Dr. Shah Nazir completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science with a specialization in Software Engineering at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, in December 2015. He did a postdoctorate under the World Academy of Science fellowship from University Putra, Malaysia in 2018. He is a professional member of IEEE. He has more than 170 research publications in well-reputed international journals and conference proceedings. He is an academic editor of two journals and is working as a member of technical committees for more than 140 journals and conferences. He organized one international conference and remains session chair for several conferences. He completed two research projects for the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. He is currently working as assistant professor and head of department at the University of Swabi, Pakistan. Prior to this, he worked at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, from 2009 to 2016, and received several awards. His research interests include component-based software engineering, software birthmark, systematic literature review, big data, and decision making.