Publications

This page lists all my peer-reviewed publications ordered by year, linking to online versions of each paper. You can also visit my DBLP or my Google Scholar pages for a more detailed and updated list.

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  • Ziad Tariq Muhammad Ali, Raja Muhammad Atif Azad, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Iain Rice, Umar Daraz, Ali Shariq Imran, James Holyhead

    On Evaluating Stateful Defence Models against Query-Based Black-Box Attacks

    Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Findings (2026)

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  • Muhammad Habib ur Rehman, Rajakumar Arul, Aisha Batool, Umar Hayat, Muhammad Alam, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ali Kashif Bashir

    Detoxifying Future Internet Using Blockchain and Zero-Knowledge Proofs

    Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks (2026)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Syed Attique Shah

    Privacy-preserving federated learning system under malicious collaborators and aggregators

    Future Generation Computer Systems (2026)

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  • Liwei Liu, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Harjinder Singh Lallie, Hany Atlam

    IDENTIFY: Intelligent device identification using device fingerprints and machine learning

    Pervasive and Mobile Computing (2025)

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  • Yifan Wang, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Maham Zafar, Ammara Gul

    Enhancing AI Transparency in IoT Intrusion Detection Using Explainable AI Techniques

    Elsevier Internet of Things Journal (2025)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ali Kashif Bashir, R Muhammad Atif Azad, Syed Attique Shah

    WFL: Edge-Enabled Weighted Federated Learning for Securing Heterogenous Networks

    IEEE Communications Standards Magazine (2025)

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  • Ziad Tariq Muhammad Ali, R Muhammad Atif Azad, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, James Holyhead, Iain Rice, Ali Shariq Imran

    Random transformations to improve mitigation of query-based black-box attacks

    Elsevier Expert Systems with Applications (2025)

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  • Mahdi Safaei Yaraziz, Nader Sohrabi Safa, Muhammad Ajmal Azad

    Edge computing in IoT for smart healthcare

    Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (2024)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Sidra Abdullah, Junaid Arshad, Harjinder Lallie, Yussuf Hassan Ahmed

    Verify and Trust: A Multidimensional Survey of Zero-trust Security in the Age of IoT

    Elsevier Internet of Things (2024)

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  • Shen Wang, Mahshid Delavar, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Farshad Nabizadeh, Steve Smith, Feng Hao

    Spoofing Against Spoofing: Towards Caller ID Verification In Heterogeneous Telecommunication Systems

    ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (2023)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Junaid Arshad, Farhan Riaz

    ROBO-SPOT: Detecting Robocalls by Understanding User Engagement and Connectivity Graph

    IEEE Big Data Mining and Analytics (2023)

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  • Haitham Mahmoud, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Junaid Arshad, Adel Aneiba

    A Framework for Decentralised, Real-time Reputation Aggregation in IoV

    IEEE Internet of Things Magazine (2023)

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  • SM Awan, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Junaid Arshad, Urooj Waheed, Tahir Sharif

    A Blockchain-Inspired Attribute-Based Zero-Trust Access Control Model for IoT

    Information (2023)

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  • NS Safa, F Mitchell, C Maple, MA Azad, M Dabbagh

    Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) for connected vehicles in smart cities

    Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (2022)

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  • HF Atlam, MA Azad, M Altamimi, N Fadhel

    Role of Blockchain and AI in Security and Privacy of 6G

    AI and Blockchain Technology in 6G Wireless Network (2022)

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  • J Arshad, MA Azad, A Prince, J Ali, TG Papaioannou

    REPUTABLE–A Decentralized Reputation System for Blockchain-Based Ecosystems

    IEEE Access (2022)

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  • HF Atlam, MA Azad, NF Fadhel

    Efficient NFS model for risk estimation in a risk-based access control model

    Sensors (2022)

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  • N Deguara, J Arshad, A Paracha, MA Azad

    Threat Miner-A Text Analysis Engine for Threat Identification Using Dark Web Data

    2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) (2022)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Farhan Riaz, Anum Aftab, Syed Khurram Rizvi, Junaid Arshad, Hany Atlam

    DEEPSEL: A Novel Feature Selection for Early Identification of Malware in Mobile Applications

    Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (2021)

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  • Monzir Babiker Mohamed, Olasunkanmi Matthew Alofe, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Harjinder Singh Lallie, Kaniz Fatema, Tahir Sharif

    A Comprehensive Survey on Secure Software defined Network for the Internet of Things

    IET Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (2021)

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  • Syed Khurram Rizvi, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Moazam Faraz

    Spectrum of Advancements and Developments in Multidisciplinary Domains for Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)

    Springer Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering (2021)

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  • Samiran Bag, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Feng Hao

    DRE based cumulative e-voting scheme without tallying authorities

    International Journal of Applied Cryptography (2020)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Juanid Arshad, Akmal Ali, Farhan Riaz, Sidra Abdullah, Muhammad Imran, Farhan Ahmad

    First Look at Privacy Analysis of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Mobile Applications

    IEEE The Internet of Things Journal (2020)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Samiran Bag, Feng Hao, Farhan Ahmad

    Sharing is Caring: A Collaborative Framework for Sharing Security Alerts

    Elsevier Computer Communications (2020)

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  • Shazia Tabassum, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, João Gama

    Profiling High Leverage Points for Detecting Anomalous Users in Telecom Data Networks

    Springer Annals of Telecommunications (2020)

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  • Muhammad Sadiq Hassan Zada, Bo Yuan, Ashiq Anjum, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Wajahat Ali Khan, Stephan Reiff-Marganiec

    Large-scale Graph Integration Using Graph Probabilistic Dependencies (GPDs)

    IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (2020)

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  • Geetanjali Rathee, Farhan Ahmad, Fatih Kurugollu, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Razi Iqbal, Muhammad Imran

    RT-BIoV: A Cognitive Radio Technique for Blockchain-enabled Internet of Vehicles

    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2020)

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  • Charith Perera, Mahmoud Barhamgi, Arosha Bandara, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Blaine Price, Bashar Nuseibeh

    Designing Privacy-aware Internet of Things Applications

    Elsevier Information Science (2019)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Samiran Bag, Charith Perera, Mahmoud Barhamgi, Feng Hao

    Authentic-Caller: Self-enforcing Authentication in a Next Generation Network

    IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (2019)

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  • Samiran Bag, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Feng Hao

    E2E Verifiable Borda Count Voting System without Tallying Authorities

    14th International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security (ARES) (2019)

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  • Mohammad Aamir Ali, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Mario Parreno Centeno, Feng Hao, Aad Van Moorsel

    Consumer-Facing Technology Fraud: Economics, Attack Methods, and Potential Solutions

    Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (2019)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Samiran Bag, Simon Parkinson, Feng Hao

    TrustVote: Privacy-preserving Node Ranking in Vehicular Networks

    IEEE The Internet of Things Journal (2019)

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  • Samiran Bag, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Feng Hao

    PriVeto: A Fully Private Two Round Veto Protocol

    IET Information Security (2019)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Junaid Arshad, Shazia Mahmoud, Khaled Salah, Muhammad Imran

    A Privacy-preserving Framework for Smart Context-aware Healthcare Applications

    Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (2019)

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  • N.Nizamuddin, Khaled Salah, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Junaid Arshad, Habib Ur Rehman

    Decentralized Document Version Control using Ethereum Blockchain and IPFS

    Elsevier Computer and Electrical Engineering (2019)

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  • Nader Sohrabi Safa, Carsten Maple, Steven Furnell, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Charith Perera, Mehdi Sookhak, Mohammad Dabbagh

    Deterrence and Prevention-based Model to Mitigate Information Security Insider Threats in Organisations

    Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (2019)

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  • Farhan Riaz, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Junaid Arshad, Muhammad Imran

    Pervasive blood pressure monitoring using Photoplethysmogram (PPG) Sensor

    Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (2019)

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  • Junaid Arshad, Moh. Abdellatif, Muhammad Mubashir Khan, and Muhammad Ajmal Azad

    A Novel Framework for Collaborative Intrusion Detection for M2M Networks

    9th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (2018)

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  • Junaid Arshad, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Khaled Salah, Razi Iqbal, Muhammad Imran Tariq, Tariq Umer

    Performance Analysis of Content Discovery for Ad-hoc Tactile Network

    Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (2018)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Samiran Bag, Feng Hao, Khaled Salah

    M2M-REP: Reputation System for Machines in the Internet of Things

    Elsevier Computers & Security (2018).

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  • Junaid Arshad, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Moh. Abdellatif, Habib Ur Rehman, Khaled Saleh

    COLIDE: A Collaborative Intrusion Detection Framework for Internet of Things

    IET Networks (2018)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Samiran Bag, Feng Hao

    PrivBox: Verifiable Decentralized Reputation System for online Marketplaces

    In Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (2018)

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  • Samiran Bag, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Feng Hao

    A Privacy-aware Decentralized and Personalized Reputation System

    Elsevier Computers & Security (2018).

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ricardo Morla, Khaled Saleh

    Systems and Methods for SPIT Detection in VoIP: Survey and Future Directions

    Elsevier Computers & Security (2018).

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Junaid Arshad, Farhan Riaz

    [Book Chapter] SOCIO-LENS: Spotting Unsolicited Caller Through Network Analysis

    Springer Guide to Vulnerability Analysis for Computer Networks and Systems (2018)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ricardo Morla

    Rapid Detection of Spammers through Collaborative Information Sharing across Multiple Service Providers

    Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (2018)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Samiran Bag, Shazia Tabassum, Feng Hao

    privy: Privacy-Preserving Collaboration Across Multiple Service Providers to Combat Telecom Spams

    IEEE Transaction on Emerging Topic Computing (2017)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Samiran Bag, and Feng Hao

    M2M-REP: Reputation of Machines in the Internet of Things

    12th International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security (ARES) (2017).

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Samiran Bag

    Decentralized Privacy-Aware Collaborative Filtering of Smart Spammers in a Telecommunication Network

    32nd ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Computer Security Track (SAC-SEC) (2017).

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ricardo Morla

    Early Identification of Spammers Through Identity Linking, Social Network, and Call Features

    Elsevier Journal of Computational Sciences (2016).

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Syed Khurram Rizvi

    Caller Centrality: Identifying Telemarketers in VoIP Network

    11th International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security (ARES) (2016)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ricardo Morla, Junaid Arshad, Khaled Salah

    Clustering VoIP Caller for SPIT Identification

    John Wiley and Sons Journal of Communication and Security Networks (2016)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ricardo Morla

    ID-CONNECT: Combining Network and Call Features to Link Different Identities

    18th IEEE Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (18th IEEE CSE, Privacy, Trust and Security Track) (2015).

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ricardo Morla

    Caller-REP: Detecting unwanted Calls with Caller Social Strength

    Elsevier Computers & Security (2013)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ricardo Morla

    Caller Centrality: Identifying SPIT caller in VoIP

    1st Ph.D. Students Conference in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2012)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ricardo Morla

    Mitigating SPIT with Social Strength

    11th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security, and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom) (2012)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Muhammad Imran Tariq, Syed Khurram Rizvi

    IMS fault localization issues and challenges

    15th International Multi-topic Conference (2012)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Ricardo Morla

    Multistage SPIT detection in Transit VoIP

    19th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications, and Computer Networks (SoftCOM) (2011)

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  • Muhammad Imran Tariq, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Razvan Beuran, , Yoichi Shinoda

    Performance Analysis of VoIP Codecs over BE WiMAX Network

    3rd International Conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE) (2010)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Muhammad Imran Tariq, Tauseef Jamal

    SBC for Resource Allocation In IMS Network

    International Conference on Intelligence and Information Technology (ICIIT), 2010.

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  • Rashid Mahmood, Muhammad Ajmal Azad

    SIP Messages Delay Analysis in Heterogeneous Network

    International Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Computing (2010)

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  • Muhammad Naeem, Zahir Ahmed, Rashid Mahmood, Muhammad Ajmal Azad

    QOS Based Performance Measurement of Secure on Demand Routing Protocols for MANET’s

    International Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Computing (2010)

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Rashid Mahmood, Tahir Mehmood

    A Comparative Analysis of DCCP Variants (CCID2, CCID3), TCP and UDP for MPEG4 Video Applications

    3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (2009)

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  • Junaid Arshad, Muhammad Ajmal Azad

    Performance Evaluation of Secure on-Demand Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

    International Workshop on Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (2006)

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