Dr Muhammad Usman Ilyas PhD

Dr Muhammad Usman Ilyas

School of Computer Science
Assistant Professor
PG Program Director

Contact details

Email
m.ilyas@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Computer Science
Main campus building, Dubai campus
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
Dubai International Academic City
P.O Box 341799
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Muhammad Usman Ilyas is currently serving as Assistant Professor (Computer Science) at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø - Dubai, UAE. Prior to that he was serving as Associate Professor (Computer and Network Engineering) at the College of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 2016-2022.

Prior to that he was appointed Assistant Professor (Electrical Engineering) at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan from 2011-2021. Before that he worked as a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at MSU from 2010 to 2011 under the joint supervision of Prof. Hayder Radha and Prof. Alex X. Liu and Research Assistant from 2004.

He also worked for Quartics LLC, Irvine, CA as an Embedded Software Engineer in 2006 and 2008, Engro Chemical Ltd., Karachi, as an Information Systems Engineer from 1999 to 2000, and Avaz Networks / Communications Enabling Technologies, Islamabad, as a Design Engineer (SoC) from 2000 to 2002.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, 2009
    Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing, MI, USA
  • M.S. Electrical Engineering, 2007
    Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing, MI, USA
  • M.S. Computer Engineering (Dean’s List), 2005
    Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan
  • B.E. (Honors) Electrical Engineering, 1999
    National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

Teaching

Teaching Programmes

  • BSc Computer Science
  • BSc Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science
  • MEng Computer Science and Software Engineering
  • MSc Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • MSc Data Science

Teaching Modules

  • Mathematical and Logical Foundations of Computer Science
  • Security and Networks
  • Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Visualization

Publications

Recent publications

Book

Ilyas, M, Khan, MM, Kamboh, AM & Alqarni, MA 2019, . 1 edn, Alshegrey Publishers, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Article

Dawood, H, Nawaz, M, Ilyas, M, Nazir, T & Javed, A 2025, '', Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 186, pp. 109613.

Khan, IR, Ali, STA, Siddiq, A, Khan, MM, Ilyas, MU, Alshomrani, S & Rahardja, S 2022, '', Electronics (Switzerland), vol. 11, no. 9, 1408.

Ilyas, MU & Alharbi, SA 2022, '', Computing, vol. 104, no. 5, pp. 1061–1076.

Ilyas, MU, Ahmad, M & Saleem, S 2020, '', International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 33, no. 16.

Ilyas, MU, Khan, MM, Radha, H, Al-Ghamdi, A & Munshi, A 2019, '', IEEE Access, vol. 7, 8637938, pp. 35661-35672.

Khan, SA, Saleem, S, Hassan, SA & Ilyas, MU 2019, '', IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

Ghani, A, Naqvi, SHA, Ilyas, MU, Khan, MK & Hassan, A 2019, '', IEEE Access, vol. 7, 8643778, pp. 26558-26570.

Ahmed, J, Malik, A, Ilyas, MU & Alowibdi, JS 2019, '', Computing.

Conference contribution

Wahid, A, Sanna, M, Ilyas, M, Hamayun, M, Khan, N, Ibrahim, A & Kamel, AI 2024, . in KSII The 16th International Conference on Internet (ICONI) 2024. Proceedings of ICONI 2024, Korean Society for Internet Information, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 89-91, The 16th International Conference on Internet (ICONI 2024), Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China, 16/12/24. <>

Khan, N, Martini, MG, Ilyas, M & Wahid, A 2024, . in KSII The 16th International Conference on Internet (ICONI) 2024. Proceedings of ICONI 2024, Korean Society for Internet Information, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 328-333, The 16th International Conference on Internet (ICONI 2024), Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China, 16/12/24. <>

Ilyas, MU, Khan, MM, Laghari, F, Mansoor, SB, Razzaque, A & Alqarni, MA 2022, . in 2021 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC)., 9698929, IEEE, pp. 1-8, 2021 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC), 2/12/21.

Algbear, A, Alqarni, MA, Ilyas, M & Khan, MM 2021, . in 2021 National Computing Colleges Conference (NCCC). IEEE, 2021 National Computing Colleges Conference (NCCC), Taif, Saudi Arabia, 27/03/21.

Sirshar, M, Saleem, S, Ilyas, MU, Khan, MM, Alkatheiri, MS & Alowibdi, JS 2019, . in Springer Proceedings in Complexity.

Khan, MM, Ilyas, MU, Saleem, S, Alowibdi, JS & Alkatheiri, MS 2019, . in Springer Proceedings in Complexity.