PhD (Mobile Communication and Network Security)
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Email: [email protected]
Contact No’s: 0092-51-9019822, 0092-343-5472259

Research Interests

Mobile Networks, Wireless Body Area Networks, Information Security, Internet of Things, Social Network, Machine Learning

PhD CS Thesis

Title: Extending one pass authentication for UMTS in IMS

Research work conducted at International Islamic University Islamabad PhD Program

Education

Years Degree University/Institute
2017 PhD Computer Science International Islamic University, Islamabad
2008 MS Computer Science BUIETMS
2003 BCS (Hons.) Computer Science University of Balochistan
1999 HSSC Pre-Engineering Govt College for Girls, Quetta Cant
1997 SSC Science St’ Joseph’s Convent School, Quetta

Work Experience (14 years +)

·         2018-till date: Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering, IIU, Islamabad.

·         2016-2018:Lecturer, Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering, IIU, Islamabad

·        2014-2016: Served as Chairperson of Department of Computer Science Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s’ University Quetta Balochistan

·        2013-2016: Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University Quetta Balochistan

·         2006 – 2013:  Lecturer, Department of Computer Science Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s’ University Quetta Balochistan

·         2005-2006: Lecturer at Department of Computer Science Govt, Girls Collage Quetta Cant

Journal Publications: 2018-2020

1.     PSDS–Proficient Security over Distributed Storage: A Method for Data Transmission in Cloud

F Shahid, H Ashraf, A Ghani, SAK Ghayyur, S Shamshirband, E Salwana IEEE Access  2020

2.     Dual server based security system for multimedia Services in Next Generation Networks

FJ Siddiqui, H Ashraf, A UllahMultimedia Tools and Applications 79 (11), 7299-7318, 2020

3.     “An Efficient Cryptographic Technique Using Modified DiffieHellman in Wireless Sensor Network” Shahwar Ali , A. Humaria , Imran Khan , Bander A. Alzahrani Accepted by  International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks 2020

4.     Systematic Literature Review on Energy Efficient Routing Schemes in WSN–A Survey

M Shafiq, H Ashraf, A Ullah, S Tahira Mobile Networks and Applications, 1-1 2019

5.     Tahira, S., Ullah, A., Ashraf, H., & Sher, M. (2019). Efficient Security Associations Establishment Using IPSec in IMS after Handover in NGMN. Journal of Internet Technology20(2), 359-367. IF(2.39)

6.     Siddiqui, F.J., Ashraf, H. & Ullah, A. Dual server based security system for multimedia Services in Next Generation Networks. Multimed Tools Appl (2019).

7.     Ashraf, H., Ullah, A., Tahira, S., & Sher, M. (2019). Efficient Certificate Based One-pass Authentication Protocol for IMS. Journal of Internet Technology20(4), 1133-1143. IF(2.39)

8.      Dar, H., Lali, M. I., Ashraf, H., Ramzan, M., Amjad, T., & Shahzad, B. (2018). A Systematic Study on Software Requirements Elicitation Techniques and its Challenges in Mobile Application Development. IEEE Access6, 63859-63867.

Funded Project 2018-220

Title Collaborators year
An Efficient Cryptographic Technique Using Modified DiffieHellman in Wireless Sensor Network King Saud University Saudi Arabia 2018-2020
Real Time Sensors Fusion using GPUs in field of computer vision /image processing NESCOM 2020-2021

Courses Taught: Courses taught during last three 5 years

Undergraduate Level

·         Computer Architecture

·         Computer ommunication and Networks

·         Data Structures

·         Database Management System

·         Programming Fundamentals

·         Fundamentals of Algorithms

·        Introduction to Network Security

·         Operating System

·         Introduction to Software Engineering

·         Introduction to Software Testing

MSCS Level

·         Advance Computer Networks

·         Advanced Network Security

·         Advance Computer Architecture

PhD CS Level

·        Research Trends in Data Mining

·        Research Trends in Computer Science

·        Research Trends in Software Engineering

·         Advance Topics in Computer Communication and Networks

Graduate Students supervised:

S.No Name Registration # Prog Title of thesis Supervisor
1. Ms. Arooj Fatima 888/FBAS/MSCS/F16 MSCS Securing Images Using 2D Logistic Maps and Elliptic Curves Cryptography. Dr. Humaira Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad.
2. Ms. TayyabaAjaz 907/FBAS/MSSE/F16 MSCS Hybrid Security Scheme for Colored Image Using DNA and Chaotic Maps Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad.
3. Fiza Shahid 975-FBAS/MSCS/F17 MSCS Partitioning and Secure transmission over Cloud computing Dr.Humaira Ashraf Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
4. Memoona kausar 906/FBAS/MSCS/F16 MSCS A secure authentication scheme for public and private clouds Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
5. Shahwar Ali 967-FBAS/MSCS/F-17 MSCS Secure and Light Data Encryption For Wireless Sensor Network Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
6. Maryam Shafiq 988-FBAS/MSCS/F17 MSCS Energy efficient clustering and routing algorithm for Wireless sensor network Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
7. Syeda Ammara Afzal 909-FBAS/MSCS/F16 MSCS An efficient ECC based key agreement scheme for multi-gateway wireless sensor networks in IoT Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
8. Ms. Madiha Zanab 978-FBAS/MSCS/F17 MSCS A Cryptographic Technique for Securing Mobile Ad Hoc Networks from Collusion Attacks Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
9. Ms. Hafsa Shahid 905-FBAS/MSCS/F16 MSCS Resource Optimized Approach Against Wormhole Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
10. Talat Jabeen        

Graduate Students Co- supervised:

S.No Name Registration # Prog Title of thesis Co-Supervisor
1. Ms. Mubah Ishtiaq 417/FBAS/MSSE/F16 MSSE Creativity Based Approaches for Invention of Requirement in Market Driven Requirement Engineering. Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
2. Ms. Anam Zai 404/FBAS/MSSE/F16 MSSE Causes of Rework due Communication Issues in GSD. Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
3. Ms. Shiza Nawaz 415/FBAS/MSSE/F16 MSSE Rework Causes and Solutions due to Requirement Management Issues in GSD. Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
4. Ms. Madnia Ashraf 416/FBAS/MSSE/F16 MSSE Managerial Conflict Resolution Among Development Team. Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
5. Ms. BushraNisar 414/FBAS/MSSE/F16 MSSE Model Composition and Verification of Component Based Spatial System Using Extended Finite State-Machines. Dr. Imran Mehmood, Assistant Professor, NUST.
6.  Ms. Rawish Butt 403/FBAS/MSSE/F16 MSSE Lightweight Methodology for Requirement Change Management in Agile. Dr. Humaira  Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad

PhD Students Under Supervision

S.No Name Registration # Program Title of thesis Supervisor Co-Supervisor
1. Ms. Asia Kanwal 105/FBAS/PhDCS/F14 PhDCS Secure and Efficient Application Partitioning in Mobile Cloud Computing Dr. Tehmina Amjad, Assistant Professor, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad. Dr. Humaira Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad.
2. Saba Mehmood  91-FBAS/PhDCS/S13 PhDCS  Web Content Credibility Assessment through Experts Dr.Anwar Ghani, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad Dr. Humaira Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad
3. Muniba murtaza 135-PhD-CS/FBAS/F15 PhDCS Design and Evaluation of Security Features in RealSpac the real time execution Dr Amir Khawaja Dr. Humaira Ashraf, Lecturer, DCS&SE, International Islamic University Islamabad Dr Hafiz Farooq

Awards:

Title Awarding Organization Year
Best Teacher Award  Ministry Of Baluchistan 2016

REFERENCES

Dr. AttaUllah Ghafoor

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science  NUML Islamabad