Phone: +92-937-9230452
Email: ibrar@uetmardan.edu.pk
Designation: Professor, Department of Computer Software Engineering, UET Mardan
Address: Department of Computer Software Engineering, UET Mardan.

• PhD in Networks, Brunel University, UK
• MSc. in Computer Systems Engineering, UET Peshawar
• BSc. in Computer Information Systems Engineering, UET Peshawar

1. Received and availed HEC/UET Peshawar scholarship for PhD studies in the UK.
2. Qualified for HEC’s MS leading to PhD scholarship to the Netherland in 2007.
3. Qualified for HEC’s MS scholarship to South Korea in 2006.
4. Received merit scholarship for four years BSc. studies at UET Peshawar.
5. First position in the HSSC(Pre-Engg) at college level.
6. Second position in the SSC (Science) in the school.
7. Best Paper Award, 6th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Communication (ICMC), Valencia Spain, 2010.

1. Member, Research Evaluation Committee (REC), Deptt. of Computer Software Engineering, UET Peshawar (Mardan Campus), Pakistan.
2. Member, Project & Research Evaluation Committee (PREC), Deptt. of Computer Software Engineering, UET Peshawar (Mardan Campus), Pakistan.
3. Member, Board of Faculty, UET Mardan.
4. Member, Academic Council, UET Mardan.
5. Member, Syndicate, UET Mardan (2019).
6. Member, Board of Advanced Studies & Research (BASAR), UET Mardan.
7. Member, Board of Studies, Deptt. of Computer Software Engineering, UET Peshawar (Mardan Campus), Pakistan.
8. Member, Board of Studies, Deptt. of Software Engineering, University of Malakand, KPK, Pakistan.
9. Member, Board of Studies, Deptt. of Software Engineering, University of Science & Technology, Bannu, KPK, Pakistan.
10. External Evaluator, Quality Enhancement Cell, Deptt: Software Engineering, University of Malaknd, Pakistan.
11. Program Evaluator (PEV), Pakistan Engineering Council.
12. Convener, Admission Committee, UET Mardan- Session 2018-19.
13. Staff Proctor, UET Peshawar (Mardan Campus)-(2014-2018).
14. Member, Institutional Discipline Committee, UET Peshawar (Mardan Campus).
15. PC Member, IEEE ICET 20
16. PC Member, IEEE FIT 2017.
17. PC Member, IEEE FIT 2018.
18. Reviewer, Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
19. Professional Engineer (PEC Reg. No: COMP/2753)
20. HEC’s Approved Supervisor

1. Acting Registrar, UET Mardan (15-06-2020 to 14-12-2020)
2. Acting Controller of Examination, UET Mardan (24-01-2020 to 23-06-2020)
3. Acting Registrar, UET Mardan (11-06-2019 to 12-12-2019)
4. Chairman, Deptt: of Computer Software Engg, UET Mardan  ( January, 2019- till date)
5. Chairman, Department of Computer Science, UET Mardan (April 2018-February 2019)
6. Director (Academics), University of Engineering and Technology, Mardan. (January 2019-February 2019)
7. Coordinator (Academics), University of Engineering and Technology, Mardan. (August 2017-December 2018)
8. Advisor Postgraduate Studies, Deptt. of Computer Software Engineering, UET Peshawar (Mardan Campus), Pakistan. (Year 2014 till date).
9. Semester Coordinator, Deptt. of Computer Software Engineering, UET Peshawar (Mardan Campus), Pakistan. ( Year-2005 to 2007 and Year 2013-Year 2018)
10. Incharge Examination, UET Mardan Campus, Pakistan (June, 2013-January, 2014)

My broad research interests encompass computer networks, cloud computing and information security. Currently, we are working in the cloud, fog and edge computing environments with a strong emphasis on efficient resource management across these distributed paradigms using evolutionary and intelligent optimization algorithms. In addition, my research interests include information security, particularly the security of communication networks and cloud-based infrastructures.

1. Shah, Z. A., Shah, I. A., Usman, M., & Khan, B. (2026). Automatic Text Summarization by Using Deep Learning Models. In Computational Intelligent Systems: Book Chapter-Applications of AI and Machine Learning (pp. 161-172). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
2. Khan, S., Shah, I. A., Loh, W. K., Khan, J. A., Mylonas, A., & Pitropakis, N. (2026). Sensor Driven Resource Optimization Framework for Intelligent Fog Enabled IoHT Systems. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 26(1), 348.
3. Ullah, A., Ullah, Z., Rizvi, S. S., Shah, I. A., & Kwon, S. J. (2025). Decentralized trust optimization in VANETs: A blockchain-driven hybrid PoS-PBFT architecture for enhanced security and energy-efficient communication. PLoS One, 20(12), e0338618.
4. Khan, Salman, Ibrar Ali Shah, Shabir Ahmad, Javed Ali Khan, Muhammad Shahid Anwar, and Khursheed Aurangzeb. "A Comprehensive Survey on Multi‐Facet Fog‐Computing Resource Management Techniques, Trends, Applications and Future Directions." Expert Systems 42, no. 4 (2025): e70019.
5. Khan, Fahim Ullah, Ibrar Ali Shah, Sadaqat Jan, Shabir Ahmad, and Taegkeun Whangbo. "Machine learning-based resource management in fog computing: A systematic literature review." Sensors 25, no. 3 (2025): 687.
6. Ullah, Zia, Ghassan Husnain, Abid Iqbal, Ibrar Ali Shah, Ali Saeed Alzahrani, Ramasamy Srinivasaga Naidu, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi, and Mohammed S. Al‐Zahrani. "TrustChain‐VANETs: Blockchain and IPFS Integration for Reliable and Secure Vehicular Communication in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)." IET Intelligent Transport Systems 19, no. 1 (2025): e70051.
7. Khan, Salman, Ibrar Ali Shah, Khursheed Aurangzeb, Shabir Ahmad, Javed Ali Khan, Muhammad Shahid Anwar, and Muhammad Babar. "Energy Efficient Task Scheduling Using Fault Tolerance Technique for IoT Applications in Fog Computing Environment." IEEE Internet of Things Journal(2024).
8. Khan, S., Shah, I. A., Nadeem, M. F., Jan, S., Whangbo, T., & Ahmad, S. (2023). Optimal resource allocation and task scheduling in fog computing for internet of medical things applications, Journal of Human Centric Computing and Information Sciences, Volume-13, pp.
9. Syed Zafar Ali Shah, Sadaqat Jan, Ibrar Ali Shah. (2022). Towards the Optimal Use of Machine Learning Algorithms in Text Mining: A Quick Review. University of Sindh Journal of Information and Communication Technology , 6(3), 89-94.
10. Khan, Salman, Ibrar Ali Shah, Nasser Tairan, Habib Shah, and Muhammad Faisal Nadeem. "Optimal resource allocation in fog computing for healthcare applications." Comput. Mater. Contin 71, no. 3 (2022): 6147-6163.
11. Ullah, A., Usman, M., Abrar, M. F., Ullah, N., Shah, I. A., & Nadeem, M. F. (2021). Systematic performance, and Security evaluation of .NET models for accessing database. VFAST Transactions on Software Engineering, 9(4), 18–24.
12. Hafeez G, Khan I, Jan S, Shah IA, Khan FA, Derhab A. A novel hybrid load forecasting framework with intelligent feature engineering and optimization algorithm in smart grid. Elsevier Applied Energy. 2021 Oct 1;299:117178, IF:9.76.
13. Hunzai S, Shah IA. Impact of Elicitation Techniques on Requirement Validation in Software Industry in Pakistan. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS). 2021 Mar;19(3).
14. Ullah, K., Ali, S., Khan, T.A., Khan, I., Jan, S., Shah, I.A. and Hafeez, G., 2020. An Optimal Energy Optimization Strategy for Smart Grid Integrated with Renewable Energy Sources and Demand Response Programs. Energies, 13(21), p.5718, IF: 2.7.
15. Faisal A., Muhammad, M. Sohail, Sikandar Ali, Muhammad Faran Majeed, Ibrar Ali Shah, Nasir Rashid, and Naimat Ullah. "De‐motivators for the adoption of agile methodologies for large‐scale software development teams: An SLR from management perspective." Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Wiley, 2047-7481, 2020. IF: 1.17.
16. Malka, S., S. Jan, and I. A. Shah. "Sentiment Analysis Based On Abbreviations In Text." Pakistan Journal of Science 71, no. 4 (2019): 230.
17. Muhammad Ali Shah, Ibrar Ali Shah, Duck-Gyu Lee, and Shin Hur, “Design Approaches of MEMS Microphones for Enhanced Performance”, Journal of Sensors, Vol. 2019, Pp. (IF of year 2017: 2.057)
18. Alamgir Khan, Haneef Hamza, Mehboob Alam, Imran Khan, Ibrar Ali Shah, Sada, Muhammad Usman and Haroon Rasheed, “Performance Analysis of Amplify Zoom and Forward Cooperative Relaying Protocol’’, BUJICT, Volume 9, issue 2, 2016.
19. Muhammad Ali Shah, Faisal Iqbal, Ibrar Ali Shah, and Byeungleul Lee " Modal Analysis of a Single-Structure Multi-Axis MEMS Gyroscop", Journal of Sensors, Vol. 2016, Pp. 1-8, 2016. (IF of year 2016: 0.712)
20. Bilal Younis, M. Faraz Uddin, AsimIhsan, Imran Khan, Ibrar Ali Shah, Sadaqat Jan “SCH Protocol for Wireless Microsensor Networks”, BUJICT Journal, Vol 9 Issue-I, pp. 98-102, 2016.            
21. Mahmood, Mohammad A., Sadaqat Jan, Ibrar A. Shah, and Imran Khan. "Growth Parameters for Films of Hydrothermally Synthesized One-Dimensional Nanocrystals of Zinc Oxide." In International Journal of Photoenergy, Vol. 2016, Pp. 1-12, 2016. (IF of year 2016: 1.226)
22. Humaira Rehman, Imran Khan, Sadaqat Jan, Ibrar Ali Shah, and Muhammad Abbas Mahmood “Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing based Power Line Communication in Smart Grids Using Least Square Channel Estimation”, ITEE Journal, Volume 5, Issue 3, ISSN: - 2306-708X, Pp 24-31,  June 2016.
23. Siddiqi, SadiaJabeen, Sadaqat Jan, Imran Khan, Ibrar Ali Shah, and Muhammad Abbas Mahmood. "Bayesian Inference as a Problem Solving Tool in Proactive Routing Protocols.",BUJICT Journal, Volume 8, Issue. 2, pp. 42-49,ISSN: 1999-4974, 2015.
24. Muhammad Adnan, Zeshan-U-Islam, Khalid Bashir, Sajad Ali, Imran Khan, Ibrar Ali Shah, Muhammad Abbas Mahmood and Sadaqat Jan, “Performance of Double Threshold Energy Detection in Cooperative-Cognitive Networks over Rayleigh and Rician Fading Channels with Path Loss Effect”, BUJICT Journal, Volume VII, Issue 1, ISSN: 1999-4974, pp: 37-40, 2014.
25. N. Khan, M. Sheraz, R. Khan, I. Khan, I. A. Shah, M. A. Mehmood, S. Jan,  “Performance Analysis of Various Relay Selection Schemes in Rayleigh, Rician and Nakagami Fading Channels with Parallel AF Relays”, SURJ(Science Series), Vol 46(2),  pp. 201-204, ISSN: 1813-1743, 2014.
26. M. Adnan, Z. U. Islam, K. Bashir, S. Ali, I. Khan, I. A. Shah, M. A. Mahmood, S. Jan, “Performance of two Algorithms of Energy Detection in Cooperative-Cognitive Networks with Path Loss Effects over AWGN Channel”,  SURJ(Science Series), Vol 46(1), pp.5-8, ISSN: 1813-1743,2014.                       
27. Shah, Ibrar Ali, Sadaqat Jan, Imran Khan, Muhammad Abbas Mehmood, and Muhammad Ali Shah. "Qos Based Joint Channel Assignment and Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks." World Applied Sciences Journal 31, no. 10, ISSN: 1809-1827, 2014.
28. M.A. Jadoon, Z.A. Khan, M. A. Shah, I. Khan, I. A. Shah, S. Jan,  M. A. Mahmood, SER and Outage Probability Analysis of Network Coding over Identical Terrestrial and Non-identical Satellite-terrestrial Fading Channels, SURJ(Science Series), Vol 46(1), pp. 19-24, ISSN: 1813-1743,2014.
29. R. Ali, B. Hussain, A. Ahmad, I. Khan, S. Jan, I. A. Shah and M. A. Mahmood, “Cyclostationary-Spectrum Sensing in Cooperative Cognitive Networks”, BUJICT Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 8-13,ISSN: 1999-4974, December 2013.
30. Shakeel A. Waqas, M. Jawad, Imran Khan, M. Abbas Mahmood, Ibrar Ali Shah and Sadaqat Jan, Path(s) Finding and Selection Technique for Multi-Hop Mesh Cooperative Networks, BUJICT Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 50-54,ISSN: 1999-4974 , December 2013.
31. S. Jan, I. Khan, I. A. Shah, G. Ahmad, A. Khattak, G. A. AL-SultanyAn Overview of Concept Comparison Practices used in Ontology Alignment, SURJ (Science Series), Volume 45, No. 1, pp 11-14,. ISSN: 1813-1743, 2013.
32. U. R. Tanoli, R. Abbasi, I. Khan, S. Jan, I. A. Shah, A. Khattak Comparative Analysis of Fixed-Gain Relaying Schemes for Inter-relay Communication over Nakagami-m Fading Channel, SURJ (Science Series), Volume 45, No. 1, pp 65-69,. ISSN: 1813-1743, 2013.
33. N. Zarin, I. Khan, S. Jan, L. Hasan, I. A. Shah, M. Usman Performance Analysis of MRC and SLC in Energy Detector for Cognitive Radio Networks Over Nakagami Fading Channels, SURJ (Science Series), Volume. 44, No. 4, pp 617-622,. ISSN: 1813-1743, 2013.
34. S. Jan, I.A. Shah and I. Khan “A Comparative Study of Routing Protocols in  e-Health Applications for Heterogeneous Interfaced Mobile Ad-Hoc Grid” International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887) Volume 40– No.14, February 2012.
35. I. Shah, S. Jan and I. Khan, "Optimized Placement of Gateways for Routing Protocols in Wireless Mesh Networks," International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications Volume 3, Issue 4,   ISSN: 2047-3338, 2012.
36. Alshomrani, S., S. Qamar, S. Jan, I. Khan, and I. A. Shah. "QoS of VoIP over WiMAX Access Networks." International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications 3, no. 4, 2012.
37. Shah, I. A., S. Jan, I. Khan, and S. Qamar. "An Overview of Game Theory and its Applications in Communication Networks." Vol. 3, No. 4, April 2012 International Journal Of Multidisciplinary Sciences And Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4, 2012.
38. S. Jan, I.A. Shah, I. Khan, F. Khan and M. Usman, “Similarity Measures and their Aggregation in Ontology Matching”,  International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications,  Volume 3, No. 5, pp. 52-57, 2012.
39. S. Jan, M. Li, G. Al-Sultany, H. Al-Raweshidy and I.A Shah “Semantic file annotation and retrieval on mobile devices”, International Journal of Mobile Information System, volume. 7, issue no. 2, pp. 107-122, issn: 1574-017X, 2011. (Impact Factor of year 2011: 2.432)
40. Ibrar Shah, Sadaqat Jan, Kok-Keong Loo, “Selfish Flow Games in Non-Cooperative  Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Mesh Networks in Interference constrained topology ”, International  Journal of Advances in Telecommunications. Volume 4, Number 2, issn: 1942-2601, 2011.
41. Campbell Carlene E-A, Shah Ibrar A,Loo Kok-Keong “Medium Access Control and Transport protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks: An overview”, International Journal of Applied Research on Information Technology and Computing Volume : 1, Issue : 1 Print ISSN : 0975-8070. Online ISSN : 0975-8089, Year : 2010.
42. Zaman, Raheel, Ibrar Ali Shah, Naeem Ullah, and Gul Zaman Khan. "A Robust Deep Learning-Based Approach for Breast Cancer Detection from Histopathological Images.", Engineering Proceedings, Mdpi, (2023).
43. Khan, G. Z., Shah, I. A., Hassan, M. A., Junaid, H., & Sardar, F. (2023, March). Intelligent Systems for early malaria disease detection in patient cells using transfer learning approaches. In 2023 4th International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies (iCoMET)(pp. 1-6). IEEE.
44. Khan, G. Z., Shah, I. A., Ullah, M. I., Ullah, I., Ihtesham, M., Junaid, H.,& Sardar, F. (2023, March). An efficient deep learning model based diagnosis system for lung cancer disease. In 2023 4th International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies (iCoMET)(pp. 1-6). IEEE
45. Yasir, Muhammad, Muhammad Usman, Imran Khan, and Ibrar Ali Shah. "Empirical Study of Variable BO and SO under different Performance Metrices in the IEEE 802.15. 4." In 2019 2nd International Conference on Communication, Computing and Digital systems (C-CODE), pp. 64-68., 2019, IEEE.
46. A Sajid, S Jan, IA Shah, “Automatic Topic Modelling for Single Document Short Texts”, FIT, 2017, IEEE.
47. Ali, Qazi, Malika Bakhtawar, Omama Sohail, Daim Hussain, Sadia Siddiqi, Ibrar Shah, and Shakeel Waqas. "Reconfigurable Cluster Head Selection Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensors." In 2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), pp. 310-314, 2017, IEEE.
48. Humaira Rehman, Imran Khan, Sadaqat Jan, Ibrar Ali Shah and Muhammad Abbas Mahmood “OFDM based Power Line Communication in Smart Grids Using Adaptive Least Square Channel Estimation” in NACTICT, 2016, Karachi Pakistan.
49. Muhammad Sohail, Imran Khan, Sadaqat Jan and Ibrar Ali Shah “Performance Analysis of WiMax LDPC Based Cooperative Communication Using TWRN”, NACTICT, 2016, Karachi Pakistan, 2016.
50. Khan, Muhammad Humayun, Sadaqat Jan, Imran Khan, and Ibrar Ali Shah. "Evaluation of linguistic similarity measurement techniques for ontology alignment." In Emerging Technologies (ICET), International Conference on, pp. 1-6, 2015, IEEE.
51. Khan, Nasir Ullah, Saif Ullah Khan, Saad Iqbal, Imran Khan, Sadaqat Jan, and Ibrar Ali Shah. "Analysis of campus wide Wireless LAN using an advanced training system." In Emerging Technologies (ICET), 2015 International Conference on, pp. 1-4, 2015, IEEE.
52. Khan, FahimUllah, Ibrar Ali Shah, Sadaqat Jan, Imran Khan, and Muhammad Abbas Mehmood. "Fuzzy logic based cluster head selection for homogeneous wireless sensor networks." In 2015 International Conference on Open Source Systems & Technologies (ICOSST), pp. 41-45, 2015, IEEE.
53. Rahman, A., Haq, A. U., Adnan, M., Khan, I., &Shah, I. A., Performance of double threshold energy detection in cooperative-cognitive networks over Nakagami-m fading channels using square law combining technique. In Emerging Technologies (ICET), International Conference on(pp. 118-121), 2014, IEEE.
54. Muhammad Adnan, SibghatUllah, Imran Khan and Ibrar Ali Shah, Outage and Detection Probabilities of Cognitive-Cooperative Network over Rayleigh Fading Channel, INMIC, 2014, IEEE.
55. Ibrar, M., Shah, J., Ali, A., Khan, I., Shah, I. A., & Jan, A Fuzzy Logic based best relay (s) diversity selection in dual-hop networks. In Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST), International Conference on (pp. 128-131), 2014, IEEE.
56. Sofian Hamad, HadiNoureddine, NazarRadhi, Ibrar Shah and Hamed Al-Raweshidy  “Efficient Flooding Based on Node Position for Mobile Ad Hoc Network”, SeventhInternational Conference on Innovations in Information Technology - Information Communication Technologies, 2011, IEEE.
57. Ibrar Shah, Sadaqat Jan, Kok-Keong Loo, “Selfish Flow Games in Non-Cooperative Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Mesh Networks With Imperfect Information”,The Sixth IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC), Valencia, Spain, Pages: 219 – 225, Print ISBN: 978-1-4244-8021-0, 2010, IEEE.
58. I. A. Shah, S.Jan, S.A.Mahmud, H. S. Al-Raweshidy , “Optimal Path Discovery with Mobility Management in Heterogeneous Mesh Networks” Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Future Computer and Communication, Malysia Pages: 57-61, ISBN:978-0-7695-3591-3,  2009, IEEE.
59. Sadaqat Jan, I. A. Shah, Hamed Al-Raweshidy  “Performance Analysis of Proactive and Reactive Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad-hoc Grid in e-health Applications”, 2009 International Conference on Communication Software and Networks, Macau, China, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3522-7, 2009, IEEE.