Muhammad Bilal is an associate professor of computer science with the Department of Computer and Electronic Systems Engineering at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Korea. He received the Ph.D. degree in information and communication network engineering from Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and Korea University of Science and Technology and the M.S. in computer engineering from Chosun University Korea. Prior to joining Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Smart Quantum Communication Center at Korea University.

Bilal is an Editor of IEEE Future Direction Newsletter and has served as a reviewer of several international journals including IEEE Communication Magazine, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Access, IEEE Communications Letters, and IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. He has also served on program committees of various international conferences. His primary research interests lie in the fields of network architecture and protocols, network Security, Blockchain technologies, internet of things, and future internet.


Education

PhD Information and Communication Network Engineering (2017)
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and University of Science and Technology
South Korea

MS Computer Engineering (2012)
Department of Computer Engineering, Chosun University
South Korea

BSc Computer Systems Engineering (2008)
Department of Computer Systems Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology
Pakistan


Experience

Assistant Professor, Division of Computer and Electronic Systems Engineering
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Yongin, South Korea

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering
Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Graduate Research Fellow, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Daejeon, South Korea

Research Assistant, Network Architecture and Analysis Lab
Chosun University, South Korea

Lecturer, University of Engineering and Technology
Peshawar, Pakistan





Professional Activities



Editorial Board Member

IEEE Internet Policy Newsletter

IEEE Future Directions Ethics and Policy in Technology Status


Member

IEEE

IEEE Communications Society

IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

IEEE Computer Society


Reviewer

IEEE Communications Magazine

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering

IEEE System Journal

IEEE Access

IEEE Communications Letters

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

International Journal of Communication Systems

Computers and Electrical Engineering



Awards

Best Paper Award in 16th ICACT, South Korea, 2014

Merit scholarships during BSc for excellent academic performance

Global IT scholarship for MS studies

University scholarship for PhD studies