Phone: +92-343-9177005
Email: zia.ullah@uetmardan.edu.pk
Address: Department of Computer Software Engineering, UET Mardan

• Certified as Excellent Research Assistant (RA) in COMSENS RESEARCH LAB at COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Pakistan.
• Awarded by NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN MERIT SCHOLARSHIP for MS (SE) at COMSAT University Islamabad.
• Awarded by HEC-PAK_USAID MERIT SCHOLARSHIP for BSC (Hons.) at UET PESHAWAR.
• Got 2^nd position in Speed Programming held at UET PESHAWAR, Mardan Campus.
• Awarded by Dr. Farooq Memorial Merit Scholarship in F.SC at ANSI Degree College Mardan.
• Awarded by Highest Marks Achievement certificate in F.SC (Pre-Engg.) & SSC

• Member & Secretary Board of Studies (BoS) at Sarhad University, Peshawar & Northern University, Nowshera.
• FYP-SE Coordinator CECOS University, Peshawar
• Head of Admission Computer Science Deptt. Northern University, Nowshera
• Committee head of Sport and IT society Sarhad University, Peshawar & Northern University, Nowshera

My broad area of research includes blockchain technology, blockchain application, distributed systems, and cybersecurity. I have worked extensively on blockchain-based VANET solutions, focusing on enhancing security and efficiency. My current research interests involve smart contracts, decentralized applications, and consensus mechanisms. I am dedicated to advancing knowledge and innovation in these fields through rigorous research, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Journal Publications

1. Z. Ullah, B. Raza, H. Shah, S. Khan and A. Waheed, "Towards Blockchain-Based Secure Storage and Trusted Data Sharing Scheme for IoT Environment," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 36978-36994, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3164081.
2. Yaseen, M., Rahman, A.U., Rahman, I.U., Ullah, Z. and Bacha, M., 2020. Inter organizational learning and knowledge sharing management in global software development. International Journal of Computer Applications, 8(1), pp.52-57.
3. Towards blockchain-based Fine-grained Access Control Scheme in Electronic Health Records (EHR) using Ethereum blockchain and IPFS Zia Ullah, Ghassan Husnain*, Muhammad Ismail Mohmand, Mansoor Qadir, Nisreen Innab, Hend Khalid Alkahtani Results in Engineering – https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/Results in Engineering

Conference Proceedings

• Adil, M., Javaid, N., Ullah, Z., Maqsood, M., Ali, S. and Daud, M.A., 2020, July. Electricity Theft Detection using Machine Learning Techniques to Secure Smart Grid. In Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (pp. 233-243). Springer, Cham.