SEAS - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Dr. Muhammad Ziad Nayyer Dar

Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
PhD, Comsats University, Islamabad

dean.seas@gift.edu.pk

Biography

Dr. Muhammad Ziad Nayyer is serving as Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science GIFT University, Gujranwala, Pakistan. He holds a PhD degree in Computer Science from COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus. He has vast industrial experience and numerous publications on his account including industrial projects, impact factor journal publications and book chapters. He received his MS degree in Computer Science from Government College University (GCU), Lahore, Pakistan in 2011. His area of interests includes Cloud Computing, VM Migration, Mobile Cloud Computing, Cloud Federation, Mobile Edge Computing, Fog Computing, and Cloudlet Computing.

Teaching Interests

Data Communication and Computer Networks
Advanced Computing and Networks
Distributed Computing
Network & System Administration
Network Design Management
Operating Systems
Professional Practices
Internet Architecture & Protocol
Network Performance Evaluation
Big Data

Research Interests

Cloud/Grid/Cluster/Distributed Computing
Cloudlet/Edge/Fog/Mobile Computing
Wireless Sensor Networks/Ad hoc Networks
Ubiquitous Computing
Body Area Networks
High Performance Computing

Selected Journal Publications

Nayyer, M. Z., Raza, I., & Hussain, S. A. (2020). CFRO: Cloudlet Federation for Resource Optimization. IEEE Access.
Nayyer, M. Z., Raza, I., & Hussain, S. A. (2018). A survey of cloudlet-based mobile augmentation approaches for resource optimization. ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 51(5), 1-28.
Nayyer, M. Z., Raza, I., & Hussain, S. A. (2019). Revisiting VM performance and optimization challenges for big data. In Advances in Computers (Vol. 114, pp. 71-112). Elsevier.
Nayyer, M. Z. (2012). Analysis of AODV over increased density and mobility in Intelligent Transportation System. arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.2547.

Awards and Honors

Shield for being judge, BattleField project display
Shield for being Jury member, HULT PRIZE, Punjab chapter
Shield for being Robot Design Judge in FLL (First Lego League) national competition
Certificate received for attending a seminar on Mobile Evolution (LTE)
Shield and Certificate for being a member of Sports Committee
Certificate received for attending NS3 workshop by ITU

Affiliations

IEEE Access by IEEE
Journal of SuperComputing by Springer
Internet Technology Letters by Wiley
Ad Hoc Networks by Elsevier
The Computer Journal by Oxford Academic
Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems