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Dr. S.M. Waqas (Class A Talent) is an Associate Professor at EI & IRI, PR China. He is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA and the China Computer Federation. He is a recipient of the Outstanding Associate Professor Award from EI & IRI and the Best Research Award from Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU). He earned his Ph.D. (2020–2024) and Master’s degree (2018–2020) in Computer Science and Technology from XJTU, a C9 League (Double First Class A) university in China.

His research interests include 5G/6G wireless networks, vehicular communications, machine learning, wireless resource management, computer networks, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), and UAV communications. He has authored numerous high-impact publications in leading international journals, with most appearing in JCR Q1 journals and Chinese Academy of Sciences Top-ranked journals. His work has been published in prestigious venues such as IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (JCR Q1, Chinese Academy of Sciences Top, Impact Factor 10.3), IEEE Internet of Things Journal (JCR Q1, Chinese Academy of Sciences Top, Impact Factor 8.9), IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JCR Q1, Chinese Academy of Sciences Top, Impact Factor 6.3), Expert Systems with Applications (JCR Q1, Chinese Academy of Sciences Top, Impact Factor 9.4), Swarm and Evolutionary Computation (JCR Q1, Chinese Academy of Sciences Top, Impact Factor 9.6), Computer Communications (JCR Q1, Impact Factor 6.0), IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (JCR Q1, Impact Factor 6.5), and Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JCR Q1, Impact Factor 4.0), among others.

Dr. Waqas has been recognized as a High-Level Talent (Category D) by the Fuzhou Government and has received full scholarships from the Chinese Government for both his master’s and doctoral studies. He serves as a reviewer for several SCIE-indexed international journals and has completed professional training in AI-enhanced engineering education and emerging network technologies by Ministry of Education.

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