Mariam Abkar received her M.Sc. and M.Phil. degrees from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Communications over Sensors (ComSens) Research Lab, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, in 2016. She is currently a Tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at CUI, Islamabad. Her research interests include wireless networks, smart grids, blockchain, data science, and artificial intelligence. She has authored over 55 publications in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences.