Dr Ahmad Taha

Lecturer (Autonomous Systems & Connectivity)

Biography

Dr Ahmad Taha is a lecturer in Autonomous Systems and Connectivity at the James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, with over a decade of experience across esteemed higher education institutions spanning the UK, Egypt, and China. His research journey centres on cyber-physical systems for energy management and digital healthcare. Dr Taha has authored/co-authored several publications showcased in reputable venues and has contributed as a Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator to research grants exceeding £19m in value. Dr Taha has earned recognition from the Royal Academy of Engineering through the Global Talent scheme, he is an inaugural member of the UK Young Academy, and an academic advisor to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. Dr Taha sits on the Glasgow Retrofit Advisory Board to advise on the application of CPS/Digital Twins for energy efficiency in/ Scottish housing and is a member of the International Science Council (ISC) Global Roster of Experts. Dr Taha holds the title of Fellow of Advanced Higher Education (FHEA) and is among the pioneering UKCGE recognised Associate Supervisors.

Research interests

Smart energy systems 
Energy conscious networks 
Cyber-Physical Systems
Healthcare technologies

Publications

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Number of items: 60.

2025

Sawilam, Mahmood, Kizilkaya, Burak ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7429-7527, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 (2025) Impact of virtual power plants on grid stability and renewable energy integration in smart cities Using IoT. Energy Reports, 13, pp. 3312-3323. (doi: 10.1016/j.egyr.2025.02.048)

Sawilam, Mahmood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1398-4102, Kizilkaya, Burak, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 (2025) A Secure and Scalable Architecture for Virtual Power Plants Inspired by VPN Principles. In: IEEE Global Power, Energy and Communication Conference (IEEE GPECOM 2025), Bochum, Germany, 11-13 Jun 2025, ISBN 9798331513238 (Accepted for Publication)

Farooq, Muhammad, Saleemi, Balal, Ishabakaki, Prisila, Shah, Syed Aziz, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Abbas, Hasan Tahir ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-9603 (2025) Contactless Sleep Quality Monitoring Exploiting Radar Signal. In: International Conference on Manufacturing of Advanced Composites 2025 (ICMAC 2025), Coventry, UK, 09–10 Apr 2025,

Farooq, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-753X, Ishabakaki, Prisila Alex, Shah, Syed Aziz, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Abbas, Hasan Tahir ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-9603 (2025) Contactless Sleep Quality and Vital Signs Monitoring for Autism Spectrum Disorder Detection. In: 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, 13-18 July 2025, (Accepted for Publication)

Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Harper, Samuel, Nandakumar, Shivoh, Blanche, Jamie, Lim, Theodore, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2025) Resilient Autonomy: A Digital Architecture for Symbiotic Multi-Robot Fleet Management. In: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC2025), Milan, Italy, 24-27 Mar 2025, (Accepted for Publication)

Tang, Wenshuo, Yan, Shilong, Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Couraud, Benoit, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2025) Digitalising Social Housing via Cyber-Physical Systems and AI for Comfort, Health, and Transition to Net-Zero: A Holistic Overview. In: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC2025), Milan, Italy, 24-27 Mar 2025, (Accepted for Publication)

2024

Fatima, Haneen, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 and Mohjazi, Lina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997 (2024) Internet-of-Mirrors (IoM) for connected healthcare and beauty: a prospective vision. Internet of Things, 28, 101415. (doi: 10.1016/j.iot.2024.101415)

Farooq, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-753X, Shah, Syed Aziz ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-1121, Zheng, Dingchang, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Abbas, Hasan Tahir ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-9603 (2024) Contactless heart sound detection using advanced signal processing exploiting radar signals. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, (doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2024.3490992) (Early Online Publication)

Fatima, Haneen, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Mohjazi, Lina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2024) A Latency Analysis of Edge vs. Cloud Computing for Internet-of-Mirrors (IoM) Applications. In: IEEE Middle East Conference on Communications and Networking, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 17-20 Nov 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

Baidachna, Mariia, Fatima, Haneen, Omran, Rahaf, Ghadban, Nour, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 and Mohjazi, Lina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997 (2024) Mirror, mirror on the wall: automating dental smile analysis with AI in smart mirrors. Computing and AI Connect, 1, 2024.0002. (doi: 10.69709/CAIC.2024.194138)

Yan, Shilong, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2024) Architecting Internet-of-Things-Enabled Digital Twins: An Evaluation Framework. In: 2024 IEEE 10th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), Ottawa, Canada, 10-13 November 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Shah, Syed Tariq ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-1786, Abdrabou, Mohammed, Usman, Muhammad, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2024) How secure are our roads? An in-depth review of authentication in vehicular communications. Vehicular Communications, 47, 100784. (doi: 10.1016/j.vehcom.2024.100784)

Ali, Salman, Bogarra, Santiago, Riaz, Muhammad Naveed, Phyo, Pyae Pyae, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2024) From time-series to hybrid models: advancements in short-term load forecasting embracing smart grid paradigm. Applied Sciences, 14(11), 4442. (doi: 10.3390/app14114442)

Shah, Syed Tariq ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-1786, Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Kazim, Jalil ur Rehman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0818, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264, Hasan, Syed Faraz, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2024) Coded environments: data-driven indoor localisation with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces. Communications Engineering, 3, 66. (doi: 10.1038/s44172-024-00209-0) (PMCID:PMC11099138)

Farooq, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-753X, Hameed, Hira, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Abbas, Hassan Tahir ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-9603 (2024) Contactless Respiration Variability Detection and Accuracy Test Using UWB Radar. In: 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2024), Glasgow, Scotland, 17-22 March 2024, ISBN 9788831299091 (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP60739.2024.10501651)

Farooq, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-753X, Hameed, Hira, Ishabakaki, Prisila, Shah, Syed Aziz, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Abbas, Hasan Tahir ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-9603 (2024) Breathing Rate Variability Impact on Heart Rate Estimation Through Radar Sensing. In: 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and ITNC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, 14-19 July 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

Shawky, M. A. et al. (2024) Efficient Cross-Layer Handover Authentication for Secure Communication in VANETs. In: 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and ITNC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, 14-19 July 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

Rao, Haotian, Ponciano, Joao Paulo, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2024) Evaluation of Network Performance Based on Structured Geometric Topologies. In: 2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA), Cairo, Egypt, 28- 30 November 2023, ISBN 9798350303254 (doi: 10.1109/ICCA59364.2023.10401837)

2023

Farooq, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-753X, Ge, Yao, Qayyum, Adnan, Tang, Chong, Hussain, Amir, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Abbas, Hasan Tahir ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-9603 (2023) Privacy-Preserving Speaker Recognition Using Radars for Context Estimation In Future Multi-Modal Hearing Assistive Technologies. In: IEEE International Radar Conference 2023, Sydney, Australia, 6-10 Nov 2023, ISBN 9781665482783 (doi: 10.1109/RADAR54928.2023.10371189)

Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264, Usman, Muhammad and Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (Eds.) (2023) The Role of 6G and Beyond on the Road to Net-Zero Carbon. Series: IET telecommunications series. Institution of Engineering and Technology. ISBN 9781839537363

Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Usman, Muhammad and Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2023) Conclusion. In: Imran, Muhammad Ali, Taha, Ahmad, Ansari, Shuja, Usman, Muhammad and Abbasi, Qammer H. (eds.) The Role of 6G and Beyond on the Road to Net-Zero Carbon. Series: IET telecommunications series (108). Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 269-270. ISBN 9781839537363 (doi: 10.1049/PBTE108E_conc)

Noor, Hafsa and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2023) The role of 6G in green energy generation. In: Imran, Muhammad Ali, Taha, Ahmad, Ansari, Shuja, Usman, Muhammad and Abbasi, Qammer H. (eds.) The Role of 6G and Beyond on the Road to Net-Zero Carbon. Series: IET telecommunications series (108). Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 243-267. ISBN 9781839537363 (doi: 10.1049/PBTE108E_ch11)

Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Sohaib, Rana M., Usman, Muhammad, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Imran, Muhammad A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2023) Cooperative intelligent transport systems for net-zero. In: Imran, Muhammad Ali, Taha, Ahmad, Ansari, Shuja, Usman, Muhammad and Abbasi, Qammer H. (eds.) The Role of 6G and Beyond on the Road to Net-Zero Carbon. Series: IET telecommunications series (108). Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 167-191. ISBN 9781839537363 (doi: 10.1049/PBTE108E_ch8)

Farooq, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-753X, Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Fatima, Aisha, Tahir, Ahsen, Khan, Muhammad Zakir, Abbas, Hasan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-9603, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2023) Room-Level Activity Classification from Contextual Electricity Usage Data in a Residential Home. In: International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt'2023), Alexandria, Egypt, 18-20 July 2023, ISBN 9798350326062 (doi: 10.1109/ITC-Egypt58155.2023.10206425)

Farooq, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-753X, Qayyum, Adnan, Ge, Yao, Khan, Muhammad Zakir, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Abbas, Hasan Tahir ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-9603 (2023) LoRa-based Privacy-Aware and Contactless Surveillance in Next-generation Smart Homes. In: 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, 23–28 July 2023, pp. 1751-1752. ISBN 9781665442282 (doi: 10.1109/USNC-URSI52151.2023.10238314)

Zaidi, Basit Ali, Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 (2023) An Efficient Deep Learning-based Spectrum Awareness Approach for Vehicular Communication. In: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC2023), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 26-29 March 2023, ISBN 9781665491235 (doi: 10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10118615)

Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Usman, Muhammad, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2023) Blockchain-based secret key extraction for efficient and secure authentication in VANETs. Journal of Information Security and Applications, 74, 103476. (doi: 10.1016/j.jisa.2023.103476)

Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Shah, Syed Tariq ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-1786, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Hussein, Mohamed, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Hasan, Syed Faraz, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2023) RIS enabled secret key generation for secured vehicular communication in the presence of denial-of-service attacks. Sensors, 23(8), 4104. (doi: 10.3390/s23084104)

Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Barakat, Basel, Taha, Mohammad M.A., Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Lai, Chun Sing, Hussain, Sajjad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1802-9728, Abideen, Muhammad Zainul and Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2023) A comparative study of single and multi-stage forecasting algorithms for the prediction of electricity consumption using a UK-NHS hospital dataset. Future Internet, 15(4), 134. (doi: 10.3390/fi15040134)

Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Jabbar, Abdul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5815-8412, Usman, Muhammad, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2023) Efficient blockchain-based group key distribution for secure authentication in VANETs. IEEE Networking Letters, 5(1), pp. 64-68. (doi: 10.1109/LNET.2023.3234491)

Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Usman, Muhammad, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2023) Adaptive chaotic map-based key extraction for efficient cross-layer authentication in VANETs. Vehicular Communications, 39, 100547. (doi: 10.1016/j.vehcom.2022.100547)

Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Usman, Muhammad, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2023) Adaptive and Efficient Key Extraction for Fast and Slow Fading Channels in V2V Communications. In: IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2022-Fall), London and Beijing, 26-29 September 2022, ISBN 9781665454681 (doi: 10.1109/VTC2022-Fall57202.2022.10012884)

Yu, Zheqi, Zahid, Adnan, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Taylor, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8551-9025, Le Kernec, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-6803, Heidari, Hadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164, Imran, Muhammad A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2023) An intelligent implementation of multi-sensing data fusion with neuromorphic computing for human activity recognition. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 10(2), pp. 1124-1133. (doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3204581)

Ali, Salman, Bogarra, Santiago, Khan, Muhammad Mansooor, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Phyo, Pyae Pyae and Byun, Yung-Cheol (2023) Prospective submodule topologies for MMC-BESS and its control analysis with HBSM. Electronics, 12(1), 20. (doi: 10.3390/electronics12010020)

Ge, Yao, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Shah, Syed Aziz ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-1121, Dashtipour, Kia, Zhu, Shuyuan, Cooper, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2023) Contactless WiFi sensing and monitoring for future healthcare - emerging trends, challenges and opportunities. IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 16, pp. 171-191. (doi: 10.1109/RBME.2022.3156810) (PMID:35254990)

2022

Taylor, William, Khan, Muhammad Zakir, Tahir, Ahsen, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2022) An implementation of real-time activity sensing using wi-fi: identifying optimal machine learning techniques for performance evaluation. IEEE Sensors Journal, 22(21), pp. 21127-21134. (doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2022.3201973)

Yu, Zheqi, Zahid, Adnan, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Taylor, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8551-9025, Rajab, Khalid, Heidari, Hadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164, Imran, Muhammad A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2022) A radar-based human activity recognition using a novel 3D point cloud classifier. IEEE Sensors Journal, 22(19), pp. 18218-18227. (doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2022.3198395)

Khan, Muhammad Zakir, Farooq, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-753X, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Ramazan, Naeem, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2022) Localization Using Wireless Sensing for Future Healthcare. In: ICECS 2022: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits & Systems, Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022, ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9971116)

Taylor, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8551-9025, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Tahir, Ahsen, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2022) Real-Time Contactless WiFi Based Room Detection of Sitting and Standing Human Motions. In: ICECS 2022: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits & Systems, Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022, ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970930)

Taylor, William, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Tahir, Ahsen, Shah, Syed Aziz ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-1121, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2022) Novel Contactless Sensing Technique for Real-time Human Activity Detection. In: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, 10-15 Jul 2022, pp. 1562-1563. ISBN 9781665496582 (doi: 10.1109/AP-S/USNC-URSI47032.2022.9886894)

Khan, Muhammad Zakir, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Taylor, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8551-9025, Alomainy, Akram, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2022) Indoor Localization Using Software Defined Radio: A Non-Invasive Approach. In: 3rd USRI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting (AT-AP-RASC 2022), Gran Canaria, Spain, 29 May - 3 June 2022, ISBN 9789463968058 (doi: 10.23919/AT-AP-RASC54737.2022.9814250)

Khan, Muhammad Zakir, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Farooq, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-753X, Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2022) Comparative Analysis of Artificial Intelligence on Contactless Human Activity Localization. In: 2022 International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt), Alexandria, Egypt, 26-28 Jul 2022, ISBN 9781665488082 (doi: 10.1109/ITC-Egypt55520.2022.9855712)

Manzoor, Habib Ullah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0192-7353, Khan, Ahsan Raza, Al-Quraan, Mohammad, Mohjazi, Lina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Abbas, Hasan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-9603, Hussain, Sajjad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1802-9728, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Zoha, Ahmed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7497-9336 (2022) Energy Management in an Agile Workspace using AI-driven Forecasting and Anomaly Detection. In: 4th Global Power, Energy and Communication Conference (GPECOM 2022), Cappadocia, Turkey, 14-17 June 2022, pp. 644-649. ISBN 9781665469258 (doi: 10.1109/GPECOM55404.2022.9815599)

Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2022) Cross-Layer Authentication based on Physical-Layer Signatures for Secure Vehicular Communication. In: 33rd IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2022), Aachen, Germany, 4-9 June 2022, pp. 1315-1320. ISBN 9781665488211 (doi: 10.1109/IV51971.2022.9827444)

Khan, Muhammad Zakir, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Taylor, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8551-9025, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2022) Non-invasive localization using software-defined radios. IEEE Sensors Journal, 22(9), pp. 9018-9026. (doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2022.3160796)

Usman, Muhammad, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Zahid, Adnan, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2022) Terahertz-based joint communication and sensing for precision agriculture: a 6G use-case. Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 3, 836506. (doi: 10.3389/frcmn.2022.836506)

Butt, Muhammad Salim, Shahid, Hifsa, Butt, Farhan Ahmed, Farhat, Iqra, Sadaf, Munazza, Rashid, Muhammad and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2022) Power generation analysis of terrestrial ultraviolet-assisted solid oxide electrolyzer cell. Energies, 15(3), 996. (doi: 10.3390/en15030996)

Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Ge, Yao, Taylor, William, Zoha, Ahmed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7497-9336, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2022) Indoor Activity Position and Direction Detection Using Software Defined Radios. In: EAI BODYNETS 2021 - 16th EAI International Conference on Body Area Networks: Smart IoT and big data for intelligent health management, Glasgow, Great Britain, 25-26 October 2021, pp. 15-27. ISBN 9783030955922 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-95593-9_2)

Tahir, Ahsen, Taylor, William, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Usman, Muhammad, Shah, Syed Aziz ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-1121, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2022) IoT based fall detection system for elderly healthcare. In: Scataglini, Sofia, Imbesi, Silvia and Marques, Gonçalo (eds.) Internet of Things for Human-Centered Design: Application to Elderly Healthcare. Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 1011. Springer: Singapore, pp. 209-232. ISBN 9789811684876 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-8488-3_10)

Taylor, William, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Dashtipour, Kia, Shah, Syed Aziz ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-1121, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2022) AI-based Real-time Classification of Human Activity using Software Defined Radios. In: 1st International Conference on Microwave, Antennas & Circuits (ICMAC 2021), Islamabad, Pakistan, 21-22 Dec 2021, pp. 1-4. ISBN 9781665400862 (doi: 10.1109/ICMAC54080.2021.9678242)

Bendiek, Paula, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Barakat, Basel (2022) Solar irradiance forecasting using a data-driven algorithm and contextual optimisation. Applied Sciences, 12(1), 134. (doi: 10.3390/app12010134)

Ge, Yao, Li, Shibo, Zhu, Shuyuan, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Cooper, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2022) Respiration Detection of Sedentary Person Using Ubiquitous WiFi Signals. In: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, 10-15 Jul 2022, pp. 872-873. ISBN 9781665496582 (doi: 10.1109/AP-S/USNC-URSI47032.2022.9886717)

2021

Ge, Yao, Li, Shibo, Shentu, Minjian, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Zhu, Shuyuan, Cooper, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 (2021) A Doppler-based Human Activity Recognition System using WiFi Signals. In: IEEE Sensors 2021, Sydney, Australia, 31 Oct - 04 Nov 2021, ISBN 9781728195018 (doi: 10.1109/SENSORS47087.2021.9639680)

Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Taha, Mohammad M.A., Barakat, Basel, Taylor, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8551-9025, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2021) AI-Based Fall Detection Using Contactless Sensing. In: IEEE Sensors 2021, Sydney, Australia, 31 Oct - 04 Nov 2021, ISBN 9781728195018 (doi: 10.1109/SENSORS47087.2021.9639715)

Taylor, William, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Dashtipour, Kia, Shah, Syed Aziz ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-1121, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2021) RF Based Real Time Human Motion Sensing. In: 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Singapore, 04-10 Dec 2021, pp. 2044-2045. ISBN 9781728146706 (doi: 10.1109/APS/URSI47566.2021.9703954)

Kahwash, Fadi, Barakat, Basel, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2021) Optimising electrical power supply sustainability using a grid-connected hybrid renewable energy system—an NHS hospital case study. Energies, 14(21), 7084. (doi: 10.3390/en14217084)

Ashleibta, Aboajeila Milad, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Khan, Muhammad Aurang, Taylor, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8551-9025, Tahir, Ahsen, Zoha, Ahmed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7497-9336, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2021) 5G-enabled contactless multi-user presence and activity detection for independent assisted living. Scientific Reports, 11, 17590. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96689-7) (PMID:34475439) (PMCID:PMC8413293)

Ansari, Shuja S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Dashtipour, Kia, Sambo, Yusuf, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2021) Urban air mobility—a 6G use case? Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 2, 729767. (doi: 10.3389/frcmn.2021.729767)

Barakat, Basel, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Samson, Ryan, Steponenaite, Aiste, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264, Langdon, Patrick M., Wassell, Ian J., Abbasi, Qammer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Keates, Simeon (2021) 6G opportunities arising from Internet of Things use cases: a review paper. Future Internet, 13(6), 159. (doi: 10.3390/fi13060159)

Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Hopthrow, Tim, Wu, Ruiheng, Adams, Neil, Brown, Jessica, Zoha, Ahmed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7497-9336, Abbasi, Qammer H, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Krabicka, Jan (2021) Identifying the lack of energy-conscious behaviour in clinical and non-clinical settings: an NHS case study. Electronics, 10(20), 2468. (doi: 10.3390/electronics10202468)

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Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Usman, Muhammad, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2023) Adaptive and Efficient Key Extraction for Fast and Slow Fading Channels in V2V Communications. In: IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2022-Fall), London and Beijing, 26-29 September 2022, ISBN 9781665454681 (doi: 10.1109/VTC2022-Fall57202.2022.10012884)

Taylor, William, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Dashtipour, Kia, Shah, Syed Aziz ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-1121, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2021) RF Based Real Time Human Motion Sensing. In: 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Singapore, 04-10 Dec 2021, pp. 2044-2045. ISBN 9781728146706 (doi: 10.1109/APS/URSI47566.2021.9703954)

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Grants

Funding Body	Project Title	Amount (rounded)	PI/CI
EPSRC (DTP Vacation Internship)	An Evaluation of Tailored Real Time Energy Services for Comfort, Affordability and Sustainability in Scottish Social Housing	£3.5k	CI
EPSRC IAA	An Evaluation of Tailored Real Time Energy Services for Comfort, Affordability and Sustainability in Scottish Social Housing	£35k	PI
Innovate UK KTP & IGS	Digitalisation for Lifecycle Analysis and Optimisation of Sustainable Farming	£250k	CI
Chancellor's Fund	Internet-of-Mirrors (IoM) Based Assistive Health and Beauty for STEM Taster Activities	£2.5k	CI
EPSRC (DTP Vacation Internship)	Real-time Contactless Fall Detection Using Software Defined Radios	£3.5k	PI
Scotland 5G Centre	Wave-1 Urban Innovation - Phase II	£250k	CI
SICSA + Scotland 5G Centre	Towards Net Zero Carbon: An Intelligent Dashboard to Promote Pro-Environmental Behaviour Phase II	£3.5k	PI
GC-UESTC L&T	Gamifying Electronics Engineering Labs	£10k	PI
GC-UESTC L&T	MetaClass	£22k	CI
GC-UESTC L&T	Coursework Buddy	£20k	CI
EPSRC (DTP Vacation Internship)	Towards Net Zero Carbon by 2050: An Intelligent Dashboard to Promote Pro-Environmental Behaviour	£3.3k	PI

Supervision

Current PGR Students:

Student Name	Year	Degree	Thesis Title	Role
Ahmed, Mahmoud Ahmed Shawky	2021-2024	PhD	Authentication Enhancement in command and control network	Primary Supervisor
Aisha Fatima	2022-	PhD	AI-driven Energy Consumption Monitoring for Assisted Living	Primary Supervisor
Haneen Fatima	2022 -	PhD	Internet of Mirrors for Beauty and Assisted Living	Primary Supervisor
Muhammad Farooq	2022 -	PhD	Activity Monitoring Using LoRa Signals from IoT Devices	Second Supervisor

Research Assistants/Interns

Mr Muhammad Zain Abideen (Second Year Undergraduate Student - Intern) - EPSRC Vacation Internship (July-September 2021)
Mr Rory Nesbitt
- GC-UESTC L&T Project Gamifying Electronics Engineering Labs (March-June 2022)
- SICSA & Scotland 5G Centre Funded Project on Developing a contextual Energy Monitoring Network (June - August 2022)
Miss Chen Yuang - GC-UESTC L&T Project Gamifying Electronics Engineering Labs (March-June 2022)
Mr Muhammad Tufail Khan - GC-UESTC L&T Project - Coursework Buddy (March-June 2022)
Mr Wu Fengyi - GC-UESTC L&T Project MetaClass (March-June 2022)
Dr Waqas Javed - GC-UESTC L&T Project MetaClass (March-June 2022)
Mr Scott Pinkerton (Second Year Undergraduate Student - Intern) - EPSRC Vacation Internship (July-September 2022)
Miss Masha Baidachna (Second Year Undergraduate Student - Intern) - EPSRC Vacation Internship (July-September 2023)
Mr Mahmoud Shawky - EPSRC IAA (August 2023 - January 2024)
Dr Wneshuo Tang - EPSRC IAA (September 2023 - January 2024)

Affiliate Members:

Dr Shaimaa Mohassieb - Visiting Researcher (October to December 2022)

Ding, Chenyang
Intelligent pre-diagnosis system based on graph database
Liu, Mengyuan
seqmentation of activities to isolate and recognisedifferent activities of daily living from a continuum of actions, and extract aait parameters

Teaching

Embedded Processors (UESTC 2004 2021/22, 2022/23(Coordinator))
Introductory Programming (UESTC 1005 2022/23)

Research datasets

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Number of items: 5.

2024

Taylor, W., Pinkerton, S., Khan, M. T., Taha, M. M.A. , Barakat, B., Shawky, M. A. , Abbasi, Q. H. , Imran, M. A. and Taha, A. (2024) WiPE-FaLl: Wi-Fi-based Prediction and Estimation of Fall Likelihood. [Data Collection]

2023

Zaidi, S. B. A., Shawky, M. , Taha, A. , Abbasi, Q. , Imran, M. and Ansari, S. (2023) An Efficient Deep Learning-based Spectrum Awareness Approach for Vehicular Communication. [Data Collection]

2022

Yu, Z., Khan, M. Z., Taha, A. , Imran, M. and Abbasi, Q. (2022) NodeNS Human Activity Dataset. [Data Collection]

Khan, M. Z., Taha, A. , Taylor, W., Imran, M. and Abbasi, Q. (2022) Non-invasive Localization using Software-Defined Radios. [Data Collection]

2021

Ashleibta, A. M. A., Taha, A., Taylor, W., Zoha, A. , Imran, M. and Abbasi, Q. (2021) 5G-Enabled Contactless Multi-User Presence and Activity Detection for Independent Assisted Living. [Data Collection]

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