Prof. Atta ur Rehman Khan's Biography

Prof. Atta ur Rehman Khan is currently affiliated with the College of Engineering and Information Technology at Ajman University, UAE. With a Ph.D. in Mobile Cloud Computing and Security from the University of Malaya (ranked 60th globally by QS), Prof. Khan has a prolific academic and research portfolio spanning nearly two decades. He has held pivotal roles, including as Postgraduate Program Coordinator at Sohar University in Oman, Founding Director of Pakistan’s National Cybercrime Forensics Lab, Head of the Air University Cybersecurity Center in Pakistan, Research Committee Chair at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, and IEEE Conferences Chair of Islamababad Section, Pakistan. His career reflects a commitment to advancing the fields of cybersecurity, mobile cloud computing, IoT, blockchain, and ad hoc networks.

Prof. Khan has developed multiple degree programs, published research articles in reputed journals/conferences, and edited/co-authored multiple books. Some of his publications have been recognized as among the most popular articles in the IEEE ComSoc Society, and have appeared among the top 1% of highly cited papers in the field of computer science. He has also been listed among the world's top 2% scientists multiple times by Stanford University.

Currently, Prof. Khan serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Springer Journal of Cluster Computing, the IEEE Communications Magazine, and the Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications. He is also a Program Evaluator at Pakistan's National Computing Education Accreditation Council and a member of the Amazon Web Services Educate program and the NVIDIA GPU Educators Program. In addition, he has been involved as a Steering Committee Member, PC Chair, Track Chair, and Technical Program Committee member in over 85 international conferences.

Prof. Khan is a Senior Member of the ACM and IEEE. He has been invited to participate as a field expert in multiple forums to discuss the latest technological developments, and has delivered keynote talks at international conferences and universities. He has also headed research groups at multiple universities and served as a domain expert for international funding bodies.

Prof. Khan has received numerous awards for his achievements, including the Ajman University Long-term Research Award, VisionICT Best Project Award, IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology Best Project Award, SPECTS Best Paper Award, Technomoot Best Research Poster Award, University of Malaya GoT Award, and multiple COMSATS University Research Productivity Awards.

His areas of research interest encompass cybersecurity, mobile cloud computing, IoT, blockchain, and ad hoc networks. For further inquiries regarding collaboration, keynote invitations, or thesis/project evaluations, Prof. Khan can be reached by email at prof at attaurrehman.com.