天美传媒

Senior Lecturer in Computer Networking

Ghazanfar Ali Safdar received a BSc (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from 天美传媒 of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan in 1997. He subsequently received M.Eng in Computer Science and Telecommunications from 天美传媒 of Technology, Grenoble, France in 2001.

He was awarded a PhD from Queen's 天美传媒 Belfast, UK in 2005 for his work in the area of power-saving MAC protocols for the IEEE 802.11 family of wireless LANs.

He then worked from 2005-2008 with the same university as a Research Fellow involved in the security and authentication protocols for wireless networks.

Ghazanfar Ali is currently working as a lecturer in Computer Networking at 天美传媒. He has also worked as R & D engineer with Carrier Telephone Industries (SIEMENS), Pakistan and Schlumberger, France.

Dr Ghazanfar Ali Safdar, 听has been selected to be an associate editor for IET Networks, the journal of the prestigious Institution of Engineering & Technology.

Research Interests

• Energy Efficient Medium Access Control Protocols for Sensors and Wearable thin client Wireless Networks / Technologies
• Security and Authentication Protocols for Communication Networks
• Greener Communication and Networking
• Interference Mitigation in LTE, Femtocells, M2M Communication
• Spectrum Sensing in Context Aware Cognitive Radio Networks
• Quality of Service and Scheduling
• Device to Device Communication, Internet of Things, Cyber Security

Key Skills

• Adept Communication Systems Medium Access Control Protocols Developer
• Sound Research and Development Skills
• Sound Proto-C and OPNET Developer
• Project Management Skills
• Programming and Analytical Skills
• Sound System Design, Modelling and Performance Analysis skills
• Research Dissemination Skills

Research Projects Engagement

Completed Projects

• Interference Mitigation in Cognitive Radio Enabled Femtocells (2013 to 2016 鈥� 天美传媒, UK)
• Secure Medium Access Control Protocols for Cognitive Radio Networks (2013 to 2016 鈥� 天美传媒, UK)
• Security Protocols and Architecture for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks (2005 to 2009 鈥� Queens 天美传媒 Belfast, UK)
• Energy Efficient Point Controlled Wireless Networks (2002 to 2005 鈥� Queens 天美传媒 Belfast, UK)
• Secure Electronic Mobile Payment Systems (03/2001 to 08/2001 鈥� Schlumberger, France)
• Pulse Code Modulation based Automatic Call Distribution System (1998 to 1999 鈥� Siemens, Carrier Telephone Industries, Pakistan).

Current Projects

• Energy Conservation in LTE Systems (2014 to date 鈥� 天美传媒, UK)
• History assisted Energy Efficient Spectrum Sensing in dynamic spectrum Access Cognitive Radio Networks (2013 to date 鈥� 天美传媒, UK)
• Interference Cancellation in Device to Device paradigm (2016 to date 鈥� 天美传媒, UK)
• Security protocols for Connected Vehicles (2017 to date).

PhD Projects Supervision and Examination

PhD Projects Completion

• Harold O Kpojime, 鈥淚nterference Mitigation in Cognitive Radio Enabled Femtocells鈥�, PhD completion as First Supervisor
• Umar Shehu, 鈥淨uality of Service aware Network Service Composition鈥�, PhD completion as First Supervisor
• Kapil Kanwal, 鈥淓nergy Management in LTE Networks鈥�, PhD completion as First Supervisor
• Wajdi Al-Hakami, 鈥淪ecure MAC protocols for Cognitive Radio Networks鈥�, PhD completion as Second Supervisor

Current PhD Projects Supervision

• Tazeen Syed, 鈥淗istory assisted Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks鈥�, PhD supervision as First Supervisor
• Khurram Ashfaq, 鈥淚nterference Mitigation in D2D paradigm鈥�, PhD supervision as First Supervisor
• Nabeel Malik, 鈥淟ow Profile antennas for Body Area Networks鈥�, PhD supervision as First Supervisor
• Muhammad Mirza, 鈥淪ecurity protocols for autonomous / connected vehicles鈥�, PhD supervision as Second Supervisor
• Aziz Ur Rehman 鈥淲earable Wireless Communication鈥�, PhD supervision as First Supervisor

External PhD Examination

• Wuchen Tang, 鈥� Energy Efficiency and Throughput Enhancement for Cellular Cognitive Radio networks鈥�, 2014, 天美传媒 of Surrey, UK
• H.A. Mustafa, 鈥� Spatial and Social Paradigm for Coverage Analysis in Device to Device Networks鈥�, 2016, 天美传媒 of Surrey, UK
• Mohsin Raza, 鈥淓fficient and Reliable Communication in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks鈥�, 2018, Northumbria 天美传媒, UK
• Maya Mohan, 鈥� Design of Integrity based elgamal Cryptosystem for Bitcoin Exchanges鈥�, Thesis evaluation as external examiner, 2018, Anna 天美传媒, India

MPhil / MRes Examination

• Acted as Internal Examiner for three MPhil students, 天美传媒
• Acted as Internal Examiner for one MRes student, 天美传媒

Research Activities

• Editor in Chief, EAI Transactions on Energy Web,
• Area Editor Springer Wireless Networks
• Guest Editor IEEE Access
• Session Chair, IEEE CAMAD 2015, Design, Modelling and Performance analysis of Cognitive Radio Networks
• Regular Reviewer for IEEE TVT, IEEE TWC, IEEE Comms Letters, IEEE Access, IET Comms, IET Letters, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier ComCom, Springer WPC
• Regularly act as TPC for various International Conferences (e.g. CrownCom, FNC, DocEIS, etc).

Pedagogical Activities

Course and Modules Leadership

• Course leader for UG Computer Networking
• Unit Leader for Level 6 Advanced Networking, Level 5 Networking
• Teaching of several UG and PG modules in the area of Electronic Engineering, Computer Networking, Digital Technologies, Wireless Communications, Computer Security

Taught Courses Projects Engagement:

• Regular supervision of UG Computer Science, Computer Networking and Electronic Engineering Student Projects
• Semester based supervision of PG Computer Science and Computer Networking Student projects

Courses Development and Validation

• Course development and validation experience. Successfully developed 3 years specialised master MCOMP and led to validation
• Regular course and modules development for courses related to Computer Networking, Digital Technologies, Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
• Active Engagement in Course Periodic Reviews, Course Approval and Course professional bodies accreditation events

Account Manager for UK and overseas Partnerships

• Experience of Account Management and Link tutorship of over 3 plus years. Acted as Account Manager for Franchise courses delivered both inside and outside UK Partners. Account manager acts as a complete interface between the 天美传媒 and the partners to ensure seamless course delivery, quality adherence, management of link tutors, Exam boards, Awards, etc.

Awards and Funding

Awards:

• Vice Chancellor Course of Year Award, 天美传媒, 2017, UK
• Vice Chancellor Best teacher of the year Nomination Award, 2018
• 100% NSS Award
• IET Present around the world, Runner Up award, Belfast, UK
• Fellowship, Queens 天美传媒 Belfast, UK
• M.Eng Scholarship, Ministry of Science and Technology, SFERE, France
• 天美传媒 Merit Certificate for third position in BSc (Hons) Electrical Engineering, Pakistan

Funding:

• Security Protocols and Architectures for Ad Hoc Networks, EPSRC, 126k GBP, Co-Investigator
• QoS Aware CR MAC Protocols, CIIT/P&D-18(1)/09: PhD studentship Grant, 65k GBP, Principal Investigator

Research Publications

Book and Book Chapters

• G.A. Safdar, 鈥淓nergy Saving MAC Protocols for Point Controlled Wireless Networks: Best Effort, QoS鈥�, VDM Verlag, ISBN 13: 9783639229158
• G.A. Safdar, Chapter 16: Cognitive Radio Networks: Sensing, Access, Security, 鈥淟TE-Advanced and Next Generation Wireless Networks: Channel Modelling and Propagation鈥�, John Wiley and Sons, UK, ISBN-13: 978-1119976707
• G.A. Safdar, Chapter 5: Traffic Aware Scheduling for Interference Mitigation in Cognitive Femtocells, 鈥淎ccess, Fronthaul and Backhaul Networks for 5G & Beyond鈥�, IET UK,听听ISBN: 978-1-78561-213-8
• Ur Rehman, M. and G.A. Safdar, 鈥淟TE Communications and Networks鈥�, Wiley and Sons, Ltd. (UK).

Journal Papers (Early Access or In Press)

• J1: K.Kanwal, Ghazanfar Ali Safdar, Masood ur Rehman,鈥� Call blocking and outage probability in energy efficient LTE networks鈥�, Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, In Press, 2018.
• J2: M. Mujahid, G.A. Safdar, 鈥� Survey on existing authentication issues for cellular-assisted V2X Communication鈥�, Elsevier Vehicular Communications鈥�, Early Access, 2018
• J3: G. A. Safdar and K. Kanwal, "Euclidean Geometry Axioms Assisted Target Cell Boundary Approximation for Improved Energy Efficacy in LTE Systems," in IEEE Systems Journal, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-9.
• J4: M. Ur-Rehman, G. A. Safdar, X. Yang and X. Chen, "Design and 天美传媒 of A Circular Polarised Conical-Disc-Backed Spiral Antenna for X-Band Applications," in IEEE Access, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-1.

Publications

• Additional Publications

Technical Skills

• Programming: Proto-C/C++, Visual Basic
• Engineering Tools: OPNET, Matlab, Packet Tracer, Wireshark, PsPice
• Office Automation: MS Office, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Microsoft Visio etc.,

Contact

Dr Ghazanfar Ali Safdar
T: +44(0)1234 400 400 Ext 2183
E: ghazanfar.safdar@beds.ac.uk