Dr. Munir Hussain

Assistant Professor

munir.hussain@cust.edu.pk

+92-51-111-555-666

PROFILE SUMMARY

Dr. Munir Hussain received a PhD in Cyber Security from Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) in 2025 and MS in Computing from the University of Wales, United Kingdom, in 2011. His PhD dissertation titled is “Resilient Authentication Protocol for Electronic Healthcare Enabled Wireless Body Area Networks using Distributed Ledger”. He has over 15 years of experience in teaching and administrative roles and currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST). His research interests include Security in IoT, wireless sensor networks, unmanned aerial vehicles, blockchain technology, and quantum computing.

QUALIFICATION
PhD	Cyber Security	Kohat University of Science and Technology, Pakistan	2025
MS	Computer Science	University of Wales, United Kingdom	2011

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad	Since – 2026

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
HoD	Sub-Campus Hangu, Kohat University of Science and Technology	2025 – 2026
HoD	Sub-Campus Hangu, Kohat University of Science and Technology	2021 – 2024

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1.	Security in IoT
2.	Blockchain Technology
3.	Security in Wireless Sensor Network
4.	Quantum Computing

Sr.	JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS	Year
1	R. Khan, M. Hussain, S. U. Jamil, M. A. Rahman, M. A. Khan, and S. S. Rahman, “A scalable cryptographic privacy-preserving authentication system for healthcare applications,” Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 192, p. 104323, 2026.	2026
2	M. Hussain, A. Mehmood, M. A. Khan, J. Lloret, and C. Maple, “Resilient authentication protocol for electronic healthcare enabled wireless body area networks using distributed ledger,” Journal of Computational Science, vol. 89, p. 102617, 2025.	2025
3	M. Hussain, A. Mehmood, M. A. Khan, H. Wang, H. H. Song, and C. Maple, “ReCaLS-in-DLT: Resilient consensus algorithm for leader selection in distributed ledger technology,” Cluster Computing, vol. 28, no. 5, p. 310, 2025.	2025
4	M. Hussain, A. Mehmood, M. A. Khan, R. Khan, and J. Lloret, “Reputation-based leader selection consensus algorithm with rewards for blockchain technology,” Computers, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 20, 2025.	2025
5	M. Hussain and S. U. Jamil, “Evaluation of energy efficiency of popular mobile payment protocols,” IOARP Journal of Communication and Networks, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 28–44, 2024.	2024
6	M. Hussain and K. Khan, “SKEP & SEEKDP: Towards secure and energy-efficient key exchange and distribution in wireless sensor networks,” IOARP Journal of Communication and Networks, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 57–66, 2023.	2023
7	M. Hussain and K. Khan, ‘Lightweight secure and scalable key sharing protocol for wireless sensor networks,” IOARP Journal of Communication and Networks, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1–12, 2023.	2023
8	M. Hussain, A. Mehmood, S. Khan, M. A. Khan, and Z. Iqbal, “Authentication techniques and methodologies used in wireless body area networks,” Journal of Systems Architecture, vol. 101, p. 101655, 2019.	2019
9	M. Hussain and S. U. Jamil, “Technical evaluation of the functionality of popular mobile payment protocols,” IOARP Journal of Communication and Networks, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 25–38, 2017.	2017

Sr.	CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS	Year
1	S. U. Jamil, M. A. Khan, M. A. Rahman, M. Adeel, and M. Hussain, “An overview of quantum resistant cybersecurity: Challenges and future directions,” in 2026 6th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET). IEEE, 2026, pp. 1–7.	2026
2	M. Hussain, A. Mehmood, M. A. Khan, J. Lloret, and C. Maple, “Performance optimized leader selection consensus algorithm for consortium blockchain using trust values of nodes,” in International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering. Springer, 2024, pp. 253–264.	2024
3	M. Hussain, M. Adeel, M. A. Azam, M. A. Shahzad, and S. Hameed, “Analysis of session key negotiation & distribution protocols in wireless sensor networks,” in SoftCOM 2010, 18th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks. IEEE, 2010, pp. 295–299.	2010
4	M. A. Azam, M. Adeel, and M. Hussain, “Routing Efficiency Comparison of Chord and PChord Routing Protocols,” 18th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, SoftCOM, Split, Croatia, 2010.	2010
5	M. Adeel, M. Hussain, U. Beenish, S. Mehwish, L. Tokarchuk, and A. Shahzad, “Identifier based key distribution protocol for wireless sensor networks,” in 2008 16th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks. IEEE, 2008, pp. 169–173.	2008

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