Pakistan Navy Engineering College
Faculty Fawad Ahmed

Fawad Ahmed

Professor
Summary

Dr. Fawad Ahmed Professor, Department of Cyber Security Pakistan Navy Engineering College Fawad Ahmed received BE degree in Industrial Electronics from the Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi in 1994, an MS degree in Systems and Controls from The University of New South Wales Australia in 1998 and a PhD degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2010. Currently he is working as a Professor in the Department of Cyber Security, Pakistan Navy Engineering College, NUST. Before joining NUST, he worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, HITEC University Taxila. Dr Ahmed’s research interests include application of artificial intelligence in healthcare and other domains, image authentication using robust hashing and image encryption. He has around 27 years of experience that spans industry, research and teaching and has published articles in journals, conferences and book chapters. Dr. Ahmed has taught various courses in the area of cyber security, electrical engineering, digital image processing, computer vision, programming and machine learning.

Academic Background
PhD (Information Security) Nanyang Technological University June 03, 2002 - December 08, 2010
Honours and Awards
Publications
Prediction of the SARS-CoV-2 Derived T-Cell Epitopes’ Response against COVID Variants May 19, 2023 Computers, Materials and Continua - Volume 75, Issue 2, Pages 3517-3535
An Automated Classification Technique for COVID-19 Using Optimized Deep Learning Features April 03, 2023 Computer Systems Science and Engineering - Volume 46, No.3, Pages 3799-3814
A DNA Based Colour Image Encryption Scheme Using A Convolutional Autoencoder February 25, 2023 ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications - Volume 19, No. 3S, Article Number 128
DRaNN_PSO: A deep random neural network with particle swarm optimization for intrusion detection in the industrial internet of things November 09, 2022 Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences - Volume 34, Issue 10, Page 8112-8121
A Secure and Lightweight Chaos Based Image Encryption Scheme October 01, 2022 CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua - Volume 73, No.1, Pages 279-294
Classification of Skin Cancer Lesions Using Explainable Deep Learning September 13, 2022 Sensors - Volume 22, Issue 18, Article Number 6915
Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Node Localization Accuracy in IIoT-Based MI-UWSNs and Design of a TD Coil for Omnidirectional Communication August 06, 2022 Sustainability - Volume 14, Issue 15, Article Number 9683
A Deep Learning-Based Semantic Segmentation Architecture for Autonomous Driving Applications June 18, 2022 Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing - Volume 2022, Article ID 8684138, 12 pages
A Smart and Robust Automatic Inspection of Printed Labels Using an Image Hashing Technique March 19, 2022 Electronics - Volume 11, Issue 6, Article Number 955
Dynamic S-Box and PWLCM-Based Robust Watermarking Scheme February 25, 2022 Wireless Personal Communications - Pages 1-18
Chest X-ray Classification for the Detection of COVID-19 Using Deep Learning Techniques February 05, 2022 Sensors - Volume 22, Issue 3, Article Number 1211
Semantic Segmentation and Edge Detection—Approach to Road Detection in Very High Resolution Satellite Images January 27, 2022 Remote Sensing - Volume 14, Issue 3, Article Number 613
Intrusion Detection Framework for the Internet of Things using a Dense Random Neural Network November 24, 2021 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics - Volume: 18, Issue: 9, Page(s): 435-6444
Conferences
Associate Professor HITEC University October 12, 2010 - September 24, 2021
Lecturer/Assistant Professor NUST/PNEC October 15, 1998 - September 06, 2010