About

Dr. Najam Ul Hasan is working as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computing at Sheffield Hallam University. Prior to this role, Dr. Najam Ul Hasan was an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman, from September 2020. Before that, he served as an Assistant Professor from September 2015 to August 2020 in the same department at Dhofar University. He has also worked as an EPSRC postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Computing at Robert Gordon University, UK, a Brain Korea (BK 21+) researcher in the Multidimensional Insight Lab at Yonsei University, South Korea, and as a research assistant in the Micro Network Embedded Systems (MINES) lab at Sejong University.

Dr. Najam received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, and the National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Sejong University, Republic of Korea, in 2014. Since 2007, he has been working in higher education in full-time academic or researcher positions. Over the years, Dr. Najam has taught various modules in computer and communication engineering, including wireless communication, communication and signal processing, computer networking, and artificial intelligence. In addition to that, he possesses extensive experience in program design, review, quality assurance, and academic management.

Dr. Najam's research experience spans over 13 years, during which he has co-authored about 40 papers in Web of Science indexed journals and more than 25 papers in IEEE international conference proceedings in the field of communication and networking. His publications have been cited more than 1100 times according to Google Scholar, with an h-index of 18. In addition to this, he possesses excellent expertise in writing grant proposals for Internet of Things (IoT) projects in smart cities applications, especially in agriculture and robotics, remote healthcare management, and the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for disaster management. He has successfully secured funding for several of his projects in the past. Furthermore, he also has experience in leading the research committee at the college level. His current research interests include the Internet of Things (IoT), Wireless Sensor Networks, 5G/6G and beyond networks, mobile edge computing, machine learning, and their applications in smart cities. Dr. Najam is also a Senior Member of IEEE and a fellow of Advance HE.

Teaching

Department of Computing

College of Business, Technology and Engineering

Smart Computing

Modules taught:

Computer Programming

Integrated IOT Systems

Foundations in Computing 1

Publications