Profile summary

Dr. Saleem Zahid is an HEC Approved PhD Supervisor in Computer Science with over eight years of academic experience in teaching, research, and supervision. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) under the HEC Indigenous Fellowship Program. His research interests include Computer Networks, Internet of Things (IoT), Fog/Edge Computing, Federated Learning, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs), with a focus on developing efficient, secure, and intelligent networking solutions for next-generation communication systems. Along with supervising numerous BS and MS theses, he is also actively supervising PhD scholars in his areas of specialization. In addition to his academic profile, Dr. Saleem Zahid has valuable industrial experience, having served as an IT Officer at UNHCR, which strengthened his practical understanding of IT infrastructure and real-world networking environments. He has also taken on various administrative roles within the university, contributing to academic management, departmental coordination, and policy implementation. As an HEC Approved Supervisor, he is keen to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects that integrate AI, networking, and distributed computing while continuing to mentor students and researchers at both MS and PhD levels.

Qualification

Degree	Field	Institution	Year
Ph.D.	Computer Science	International Islamic University, Islamabad	2019
MS	Computer Science	International Islamic University, Islamabad	2013
BS	Computer Science	University of Peshawar	2007

Teaching experience

Position	Institution	Duration
Assistant Professor	Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad	Since 2024
Lecturer	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar	2017-2024
Lecturer	CECOS University Peshawar	2017-2017

Professional experience

Position	Organization	Duration
IT Officer	UNHCR	2011-2011
Internee in MoE	Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad	2010-2011

Management experience

Position	Institution	Duration
Exam Coordinator	Department of Computer Science, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad	Since 2024
PhD program Coordinator	Department of Computer Science, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad	Since 2025

Honors & awards

No.	Award
1.	HEC Indigenous Scholarship for MS & PhD.

Research areas / interests

No.	Research Area / Interest
1.	Computer Networks (MANETS, WSN, SDN, IoTs), Routing, Fault Tolerant Communication
2.	Distributed Systems
3.	Federated Learning, Machine Learning, Big data analytics

Research supervision

No.	Level	Title
1.	PhD	Adaptive and Uncertainty-Aware Multi-Objective Optimization for Test Suite Reduction
2.	MS	A Collision Aware Virtual Chord Routing Protocol for MANETs.
3.	MS	Intelligent Forex Market Forecasting: A Multi-Modal Approach by Integrating Technical and Fundamental Data using Deep Learning
4.	MS	A Fair and Efficient Contribution in Federated Gradient Boosting Decision Tree
5.	MS	A Federated Learning Approach with Adaptive Aggregation for Heterogeneous Environments
6.	MS	Fair and Efficient Credit Assignment in Federated Gradient Boosting Decision Tree Systems
7.	MS	A Contribution Aware Aggregation in Federated Learning

Journal publications

No.	Title
1.	S.Zahid, Nadir Shah et al, “Distributed Partition Detection with Dynamic Replication Management in DHT-based MANETs” published in IEEE-Access (2018) with Impact Factor 4.098. 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2814017
2.	S.Zahid, Kifayat Ullah, et al, “Fault Tolerant DHT-based routing in MANETs”, Sensors. 2022; 22(11):4280. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22114280 (Impact factor: 3.567).
3.	Sadia Basar, S Zahid, et al, “An Efficient Defocus Blur Segmentation Scheme Based on Hybrid LTP and PCNN”, published in Sensors, https://doi.org/10.3390/s22072724 (Impact Factor: 3.567)
4.	H. Ali, K. Batool, M. Yousaf, M Satti, Salman Naseer, S. Zahid, A.A. Gardezi, M.Sh, J. G Choi, “Security Hardened and Privacy Preserved Android Malware Detection Using Fuzzy Hash of Reverse Engineered Source Code”, Security and Communication Networks, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7972230. (Impact Factor: 2.5)

Book chapters

No.	Title
1.	Book Chapter: “Security in Internet of Things: Requirements, Challenges, and Open Issues”, SU Abrar, K Ullah, S Zahid, M Ullah, IU Khan, MIU Haq Protecting User Privacy in Web Search Utilization, 215-233