Muhammad Arshad

Muhammad currently serves as a Lecturer within the School of Informatics and Cybersecurity housed within the distinguished Faculty of Computing, Digital, and Data at our esteemed university. My academic responsibilities encompass the role of module teacher for pivotal postgraduate and undergraduate courses, but also involve research, industry collaborations and effective student engagement. I have worked as an Assistant Professor in the Deanship of E-Learning and Information Technology at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia, and a subsidiary of the SAARC organization, COMSATS University, Pakistan as an Incharge Microwave & Communication Laboratory in addition to Assistant Professor's and Deputy Convener of Communication Research Group responsibilities. I have completed a Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, and an MSc in Mobile and High-Speed Telecommunication Networks with distinction from Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom. Moreover, I have a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Canada and Pakistan respectively.

Dynamic and motivated professional with a proven record of generating and building relationships, managing projects from concept to completion, designing educational strategies, and coaching individuals to succeed with a huge socio-economic impact on society. Skilled in building cross-functional teams, demonstrating exceptional communication skills, and making critical decisions during challenges. An adaptable and transformational leader with the ability to work independently, create effective presentations, and develop opportunities that further establish organizational goals. My professional journey has taken me beyond international borders and has given me unique perspectives from many contexts. I began my professional life in Pakistan and then added to my academic and professional experience in Canada, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia. Two decades of visionary, leading from the front, leadership in academia and industry, achieving ambitious growth targets with huge socio-economic impact on society. Proven highly successful record of spearheading massive reform, enhancement of quality, and growth of academic organizations in the public and private sectors.

As an expert of strategic planning and leadership, I have served as Academic Advisor in Jazan University, KSA and Incharge Microwave and Communication Lab and active member of Communication Research group in COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. I have designed and established a new laboratory with state-of-the-art communication equipment for research and development and supervised undergraduate level projects.

My research interests are situated at the intriguing convergence of technology, organizations, and society. As a professional in the field of information and communication technology, my academic journey has encompassed a diverse array of investigations, delving into critical aspects of cybersecurity, communication networks, and cloud computing/networking.

In Journals

 Arshad, M., Ahmad, A., Onn, C. W., & Sam, E. A. (2025). Investigating methods for forensic analysis of social media data to support criminal investigations. Frontiers in Computer Science, 7, 1566513. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2025.1566513

 Arshad, M., Onn, C.W., Ahmad, A. and Mogwe, G. (2025). Big data analytics and AI as success factors for online video streaming platforms. Frontiers in Big Data, 8. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2025.1513027.

 Ibrahim Ahmed Ghasim and Muhammad Arshad*, "An Efficient Utilization and Comparative Analysis of Blackboard Learn and Collaborate in Higher Education Institution," International Journal of Information and
Education Technology vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 1784-1792, 2023.
 Ghashim, I.A.; Arshad, M. Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Teaching and Learning: Modern Trends and Open Challenges. Sustainability 2023, 15, 15656. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115656
 Almufarreh, A.; Arshad, M. Exploratory Students’ Behavior towards Massive Open Online Courses: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach. Systems 2023, 11, 223. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems11050223.
 Almufarreh, A.; Arshad, M. Promising Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning: Recent Developments and Future Challenges. Sustainability 2023, 15, 6917. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086917.
 Muhammad Younas, Ahmad Sukri Mohd Noor, Muhammad Arshad, “Cloud-Based Knowledge Management Framework for Decision Making in Higher Education Institutions,” Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing Vol. 31, No. 1, pp 83-99, September 2021.
 Muhammad Arshad, “Experience of Using the Blackboard Learning Management System in Jazan University,” Information Technologies and Learning Tools, Vol 83, No. 3. July 2021
 Ahmad Almufarreh, Muhammad Arshad, Sameer Hassan Mohammed “An Efficient Utilization of Blackboard Ally in Higher Education Institution”, Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp 73-87, May 2021
 Muhammad Arshad, “The Role of Information and Communication Technology to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic: Recent Development, Requirements and Open Challenges”, International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, Vol. 21 No.4 pp 93-102
 Muhammad Arshad, Ahmad Almufarreh, Khaled M. G. Noaman and Muhammad Noman Saeed, “Academic Semester Activities by Learning Management System during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of Jazan University,” International Journal of Emerging Technologies, 11(5): 213-219(2020)
 Muhammad Arshad, Ahmad Almufarreh, Muhammad Taha Jilani, Farhan A Siddiqui, “A Three-Tier Cluster Based Routing Protocol for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks,” Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 13(33): 3409-3424.
 Muhammad Arshad, “COVID-19: It’s time to be Thankful to our ICT Professionals,” International Journal of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 2, April 2020, pp. 23-31.
 Mohd Noor, Ahmad Shukri & Younas, Muhammad & Arshad, Muhammad, “A review on cloud based knowledge management in higher education institutions,” International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering. 9. 5420-5427. 10.11591/ijece.v9i6.pp5420-5427.
 Muhammad Arshad, Farhan Ahmed Siddiqui, “Practice of Social Networking Technologies in Jazan University, KSA: A Survey,” International Journal of Management and Applied Science. Proceedings of 176th The IIER International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18th -19th July 2018
 Farhan A. Siddiqui, Jibran R. Khan, Muhammad Saeed, M. Arshad and Nasir Touheed, “Mobile Data Collector Routing Protocol Scheme for Scalable Dense Wireless Sensor Network to Optimize Node’s Life”, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), 9(9), 2018.
 Muhammad Arshad, Shakeel Ahmad, Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui, “Social Media Technologies and their Benefits in Higher Education Institution: A Survey of Jazan University”, Information Technologies and Learning Tools, VOL. 65, No. 3, June 2018
 Farhan A. Siddqui , Muhammad Saeed , Jibran R. Khan , Muhammad Arshad , Nasir Touheed, “WSN Multi-Tier MDC GRID based Routing Protocol to mitigate Financial Impact”, IJCSNS InternationalJournal of Computer Science and Network Security, Vol.17 No.11, November 2017
 Armi, Nasrullah; Chaeriah, B. A. W; Arshad, Muhammad, “Performance Evaluation of Energy Detector in Cognitive Radio System”, Advance Science Letters, Volume 21, Number 11, November 2015, pp. 3494-3496 (3)
 Muhammad Arshad, Mohamad Y. Aalsalem, Farhan A. Siddqui, “Energy Efficient Cluster Head Selection in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks”, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (JESTEC), Vol. 9, No. 6 (2014) 728 – 746.
 Nasrullah Armi, Safdar Rizvi, M. Arshad, M.Zuki Yusoff, N. M. Saad, "Performance of Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks," Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (JESTEC), Vol. 7, April 2012, Taylor's Publisher
 Muhammad Arshad, Nasrullah Armi, Nidal Kamel, N.M. Saad, “Mobile data collector based routing protocol for wireless sensor networks,” Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 6(29), pp. 6162-6175, 30 November, 2011, DOI: 10.5897/SRE11.1339 ISSN 1992-2248 ©2011 Academic Journals
 Nasrullah Armi, N.M. Saad, M.Zuki Yusoff, M.Arshad, "Optimal Sensing for Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio," International Journal of Engineering, Vol.4 Issue 3, July 2010, ISSN: 1985- 2312. CSC Journal Publisher.
 Nasrullah Armi, N.M. Saad, M.Arshad, “Hard Decision Fusion based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio System,” ITB Journal of Information and Communication Technology, Vol.3, No.2, ISSN: 1978-3086.

In Conferences

 Saeed, M.N., Al Mufarreh, A.M., Noaman, K.M., Arshad, M. and Shaikh, A.R., 2022, December. JUX-A Cloud Hosted Learning Management System Based on OpenedX. In 2022 14th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (CICN) (pp. 338-342). IEEE.
 Muhammad Arshad, Farhan Ahmed Siddiqui, “Practice of Social Networking Technologies in Jazan University, KSA: A Survey,” 417th International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E- Management and E-Learning (IC4E), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18th July, 2018
 N. Armi, B. A. W. Chaeriah and M. Arshad, "Spectrum sensing performance in cognitive radio system," 2015 2nd International Conference on Information Technology, Computer, and Electrical Engineering (ICITACEE), Semarang, 2015, pp. 382-385.
 N. Armi, B. A. W. Chaeriah, D. Mahmudin, P. Daud and M. Arshad, "Energy detector threshold under White Gaussian Noise channel in cognitive radio system," 2015 2nd International Conference on Information Technology, Computer, and Electrical Engineering (ICITACEE), Semarang, 2015, pp.372-375.
 Nasrullah Armi, Chaeriah Wael, Muhammad Arshad, “Performance Evaluation of Energy Detector in Cognitive Radio System,” Presented on International Conference on Advances Technology in Telecommunication, Broadcasting, and Satellite 2015 (TELSATECH 2015), Jakarta. September 26-27, 2015.
 Arshad, M.; Saeed, M.N., "Emerging Technologies for e-learning and distance learning: A survey," Web and Open Access to Learning (ICWOAL), 2014 International Conference on, vol., no., pp.1,6, 25-27 Nov. 2014.
 Arshad, M.; Aalsalem, M.Y.; Siddiqui, F.A., "Energy efficient cluster based routing scheme for mobile Wireless Sensor Networks," Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS), 2014 5th International Conference on, vol., no., pp.1,6, 3-5 June 2014.
 Muhammad Arshad.; Mohamad Y Aalsalem,; Farhan A Siddiqui, “Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocol for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks”, “World Congress on Multimedia and Computer Science”, SearchDL ID: 02.WCMCS.2013.1.27 Publication Year: 2013, Page(s): 192 - 200, Hammamet, Tunisia, 4 – 6 October 2013.
 Muhammad Arshad.; Mohamad Y Aalsalem,; Farhan A Siddqui,; N.M. Saad,;, “Multi-hop RoutingProtocol for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks,” Computer and Information Technology (WCCIT), 2013 World Congress on, vol., no., pp.1,6, 22-24 June 2013.
 Arshad, M.; Aalsalem, M.; Siddqui, F.A.; Kamel, N.; Saad, N.M., "Efficient cluster head selection scheme in Mobile Data Collector based routing protocol," Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS), 2012 4th International
Conference on, vol.1, no., pp.280,284, 12-14 June 2012.
 Muhammad Arshad.; Mohamad Y Aalsalem,; Farhan A Siddiqui,; N.M. Saad,; Nasrullah Armi,; Nidal Kamel,, “Data Fusion in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proceeding of the “International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2012” Vol. I, IMECS 2012, March 14-16, 2012, Hong Kong.
 Arshad, M.; Saad, N.M.; Kamel, N.; Armi, N.;, "Routing strategies in hierarchical cluster based mobile wireless sensor networks," Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering (INECCE), 2011 International Conference on , vol., no., pp.65-69, 21-22 June 2011.
 Arshad, Muhammad; Saad, N M; Armi, Nasrullah; Shujauddin, M; Siddiqui, Farhan Ahmed; , "Multi- Frequency scenario within UMTS/3G," Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT), 2011 13th International Conference on , vol., no., pp.1614-1619, 13-16 Feb. 2011.
 Arshad, M.; Kamel, N.; Saad, N.M.; Armi, N.;, "Performance enhancement of wireless sensor nodes for environmental applications," Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS), 2010 International Conference on, vol., no., pp. 1-5, 15-17 June 2010.
 M. Shuja, N. Basheer, N. Hisham, N. Armi and M. Arshad, "Propagation Models for Wireless Body Area Network", Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Information Technology (ICIIT), 28-30 October 2010, Lahore, Pakistan, Vol. 2, pp. 478-482.
 Nasrullah Armi, N.M. Saad, M.Zuki.Y, M.Arshad, “MAC protocol for Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio system,” Proceeding of IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications Conference, 3-6 October 2010, Penang, Malaysia.
 Armi, N.; Saad, N.M.; Zuki Y, M.; Arshad, M.; , "Cooperative spectrum sensing and signal detection in cognitive radio," Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS), 2010 International Conference on , vol., no., pp.1-5, 15-17 June 2010.
 N.Armi, N.M.Saad, M.Arshad, "Cooperative Signal Detection with Different Channel Fading", Proceedingof International Conference on Telecommunication (ICTEL), Nov 17-18, 2009, Bandung, Indonesia.

Postgraduate Level Taught Courses
 Secure Communications and Cryptography.
 Business Continuity Management.
 Computer Security.
 Cloud Computing.
 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision.
 Awareness of Information Technology.
Undergraduate Level Taught Courses
 Multimedia Networks.
 Communication Systems.
 Data and Communication Networks.
 Wireless Communication Systems.
 Data Communication and Computer Networks.
 Network Analysis.
 Circuit Analysis.
 Introduction to Computer Programming.
 Advanced Computer Programming.
 Fundamentals of Programming.
 Graphical User Interface Programming.
Teaching Interests
 Computer / Cyber Security
 Wireless Sensor Networks.
 Advanced Topics in Wireless Communication Networks.
 Advanced Topics in Computer Networks.
 Multimedia Networks.
 Communication Systems.
 Wireless Communication Systems.
 Data Communication and Computer Networks.
 Enterprise Network Design and Management.
 High-Speed Mobile Communications.
 Multi-service Networks.
 Optical and Broadband Networks.