QUT - Academic profiles - Dr Babar Shahzaad

Biography

Babar Shahzaad is a Lecturer at the School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Before starting this position, he worked as a Research Fellow in Industrial-Internet-of-Things Service Computing at QUT for over 1.5 years. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from The University of Sydney (USYD), where he explored drone-based delivery systems within the context of smart cities. His expertise includes service-oriented computing, cyber-physical systems, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Babar has a growing reputation in the service computing community, with over 300 citations and publications in top-tier journals, including Future Generation Computer Systems and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. He has supervised 13 research projects, including Honours and Master’s theses, resulting in successful publications and student placements at prominent organizations like WiseTech Global. With more than six years of teaching experience across Australia and Pakistan, Babar is dedicated to delivering industry-aligned education in undergraduate and postgraduate courses. At the University of Management and Technology (UMT) in Pakistan, he led curriculum modernization efforts that resulted in National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC) accreditation. At USYD, Babar engaged large student cohorts using both in-person and online learning to enhance participation. He also served as a sessional academic, where he developed and delivered content for “IFN663 Advanced Enterprise Architecture,” focusing on integrating security insights into enterprise architecture.

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Personal details

Positions

Lecturer (TIEA)
Faculty of Science,
School of Information Systems

Keywords

Service Computing, IIoT, Internet of Things, Drones, Drone-as-a-Service, Microservices, Optimization

Research field

Distributed computing and systems software, Information systems

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (University of Sydney)

Professional memberships and associations

International Society for Research and Development (ISRD)

IEEE Young Professionals

IEEE Computer Society

IEEE Computer Society Technical Community on Services Computing

International Association of Engineers (IAENG)

Publications

Shahzaad, B., Alkouz, B., Janszen, J. & Bouguettaya, A. (2023). Optimizing Drone Delivery in Smart Cities. IEEE Internet Computing, 27(4), 32–39. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247739
Shahzaad, B., Bouguettaya, A., Mistry, S. & Neiat, A. (2021). Resilient composition of drone services for delivery. Future Generation Computer Systems, 115, 335–350. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247740
Shahzaad, B. & Bouguettaya, A. (2022). Service-Oriented Architecture for Drone-based Multi-Package Delivery. Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS), 103–108. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247761
Arshad, S., Shahzaad, B., Azam, M., Loo, J., Ahmed, S. & Aslam, S. (2018). Hierarchical and Flat-Based Hybrid Naming Scheme in Content-Centric Networks of Things. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 5(2), 1070–1080. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247741
Shahzaad, B. & Bouguettaya, A. (2021). Top-k Dynamic Service Composition in Skyway Networks. Service-Oriented Computing: 19th International Conference, ICSOC 2021, Virtual Event, November 22-25, 2021, Proceedings, 479–495. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247752
Shahzaad, B., Bouguettaya, A. & Mistry, S. (2020). A Game-Theoretic Drone-as-a-Service Composition for Delivery. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS), 449–453. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247759
Shahzaad, B., Bouguettaya, A., Mistry, S. & Neiat, A. (2019). Constraint-Aware Drone-as-a-Service Composition. Service-Oriented Computing: 17th International Conference, ICSOC 2019, Toulouse, France, October 28-31, 2019, Proceedings, 369–382. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247751

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2023

Shahzaad, B., Alkouz, B., Janszen, J. & Bouguettaya, A. (2023). Optimizing Drone Delivery in Smart Cities. IEEE Internet Computing, 27(4), 32–39. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247739
Bradley, S., Janitra, A. A., Shahzaad, B., Alkouz, B., Bouguettaya, A. & Lakhdari, A. (2023). Service-Based Trajectory Planning in Multi-Drone Skyway Networks. Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops), 334–336. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247754
Guo, S., Alkouz, B., Shahzaad, B., Lakhdari, A. & Bouguettaya, A. (2023). Drone Formation for Efficient Swarm Energy Consumption. Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops), 294–296. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247755

2022

Lee, S., Shahzaad, B., Alkouz, B., Lakhdari, A. & Bouguettaya, A. (2022). Autonomous Delivery of Multiple Packages Using Single Drone in Urban Airspace. UbiComp/ISWC '22 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2022 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2022 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 72–74. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247760
Liu, X., Lam, K., Alkouz, B., Shahzaad, B. & Bouguettaya, A. (2022). Constraint-based Formation of Drone Swarms. Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops), 73–75. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247758
Janszen, J., Shahzaad, B., Alkouz, B. & Bouguettaya, A. (2022). Constraint-Aware Trajectory for Drone Delivery Services. Service-Oriented Computing - ICSOC 2021 Workshops, 306–310. Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247756
Shahzaad, B. & Bouguettaya, A. (2022). Service-Oriented Architecture for Drone-based Multi-Package Delivery. Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS), 103–108. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247761

2021

Lee, W., Alkouz, B., Shahzaad, B. & Bouguettaya, A. (2021). Package Delivery Using Autonomous Drones in Skyways. UbiComp/ISWC '21 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 48–50. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247749
Shahzaad, B., Bouguettaya, A. & Mistry, S. (2021). Robust Composition of Drone Delivery Services under Uncertainty. Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS), 675–680. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247753
Shahzaad, B., Bouguettaya, A., Mistry, S. & Neiat, A. G. (2021). Resilient composition of drone services for delivery. Future Generation Computer Systems, 115, 335–350. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247740
Alkouz, B., Shahzaad, B. & Bouguettaya, A. (2021). Service-Based Drone Delivery. Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE 7th International Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing (CIC), 68–76. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247757
Shahzaad, B. & Bouguettaya, A. (2021). Top-k Dynamic Service Composition in Skyway Networks. Service-Oriented Computing, 479–495. Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247752

2020

Shahzaad, B., Bouguettaya, A. & Mistry, S. (2020). A Game-Theoretic Drone-as-a-Service Composition for Delivery. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS), 449–453. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247759
Ahmed, S., Asim, M. M., Mehmood, N. Q., Ali, M. & Shahzaad, B. (2020). Implementation of Class-Based Low Latency Fair Queueing (CBLLFQ) Packet Scheduling Algorithm for HSDPA Core Network. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, 14(2), 473–494. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247738

2019

Shahzaad, B., Bouguettaya, A., Mistry, S. & Neiat, A. G. (2019). Constraint-Aware Drone-as-a-Service Composition. Service-Oriented Computing, 369–382. Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247751

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Dr Babar Shahzaad