Dr. Al-Sakib Khan Pathan

Biography: Al-Sakib Khan Pathan is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Currently, he is with the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) as an Adjunct Professor. He received PhD in Computer Engineering from Kyung Hee University, South Korea and B.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Information Technology from Islamic University of Technology (IUT). His research interests include wireless sensor networks, network security, cloud computing, and e-services technologies. He is a recipient of several awards/best paper awards and has several notable publications in these areas. So far, he has delivered over 22 Keynotes and Invited speeches at various international conferences and events. He was named on the List of Top 2% Scientists of the World, 2019 by Stanford University, USA in 2020. He has served as a General Chair, Organizing Committee Member, and Technical Program Committee (TPC) member in numerous top-ranked international conferences/workshops like INFOCOM, GLOBECOM, ICC, LCN, GreenCom, AINA, WCNC, HPCS, ICA3PP, IWCMC, VTC, HPCC, SGIoT, etc. He was awarded the IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award for his role in IEEE GreenCom’13 conference and IEEE Outstanding Service Award in recognition for the service and contribution to the IEEE 21st IRI 2020 conference. He is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Computers and Applications, Taylor & Francis, UK, Editor of Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks, Old City Publishing, International Journal of Sensor Networks, Inderscience Publishers, and Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, Associate Editor of Connection Science, Taylor & Francis, UK, International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering, Inderscience, Area Editor of International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security, Guest Editor of many special issues of top-ranked journals, and Editor/Author of 22 books. One of his books has been included twice in Intel Corporation’s Recommended Reading List for Developers, 2nd half 2013 and 1st half of 2014; 3 books were included in IEEE Communications Society’s (IEEE ComSoc) Best Readings in Communications and Information Systems Security, 2013, several other books were indexed with all the titles (chapters) in Elsevier’s acclaimed abstract and citation database, Scopus, in February 2015, at least one has been approved as a textbook at NJCU, USA in 2020, and one book has been translated to simplified Chinese language from English version. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA.