FACULTY PROFILE – Dr. Osama Rehman
Category: November 24, 2016
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name Dr. Osama Rehman  osama-rehman
Email osamahussain.bukc@bahria.edu.pk
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Research Areas My general research interests are in the field of Cybersecurity with focus on intelligent security solutions, Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks (VANETs) and Internet of Things (IoT).
Number of Publications 37
AFFILIATIONS
Designation Associate Professor
Department Department of Software Engineering
University Bahria University Karachi Campus
QUALIFICATION
DEGREE PASSING YEAR MAJORS UNIVERSITY
Ph.D. – Electrical and Computer Engineering 2015 Computer Networks Sultan Qaboos University, Oman   
M.S. – Computer Engineering 2010 Network Engineering Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
B.S. – Computer Engineering 2004 Computer Engineering Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
DESIGNATION FROM TO ORGANIZATION
Senior Assistant Professor 2016 Present Bahria University Karachi
Post-doctoral Researcher 2015 2016 Sultan Qaboos University
Lecturer 2009 2010 Iqra University
PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • Masooma Fatima, Osama Rehman, Ibrahim M. H. Rahman, “Impact of Features Reduction on Machine Learning Based Intrusion Detection Systems”, EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems, sis 18: e68, 2022.
  • Osama Rehman, Asiya M. Al-Busaidi, Sohaib Ahmed, Kamran Ahsan, “Ubiquitous Healthcare System: Architecture, Prototype Design and Experimental Evaluations”, EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems, sis 18: e19, 2022.
  • Mahawish, Osama Rehman, Muhammad Hassan Nasir, “An Insight into Sybil Attacks – A Bibliometric Assessment”, University of Sindh Journal of Information and Communication Technology, vol. 5, no. 2, July 2021.
  • S Agha, O Rehman, IMH Rahman, “Improving Discriminating Accuracy Rate of DDoS Attacks and Flash Events”, International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism, No. 11, vol. 4, 2021.
  • Osama Rehman, Rehan Qureshi, Mohamed Ould-khaoua and Moazzam Fareed Niazi, “Analysis of mobility speed impact on end-to-end communication performance in VANETs”, Vehicular Communications, vol. 26, June 2020.
  • Muhammad Usama, Osama Rehman, Imran Memon and Safdar Rizvi, “An efficient construction of key-dependent substitution box based on chaotic sine map”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, SAGE, vol. 15, no. 12, December 2019.
  • Kamran Ahsan, Sana Irshad, Muhammad Abid Khan, Sana Ullah, Sarwat Iqbal, Muhammad Saeed, Sohaib Ahmed and Osama Rehman, “Mobile-Controlled UAVs for Audio Delivery Service and Payload Tracking Solution,” IEEE Access, 7, no. 1, December 2019.
  • Osama Rehman and Mohamed Ould-khaoua, “A Hybrid Relay Node Selection Scheme for Message Dissemination in VANETs”, Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 39, pp. 1 – 17, April 2019.
  • Asma Bibi, Osama Rehman, Sohaib Ahmed, “An Ontology based Approach for Messages Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks”, EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems, vol. 4, no. 16, April 2018.
  • Taisira Al Balushi, Saqib Ali, Osama Rehman, “Economics of Cyber Security and the Way Forward”, International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism, IGI Global, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 41-57, Nov 2016.
  • Osama Rehman, Mohamed Ould-khaoua and Hadj Bourdoucen, “An Adaptive Relay Nodes Selection Scheme for Multi-hop Broadcast in VANETs”, Computer Communications, vol. 87, pp. 76-90, August 2016.
  • Osama M. H. Rehman, Hadj Bourdoucen and Mohamed Ould-khaoua, “Forward Link Quality Estimation in VANETs for Sender-Oriented Alert Messages Broadcast”, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 58, pp. 23 – 41, December 2015.
  • Osama M. H. Rehman, Mohamed Ould-khaoua and Hadj Bourdoucen, “Link Quality Estimation in VANETs for Multi-Hop Alert Messages Dissemination”, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS), Inderscience, 15, no. 4, pp. 313 – 335, 2015.
  • Al Lawati, M., Bourdoucen, H., Ould-Khaoua, M., & Rehman, O., M., “Performance Evaluation of Broadcast Beacons in VANETs Over Road Intersections and Roundabouts”, Global Journal on Technology, no. 08, pp. 133-142, 2015.
  • Mohamed Sarrab, Osama M. H. Rehman, “Empirical study of open source software selection for adoption, based on software quality characteristics”, Advances in Engineering Software, vol. 69, Pages 1-11, March 2014.
  • Mohamed Sarrab, Hafedh Al-Shihi, Osama M. H. Rehman, “Exploring Major Challenges and Benefits of M-learning Adoption”, British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 3(4): 826-839, 2013.
  • Mohamed Sarrab, Osama M. H. Rehman, “Selection Criteria of Open Source Software: First Stage for Adoption”, International Journal of Information Processing and Management (IJIPM), 4, no. 4, 2013.
  • Osama M. Hussian and Imran A. Tasadduq, “Performance of 16-state TCM MC-CDMA with Various SUD techniques over Downlink Wireless Channels”, International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS), Inderscience, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 149 – 166, 2013.
  • Ammar Abbas, Ibrahim M. Hussain, Osama M. Hussain, “Fairness and Quality of Service Issues and Analysis of IEEE 802.11e Wireless LAN”, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, vol. 37, pp. 869 – 875, 2010.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

  • Mahawish Fatima, Osama Rehman and Ibrahim M.H Rehman, “Li-IDS: An Approach Towards a Lightweight IDS for Resource-Constrained IoT”, SmartNets 2023, 25 – 27 July 2023, Istanbul, Turkiye.
  • Saqib Ali, Osama Rehman, Kyungjin Cha, Taisira Al Balushi and Zia Nadir, “Performance Analysis of ZigBee-based IoT Prototype for Remote Monitoring in Power Grid Systems”, 9th International Conference on Smart Media and Applications, Korea, 17-19 September 2020.
  • Osama Rehman, Zaroon Farrukh, Asiya M. Al-Busaidi, Kyungjin Cha, Simon J. Park and Ibrahim M. H. Rahman, “IoT Powered Cancer Observation System”, 9th International Conference on Smart Media and Applications, Korea, 17-19 September 2020.
  • Mohsin Khan, Osama Rehman, Ibrahim M. H. Rahman and Saqib Ali, “Lightweight Testbed for Cybersecurity Experiments in SCADA-based Systems”, International Conference on Computing and Information Technology, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 2020.
  • Sahareesh Agha and Osama Rehman, “Improving the discrimination accuracy rate of flash events and DDOS attacks”, IEEE International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, Islamabad, Pakistan, 20-21 October 2020.
  • Osama Rehman and Mohamed Ould-khaoua, “Link Quality Driven Hybrid Scheme for Multi-Hop Message Broadcast in VANETs”, 2018 IEEE 9th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON), pp. 479-485, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2018.
  • Osama M. H. Rehman, Hadj Bourdoucen and Mohamed Ould-khaoua, “Hybrid Relaying for Multi-Hop Broadcast in VANETs”, 15th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband (ICUWB’2015), Montreal – Canada, Oct. 2015.
  • Shaima M. Shakeel, M. Ould-Khaoua, M. H. Rehman, A. Al Maashri, Hadj Bourdoucen, “Experimental Evaluation of Safety Beacons Dissemination in VANETs”, The 10th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications, Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 56, pp. 618-623, Belfort – France, August 2015.
  • Shaima M. Shakeel, Osama M. H. Rehman, Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, Hadj Bourdoucen, “Open Source Software Support for Field Experiments of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks”, Free & Open Source Software Conference (FOSSC’15), pp. 34 – 38, Muscat – Oman, Feb. 2015.
  • Osama M. H. Rehman, Hadj Bourdoucen and Mohamed Ould-khaoua, “Performance Impact of Relay Cardinality on Sender-Driven Messages Dissemination in VANETs”, 8th IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition, Muscat – Oman, Feb. 2015.
  • Maryam Al Lawati, Hadj Bourdoucen, Mohamed Ould-khaoua, Osama M. H. Rehman, “Performance Evaluation of Broadcast Beacons in VANETs over Road Intersections and Roundabouts”, 2nd Global Conference on Computer Science, Software, Networks and Engineering, (COMENG-2014), Turkey, Nov. 2014.
  • Osama M. H. Rehman, Hadj Bourdoucen and Mohamed Ould-khaoua, “Improving Reachability of Multi-Hop Alert Messages Dissemination in VANETs”, 5th International Conference on ICT Convergence 2014 (ICTC), pp. 510 – 515, Busan – Korea, Oct. 2014. (Best Paper Award)
  • Osama M. H. Rehman, Hadj Bourdoucen and Mohamed Ould-khaoua, “Relay Selection for Alert Messaging in VANETs based on Bi-Directional Stable Communication Approach”, 5th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), China, July 2014.
  • Osama M. H. Rehman, Hadj Bourdoucen and Mohamed Ould-khaoua, “Efficient Alert Messages Dissemination in VANETs using Single-Hop Distributed Protocols”, 6th joint IFIP Wireless & Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC’2013), Dubai – UAE, April 2013.
  • Osama M. H. Rehman, Hadj Bourdoucen and Mohamed Ould-khaoua, “Single-hop Distributed Relay Nodes Selection for Alert Messages Dissemination in VANETs”, The 32nd IEEE InternationalConference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2013), Students Poster Workshop, Italy, April 2013.
  • Osama M. H. Rehman, Hadj Bourdoucen and Mohamed Ould-khaoua, “Impact of NS-2 as FOSS Simulation Tool for Research in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks”, Free & Open Source Software Conference (FOSSC’13), pp. 34 – 38, Muscat – Oman, Feb. 2013.
  • Osama M. H. Rehman and Imran A. Tasadduq, “Detection of Multiuser TCM MC-CDMA with TORC over Downlink Rayleigh Fading Channels,” 7th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, December 16-18, 2009.
  • Osama M. H. Rehman and Tasadduq, Imran A., “Error Performance of 8-QAM Trellis-Coded MC-CDMA with Controlled Equalization over Wireless Channels,” IEEE 22nd Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. 411-414, Canada, May 2009.

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

  1. 15, 2015 – Aug. 31, 2016

Project Title:        Cyber Security for Cyber Physical Systems

Funding Agency: The Research Council – Oman           (RC/CCE/INFS/14/01)

Role:                     Post-Doctoral Researcher

 

  1. 01, 2012 – Sept. 30, 2015 (PhD research proposal secured a grant of ≈ 260,000 USD)

Project Title:        Reduction of Road Traffic Accidents using Alert Messages Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Funding Agency: The Research Council – Oman           (RC/DVC/CIRC/12/01)

(ORG/ICT/12/002)

Role:                     PhD Scholar

 

  1. 18, 2010 – Jan. 17, 2011 / Feb. 21, 2011 – Jan. 31, 2012

Project Title:        Study the EM Radiation Levels Emitting from Nawras Base Stations at Sultan Qaboos University campus, Phase – I / Phase – II

Funding Agency: Nawras Telecom – Oman        (CR/DVC/CIRC/09/01)

Role:           Research Assistant

List of courses Taught

Postgraduate Courses

  • Research Methodology
  • IoT Architecture, Protocols & Applications
  • Advanced Network Security
  • Advanced Operating Systems

Undergraduate Courses

  • Computer Communication and Networks
  • Data Communication and Networking
  • Information Security
  • Data Encryption and Security
  • Operating Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Programming Fundamentals

Short Biography Osama Rehman received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman. In addition, he received his BSc in Computer Engineering and MSc in Network Engineering, both from Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan. He worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Information Systems, SQU, Research Assistant in the Communication and Information Research Center at SQU, and as a faculty member at IQRA University, Pakistan. Currently, he is a Senior Assistant Professor at Bahria University Karachi Campus. He has served as a reviewer for several conferences and well-reputed journals. His current research works are related to vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) and Cyber Security for Cyber Physical Systems. His other research interests include green wireless networks, wireless body area networks, open source software (OSS) and digital wireless communication systems.

List of courses Taught

  • Data Communication and Networking
  • Data Encryption and Security
  • Research Methodology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Operating Systems
  • Advanced Operating Systems
  • Programming Fundamentals
  • Applied Physics