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  • Dr. Muhammad Babar

  • Job Title :

    Associate Research Professor

  • College :

    College of Computer Engineering and Science


  • Department :

    Artificial Intelligence


Dr. Muhammad Babar is an accomplished academic and researcher with over a decade of teaching, research, and academic leadership experience. He is a Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE) and is listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the Stanford–Elsevier global ranking. He is currently an Associate Professor of Software Engineering at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU), Saudi Arabia. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Software Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan, a QS Top-400 university, with a specialization in Software Engineering and Big Data Analytics, and subsequently pursued his postdoctoral research at Prince Sultan University (PSU), Saudi Arabia, a QS Top-500 university. Dr. Babar has published around 100 research articles in leading and reputed journals, transactions, and international conferences, including prominent IEEE, Elsevier, and Springer venues. His key research interests include Federated Learning, Big Data Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Smart Cities. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of Springer’s Journal of Big Data and actively contributes to the international research community through editorial, reviewing, and conference activities. Prior to joining PMU, Dr. Babar held academic and research positions at HITEC University, Prince Sultan University, Allama Iqbal Open University, and Iqra University, where he also undertook several academic leadership and accreditation roles. His academic distinctions include merit-based scholarships for his Ph.D. and MS studies, as well as Silver and Bronze Medals for academic excellence.

 

Ph.D. - Computer Software Engineering [2014-2018]           

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan - QS World University Ranking is #384, and QS WUR by Subject is #114    

Specialization: Software Engineering/ Data Science (Big Data Analytics)

 

Master of Science - Computer Software Engineering [2008-2012]

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan   -   QS World University Ranking is #384, and QS WUR by Subject is #114

Specialization: System Analysis and Design of Data-Centric Systems                

 

Bachelor of Computer Science  [2004-2008]

Computer Science Department, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. - QS World University Ranking is #901- 950.

Specialization: Database Systems

 

JOURNALS                                                             

FIRST AUTHOR Articles

  1. Muhammad Babar, Basit Qureshi, Wadii Boulila, Anis Koubaa, “Federated Learning for Intelligent Transportation Systems: Emerging Trends, Challenges and Future Directions” Computer Science Review. (Web of Science SCIE IF: 12.7)
  2. Muhammad Babar, Basit Qureshi, Zahid K, Wadii Boulila, “TAWB-SFL: Trust-Aware Blockchain-Orchestrated Split Federated Learning for Intrusion Detection in 6G Healthcare IoT”. IEEE Open Journal of Comm Society. 2026  (WoS SCIE IF: 6.1)
  3. Muhammad Babar, Sarah Kaleem, Zahid K, M Sohail, “Threat-Hunting Using Consumer IoT for Connected Healthcare 5.0: A Federated Learning Approach”. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics. 2026 (2nd Revision) (Web of Science SCIE IF: 10.1)
  4. Muhammad Babar, Sarah Kaleem, Awais Ahmed, Khalid K, “Multi-Objective Communication-Aware Federated Learning for Edge-Cloud Transportation Systems”. IEEE Trans on Emerg Topics in Comp Intell (TETCI). 2026 (2nd Revision) (WoS-SCIE IF: 6.5)
  5. Muhammad Babar, M U Tariq, Z Ullah, F Arif, Z Khan, and B Qureshi. "An efficient and hybrid deep learning-driven model to enhance security and performance of healthcare internet of things." IEEE Access (2025). (Web of Science SCIE IF: 3.36)
  6. Muhammad Babar, Basit Qureshi, and Anis Koubaa. "Review on Federated Learning for digital transformation in healthcare through big data analytics." Future Generation Computer Systems (2024). (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 7.50).
  7. Muhammad Babar, Basit Qureshi, and Anis Koubaa. "Investigating the impact of data heterogeneity on the performance of a federated learning algorithm using medical imaging." Plos one 19, no. 5 (2024): e0302539. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 3.90).
  8. Muhammad Babar. "A hybrid approach to financial big data analysis using extended ensemble learning and optimized Spark streaming." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (2025): 100602.
  9. Muhammad Babar, Kaleem, S, Mohammed El-Affendi, and Zahid Khan. "A Scalable Big Data-Driven Distributed Deep Learning Framework for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Big Data Analytics." Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research 15, no. 5 (2025): 27557-27562.
  10. Muhammad Babar, Mian Ahmad Jan, Xiangjian He, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Spyridon Mastorakis, and Ryan Alturki. "An Optimized IoT-enabled Big Data Analytics Architecture for Edge-Cloud Computing." IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2023). (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 10.98).
  11. Muhammad Babar, A. Ahmad, M U Tariq, and S Kaleem. "Real-Time Fake News Detection Using Big Data Analytics and Deep Neural Network." IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (2023). (WoS-SCIE IF: 5.0).
  12. Muhammad Babar, S Kaleem, Adnan Sohail, Muhammad Asim, and Muhammad Usman Tariq. "An improved big data analytics architecture for intruder classification using machine learning." Security and Communication Networks 2023, no. 1 (2023): 1216192.
  13. Muhammad Babar, Fahim Arif, "Smart Urban Planning using Big Data Analytics to contend with the Interoperability in Internet of Things", Future Generation Computer Systems 77 (2017): 65–76, (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 7.5)
  14. Muhammad Babar, Arif, F., Jan, M, Tan, Z., & Khan, Urban data management system: Towards Big Data analytics for Internet of Things based smart urban environment using customized Hadoop. Future Generation Computer Systems, 2019, 96, 398-409 (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 7.5)
  15. Muhammad Babar, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Mohammad Dahman Alshehri, Fasee Ullah, and M. Irfan Uddin. "Smart Teledentistry Healthcare Architecture for Medical Big Data Analysis using IoT-enabled Environment." Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (2022): 100719. (Web of Science-SCI IF: 4.02)
  16. Muhammad Babar, Akmal Saeed Khattak, Mian Ahmad Jan, and Muhammad Usman Tariq. "Energy aware smart city management system using data analytics and Internet of Things." Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 44 (2021): 100992. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 7.1)
  17. Muhammad Babar, Fahim Arif, “Real Time Data Processing Scheme using Big Data Analytics in Internet of Things based Smart Transportation Environment”, Journal of Ambient Intelligence & Humanized Computing (2018): 1-11. (WoS-SCIE IF: 4.81)
  18. Muhammad Babar, Alshehri, M.D., Tariq, M.U., Ullah, F., Khan, A., Uddin, M.I., and Almasoud, A.S., 2021. IoT-Enabled Big Data Analytics Architecture for Multimedia Data Communications. Wireless Comm and Mobile Computing, 2021. (WoS-SCIE IF: 2.33)
  19. Muhammad Babar, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Mian Ahmad Jan. "Secure and Resilient Demand Side Management Engine using Machine Learning for IoT-enabled Smart Grid." Sustainable Cities and Society (2020): 102370. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 10.5)
  20. Muhammad Babar, F Khan, Waseem I, Abid Yahya, Fahim Arif, Zhiyuan Tan, and Joseph Chuma, “A Secured Data Management Scheme for Smart Societies in Industrial Internet of Things Environment”, IEEE Access 6 (2018): 43088-43099 (WoS-SCIE IF: 3.36)
  21. Muhammad Babar, Ataur Rahman, Fahim Arif, Gwangil Jeon, “Energy-Harvesting based Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics for Smart Health Monitoring”, Sustainable Computing-Informatics and Systems, (2018): 155-164 (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 4.02)
  22. Muhammad Babar, Tariq, M.U., Almasoud, A.S., and Alshehri, M.D., 2021. Privacy-Aware Data Forensics of VRUs Using Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics. Security and Communication Networks, 2021. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 1.79)
  23. Muhammad Babar, Sabeen Javaid, Akmal Saeed Khattak, and Amjad Ali, "Toward energy‐efficient data management design for sustainable cities and societies." Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (2019) (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 2.63)
  24. Muhammad Babar, Akmal S K, Fahim A, M Usman Tariq, “An Improved Framework for Modeling of Data Warehouse Systems Using UML Profile”, The Int Arab J of IT 2020, 17 (4), pp. 562-571 (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 0.96)

 

CO-AUTHOR Articles

  1. Ullah, Z, Fahim Arif, Z Ali, Muhammad Babar, M Islam, Azeem Irshad, Nazik Alturki, and A K Bashir. "SDN-Assisted Spatial Encoded Sequence Enabled BLSTM-Based Zero-Trust Anomaly Detection Model for Consumer Electronics of Smart Cities." IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (2025).
  2. Ahid K, Sultan A, Muhammad Babar, Adel Ammar, and Wadii Boulila. "QHR-V2X: A Quantum-Heuristic Routing Framework for Efficient V2X Path Discovery." IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (2025).
  3. Nazia, M. U. Tariq, Z Ullah, Muhammad Babar, and Zahid Khan. "Enhancing Code Search through Query Expansion: A Fusion of LSTM with GloVe and BERT Model (ECSQE)." Results in Engineering (2025): 105979.
  4. Noman M, Maria H, A Hameed, Muhammad Babar, and Basit Qureshi. "Machine learning-driven Diabetes Health Tracer (DHT): Optimizing prognosis using RaSK_GraDe and RaSK_GraDeL models." PLoS One 20, no. 10 (2025)
  5. Nawaz A, M Shehab, Rashid R, Basit Q, Zahid K, and Muhammad Babar. "IMPACT‐TB: Integrated Medical Imaging and AI for Precise Tuberculosis Detection." Engineering Reports 7, no. 8 (2025)
  6. G Mustafa, A Nawaz, Z Khan, Muhammad Babar, “TRANS-DEEP: an optimized deep learning framework for electricity theft detection in smart grids”. PeerJ Computer Science (Accepted-In Production)
  7. Sattar, K, U Maqsood, Q Hussain, S Majeed, S Kaleem, Muhammad Babar, and Basit Qureshi. "Soil texture analysis using controlled image processing." Smart Agricultural Technology 9 (2024): 100588.
  8. Tsietso, A. Yahya, R Samikannu, B Qureshi, and Muhammad Babar. "Computational Approach for Automated Segmentation and Classification of Region of Interest in Lateral Breast Thermograms." Computers, Materials & Continua 80, no. 3 (2024).
  9. Kaleem, S, Muhammad Babar, Adnan Sohail, Awais Ahmad, and Muhammad Usman Tariq. "A hybrid model for energy-efficient Green Internet of Things enabled intelligent transportation systems using federated learning." Internet of Things 25 (2024): 101038. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 6.0)
  10. H Maria, R Ahmad, A Hameed, Muhammad Babar, and Muhammad Asim. "Wg-slsqp: Weighted geometric based sequential least square programming for sink node placement in wban." IEEE Access 12 (2024): 125890-125905.
  11. M U Hashmi, M Hussain, A A Shah, Muhammad Babar, and Basit Qureshi. "Synchronizing smart city nodes using Skew Integrated Timestamp (SIT)." PeerJ Computer Science 10 (2024): e2049.
  12. Kaleem, S, M Asim, M El-Affendi, and Muhammad Babar. "Optimizing Requirements Prioritization for IoT Applications Using Extended Analytical Hierarchical Process and an Advanced Grouping Framework." Future Internet 16, no. 5 (2024): 160.
  13. M U Tariq, Muhammad Babar*, Mian Ahmad Jan, Akmal Saeed Khattak, Mohammad Dahman Alshehri, and Abid Yahya. "Security requirement management for cloud-assisted and Internet of Things-enabled smart city." Computers, Materials and Continua 67, no. 1 (2021): 625-639. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 3.77)
  14. Hui Z, Muhammad Babar*, M U Tariq, M A Jan, V G Menon, X Li," SafeCity: Toward Safe and Secured Data Management Design for IoT-enabled Smart City Planning" IEEE Access 2020, 8, pp.145256-145267 (Web of Science SCIE IF: 3.36)
  15. M U Tariq, Muhammad Babar, Marc Poulin, Akmal Saeed Khattak, Mohammad Dahman Alshehri, and Sarah Kaleem. "Human Behavior Analysis Using Intelligent Big Data Analytics." Frontiers in Psychology 12 (2021): 2683. (Web of Science SCIE IF: 3.8)
  16. Murad Khan, Muhammad Babar, Shehzad Khalid, Syed Hassan Ahmed, Sayed Chhattan Shah, “Smart City Designing and Planning based on Big Data Analytics”, Sustainable Cities and Society 35 (2017) 271–279 (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 10.5)
  17. Awais Ahmad, Muhammad Babar, Sadia Din, Shehzad Khalid, Muhammad Mazhar Ullah, Anand Paul, Alavalapati Goutham Reddy, Nasro Min-Allah, “Socio-cyber network: The potential of cyber-physical system to define human behaviors using big data analytics”, Future Generation Computer Systems, 92 (2019): 868-878 (Web of Science-SCI IF: 7.5)
  18. Javaid, S., Afzal, H., Muhammad Babar., Arif, F., Tan, Z., & Jan, M. A. (2019). ARCA-IoT: An Attack-Resilient Cloud-Assisted IoT System. IEEE Access, 7, 19616-19630. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 3.36)
  19. Ahmed, Ashir, Jenny Martin, David Towl, Zac Haussegger, and Muhammad Babar. "Examination of social worlds of risky drinking. Insights from Twitter data analysis." PLoS one 19, no. 2 (2024): e0289237. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 3.90).
  20. Tsietso, D, Abid Y, Ravi S, M U Tariq, Muhammad Babar, Basit Qureshi, and Anis Koubaa. "Multi-input Deep Learning Approach for Breast Cancer Screening using Thermal Infrared Imaging and Clinical Data." IEEE Access (2023). (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 3.36)
  21. N, Asif, T Ali, G Mustafa, Muhammad Babar, and Basit Qureshi. "Multi-Class Retinal Diseases Detection Using Deep CNN with Minimal Memory Consumption." IEEE Access (2023). (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 3.36)
  22. Hashmi, M U, M Hussain, Muhammad Babar, and Basit Qureshi. "Single-Timestamp Skew Correction (STSC) in V2X Networks." Electronics 12, no. 6 (2023): 1276. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 2.69)
  23. Kaliappan, K, S Gnanamurthy, Abid Y, R Samikannu, Muhammad Babar, Basit Qureshi, and Anis Koubaa. "Machine Learning Based Healthcare Service Dissemination Using Social Internet of Things and Cloud Architecture in Smart Cities." Sustainability 15, no. 6 (2023): 5457. (WoS-SCIE IF: 3.88)
  24. S, Ravi, A Yahya, M U Tariq, M Asim, and Muhammad Babar. "IoT based battery energy monitoring and management for electric vehicles with improved converter efficiency." Plos one 18, no. 10 (2023): e0286573.
  25. Hamza, Mahnoor, Waseem Iqbal, Awais Ahmad, Muhammad Babar, and Sohaib Khan. "A social qualitative trust framework for Fog computing." Computers and Electrical Engineering 102 (2022): 108195. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 4.1)
  26. Jan, Mian Ahmad, Xiangjian He, Houbing Song, and Muhammad Babar. "Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics for IoT-Enabled Smart Cities." Mobile Networks and Applications 26, no. 1 (2021): 156-158. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 3.42)
  27. Ziyambe, Blessed, Abid Yahya, Tawanda Mushiri, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Qaisar Abbas, Muhammad Babar, Mubarak Albathan, Muhammad Asim, Ayyaz Hussain, and Sohail Jabbar. "A Deep Learning Framework for the Prediction and Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer in Pre-and Post-Menopausal Women." Diagnostics 13, no. 10 (2023): 1703. (Web of Science-SCIE IF: 3.99)
  28. M, Nadeem, S Altaf, M U Tariq, A Ahmed, and Muhammad Babar. "A deep learning based sentiment analytic model for the prediction of traffic accidents." Comput. Mater. Contin 77 (2023): 1599-1615.
  29. Babar, Muhammad, Sarah Kaleem, Adnan Sohail, Muhammad Asim, and Muhammad Usman Tariq. "An improved big data analytics architecture for intruder classification using machine learning." Security and Communication Networks 2023, no. 1 (2023): 1216192.
  30. Yang G, M A Jan, A Rehman, Muhammad Babar, Mian M Aimal, and Sahil V. "Interoperability and Data Storage in Internet of Multimedia Things: Investigating Current Trends, Research Challenges and Future Directions." IEEE Access (2020) pp. 124382-124401 (Web of Science SCIE IF: 3.36)
  31. Fazlullah, Ateeq, Abid, Z Tan, M Ahmad, J Chumma, Muhammad Babar “A Secured and Efficient Communication Scheme for Decentralized Cognitive Radio-based Internet of Vehicles” IEEE Access, 7 (2020), pp.160889-160900. (WoS-SCIE IF: 3.36)
  32. M U Tariq, Muhammad Babar*, Marc Poulin, and Akmal Saeed Khattak. "Distributed model for customer churn prediction using convolutional neural network." Journal of Modelling in Management (2021). (Web of Science-Master List)
  33. H Iqbal, Muhammad Babar, “An Approach for Analyzing ISO/IEC 25010 Product Quality Requirements Based on Fuzzy Logic and Likert Scale for Decision Support Systems” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), 7.12, 2016 pp. 47-260 (Web of Science-ESCI-Master List)
  34. M Faisal, S Nazir, Muhammad Babar*, “Notational Modeling for Model Driven Cloud Computing using Unified Modeling Language”, EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems Vol 4, Issue 16 (2018) (Web of Science- -Master List)
  35. B, Aisha, M B Bashir, Muhammad Babar*, Adnan Sohail, and Naveed Ejaz. "Effect or Program Constructs on Code Readability and Predicting Code Readability Using Statistical Modeling.", Foundation of Computing and Decision Sciences (2021) 127-145.
  36.  Muhammad Tahir, Fazlullah Khan, Muhammad Babar, Fahim Arif, Shahzad Khan “Framework for Better Reusability in Component Based Software Engineering”, the Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences (JAEBS), 6 (2016): 77-81
  37. Shahzad Khan, Muhammad Babar, Fazlullah Khan, Fahim Arif, Muhammad Tahir, “Collaboration Methodology for Integrating Non-Functional Requirements in Architecture”, Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences (JAEBS), 6 (2016): 63-67.
  38. Muhammad Babar, Shahid Azeem, Fahim Arif, “Integration of Security Non-Functional Requirements and Architectural Design: A Comparative Analysis” International Journal of Security and its Applications 11(10): 45-54, October 2017.

CONFERENCES [C]

  1. Muhammad Babar, S. Kaleem, B. Qureshi, and W. Boulila, “BI-SFL: Secure Blockchain-Integrated Split Federated Learning for Privacy-Preserving Healthcare Ecosystems,” accepted and  presentated in the 3rd International Conference on Sustainability: Developments and Innovations (ICSDI 2026), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 2026.
  2. Muhammad Babar, S. Kaleem, B. Qureshi, and W. Boulila, “TrustChain-FL: Lightweight Blockchain-Assisted Trust Aggregation for IoT-Enabled Decentralized Federated Learning,” accepted for presentation at the IEEE 103rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2026-Spring), Nice, France, June 9–12, 2026, to appear in the conference proceedings.
  3. Muhammad Babar, and Basit Qureshi. "A New Distributed Approach to Leveraging AI for Sustainable Healthcare in Smart Cities." In Proceedings of the ICSDI 2024 Volume 3: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainability: Developments and Innovations, vol. 558, p. 256. Springer Nature, 2024.
  4. S. Kaleem, Muhammad Babar, A. Ahmad, and G. R. Alavalapati, “Privacy Preserved Integrated Big Data Analytics Framework Using Federated Learning for Intelligent Transportation Systems,” in Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2025, San Diego, CA, USA, 2025.
  5. Alobaid F, Zahid K, Sultan A, Muhammad Babar, Wadii Boulila, and Adel Ben M. "From Classical to Quantum: Route Discovery Evolution with Grover’s Search and Legacy Algorithms." In 2025 IEEE 102nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2025-Fall), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2025.
  6. Muhammad Babar, Fahim Arif, “Smart Urban Planning using Big Data Analytics based Internet of Things”, Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017. ACM, pp. 397-402
  7. Muhammad Babar, Fahim Arif, “Cloud Computing Development Life Cycle Model (CCDLC)”, precedings of the International Conference on Future Intelligent Vehicular Technologies. Springer, Cham, 2016 pp.189-195 (part of the Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Infor. Telecoms Eng book series (LNICST, volume 185)
  8. Muhammad Babar, Shahid Azeem, Fahim Arif, Waseem Iqbal, “Integrated Security Model for Managing the Security Non-Functional Requirements at Architectural Design of Internet-Based Systems”, In 2018 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT) IEEE.
  9. Kaleem, S, Muhammad Babar, Basit Qureshi, Mohammed EI-Affendi, and Anis Koubaa. "Comparative Analysis of Federated Learning Techniques in Big Data-Driven Intelligent Transportation Systems." In 2025 8th International Conference on Data Science and Machine Learning Applications (CDMA), pp. 126-131. IEEE, 2025.
  10. Kaleem, S, A Sohail, and Muhammad Babar. "An Enhanced Requirement Specification Framework for IoT-enabled Intelligent Transportation Systems using Unified Scheme." In 2023 3rd International Conference on Computing and Information Technology (ICCIT), pp. 135-142. IEEE, 2023.
  11.  A A Shah, M Habib, T Sajjad, M Umar, Muhammad Babar, “Applications and Challenges Faced by Internet of Things-A Survey”, International Conference on Future Intelligent Vehicular Technologies. Springer, Cham, 2016 pp.182-188
  12. Ataur Rahman, Arif Raza, Fahim Arif, Muhammad Babar, “A Comparative Analysis on Software Requirements Prioritization Models” 6th International Conference On Advances in Computing, Electronics and Electrical Technology (CEET). 2016
  13. Kaleem, Sarah, Sheeraz Ahmad, Muhammad Babar, Vishwesh Akre, Amala Raian, and Fasee Ullah. "A Review on Requirements Engineering for Internet of Things (loT) Applications." In 2019 Sixth HCT Information Technology Trends (ITT). IEEE, 2019.
  14. Sarah K, Sheeraz A, M Babar, “An Improved RE Framework for Internet of Things based Smart Applications using Integrated Approach”, IEEE International Conference on Advances in the Emerging Computing Technologies, 2019
  15. Muhammad Babar, M Bilal “Effectiveness of Supply Chain Management on Fashion Industry of Pakistan”  Proceedings of 2nd Int. Con. on Buss Manag. 2012
  16. Muhammad Babar, Fahim Arif “UML Extensions for Data Warehouse Design: A Survey” Presented in International Conference on Global Perspectives of Business and Management-Changing Dynamics, Skyline University, Sharjah, UAE-2012

BOOK CHAPTERS (B)

  1. Muhammad Babar, Fahim Arif, Muhammad Irfan, “Internet of Things–Based Smart City Environments Using Big Data Analytics: A Survey”, Book Title: Recent Trends and Advances in Wireless and IoT-enabled Networks, Springer, Cham, Jan 2019. Chapter 12.
  2. Muhammad Babar, Waseem Iqbal, Sarah Kaleem, “Internet of Things Based Smart Community Design and Planning Using Hadoop-based Big Data Analytics”, Book Title: Advances in Information and Communication 2019, Springer Nature, Switzerland.  
  3. Kaleem, S, A A. Abd El-Latif, M El Affendi, Muhammad Babar, and Basit Qureshi. "Towards blockchain-empowered healthcare systems: A perspective of electronic health records and internet of medical things." Cybersecurity, Cybercrimes, and Smart Emerging Technologies: 119-129. 2025
  4. O, Ayodeji, M Gogate, A Hussain, M Asim, Muhammad Babar, Amir Hussain, and Kia Dashtipour. "Evaluation of decision tree-based ensemble learning models in obfuscated malware detection and classification." In Cybersecurity, Cybercrimes, and Smart Emerging Technologies, pp. 65-71. CRC Press, 2025.
  5. S Kaleem, M Talha, Muhammad Babar*, “Managing and Processing Information on the IoT-Based Smart City Environment Using Big Data Analytics”, Book Title: Recent Trends and Advances in Wireless and IoT-enabled Networks, Springer, Cham, Jan 2019.

 

Department of Software Engineering, College of Computer Engineering and Science, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia

 

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ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muhammad-Babar-4

 

 

Associate Professor                                                                                       [Aug 2026–Present]

Software Engineering, College of Computer Engineering and Science

Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia

 

Associate Professor | Head, Software Engineering                                   [Feb 2026–Aug 2026]           

Faculty of Computing

HITEC University, Taxila Cantonment, Pakistan

 

Research Fellow | Adjunct Assistant Professor (PT)                                [Jan 2023–Jan 2026]

RIOTU Lab | College of Computer and Information Sciences

Prince Sultan University (PSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Assistant Professor                                                                                      [Mar 2021–Dec 2022]          

Department of Computer Science

Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan

 

Assistant Professor                                                                                      [May 2017–Feb 2021]

Computing and Technology Department,

IQRA University Karachi, (Islamabad Campus), Islamabad, Pakistan

 

Lecturer                                                                                                        [Sep 2014–May 2017]

Computing and Technology Department,

IQRA University Karachi, (Islamabad Campus), Islamabad, Pakistan

 

Software Design and Architecture

Software Quality Engineering and Software Testing

Programming (C++/Java/Python)

Principles of Software Engineering

Data Structures and Algorithms

Software Requirement Engineering

Software Project Management

 

 

Federated Learning

Big Data Analytics

Smart Healthcare

Internet of Things

Smart City Planning

Machine/Deep Learning

 

 

Senior Member IEEE

Member, IEEE Communications Society

Member, IEEE Young Professional