Dr. Arbab Waseem Abbas

Education

1. Ph.D. in Computer Systems Engineering, UET Peshawar (2021)
2. Master of Science in Computer Systems Engineering, UET Peshawar (2013)
3. Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Engineering, UET Peshawar (2009)

PEC Registration

1. Registered Professional Engineer, Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) – Reg. No. COMP/6328

Area of Specialization

Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Security, Smart Logistics, Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Remote Sensing, and Digital Image/Signal Processing.

Professional Responsibilities

Teaching courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Serving as Postgraduate Program Coordinator, Member of the Board of Studies (BoS), and Advisor for postgraduate and undergraduate studies. Duties include guiding students in project selection and coordinating overall research and co-curricular activities within the department. Also serving as an HEC-Approved PhD Supervisor and Senior Scientist at the Secured IoT Devices Lab, UET Peshawar.

Research Projects

1. Principal Investigator (PI): DGST-funded Undergraduate Research Support Program project titled "Using Lightweight Deep Learning Models for Real-Time Object Detection on Drones" 2025-2026).
   
   
2. Lead Investigator: Cyber Security Centre, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia Joint Research Program titled "Cyber Secured Framework for Control and Monitoring of IoT Devices" (Since Oct 2022).
   
   
3. Lead Investigator: Secured IoT Devices Lab, DCSE, UET Peshawar (Since Oct 2018).
   
   
4. PI: Two Final Year Projects funded by the National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative (NGIRI) in Web Development.

Awards

1. Selected in All Pakistan and visited Scotland for Research Exposure Tour as outstanding researcher, sponsored by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan and British Council.
2. President Alumni Association, DCSE, UET Peshawar for second consecutive year
3. HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
4. PhD Scholar at National Centre of Cyber Security, UET Peshawar.
5. PhD Scholar at Pak France PERIDOT Research Program, UET, Peshawar
6. Lead Investigator in the Secured IoT Devices Lab DCSE, UET Peshawar since Oct 2018.
7. Lead Investigator at Cyber Security Centre, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia Joint Research Program titled "Cyber Secured Framework for Control and Monitoring of IoT Devices", UET, Peshawar since Oct 2022.
8. Invited talk at International workshop in University of Malakand, GIKI and Agriculture University
9. Organized, as Stage secretary and published 8 papers in ICTAPP’23 (international conference)
10. Coordinator CS/IT Post-graduate programs, FMCS The University of Agriculture Peshawar.
11. Member Board of Study for ICS/IT, FMCS The University of Agriculture Peshawar.
12. Member QEC & Accreditation Committee, ICS/IT, The University of Agriculture Peshawar.
13. Member Curriculum Development & Supervisory Committee for Web Development BS(CS/IT)
14. Focal Person HEC for Microsoft IT Academy & Certified MS Office Specialist in Word 2013
15. Produced 30 MS Scholars in which 6 are gold medallists & 4 PhD scholars under supervision
16. Supervised more than 50projects in BS CS/IT, in web development, Visual Computing and AI.
17. Merit scholarship in Phd, M.Sc and B.Sc from HEC and UET Peshawar.
18. Best Debater and Compere at School, College, University and All Pakistan level (English).
19. Developer & Designer of 1st official online Ideas Bank in Pakistan for Directorate of Science and Technology (DoST)

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