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AI Security & Post-Quantum Cryptography Expert PhD 3 Patents 50+ Peer-Reviewed Publications IEEE Senior Member

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Patent-holding Professor with a PhD from a QS Top 300 university and 15 years of research and leadership at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and intelligent sensing systems. Published in Nature Scientific Reports, IEEE Access, Elsevier, and Springer. Not just a researcher. A problem solver who delivers. My research portfolio spans adversarial machine learning, zero-day attack detection, post-quantum cryptography for IoT, explainable AI for cyber defense, EEG-based biosensing, and 6G ambient intelligence. This work has produced 2 granted patents, secured international research grants, and built active collaborations with institutions across the UK, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia. With 50+ supervised research projects at undergraduate, MS, and PhD levels, and deep expertise in outcomes-based education (OBE/ABET) and academic accreditation, I bring a rare combination of technical depth and institutional experience that most consultants cannot offer. Available for: Adversarial ML and AI security consulting Post-Quantum Cryptography research and advisory Zero-day and intrusion detection system design Systematic literature reviews and research gap analysis ML model development, validation, and explainability (XAI) Grant proposal writing and technical manuscript preparation IoT security architecture and embedded systems advisory PhD research supervision and dissertation advisory Research paper writing, review, and journal submission support OBE curriculum design and academic accreditation consulting Patent drafting, prior art analysis, and invention disclosure support PhD, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (QS 251) | MSc, Queen Mary University of London (QS 120) | IEEE Senior Member |

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Computer Science
• ☆ Quantum Computing
• ☆ Software Engineering
• ☆ Cryptography
• ☆ Blockchain Technology
• ☆ Information Technology
• ☆ Online Privacy
• ☆ Information Engineering
• ☆ Network Engineering
• ☆ Internet of Things
• ☆ Safety & Reliability Engineering
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Machine Learning
• ☆ Artificial Intelligence
• ☆ Deep Learning
• ☆ Information Security
• ☆ Cybersecurity
• ☆ Information & Knowledge Management
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Business & Legal Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Concept Development, Product Launch Support, Device Fabrication

Work Experience

Professor

University of Management and Technology

September 2025 - Present

Assistant Professor / Associate Professor / Head of Department

Riphah International University

September 2019 - July 2025

Education

PhD

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

January 2010 - May 2014

MS wireless network

queen mary university, London, UK

November 2008 - November 2009

Certifications

• Engineering Programs Evaluator Training,

  Pakistan Engineering Council

  January 2025 - Present

• PG-Cert in Professional Ethics and Teaching Methodology

  RIU, Islamabad

  January 2024 - Present

• Mastering the Research Supervision

  HEC

  June 2016 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Adil Zohaib, Faraz Akram, Sohail Khalid, Hamid Nawaz, Mujeeb Ur Rehman (2026). Hybrid deep learning based load forecasting and AI-driven energy management for grid-connected multi-microgrids . Computers and Electrical Engineering.

Haris Sheh Zad, Abasin Ulasyar, Adil Zohaib, Sohail Khalid (2025). Adaptive Observer-Based Robust Control of Mismatched Buck DC–DC Converters for Renewable Energy Applications . Engineering Proceedings.

Haris Sheh Zad, Adil Zohaib, Abasin Ulasyar, Sohail Khalid (2025). An Improved Adaptive Sliding Mode Controller with Dynamic Surface Extension for Uncertain Robotic Manipulators . Engineering Proceedings.

Nayab Gogosh, Sohail Khalid, Bilal Tariq Malik, Slawomir Koziel (2025). Artificial magnetic conductor backed dual-mode sectoral cylindrical DRA for off-body biomedical telemetry . Scientific Reports.

Ahsan SJ, Khalid S and Ur Rehman M. Case Report: Exertional rhabdomyolysis associated with sickle cell trait [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] F1000Research 2025, 14:418 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.161892.1) .

Syeda Javeria Ahsan, Sohail Khalid, Mujeeb Ur Rehman (2025). Case Report: Exertional rhabdomyolysis associated with sickle cell trait . F1000Research.

Syeda Tahreem Zahra, Syed Kashif Imdad, Sohail Khan, Sohail Khalid, Nauman Anwar Baig (2025). Power transformer health index and life span assessment: A comprehensive review of conventional and machine learning based approaches . Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.

Etizaz Ahsan Shah, Syeda Javeria Ahsan, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Sohail Khalid, Rahmat Ullah, Mujeeb Ur Rehman (2025). Machine Learning and Multivariate Analysis of Depression Prevalence and Predictors in Acute Coronary Syndrome . IEEE Access.

Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Bilal Mushtaq, Sohail Khalid, Mujeeb Ur Rehman (2024). Design of a miniaturized multi resonance resonator based highly selective dual wideband bandpass filter . Microelectronics Journal.

Dr. Sohail Khalid (2024). Design of a Novel Quazi-Elliptic RF Bandpass Filter Using Antiparallel Coupled Lines for Sub 6 GHz 5G Band . Spectrum of Engineering Sciences.

Muhammad Idrees, Sohail Khalid, Muhammad Abdulrehman, Bilal Mushtaq, Ali Imran Najam, Majed Alhaisoni (2024). Design of a Stub-Loaded Coupled Line Diplexer for IoT-Based Applications . IEEE Embedded Systems Letters.

Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Sohail Khalid, Bilal Mushtaq, Mueen Uddin, Jawaid Iqbal, Maha Abdelhaq, Raed Alsaqour (2023). A Novel Synthesis of Quasi-Chebyshev Ultra-Wideband Bandpass Filter Using Nth Order Stub Loaded Coupled-Line Resonator . Micromachines.

Nosheen, T., Ali, A., Chaudhry, M.U., Nazarenko, D., Shaikh, I.U.H., Bolshev, V., Iqbal, M.M., Khalid, S., Panchenko, V.(2023). A Fractional Order Controller for Sensorless Speed Control of an Induction Motor . Energies. 16. (4).

Abdul Rehman, M., Khalid, S., Mushtaq, B., Uddin, M., Iqbal, J., Abdelhaq, M., Alsaqour, R.(2023). A Novel Synthesis of Quasi-Chebyshev Ultra-Wideband Bandpass Filter Using Nth Order Stub Loaded Coupled-Line Resonator . Micromachines. 14. (10).

Idrees, M., khalid, S., AbdulRehman, M., Mushtaq, B., Najam, A.I., Alhaisoni, M.(2023). Design of a Stub-Loaded Coupled Line Diplexer for IoT-Based Applications . IEEE Embedded Systems Letters.

Idrees, M., Khalid, S., Rehman, M.A., Ullah, S.S., Hussain, S., Iqbal, J.(2023). Design of Multiplexers for IoT-Based Applications Using Stub-Loaded Coupled-Line Resonators . Micromachines. 14. (10).

Mushtaq, B., AbdulRehman, M., Khalid, S., Alhaisoni, M.(2023). Design of Tri-Band Bandpass Filter Using Modified X-Shaped Structure for IoT Based Wireless Applications . IEEE Embedded Systems Letters.

Mushtaq, B., Khalid, S.(2023). Design of miniaturized single and dual-band bandpass filters using diamond-shaped coupled line resonator for next-generation wireless systems . International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies. 15. (3). p. 375-383.

Ahsan, T., Khalid, S., Najam, S., Khan, M.A., Kim, Y.J., Chang, B.(2023). HRNetO: Human Action Recognition Using Unified Deep Features Optimization Framework . Computers, Materials and Continua. 75. (1). p. 1089-1105.

Dr. Sohail Khalid (2022). Design of Highly Selective Dual Band Band Stop Filter using Dual-Path Step Impedance Resonator . Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Technology.

Design of a Compact Novel Stub Loaded Pentaband Bandpass Filter for Next Generation Wireless RF Front Ends <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/servlet/useragent"> </head> . IEEE Access.

Mushtaq, B., Khalid, S., Rehman, M.A.(2022). Design of a Compact Novel Stub Loaded Pentaband Bandpass Filter for Next Generation Wireless RF Front Ends . IEEE Access. 10. p. 109919-109924.

Rehman, M.A., Khalid, S., Mushtaq, B., Idrees, M.(2022). Design of a novel compact highly selective wideband bandstop RF filter using dual path lossy resonator for next generation applications . PLoS ONE. 17. (10 October).

Faisal, M., Khalid, S.(2022). Multi-Band Bandpass Filter Using Novel Topology for Next-Generation IoT Wireless Systems . Computers, Materials and Continua. 73. (3). p. 4819-4832.

Rehman, M.U., Driss, M., Khakimov, A., Khalid, S.(2022). Non-Invasive Early Diagnosis of Obstructive Lung Diseases Leveraging Machine Learning Algorithms . Computers, Materials and Continua. 72. (3). p. 5681-5697.

Rehman, M.U., Shafique, A., Khan, K.H., Khalid, S., Alotaibi, A.A., Althobaiti, T., Ramzan, N., Ahmad, J., Shah, S.A., Abbasi, Q.H.(2022). Novel Privacy Preserving Non-Invasive Sensing-Based Diagnoses of Pneumonia Disease Leveraging Deep Network Model . Sensors. 22. (2).

Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Arslan Shafique, Sohail Khalid, Iqtadar Hussain(2021). Dynamic Substitution and Confusion-Diffusion-Based Noise-Resistive Image Encryption Using Multiple Chaotic Maps . IEEE Access. 9. p. 52277--52291. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Rehman, M.U., Shafique, A., Khalid, S., Hussain, I.(2021). Dynamic Substitution and Confusion-Diffusion-Based Noise-Resistive Image Encryption Using Multiple Chaotic Maps . IEEE Access. 9. p. 52277-52291.

Ur Rehman, M., Shafique, A., Khalid, S., Driss, M., Rubaiee, S.(2021). Future forecasting of covid-19: A supervised learning approach . Sensors. 21. (10).

Rehman, M.U., Najam, S., Khalid, S., Shafique, A., Alqahtani, F., Baothman, F., Shah, S.Y., Abbasi, Q.H., Imran, M.A., Ahmad, J.(2021). Infrared Sensing Based Non-Invasive Initial Diagnosis of Chronic Liver Disease Using Ensemble Learning . IEEE Sensors Journal. 21. (17). p. 19395-19406.

Farooq, U., Iftikhar, A., Shafique, M.F., Mughal, M.J., Fida, A., Khalid, S.(2021). Polarization insensitive penta-bandstop frequency selective surface for closely placed bands . Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 63. (1). p. 271-278.

Muhammad Faisal, Sohail Khalid, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Muhammad Abdul Rehman(2021). Synthesis and Design of Highly Selective Multi-Mode Dual-Band Bandstop Filter . IEEE Access. p. 1--1. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Faisal, M., Khalid, S., Rehman, M.U., Rehman, M.A.(2021). Synthesis and design of highly selective multi-mode dual-band bandstop filter . IEEE Access. 9. p. 43316-43323.

Jamshed Abbas, M., Khalid, S., Awais, M., Abdul Rahman, M., Brahim Belhaouari, S.(2021). The extended model predictive-sliding mode control of three-level AC/DC power converters with output voltage and load resistance variations . Systems Science and Control Engineering. 9. (1). p. 127-137.

Dr. Sohail Khalid (2020). An Extended Model Predictive-Sliding Mode Control for Three-Level AC/DC Power Converters . Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Technology.

Syeda Quratulain Ali, Sohail Khalid, Samir Brahim Belhaouari(2019). A Novel Technique to Diagnose Sleep Apnea in Suspected Patients Using Their ECG Data . IEEE Access. 7. p. 35184--35194. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Ali, S.Q., Khalid, S., Belhaouari, S.B.(2019). A Novel Technique to Diagnose Sleep Apnea in Suspected Patients Using Their ECG Data . IEEE Access. 7. p. 35184-35194.

M. AbdulRehman, S. Khalid (2018). Design of tri‐band bandpass filter using symmetrical open stub loaded step impedance resonator . Electronics Letters.

Abdul Rehman, M., Khalid, S.(2018). Design of tri-band bandpass filter using symmetrical open stub loaded step impedance resonator . Electronics Letters. 54. (19). p. 1126-1128.

Khalid, S., Farhan Shafique, M.(2017). Exact synthesis design theory of analogue broadband bandpass filter . Microelectronics Journal. 64. p. 53-59.

Khalid, S., Wen, W.P., Cheong, L.Y.(2014). Optimum filter synthesis procedure for ultra-wideband bandpass filter using step-impedance resonator . Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications. 28. (8). p. 943-955.

Khalid, S., Wen, W.P., Cheong, L.Y.(2014). Synthesis design of UWB bandpass filter using multiple resonance resonator (MRR) . Electronics Letters. 50. (24). p. 1851-1853.

Khalid, S., Wen, W.P., Cheong, L.Y.(2013). A novel synthesis procedure for ultra wideband (UWB) bandpass Filters . Progress in Electromagnetics Research. 141. p. 249-266.

PREPRINT

Tayyaba Nosheen, Sohail Khalid (2026). Integrative Approaches to Postpartum Depression: Evidence-Based Practices and Emerging Innovations .

CONFERENCE PAPER

Haris Sheh Zad, Adil Zohaib, Abasin Ulasyar, Sohail Khalid (2025). An Improved Adaptive Sliding Mode Controller with Dynamic Surface Extension for Uncertain Robotic Manipulators .

Haris Sheh Zad, Abasin Ulasyar, Adil Zohaib, Sohail Khalid (2025). Adaptive Observer-Based Robust Control of Mismatched Buck DC–DC Converters for Renewable Energy Applications .

Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Bilal Mushtaq, Sohail Khalid, Jawaid Iqbal (2023). Design and Analysis of Broadband Bandstop Filter using Dual Path Capacitive Coupled Resonator for 4G and 5G Applications . 2023 20th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST).

Muhammad Idrees, Bilal Mushtaq, Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Sohail Khalid, Jawaid Iqbal (2023). Design of a Planar Four-Port Microstrip Triplexer using Stub-Loaded Coupled Line Resonator for Advanced Wireless Applications . 2023 20th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST).

Akmal, M., Khalid, S., Moiz, M., Abbass, M.J., Qureshi, M.F., Mushtaq, Z.(2022). Leveraging Training Strategies of Artificial Neural Network for Classification of Multiday Electromyography Signals . 2022 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical, Control, and Telecommunication Engineering, ETECTE 2022 - Proceedings.

Khalid, S., Ali, S.Q.(2015). Design of highly selective ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter using step impedance resonator and parallel coupled lines . Proceedings - 2015 Symposium on Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering, RAEE 2015.

Khalid, S., Wen, W.P., Cheong, L.Y.(2013). Design of highly selective ultra-wideband bandpass filter using multiple resonance resonator . RFM 2013 - 2013 IEEE International RF and Microwave Conference, Proceedings. p. 161-164.

Khalid, S., Wen, W.P., Cheong, L.Y.(2013). Highly selective, compact ultra-wide band bandpass filter using a novel multiple resonances resonator (MRR) . IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest.

Khalid, S., Wen, W.P., Cheong, L.Y.(2012). A novel design technique for ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter using step impedance resonators (SIR) . 2012 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics, APACE 2012 - Proceedings. p. 199-204.

Ali, S.Q., Jeoti, V., Khalid, S.(2012). Sleep apnea detection from heart rate variability data using a DWPT based technique . ICIAS 2012 - 2012 4th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems: A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress (ESTCON) - Conference Proceedings. 2. p. 622-626.

Khalid, S., Wen, W.P., Cheong, L.Y.(2012). Synthesis and design of four pole ultra-wide band (UWB) bandpass filter (BPF) employing multi-mode resonators (MMR) . IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest.

Khalid, S., Wen, W.P.(2011). Analysis of ultra-wide bandpass filter . 2011 National Postgraduate Conference - Energy and Sustainability: Exploring the Innovative Minds, NPC 2011.

BOOK CHAPTER

Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Margaret Zita, Muhammad Abrar, Muhammad Kazim, Sohail Khalid (2025). Zero-Day Attack Detection System Using Autoencoders and Isolation Forest: An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach .

OTHER

Younis, J., Rehman, M.A., Khalid, S.K.(2022). Design of a highly selective bandstop filter using dual path capacitive coupled SIR structure . Research Square.