Ibrar Yaqoob is the program lead for the Smart and Resilient Supply Chain strand at the AICF Institute, where he leads a group of PhD students and postdoctoral research fellows. He has been a Visiting Academic ([email protected]) at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Before joining the AICF, he worked as a Research Scientist with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates. Previously, he worked as a Research Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University, South Korea. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Universiti Malaya (2017).

His current research focuses on leveraging blockchain, NFTs, and metaverse for healthcare, supply chain and logistics, wireless networks, IoT, and smart cities. Furthermore, he has conducted research in the areas of mobile edge-cloud computing, IoT, computer networks, and big data. 

Ibrar has authored over 100 research articles, with more than 50% of them as the corresponding author. His works have earned more than 20,000 citations with an h-index of 54.

His research achievements and services are listed below.

• Ranked in the world's top 0.1 percent of researchers for three consecutive years - 2023, 2022, and 2021, as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate-Web of Science.
• Listed among the World's top 2% scientists for four consecutive years - 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020, as reported by John P. A. Ioannidis from Stanford University (USA) and his team from Elsevier's Research Intelligence team (Netherlands), and SciTech Strategies, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA).
• Ranked among the top Computer Science scientists in Australia by Research.com.
• 13 of his research articles have been listed as "highly cited papers" (top 1%) by the Web of Science.
• 21 of his research articles have been listed as the most downloaded articles.
• Serves on the editorial boards of IEEE, Elsevier, and Springer journals, including IEEE Network Magazine (Q1), Elsevier's Future Generation Computer Systems journal (Q1), and Springer's HCIS (Q1), among others. 
• 2024 IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine Best Paper Award (1st Place).
• In recognition of his editorial excellence, he was selected as the 2022 Outstanding Editor for the Future Generation Computer Systems Journal. 
• Played various roles in IEEE/ACM conferences and workshops, serving as Chair, Co-chair, and Track Chair.
• One of his research articles was selected for the Editor's Choice award by the Future Generation Computer Systems journal.
• Outstanding organizer, Malaysian National Cloud Conference, MNCC 2015. 
• Outstanding reviewer, Future Generation Computer Systems Journal.
• Outstanding reviewer, Journal of Network and Computer Applications.
• Selected for a postdoctoral fellowship in South Korea under the Brain Korea 21st Century Plus grant. 
• Won a Bright Sparks scholarship to pursue his Ph.D. degree at the Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.
• He is an IEEE Senior Member.

Research Staff and Graduate Students:

Dr. Abdullah Yousafzai, Research Fellow  

Muhmmad Mohsan Sheeraz, Ph.D. Candidate 

• Blockchain and Applications
• NFTs and Metaverse
• Mobile Edge-Cloud Computing
• IoT, Smart Cities, and Big Data