Curriculum Vitae

Education

2017–2022
Ph.D. (combined M.S.) in Computer Science and Engineering
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea · CGPA 3.86 / 4.3
2012–2016
B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunication)
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan · CGPA 3.89 / 4.0 · Institute & Campus Gold Medals

2024–present
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, METU Northern Cyprus Campus
Research focus: 5G/6G IoT communications, flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) and vehicular networks (V2X).
2023–2024
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Computer Engineering, METU Northern Cyprus Campus
Human activity recognition using ambient binary sensor networks.
2017–2022
Graduate Research Engineer, Wireless and Mobile Internet Laboratory (MoNet), Kyungpook National University
Cross-layer wireless protocols, Internet of Underwater Things and vehicular ad hoc networks.

2021
BK21 FOUR Graduate Innovation Project Best Research Paper Award, Kyungpook National University
2019
Best Research Paper Award, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University
2019
ACM SIGAPP Student Travel Award, ACM SAC 2019, Limassol, Cyprus
2017–2020
KNU International Graduate Scholarship (KINGS) for combined M.S.–Ph.D. studies
2016
Institute Gold Medal and Campus Gold Medal, B.S. Electrical Engineering, COMSATS
2015
First Place, Final Year Project Competition, 13th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT’15), Islamabad
2012–2016
Prime Minister’s National ICT R&D Merit Scholarship

2026
Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) with AI Skills Professional Certificate, IBM
2026
Understanding Research Methods, University of London & SOAS
2025
Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Fundamentals, IBM
2023
Business Analytics: Decision Making Using Data, University of Cambridge Judge Business School
2022
Python for Machine Learning & Data Science Masterclass; The Project Management Course (Udemy)

Available upon request.