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Book Chapters

B1 Understanding Blockchain Technology: Ecosystems, Implementation Strategies, Governance, and Emerging Capabilities

Journal Papers

J25 Tanveer Ahmad, Shakir Khan, Mona Bin-Asfour, Ibtehal Alazman, Ian B. Benitez, Weiwei Jiang, “Lightweight RNN-Driven Indoor Localization Using Serverless Architecture for Smart Autonomous Consumer Environments”, IEEE TCE, Under Review
J24 Tanveer Ahmad, Muhammad Usman Hadi, Kai Fang, Ian B. Benitez, Muhammad Asim Saleem, Nelofar Aslam, Mohammed Abaker, Thippa Reddy Gadekallu, “Energy-Efficient Disaster Management via Quantum UAV Path Planning and Multi-Agent Control”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, In Revision
J23 Tanveer Ahmad, Asma Abbas Hassan Elnour, Muhammad Usman Hadi, Kai Fang, Thippa Reddy Gadekallu, “Quantum-Enhanced ITS Leveraging Consumer Devices for Real-Time Urban Traffic Optimization in Smart Cities”, IEEE TCE, Under Review    
J22 Ahmad, Tanveer, Asma Abbas Hassan Elnour, Muhammad Usman Hadi, Vasos Vassiliou, Loukas Dimitriou, Xue Jun Li, Demetris Trihinas, and Thippa Reddy Gadekallu. “AeroVeil-FL: Privacy-preserving federated learning framework for UAV-assisted real-time disaster detection.” Computers and Electrical Engineering 129 (2026): 110853.
J21 Ahmad, Tanveer, Asma Abbas Hassan Elnour, Muhammad Usman Hadi, Kiran Khurshid, Xue Jun Li, and Weiwei Jiang. “Resource allocation for efficient AI inference in wireless sensing edge networks.” Computer Communications 245 (2026): 108363.
J20 Ahmad, Tanveer, Shakir Khan, Nahida Nigar, Essam Mohamed Obaid, and Sameena Naaz. “Quantum Reservoir-Based Intrusion Detection for Edge-IoT Systems.” IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (2025).
J19 Tanveer Ahmad, Muhammad Usman Hadi, Xue Jun Li, Asim Anwar, Mandour Mohamed Ibrahim, Shakir Khan, “An Experimental EACI-Based Localization Framework Using LQI and CNN for Consumer IoT”, IEEE TCE, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (2025).
J18 Ahmad, Tanveer, Muhammad Usman Hadi, Vasos Vassiliou, Nahida Nigar, Rutvij H. Jhaveri, Mohammed Abaker, and Thippa Reddy Gadekallu. “Post-Quantum Weighted Anonymous Authentication for Hybrid VANET MAC Protocol.” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2025).
J17 Ahmad, Tanveer, Muhammad Usman Hadi, Vasos Vassiliou, Loukas Dimitriou, Asim Anwar, and Tien Anh Tran. “Real‐Time Anomaly Detection in Smart Vehicle‐To‐UAV Networks for Disaster Management.” Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies 36, no. 5 (2025): e70162.
J16 Saleem, Muhammad Asim, Shijie Zhou, Zhang Fengli, Tanveer Ahmad, Nahida Nigar, Muhammad Usman Hadi, and Mohammad Shabaz. “Delay, Energy, and Outage Considerations in GenAI-Enhanced MEC-NOMA-Enabled Vehicular Networks.” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2025).
J15 Ahmad, Tanveer, Muhammad Usman, Marryam Murtaza, Ian B. Benitez, Asim Anwar, Vasos Vassiliou, Azeem Irshad, Xue Jun Li, and Essam A. Al-Ammar. “A Novel Self-Calibrated UWB-Based Indoor Localization Systems for Context Aware Applications.” IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (2024).
J14 Riaz, Mamoon, Hammad Dilpazir, Sundus Naseer, Hasan Mahmood, Asim Anwar, Junaid Khan, Ian B. Benitez, and Tanveer Ahmad. “Secure and fast image encryption algorithm based on modified logistic map.” Information 15, no. 3 (2024): 172.
J13 Tanveer Ahmad, Xue Jun Li, Aswani Kumar Cherukuri, and Ki-Il Kim. “Hierarchical localization algorithm for sustainable ocean health in large-scale underwater wireless sensor networks.” Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems 39 (2023): 100902.
J12 Hasan, Muhammad Amish, Tanveer Ahmad, Asim Anwar, Salman Siddiq, Abdul Malik, Waseem Nazar, and Imran Razzaq. “A Novel Multi-Cell Interference-Aware Cooperative QoS-Based NOMA Group D2D System.” Future Internet 15, no. 4 (2023): 118.
J11 Shah, Zubir, Dost Muhammad Khan, Zardad Khan, Nosheen Faiz, Sundus Hussain, Asim Anwar, Tanveer Ahmad, and Ki-Il Kim. “A New Generalized Logarithmic–X Family of Distributions with Biomedical Data Analysis.” Applied Sciences 13, no. 6 (2023): 3668.
J10 Mian Imtiaz ul Haq, Ruhul Amin Khalil, Nasir Saeed, Muhannad Almutiry, Ahmad Sawalmeh, Tanveer Ahmad, “Robust Graph-Based Localization for Industrial Internet of Things in the Presence of Flipping Ambiguities” IET-CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology. (2022)
J9 Nadeem, Aleena, Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Islam Satti, Hammad Afzal, Tanveer Ahmad, and Ki-Il Kim. “Depression detection based on hybrid deep learning SSCL framework using self-attention mechanism: An application to social networking data.” Sensors 22, no. 24 (2022): 9775.
J8 Tanveer Ahmad, Imran Khan, Azeem Irshad, Shafiq Ahmad, Ahmed T. Soliman, Akber Abid Gardezi, Muhammad Shafiq, and JinGhoo Choi. “Spark Spectrum Allocation for D2D Communication in Cellular Networks.” CMC-COMPUTERS MATERIALS & CONTINUA 70, no. 3 (2022): 6381-6394.
J7 Saleem, Muhammad Asim, Zhou Shijie, Muhammad Umer Sarwar, Tanveer Ahmad, Amarah Maqbool, Casper Shikali Shivachi, and Maham Tariq. “Deep learning-based dynamic stable cluster head selection in VANET”. Journal of Advanced Transportation (2021).
J6 Tanveer Ahmad, Xue Jun li, Boon-Chong Seet, Juan-Carlos Cano (2020). “Social Network Analysis Based Localization Technique with Clustered Closeness Centrality for 3D Wireless Sensor Networks”. Electronics 2020, 9, 738.
J5 Tanveer Ahmad. “3D Localization Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks”. PhD diss., Auckland University of Technology, 2019.
J4 Tanveer Ahmad, Xue Jun li, Boon-Chong Seet (2019). “Noise Reduction Scheme for Parametric Loop Division 3D Wireless Localization Algorithm Based on Extended Kalman Filtering. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks”, 8(2), p.24.
J3 Tanveer Ahmad, Xue Jun li, Boon-Chong Seet (2017). “Parametric Loop Division for 3D Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks. Sensor”, 117 no. 7 (2017).
J2 Tanveer Ahmad, Yantian feng (2013). An improved accelerated frame slotted aloha (afsa) algorithm for tag collision in RFID, International Journal of Mobile Network Communications & Telematics.
J1 Tanveer Ahmad, Yantian feng, marryam Murtaza (2013). Advance Cryptography technique for Secure Android Application to access Network, Australian Journal of Basic Sciences.

Conference Papers

C10 Tanveer Ahmad, Xue Jun Li, Muhammad Ashfaq, Michalis Savva, Iacovos Ioannou, and Vasos Vassiliou. “Locationenabled IoT (LE-IoT): Indoor localization for IoT environments using machine learning.” In 2024 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things
C9 Ashfaq, Muhammad, Tanveer Ahmad, Asim Anwar, Azeem Irshad, Ian B. Benitez, and Marryam Murtaza. “Optimizing message delivery in opportunistic networks with replication-based forwarding.” In 2024 International Conference on Engineering & Computing Technologies (ICECT), pp. 01-07. IEEE, 2024.
C8 Ghaffar, A., Li, X. J, Tanveer Ahmad, Hussain, N., Alibakhshikenari, M., & Limiti. Circularly polarized pattern reconfigurable flexible antenna for 5G-sub-6-GHz applications. In 2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) (pp. 625- 627). (2020)
C7 Ghaffar, Adnan, Xue Jun Li, and Tanveer Ahmad. “A compact frequency reconfigurable PIFA antenna for heterogeneous applications”.” In 2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), pp. 628-630. (2020).
C6 Tanveer Ahmad, Xue Jun li, Jiang Wenchao, Adnan Ghaffar. “Frugal Sensing: A Novel approach of Mobile Sensor Network Localization based on Fuzzy-Logic”. In proceeding of the ACM MobiCom 2020, United Kingdom (2020)
C5 Tanveer Ahmad, Xue Jun li, Boon-Chong Seet. “Fuzzy-Logic Based Localization for Mobile Sensor Networks”. In 2019 2nd International Conference on Communication, Computing and Digital systems (C-CODE) (pp. 43-47), Pakistan (2019)
C4 Murtaza, Marryam, Muhammad Sharif, Musarrat AbdullahYasmin, Tanveer Ahmad, “Facial expression detection using Six Facial Expressions Hexagon (SFEH) model”. In 2019 IEEE 9th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), pp. 0190-0195, USA. (2019).
C3 Tanveer Ahmad, Xue Jun li, Boon-Chong Seet, “3D Localization Using Social Network Analysis for Wireless Sensor Networks”. In 2018 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Communication and Information Systems (ICCIS) (pp. 88-92), Singapore (2018).
C2 Tanveer Ahmad, Xue Jun li, Boon-Chong Seet, “A self-calibrated centroid localization algorithm for indoor ZigBee WSNs. In 2016 8th IEEE International Conference on Communication Software and Networks (ICCSN) (pp. 455-461), China (2016).
C1 Tanveer Ahmad, Xue Jun li, Boon-Chong Seet, “3D localization based on parametric loop division and subdivision surfaces for wireless sensor networks”. In 2016 25th Wireless and Optical Communication Conference (WOCC) (pp. 1-6), China (2016).