Dr. Abdu Salam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan, and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the International Islamic University Islamabad. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, federated learning, cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), wireless sensor networks, privacy-preserving machine learning, and AI-driven healthcare. He has contributed to more than 50 peer-reviewed publications covering intelligent systems, medical image analysis, cybersecurity, smart environments, and network technologies. He is also actively involved in academic supervision and scholarly peer review, having reviewed manuscripts for more than 100 journals across AI, imaging, sensing, and networking.