Faiza Iqbal (Ph.D., NUST, Pakistan) directs multiple IoT-based software development initiatives. She received Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission Indigenous Scholarship for MS leading to the Ph.D. She is presently working with the Department of Computer Science, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Her current research interests include IoT based smart applications, knowledge-based systems, network optimization modelling and data analytics for high-performance protocol design. She has published more than twenty-five scientific research publications in major international journals and conferences with a cumulative impact factor of 37+. Professionally, she serves as member of the program committee, technical committee, and reviewer panel for numerous international journals and conferences.