Dr Kashif Nisar

Lecturer in Computer Science
Postdoctoral (AUT-NZ), PhD (UTP-MY)

Email: kashif.nisar@nd.edu.au

  • Biography

    Kashif Nisar currently serves as a Lecturer in Computer Science & is a national course coordinator at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney Campus. Recently, Nisar received the Best Lecturer Dean's Award from Swinburne University of Technology, Sydney Campus (his former job).

    He has made a significant contribution to the teaching, delivery of lectures, tutorial development, coordination of courses, program coordination, development and practice of innovative teaching and learning methods, and supervision of honours and postgraduate students. His experience in the areas of Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Technology, honour projects, first-year and second-year teaching, artificial intelligence, and cyber security courses at Bachelor and Postgraduate levels complement existing software engineering courses, programming principles and techniques, network security, web security, infrastructure, security applications, network, application, web design and development, database systems, and software security technology disciplines.

    He is a member of the teaching, academic review, and course development at the University of Notre Dame Australia.

  • Teaching areas

    • Programming Principles and Techniques
    • Web Design and Development,
    • Cyber Security
    • Network Security
    • Database Systems
    • Artificial Intelligence

  • Research expertise and supervision

    Dr. Kashif Nisar has published research papers in many high-impact journals and well-reputed international conference proceedings in the areas of computer science, cyber security, and artificial intelligence.

    He is an editorial board member for journals including ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, Computer Communications Elsevier, Kybernetes, an International Journal Emerald UK, and International Journal of Wireless Personal Communication Springer.

    He has served as a guest editor for more than a dozen special issues of journals. His research expertise and supervision areas include computer science, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence.

  • Book chapters

    • Ali Akbar Shah, B. S. Chowdhry, Tanweer Hussain, Kashif Nisar, Muhammad Zakir Shaikh, Saifullah Samo, " Everything You Need to Know about Intelligent Manufacturing," Computer Science, Engineering & Technology, Machine Tools, Ist Edition, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, Pages 12, 2023, eBook ISBN9781003220985
    • Sameer Ali; Muhammad Reazul Haque; Kashif Nisar; Ramani Kannan; Tanveer Ahmed Khan; Khalil-Ur-Rehman Shaikh; Basit Ali, "Performance analysis for SDN POX and open daylight controller using network emulator Mininet under DDoS attack," in Computational Intelligence in Software Modeling, De Gruyter, Vol. 13, pp.177-198. 2022
    • Sachin Dhawan, Arun Kumar Rana, Sumit Kumar Rana, Kashif Nisar, "Internet of Medical Things Devices: A Review," Book Convergence of Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Internet of Things, Ist Edition, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, Pages 14, 2022, eBook ISBN9781003355960

  • Journal articles and proceedings

    • S. H. A. Kazmi, R. Hassan, F. Qamar, K. Nisar and M. A. Al-Betar, "Federated Conditional Variational Auto Encoders for Cyber Threat Intelligence: Tackling Non-IID Data in SDN Environments," in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 26273-26288, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3529894.
    • M. N. Razali, S. A. Manaf, R. B. Hanapi, M. R. Salji, L. W. Chiat and K. Nisar, "Enhancing Minority Sentiment Classification in Gastronomy Tourism: A Hybrid Sentiment Analysis Framework With Data Augmentation, Feature Engineering and Business Intelligence," in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 49387-49407, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3362730.
    • Rani S, Anju , Sangwan A, Kumar K, Nisar K, Soomro TR, et al. A review and analysis of localization techniques in underwater wireless sensor networks. Comput Mater Contin. 2023;75(3):5697–5715.
    • Kazmi, S.H.A.; Hassan, R.; Qamar, F.; Nisar, K.; Ibrahim, A.A.A. Security Concepts in Emerging 6G Communication: Threats, Countermeasures, Authentication Techniques and Research Directions. Symmetry 2023, 15, 1147.
    • S. H. A. Kazmi, F. Qamar, R. Hassan and K. Nisar, "Routing-Based Interference Mitigation in SDN Enabled Beyond 5G Communication Networks: A Comprehensive Survey," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 4023-4041, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3235366.
    • Khan, A.S.; Sattar, M.A.; Nisar, K.; Ibrahim, A.A.A.; Annuar, N.B.; Abdullah, J.b.; Karim Memon, S. A Survey on 6G Enabled Light Weight Authentication Protocol for UAVs, Security, Open Research Issues and Future Directions. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 277.
    • S. H. A. Kazmi, F. Qamar, R. Hassan and K. Nisar, "Routing-Based Interference Mitigation in SDN Enabled Beyond 5G Communication Networks: A Comprehensive Survey," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 4023-4041, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3235366.
    • Bangyal, W.H.; Nisar, K.; Soomro, T.R.; Ag Ibrahim, A.A.; Mallah, G.A.; Hassan, N.U.; Rehman, N.U. An Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Data Classification. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 283. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13010283
    • Rana, S.K.; Rana, S.K.; Nisar, K.; Ag Ibrahim, A.A.; Rana, A.K.; Goyal, N.; Chawla, P. Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence Based Decentralized Access Control Model to Enable Secure Interoperability for Healthcare. Sustainability 2022, 14, 9471.
    • F. A. Karim, A. H. M. Aman, R. Hassan, K. Nisar and M. Uddin, "Named Data Networking: A Survey on Routing Strategies," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 90254-90270, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3201083.

  • Conference papers

    • S. H. Ali Kazmi, R. Hassan, F. Qamar, K. Nisar and D. P. Dahnil, "Threat Intelligence in IoMTs with Federated Learning using Non-IID Data: An Experimental Analysis," 2024 IEEE 7th International Symposium on Telecommunication Technologies (ISTT), Langkawi Island, Malaysia, 2024, pp. 120-125, doi: 10.1109/ISTT63363.2024.10750596.
    • Q. Waseem, W. I. S. Wan Din, A. Bin Ab Rahman and K. Nisar, "Exploring Machine Learning in IoT Smart Home Automation," 2023 IEEE 8th International Conference On Software Engineering and Computer Systems (ICSECS), Penang, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 252-257, doi: 10.1109/ICSECS58457.2023.10256283.
    • S. H. Ali Kazmi, F. Qamar, R. Hassan and K. Nisar, "SLFL: A Server-Less Federated Learning Framework in Software Defined UAV Networks," 2023 IEEE International Conference on Computing (ICOCO), Langkawi, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 339-344, doi: 10.1109/ICOCO59262.2023.10397691.
    • M. Adil Khan; Kashif Nisar; Ehtisham Lodhi; Jawad Khan; Muhammad Imran Khan; Tariq Rahim Soomro, "Prototype Model of an IoT-based Digital and Smart Door Locking System with Enhanced Security," 2022 14th International Conference on Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Computer Science and Statistics (MACS), Karachi, Pakistan, 2022, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/MACS56771.2022.10023385.
    • S. H. A. Kazmi, F. Qamar, R. Hassan and K. Nisar, "Interference Resistant Position Awareness for Collision Avoidance in Dense Drones Swarming," 2022 IEEE 16th International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies (AICT), Washington DC, DC, USA, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/AICT55583.2022.10013534.
    • S. K. Rana, S. K. Rana, A. K. Rana, K. Nisar, T. R. Soomro and S. Nisar, "A Survey on Blockchain Technology Supported Approaches for Healthcare System, Open Issues and Challenges," 2022 14th International Conference on Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Computer Science and Statistics (MACS), Karachi, Pakistan, 2022, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/MACS56771.2022.10023472.
    • S. H. A. Kazmi, F. Qamar, R. Hassan and K. Nisar, "Interference Resistant Position Awareness for Collision Avoidance in Dense Drones Swarming," 2022 IEEE 16th International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies (AICT), Washington DC, DC, USA, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/AICT55583.2022.10013534.
    • M. Lalit, S. K. Chawla, A. K. Rana, K. Nisar, T. R. Soomro and M. A. Khan, "IoT Networks: Security Vulnerabilities of Application Layer Protocols," 2022 14th International Conference on Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Computer Science and Statistics (MACS), Karachi, Pakistan, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/MACS56771.2022.10022971.
    • S. H. A. Kazmi, F. Qamar, R. Hassan and K. Nisar, "Improved QoS in Internet of Things (IoTs) through Short Messages Encryption Scheme for Wireless Sensor Communication," 2022 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Penang, Malaysia, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ISPACS57703.2022.10082815.

  • In the media

    • The 13th IEEE International Conference Application of Information and Communication Technologies, 23-25 Oct 2019 | Baku, Azerbaijan

  • Professional affiliations

    • Australian Computer Society (ACS)
    • Australian Information Security Association (AISA), Australia
    • The Institution of Engineers and Technology (IET), UK
    • The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA
    • The Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), USA
    • The Internet Society (ISOC), USA
    • Engineers Australia

  • Awards

    • Best Lecturer Dean's Award from Swinburne University of Technology, Sydney Campus 2024
    • Architecture, Security Threats and Application of SDN, Bronze Medal in recognition of my contribution in the PEREKA-UMS, 2017, Kompleks Dewan Kuiah Pusat Ke-2, University Malaysia Sabah, KK, Sabah, Malaysia
    • TM R&D Sdn Bhd fully supports this research work under Project RDTC160902. S. C. Tan and Z. Yusoff received the fund. Sponsors Telecom Malaysia
    • Improving Quality Of Service With Respect To Delay In Fixed WiMAX Network, Bronze Medal in recognition of my contribution in the PEREKA-UMS, held from 27-28 September. 2016, Kompleks Dewan Kuiah Pusat Ke-2, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia