He has fifteen years of teaching experience at the university level. He joins FUUAST as a lecturer in 2005, got promoted to Assistant professor in 2010. He served as Head of Postgraduate Programs for two years and the Head of Department of Computer Science for 1.5 years. He has taught a number of courses at BS, Masters, and Ph.D. levels. He has supervised five Masters and four Ph.D. students as Principle and Co-Supervisor including three Ph.D. students in progress.  He received his bachelor’s degree BSc and master’s degree MCS in computer science, both from the Faculty of Science, the University of Karachi with first division.

Dr Adnan’s principal research interest includes wireless sensor and body area sensor network applied to healthcare, agriculture, elderly, and disability assistant. He has proposed various solutions for network layer security attacks by IDS, IPS, QoS, and reliability issues of Mobile Ad Hoc and sensors Networks. Currently, he is focusing on investigating & providing solutions for real community problems through modeling and assistive technology. He also working on projects on emerging technologies such as Blockchain & IoT challenges and applications. He has presented his research and tutorials in several international conferences and seminars both as the guest speaker and author including IEEE WCNC, IEEE ICUMT, IEEE INMIC, ICON etc. He is a member of the IEEE and Communication Society. He is also serving as an editorial member of international journals, conference session chair,  and organize international conferences.

Dr ADNAN NADEEM received the Ph.D. degree from the Institute for Communication Systems, University of Surrey, United Kingdom., in 2011. He has been working as an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Computer and Information System (FCIS), Islamic University in Madinah (IUM), Saudi Arabia, since 2016. He is also associated with the Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology (FUUAST), Pakistan. He has published more than 50 papers in international conferences and journals, including a Patent accepted and sealed by the Government of Pakistan, in 2019. Cumulative Impact Factor of his publication is 44.55 to date. He has completed six funded research projects since 2015 worth SAR 250,000 and further applied for 0.1 million SAR research funds as the principle and collaborative investigator. He received awards related to research, teaching, academic advising, and contribution towards ABET accreditation in his current tenure at Islamic University. He has also contributed to designing and establishing the MS Security Technology program at Islamic University.

During his pedagogical journey before joining Islamic University, he has won several awards and achievements, including the Foreign Ph.D. Scholarship worth approximately $ 85,000 in 2007, the Associate Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), U.K.,in 2009, the 5th HEC Outstanding Research Award 2013/14, and the Best Paper and Best Track Paper Award in the ICICTT 2013 and ICEET 2016 conferences, respectively. He also received the Best Academic Advisor and the Best Researcher Award from FCIS, IUM, in 2018. He received the Nishane-Imtiaz for his outstanding research from FUUAST Pakistan, in 2016.

He has fifteen years of teaching experience at the university level. He joins FUUAST as a lecturer in 2005, got promoted to Assistant professor in 2010. He served as Head of Postgraduate Programs for two years and the Head of Department of Computer Science for 1.5 years. He has taught a number of courses at BS, Masters, and Ph.D. levels. He has supervised five Masters and four Ph.D. students as Principle and Co-Supervisor including three Ph.D. students in progress.  He received his bachelor’s degree BSc and master’s degree MCS in computer science, both from the Faculty of Science, the University of Karachi with first division.

1. Blockchain based Secure and Ecient Life-cycle Tracking and Management of Vehicles: A Prototype Implementation for KSA

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   Status: Complete Role: Co Principle Investigator Funding:  Deanship of Research (Tammayuz), IUM, Madinah, KSA,  Budget SAR 1530000 Duration: 2018-2020 Collaborator: Department of Traffic (KSA), Ministry of Interior, KSA, NUST Pakistan.
   
2. A Smart Fall Prevention App for Elderly people in Saudi Arabia based on Fall risk assessments through muscle fatigue analysis

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   Status: In Progress Role: Lead Principle Investigator Funding:  Deanship of Research, IUM, Madinah, KSA Duration: 2020-2021 Collaborator: Department of Lost & Found, Masjid e Nabvi, KSA.
   
3. Spatio-Temporal Modeling and Prototype Application for effective reporting and tracking of missing persons and lost and found items during Hajj and Umrah

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   Status: Complete Role: Lead Principle Investigator Funding:  Deanship of Research, IUM, Madinah, KSA Duration: 2019-2020 Collaborator: Department of Lost & Found, Masjid e Nabvi, KSA.
   

4. Remote Monitoring and Primary Assistance of Cardio Vascular Disease patient using Wireless Body Area Sensor Network system

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   Status: Complete Role: Lead Principle Investigator Funding:  Deanship of Research, IUM, Madinah, KSA , SAR 24850 Duration: 2018-2019 Collaborator: University of Karachi, Edhi Foundation, Darul Sukun (Elderly Home), Pakistan
   

5. Detection and Risk estimation of Fall in local Elderly people using wearable shimmer sensors prototype

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   Status: Complete Role: Lead Principle Investigator Funding:  Deanship of Research, IUM, Madinah, KSA , SAR 25800 Duration: 2017-2018  Collaborator: FUUAST Pakistan
   

6. MDIWSN: Monitoring & Detection of Cotton Crop Insects using Wireless Sensor Networks

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   Status: In Progress Role: Lead Principle Investigator Funding: Rs 3.47 million PKR , NRPU Project Collaborators: PARC, Agriculture Research Sindh Pakistan
   

7. RBASN: Reliable routing in Body Area Sensor Networks applied to the monitoring and assistance of chronic disease patients

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   Status: Complete Role: Principle Investigator Funding: Rs 0.2 million , Mini Research Fund, FUUAST, Pakistan