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Biography:

Dr. Muhammad Tahir is a Tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Attock Campus. With over 14 years of experience in teaching and research, he is passionate about advancing the world of computing through innovative solutions.
His research journey has led him to explore a wide range of cutting-edge fields, including Distributed & Cloud Computing, IoT, Blockchain, Bioinformatics, and Algorithms. By harnessing the immense potential of Machine Learning and AI, he is dedicated to shaping the future of technology.
He proudly serves as the founding Principal Investigator (PI) of the InnoCloudX Research Group. Their mission is to pioneer Distributed and Cloud Computing Innovations with a steadfast commitment to Empowering Tomorrow's Digital World Through Multidisciplinary Excellence

Educational Information

Year	Degree	Board / University

2016	PhD	Iqra University, Karachi
2009	MSCS	Foundation University, Islamabad
2006	BSIT	AUP Peshawar

Academic Experience

From	To	Post Held	Organization

Sept 2, 2016	Present	Assistant Professor	COMSATS University Islamabad, Attock Campus
Oct 3, 2011	August 25, 2016	Lecturer	University of Wah
July 2023	Present	Associate Professor	COMSATS University Islamabad

Publications

Key Publications

Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Shakoor Muhammad'' A Lightweight Authentication and Authorization Framework for Blockchain-Enabled IoT Network in Health-Informatics'', Sustainability, MDPI,2020.
Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir,'' A parallel multi-objective genetic algorithm for scheduling scientific workflows in cloud computing'', International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, SAGE,2020.
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz,Zahid Mehmood'' CryptoGA: a cryptosystem based on genetic algorithm for cloud data security'', Cluster Computing,2020.
Shakoor Muhammad, Nekmat Ullah, Muhammad Tahir'' Decision Making for the Optimum Profit by using the Game Theory'', Balkan Journal of Applied Mathematics and Informatics,2020.
Bibi Ruqia,Zahid Mehmood,Muhammad Tahir''BoVW model based on adaptive local and global visual words modeling and log-based relevance feedback for semantic retrieval of the images'', EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing,2020.
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Zahid Mehmood''ESREEM: Efficient Short Reads Error Estimation Model for Next Generation Genome Sequencing'', Current Bioinformatics ,2020.
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz,'' A Fast and Scalable Workflow for SNPs Detection in Genome Sequences Using Hadoop Map-Reduce'', Genes MDPI ,2020.
Zahid Mehmood ,Khurram Ashfaq Qazi, Muhammad Tahir''Potential barriers to music fingerprinting algorithms in the presence of background noise'',6th Conference on Data Science and Machine Learning Applications,2020.
Muhammad Sardaraz,Muhammad Tahir,''A Hybrid Algorithm for Scheduling Scientific Workflows in Cloud Computing'', IEEE Access ,2019.
Naveed Abbas, Tanzila Saba, Muhammad Tahir'' Plasmodium Species Aware based Quantification of Malaria Parasitaemia in Light Microscopy Thin Blood Smear'', Microscopy Research and Technique,2019.
Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram''FCompress: An Algorithm for FASTQ Sequence Data Compression'',Current Bioinformatics ,2019.
Khola Maryam, Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir''Evolutionary Algorithms in Cloud Computing from the Perspective of Energy Consumption: A Review'', 14th International Conference on Emerging Technologies ,2018.
Nida Ayub, Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz''FAGSA: Fast and Accurate Genome Sequence Assembly Based on Machine Learning'', 6th Conference on Biological and Computational sciences ,2018.
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''EPMA: Efficient Pattern Matching Algorithm for DNA Sequences'', Expert Systems with Applications ,2017.
Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram''Advances in high throughput DNA sequence data compression'', Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ,2016.
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''HaShReCA. Hadoop Based Short Read Error Correction Algorithm for Genome Assembly'', Current Bioinformatics ,2015.
Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram''Cluster based inference of phylogenetic trees using Hadoop/MapReduce'', International Journal of Academic Research ,2015.
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz,'' Distributed and Multi-Platform Route Map Tracking System'', 1st MDSRC,2015.
Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram''SeqCompress: An algorithm for biological sequence compression'', Genomics,2014.
Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram''SDAF: A Secure Data Aggregation Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks'',International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering,2013.
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''Review of Genome Sequence Short Read Error Correction Algorithms'', American Journal of Bioinformatics Research,2013.
Ataul Aziz Ikram , Muhammad Sardaraz,Muhammad Tahir'' Neural Network based Cloud Computing Platform for Bioinformatics'', Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference,2013.
Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''Applications and Algorithms for Inference of Huge Phylogenetic Trees: a Review'', American Journal of Bioinformatics Research,2012.
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''A New Approach to Secure Wireless LAN'', Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Information Technology ,2010.
Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''Hybrid Cryptographic Algorithm for Network Security'',Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Information Technology,2010.

Conferences

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Awards

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Courses Taught

Course Code	Type	Title	University

CSC328	Under Graduate	Distributed Computing	CUI, Attock Campus
CSC612	Graduate	Advance Topics in Distributed Computing	CUI, Attock Campus
CSC241	Graduate	Object Oriented Programming	CUI, Attock Campus
BIO310	Under Graduate	Bioinformatics	CUI, Attock Campus
	Under Graduate	Modern Programming Languages	University of Wah
	Under Graduate	Distributed Computing	University of Wah
	Under Graduate	Theory of Computation	University of Wah
	Under Graduate	Advanced OOP	University of Wah
	Under Graduate	OOP	University of Wah
	Under Graduate	Computer Networks & Data Communication	University of Wah

Supervisions

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Books

Title	Subject	First Author	Second Author	Third Author	Year	Publisher

Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things Applications in Smart Healthcare	Automated Hybrid Recommender System for Cardiovascular Disease with Applications in Smart Healthcare	Fouzia Jabeen	Zahid Mehmood	Muhammad Tahir	2020	Taylor & Francis

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Publication Year	Key Publications

1 2020	1 Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Shakoor Muhammad'' A Lightweight Authentication and Authorization Framework for Blockchain-Enabled IoT Network in Health-Informatics'', Sustainability, MDPI,2020.
2 2020	2 Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir,'' A parallel multi-objective genetic algorithm for scheduling scientific workflows in cloud computing'', International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, SAGE,2020.
3 2020	3 Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz,Zahid Mehmood'' CryptoGA: a cryptosystem based on genetic algorithm for cloud data security'', Cluster Computing,2020.
4 2020	4 Shakoor Muhammad, Nekmat Ullah, Muhammad Tahir'' Decision Making for the Optimum Profit by using the Game Theory'', Balkan Journal of Applied Mathematics and Informatics,2020.
5 2020	5 Bibi Ruqia,Zahid Mehmood,Muhammad Tahir''BoVW model based on adaptive local and global visual words modeling and log-based relevance feedback for semantic retrieval of the images'', EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing,2020.
6 2020	6 Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Zahid Mehmood''ESREEM: Efficient Short Reads Error Estimation Model for Next Generation Genome Sequencing'', Current Bioinformatics ,2020.
7 2020	7 Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz,'' A Fast and Scalable Workflow for SNPs Detection in Genome Sequences Using Hadoop Map-Reduce'', Genes MDPI ,2020.
8 2020	8 Zahid Mehmood ,Khurram Ashfaq Qazi, Muhammad Tahir''Potential barriers to music fingerprinting algorithms in the presence of background noise'',6th Conference on Data Science and Machine Learning Applications,2020.
9 2019	9 Muhammad Sardaraz,Muhammad Tahir,''A Hybrid Algorithm for Scheduling Scientific Workflows in Cloud Computing'', IEEE Access ,2019.
10 2019	10 Naveed Abbas, Tanzila Saba, Muhammad Tahir'' Plasmodium Species Aware based Quantification of Malaria Parasitaemia in Light Microscopy Thin Blood Smear'', Microscopy Research and Technique,2019.
11 2019	11 Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram''FCompress: An Algorithm for FASTQ Sequence Data Compression'',Current Bioinformatics ,2019.
12 2018	12 Khola Maryam, Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir''Evolutionary Algorithms in Cloud Computing from the Perspective of Energy Consumption: A Review'', 14th International Conference on Emerging Technologies ,2018.
13 2018	13 Nida Ayub, Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz''FAGSA: Fast and Accurate Genome Sequence Assembly Based on Machine Learning'', 6th Conference on Biological and Computational sciences ,2018.
14 2017	14 Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''EPMA: Efficient Pattern Matching Algorithm for DNA Sequences'', Expert Systems with Applications ,2017.
15 2016	15 Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram''Advances in high throughput DNA sequence data compression'', Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ,2016.
16 2015	16 Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''HaShReCA. Hadoop Based Short Read Error Correction Algorithm for Genome Assembly'', Current Bioinformatics ,2015.
17 2015	17 Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram''Cluster based inference of phylogenetic trees using Hadoop/MapReduce'', International Journal of Academic Research ,2015.
18 2015	18 Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz,'' Distributed and Multi-Platform Route Map Tracking System'', 1st MDSRC,2015.
19 2014	19 Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram''SeqCompress: An algorithm for biological sequence compression'', Genomics,2014.
20 2013	20 Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram''SDAF: A Secure Data Aggregation Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks'',International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering,2013.
21 2013	21 Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''Review of Genome Sequence Short Read Error Correction Algorithms'', American Journal of Bioinformatics Research,2013.
22 2013	22 Ataul Aziz Ikram , Muhammad Sardaraz,Muhammad Tahir'' Neural Network based Cloud Computing Platform for Bioinformatics'', Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference,2013.
23 2012	23 Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''Applications and Algorithms for Inference of Huge Phylogenetic Trees: a Review'', American Journal of Bioinformatics Research,2012.
24 2010	24 Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''A New Approach to Secure Wireless LAN'', Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Information Technology ,2010.
25 2010	25 Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Sardaraz, Ataul Aziz Ikram''Hybrid Cryptographic Algorithm for Network Security'',Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Information Technology,2010.

Dr. Muhammad Tahir

Tenured Associate Professor Computer Science, CUI Attock Campus