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner, Germany
[Team : Yousaf Bin Zikria, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Pradeep N, Manoj Kumar M V, Harry Haoxiang Wang and Ali Kashif Bashir]
Program Committee
TPC Member of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2022.
TPC Member of 2021 IEEE Global Communications (GLOBECOM) Conference.
TPC Member of International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks (ICCCN-2021).
TPC Member of The 4th International Workshop on Intelligent Transportation and Autonomous Vehicles Technologies (ITAVT 2021).
TPC Member of 2020 IEEE Global Communications (GLOBECOM) Conference.
TPC Member of The 16th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (MSN 2020)
TPC Member of 9th 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Network, and Satellite (IEEE Comnetsat 2020)
TPC Member of 2020 IEEE Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (GCAIoT).
TPC Member of Third International Workshop on Intelligent Transportation and Connected Vehicles Technologies (ITCVT 2020)
TPC Member of 2020 IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Spring: Antwerp)
TPC Member of 2019 IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2019-Spring: Kuala Lumpur)
TPC Member of 2nd EAI International Conference on Smart Grid and Internet of Things ( SGIoT 2018).
TPC Member of 2018 IEEE 88th Vehicular Technology Conference