Member Portfolio

Dr. Raja Waseem Amwar

Faculty of Computer Studies

Information Technology Program - Oman Branch

Phone:

Office: P.O.Box 1596 Postal Code 130, Al-Azaiba SULTANATE OF OMAN

Email: waseem@aou.edu.om

Raja Waseem Anwar is working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Studies, Arab Open University – Muscat, Sultanate of OMAN. A self-motivated, capable, and commercially astute IT professional with solid experience across both industry and academic settings. Offers an exceptional educational background; maintaining a high profile within the academic arena through continued publishing and actively participating in and leading conferences, workshops and seminars delivered nationally and internationally. Uses strong communication and interpersonal skills to network successfully, to develop strong relationships with clients and colleagues and to deliver engaging and informative course lectures and tutorials that inspire future IT leaders. Demonstrates proven capabilities in Information Security, Computer Networks, information systems, management, and implementation; using this expertise in a commercial environment to introduce innovative strategies and practices that deliver growth and competitive superiority. His research interest includes Wireless Sensor Networks, Privacy & Security, Information Security, Risk Management, Internet of things (IoT), Cyber Physical Systems, and Blockchain Technology.

· TU-170: Learning On-line

· M-150AB: Data Computing & Information

· T175AB: Networked Living & Exploring ICT

· MT262: Putting Computer Systems to Work together

· T224: Computers & Processors (Module General Course Coordinator)

· T209AB: Telematics

· T320: E-Business Technologies (Module General Course Coordinator)

· T324: Keeping Ahead in ICT

· T325: Technologies for Digital Media

· IT101: Introduction to Multimedia

· M253: Team Working in Distributed Environment (Module General Course Coordinator)

· M275:Web Development using PHP and MYSQL

· T215AB: Communication and Information Technologies

· T216A: Cisco Networking I

· T216B: Cisco Networking II

· TM354: Software Engineering

· TM355: Communications Technology

· T227: Change Strategy, and Projects at Work

· TM260: Security, Ethics and Privacy in IT and Computing

· TM471AB: Graduation Project

· MT395: Applied Cyber Security

· October-2008 to Date Arab Open University (AOU), Muscat Sultanate of Oman, affiliated with Open University – UK (www.open.ac.uk) : Assistant Professor / General / Branch Course Coordinator, Cisco Networking Academy Legal Main Contact (LMC).

· May-2004 to Sept-2008 Higher College of Technology (HCT), Ministry of Manpower, Sultanate of Oman, IT Lecturer / Legal Main Contact (LMC) – Cisco Regional Academy.

Journal Publications

Anwar, R. W., A., Abdullah, T., & Pastore, F. (2021). Firewall Best Practices for Securing Smart Healthcare Environment: A Review. MDPI – Applied Sciences (Impact Factor = 2.679).

Qureshi, K. N., Alhudhaif, A., Anwar, R. W., Bhati, S. N., & Jeon, G. (2021). Fully Integrated Data Communication Framework by Using Visualization Augmented Reality for Internet of Things Networks. Big Data (Impact Factor = 3.644).

Anwar, R. W., Zainal, A., Outay, F., Yasar, A., & Iqbal, S. (2019). BTEM: Belief based trust evaluation mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks. ELSEVIER Future Generation Computer Systems, 96, 605-616 (Impact Factor = 5.768).

Anwar, R. W., Zainal, A., & Iqbal, S. (2019). Systematic literature review on designing trust-based security for WSNs. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 14(3), 1395-1404

Anwar, R. W., Zainal, A., Iqbal, S., & Bashir, M. (2018). Key Security Challenges and Threats to Cyber Physical Systems and Their Applications. QUEST Research Journal, 16(01), 31 – 35.

Anwar, R. W., Bakhtiari, M., Zainal, A., & Qureshi, K. N. (2016). Wireless sensor network performance analysis and effect of blackhole and sinkhole attacks. Jurnal Teknologi Malaysia, 78(4-3). (Impact Factor = 0.410).

Anwar, R. W., Zainal, A., Bakhtiari, M., & Qureshi, K. N. (2015). Security Issues in Wireless Sensor Network: Approaches and Issues. TELKMONIKA, Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering, p-ISSN: 2302-4046, e-ISSN 2460-7673. Vol 15, No 3.

Anwar, R. W., Zainal, A., Bakhtiari, M., & Qureshi, K. N. (2015). Malicious node detection through trust aware routing in wireless sensor networks. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 74(1).

Anwar, R. W., Bakhtiari, M., Zainal, A., & Qureshi, K. N. (2015). A survey of wireless sensor network security and routing techniques. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 9(11), 1016-1026.

Anwar, R. W., Bakhtiari, M., Zainal, A., Abdullah, A. H., & Qureshi, K. N. (2014). Security issues and attacks in wireless sensor network. World Applied Sciences Journal, 30(10), 1224-1227.

Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks and Routing Protocols: Survey Kashif Naseer Qureshi , Abdul Hanan Abdullah, Fasee Ullah and Raja Waseem Anwar, Sci.Int.(Lahore),27(5),4507-4525,2015, ISSN 1013-5316; CODEN: SINTE 8 September –October-2015

Geographical Forwarding Methods in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks, Kashif Naseer Qureshi , Abdul Hanan Abdullah, Anwar Mirza and Raja Waseem Anwar, International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vol-5, No 6. December-2015 (1407-1416) ISSN: 2088-8708, e-ISSN 2302-9293.

Cyber Security for Cyber Physical Systems: A Trust-Based Approach Saqib Ali, Raja Waseem Anwar and Omar Khadeer Hussain, Journal of Theoretical & Applied Information Technology 71 (2) – 2015.

Wireless Sensor Based Hybrid Architecture for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Kashif Naseer Qureshi , Abdul Hanan Abdullah and Raja Waseem Anwar, TELKMONIKA, Telecommunication, Computing, Electronics and Control – Scopus Indexed , ISSN: 1663-6930, e-ISSN 2302-9293

Mechanism of Multiprotcol Label Switching for Forwarding Packets and Performance in Virtual Private Network Kashif Naseer Qureshi , Abdul Hanan Abdullah, Ahmed Nazar Hassan, Dalya Khalid and Raja Waseem Anwar, Middle East Journal of Scientific Research(20) -12 Pages: 2117-2127 , ISSN 1990-9233.

Conference Publications

Anwar, R. & Ali, S. Smart Cities Security Threat Landscape: A Review. International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence October 14 - 15, 2021 – Prague – Czech Republic.

Anwar, R. Al-Farsi, K., Al-Harrashi, Z. & Ali, S. An Overview of Risk Assessment of Data Security Management Over Data Governance. 37th IBIMA Conference May 30 - 31, 2021 – Cordoba – Spain.

Anwar, R. W., Zainal, A., Abdullah, T., & Saleem Iqbal. (2020, April). Security Challenges and Threats to IoT: A Review. IoTNAT2020 – The Sixth International Workshop on Internet of Things: Network Applications and Technologies (IoTNAT2020) April 20 - 23, 2020 – Paris – France

Anwar, R. W., Zainal, A., Bakhtiari, M., & Saleem Iqbal. (2018, December). The Role of Trust, Security and Privacy in Developing Secure Wireless Sensor Networks. AIMC – 2018 Asia International Multidisciplinary conference May 11 - 12, 2018 – UTM – Johor Bahru – Malaysia.

Anwar, R. W., Zainal, A., Bakhtiari, M., & Saleem Iqbal. (2018, December). The Role of Trust, Security and Privacy in Developing Secure Wireless Sensor Networks. AIMC – 2018 Asia International Multidisciplinary conference May 11 - 12, 2018 – UTM – Johor Bahru - Malaysia.

Anwar, R. W., Zainal, A., Bakhtiari, M., & Qureshi, K. N. (2017, December). An intelligent hybrid approach to encounter coverage holes for wireless sensor nodes deployment in the field. In Emerging Technologies (ICET), 2017 13th International Conference on (pp. 1-4). IEEE. ICET 2017 - 13th International Conference on Emerging Technologies December 27 - 28, 2017 – Islamabad Pakistan

A Systematic Review on Routing Protocols for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks, Kashif Nasser Qureshi, Hanan Abdullah and Raja Waseem Anwar, KSII The 7th International Conference on Internet- (ICONI) December 13-16 2015-Malaysia.

Performance Analysis of Wireless Sensor Network In the Presence of Sinkhole and Blackhole Attacks, Raja Waseem Anwar, Majid Bakhtairi, Anazida Zainal and Kashif Naseer Qureshi , International Conference on Computational and Social Sciences – ICCSS2015 - August 25 - 27 2015, Malaysia.

Enhanced Trust Aware Routing Against Wormhole Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks, Raja Waseem Anwar, Majid Bakhtairi, Anazida Zainal and Kashif Naseer Qureshi , The 1^st International Conference on Smart Sensors and Applications – ICSSA2015 - Malaysia , May 2015.

SSNM: Smart Sensor Network Model for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, Kashif Nasser Qureshi, Hanan Abdullah, Majid Bakhtairi and Raja Waseem Anwar, The 1st International Conference on Smart Sensors and Application- ICSSA2015-Malaysia, 25-27 May 2015.

Congestion Control Scheduling Scheme for Vehicular Networks , Kashif Naseer Qureshi , Abdul Hanan Abdullah and Raja Waseem Anwar, ICIMu-2014 International Conference on Information Technology and Multimedia at UNITEN, 18-20 November -2014, Putrajaya Malaysia.

Vehicular Road Side Backbone Network with Multiprotocol Label Switching, Kashif Naseer Qureshi , Abdul Hanan Abdullah and Raja Waseem Anwar, IRICT-2014, 1st International Conference of Recent Trends in Information and Communication Technologies, 12-13 September -2014, University Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru.

A Roadmap to Wireless Sensor Security Protocols Implementation in Health Care System Raja Waseem Anwar, Majid Bakhtairi, Anazida Zainal and Kashif Naseer Qureshi , The 2nd International Conference on Applied Information and Communications Technology – ICAICT2014 28-29 April 2014, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

The Evolution in Health Care with Information and Communication Technologies, Kashif Naseer Qureshi , Abdul Hanan Abdullah and Raja Waseem Anwar, The 2nd International Conference on Applied Information and Communications Technology – ICAICT2014 28-29 April 2014, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Trust Based Reliable and Secure Routing in Peer-to-Peer overlay Networks, Raja Waseem Anwar, Saqib Ali, Farah Abu-Shahla Middle Eastern Simulation and Modeling Conference – MESM-2012, December 10-12, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Characterizing the Scheduling Algorithms in IEEE 802.16, Farah Abu-Shahla, Raja Waseem Anwar, Mathieu Moussa, Middle Eastern Simulation and Modeling Conference – MESM-2012, December 10-12, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Trust Based Secure Cyber Physical Systems, Raja Waseem Anwar, Saqib Ali, , Workshop on “Trustworthy Cyber-Physical Systems, in Conjunction with CONCUR 2012, September-3-2012 – University of Newcastle – United Kingdom.

Smart Search: Am Intelligent Search System for Oman National Transport Company Using Web Ontology Language , Raja Waseem Anwar, Sherimon P.C., Dr. Saad, Vinu P.V.: Middle Eastern Simulation and Modeling Conference – MESM-2011, November 14-16, Amman, Jordan.

Routing Optimization for 4-G Device Performance (RO4P) on Ad-Hoc Network, Raja Waseem Anwar, The International Information System Conference iisc, October 11-12 – 2011, (ISBN: 978-9948-16253-7), Sultan Qaboos University – Muscat Sultanate of Oman.

Quality Assurance is the key challenge and a tool for achieving the vision of the blended learning institutions, Raja Waseem Anwar, Rengrajan Veerasamy. OSET, First International Conference, December 6-8 2010, Muscat, Oman.

A Semantic Web approach for searching and accessing information in Blended learning systems, Raja Waseem Anwar, Sherimon P.C. Vinu P.V. OSET, First International Conference, December 6-8 2010, Muscat, Oman.

Open University annual Learning and Technology Conference: Learning in an Open World: 22-23 June 2010. OU - UK On- line conference.

Oman National Quality Conference (ONQC), on Quality Management and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education, Sept-28-2008, Sultanate of OMAN.

"Good Documentation" (Arranged by: Oman Quality Network), May-2008, Sultanate of Oman.

Next Generations Network (NGN), Telecom Regulatory Authority, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), May-2007, Sultanate of Oman.