Funded Research Projects (FPR)

1. Research Title:  Enhancing the Quality Of Service For Real Time Traffic Over Optical Burst
   Investigators:   Muhammad Abdullatef  Ali Al-shargabi and Asadullah Shaikh
   Grant No:           NU/ESCI/14/53 Najran University
   Start Date:         January 2015
   End Date:           January 2016
   FPR. Status:       Completed
   Project Output: Impact Factor Publication in PLOS ONE. IF 2.740 [PDF]  

2. Research Title:  Evaluating and Ranking Cloud-based E-Learning Critical Success Factors (CSFs)
   using Combinatorial Approach
   Investigators:   Quadri Noorulhasan Naveed, Mohamed Noor Quershi, Asadullah Shaikh, Sumaya
   Sanober, Khalid Mohiuddin
   Grant No:           DF-516-305-1441 Deanship of Scientific Research King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah
   Start Date:          September 2019
   End Date:           February 2020
   FPR. Status:       Completed
   Project Output: Impact Factor Publication in IEEE Access. IF: 3.745 [PDF]  
   
   
3. Research Title:  PEMC: Power Efficiency Measurement Calculator to Compute Power Efficiency and CO2 Emissions in Cloud Data Centers
   Investigators:    Asadullah Shaikh and M. A. Elmagzoub
   Grant No:          NU/ESCI/16/087 Najran University
   Start Date:        February 2019
   End Date:          October 2020
   FPR. Status:      Completed
   Project Output: Impact Factor Publication in IEEE Access. IF: 3.745 [PDF]  
   
   
4. Research Title:  A Review on MIMO Wireless Signalover Fibre for Next Generation Fibre Wireless (FiWi) Broadband Networks
   Investigators:     M. A. Elmagzoub and Asadullah Shaikh
   Grant No:           NU/ESCI/17/084 Najran University
   Start Date:         February 2019
   End Date:          November 2020
   FPR. Status:     Completed
   Project Output: Impact Factor Publication in Electronics MPDI. IF: 2.412 [PDF]  
   
   
   
5. Research Title:  Ontology-Based Verification of UML Class Model XOR Constraint and Dependency Relationship Constraints
   Investigators:     Asadullah Shaikh, Abdullah Alghamdi, and M. A. Elmagzoub
   Grant No:           NU/ESCI/17/098 Najran University
   Start Date:        April 2020
   End Date:          April 2021
   FPR. Status:       Completed
   Project Output: Impact Factor Publication in IASC Tech Science. IF: 1.647 [PDF] 
   
   
   
6. Research Title:  Tele-COVID A Telemedicine Architectural Design for C0VID 19 Patients
   Investigators:    Asadullah Shaikh, Mana Al Reshan, and Hani Alshahrani
   Grant No:           NU/ESCI/18/010 Najran University
   Start Date:         April 2020
   End Date:          April 2021
   FPR. Status:      Completed
   Project Output: Impact Factor Publication in CMC IF: 4.8 [PDF]  
   
   
7. Research Title:  A Learning-Based Fault Localization Approach Using Subset of Likely and Dynamic Invariants
   Investigators:    Asadullah Shaikh, Abdullah Alghamdi, and M. A. Elmagzoub
   Grant No:           NU/-/SERC/10/552 Najran University
   Start Date:         April 2021
   End Date:          April 2022
   FPR. Status:      Completed
   Project Output: Impact Factor Publication in IASC IF: 1.647. [PDF]  
   
   
8. Research Title:  A Survey of Swarm Intelligence based Load Balancing Techniques in Cloud Computing Environment
   Investigators:    M. A. Elmagzoub, Asadullah Shaikh, and Abdullah Alghamdi
   Grant No:           NU/-/SERC/10/555 Najran University
   Start Date:         April 2021
   End Date:          April 2022
   FPR. Status:      Completed
   Project Output: Impact Factor Publication in Electronics IF: 2.397. [PDF]  
   
   
9. Research Title:  More Than Two Decades of Research on Verification of UML Class Models: A Systematic Literature Review
   Investigators:    Abdullah Alghamdi, Asadullah Shaikh, and Mana Saleh Al Reshan
   Grant No:           NU/-/SERC/10/521 Najran University
   Start Date:         April 2021
   End Date:           April 2022
   FPR. Status:      Completed
   Project Output: Impact Factor Publication in IEEE Access IF: 3.367. [PDF]  
   
   
10. Research Title:  Pre-processing Approach For Detection of Cardiac Health Condition
    Investigators:    Asadullah Shaikh
    Grant No:           NU/NRP/SERC/11/16 Najran University
    Start Date:         Feb 2022
    End Date:           Febl 2023
    FPR. Status:      Ongoing
    Project Output:  Impact Factor Publication in Eelectronics Access IF: 2.397. [PDF]
    
    
11. Research Title:  Deep Learning Models for Multistep Traffic Speed Detection
    Investigators:    Asadullah Shaikh, and Basit Shahzad
    Grant No:           NU/RC/SERC/11/8 Najran University
    Start Date:         Feb 2022
    End Date:           Febl 2023
    FPR. Status:      Completed
    Project Output:   Three Impact Factor Publications [PDF][PDF][PDF] with Total Impact Factor 10.904
    
    
12. Research Title:  Sentiment Analysis in Social Internet of Things Using Contextual Representations
    Investigators:    Asadullah Shaikh, Saleh Mansoor, Mehdi Alyami and Saleh Alyami
    Grant No:           NU/SRP/SERC/12/29 Najran University
    Start Date:         Feb 2023
    End Date:           Feb 2023
    FPR. Status:      Ongoing
    Project Output:   To be added
    
    
13. Research Title:  Detection of Cyberbullying Patterns in Low Resources using Natural Language Processing using Machine Learning and Ensemble Techniques
    Investigators:    Asadullah Shaikh, and Mana Saleh Al Reshan
    Grant No:           NU/DRP/SERC/12/36 Najran University
    Start Date:         Feb 2023
    End Date:           Feb 2023
    FPR. Status:      Ongoing
    Project Output:   To be added
    
    
14. Research Title:  An Efficient Framework to Enhance Cloud-based IoT Security and Privacy
    Investigators:    Asadullah Shaikh, Adel Sulaiman, and Mana Saleh Al Reshan}
    Grant No:           NU/RG/SERC/12/33 Najran University
    Start Date:         Feb 2023
    End Date:           Feb 2023
    FPR. Status:      Ongoing
    Project Output:   To be added
    
    
15. Research Title:  Brain-Computer Interface with Improved Information of EEG Signal
    Investigators:    Asadullah Shaikh}
    Grant No:           NU/RCP/SERC/12/15 Najran University
    Start Date:         Feb 2023
    End Date:           Feb 2023
    FPR. Status:      Ongoing
    Project Output:   To be added