Rizwan Ahmad

Rizwan Ahmad is a Professor and Head of Research at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad - Pakistan. He earned his PhD from Victoria University, Australia in 2010 and his MS from the University of Stuttgart, Germany in 2004. From 2010 to 2012, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, on a QNRF Grant. His research interests include public safety networks, UAV-assisted networks, WBANs, medium access control protocols, spectrum and energy efficiency, energy harvesting, and performance analysis for wireless communication and networks.

Publications

The Role of Machine Learning in UAV-Assisted Communication
The Role of Machine Learning in UAV-Assisted Communication
Sadaf Javed, Ali Hassan, Rizwan Ahmad, Shams Qazi, Ahsan Saadat, Waqas Ahmed. © 2024. 26 pages.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a pilotless aircraft that is capable of flying and maintaining altitude without the need for a human operator, offers more cost-efficient...
Investigation of Trust Models to Alleviate the Authentication Challenge in FinTech
Investigation of Trust Models to Alleviate the Authentication Challenge in FinTech
Naveed Naeem Abbas, Rizwan Ahmad, Shams Qazi, Waqas Ahmed. © 2023. 18 pages.
FinTech applications are increasingly vulnerable to cyber-attacks (identity theft, data breaches, distributed denial of service attacks, phishing attacks, insider threats), which...
Impact of Deepfake Technology on FinTech Applications
Impact of Deepfake Technology on FinTech Applications
Naveed Naeem Abbas, Rizwan Ahmad, Shams Qazi, Waqas Ahmed. © 2023. 18 pages.
The distribution of fabricated disinformation through deliberate manipulation of audio/video content by imposters with the intent to affect organization is deepfake. The...
Prevention of Cryptojacking Attacks in Business and FinTech Applications
Prevention of Cryptojacking Attacks in Business and FinTech Applications
Subhan Ullah, Tahir Ahmad, Rizwan Ahmad, Mudassar Aslam. © 2023. 22 pages.
More than 2000 different cryptocurrencies are currently available in business and FinTech applications. Cryptocurrency is a digital payment system that does not rely on banks to...
Network Coding and Hierarchical Modulation for Energy Efficient Cooperative WBAN
Network Coding and Hierarchical Modulation for Energy Efficient Cooperative WBAN
Maham Waheed, Sadaf Talha, Rizwan Ahmad, Adnan Khalid Kiani, Muhammad Mahtab Alam, Waqas Ahmed. © 2019. 22 pages.
Wireless body area networks (WBANs) have revolutionized healthcare by enabling remote supervision, prior detection, and disease interception using invasive and wearable sensor...