Abdullah Khan is Associate Professor at the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan. He received his Ph.D. in Information Technology from University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Malaysia, in 2015. He previously received his M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Science and Technology, Bannu, Pakistan. He has published several research articles in the field of optimization and metaheuristics. His main research interests include hybrid neural networks, knowledge-based systems, and data mining.