Dr Muhammad Rehan Usman

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Dr. M. Rehan Usman brings a wealth of multidisciplinary expertise to his role as a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at Kingston University (KU) London. With diverse academic background spanning Telecommunications Engineering, project management, and IT convergence Engineering, he is uniquely positioned to drive innovation and excellence in both research and teaching.

As an accomplished researcher and supervisor, with a PhD in IT Convergence Engineering, he has garnered extensive experience in cutting-edge areas such as 6G and beyond HetNets, medical IoT, cyber security, Quality of Experience (QoE) and AI applications in healthcare & smart cities. With a track record of collaborations across international boundaries, his research endeavors have led to over 45 publications in top-tier journals and conferences. To date he has successfully supervised around 24 undergraduate, 8 Master's and 2 PhD Students.

He has a decade-long diverse experience in designing and delivering modules in Computer Science, Networks and Communication fields. At his previous institution, his administrative positions spanned from leading curriculum review and quality improvement committees to being head of post-graduate studies, where he played a pivotal role in reshaping graduate and undergraduate programs to meet industry demands and academic standards of Pakistan.

Moreover, his professional impact extends beyond academia, demonstrated through his diverse roles: as an organizer of CPD workshops in collaboration with Pakistan Engineering Council (2018-2023), co-chief organizer for IEEE ICEET (2018-2021), Pleasure of acting as session chair in IEEE CCNC 2019 and TPC for several prestigious IEEE conferences including, VTC, CCNC, GLOBECOM etc. and as reviewer to multiple prestigious journals. 

Currently, Dr. Rehan is serving as the chair for Digital Healthcare Vertical Industries Platform (VIP) Working Group in the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) and has recently joined Kingston University where he is actively involved in research supervision. He is open for outstanding PhD applicants with excellent research record.

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security

Qualifications

  • PhD in IT Convergence Engineering (2018, KIT Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea)
  • Masters in Project Management and Operational Development (2014, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
  • Masters in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications) (2010, BTH Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)
  • Bachelors in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications) (2008, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) Lahore Campus, Pakistan))
  • Coursera: Exploring Renewable Energy Schemes (2021, Penn University of Pennsylvania, USA)
  • edX: Foundations in Teaching Science and Engineering (2020, EPFL Switzerland)
  • edX: Design Thinking: Empathizing, Ideation, Iteration and Communication (2020, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
  • edX: Design Thinking: Prototyping and User Testing (2020, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)

Teaching and learning

Qualifications and expertise

  • Foundations in Teaching Science and Engineering (Oct. 2020, EPFL Switzerland, edX Certificate)
  • Expertise in course and module designing at Post-Graduate and Undergraduate Levels

Research

Leadership and Organization in Research Activities:

  • Chair for "VIP EMW: e/m Health & Wearables" Working Group in Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) (2023 - to Date)  
  • Organizer for CPD Workshops in Collaboration with Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) (2018-2023)
  • Co-Chief Organizer and committee member for IEEE ICEET (2019 - 2021)
  • Session chair for IoT Enabling Technologies: IEEE CCNC 2019
  • Technical Program Committee for IEEE CCNC, IEEE VTC, IEEE GLOBECOM etc.

Research Awards:

  • BK21+ Silver Category Best Researcher Award 2017, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea.
  • Research Excellence Award, Years 2021 and 2022, The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan.

 

Areas of specialism

  • Next generation networks (5G and Beyond)
  • AI application in Wireless Communication, Healthcare and Smart City domains
  • Medical Internet of Things
  • Quality of Experience (QoE) for medical and entertainment videos
  • Cyber Security

Scholarly affiliations

  • Member, IEEE
  • Member, IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc)

Publications

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Number of items: 47.

Article

Saleem, M. Usman, Usman, M. Rehan, Yaqub, M. Azfar, Liotta, Antonio and Asim, Atif (2024) Smarter grid in the 5G era : integrating the Internet of Things with a cyber-physical system. IEEE Access, 12, pp. 34002-34018. ISSN (online) 2169-3536

Saleem, M. Usman, Shakir, Mustafa, Usman, M. Rehan, Bajwa, M. Hamza Tahir, Shabbir, Noman, Shams Ghahfarokhi, Payam and Daniel, Kamran (2023) Integrating smart energy management system with Internet of Things and Cloud computing for efficient demand side management in smart grids. Energies, 16(12), p. 4835. ISSN (online) 1996-1073

Ellahi, Manzoor, Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Arif, Waqas, Usman, Hafiz Fuad, Khan, Waheed A., Satrya, Gandeva Bayu, Daniel, Kamran and Shabbir, Noman (2022) Forecasting of wind speed and power through FFNN and CFNN using HPSOBA and MHPSO-BAACs techniques. Electronics, 11(24), p. 4193. ISSN (online) 2079-9292

Saleem, M. Usman, Usman, M. Rehan, Usman, M. Arslan and Politis, Christos (2022) Design, deployment and performance evaluation of an IoT based smart energy management system for demand side management in smart grid. IEEE Access, 10, pp. 15261-15278. ISSN (online) 2169-3536

Khan, Waheed A., Hamid, Shahzaib, Usman, M. Rehan, Raza, Ali, Usman, M. Arslan, Politis, Christos and Satrya, Gandeva Bayu (2022) HVDC transmission line fault identification : a learning based UAV control strategy. IEEE Access, 10, pp. 121561-121579. ISSN (online) 2169-3536

Khan, Arsla, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Ahmad, Muneeb and Shin, Soo-Young (2021) Link and system-level NOMA simulator : the reproducibility of research. Electronics, 10(19), e2388. ISSN (print) 2079-9292

Ellahi, Manzoor, Abbas, Ghulam, Satrya, Gandeva Bayu, Usman, Rehan and Gu, Jason (2021) A modified hybrid particle swarm optimization with bat algorithm parameter inspired acceleration coefficients for solving eco-friendly and economic dispatch problems. IEEE Access, 9, pp. 82169-82187. ISSN (online) 2169-3536

Saleem, Usman, Usman, Rehan and Shakir, Mustafa (2021) Design, implementation, and deployment of an IoT based smart energy management system. IEEE Access, 9, pp. 59649-59664. ISSN (online) 2169-3536

Khan, Waheed A., Raza, Ali, Usman, M. Rehan, Hamid, Shahzaib, Rehman, Saif-Ur-, Usman, M. Arslan and Politis, Christos (2021) Fault interruption scheme for HVDC system using SiC-MESFET and VCB based hybrid circuit breaker. IEEE Access, 9, pp. 157371-157383. ISSN (online) 2169-3536

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Satrya, Gandeva Bayu, Muhammad Ashfaq, Khan, Politis, Christos, Philip, Nada and Shin, Soo Young (2021) QI-BRiCE : Quality Index for Bleeding Regions in Capsule Endoscopy Videos. Computers, Materials & Continua, 67(2), pp. 1697-1712. ISSN (print) 1546-2218

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Naqvi, Rizwan Ali, Mcphilips, Bernie, Romeika, Christopher, Cunliffe, Daniel, Politis, Christos and Philip, Nada (2021) Suitability of VVC and HEVC for video telehealth systems. Computers, Materials & Continua, 67(1), pp. 529-547. ISSN (print) 1546-2218

Usman, M. Rehan, Usman, M. Arslan, Shin, Soo Young, Satrya, Gandeva Bayu, Naqvi, Rizwan A., Martini, Maria G. and Politis, Christos (2021) Walsh–Hadamard transform based non–orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and interference rejection combining in next-generation HetNets. Mathematics, 9(4), e348. ISSN (print) 2227-7390

Khan, Hamayun, Usman, Rehan, Ahmed, Bilal, Hashimi, Usman, Najam, Zeeshan and Ahmad, Sheeraz (2019) Thermal-aware real-time task schedulabilty test for energy and power system optimization using homogeneous cache hierarchy of multi-core systems. Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences, 14(4), pp. 442-452. ISSN (print) 0973-8975

Mayeed, Rehan, Saleem, Danial, Hussain, M.Imitaz, Gul, Muhammad Talha, Usman, Rehan and Majeed, Salman (2019) A quasi-Z-source active neutral point clamped inverter topology employing symmetrical/unsymmetrical boost modulation control scheme for renewable energy resources. Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 27(4), pp. 3114-3137. ISSN (print) 1300-063

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2018) Exploiting the spatio-temporal attributes of HD videos : a bandwidth efficient approach. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 28(9), pp. 2418-2422. ISSN (print) 1051-8215

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Khan, Arsla, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2018) Joint non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) & Walsh-Hadamard transform : enhancing the receiver performance. China Communications, 15(9), pp. 160-177. ISSN (print) 1673-5447

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2018) A novel no-reference metric for estimating the impact of frame freezing artifacts on perceptual quality of streamed videos. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 20(9), pp. 2344-2359.

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2017) Quality assessment for wireless capsule endoscopy videos compressed via HEVC : from diagnostic quality to visual perception. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 91, pp. 112-134. ISSN (print) 0010-4825

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2017) Channel resource allocation and availability prediction in hybrid access femtocells. Physical Communication, 24, pp. 112-122. ISSN (print) 1874-4907

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Satrya, G.B., Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2016) Detection of small colon bleeding in wireless capsule endoscopy videos. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 54, pp. 16-26. ISSN (print) 0895-6111

Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2016) Channel allocation schemes for permanent user channel assignment in wireless cellular networks. IETE Journal of Research, 62(2), pp. 189-197. ISSN (print) 0377-2063

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Lee, Sang Hoon and Shin, Soo Young (2015) Shared/restricted hybrid access in femtocells for next generation wireless networks. International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering, 4(4), pp. 274-281. ISSN (online) 2010-3743

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2015) The impact of temporal impairment on quality of experience (QoE) in video streaming : a no reference (NR) subjective and objective study. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology,

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2015) Subjective quality assessment for impaired videos with varying spatial and temporal information. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology,

Arslan Usman, Muhammad, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Young Shin, Soo (2015) Performance analysis of a no-reference temporal quality assessment metric for videos impaired by frame freezing artefacts. International Journal of Future Computer and Communication, 4(1), pp. 40-44. ISSN (online) 2010-3751

Conference or Workshop Item

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Weerasinghe, Nuwan, Ansari, Rafay, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Politis, Christos (2022) Investigating reliability for URLLC in EUHT-5G a new IMT-2020 candidate technology. In: 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM); 04-08 Dec 2022, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Hassan, Fahad, Usman, M. Rehan, Hamid, Shahzaib, Usman, M. Arslan, Politis, Christos and Satrya, G.B. (2021) Solar powered autonomous hex-copter for surveillance, security and monitoring. In: 2021 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile (APWiMob); 8-10 Apr 2021, Bandung, Indonesia (Held online).

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Arslan, Yaq, Muhammad Azfar and Shin, Soo Young (2019) UAV reconnaissance using bio-inspired algorithms : joint PSO and Penguin Search Optimization Algorithm (PeSOA) attributes. In: 2019 16th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC); 11-14 Jan 2019, Las Vegas, U.S..

Usman, Arslan and Usman, Muhammad Rehan (2018) Using image steganography for providing enhanced medical data security. In: 2018 15th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC); 12-15 Jan 2018, Las Vegas, U.S..

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2018) An intrusion oriented heuristic for efficient resource management in end-to-end wireless video surveillance systems. In: 2018 15th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC); 12-15 Jan 2018, Las Vegas, U.S..

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2018) A novel encoding-decoding scheme using Huffman coding for multimedia networks. In: 2018 15th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC); 12-15 Jan 2018, Las Vegas, U.S..

Khan, Arsla, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Young, Soo (2017) Impulse noise mitigation using precoded SCFDMA for uplink PLC systems. In: 2017 7th IEEE International Conference on Control System, Computing and Engineering (ICCSCE); 24-26 Nov 2017, Penang, Malaysia.

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Khan, Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2017) On the performance of turbo coding in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA). In: 2017 Korean Institute of Communication Science Summer Conference; 22-24 Jun 2017, Jeju, South Korea.

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2017) Channel blocking analysis and availability prediction in cognitive radio networks. In: 2017 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC); 26-29 Jan 2017, Silicon Valley, U.S..

Akaraci, Selin, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Ahn, Dong Joon (2016) From smart to smarter cities : bridging the dimensions of technology and urban planning. In: 2016 International Conference on Smart Green Technology in Electrical and Information Systems (ICSGTEIS); 06-08 Oct 2016, Denpasar, Indonesia.

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Khan, Arsla, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Jang, Yun Seong and Shin, Soo Young (2016) On the performance of perfect and imperfect SIC in downlink non orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). In: 2016 International Conference on Smart Green Technology in Electrical and Information Systems (ICSGTEIS); 06-08 Oct 2016, Denpasar, Indonesia.

Khan, Arsla, Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Shahab, Muhammad Basit and Shin, Soo Young (2016) Performance comparison of DFT and DWPT based OFDM system using 64 DAPSK. In: 2016 International Conference on Smart Green Technology in Electrical and Information Systems (ICSGTEIS); 06-08 Oct 2016, Denpasar, Indonesia.

Jang, Yun Seong, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2016) Swapped Huffman tree coding application for low-power wide-area network (LPWAN). In: 2016 International Conference on Smart Green Technology in Electrical and Information Systems (ICSGTEIS); 06-08 Oct 2016, Denpasar, Indonesia.

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2016) A no reference method for detection of dropped video frames in live video streaming. In: 2016 Eighth International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN); 05-08 Jul 2016, Vienna, Austria.

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2016) On the performance of edge detection algorithms in wireless capsule endoscopy videos. In: 2016 Korean Institute of Communications Society Conference; 22-24 Jun 2016, Jeju, South Korea.

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Khan, Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2016) Performance analysis of perfect and imperfect SIC for Downlink Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA). In: 2016 Korean Institute of Communications Society Conference (KICS); 22-24 Jun 2016, Jeju, South Korea.

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2016) Priority based handover strategy in macro-femto two tier network. In: 2016 Korea Institute of Communications and Information Sciences Winter Conference; 20 Jan 2016, Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2016) Visual quality enhancement in wireless capsule endoscopy videos for efficient detection of bleeding regions in small colon. In: 2016 Korea Institute of Communications and Information Sciences Winter Conference; 20 Jan 2016, Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2015) Macrocell offloading using channel sharing between macro-femto two tier network. In: Symposium of the Korean Society of Telecommunications (Summer); 20 Jun 2015, Jeju, South Korea.

Kader, Md Fazlul, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2015) Outage analysis of a secondary network with cooperative relays considering interference from the primary user. In: Symposium of the Korean Society of Telecommunications (Winter); 20 Jan 2015, Daejon, South Korea.

Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2014) A study on the channel sharing in hybrid access for femtocells. In: Symposium of the Korean Society of Telecommunications (Autumn); 22 Nov 2014, Jiju, South Korea.

Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2014) Permanent channel assignment model based on Markov chain for next generation cellular networks. In: Symposium of the Korean Society of Telecommunications (Summer); 22 Jun 2014, Jeju, South Korea.

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Leadership and management

Former Institutes Administrative Roles:

  • Head of Post-Graduate Programs for Faculty of Engineering and Technology (2022 - 2024, Superior University Lahore, Pakistan)
  • Convener of Curriculum Review Committee For Electrical Engineering Department (2019 - 2024, Superior University Lahore, Pakistan)
  • Convener of Final Year Projects Committee For Electrical Engineering Department (2019 - 2024, Superior University Lahore, Pakistan)

Qualifications and expertise

  • Masters in Project Management and Operational Development (2014, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

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