Ts. Dr. Rehan Akhbar

Contact Info

Qualification
  • PhD Information Technology, Dept of Computer & Information Science, University Teknologi PETRONAS Malaysia, (2013)
  • MS Computer Science, Dept of Computer Science GC University, Lahore Pakistan, (2008) 
  • M.Sc. Computer Science, Dept of Computer Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan, (2001) 
  • B.Sc. (Hons.), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan (1998)
Organization   Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Email address / URL rehan.akbar@utp.edu.my
https://my.linkedin.com/in/ts-dr-rehan-akbar-390b4345
UTAR Contact PersonDr Ramesh Kumar Ayyasamy (UTAR profile) 

Employment

  • Associate Professor- Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)- 2021- Present
  • Associate Professor & Head of Department - Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) - 2012-2021
  • Tutor-Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)-2009-2012
  • Project Manager-CambridgeDocs (Pvt.), – (EMC2 USA)- 2008-2009
  • Lecturer-Government College University Lahore, Pakistan(2001-2008)
  • Software Engineer-Xavor (Pvt.) Ltd.-(2000-2001)

Teaching Administration

  • Modelling and Simulation (Python) 
  • Database Systems 
  • IT Governance, Risk and Compliance
  • Data Warehouse Modeling & Implementation
  • E-Commerce & E-Marketing
  • Software Engineering
  • Digital Entrepreneurship
  • Advanced Software Engineering
  • Business Analytics 
  • Object-Oriented Software Engineering 
  • Cybersecurity
  • Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design
  • Data Communications & Networking
  • Website Design and Development
  • Business Intelligence
  • Web Applications Development
  • Distributed Systems
  • Programming (C++, Java, PhP, Python)
  • Cloud Computing
  • Operating Systems
  • IT Project Management
  • Data Structures & Algorithms

Awards & Honours

  • Teaching Excellence Award, Univ. Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia, 2016-2017
  • Excellent Teaching Performance Certificate, UTAR Malaysia, 2017
  • Exceeds Expectations Annual Performance Appraisal, 2016.
  • Excellent Teaching Performance Certificate, 2015
  • Full PhD scholarship from PETRONAS, Malaysia, 2009
  • PhD Bioinformatics scholarship for Sweden from Higher Education Commission, Govt. of Pakistan, 2009
  • Indigenous PhD scholarship from Higher Education Commission, Govt. of Pakistan, 2007
  • Merit scholarship during MSc Computer Science
  • Merit scholarship during BSc (Hons)
  • 1st position in qirrat/recitation competition
  • 1st position in martial arts championship
  • 3rd position in all Pakistan essay writing competition.

Professional Activities and Membership

  • Senior Member IEEE (SMIEEE), USA.
  • Member, IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society, IEEE USA.
  • Member, Association for Information Systems (AIS), USA.
  • Alibaba Global Digital Talent (GDT) Certified Trainer for Ecommerce and Digital Entrepreneurship.
  • MonSoonSIM Certified Trainer for Business Simulation.
  • Professional Technologist (Ts/PTech.), Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT).
  • Graduate Technologist, Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT).
  • TRIZ Level 2 Practitioner, MyTRIZ, Malaysia.

Publications & Presentations

  • Abdul Saboor, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Rehan Akbar, Syed Nasir Mehmood Shah, Farrukh Hassan, Saeed Ahmad Magsi, Muhammd Aadil Siddiqui, Containerized Microservices Orchestration and Provisioning in Cloud Computing: A Conceptual Framework and Future Perspective, Applied Sciences, Web of Science, SCIE, Q2, Scopus, IF 2.679, 2022 (accepted) 

  • Asif Riaz Khan, *Rehan Akbar, Software Development Process Evolution and Paradigm Shift - A Case Study of Malaysian Companies. MUJET, Web of Science, ESCI, Vol. 41(2), pp. 155-171, 2022.

  • Muhammad Aasim Qureshi, Muhammad Asif, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Adnan Abid, Asada Kamal, Sohail Safdar, Rehan Akbar, Sentiment Analysis of Reviews in Natural Language: Roman Urdu as Case Study, IEEE Access, Web of Science, SCIE, Q2, IF 3.36, 2022.

  • Kiran Adnan, Rehan Akbar, Khor Siak Wang, Development of Usability Enhancement Model for Unstructured Big Data Using SLR, IEEE Access, Web of Science, SCIE, Q1, IF 3.74, Vol. 9, pp. 87391-87409, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3089100.2021, 2021.

  • Abdul Rehman, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Yew Kwang Hooi, Muhammad Aasim Qureshi, Tran Due Chung, Rehan Akbar, Sohail Safdar, Context and Machine Learning Based Trust Management Framework for Internet of Vehicles, Computers Materials and Continua, Web of Science, SCI, Q1, IF 4.89, Vol. 68(3), doi:10.32604/CMC.2021.017620, Tech Science Press, 2021.

  • Saurabh Shukla, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Duc Chung Tran, Rehan Akbar, Irving Vitra Paputungan, Improving Latency in Internet-of-Things and Cloud Computing for Realtime Data Transmission: A Systematic Literature Review (SLR), Cluster Computing - The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, Web of Science, SCIE, Q1, IF 3.458, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586- 021-03279-3, Springer, 2021.

  • Joshua Devadason, Rehan Akbar, Factors Affecting the Usability of Unstructured Big Data, Journal of Independent Studies and Research Computing, Vol. 18(1), 2020. 

  • Aamir Amin, Shuib Basri, Mobashar Rehman, Lui Fernando Capretz, Rehan Akbar, Abdul Rahman Gilal, The Impact of Personality Traits and Knowledge Collection Behavior on Programmer Creativity, Information and Software Technology Journal, ISI Web of Science Q2, SCOPUS Q1, IF 2.726, 2020.

  • Rehan Akbar, Tailoring Agile-Based Software Development Processes, IEEE Access, ISI Web of Science, SCIE, Q1, IF 4.08, Vol. 7, pp. 139852-139869, 2019. 

  • Kiran Adnan, Rehan Akbar, An Analytical Study of Information Extraction from Unstructured and Multidimensional Big Data, Journal of Big Data, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, Q1, Vol. 6(91), pp. 1-38, 2019.

  • Kiran Adnan, *Rehan Akbar, Khor Siak Wang, Information Extraction from Multifaceted Unstructured Big Data, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, Scopus, Q3, Vol. 8(2S8), pp. 1398-1404, 2019.

  • Rehan Akbar, Tan Cheng Peng, Sohail Safdar, Muhammad Aasim Qureshi, Impact of Online Social Networking on Learning and Academic Performance of Science and Arts Undergraduate Students, Science International Lahore, ISI Web of Science, Vol. 31(1), pp. 35-43, 2019.

  • Kiran Adnan, Rehan Akbar, Limitations of Information Extraction Methods and Techniques for Heterogeneous Unstructured Big Data, International Journal of Engineering Business Management, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, Vol. (1), pp. 1-23, 2019.

  • Rehan Akbar, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Azrai Abdullah, A Meta-model of Software Project States, Behavioral Study of Software Projects, Journal of Software-Evolution and Process, Vol. 29(4), pp.1-14, ISI Web of Science, SCIE, IF 1.305, Q3, Wiley, 2017.

  • Asif Riaz Khan, *Rehan Akbar, Doris Wong Hui Ten, A Study on Global Software Development (GSD) and Software Development Processes in Malaysian Software Companies, Journal of Telecommunication Electronic and Computer Engineering, Vol. 8(2), pp. 147-151, Scopus, Q4, UTeM, 2016.

  • Rehan Akbar, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Azrai Abdullah, Masroor Ellahi Babar, Sohail Safdar, A Road Map for Implementing Service Oriented Agricultural Information Management System, Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 22(3), pp. 802-805, ISI Web of Science, SCIE, Q3, IF 0.549, 2012.

  • Rehan Akbar, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, M.A. Qureshi, and S. Safdar, Structured Role Based Interaction Model for Agile Based Outsourced IT Projects: Client’s Composite Structure, Information Technology Journal, Vol. 10(5), pp. 1009-1016, Scopus, Q2, 2011.

  • Rehan Akbar, M.F. Hassan, A. Abdullah, M.A. Qureshi, S. Safdar, Directions and Advancements in Global Software Development A Summarized Review of GSD Agile Methods, Research Journal of Information Technology, Scopus, Q2, Vol. 3(2), pp. 69-80, 2011.

  • Muhammad Aasim Qureshi, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Sohail Safdar, Rehan Akbar, A Framework to Recover Single Link Failure on Shortest Path Tree, Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11(16), pp. 2916-2923, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, Q2, 2011. 

  • Sohail Safdar, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Muhammad Aasim Qureshi, Rehan Akbar, Effective Methods for Secure Authentication in Workflows under Intrusion Threat, Information Technology Journal, Vol. 10(6), pp. 1161-1169, ISSN: 1812-5638, Scopus, Q2, 2011. 

  • Muhammad Aasim Qureshi, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Rabia Sammi, Sohail Safdar, Rehan Akbar, Shortest Path Tree with Embedded Backups – an Exhaustive Link Failure Recovery Algorithm, Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 4(2), pp. 143-155, ISSN: 1994-5450, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, Q2, IF 0.14, 2011. 

  • Sohail Safdar, Muhammad Fadzil Hassan, Muhammad Aasim Qureshi, Rehan Akbar, Biologically Inspired Execution Framework for Vulnerable Workflow Systems, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, ISI Web of Science, Cornell University Library, Vol, 6(1), pp. 47-51, ISSN:1947-5500, 2009. 

  • Muhammad Aasim Qureshi, Muhammad Fadzil Hassan, Sohail Safdar, Rehan Akbar, A O(|E|) Time Shortest Path Algorithm for Non-Negative Weighted Undirected Graphs, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, ISI Web of Science, Cornell University Library, Vol. 6(1), pp. 40-46, ISSN: 1947-5500, 2009.

  • Rehan Akbar, Masroor Ellahi Babar and Sameer Liaqat Ali, Mobile Smart Suit - Mobile based MCommerce Architecture (a project for villagers & farmers for agri. marketing), Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, ISI Web of Science, SCIE, Q3, IF 0.549, Vol. 14(3-4) 2005.

  • Rehan Akbar, Masroor Ellahi Babar and Wajeeha Yousuf, Unichat – A Local Network Application (communication project for farmers), Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, ISI Web of Science, SCIE, Q3, IF 0.549, Vol. 14(3-4) 2005.

  • Rehan Akbar, Masroor Ellahi Babar, A Java based Client Server Architecture for E-commerce Applications, (a project of agri. Business management) Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, ISI Web of Science, SCIE, Q3, IF 0.549, Vol. 14(1-2) 2004.