Faculty Members

Dr. Saima Zafar started her professional career in the software development industry after completing Bachelors in Electrical Engineering in 1998 and worked as Senior Software Engineer at NETSOL technologies Inc. as part of a team that developed financial and leasing software for Mercedes-Benz Leasing Company, Australia (MBFA). Later she joined academia and completed Masters and PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2006 and 2011 respectively. She has been associated with FAST-NU Lahore campus since 2008 and is currently a Professor and Head, Department of Electrical Engineering. She is the Director of Smart Networking Research Group (SNRG) and has supervised 40+ projects and theses. She has published 40+ research articles in International journals and conferences. She has taught various courses including Introduction to Computing/Programming Fundamentals, Object Oriented Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms, Web Programming/Web Development/Front End Development (Html, CSS, and JavaScript), Data Communication Networks/Computer Networks, Wireless and Mobile Networks, Internet of Things, Analogue and Digital Communications, Wireless and Mobile Communications, Linear Circuit Analysis, Electrical Network Analysis, Research Methodology, and Advanced Computer Networks. She is HEC approved PhD supervisor and is currently supervising a PhD thesis. Her research interests include design and performance analysis of network protocols, computer network modeling, solutions for wireless sensor networks and cellular networks, 6LoWPANs, data center networks, inter and intra-network communications in heterogeneous networks, telecommunication policy, blockchain and Internet of Things. Dr. Saima Zafar is IEEE Senior Member.

Selected Publications

1. F. Ahmad and S. Zafar, "SoC-Based Implementation of 1D Convolutional Neural Network for 3-Channel ECG Arrhythmia Classification via HLS4ML," IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1109/LES.2024.3354-81 (Published in the Early Access) (IF: 1.6)
2. S. Zafar, U. Ayub, H. I. Alkhammash, N. Ullah, “Framework for Efficient Auto-Scaling of Virtual Network Functions in a Cloud Environment,” Sensors, 22, 7597. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197597 (IF: 3.847) 
3. S. Zafar, S. F. U. Hassan, A. Mohammad, A. A. Al-Ahmadi, N. Ullah, “Implementation of a Distributed Framework for Permissioned Blockchain-Based Secure Automotive Supply Chain Management,” Sensors, 22, 7367. 2022 https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197367 (IF: 3.847)
4. S. Zafar, K. M. Bhatti, M. Shabbir, F. Hashmat, A. H. Akbar, “Integration of Blockchain and Internet of Things: Challenges and Solutions.” Annals of Telecommunications, 77:1-2:13-32. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-021-00858-8 (IF: 1.444)
5. S. Zafar, H. Khalid, “Free Space Optical Networks: Applications, Challenges and Research Directions,” Wireless Personal Communications, 21:1:429-457. 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-021-08644-4 (IF: 1.671)
6. S. A. Hashmi, C. F. Ali, S. Zafar, “Internet of things and cloud computing-based energy management system for demand side management in smart grid.” International Journal of Energy Research, 45:1:1007-1022. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.6141. (IF: 5.164)
7. S. Zafar, A. Bashir, S. A. Chaudhry, “Mobility-Aware Hierarchical Clustering in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Access, 2019. 7:20394-20403. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2896938. (IF: 3.367)
8. S. Zafar, S. A. Chaudhry, S. Kiran, “Adaptive TrimTree: Green data center network through resource consolidation, selective connectedness and energy proportional computing,” Energies, 2016. 9(10):797. https://doi.org/10.3390/en9100797. (IF: 3.004)
9. S. Zafar, A. Bashir, S. A. Chaudhry, “On implementation of DCTCP on three-tier and fat-tree data center network topologies,” SpringerPlus 2016, 5:766. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2454-4. (IF: 1.780)
10. S. Jabbar, A. H. Akbar, S. Zafar, M. M. Quddoos, M. Hussain, “VISTA: Achieving cumulative vision through energy efficient silhouette recognition of mobile targets through collaboration of visual sensor nodes”, Springer EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, 2014, 2014:32. https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-5281-2014-32. (IF: 1.789)
11. B. Hasani, S. Zafar, A. H. Akbar, B. A. Magsi, “Collaborative routing and data dissemination architecture for commercial wireless sensor networks”, Springer EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2013, 2013:54. https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1499-2013-54. (IF: 1.408)
12. S. Zafar, A. H. Akbar, S. Jabbar, “A gating mechanism for border node assisted association of Wireless Personal Area Networks,” SpringerPlus 2012, 1:12. https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-1-12. (IF: 1.780)
13. S. Zafar, A. H. Akbar, S. Jabbar, N. M. Sheikh, “SET - Session layer-assisted Efficient TCP management architecture for 6LoWPAN with multiple gateways” Springer EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2010, Volume 2010, Article ID 936457, 20 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/936457. (IF: 1.408)
14. M. F. Shafeeq, A. H. Akbar, S. Zafar, “SNAG: Collaborative Routing Architecture for Sensor-based Information at SMS Gateway in Cellular Networks,” International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, 2019. pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10776-019-00451-w. (IF: 2.5)