Dr. Zohaib Mushtaq has completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (NTUST), Taipei, Taiwan and MS in Electrical Engineering from Government College University (GCU), Lahore, Pakistan. He earned his PhD degree on fully funded University scholarship by NTUST. During his Doctorate studies he also received Research Excellence Award among International Students in Taiwan for the year 2020 organized and sponsored by CTCI. He has vast teaching and research experience, served as Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering at Riphah International University Islamabad, Research Associate (RA) at NTUST, Taipei, and as a Lecturer at Electrical Engineering Dept. University of Management & Technology, Sialkot.

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• Akbare Yaqub, Muhammad Sadiq Orakzai, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Zohaib Mushtaq, Imran Siddique, Taha Radwan , 2025 , Spectrotemporal Deep Learning for Heart Sound Classification under Clinical Noise Conditions , Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences , 145, 2, IF: 2.5 , Web Link : https://www.proquest.com/docview/3280656524?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true&sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals
• Asrar Mahboob, Muhammad Rashad, Ghulam Abbas, Zohaib Mushtaq, Tehseen Mazhar, Ateeq Ur Rehman , 2025 , Fortifying industry 4.0 solar power systems: a blockchain-driven cybersecurity framework with immutable LightGBM , Computers Materials and Continua , 85, 2, IF: 1.7 , Web Link : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ghulam-Abbas-19/publication/395005556_Fortifying_Industry_40_Solar_Power_Systems_A_Blockchain-Driven_Cybersecurity_Framework_with_Immutable_LightGBM/links/68af351a1bee4d42a2436265/Fortifying-Industry-40-Solar-Power-Systems-A-Blockchain-Driven-Cybersecurity-Framework-with-Immutable-LightGBM.pdf
• Ayman Taher Hindi, Nabeel A Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Zohaib Mushtaq, Saifur Rahman, Muhammad Armghan Latif , 2025 , Modified Grammian Angular Field for spatially informed induction motor fault diagnosis using feature fusion for fault tolerant control applications , Non Destructive Testing and Evaluation , 1, 1, IF: 4.2 , Web Link : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10589759.2025.2548338
• Usama Iqbal, Daoliang Li, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Zohaib Mushtaq, Hafiz Abbad ur Rehman , 2025 , LightHybridNet-Transformer-FFIA: A hybrid Transformer based deep learning model for enhanced fish feeding intensity classification , Aquacultural Engineering , 111, 15, IF: 4.3 , Web Link : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0144860925000937
• Ghulam Abbas, Arshad Ali, Zohaib Mushtaq, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Seada Hussen, Habib Hamam , 2025 , Advancing wind energy potential estimation through multidistribution wind speed analysis in coastal Pakistan , Scientific Reports , 15, 1, IF: 3.9 , Web Link : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-03322-y
• Muhammad Irfan, Nabeel Ahmed Khan, Zohaib Mushtaq, Ghulam Abbas, Abdullah Shaher, Saifur Rahman , 2025 , A convolutional state-space framework for wind turbine fault diagnosis using hierarchical feature extraction and dynamic state modeling on SCADA system , Non Destructive Testing and Evaluation , 1, 1, IF: 4.2 , Web Link : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10589759.2025.2502148
• Muhammad Irfan, Nabeel Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Abubakar, Zohaib Mushtaq, Tomasz Jakubowski, Paweł Sokołowski, Grzegorz Nawalany, Saifur Rahman , 2025 , Design of a novel noise resilient algorithm for fault detection in wind turbines on supervisory control and data acquisition system , Scientific Reports , 14, 1, IF: 3.9
• Muhammad Latif, Zohaib Mushtaq, Saifur Rahman, Saad Arif, Salim Nasar, Muhammad Irfan, Haris Aziz , 2025 , Oversampling-enhanced feature fusion-based hybrid vit-1dcnn model for ransomware cyber attack detection , Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences , 142, 2, IF: 2.5 , Web Link : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Saad-Arif/publication/387684200_Oversampling-Enhanced_Feature_Fusion-Based_Hybrid_ViT-1DCNN_Model_for_Ransomware_Cyber_Attack_Detection/links/679d1fa1645ef274a456a0d1/Oversampling-Enhanced-Feature-Fusion-Based-Hybrid-ViT-1DCNN-Model-for-Ransomware-Cyber-Attack-Detection.pdf
• Ghulam Abbas, Arshad Ali, Faizan Rashid, Naveed Ashraf, Zohaib Mushtaq, Muhammad Zubair , 2024 , An optimal approach for assessing Weibull parameters and wind power potential for six coastal cities in Pakistan , IEEE ACCESS , 13, 13, IF: 3.4 , Web Link : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10818671
• Muhammad Irfan, Nabeel A Khan, Zohaib Mushtaq, Tareq Kareri, Salim Nasar Faraj Mursal, Ateeq-Ur-Rehman Shaheen, Shadi Alghaffari, Ayman Alghanmi, Faial Althobiani, HM Attar , 2024 , A computationally efficient method for induction motor bearing fault detection based on parallel convolutions and semi-supervised GAN , Non Destructive Testing and Evaluation , 40, 10, IF: 4.2 , Web Link : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10589759.2024.2427348
• Abdul Malik Muhammad, Muhammad Zia ur Rehman, Zohaib Mushtaq, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi , 2024 , Automated lumpy skin grading in bovine images using novel deep convolutional neural networks , Multimedia Tools and Applications , 84, 19, , Web Link : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11042-024-20395-5
• Saleh Almasabi, Zohaib Mushtaq, Nabeel Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Irfan , 2024 , Improving fdi detection for pmu state estimation using adversarial interventions and deep auto-encoder , IEEE ACCESS , 12, 12, IF: 3.4 , Web Link : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10638657
• Naveed Ashraf, Ghulam Abbas, Zohaib Mushtaq, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Khmaies Ouahada, Habib Hamam , 2024 , Design and implementation of an innovative single-phase direct AC-AC bipolar voltage buck converter with enhanced control topology , Scientific Reports , 1, 14, IF: 3.9
• Usama Iqbal1 , Daoliang Li2,* , Zhuangzhuang Du3 , Muhammad Akhter4 , Zohaib Mushtaq5 , Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi6 and Hafiz Abbad Ur Rehman7 , 2024 , Augmenting aquaculture efficiency through involutional neural networks and self-attention for oplegnathus punctatus feeding intensity classification from log mel spectrograms , Animals , 14, 11, IF: 2.7 , Web Link : https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/11/1690
• Hafiz Ghulam Murtza Qamar, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Zohaib Mushtaq, Zubariah Zubariah, Muhammad Zia Ur Rehman, Nagwan Abdel Samee, Noha F Mahmoud, Yeong Hyeon Gu, Mohammed A Al-Masni , 2024 , EMG gesture signal analysis towards diagnosis of upper limb using dual-pathway convolutional neural network , Math. Biosci. Eng , 21, 4,
• Amardeep Singh, Hamad Ali Abosaq, Saad Arif, Zohaib Mushtaq, Muhammad Irfan, Ghulam Abbas, Arshad Ali, Alanoud Al Mazroa , 2024 , Securing Cloud-Encrypted Data: Detecting Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) Attacks through Deep Learning Ensemble , Computers Materials and Continua , 21, 4, IF: 1.7 , Web Link : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arshad-Ali-9/publication/379340078_Securing_Cloud-Encrypted_Data_Detecting_Ransomware-as-a-Service_RaaS_Attacks_through_Deep_Learning_Ensemble/links/661f780df7d3fc2874666054/Securing-Cloud-Encrypted-Data-Detecting-Ransomware-as-a-Service-RaaS-Attacks-through-Deep-Learning-Ensemble.pdf
• MA Latif, Z Mushtaq, S Arif, S Rehman, MF Qureshi, NA Samee , 2024 , Improving Thyroid Disorder Diagnosis via Ensemble Stacking and Bidirectional Feature Selection , Computers Materials and Continua , 78, 3, IF: 1.7 , Web Link : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Saad-Arif/publication/379144288_Improving_Thyroid_Disorder_Diagnosis_via_Ensemble_Stacking_and_Bidirectional_Feature_Selection/links/65fe1602a4857c79626d14eb/Improving-Thyroid-Disorder-Diagnosis-via-Ensemble-Stacking-and-Bidirectional-Feature-Selection.pdf
• Zohaib Mushtaq, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Muhammad Jamshed Abbass, Sadeq Mohammed Qaid Al‐Fakih , 2024 , Effective kernel-principal component analysis based approach for wisconsin breast cancer diagnosis , IET Electronics letters , 59, 2, IF: 1.2 , Web Link : https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1049/ell2.12706
• Adnan Khalid, Zohaib Mushtaq, Saad Arif, Kamran Zeb, Muhammad Attique Khan, Sambit Bakshi , 2023 , Control Schemes for Quadrotor UAV: Taxonomy and Survey , ACM Computing Surveys , 56, 5, IF: 16.6 , Web Link : https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3617652
• Muhammad Irfan, Zohaib Mushtaq, Nabeel Ahmed Khan, Salim Nasar Faraj Mursal, Saifur Rahman, Muawia Abdelkafi Magzoub, Muhammad Armghan Latif, Faisal Althobiani, Imran Khan, Ghulam Abbas , 2023 , A Scalo Gram-Based CNN Ensemble Method With Density-Aware SMOTE Oversampling for Improving Bearing Fault Diagnosis , IEEE ACCESS , 11, 11, IF: 3.9 , Web Link : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10315006
• Muhammad Irfan, Zohaib Mushtaq, Nabeel Ahmed Khan, Faisal Althobiani, Salim Nasar Faraj Mursal, Saifur Rahman, Muawia Abdelkafi Magzoub, Muhammad Armghan Latif, Imran Khan , 2023 , Improving Bearing Fault Identification by Using Novel Hybrid Involution-Convolution Feature Extraction with Adversarial Noise Injection in Conditional GANs , IEEE ACCESS , 11, IF: 3.9 , Web Link : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10288435
• Amardeep Singh, Zohaib Mushtaq, Hamad Ali Abosaq, Salim Nasar Faraj Mursal, Muhammad Irfan, Grzegorz Nowakowski , 2023 , Enhancing ransomware attack detection using transfer learning and deep learning ensemble models on cloud-encrypted data , Electronics , 12, 18, IF: 2.9 , Web Link : https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/18/3899
• Muhammad Armghan Latif, Noor Afshan, Zohaib Mushtaq, Nabeel Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Grzegorz Nowakowski, Samar M Alqhtani, Salim Mursal, Sergii Telenyk , 2023 , Enhanced Classification of Coffee Leaf Biotic Stress by Synergizing Feature Concatenation and Dimensionality Reduction , IEEE ACCESS , 11, 11, IF: 3.9
• Noor Afshan, Zohaib Mushtaq, Faten S Alamri, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Nabeel Ahmed Khan, Imran Siddique , 2023 , Efficient thyroid disorder identification with weighted voting ensemble of super learners by using adaptive synthetic sampling technique , AIMS Mathematics , 8, 10, IF: 2.2 , Web Link : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zohaib-Mushtaq/publication/373132038_Efficient_thyroid_disorder_identification_with_weighted_voting_ensemble_of_super_learners_by_using_adaptive_synthetic_sampling_technique/links/64dc566478e40b48bd4ce0c1/Efficient-thyroid-disorder-identification-with-weighted-voting-ensemble-of-super-learners-by-using-adaptive-synthetic-sampling-technique.pdf
• Qamar Akhter, Abubakar Siddique, Salman A Alqathani, Anzar Mahmood, Mehboob Alam, Zohaib Mushtaq, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Waseem Aslam, Paranav Kumar Pathak , 2023 , Efficient Energy Management for Household: Optimization-Based Integration of Distributed Energy Resources in Smart Grid , IEEE ACCESS , 11, IF: 3.9 , Web Link : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10210574
• Muhammad Jamshed Abbass, Robert Lis, Zohaib Mushtaq , 2023 , Artificial Neural Network (ANN)-Based Voltage Stability Prediction of Test Microgrid Grid , IEEE ACCESS , 11, 11, IF: 3.9 , Web Link : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10147228
• Ahsan Shahzad, Abid Mushtaq, Abdul Quddoos Sabeeh, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi, Zohaib Mushtaq, Saad Arif, Muhammad Zia ur Rehman, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Faisal Jamil , 2023 , Automated Uterine Fibroids Detection in Ultrasound Images Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks , Mdpi Healthcare , 11, 10, IF: 2.8 , Web Link : https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/10/1493
• Saman Khalil, Uroosa Nawaz, Zubariah, Zohaib Mushtaq, Saad Arif, Muhammad Zia ur Rehman, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Abdul Malik, Adham Aleid, Khalid Alhussaini , 2023 , Enhancing Ductal Carcinoma Classification Using Transfer Learning with 3D U-Net Models in Breast Cancer Imaging , Mdpi Applied sciences , 13, 7, IF: 2.7 , Web Link : https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/7/4255
• Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Zohaib Mushtaq, Muhammad Zia Ur Rehman, Ernest Nlandu Kamavuako , 2023 , E2CNN: An Efficient Concatenated CNN for Classification of Surface EMG Extracted From Upper Limb , IEEE Sensor Journal , 23, 8, IF: 4.32 , Web Link : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10071966
• Imran Ali, Zohaib Mushtaq, Saad Arif, Abeer D Algarni, Naglaa F Soliman, Walid El-Shafai , 2023 , Hyperspectral images-based crop classification scheme for agricultural remote sensing , Computer System Science and Engineering , 46, 1, IF: 2.2 , Web Link : https://www.techscience.com/csse/v46n1/51327/html
• Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Zohaib Mushtaq, Muhammad Zia ur Rehman, Ernest Nlandu Kamavuako , 2022 , Spectral image-based multiday surface electromyography classification of hand motions using CNN for human–computer interaction , IEEE Sensor Journal , 22, 21, IF: 4.32 , Web Link : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9896751
• Tehseen Akhtar, Syed Omer Gilani, Zohaib Mushtaq, Saad Arif, Mohsin Jamil, Yasar Ayaz, Shahid Ikramullah Butt, Asim Waris , 2021 , Effective voting ensemble of homogenous ensembling with multiple attribute-selection approaches for improved identification of thyroid disorder , Mdpi Electronics , 10, 23, IF: 2.9 , Web Link : https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/23/3026
• Hafiz Abbad Ur Rehman, Chyi-Yeu Lin, Zohaib Mushtaq, Shun-Feng Su , 2021 , Performance analysis of machine learning algorithms for thyroid disease , Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering , 46, 1, IF: 2.9 , Web Link : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13369-020-05206-x
• Hafiz Abbad Ur Rehman, Chyi-Yeu Lin, Zohaib Mushtaq , 2020 , Effective K-nearest neighbor algorithms performance analysis of thyroid disease , Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers , 44, 1, IF: 1.1 , Web Link : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02533839.2020.1831967
• Zohaib Mushtaq, Shun-Feng Su , 2020 , Efficient classification of environmental sounds through multiple features aggregation and data enhancement techniques for spectrogram images , Symmetery , 12, 11, IF: 2.7 , Web Link : https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/12/11/1822
• Zohaib Mushtaq, Shun-Feng Su, Quoc-Viet Tran , 2020 , Spectral images based environmental sound classification using CNN with meaningful data augmentation , Applied Acoustics , 172, 1, IF: 3.4 , Web Link : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003682X2030685X
• Zohaib Mushtaq, Shun-Feng Su , 2020 , Environmental sound classification using a regularized deep convolutional neural network with data augmentation , Applied Acoustics , 167, IF: 3.4 , Web Link : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003682X2030493X
• Zohaib Mushtaq, Akbari Yaqub, Shaima Sani, Adnan Khalid , 2019 , Effective K-nearest neighbor classifications for Wisconsin breast cancer data sets , Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers , 43, 1, IF: 1.1 , Web Link : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02533839.2019.1676658
• Zohaib Mushtaq, Imran Ali, Romil Shah, Syeda Shaima Sani, Shun Feng Su , 2019 , Detection, localization and analysis of oil spills in water through wireless thermal imaging and spectrometer based intelligent system , Wireless Personal Communications , 111, IF: 2.2 , Web Link : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11277-019-06880-3

Conference Proceeding




• Aitizaz Ali, Amina Ejaz, Muhammad Jabbar, Khizar Hameed, Zohaib Mushtaq, Toseef Akhter, Aun Haider (2016). Performance analysis of AF, DF and DtF relaying techniques for enhanced cooperative communication. In Sixth International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology (pp. 594- 599) . IEEE explore.
• Zohaib Mushtaq, Akbari Yaqub, Ali Hassan, Shun Feng Su (2019). Performance Analysis of Supervised Classifiers Using PCA Based Techniques on Breast Cancer. In international conference on engineering and emerging technologies (pp. 1- 6) . IEEE explore.
• Zohaib Mushtaq, Syeda Shaima Sani, Khizar Hamed, Amjad Ali, Aitizaz Ali, Syed Muhammad Belal, Abid A Naqvi (2016). Automatic agricultural land irrigation system by fuzzy logic. In International Conference on Information Science and Control Engineering (pp. 871- 875) . IEEE explore.
• Abbad Ur Rehman, Zohaib Mushtaq, Muhammad Attique Qamar (2015). Fuzzy logic based automatic vehicle collision prevention system. In IEEE Conference on Systems, Process and Control ICSPC (pp. 85- 90) . IEEE explore.
• Tehseen Akhtar, Saad Arif, Zohaib Mushtaq, Syed Orner Gilani, Mohsin Jamil, Yasar Ayaz, Shahid Ikramullah Butt (2022). Ensemble-based effective diagnosis of thyroid disorder with various feature selection techniques. In International Conference of Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (pp. 14- 19) . IEEE explore.
• Zohaib Mushtaq, Akbare Yaqub, Muhammad Jabbar, Adnan Khalid, Saania Iqbal, Kamran Zeb, Abid A Naqvi (2016). Environment Control System for Livestock Sheds Using Fuzzy Logic Technique. In 3rd International Conference on Information Science and Control Engineering ICISCE (pp. 963- 967) . IEEE explore.
• Zohaib Mushtaq, Lalarukh Shairani, Syeda Shaima Sani, Anam Mazhar, M Asim Saeed, Nimrah Aftab (2015). Innovative conceptualization of Fly-By-Sensors (FBS) flight control systems using ZigBee wireless sensors networks. In IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments WiSEE (pp. 1- 4) . IEEE explore.
• Zohaib Mushtaq, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Adil Zohaib, Muhammad Akmal (2022). Estimation of Real-Time Wheeled Mobile Robot (Differential Drive) Motion & Pose with Obstacle Avoidance. In 19th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology IBCAST (pp. 535- 538) . IEEE explore.
• Muhammad Zohaib Mushtaq, Muhammad Ahsan, Muhammad Saqib Jamil, Muhammad Inam ur Rehman, Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Shoaib Mushtaq (2011). Improving quality of security for CDMA using Orthogonal coding method. In Proceedings of 2011 International Conference on Computer Science and Network Technology (pp. 2649- 2653) . IEEE explore.
• Muhammad Akmal, Sohail Khalid, Mehwish Moiz, Muhammad Jamshed Abbass, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Zohaib Mushtaq (2022). Leveraging Training Strategies of Artificial Neural Network for Classification of Multiday Electromyography Signals. In International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical, Control, and Telecommunication Engineering ETECTE (pp. 1- 5) . IEEE explore.
• Muhammad Usama Jabbar, Ali Waqar, Muhammad Awais, Zohaib Mushtaq, Muhammad Jamshed Abbass, Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Faisal Saleem, Shehzad Ahmed, Ahmed Zubair Jan (2022). High dimensional Bio medical images denoising using wavelet transform and modified bilateral filter. In 14th International Conference on Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Computer Science and Statistics MACS (pp. 1- 5) . IEEE explore.

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