Abdullah Yousafzai

Abdullah Yousafzai

Research Fellow, Smart and Resilient Supply Chains

Biography

Abdullah has worked as a postdoctoral research fellow under the Brain Korea 21st Century Plus grant at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University, South Korea. He was involved in industrial projects for blockchain-based solutions and IT infrastructure initiatives.

Before that, he was a research assistant at the Centre for Mobile Cloud Computing Research (C4MCCR) at the University of Malaya. Additionally, he worked as a backend web developer in Pakistan, serving clientele from Silicon Valley, USA.

Abdullah received his Ph.D. from the University of Malaya in 2017. He was a young Tenure Track Associate Professor at the University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

His research outcomes as a leading author have been published in high-impact journals. He is the recipient of multiple awards. His research primarily focuses on distributed computing environments, including cloud computing systems, edge computing, mobile cloud computing, blockchain systems, machine learning, and the Internet of Things.

Abdullah is proficient and has exceptional skills in implementation using multiple programming languages, including Java, Python, and C++.

Research

Abdullah's research intrests span across:

  • Cloud computing systems,
  • Edge computing,
  • Mobile cloud computing,
  • Blockchain systems,
  • Machine learning,
  • The Internet of Things