1. HEC Indigenous Scholarship (Ph.D. Studies)
2. SSUET Merit Scholarship

Dr. Rukaiya is currently an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering Department at Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology. She also works to build links between academia and industry as Team Lead of FYP-Industry Liaison to encourage the development of industry-based projects, educate students on industry needs and the latest technologies in use. She received her PhD in Computer Engineering from the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad in 2022 under HEC Indigenous Scholarship. She completed her Masters and BS in Computer Engineering from Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi. She has experience in developing MAC protocols, network endurance improvement schemes for mission critical networks. Her research interests also include data protection mechanisms for the Internet of Things, network security and fuzzy logic. She has several high impact factor publications and is working on multiple funded projects including HEC Grant Challenge Fund (GCF) in collaboration with NUST and NESCOM.

Experience:
Assistant Professor – CED
Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology – March 2023 – Present

Team Lead
FYDP-Industry Linkages, CED
May 2023 – Present

Lecturer, CED
Feb 2016 – March 2023

Junior Lecturer
Aug 2011 – Jan 2016

Publications:
Articles published by refereed journals
1. Matloob, I., Khan, S. A., Rukaiya, R., Khattak, M. A. K., & Munir, A. (2022). A Sequence MiningBased Novel Architecture for Detecting Fraudulent Transactions in Healthcare Systems. IEEE Access, 10, 48447- 48463. (IF 3.476)

2. Matloob, I., Khan, S. A., Hussain, F., Butt, W. H., Rukaiya, R., & Khalique, F. (2021). Need-Based and Optimized Health Insurance Package Using Clustering Algorithm. Applied Sciences, 11(18), 8478. (IF 2.679)

3. Rukaiya. R., Khan, Shoab A., et al. “A Stochastic Distribution-Based Methodology to Estimate Control Phase Time for Software-Defined Radios in Tactical MANETs.” IEEE Access 9 (2021): 71687-71698, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3079173. (IF 3.367)

4. Rukaiya, R., Khan, S. A., Farooq, M. U., & Hussain, F. “A Novel Self-Forming Virtual SubNets Based Cross-Layer MAC Protocol for Multihop Tactical Network. Applied Sciences (MDPI), 11(6), 2470, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062470 (IF 2.679)

5. Rukaiya, U. Farooq, Shoab. A, F. Hussain, A. Adnan, “CFFD-MAC: A Hybrid MAC for Collision-free Fullduplex Communication in Wireless Adhoc Networks,” IEEE Access, vol 9, pp. 1-15, 2021, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3061943. (IF 3.367).

6. Rukaiya, Khan, Shoab A. “Self-Forming Multiple Sub-Nets Based Protocol for Tactical Networks Consisting of SDRs.” IEEE Access, Vol 8, pp., 88042-88059, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062470. (IF 4.098)
7. Tahir, Muhammad, Rukaiya Javed, and Talat Altaf. “Improvising Security and Privacy Vulnerabilities in Smart Health.” Indian Journal of Science and Technology 11 (2018): 47. DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2018/v11i47/140128.

8. FH Khan, R Shams, S Abbass, R Javaid “Bandwidth Allocation in Wireless Cellular Network by using Genetic Algorithm”, Wireless Personal Communications, pp. 245-260, 2017 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-016-3890-8. (IF 1.489)

9. Rukaiya Javaid, Rehan Qureshi, and Rabia Noor Enam. “RSSI based Node Localization using Trilateration in Wireless Sensor Network.” Bahria University Journal of Information & Communication Technology (BJICT), vol. 8 (2), 2015 (Y Category).

10. Rabia Siddiqui, Rukaiya Javaid, and Ibrahim M. Hussain. “Tele-presence Based Patient Monitoring Robot.” International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, vol. 42, 2012.

11. Muhammad Tahir, Rabia Noor Enam, Syed, Muhammad Nabeel Mustafa and R., Rukaiya, “EMAS: Environment Monitoring and Smart Alert
System for Internet of Things (IoT)”, Global Conference on Wireless & Optical Technologies 2020 (GCWOT’20).

12. Rukaiya, K. Shoab, U. Farooq, “Collision avoidance and dynamic slot scheduling in multi-hop TDMA based ad-hoc networks using genetic algorithm,” 9th International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, and Information Technology CCIT, Rome, Italy, 2019, pp. 61-67, DOI: 10.15224/978-1- 63248-181-8-10.

13. Tahir Fattani, Rukaiya Javaid, Talat Altaf “Improvising Security and Privacy Vulnerabilities in Smart Health”, 3rd International Conference on
Recent Trends in Computer Science and Electronics, 02-03 Jan 2018.

14. FH Khan, R Shams, S Abbass, R Javaid “Bandwidth Allocation in Wireless Cellular Network by using Genetic Algorithm”, Global Conference on Wireless and Optical Communication (GCWOC’16), Malaga, Spain, Sept 2016.

15. Rukaiya, R., Khan, S. A, Farooq, M. U., Matloob. I., “Communication Architecture and Operations for SDR-enabled UAVs network in Disaster Stressed Areas”, Ad hoc Networks, Elsevier, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2024.103506 (IF 4.8)

Research grants and Contracts:
[Completed]
Research Collaboration Project with NESCOM (as PI)
Title: Differential GPS-based Tracking System
Duration: 8 Months
Amount: Rs. 0.1 million (September 2022- May 2023)
Status: Completed

[Approved]
HEC-Grant Challenge Fund (as Academic Collaborator)
Title: Robust Communication Solution for Drone Swarm
based Patrolling Operations
Duration: 36 Months (23 March 2022 – 30 September 2024)
Amount: Rs. 82, 571,295/-

[Completed]
Title: Travel Grant for the paper presentation from the conference
organizers.
Organization: Global Conference on Wireless and Optical
Communications, GCWOC’16, Malaga (Spain).
Date: 5th – 7th September 2016.
Total Award Amount: 875 Euros

Brief Statement of Research Interest:
Research interests include MAC and routing protocols, wireless, ad-hoc networks, mission-critical tactical networks, IoT, and network security.

Service Activity:
1. Teaching,
2. Manger Industrial Linkages, ORIC-SSUET
3. Coordinator National Idea Bank (NIB)
4. Lead Coordinator- FICS’22-NUST
5. Student guidance on FYP,
6. Associate Editor at SSURJET
7. Former DCQIC and OBE Committee Member

Memberships
1. Paper Moderation Committee, CED, SSUET
2. Former Associate Editor, SSURJET
3. PEC Membership No. COMP/8192
4. IEEEP Membership No. M-18204/Electronics
5. Former Research Associate, ORIC, SSUET
6. Former FYP member, CED, SSUET.
7. Former CPD committee member, SSUET
8. Former Mid-term Committee member, CED, SSUET