ZULFIQAR ALI ARAIN

My personality is classified as a coordinator and a team worker. I like to describe my working style as open, pragmatic, diplomatic, and objective.

• Member IEEE
• Member IEEE ComSoc
• Member IEEE Computer Society
• Member Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
• Member International Association of Engineers (IAENG)

• Attended first workshop on "Telecommunication Technologies" held on 13-14 Feb 2004 in a joint collaboration of "ELETTRONICA VENETA & IN.EL. SPA., ITALY" and Dept: of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering MEHRAN UET, JAMSHORO.
• Attended second workshop on "Telecommunication Technologies" held on 19TH April 2007 in a joint collaboration of "ELETTRONICA VENETA & IN.EL. SPA., ITALY" and Dept: of Telecommunication Engineering MEHRAN UET, JAMSHORO.
• Completed a special course on 'FIBER OPTICS SYSTEM SPECIALIST' from 4-7th July 2005, held by FIBER TECH COMMUNICATION (FTC).
• Completed a special training workshop course on SUN Solaris 10 System Administration Certification from 9-12th June 2008, held at TECH-ACCESS Karachi. Pakistan.
• Completed a course of CCNA-1 & CCNA-2 (CISCO ACADEMY INSTRUCTOR) from 15th June to 1st July 2006, held at Cisco Network Academy INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES. ISLAMABAD.
• Completed a course of CCNA Exploration-3 & CCNA Exploration -4 (CISCO ACADEMY INSTRUCTOR) from 20th June to 06th July 2009, held at Cisco Network Academy INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES. ISLAMABAD.
• Completed a course of CCNA security (CCNAS) (CISCO ACADEMY INSTRUCTOR) on 26th October 2011, held at Cisco Network Academy Technology Net Alliance. ISLAMABAD.

• A Practical Book of Introduction to Computing and Computer programming", by Salman Afridi, Zulfiqar A. Arain, Edited by, B.S. Chowdhry and A.A. Memon, Pub. Naseem Book Depot, Ed. 1st, 2009, ISBN: 978-969-8680-26-8.
• U. A. Korai, Z. Arain, Q. Ali, B. Muneer, and B. Chowdhry, "Performance Prediction of Free Space Opti1ca. l Link in Presence of the Rain using Bit Error Rate Parameter," 4th International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan: Energy & Environment Engineering Research Group. EESD2016.
• Kalwar, S., Ayaz, F., Korai, U.A. Arain, Z.A "Analysis of Carrier Frequency Offset Suppression Techniques in SC-FDMA Communication System. Wireless Pers Commun 9 5 , 317?329 (2017). IF (1.369). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-016-3894-4
• Nahida, Kiran, Changchuan Yin, Y. Hu, Z. A. Arain, Chunyu Pan, Israr Khan, Yanbin Zhang and G. M. S. Rahman. "Handover based on AP load in software defined Wi-Fi systems." Journal of Communications and Networks 19 (2017): 596-604. IF (1.733). https://doi.org/10.1109/JCN.2017.000100
• Memon, F.A., Morichetti, F., Arain, Z.A. et al. Semiconductor Laser in Distributed Optical Feedback Regime. Wireless Pers Commun 106, 2149?2161 (2019). IF (1.369). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-018-5931-y
• M. CHANDIO. A. A. JAMALI. F. A. JOKHIO. M. R. ANJUM. Z. A. ARAIN, "Triangular Nanoparticle Based Plasmonic Biosensor" Vol 52 No 2 (2020): Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) SURJ. IF (X category). http://doi.org/10.26692/sujo/2020.06.30
• M. U. Younus, M. K. Khan, M. R. Anjum, S. Afridi, Z. A. Arain and A. A. Jamali, "Optimizing the Lifetime of Software Defined Wireless Sensor Network via Reinforcement Learning," in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 259-272, 2020. IF (3.745). https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3046693
• Z. A. Arain, X. Qiu, L. Zhong, M. Wang, X. Chen, Y. Xiong, K. Nahida and C. Xu, "Stochastic Optimization of Multipath TCP for Energy Minimization and Network Stability over Heterogeneous Wireless Network," KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 195-215, 2021. IF (0.858). https://doi.org/10.3837/tiis.2021.01.012
• M. A. Rahim, M. Mushafiq, S. Khan, and Z. A. Arain, "RFM-based repurchase behavior for customer classification and segmentation," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, vol. 61, p. 102566, 2021. IF (7.135). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102566
• M. M. Kamal, S. Yang, S. H. Kiani, M. R. Anjum, M. Alibakhshikenari, Z. A. Arain, A. A. Jamali, A. Lalbakhsh, and E. Limiti, "Donut-Shaped mmWave Printed Antenna Array for 5G Technology," SKILLS Electronics, vol. 10, no. 12, p. 1415, Jun. 2021. IF (2.397). https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics101214
• Kiani, S.H.; Altaf, A.; Anjum, M.R.; Afridi, S.; Arain, Z.A.; Anwar, S.; Khan, S.; Alibakhshikenari, M.; Lalbakhsh, A.; Khan, M.A.; et al. MIMO Antenna System for Modern 5G Handheld Devices with Healthcare and High Rate Delivery. Sensors 2021, 21, 7415. IF (3.847) https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217415
• Abdullah, M.; Altaf, A.; Anjum, M.R.; Arain, Z.A.; Jamali, A.A.; Alibakhshikenari, M.; Limiti, E. Future Smartphone: MIMO Antenna System for 5G Mobile Terminals. IEEE Access 2021, 9, 91593?91603..IF (3.476) https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3091304
• Younus, M.U.; Shafi, R.; Rafiq, A.; Anjum, M.R.; Afridi, S.; Jamali, A.A.; Arain, Z.A. Encoder-Decoder Based LSTM Model to Advance User QoE in 360-Degree Video. Comput. Mater. Contin. 2022, 71, 2617?2631. IF(3.860) https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2022.022236
• Shafique F, Fatima S, Khuhawar F Y, et al. An Analysis of Multipath TCP Security Vulnerabilities: A Research Study[C]// 2022 IEEE 19th International Conference on Smart Communities: Improving Quality of Life Using ICT, IoT and AI (HONET). Marietta, GA, USA: IEEE, 2022: 172-177.
• Arain Z A, Qiu X, Xu C, et al. Energy-Aware MPTCP Scheduling in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Using Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Tech-niques[J/OL]. Electronics, 2023, 12(21). https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/21 /4496.

• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Pakistan
• Marital Status: Married