Junaid Farooq ,
Ph.D.

Electrical and Computer Engineering
NYU Center for Cybersecurity (CCS)

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Junaid Farooq
Electrical Engineering, 2020
Email
mjf514 [at] nyu.edu
Website
http://www.junaidfarooq.com

Junaid was a Ph.D. candidate in ECE under the supervision of Prof. Quanyan Zhu from 2016-2020. He has been an Associate Director of the Laboratory for Agile and Resilient Complex Systems (LARX) and a member of the NYU Center for Cyber Security (CCS). His research focus is on developing distributed intelligence to enable the secure and resilient operation of Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems, Critical Infrastructure, and Urban Smart Systems. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Updated information can be obtained here.

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 2016 - 2020 

New York University

  • M.S. Electrical Engineering, 2013 - 2015

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

  • B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2009 - 2013

National University of Sciences & Technology 

  • Assistant Professor, 2020 - date

         University of Michigan-Dearborn, MI USA

  • Research Engineer, 2015-2016

         Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Qatar Science and Technology Park, Doha

  • Dante Youla Award for Research Excellence 2020

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

  • Athanasios Papoulis Award for Teaching Excellence 2018

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

  • Ernst Weber Fellowship for PhD studies 2016

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

  • KAUST Fellowship for MS studies 2013

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology

  1. M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "QoE Based Revenue Maximizing Dynamic Resource Allocation and Pricing for Fog-Enabled Mission-Critical IoT Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2020.
  2. M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "Modeling, Analysis, and Mitigation of Dynamic Botnet Formation in Wireless IoT Networks", in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 2412-2426, Sept. 2019.
  3. M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "A Multi-Layer Feedback System Approach to Resilient Connectivity of Remotely Deployed Mobile Internet of Things", in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 422-432, June 2018.
  4. M. J. Farooq and Q. Zhu, "On the Secure and Reconfigurable Multi-Layer Network Design for Critical Information Dissemination in the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT)", in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 2618-2632, April 2018.
  5. T. Kieras, M. J. Farooq, and Q. Zhu, "Modeling and Assessment of IoT Supply Chain Security Risks: The Role of Structural and Parametric Uncertainties", in IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, Workshop on Cyber Resilient Supply Chain Technologies, 2020.

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