Dr. Muhammad Tariq

tariq.khan@nu.edu.pk

(051) 111-128-128 Ext: 356

Profile

Education
Summary

Dr. Muhammad Tariq is Professor at FAST National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (NUCES) Islamabad Campus, Pakistan. Previously he served as head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Department of Sciences & Humanities, and the Campus Director of FAST NUCES Peshawar, where he completed his three tenure successfully on 31st December 2020. He has 10 years+ Post Ph.D. teaching, research, and academic administrative experience with a total overall experience of 16+ years. He has completed his Post-doctorate as a Fulbright scholar under the supervision of renowned American Scientist Prof. H. Vincent Poor from Princeton University, USA, his Ph.D. as a Japanese govt (MEXT) scholar from Waseda University, Japan, and industrial MS as a Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan scholar. He has authored/co-authored 70+ research papers and articles (265+ Impact score). He has co-authored a book with leading researchers including a Nobel Prize Winner, titled ”Smart Grid Standards, Specification, Requirements, and Technologies,” published by John Wiley and Sons in 2015. Six of his Ph.D. students have completed their Ph.D. under his supervision, who are now serving in some of the best universities in Pakistan, Europe, and Canada. He has presented his research work at various IEEE flagship conferences held around the world. He has traveled to 25 different countries so far. He remained general chair and session chair in various IEEE flagship conferences. He has rendered his Technical Committee services in various conferences and editorial services in reputed high-impact factor journals and IEEE transactions. Dr. Tariq is the Editor of PeerJ Computer Science (IF 2.41, Q1), Circuits, Systems and Computers (IF 1.3), Associate Editor (AE) of IEEE Access (IF 3.47, Q1), and IET Smart Grid. He was declared an Outstanding AE of IEEE Access in 2019. In 2017 and 2019, he was selected twice as a High-End Foreign Expert through the International Cooperation Project funded by the State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs, China. In 2017, he was selected as one of the youngest program evaluators of the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) for Electrical, Electronics, Computer, and Software Engineering. He is a registered engineer of PEC and a master trainer of Outcome-Based Education. He is the current Chair of the IEEE Peshawar Subsection. He is also serving as founding chairman of the Pukhtunkhwa Open Source Foundation. He has completed different local and foreign research projects as a Principal Investigator and Team Lead worth 15 Million.

Experience

Professor, NUCES, Islamabad 10/1/2021 - to date

Associate Professor/Director, NUCES Peshawar 5/1/2017 to 7/1/2022

Assistant Professor, NUCES Peshawar 6/19/2012 to 4/30/2017

Network Engineer, Nayatel Islamabad 4/1/2006 to 8/7/2007

Publications

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