Publications (2025–2026)

Publications – 2026

1. B. Gulzar, S. A. Sofi, and S. Sholla, “Fuzeth: Fuzzy Delphi-based Ethical Intelligence for Context-Aware PIoT Systems,” AI and Ethics, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 285, 2026.

2. M. M. Yousuf and S. A. Sofi, “Bug Classification in Quantum Software: A Rule-Based Framework and its Evaluation,” Automated Software Engineering, vol. 33, no. 1, p. 39, 2026.

3. S. Moeen ul Haque, S. A. Sofi, and S. Sholla, “A Comprehensive Survey on Blockchain-Based Privacy, Scalability, and Consensus Mechanism Techniques,” SN Computer Science, vol. 7, no. 3, p. 269, 2026.

4. S. Zahoor, S. A. Sofi, P. Verma, and R. Akhter, “IoT Data Models for Lightweight Data Storage and Processing in Real-Time Environments,” Wireless Networks, pp. 1–19, 2026.

5. B. Gulzar and S. A. Sofi, Computational Ethics: Foundations, Frameworks, and Future Directions. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2026.

6. M. M. Yousuf and S. A. Sofi, “A Systematic Exploration of Quantum Software Engineering in the NISQ Era: Methods, Lifecycle Practices, and a Taxonomy of Challenges,” Neurocomputing, p. 132809, 2026.

7. S. Zahoor, “IoT-ML Based Multi-Disease Management System: A Case Study of Apple Trees,” Applied Fruit Science, vol. 68, no. 1, p. 73, 2026.

8. V. Jain, P. Verma, M. Kumar, and A. Kaushik, “Blockchain-enabled Incentive Mechanism for Federated Learning: A Multi-Agent Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2026.

9. S. Haq and P. Verma, “An Extensive Examination of Adaptive Intelligence in Cloud-to-Edge Systems for Healthcare 5.0,” Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 132, p. 111006, 2026.

10. V. Jain, A. Gupta, P. Verma, and S. S. Gill, “TinyFed6G: Federated Learning With TinyML for Resource-Constrained Intelligence in 6G Edge Networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications, 2026.

11. S. S. Gill, S. S. Murugesan, K. A. Anurag, P. Verma, H. Kaur, S. Kumar, and M. Kumar, “Agentic AI: Vision and Challenges,” Authorea Preprints, 2026.

12. R. Akhter, R. Akhter, I. Shafi, and S. Sofi, “An Overview of Smart Cities Covering Applications, Challenges, and Emerging Trends,” in Navigating Cybersecurity and Privacy in the Evolution of Smart Urban Systems, 2026.

Publications – 2025

1. J. Augustine, A. Cruciani, and I. A. Gillani, “Brief Announcement: Highly Dynamic and Fully Distributed Data Structures,” in Proceedings of the 39th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2025), Aug. 2025. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.DISC.2025.47.

2. A. Zahoor, I. A. Gillani, and J. Bashir, “A Review of Temporal Networks: Operations and Applications,” The Review of Socionetwork Strategies, May 2025. doi:10.1007/s12626-025-00187-5.

3. A. A. Makhdomi and I. A. Gillani, “Collaborative Fair Route Planning in Decentralized Platforms: A Game Theoretic Perspective,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, July 2025. doi:10.1109/TITS.2025.3581701.

4. R. Bhat and I. A. Gillani, “Demand Prediction in Online Food Delivery Platforms Using Graph Neural Networks,” in Proceedings of the ACM India Joint International Conference on Data Science and Management of Data (CODS-COMAD 2024), pp. 323–325, June 2025. doi:10.1145/3703323.3703703.

5. U. U. Nisa and J. Bashir, “A Comprehensive End-to-End Security Framework for Optical On-Chip Networks,” Journal of Systems Architecture, p. 103518, 2025.

6. S. F. Allaqband, M. Nazish, S. F. Allaqband, J. Bashir, and M. T. Banday, “An Efficient Machine Learning Based CPU Scheduler for Heterogeneous Multicore Processors,” International Journal of Information Technology, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 2493–2501, 2025.

7. T. Ashraf and J. Bashir, “TITAN: Query-Token Based Domain Adaptive Adversarial Learning,” in Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision, pp. 250–262.

8. M. M. Yousuf and S. A. Sofi, “Characterizing Bugs and Quality Attributes in Quantum Software: A Large-Scale Empirical Study,” 2025.

9. S. A. Sofi, “Foundations, Intuition, and Impact,” in Generative Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models for Smart Systems, 2025.

10. A. Hilal, S. A. Sofi, M. A. Shah, and V. Vishvarupe, “Challenges and Opportunities for Cyber-Physical Systems in Agriculture,” in Cyber-Physical System for Rural Development, pp. 132–149, 2025.

11. S. Zahoor, S. A. Sofi, P. Verma, and V. Sheng, “Mobile Health Services for Rural Communities,” in Cyber-Physical System for Rural Development, pp. 262–276, 2025.

12. M. M. Yousuf, S. A. Sofi, and F. A. Reegu, “Challenges of Cyber-Physical Systems in Rural Education,” in Cyber-Physical System for Rural Development, pp. 186–200, 2025.

13. B. Majid, S. A. Sofi, and H. Ismaili, “Smart Villages: Transforming Rural Communities,” in Cyber-Physical System for Rural Development, pp. 217–230, 2025.

14. R. Akhter, S. A. Sofi, A. Wani, and M. Bhat, “Data Analytics for Rural Applications,” in Cyber-Physical System for Rural Development, pp. 36–62, 2025.

15. S. Rahman, S. Zahoor, and G. Habib, “Telemedicine Solutions for Remote Health Access,” in Cyber-Physical System for Rural Development, pp. 120–131, 2025.

16. T. Rahim, P. Verma, and A. Z. Bhat, “Cyber-Physical Systems for Overcoming Connectivity Challenges in Rural Areas,” in Cyber-Physical System for Rural Development, pp. 63–76, 2025.

17. S. Zahoor, S. A. Sofi, P. Verma, and V. Sheng, Cyber-Physical System for Rural Development: Technological Innovations for Sustainable Futures. CRC Press, 2025.

18. B. Majid, S. A. Sofi, and Z. Jabeen, “Noise Resilient Quantum Learning: Adaptive Policy Guided Error Mitigation in Quantum Reinforcement Learning for the Traveling Salesman Problem,” Applied Soft Computing, p. 114279, 2025.

19. T. Jain, S. Zahoor, and S. A. Sofi, “Artificial Intelligence for Cyber-Security: A Deceive to Defend Concept,” in 2025 International Conference on Future Technologies (ICFT), pp. 1–6, 2025.

20. I. Jan and S. Sofi, “Resource Aware Medical IoT Data Management System Using Social IoT Based Edge Computing,” Cluster Computing, vol. 28, no. 13, p. 833, 2025.

21. B. Gulzar, S. A. Sofi, and S. Sholla, “Convergence of Personal Internet of Things into Social Internet of Things,” Cluster Computing, vol. 28, no. 4, p. 277, 2025.

22. B. Gulzar and S. A. Sofi, “Cedar: A Federated Meta-Learning Framework for Secure and Scalable Personalized IoT,” Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Science Communication, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1–23, 2025.

23. B. Majid, S. A. Sofi, and Z. Jabeen, “Quantum Machine Learning: A Systematic Categorization Based on Learning Paradigms, NISQ Suitability, and Fault Tolerance,” Quantum Machine Intelligence, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 39, 2025.

24. I. Jan and S. Sofi, “Fog Assisted Data Size Reduction Based Data Management System for Optimizing Resources in Medical IoT,” Cluster Computing, vol. 28, no. 3, p. 212, 2025.

25. S. A. Hussain, R. Kohli, S. Zahoor, and S. A. Sofi, “Transforming the GUI Landscape: Harnessing the Power of MPNet Base v2 Sentence Transformers,” Procedia Computer Science, vol. 259, pp. 1809–1816, 2025.

26. S. Zahoor and S. A. Sofi, “Data Mining for Cognitive e-Learning Systems: A Survey,” Procedia Computer Science, vol. 259, pp. 1803–1808, 2025.

27. I. Jan and S. Sofi, “Performance Analysis of Lightweight Boosting ML Algorithms in Medical Data Classification,” IUP Journal of Computer Sciences, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 35–59, 2025.

28. “Functional Beverage Technology: Recent Advances and Emerging Trends,” Food Biotechnology, vol. 12, no. 4, 2025.

29. S. Haq and P. Verma, “Edge-Cloud-Assisted Multivariate Time Series Data-Based VAR and Sequential Encoder–Decoder Framework for Multi-Disease Prediction,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, vol. 50, no. 19, pp. 15729–15749, 2025.

30. T. Rahim, L. M. Bollipo, and P. Verma, “Personalizing Federated Learning Models: Methods, Applications, and Challenges in Healthcare 5.0,” IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 2025.

31. M. K. Bijli, P. Verma, and A. P. Singh, “Self Organization and Stability in Swarm Dynamics of Vortex Nanoparticles Swarm (VNPS),” in 2025 International Conference on Electronics and Computing, Communication and Networking, 2025.

32. M. K. Bijli, P. Verma, and A. P. Singh, “Chaotic Vortex Nanoparticle Swarms (CVNPS): Formation and Stability Analysis,” Applied Soft Computing, p. 113708, 2025.

33. M. Khurshid Bijli and P. Verma, “Influence of Soft Computing Techniques in Autonomous Vehicles,” in Computational Intelligence Techniques for 5G Enabled IoT Networks, pp. 99–111, 2025.

34. M. Kumar, S. S. Gill, V. Kumar, and P. Verma, Computational Intelligence Techniques for 5G Enabled IoT Networks. Springer Nature, 2025.

35. S. S. Gill, M. Golec, J. Hu, M. Xu, J. Du, H. Wu, G. K. Walia, S. S. Murugesan, B. Ali, et al., “Edge AI: A Taxonomy, Systematic Review and Future Directions,” Cluster Computing, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 18, 2025.

36. M. Kumar, J. K. Samriya, G. Kaur Walia, P. Verma, H. Wu, and S. S. Gill, “Blockchain Empowered Secure Federated Learning for Consumer IoT Applications in Cloud-Edge Collaborative Environment,” IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 3986–3996, 2025.

37. P. Verma and S. Haq, “An Intelligent and Secure Fog Computing-Based System for Predicting and Preventing Yellow Fever Outbreaks,” in International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Computational Science, 2025.

38. S. Sharma, M. A. Khan, H. M. Mir, and S. Sharma, “A Comprehensive Survey on Masked Face Recognition Techniques using Deep Learning: Motivations, Research Progress, and Future Challenges,” ICT Express, 2025.

39. G. Habib, I. A. Malik, S. Sharma, S. Singh, and J. Kim, “Optimizing MobileNetV3 for Multimodal Eye Gaze and Emotion Recognition via Advanced Pruning and Quantisation Techniques,” Scientific Reports, vol. 15, no. 1, p. 37766, 2025.

40. P. M. S. Makhdoomi, M. Ikhlas, A. Khursheed, F. Hilal, Z. Ahmad Najar, et al., “Network-Based Intrusion Detection: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Approaches for Improved Security,” Journal of Cyber Security Technology, pp. 1–28, 2025.