Muhammad Asad

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been applied to solve various challenges of real-world problems in recent years. However, the emergence of new AI technologies has brought several problems, especially with regard to communication efficiency, security threats and privacy violations. Towards this end, Federated Learning (FL) has received widespread attention due to its ability to facilitate the collaborative training of local learning models without compromising the privacy of data. However, recen

Abstract At the advent of advanced wireless technology and contemporary computing paradigms, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on Web-based services have not only increased exponentially in number, but also in the degree of sophistication; hence the need for detecting these attacks within the ocean of communication packets is extremely important. DDoS attacks were initially projected toward the network and transport layers. Over the years, attackers have shifted their offensive strate

In the past few decades, machine learning has revolutionized data processing for large scale applications. Simultaneously , increasing privacy threats in trending applications led to the redesign of classical data training models. In particular, classical machine learning involves centralized data training, where the data is gathered, and the entire training process executes at the central server. Despite significant convergence, this training involves several privacy threats on participants’ da

With the advent of smart devices, smartphones, and smart everything, the Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged with an incredible impact on the industries and human life. The IoT consists of millions of clients that exchange massive amounts of critical data, which results in high privacy risks when processed by a centralized cloud server. Motivated by this privacy concern, a new machine learning paradigm has emerged, namely Federated Learning (FL). Specifically, FL allows for each client to train

Big data is a rapidly growing field, and new developments are constantly emerging to address various challenges. One such development is the use of federated learning for recommendation systems (FRSs). An FRS provides a way to protect user privacy by training recommendation models using intermediate parameters instead of real user data. This approach allows for cooperation between data platforms while still complying with privacy regulations. In this paper, we explored the current state of resea

This paper explores the potential for communication-efficient federated learning (FL) in modern distributed systems. FL is an emerging distributed machine learning technique that allows for the distributed training of a single machine learning model across multiple geographically distributed clients. This paper surveys the various approaches to communication-efficient FL, including model updates, compression techniques, resource management for the edge and cloud, and client selection. We also re

Federated learning (FL) is a promising technique for collaboratively training machine-learning models on massively distributed clients data under privacy constraints. However, the existing FL literature focuses on speeding up the learning process and ignores minimizing the communication cost which is critical for resource-constrained clients. To this end, in this article, we propose a novel 3-way hierarchical framework (THF) to promote communication efficiency in FL. Using the proposed framework

The integration of federated learning and zero-trust security offers a promising solution for enhancing wireless communication security. This comprehensive exploration examines the distinct functionalities of these methodologies and their synergistic potential in fortifying security measures. Given the escalating complexity of cyber threats, there is an urgent need for robust, adaptable security frameworks, a requirement that can be addressed by this innovative combination. By leveraging the dec

In the re-entry phase of a ballistic missile, decoys can be deployed as a mean to overburden enemy defenses. This results in a single track being split into multiple track-lets. Tracking of these track-lets is a critical task as any miss in the tracking procedure can become a cause of a major threat. The tracking process becomes more complicated in the presence of clutter. The low detection rate is one of the factors that may contribute to increasing the difficulty level in terms of tracking in

Dynamic and smart Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructures allow the development of smart healthcare systems, which are equipped with mobile health and embedded healthcare sensors to enable a broad range of healthcare applications. These IoT applications provide access to the clients’ health information. However, the rapid increase in the number of mobile devices and social networks has generated concerns regarding the secure sharing of a client’s location. In this regard, federated learning (FL

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have led to tremendous growth in the development of sensor technology and offer numerous applications, such as wildlife monitoring, environment, healthcare, military surveillance and security systems. In terms of performance, the evolutions of WSN routing protocols play a vital role in extending the lifetime of networking operations. Due to the limited resources of power in sensor nodes, the design and implementation of an energy-efficient routing protocol compris

Federated learning (FL) enables clients to train models locally, enhancing privacy by avoiding data centralization. Traditional FL assumes all clients have adequate resources, an often unrealistic expectation in heterogeneous networks with resource constraints like limited battery, memory, and bandwidth. These limitations can hinder performance, prolong convergence times, and lead to inaccurate models. To address these challenges, we introduce the Client Eligibility-based Lightweight Protocol (C

The advent of Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) enable self-service, time-independent, easy to use, mechanism through which a financial institution supports large number of services to its users. Cash withdrawal from the ATM is still one of the major transactional loads for these networks. ATM cash replenishment is the process by which ATM machines are filled with the cash so that the users can withdraw it. The rapid adaptation and standardization of these network give rises to many challenging p