Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad received a B.Sc. degree from Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, in 1999; an M.Sc. degree in computer science from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, in 2001; an M.S./M.Phil. degree in computer science from the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2007; and a Ph.D. degree in information technology from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, in 2011. He has been a Faculty Member and Research Supervisor at various universities since 2001. He is currently a Faculty Member at the Information Technology Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has been involved in several funded projects as PI and co-PI. He has published several articles in reputed journals and conferences. He is also a member of several scientific and professional bodies.