Associate Professor

Dr. Muhammad Asad Arfeen

4 October 2023 / Comments

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Dr. Muhammad Asad Arfeen

Associate Professor (Computer & Information Systems Engg)   

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor         

 Scientific Director Internet Security Lab National Center for Cyber Security      Director IT                                                                                                                    Project Director NED Science & Technology Park Project                        NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.

Email: arfeen@neduet.edu.pk                                                                  Cell:    +92-333-3913678

EDUCATION

2015                 Ph. D., Computer Science, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Thesis: Contributions to Modelling of Internet Traffic by Fractal Renewal Processes

(https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/10194)

Supervisor: Prof. Krys Pawlikowski (Alexander von Humboldt Fellow 1983,1999)

2007                 M. Engg., Computer Systems Engineering,

                          NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.

                         (Specialization: Computer Networks & Performance Evaluation)                       

2004                 BE, Computer & Information Systems Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.

ACADEMIC PROFILE

NED University of Engineering & Technology

Department of Computer and Information Systems Engineering                     

  • Associate Professor (Feb 2022 till date)
  • Assistant Professor (April 2009 to Jan 2022)
  • Lecturer (October 2005 to March 2009)
  • IT Manager (October 2004 to September 2005)

PhD Scholars currently under supervision:

  1. Ms. Summayya Zaffar: Sequential analysis of long memory processes in Internet traffic using long range dependence parameters
  2. Mr. Syed M Sheraz: Energy efficient and performance optimized design for data Centers
  3. Ms. Tooba Shaikh: A holistic approach to tackle energy efficiency of the network traffic and strategy for sustainable data transmission.
  4. Ms. Ibshar Ishrat: Rare event simulation and analysis of retrial queues with applications in computer networks and security.

APPOINTMENTS & ASSIGNMENTS

  • Project Director NED Science & Technology Park Project
  • Elected Member of the Syndicate of the NED University of Engineering & Technology (Tenure 2019-2021)
  • Advisor to the Secretary Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP)
  • Member Sindh IT Board Advisory Committee
  • Advisor and Member Karachi Safe City Project Committee
  • Advisor to the Chairman Board of Intermediate Education Karachi.

RESEARCH GRANTS

National Research Grants/Funded Projects (2 in progress and 1 completed):

  • 2021: HEC Technology Transfer Support Fund (TTSF): 11.414 million PKR

Project: Security & Threat Intelligence Platform for Capital Market of Pakistan [status: In Progress, Role=Principal Investigator]

Partner Company: National Clearing Company of Pakistan (NCCPL)

  • 2018: HEC/Planning Commission's grant on National Centre of Cyber Security (NCCS): 118 million PKR

Domains: End Point Protection, Internet Security, Digital Forensics, Quantum Technology

  • 2017: HEC NRPU Research Grant: 8.2 million PKR

Project: Stochastic Modelling and Realtime Estimation of Internet Traffic in Access and Core           Networks [status: successfully completed, Role=Principal Investigator]

International Research Grants/Funded Projects (1 completed):

  • Royal New Zealand Navy's project via DTA New Zealand  “Quality of Experience based Traffic Optimization for Satellite IP Network of Royal New Zealand Navy”. Amount=50K NZD [Status=successfully completed, Role= Principal Investigator]

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
  • 2010: PlanetLab New Zealand fellowship for PhD Study visit at:
  1. AESOP research group of Imperial College London, UK (host: Professor Peter Harrison)
  2. Technical University of Berlin, Germany (host: Prof. Adam Woliz)
  • 2011: REANNZ New Zealand PhD scholarship
  • 2012: Battersby Trimble Scholarship for Advancement of Computing in New Zealand
  • 2012: Conference Travel Award by IAC of Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, Brisbane Australia to attend and present article at ATNAC Brisbane, Australia.
  • 2011, 2012, 2013: University of Canterbury exchange fellowship for research visit at WAND research group of University of Waikato, New Zealand.
  • 2013: Conference Travel Award by IAC of International Teletraffic Congress to attend and present article at ITC Shanghai, China.
  • 2018: DAAD Germany travel fellowship to visit German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) at TU Kaiserslautern.
  • 2019: HEC Young Faculty Award by Ambassador of China to visit Tsinghua University and other universities in Beijing and Xian.

RESEARCH GRANT REVIEWER /JOURNAL EDITOR & REVIEWER
  • Member Editorial Board PEC Pakistan Journal of Engineering
  • HEC NRPU Reviewer
  • IGNITE NGIRI Focal Person (2017 till date)
  • Journal Reviewer (Elsevier Computer Networks, Wiley Concurrency & Computation, Transactions Simulations, ACM International Journal of Network Management)

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATION
  • Active Collaboration with National Clearing Company of Pakistan (NCCPL) to develop SIEM and SOAR cyber security platforms.
  • Collaboration with CDC House, Pakistan Stock Exchange and Safe City Authorities of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

26 JCR Journal articles and 7 International Conference papers

ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2419-6621



SCOPUS: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57204917249

Cyber Security

Journal Publications                                                                                                                                           Quartile    JCR IF

 

1.

 

Muhammad Faraz Hyder; Saadia Arshad; Asad Arfeen; Tasbiha Fatima, Privacy preserving mobile forensic framework using role‐based access control and cryptography. Wiley Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. DOP: 2022-07-12

1.831

2.

Asad Arfeen; Muhammad Asim Khan, Empirical Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms on Detection of Fraudulent Electronic Fund Transfer Transactions. IETE Journal of Research. DOP: 2022-03-28

1.877

3.

Asad Arfeen; Muhammad Asim Khan; Obad Zafar; Usama Ahsan, Process based volatile memory forensics for ransomware detection. Wiley Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. DOP: 2022-02-15

1.831

4.

Asad Arfeen; Zunair Ahmed Khan; Riaz Uddin; Usama Ahsan, Towards accurate and intelligent detection of malware. Wiley Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. DOP: 2022-02-15

1.831

5.

Murk Marvi; Asad Arfeen; Riaz Uddin, A generalized machine learning‐based model for the detection of DDoS attacks. Wiley/ACM International Journal of Network Management. DOP: 2021-11-28

1.914

6.

Murk Marvi; Asad Arfeen; Riaz Uddin, An augmented K‐means clustering approach for the detection of distributed denial‐of‐service attacks. Wiley/ACM International Journal of Network Management. DOP: 2021-11-14

1.914

7.

Asad Arfeen; Khizar Ul Haq; Syed Muhammad Yasir, Application layer classification of Internet traffic using ensemble learning models. Wiley/ACM International Journal of Network Management. DOP: 2021-07-23

1.914

8.

Asad Arfeen, Sleep-aware wavelength and bandwidth assignment scheme for TWDM PON. Springer Optical and Quantum Electronics. DOP: 2021-06-10

2.794

9.

Usama Ahsan, Muhammad Mubashir Khan, Asad Arfeen, Khadija Azam, Security analysis of KXB10 QKD protocol with higher-dimensional quantum states. International Journal of Quantum Information. DOP: 2021-03-17

0.89

10.

Asad Arfeen; Riaz Uddin, Quality of experience‐based optimization of satellite Internet‐at‐sea using WAN accelerators. Wiley International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking. DOP: 2020-11-30

1.348

11.

MM Khan, Asad Arfeen, Usama Ahsan, Saneeha Ahmed, Tahreem Mumtaz, Analysis of achievable distances of BB84 and KMB09 QKD protocols. International Journal of Quantum Information. DOP: 2020-09-29

0.89

12.

Muhammad Kamran; Muhammad Mubashir Khan; Tahir Malik; Asad Arfeen, Quantum key distribution over free space optic (FSO) channel using higher order Gaussian beam spatial modes. Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences. DOP: 2020-07-29

0.853

13.

Rizwan Aslam Butt, Muhammad Faheem, M. Waqar Ashraf, Asad Arfeen, Kamran Ali Memon & Attaullah Khawaja, Machine learning based dynamic load balancing DWBA scheme for TWDM PON. Elsevier Optical Fiber Technology. DOP: 2019-06-27

2.8

Conference Publications

14.

Asad Arfeen; Saad Ahmed; Muhammad Asim Khan; Syed Faraz Ali Jafri, Endpoint Detection & Response: A Malware Identification Solution, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS), Islamabad Pakistan. DOP: 2022-09-02

15.

Farjad, SM, Asad Arfeen, Cluster Analysis and Statistical Modeling: A Unified Approach for Packet Inspection, 1st IEEE International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS), Islamabad Pakistan. DOP: 2020-12-25

 

Computer Networks &Traffic Modelling

Journal Publications

16.

Siddiqui, M.U.A., Qamar, F., Kazmi, S.H.A., Hassan, R., Arfeen, A. and Nguyen, Q.N., 2022. A study on multi-antenna and pertinent technologies with AI/ML approaches for B5G/6G networks. Electronics, DOP: 2022-12-30

2.690

17.

Ibshar Ishrat; Asad Arfeen; Don McNickle, A comparison of variance reduction techniques in the simulation of a retrial M/M/1/K queue. SAGE Transactions SIMULATION. DOP: 2022-05-01

1.699

18.

Asad Arfeen, Krys Pawkowski, Andreas Willig, Don McNickle, The role of the Weibull distribution in modelling traffic in Internet access and backbone core networks. Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications. DOP: 2019-05-21

7.574

19.

Asad Arfeen, Krys Pawkowski, Andreas Willig, Don McNickle, Global and local scaling analysis of link streams in access and backbone core networks. Elsevier Computer Networks. DOP: 2018-11-30

5.493

20.

Asad Arfeen, Krys Pawkowski, Andreas Willig, Don McNickle, Internet traffic modelling: from superposition to scaling. IET Networks. DOP: 2014-03-01

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Conference Publications

21.

Arfeen, M.A.; Pawlikowski, K.; Willig, A.; Mcnickle, D., Fractal renewal process based analysis of emerging network traffic in access networks, 26th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand ITNAC 2016. DOP: 2017-03-16

22.

Muhammad Haris Rais; Muhammad Asad Arfeen, Evolving Internet Traffic Trend in Pakistan, 1st International Electrical Engineering Congress, Karachi, Pakistan (IEEC 2016). DOP: 2016-05-13

23.

Arfeen, M.A.; Pawlikowski, K.; McNickle, D.; Willig, A., Scaling analysis of the internet traffic structural dynamics, Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, Christchurch New Zealand ATNAC 2013. DOP: 2014-01-09

24.

Arfeen, M.A.; Pawlikowski, K.; McNickle, D.; Willig, A., The role of the Weibull distribution in Internet traffic modeling, Proceedings of the 2013 25th International Teletraffic Congress, Shanghai, China ITC 2013. DOP: 2013-11-14

25.

Asad Arfeen, Towards a combined traffic modeling framework for access and core networks, Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, Brisbane Australia, ATNAC 2012. DOP: 2012-12-31

Computer Networks & Energy Efficiency

Journal Publications

26.

S. M. Sheraz, A. Arfeen and U. Haider, Energy-Efficient Data Center Network Infrastructure With Network Switch Refresh Model. IEEE Access. DOP: 2023-05-02

3.476

27.

Riaz Uddin; Hashim Raza Khan; Asad Arfeen; Muhammad Ayaz Shirazi; Athar Rashid; Umar Shahbaz Khan, Energy Storage for Energy Security and Reliability through Renewable Energy Technologies: A New Paradigm for Energy Policies in Turkey and Pakistan. Sustainability. DOP: 2021-03-05

3.889

28.

Sheraz Syed; Asad Arfeen; Riaz Uddin; Umaima Haider, An Analysis of Renewable Energy Usage by Mobile Data Network Operators. Sustainability. DOP: 2021-02-09

3.889

Other Areas/Multidisciplinary

Journal Publications

29.

Umm-e-Laila; Najeed Ahmed Khan; Asad Arfeen, Framework for Identification of Critical Factors for Open Source Software Adoption Decision in Mission-Critical IT Infrastructure Services. IETE Journal of Research. DOP: 2022-10-17

1.877

30

Uddin, R.; Affan, M.; Arfeen, A.; Ryu, J.; Qazi, S.A., Low Frequency Transparency Analyses of Passivity-based Approaches for Two-channel Haptic Teleoperation Architectures, International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems. DOP: 2022-01-17

2.964

31.

Murk Marvi; Asad Arfeen; Mohammed Raza Mehdi; Zahid Rauf, Investigating the Impact of Regional Temperature on COVID-19 Pandemic during 2020. Sustainability. DOP: 2021-05-25

3.889

32.

Riaz Uddin; Ali Jamshaid; Asad Arfeen, Smart Design of Surgical Suture Attachment Force Measurement Setup Using Tactile Sensor. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. DOP: 2020-10-30

5.332

33.

Saeeda Kanwal; Muhammad Khurram; Asad Arfeen; Jie Li, Intelligent Crowd Analysis by Detecting and Counting People in Densely Crowded Aerial Images, NED University Journal of Research. DOP: 2018-12-02

0.9
Associate Professor
Scientific Director, NCCS
Project Director, NED Technology Park
Ag. Director IT