Research At COMSATS

Scalable Processing and Analytics Research in Communications (SPARC) Lab

Dr. Saad Mustafa

	Designation:	Associate Professor
	Email:	saadmustafa@cuiatd.edu.pk
	Phone No. :	N/A
	Role:	Collaborator
	Research Interests:	Cloud Computing, Mobile Edge Computing, IoTs, Resource Management, Content Caching, Task Offloading

Academics/ Degrees

PhD, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus
MS, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, 2010
BCS(Hons.), COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, 2007

Profile/Bio

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2010 to Continued: Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Sept. 2007 to March 2008: Developer, DeeByte Software House

Projects

Multi-Channel Routing In Wireless Mesh Networks

Publications/Papers

2024

Journal

T. Maqsood,S. Mustafa,F. Rehman,J.Shujah,S.K.Zaman,Arslan Qayyum "Adaptive thresholds for improved load balancing in mobile edge computing using K-means clustering" , Telecommunication Systems ,Volume 86 ,Issue 3 ,Page 519-532 , 2024

Yasar Khan,S. Mustafa,T. Maqsood,F. Rehman,J.Ali,R.Wasim,Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues "Content caching in mobile edge computing: a survey" , Cluster Computing , 2024

2023

Journal

S. Bashir,S. Mustafa,T. Maqsood,J.Shujah,R.Wasim,A. Alourani "Multi-factor nature inspired SLA-aware energy efficient resource management for cloud environments" , Cluster Computing ,Volume 26 ,Issue 2 ,Page 1643-1658 , 2023

E. Mustafa,E. Mustafa,S. Mustafa,T. Maqsood,F. Rehman,J.Shujah,K.Bilal,A. U. R. Khan "Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Online Computation Offloading in Wireless Powered Edge Networks" , Cluster Computing ,Volume 26 ,Issue 2 ,Page 1053-1062 , 2023

S.K.Zaman,S. Mustafa,T. Maqsood,F. Rehman,Muhammad Amir Khan,H. Abbasi,M. Ahmed, A. D. Algarni, H. Elmannai "Cooperative Content Caching Framework Using Cuckoo Search Optimization in Vehicular Edge Networks" , Applied Science ,Volume 13 ,Issue 2 ,Page 780 , 2023

G. Laraib,S.K.Zaman,T. Maqsood,S. Mustafa,F. Rehman,Muhammad Amir Khan,N. Gohar, A. D. Algarni, H. Elmannai "Content Caching in Mobile Edge Computing Based on User Location and Preferences Using Cosine Similarity and Collaborative Filtering" , Electronics ,Volume 12 ,Issue 2 ,Page 284 , 2023

U. Zukaib, M. Maray,S. Mustafa,F. Rehman,N. Haq,A. U. R. Khan "Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality analyzed through machine learning techniques" , PeerJ Computer Science ,Volume 9 ,Page e1270 , 2023

S.K.Zaman,T. Maqsood,F. Rehman,S. Mustafa,Azra Ramzan,J.Shujah "Deadline-aware heuristics for reliability optimization in ubiquitous mobile edge computing" , International Journal of Data Science and Analytics , 2023

2022

Journal

K. Malik,A. Akhunzada,T. Maqsood,S. Mustafa,F. Rehman,O.Khalid "Lightweight Internet of Things Botnet Detection Using One-Class Classification" , Sensors ,Volume 22 ,Issue 10 ,Page 3646 , 2022

M. Yasir,T. Maqsood,S. Mustafa,F. Rehman,S.K.Zaman "CoPUP: content popularity and user preferences aware content caching framework in mobile edge computing" , Cluster Computing ,Volume 26 ,Issue 1 ,Page 267 - 281 , 2022

S. H. H. Madni,J. Ali, H. A. Husnain,, M. H. Masum,S. Mustafa,J.Shujah,M. Maray ,S. Hosseini "Factors Influencing the Adoption of IoT for E-Learning in Higher Educational Institutes in Developing Countries" , Frontiers in Psychology ,Volume 13 ,Page 3415 , 2022

S. Younas,F. Rehman,T. Maqsood,S. Mustafa,A. Akhunzada, A. Gani "Collaborative Detection of Black Hole and Gray Hole Attacks for Secure Data Communication in VANETs" , Applied Sciences ,Volume 12 ,Issue 23 ,Page 12448 , 2022

E. Mustafa,J.Shujah,T. Maqsood,S. Mustafa,F. Rehman,AN Khan,S.K.Zaman,Ali Imran Jehangiri,Sadia Din "Joint wireless power transfer and task offloading in mobile edge computing: a survey" , Cluster Computing ,Volume 25 ,Issue 4 ,Page 2429-2448 , 2022

2020

Journal

Beenish Gul,O.Khalid,S. Mustafa,I.Khan,S.S.Hussain,DARREN DANCEY,RAHEEL NAWAZ "CPU and RAM Energy-Based SLA-Aware Workload Consolidation Techniques for Clouds" , IEEE Access ,Volume 8 ,Page 62990 - 63003 , 2020

2019

Journal

S.K.Zaman,A. R. Khan,J.Shujah,T. Maqsood,F. Rehman,S. Mustafa "A Systems Overview of Commercial Data Centers: Initial Energy and Cost Analysis" , International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE) ,Volume 14 ,Issue 1 ,Page 42-65 , 2019

S. Mustafa,K. Sattar,J.Shujah,S. Sarwar,T. Maqsood,S. A. Madani, S. Guizani "SLA-Aware Best Fit Decreasing Techniques for Workload Consolidation in Clouds" , IEEE Access ,Volume 7 ,Page 135256 - 135267 , 2019

S. Mustafa "CPU–RAM-based energy-efficient resource allocation in clouds" , The Journal of Supercomputing ,Volume 75 ,Page 7606–7624 , 2019

2018

Journal

J.Shujah,A. Gani, K. Ko, K. So,S. Mustafa,S. A. Madani, M. K. Khan "SIMDOM: A Framework for SIMD Instruction Translation and Offloading in Heterogeneous Mobile Architectures" , Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies ,Volume 29 ,Issue 4 ,Page e3174 , 2018

S. Mustafa,K.Bilal,S. R. Malik,S. A. Madani "SLA-Aware Energy Efficient Resource Management for Cloud Environments" , IEEE Access ,Volume 6 ,Page 15004-15020 , 2018

Conference

S. Mustafa,N. Tziritas,M. Koziri, T. Loukopoulos, S. U. Khan,C. Z. Xu, A. Y. Zomaya "Server Consolidation in Cloud Computing" , IEEE 24th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS) , 2018

A. Qazi,F. Rehman,T. Maqsood,K. M. Ko, Y. W. Chong,S. Mustafa "Network Optimization Through Traffic Patterns and Efficient Bandwidth Consumption in Large DCN" , 2018 Second World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems, Security and Sustainability (WorldS4) , 2018

2017

Journal

AN Khan,J.Shujah,S. Mustafa "Computation offloading Cost Estimation in Mobile Cloud Application Models" , Wireless Personal Communication, Springer, 2017 , 2017

J.Shujah,R.Wasim,S. Mustafa,Sajjad A. Madani "Analysis of Vector Code Offloading Framework in Heterogeneous Cloud and Edge Architectures" , IEEE Access ,Volume 5 ,Page 24542 - 24554 , 2017

2015

Journal

S. Mustafa,B.Nazir,A. Hayat,A. R. Khan,S. A. Madani "Resource management in cloud computing: Taxonomy, prospects, and challenges" , Computers & Electrical Engineering ,Volume 47 ,Page 186–203 , 2015

Conference

S. Mustafa,K.Bilal, S. A. Madani, N. Tziritas,S. U. Khan, L. T. Yang "Performance Evaluation of Energy-aware Best Fit Decreasing Algorithms for Cloud Environments" , GreenCom 2015 , 2015

A. R. Khan,AN Khan,S. Mustafa,S.K.Zaman "Impact of Mobility on Energy and Performance of Clustering-Based Power-Controlled Routing Protocols" , 13th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), 2015 , 2015

2012

Journal

S. Mustafa,S.Madani,K.Bilal,K.Hayat,Samee U Khan "Stable‐path multi‐channel routing with extended level channel assignment" , International Journal of Communication Systems 25, no. 7 , 2012

Conference

A. R. Khan,Shahzad Ali,S. Mustafa,Mazliza Othman "Impact of Mobility Models on Clustering Based Routing Protocols in Mobile WSNs" , Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), 2012 10th International Conference on ,Page 366-370 , 2012

2011

Conference

Sardar M Bilal,S. Mustafa,Uzma Saeed "Impact of directional density on GyTAR routing protocol for VANETs in city environments" , Multitopic Conference (INMIC), 2011 IEEE 14th Internationa ,Page 296-300 , 2011

2010

Conference

A. R. Khan,Shahzad Ali,S. Mustafa,S.Madani "Behavior of Clustering based Routing Protocols with Respect to Different Mobility Models in Mobile WSNs" , in Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligence and Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, pp.404-406 , 2010

Awards/ Appreciations

Secured 1st Position in MS (CS)
Secured 2nd Position in BS (CS)
“Institute Silver Medal” for 2nd position in BS (CS)
“Campus Silver Medal” for 2nd position in BS (CS)
COMSATS Scholarship for MS (CS)
COMSATS Scholarship for BS (CS)
1st Prize in “Software Project Competition” at FIT
1st Prize in “Quiz Competition” at NASCON