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Mr. Imran Raza
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Area of Interest
Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile Ad hoc Networks, VANETS, Federation in Clouding Computing, Edge Computing, Machine Intelligence, ICT applications in Healthcare, Brain Computer Interface (BCI)
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111-001-007 Ext.
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Biography

Mr. Imran Raza is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus.  He has BS(CS) and MSCS degree from Pakistan. His area of interests includes Wireless Sensor Networks, MANETS, Trust in Federated Clouds, Edge Computing, QoS issue in Networks, and Routing protocols.  

Research Collaborations: 

Research Lab:

A state-of-the-art network communications research lab in computer science department of COMSATS University Lahore campus has been established. This lab consists of latest equipment including SDN HP3800 switch, HP DL 380 G6 Server, USRP 310 complete kit, two Xlinx Kintex FPGAs, Multi Array Antenna, Wireless Mesh Router, Wireless Sensor Network Components, WSN-PRO 2400 CA Professional Kit. My Signals (S/W) (H/W) Complete Kit (Libelium), Memsic Wireless Sensor Network Kit. 

ALICE Computing System CERN Switzerland:

Team of Dr. Iosif Legrand at CERN and our team at COMSATS Lahore are implementing scenarios of a full system implementing 250 FLPs and 1500 EPNs. The aim is to

  • develop a tool for detailed simulation of network topologies for O2 (online and offline)
  • facility allowing for quick evaluation of various scenarios.
  • develop a tool for coarse simulation of O2 system components allowing for quick estimate
  • of computing resource needs.
  • extend 2) to estimate overall long-term computing needs during Run 3 and 4 considering
  • O2 and Grid resources.

Charles Sturt University Australia:

Joint supervision of MS students, School of Computing and Mathematics Charles Sturt University Australia.

Professional Memberships:

  • IEEE Member
  • Member of ACM
  • Member of World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
  • Member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG)

Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com.pk/citations?hl=en&user=_BEoArAAAAAJ 

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-4634 

Scopus:

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=23052267300 

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/imran-raza-35a3b0234/  

Funded Projects

Current Projects
1.
mVitals An intelligent Edge Computing Based Wireless Mobile Healthcare System (2020 - 2021) PIs: Mr. Imran Raza, Budget: Rs. 70,000/-, Funded By:
NGIRI, IGNITE (National ICT R&D Fund)
2.
An Intelligent Brain Computer Interfacing (BCI) Based Personalized Healthcare System for Neuro-Rehabilitation. (2019 - 2022) PIs: Mr. Imran Raza, Budget: Rs. 7.248 Million, Funded By:
NRPU, HEC
Completed Projects
1.
An adaptive decision support system for precision agriculture irrigation in Pakistan (2017 - 2018) PIs: Mr. Imran Raza, Budget: Rs. 86,250/-, Funded By:
NGIRI, IGNITE (National ICT R&D Fund)
2.
An Intelligent Health Care System for Neuro Rehabilitation. (2017 - 2018) PIs: Mr. Imran Raza, Budget: Rs. 86,250/-, Funded By:
NGIRI, IGNITE (National ICT R&D Fund)
3.
Kitaabkidunya (2017 - 2018) PIs: Mr. Imran Raza, Budget: Rs. 35000/-, Funded By:
NGIRI, IGNITE (National ICT R&D Fund)
4.
A Pervasive Healthcare Testbed for Optimized Monitoring of Medical Data Services. (2016 - 2018) PIs: Mr. Imran Raza, Budget: Rs. 8.716 Million, Funded By:
IGNITE (National ICT R&D Fund)
5.
Eye-A ubiquitous surveillance system (2014 - 2015) PIs: Mr. Imran Raza, Budget: Rs. 80,000/-, Funded By:
NGIRI, IGNITE (National ICT R&D Fund)
6.
Health Care Knowledge Management System for Adolescent and Young Adults Cancer Patients (2012 - 2013) PIs: Mr. Imran Raza, Budget: Rs. 86,250/-, Funded By:
NGIRI, IGNITE (National ICT R&D Fund)

Publications

Book Chapters 0
1.
Z. Nayyer, Imran Raza, Syed Asad Hussain (2019), "Edge Computing Based Architectures for Big data-enabled IoT", Big Data-Enabled Internet of Things, edited by: Usman Shahid Khan, Samee U Khan, Albert Y Zomaya, published by: IET UK, pp: 387-409
2.
U. Ahmed, Imran Raza, Syed Asad Hussain (2019), "Information-centric Trust Management for Big data-enabled IoT", Big Data-Enabled Internet of Things, edited by: Usman Shahid Khan, Samee U Khan, Albert Y Zomaya, published by: IET UK, pp: 411-421
3.
Syed Asad Hussain, Muhammad Mohsin Mehdi, Imran Raza (2018), "Energy Efficient Routing Protocols for Ambient Energy Harvesting in the Internet of Things", Internet of Things Challenges, Advances and Applications, edited by: Qusay F. Hassan, published by: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, USA, pp: 418, Standard: 13: 978-1-315-15500-5
4.
M. Hassan Raza, Imran Raza, and Larry Hughes (2008), "Density: A Context Parameter of ad hoc networks", Trends in Intelligent Systems and Computer Engineering, published by: Springer US, pp: 525-540, Standard: 1876-1100
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Journal Papers 0
1.
Sana Yaseen, Alice Othmani, Imran Raza, Asad Hussain (2023), "Machine learning based approaches for clinical and non-clinical depression recognition and depression relapse prediction using audiovisual and EEG modalities: A comprehensive review", Computers in Biology and Medicine, Elsevier, Impact Factor: 6.698
(External URL)
2.
Ziad Nayyer, Imran Raza, Asad Hussain (2022), "ClpyZ: A testbed for cloudlet federation ", Advances in Computers, Elsevier, Impact Factor: 2.655
(External URL)
3.
Shuja Akbar, Mohsin Mehdi, Hassan Jamal, Imran Raza, Asad Hussain (2022), "Multipath Routing in Wireless Body Area Sensor Network for Healthcare Monitoring", Healthcare, MDPI, Impact Factor: 3.16
(External URL)
4.
Sajjad, Hassan Jamal, Imran Raza (2022), "Central Aggregator Intrusion Detection System for Denial of Service Attacks", Computers, Materials & Continua, Impact Factor: W
(External URL)
5.
Sana Latif, Ziad Nayyer, Imran Raza, Asad Hussain, Hassan Jamal (2022), "Cloudlet Federation Based Context-Aware Federated Learning Approach ", IEEE Access, Impact Factor: 3.47
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6.
Li Feng, Amjad Ali, Imran Raza (2022), "Dynamic Wireless Information and Power Transfer Scheme for Nano-Empowered Vehicular Networks", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Impact Factor: 9.551
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7.
Ziad Nayyer, Imran Raza, Asad Hussain, Hassan Jamal, Zeeshan Gillani (2022), "LBRO: Load Balancing for Resource Optimization in Edge Computing ", IEEE Access , Impact Factor: 3.47
(External URL)
8.
Usama Ahmed, Imran Raza, Omer F. Rana, Asad Hussain (2021), "Aggregated Capability Assessment (AgCA) for CAIQ enabled Cross-cloud Federation", IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, Impact Factor: 11.027
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9.
Sana Yaseen, Imran Raza, Asad Hussain, Alice Othmani (2021), "EEG based Major Depressive disorder and Bipolar disorder detection using Neural Networks: A review", Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Impact Factor: 7.027
(External URL)
10.
Abdullah, Imran Raza, Rana Tanveer, Asad Hussain (2021), "Interest flooding attack mitigation in a vehicular named data network", IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Impact Factor: 2.56
(External URL)
11.
A Ali, S Tariq, M Iqbal, L Feng, I Raza, MH Siddiqi, AK Bashir (2020), "Adaptive Bitrate Video Transmission Over Cognitive Radio Networks Using Cross Layer Routing Approach", IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, pp: 935 - 945, Vol: 6, Issue: 3
12.
M. Z. Nayyer, I. Raza and Syed Asad Hussain (2020), "CFRO: Cloudlet Federation for Resource Optimization", IEEE Access, pp: 106234-106246, Vol: 8, Issue: 1, Impact Factor: 4.098
13.
Li Feng, A. Ali, M. Iqbal, F. Ali, I. Raza, M. H. Siddiqi, M. Shafiq and Syed Asad Hussain (2020), "Dynamic Wireless Information and Power Transfer Scheme for Nano-Empowered Vehicular Networks", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transport Systems, Impact Factor: 6.319
14.
Sana Yasin, Syed Asad Hussain, Sinem Aslan, Imran Raza, Muhammad Muzammel, Alice Othmani (2020), "Neural Networks based approaches for Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis using EEG signals: A review", arXiv
15.
Usama Ahmed, Ioan Petri, Omer Rana, Imran Raza, Syed Asad Hussain (2020), "Usama Ahmed, Ioan Petri, Omer Rana, Imran Raza, Syed Asad Hussain", IEEE Access, Impact Factor: 4.098
16.
M.Z. Nayyer, I. Raza, Syed Asad Hussain (2019), "Revisiting VM Performance & Optimization Challenges for Big Data", Advances in Computers, Vol: 114, ISSN: 0065-2458, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.adcom.2019.02.002, Impact Factor: 1.514
(External URL)
17.
U. Ahmed, I.Raza and Syed Asad Hussain (2019), "Trust Evaluation in Cross-Cloud Federation: Survey and Requirement Analysis", ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), pp: 1-37, Vol: 52, Issue: 1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3292499, Impact Factor: 5.55
18.
M. Z. Nayyer, I. Raza, Syed Asad Hussain (2018), "Survey of Cloudlet-Based Mobile Augmentation Approaches for Resource Optimization", ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), Vol: 51, Issue: 5, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3241738, Impact Factor: 5.55
19.
MM Mehdi, I Raza, SA Hussain (2017), "A game theory based trust model for Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs)", Computer Networks, pp: 152-172, Vol: 121, Standard: 1389-1286, Impact Factor: 2.516
(External URL)
20.
Syed Asad Hussain, Muddesar Iqbal, Atif Saeed Imran Raza, Hassan Raza, Amjad Ali, Ali Kashif Bashir, and Adeel Baig (2017), "An Efficient Channel Access Scheme for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks", Mobile Information Systems, pp: 10, Vol: 2017, Impact Factor: .847
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21.
SA Hussain, M Fatima, A Saeed, I Raza, RK Shahzad (2017), "Multilevel classification of security concerns in cloud computing", Applied Computing and Informatics, Elsevier, pp: 57-65, Vol: 13, Issue: 1, Standard: 2210-8327
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22.
Furkh Zeshan, Radziah Mohamad, Mohammad Nazir Ahmad, Syed Asad Hussain, Adnan Ahmad, Imran Raza, Abid Mehmood, Ikram Ulhaq, Arafat Abdulgader, Imran Babar (2017), "Ontology-based service discovery framework for dynamic environments", IET Software, pp: 64-74, Vol: 11, Issue: 2, Standard: 1751-8806, Impact Factor: 0.733
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23.
Muhammad Talha Gul, Amjad Ali, Deepak Singh, Umera Imtinan, Imran Raza, Syed Hussain, Doug Young Suh, Jong-Wook Lee (2016), "Merge-and-Forward: A Cooperative Multimedia Transmissions Protocol using RaptorQ Codes", IET Communications, Standard: 1751-8636, Impact Factor: .72
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24.
Doug Young Suh Syed Fawad Haider, Laraib Abbas, Amjad Ali, Muddesar Iqbal , Imran Raza, Syed Asad Hussain (2016), "Taxonomy and issues for antifragile-based multimedia cloud computing", Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments, Springer
(External URL)
25.
Usama Ahmed, Imran Raza, Syed Asad Hussain, Amjad Ali, Muddesar Iqbal, Xinheng Wang (2015), "Modelling Cyber Security for Software Defined Networks Those Grow Strong When Exposed to Threats", Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments, Springer , pp: 123-146, Vol: 1, Issue: 2
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26.
Imran Raza, S. Jabeen, S. R. Chaudhry2, Syed Asad Hussain (2015), "Optical Wireless Channel Characterization for Indoor Visible Light Communications", Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol: 8, Issue: 22, Standard: 0974-6846, Impact Factor: SJR 1.3
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27.
Amir Raza Khan, Muddesar Iqbal , Junaid Muzaffar, Amir Nisar, Amjad Ali, Imran Raza, Syed Asad Hussain (2015), "Optimized Congestion Aware and Rate-Adaptive Multimedia Communication for Application in Fragile Environment during Disaster Management and Recovery", Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments, Springer , pp: 147-158, Vol: 1, Issue: 2
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28.
Mohammad Kaleem, Syed Asad Hussain, Imran Raza, Saqib Rasool Chaudhry, Muhammad Hassan Raza (2014), "A direction and relative speed (DARS) based routing protocol for vanets in a highway scenario", Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Vol: 38
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29.
Imran Raza, S.A.Hussain, Qayyum, M.H. Raza and S.R.Chaudhry (2013), "Investigating Multi-Topological ZigBee Based Wireless Sensor Network in Precision Agriculture", Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research, pp: 195-201, Vol: 3, Issue: 2
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30.
Salman Naseer, S.A Hussain, I Raza, S R Chaudry, J. S. Mirza (2012), "Mobile Ad-hoc Network Routing Protocols: A Simulation and Performance Analysis Using Multimedia Traffic", Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research, pp: 9925-9930, Vol: 2, Issue: 10, Standard: 2090-4304
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31.
Imran Raza, S.R. Chaudhry, S.A. Hussain, S.A.Abid and M. H. Raza (2011), "Optimized Priority Assignment Mechanism for Biomedical Wireless Sensor Networks", IET Wireless Sensor Systems, pp: 26
32.
Imran Raza, S.A. Hussain (2008), "Identification of Malicious nodes in an AODV Pure Ad Hoc Network through Guard nodes", Computer Communications, Elsevier Ltd Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp: 1796-1802, Vol: 31, Issue: 9, Standard: 0140-3664
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Conference Papers 0
1.
M.A Khan, M.A Qureshi, I.Raza, Syed Asad Hussain (2019) "EECP-EI: energy-efficient clustering protocol based on energy intervals for wireless sensor networks", International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT’19)
2.
Arif Husen, Syed Asad Hussain and Imran Raza (2019) "Erlang Based Server Selection Scheme Using Software Defined Networking in Datacenter for Energy Conservation", Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT) 2019
3.
M. J. Anjum, I. Raza, Syed Asad Hussain (2019) (2019) "Real-Time Multipath Transmission Protocol (RMTP): A Software Defined Networks (SDN) Based Routing Protocol for Data Centric Networks", 1st International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering (ICECCE-2019)
4.
Syed Asad Hussain, Imran Raza, Muhammad Mohsin Mehdi (2018) "A Cluster Based Energy Efficient Trust Management Mechanism for Medical Wireless Sensor Networks (MWSNs)", 5th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering
5.
U. Ahmed, I. Petri, O.F. Rana, I. Raza, Syed Asad Hussain (2018) (2018) "Risk-based Service Selection in Federated Clouds", IEEE/ACM 11th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC '18)
6.
S. A. Hussain, S. Akbar, I. Raza (2017) "A dynamic multipath scheduling protocol (DMSP) for full performance isolation of links in software defined networking (SDN)", Workshop on Recent Trends in Telecommunications Research (RTTR) , pp: 1-5, Standard: 978-1-5090-5542-5
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7.
Syed A Hussain, Atif Saeed, Imran Raza, A. Gohar, Z. Mansoor, T. Khalid , M. H. Raza (2014) "An Efficient Resource Sharing Scheme in Vehicular Cloud Computing", 5th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2014), the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT-2014)
8.
H. Shirazi, I. Raza, M. H. Chaudhry, S. A. Hussain, M. H. Raza (2014) "Multi-Radio over Fiber Architecture for Road Vehicle Communication in VANETs", 5th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2014), the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT-2014)
9.
S R Chaudhry, H. S. Al-Raweshidy and I Raza (2011) "Energy Aware Application Controlled multi radio PANs over Fibre Network", Vehicular Technology and Communications, VTC
10.
Imran Raza, S.A. Hussain, S. Qayyum and M. H. Raza (2010) "Congestion aware nodes (CAN) based scheme for mobile ad hoc networks", 6th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), pp: 348-552, Standard: 978-1-4244-8057-9
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11.
Imran Raza, S.A.Hussain, A. Ali and M.H.Raza (2010) "Persistent packet reordering attack in TCP based Ad hoc wireless networks", International Conference on Information and Emerging Technologies (ICIET), pp: 1-6, Standard: 978-1-4244-8001-2
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12.
M. H. Raza and Imran Raza (2009) "Assessment of Node Density in Cartesian Ad hoc Routing Protocols (CARPS)", International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies, 2009. ICICT '09. , pp: 83-89, Standard: 978-1-4244-4608-7
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13.
M. H. Raza and Imran Raza (2008) "A review of cross layer design based multimedia protocols in the context of software defined radio", Proceedings of the 7th CIIT workshop on research in computing, CWRC 2008,, pp: 74-79, Standard: 978-969-8779-18-4
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14.
Imran Raza, M. H. Raza, A. Hassan (2008) "Cross Cultural Management in Western Municipalities", proceedings of South Asian International Conference (SAICON 2008),
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15.
Imran Raza and M. H. Raza (2008) "Initialization of Cartesian ad hoc routing protocols (CARPS)", IEEE International Multitopic Conference, 2007. INMIC 2007. , pp: 1-5, Standard: 978-1-4244-1552-6
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Imran Raza and M. H. Raza (2007) "Tuning Cartesian Ad Hoc Routing Protocols (CARP) by Traffic Monitoring", Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2007 Volume I,, pp: 629-633, Vol: 1, Standard: 978-988-98671-4-0
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Experience

Assistant Professor
COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus
2014 to Date

Lecturer
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore Campus
Sep 2003 to 2014

Qualification

MS Computer Science
University of Central Punjab, Pakistan
2011 to 2013

Wireless Networks Training Course of 7 ECTS (funded by DAAD)
TU Ilmenau, Germany
2009 to 2009

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
CIIT, Islamabad, Pakistan
1999 to 2003