Staff Directory
Academic Qualification
- Ph.D in Electronic and Electrical Engineering - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Strathclyde
- Master in Applied Physics & Electronics - Masters Degree, Dhaka University
- Bachelor in Applied Physics & Electronics - Bachelor Degree, Dhaka University
Farhat Anwar (Prof. Dr.)
Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING
farhat@iium.edu.my
4578
Expert Profile
Professor Farhat Anwar was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to pursue his Ph.D in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, UK and obtained the degree in 1996. Earlier, he earned his Master's and Bachelor (with Honours) degrees in Applied Physics and Electronics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Prof. Anwar started his teaching career as a lecturer at the Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1988. He has been with IIUM since 1999 and is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). He was appointed Head of the ECE Department from July 2003 to June 2005, Postgraduate Academic Advisor for ECE from June 2010 to May 2012, Internal Reviewer for the CIE programme (2007- 2008) and Student Advisor for the CIE programme (2001-2003). He is also actively involved as a member of the Accreditation Committee, Curriculum Committee and Board of Studies for CIE and CE programmes of the ECE department.
Prof. Anwar is the coordinator of the Computer Networking Research Group. He has successfully secured many internal and external grants for his research activities including research consultancy for MIMOS' Wireless Communications Lab (2007-2010). He has supervised more than 30 Ph.D and Master theses and has published well over 110 papers in international refereed journals and conference proceedings. Prof. Anwar has also published, 'Research Issues in Wireless Communications and Networking' and 29 book chapters with various publishers. He has been invited to give talks at seminars and public lectures organized by UTeM, UPM, MYREN and IIUM, has acted as an external examiner and assessor for numerous leading universities in Malaysia, and has been actively involved with numerous national and international conferences in different capacities. Prof. Anwar is a member of many professional organizations including IEEE and ACM.
Prof. Anwar started his teaching career as a lecturer at the Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1988. He has been with IIUM since 1999 and is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). He was appointed Head of the ECE Department from July 2003 to June 2005, Postgraduate Academic Advisor for ECE from June 2010 to May 2012, Internal Reviewer for the CIE programme (2007- 2008) and Student Advisor for the CIE programme (2001-2003). He is also actively involved as a member of the Accreditation Committee, Curriculum Committee and Board of Studies for CIE and CE programmes of the ECE department.
Prof. Anwar is the coordinator of the Computer Networking Research Group. He has successfully secured many internal and external grants for his research activities including research consultancy for MIMOS' Wireless Communications Lab (2007-2010). He has supervised more than 30 Ph.D and Master theses and has published well over 110 papers in international refereed journals and conference proceedings. Prof. Anwar has also published, 'Research Issues in Wireless Communications and Networking' and 29 book chapters with various publishers. He has been invited to give talks at seminars and public lectures organized by UTeM, UPM, MYREN and IIUM, has acted as an external examiner and assessor for numerous leading universities in Malaysia, and has been actively involved with numerous national and international conferences in different capacities. Prof. Anwar is a member of many professional organizations including IEEE and ACM.
Area of Specialisation
- ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ ICT Infrastructure ~ Sensor Networks - Ad-hoc and sensor networks
- ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ Communication ~ Data Communication Device - Layer 1, Layer 2 and layer 3 devices
- Natural Science ~ Bioinformatics ~ Bioinformatics Tools, Platforms and Technologies ~ Biomodeling and Simulation - Simulations based performance analysis of communication protocols
- ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ Communication ~ Communication Services (Including of Broadcasting, Postal Communication, Tele-Education, Tele-Working, Multiservice Convergence Network, 3G Cellular Networs, Internet Protocol, Short-Range Communivation, VOIP, Teleport and Tele-Health) - Cellular telecommunications
- ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ Communication ~ Communication Protocols - Communication protocol development and analysis
Professional Membership
- 2004 - 2019: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- 2010 - 2021: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- 2016 - 2021: Member of Profesional Body / Association: ( Member, Scientific and Technical Committee & Editorial Review Board on Electrical and Computer Engineering), World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET)
- 2016 - 2021: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), International Association of Engineering (IAENG)
Teaching Responsibilities
| ADVANCED COMP.COMM.NETWORKS | 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003 |
| ADVANCED COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 |
| COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING LAB III | 2008/2009 |
| COMMUNICATION NETWORK SECURITY | 2017/2018 |
| Communication Networks Security | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION ENG. LABII | 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING LAB IV | 2015/2016 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 |
| COMPUTER COMMUNICATION & NETWORKS | 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 |
| COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 |
| COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS | 2008/2009 |
| COMPUTER INFORMATION ENGINEERING LAB II | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
| COMPUTER NETWORK SECURITY | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
| DATA AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS | 2017/2018 |
| DATA COMMUNICATIONS | 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 |
| DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING | 2008/2009 |
| DATA STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS DESIGN | 2007/2008 2001/2002 |
| DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN | 2001/2002 |
| FINAL YEAR PROJECT I | 2022/2023 |
| OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING | 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003 2001/2002 2000/2001 1999/2000 |
| OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING (LAB) | 2003/2004 2002/2003 |
| OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING FOR ENGINEERS | 2006/2007 2005/2006 |
| PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS | 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003 2001/2002 2000/2001 1999/2000 |
| PERFORMANCE MODELLING OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS | 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2002/2003 2001/2002 1999/2000 |
| WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION | 2000/2001 |
Research Projects
Completed
| 2019 - 2023 | Investigation on the Effectiveness of a Packet Scheduling Algorithm for Health Care in Cognitive Fifth Generation (5G) Mobile Networks |
| 2018 - 2019 | Game Theoretic Approach for Exhaustive Tactical Modelling of Node Misbehavior in Adhoc Networking based IoT Paradigm |
| 2016 - 2018 | Eradicating Multi-Channel Dependency for Authentication and Authorization in Secure E-Banking Applications |
| 2014 - 2017 | Design and Development of Chipless Ultra Wideband RFID System |
| 2013 - 2015 | Optimised Multicast Support for Mobile Sender in Wireless Mesh Networks |
| 2013 - 2018 | Design and Modelling of Novel Dynamic Bandwidth Aggregation Scheme in Heterogeneous Wireless Network (HWN) for Mission Critical Applications |
| 2012 - 2015 | Modelling and simulation of heterogeneous high speed campus network for collaborative learning |
| 2011 - 2013 | Design And Development Of A Novel Energy Distribution Scheme For Cluster-Based Routing In Wireless Sensor Networks |
| 2011 - 2013 | An Investigation of Handoff Latency Reduction Mechanism for Mobile Internet Protocol Version 6 (MIPv6) |
| 2011 - 2012 | RU 2011: Design and Evaluation of Network Mobility Protocol to Achieve Seamless Handoff |
| 2011 - 2013 | Hardware Prototyping of Photoplethysmography Based Cardiac Monitoring Technique for Devising a Practical Remote Health Monitor |
| 2010 - 2011 | An Enhanced Network Mobility Protocol to Achieve Seamless Handoff |
| 2010 - 2011 | Design requirement and analysis of clustering touting protocols for the development of multipurpose sensor networking |
| 2009 - 2011 | Network Architecture and Hybrid Routing Protocol Design for Next-Generation Wireless Mesh Networks. |
| 2009 - 2011 | Development of an Efficient Portable Algorithm for the Grid Environment |
| 2008 - 2011 | Provision of Research Services in W1MAX Mesh Protocol Design for MIMOS Wireless Networks and Protocol Lab |
| 2008 - 2011 | Development of a Robust and Scalable Routing Protocol for Wireless Mesh Networks. |
| 2007 - 2011 | Development of Seamless IP- Based Communication Architecture With Enhance Quality of Services (Qos) for High Speed Mobile Node |
| 2007 - 2011 | A New Multi-Biometric based Algorithm for Human Verification. |
| 2007 - 2011 | An Investigation on Perfoemance of DHT-BASED Query Routing Protocols to Improve Qos in Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Computer Networks |
| 2006 - 2008 | Hardware Implementation Of A Real Time Image Compression System For Next Generation Mobile Communications |
On-Going
| 2020 - Present | Comprehensive Tactical Modelling of Node Misbehaviour for Improved Defence of Threat Computing in Mobile IoT Systems using Decision and Game Theory |
| 2019 - Present | Decision and Game Theory based Comprehensive Tactical Modelling of Node Misbehaviour for Threat Computing in MANET based IoT System |
| 2009 - Present | VSLI and MEMS Research Unit |
Award & Recognition
| 31 Oct, 2019 | Best Paper Award - 7th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics Engineering - ICOM'19, IIUM | International |
| 18 Sep, 2019 | Gold Medal - Others | National |
| 12 May, 2018 | Gold Medal - Others | National |
| 24 Feb, 2018 | Bronze Medal - Others | National |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
| 2021 | A Computationally Efficient Least Square Channel Estimation Method for MIMO-OFDM Systems. In: 2021 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE), |
| 2021 | Secure ACO-Based Wireless Sensor Network Routing Algorithm for IoT. In: 2021 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE), |
| 2020 | Bayesian signaling game based efficient security model for MANETs. In: 2019 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), |
| 2019 | Energy-efficient scalable routing protocol based on ACO for WSNS. In: 7th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics Engineering - ICOM'19, |
| 2019 | Offline OTP based solution for secure internet banking access. In: 2018 IEEE Conference on e-Learning, e-Management and e-Services (IC3e), |
| 2018 | A noble approach of ACO algorithm for WSN. In: 7th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE) 2018, |
| 2017 | Network-based real-time integrated Fire Detection and Alarm (FDA) system with building automation. In: 6th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM'17), |
| 2016 | The Directional Hierarchical AODV (DH-AODV) routing protocol for wireless mesh networks. In: 2015 International Conference on Computing, Control, Networking, Electronics and Embedded Systems Engineering (ICCCNEE 2015), |
| 2015 | Optimized routing algorithm for mobile multicast source in Wireless Mesh Networks . In: 2015 11th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT 2015), |
| 2014 | A scheduling algorithm for bandwidth aggregation in heterogeneous wireless network. In: International Conference on Informatics, Electronics and Vision (ICIEV 2014), |
| 2014 | Differential evolution optimization for constrained routing in Wireless Mesh Networks. In: Frontiers of Communications, Networks and Applications (ICFCNA 2014 - Malaysia), International Conference on, |
| 2014 | Effect of mobility model and packet size on throughput in MANET's. In: 5th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2014), |
| 2014 | Impact of packet size and node mobility pause time on average end to end delay and Jitter in MANET's. In: 5th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2014), |
| 2014 | Performance analysis of DSR protocol on the basis of DSSS rate. In: 5th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2014), |
| 2014 | Performance evaluation of seed values and pause times over high speed Wireless Campus Network in IEEE802.11e. In: UKSim-AMSS 1st International Conference on Systems Informatics, Modelling and Simulation, |
| 2014 | The impact of randomness on high speed wireless campus network in IEEE802.11e. In: International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV 2014), |
| 2014 | Traffic aware wireless sensor networks MAC protocol for smart grid applications using spiral backoff mechanism. In: 5th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE2014), |
| 2014 | Two dimensional array based overlay network for reducing delay of peer-to-peer live video streaming. In: 5th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering, |
| 2013 | A review on scheduling schemes of high speed wireless campus network for Interactive Multimedia transmission. In: 2013 IEEE 11th Malaysia International Conference on Communication (MICC 2013), |
| 2013 | An analysis of resource sharing scheme in heterogeneous wireless campus network. In: 2013 International Conference on Computing, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICCEEE), |
| 2013 | Two dimensional array based overlay network for balancing load of peer-to-peer live video streaming. In: 5th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM'13), |
| 2013 | Wireless sensor network for landslide monitoring. In: 3rd International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment (GEOMATE 2013), |
| 2012 | A primary interface selection policy in heterogeneous networks based on QoS. In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2012), |
| 2012 | A study of CGA- (cryptographically generated address) signature based authentication of binding update messages in low-end MIPv6 node. In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2012), |
| 2012 | Enhancement of handoff latency reduction mechanism of Mobile Internet Protocol Version 6 (MIPv6). In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2012), |
| 2012 | Gateway placement optimisation problem for mobile multicast design in wireless mesh networks . In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2012), 3-5 July 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, |
| 2012 | Performance study of Hybrid Wireless Mesh Protocol(HWMP) for IEEE 802.11s WLAN Mesh Networks . In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2012), |
| 2012 | Quality of service over heterogeneous network with MPLS back bone . In: International Conference on Smart Grid Systems (ICSGS 2011), |
| 2011 | A novel biased energy distribution (BED) scheme for clustering sensor networks. In: 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM'11), |
| 2011 | A parallel duplicate address detection (PDAD) mechanism to reduce handoff latency of mobile internet protocol version 6 (MIPV6) . In: 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM'11), |
| 2011 | An enhanced scheme for QoS in mobile IPv6 environment. In: 4th International Conference on Mechatronics: Integrated Engineering for Industrial and Societal Development (ICOM'11) , |
| 2011 | Evaluation of radio propagation techniques for hierarchical sensor networks. In: 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM'11), |
| 2011 | Improved link repair technique for multicast routing in Wireless Mesh Network. In: 2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics: Integrated Engineering for Industrial and Societal Development (ICOM 2011), |
| 2011 | Investigative analysis of clustering routing protocols for scalable sensor networks. In: 2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics: Integrated Engineering for Industrial and Societal Development (ICOM 2011), |
| 2010 | A simulation based performance comparison of routing protocol on Mobile Ad-hoc Network (proactive, reactive and hybrid). In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2010), |
| 2010 | An enhancement of fault-tolerant routing protocol for Wireless Sensor Network. In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2010), |
| 2010 | Design of robust protocol to enhance QoS in mobile IPV6 environment. In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2010), |
| 2010 | ENFAT-AODV: the fault-tolerant routing protocol for high failure rate Wireless Sensor Networks. In: 2010 2nd International Conference on Future Computer and Communication (ICFCC 2010), |
| 2010 | Multibiometric based personal verification using the fusion of hand and finger stripe geometry. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), |
| 2010 | The enhanced fault-tolerant AODV routing protocol for Wireless Sensor Network. In: Second International Conference on Computer Research and Development (ICCRD 2010), |
| 2009 | A simulation based performance analysis of reactive routing protocols in Wireless Mesh Networks. In: 2009 International Conference on Future Networks, |
| 2009 | An integrated scheme to improve performance of fast mobile IPv6 handover in IEEE 802.16e network. In: IEEE 9th Malaysia International Conference on Communications (MICC 2009) , |
| 2009 | Intergating multiple metrics to improve the performance of a routing protocol over wireless mesh networks. In: International Conference on Signal Processing Systems (ICSPS 2009), |
| 2008 | A comparative study of source specific multicast and aggregated source specific multicast . In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering 2008 (ICCCE08) , |
| 2008 | Investigating mobile motion prediction in supporting seamless handover for high speed mobile node. In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering 2008 (ICCCE08) , |
| 2008 | Prediction of received signal power and propagation path loss in open/rural environments using modified free-space loss and Hata models. In: IEEE International RF and Microwave Conference 2008, |
| 2005 | Mobility issues in hierarchical mobile IP. In: 3rd International Conference: Sciences of Electronic, Technologies of Information and Telecommunications (SETIT 2005), |
Book
| 2011 | Research issues in wireless communications and networking. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-149-9 |