Office
Ubiquitous Computing Laboratory
School of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Chung-Ang University
221 Heukseok, Dongjak, Seoul, 156-756 South Korea

E-mail: arooj@uclab.re.kr

Tel: 070-7568-8419

Fax: +822 820-5301

Webpage: http://uc.cse.cau.ac.kr/arooj.html

Research Interests :

• Vehicular Cloud Computing
• Embedded IT & Communications Security in Automotive Domain
• Wireless Handover & Broadcast Protocol

Education :

• B.S.: Department of Computer Science, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan, 2011.
• M.S.: Department of Computer Science, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan, 2013.

International Journals
• T. T. H. Pham, A. Masood, T. M. T. Nguyen, C. Lee, and S. Cho, "Multiagent Collaboration for Maximizing Channel Awareness in Mobile Directional CRNs," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering2025. (IF: 7.9, Top 3.3%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• A. Masood, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Privacy-Preserving Intelligent Content-Caching Scheme in Heterogeneous Aerial Access Networks," Elsevier Expert Systems With Applications, vol. 243, no. 122834, June 2024. (IF: 8.5, Top 8.20%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• T. Ha, A. Masood, W. Na, and S. Cho, "Intelligent Multi-Path TCP Congestion Control for Video Streaming in Internet of Deep Space Things Communication," Elsevier ICT Express, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 860-868, October 2023. (IF: 4.754, Top 30.49%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• A. Masood, T. Ha, D. S. Lakew, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Intelligent TCP Congestion Control Scheme in Internet of Deep Space Things Communication," IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1472-1486, June 2023. (IF: 5.003, Top 8.33%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• Y. Lee, A. Masood, W. Noh, and S. Cho, "DQN Based User Association Control in Hierarchical Mobile Edge Computing Systems for Mobile IoT Services," Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 137, pp. 53-69, December 2022. (IF: 7.307, Top 9.17%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• Y. Lee, S. Jeong, A. Masood, L. Park, and S. Cho, "Trustful Resource Management for Service Allocation in Fog-Enabled Intelligent Transportation Systems," IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 147313-147322, August 2020. (IF: 3.7, Top 22.44%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• A. Masood, D. S. Lakew, and S. Cho, "Security and Privacy Challenges in Connected Vehicular Cloud Computing," IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2725-2764, July 2020. (IF: 23.70, Top 0.64%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• N.-N. Dao, D.-N. Vu, A. Masood, W. Na, and S. Cho, "Reliable Broadcasting for Safety Services in Dense Infrastructureless Peer-Aware Communications," Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 193, no. 106655, January 2020 (IF: 3.117, TOP: 9.7%). [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• W. Na, Y. Lee, N.-N. Dao, D.-N. Vu, A. Masood, and S. Cho, "Directional Link Scheduling for Real-time Data Processing in Smart manufacturing System," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 3661-3671, October 2018 (IF: 7.596, TOP: 2.0%). [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]

International Conferences
• A. Masood, D. S. Lakew, and S. Cho, "Learning based Content Caching for Wireless Networks ," in Proc. of International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Barcelona, January, 2020. [PDF]
• D. S. Lakew, A. Masood, and S. Cho, "3D UAV Placement and Trajectory Optimization in UAV Assisted Wireless Networks ," in Proc. of International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Barcelona, January, 2020. [PDF]
• V.-D. Tuong, T.-P. Truong, A.-T. Tran, A. Masood, D. S. Lakew, C. Lee, Y. Lee, and S. Cho, "Delay-Sensitive Task Offloading for Internet of Things in Nonorthogonal Multiple Access MEC Networks ," in Proc. of International Conference on ICT Convergence (ICTC), Jeju, Korea, October, 2020. [PDF]
• A. Masood, T.-V. Nguyen, and S. Cho, "Deep Regression Model for Videos Popularity Prediction in Mobile Edge Caching Networks ," in Proc. of International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Jeju, Korea, January, 2021. [PDF]
• A. Masood, T.-V. Nguyen, T. P. Truong, and S. Cho, "Content Caching in HAP-Assisted Multi-UAV Networks Using Hierarchical Federated Learning ," in Proc. of International Conference on ICT Convergence (ICTC), Jeju, Korea, October, 2021. [PDF]
• T. P. Truong, A. -T. Tran, T. M. Y. Nguyen, T.-V. Nguyen, A. Masood, and S. Cho, "MEC-Enhanced Aerial Serving Networks via HAP: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach ," in Proc. of International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Jeju, Korea, january, 2022. [PDF]
• A. Masood, T. Ha, D. S. Lakew, N.-N. Dao, D. T. Hua, N. Geeranuch, and S. Cho, "A Review on Congestion Control for Internet of Deep Space Things Communication ," in Proc. of International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Bangkok, Thailand, january, 2023. [PDF]
• N. Geeranuch, A. Masood, and S. Cho, "A Survey on Fuzzy Logic for Cluster Head Selection in Wireless Sensor Networks ," in Proc. of International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Bangkok, Thailand, january, 2023. [PDF]
• D. S. Lakew, A.-T. Tran, A. Masood, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "A Review on Satellite-Terrestrial Integrated Wireless Networks: Challenges and Open Research Issues ," in Proc. of International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Bangkok, Thailand, january, 2023. [PDF]
• A. Masood, D. Q. Tuan, D. S. Lakew, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "A Review on AI-Enabled Content Caching in Vehicular Edge Caching and Networks ," in Proc. of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC), Bali, Indonesia, February, 2023. [PDF]
• A. Masood, N.-N. Dao, H. Kim Y. Son, H. T. Lee, J. Paek, and S. Cho, "A Review on AI-Enabled Congestion Control Schemes for Content Centric Networks ," in Proc. of International Conference on ICT Convergence (ICTC), Jeju Island, South Korea, October, 2023. [PDF]