Information Technology

PhD Approved Supervisor

Dr Abdul Rauf

[email protected]

Faculty of Information Technology

Department of Computer Sciences

Profile Information

CNIC
37405-0327753-3

PCD Number
6294

Contact
03349413083

PhD Scholars

Publications

381

Citations

Research Interests

Research areas include network security cybersecurity Applied Cryptography and End-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) in Network Communication Cloud Security and next-generation enterprise security (IoT) Edge Computing etc

Academic Information

Specialization

Information Technology

Postdoctoral Training

N/A

Research Publications

2025

"Integrating large language models and AI into blockchain: a framework for intelligent smart contracts and fraud detection".

IEEE Access

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2022

"Exploiting blockchain and RMCV based malicious node detection in ETD-LEACH for wireless sensor networks."

Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing

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2020

"Randomized substitution method for effectively secure block ciphers in I.O.T environment."

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

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2020

"An ASCII based effective and multioperation image encryption method".

Multimedia Tools and Applications

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2025

"A Privacy-preserving System for Skin Disease Diagnosis Using A Lightweight CNN and Tensor Flow.js for Client-side Inference".

Advance Social Science Archive Journal

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2019

"An Energy-efficient Task Scheduling Using BAT Algorithm for Cloud Computing".

Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences

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2019

"Big Data Analytics for a Novel Electrical Load Forecasting Technique".

International Journal on Information Technologies & Security

2025

"VIT2D: A Multimodal Vision Transformer Framework for Non-invasive Prediction of Arterial Heart Disease".

Spectrum of Engineering Sciences

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2025

"A Transforming Visual Analysis Approach for the Recognition of Colletotrichum Falcatum Leading to Red Rot on Sugarcane".

Annual Methodological Archive Research Review (AMARR)

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Books & Chapters

Year	Title	Publisher	ISBN
2025	"Deep Reinforcement Learning for Cybersecurity"	Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for Next Generation Cybersecurity: Concepts, Challenges and Applications
2025	"Zero Trust Architecture and AI-Driven IDS: A Machine Learning Framework for Secure Cloud Storage and Data Integrity"	Madani SA (ed) Proceedings of the International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT) Islamabad: IEEE	https://doi:10.1109/FIT67061.2025.11333626

Research Projects (Completed / Running)

Books/Book Chapters/Monographs/Manuals Published 1. Rauf A

Hussain M and Arshad Malik MS et al. (2025) Deep reinforcement learning for cybersecurity. In: Ullah F

Srivastava G

Ahmad A (eds) Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for Next Generation Cybersecurity: Concepts

Challenges and Applications. London: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

111-142. https://doi.org/10.1049/PBSE027E_ch6. 2. Manzoor H

Ashraf MW

Saeed M et al. (2025) ZAID: Zero Trust Architecture and AI-Driven IDS: a machine learning framework for secure cloud storage and data integrity. In: Madani SA (ed) Proceedings of the International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT) Islamabad: IEEE

1-6. https://doi:10.1109/FIT67061.2025.11333626. Significant Research Publications 1. Ahmed RH

Sultana J

Zahid S et al. 2025) Integrating large language models and AI into blockchain: a framework for intelligent smart contracts and fraud detection. IEEE Access 13: 181323-181335. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3622511. 2. Javaid N

Sajid M

Najam M et al. (2022) Exploiting blockchain and RMCV based malicious node detection in ETD-LEACH for wireless sensor networks. Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing 2022: 7281872. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7281872. 3. Shoukat IA

Iqbal U

Rauf A et al. (2020) Randomized substitution method for effectively secure block ciphers in I.O.T environment. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 45: 11019–11036. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-04919-3. 4. Naz F

Shoukat IA

Ashraf R et al. (2020) An ASCII based effective and multioperation image encryption method. Multimedia Tools and Applications 79: 22107–22129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-020-088974. 5. Ali U

Rauf A

Saeed U et al. (2025) A privacy-preserving system for skin disease diagnosis using a lightweight CNN and tensor flow.js for client-side inference. Advance Social Science Archive Journal 4(02): 1785–1797. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17656620. 6. Ullah A

Iqbal U and Shoukat IA (2019) An energy-efficient task scheduling using BAT algorithm for cloud computing. Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences 14(4): 613-627. https://doi.org/10.26782/jmcms.2019.08.00050. 7. Ali U

Rauf A

Iqbal U et al. (2019) Big data analytics for a novel electrical load forecasting technique. International Journal on Information Technologies & Security 11: 33. 8. Umm-e-Farwa

Rauf A

Ahmed U et al. (2025) VIT2D: a multimodal vision transformer framework for non-invasive prediction of arterial heart disease. Spectrum of Engineering Sciences 3(11): 124-141. https://zenodo.org/records/17539342. 9. Ahmed U

Rauf A

Hussain M et al. (2025) A transforming visual analysis approach for the recognition of Colletotrichum falcatum leading to red rot on sugarcane. Annual Methodological Archive Research Review (AMARR) 3(11): 1430–1448. https://doi.org/10.63075/pacxkk36.