Dr. Kiran Saleem

Dr. Muath

Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. in Software engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China 2025.
  • Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, 2020.
  • Bachelor of Science, in Computer Science, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, 2017.
  • Assistant Professor, Horizon University College, UAE, February 2026 to till date.
  • PhD Research Assistant, Dalian University of Technology, China, September 2021 toDecember 2025.
  • Lecturer, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, September 2021 to October 2022.
  • Backend Developer, The Renesis Tech, Lahore, Pakistan, July 2017 to March 2018.
  • Ntizikira, E., Lei, W., Alblehai, F., Saleem, K., & Lodhi, M. A. (2023). Secure and privacypreserving intrusion detection and prevention in the Internet of unmanned aerial vehicles. Sensors, 23(19), 8077.
  • Shamshad, N., Sarwr, D., Almogren, A., Saleem, K., Munawar, A., Ur Rehman, A., et al. (2024). Enhancing brain tumor classification by a comprehensive study on transfer learning techniques and model efficiency using MRI datasets. IEEE Access, 12, 100407–100418.
  • Saleem, K., Saleem, M., Ahmad, R. Z., Javed, A. R., Alazab, M., Gadekallu, T. R., et al. (2022). Situation-aware BDI reasoning to detect early symptoms of COVID-19 using smartwatch. IEEE Sensors Journal, 23(2), 898–905.
  • Akhtar, S. M., Nazir, M., Saleem, K., Haque, H. M. U., & Hussain, I. (2020). An ontologydriven IoT based healthcare formalism. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 11(2), 479–486.
  • Ntizikira, E., Wang, L., Chen, J., & Saleem, K. (2024). Honey-block: Edge assisted ensemble learning model for intrusion detection and prevention using defense mechanism in IoT. Computer Communications, 214, 1–17.
  • Saleem, K., Wang, L., Bharany, S., Ouahada, K., Ur Rehman, A., & Hamam, H. (2024). Intelligent multi-agent model for energy-efficient communication in wireless sensor networks. EURASIP Journal on Information Security, 2024(1), 9.
  • Akhtar, S. M., Nazir, M., Saleem, K., Ahmad, R. Z., Javed, A. R., Band, S. S., et al. (2022). A multi-agent formalism based on contextual defeasible logic for healthcare systems. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 849185.
  • Saleem, K., Wang, L., & Bharany, S. (2024). Survey of AI-driven routing protocols in underwater acoustic networks for enhanced communication efficiency. Ocean Engineering, 314, 119606.
  • Anwar, S., Beg, M. O., Saleem, K., Ahmed, Z., Javed, A. R., & Tariq, U. (2023). Social relationship analysis using state-of-the-art embeddings. ACM Transactions on Asian and LowResource Language Information Processing.
  • Shamshad, N., Wang, L., Saleem, K., Sarwr, D., Bharany, S., Almogren, A., et al. (2025). Advanced KNN-based cost-efficient algorithm for precision localization and energy optimization in dynamic underwater sensor networks. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 2182.
  • Ul Haque, H. M., Saleem, K., & Salman Khan, A. (2023). Modeling belief-desire-intention reasoning agents for situation-aware formalisms. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 35(15), e6417.
  • Ntizikira, E., Wang, L., Chen, J., & Saleem, K. (2025). Enhancing IoT security through emotion recognition and blockchain-driven intrusion prevention. Internet of Things, 29, 101442.
  • Saleem, K., Wang, L., Almogren, A., Ntizikira, E., Ur Rehman, A., Bharany, S., et al. (2025). Cognitive intelligence routing protocol for disaster management and underwater communication system in underwater acoustic network. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 10004.
  • Kaur, P., Kaur, K., Singh, K., Saleem, K., Ur Rehman, A., Gupta, R., et al. (2024). Energyefficient artificial fish swarm-based clustering protocol for enhancing network lifetime in underwater wireless sensor networks. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2024(1), 92.
  • Saleem, K., Saleem, M., Almogren, A., Almogren, A., Kaur, U., Bharany, S., et al. (2025). Multi-agent based cognitive intelligence in non-linear mental healthcare-based situations. IEEE Access.
  • Nazir, M., Haque, H. M. U., & Saleem, K. (2022). A semantic knowledge based context-aware formalism for smart border surveillance system. Mobile Networks and Applications, 27(5), 2036–2048.
  • Nazir, M., Haque, H. M. U., & Saleem, K. (2022). A semantic knowledge based context-aware formalism for smart border surveillance system. Mobile Networks and Applications, 27(5), 2036–2048.
  • Saleem, K., Akhtar, S. M., Nazir, M., Almadhor, A. S., Zikria, Y. B., Ahmad, R. Z., et al. (2022). Situation aware intelligent reasoning during disaster situation in smart cities. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 970789.
  • Saleem, K., Wang, L., Ahmed, R. Z., Almadhor, A., Srivastava, G., & Gadekallu, T. R. (2024). Synergy optimized routing protocol for multiobjective optimization in underwater communication networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 12(6), 7306–7319.
  • Saleem, K., Wang, L., Ahmed, R. Z., Gadekallu, T. R., Almadhor, A., & Li, Y. (2025). VoIbased situation-aware routing protocol for non-linear underwater communication networks. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems.
  • Yaqoob, M. D., Cho, W., Saleem, K., Anjum, K., Dou, M., Feng, X., & Chattha, H. (2024). The relationship between social media use and adolescent mental health: A systematic review. Systemic Psychology and Sociology, 77
  • Saleem, K., & Ul Haque, H. M. (n.d.). Modelling situation-aware formalism using BDI reasoning agents.