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Muhammad Khurram Khan

Muhammad Khurram Khan

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Computer Science
Saudi Arabia
2026

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Computer Science

D-Index
94
Citations
28066
World Ranking
491
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Muhammad Khurram Khan is affiliated with King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. Their research spans multiple aspects of computer science and engineering, with a strong focus on security, blockchain, and network communications.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of computer science and engineering, with 411 and 217 publications respectively. Their work involves several subfields, including computer networks and communications, information systems, electrical and electronic engineering, artificial intelligence, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

Research topics addressed by Muhammad Khurram Khan cover a wide range of security and technology areas. These include:

  • User Authentication and Security Systems
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Advanced Authentication Protocols Security
  • Cryptography and Data Security
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data

Selected recent papers by the scientist include:

  • A Survey on Blockchain Technology: Evolution, Architecture and Security (2021), IEEE Access
  • Applications of blockchain in ensuring the security and privacy of electronic health record systems: A survey (2020), Computers & Security
  • Blockchain-based identity management systems: A review (2020), Journal of Network and Computer Applications
  • Edge-computing-driven Internet of Things: A Survey (2022), ACM Computing Surveys
  • Ransomware: Recent advances, analysis, challenges and future research directions (2021), Computers & Security

Frequent scholarly collaborators of Muhammad Khurram Khan include:

  • Saru Kumari
  • Debiao He
  • Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo
  • Sangram Ray
  • Mou Dasgupta

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in several venues known for computer and engineering research such as:

  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Network and Computer Applications
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Muhammad Khurram Khan also has contributed to book publications, primarily with Springer Science+Business Media, producing the book Big Data and Security in multiple editions (2020, 2021, 2022). Other published works include Digital Signal Processing with River Publishers eBooks (2022) and Principles of Intelligent Rail Transit with Springer Nature (2022).

Best Publications

  • Medical Image Analysis using Convolutional Neural Networks: A Review

    Syed Muhammad Anwar;Muhammad Majid;Adnan Qayyum;Muhammad Awais

  • A survey on privacy protection in blockchain system

    Qi Feng;Debiao He;Sherali Zeadally;Muhammad Khurram Khan

  • A Survey on Blockchain Technology: Evolution, Architecture and Security

    Muhammad Nasir Mumtaz Bhutta;Amir A. Khwaja;Adnan Nadeem;Hafiz Farooq Ahmad

  • Cryptanalysis and Security Improvements of ‘Two-Factor User Authentication in Wireless Sensor Networks’

    Muhammad Khurram Khan;Khaled Alghathbar

  • Diagnosing COVID-19 pneumonia from X-ray and CT images using deep learning and transfer learning algorithms

    Halgurd Maghdid;Aras T. Asaad;Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor Ghafoor;Ali S. Sadiq

  • Applications of Blockchain in Ensuring the Security and Privacy of Electronic Health Record Systems: A Survey

    Shuyun Shi;Shuyun Shi;Debiao He;Debiao He;Li Li;Neeraj Kumar;Neeraj Kumar

  • A robust and anonymous patient monitoring system using wireless medical sensor networks

    Ruhul Amin;SK Hafizul Islam;G.P. Biswas;Muhammad Khurram Khan

  • Design of an anonymity-preserving three-factor authenticated key exchange protocol for wireless sensor networks

    Ruhul Amin;SK Hafizul Islam;G.P. Biswas;Muhammad Khurram Khan

  • b-SPECS+: Batch Verification for Secure Pseudonymous Authentication in VANET

    Shi-Jinn Horng;Shiang-Feng Tzeng;Yi Pan;Pingzhi Fan

  • An enhanced smart card based remote user password authentication scheme

    Xiong Li;Xiong Li;Jianwei Niu;Muhammad Khurram Khan;Junguo Liao

  • Performance evaluation of score level fusion in multimodal biometric systems

    Mingxing He;Shi-Jinn Horng;Pingzhi Fan;Ray-Shine Run

  • Cryptanalysis and security enhancement of a 'more efficient & secure dynamic ID-based remote user authentication scheme'

    Muhammad Khurram Khan;Soo-Kyun Kim;Khaled Alghathbar

  • Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications for IoT-Cloud Supported Autonomous Vehicles: Overview, Design, and Challenges

    Linghe Kong;Muhammad Khurram Khan;Fan Wu;Guihai Chen

  • Blockchain-based identity management systems: A review

    Yang Liu;Yang Liu;Debiao He;Debiao He;Mohammad S. Obaidat;Mohammad S. Obaidat;Mohammad S. Obaidat;Neeraj Kumar;Neeraj Kumar

  • An effective memetic differential evolution algorithm based on chaotic local search

    Dongli Jia;Guoxin Zheng;Muhammad Khurram Khan

  • Enhancing Security and Privacy for Identity-Based Batch Verification Scheme in VANETs

    Shiang-Feng Tzeng;Shi-Jinn Horng;Tianrui Li;Xian Wang

  • On cloud security attacks

    Salman Iqbal;Miss Laiha Mat Kiah;Babak Dhaghighi;Muzammil Hussain

  • An efficient certificateless aggregate signature with conditional privacy-preserving for vehicular sensor networks

    Shi-Jinn Horng;Shiang-Feng Tzeng;Po-Hsian Huang;Xian Wang

  • Improving the security of 'a flexible biometrics remote user authentication scheme'

    Muhammad Khurram Khan;Jiashu Zhang

  • The Internet of Things: A Review of Enabled Technologies and Future Challenges

    Ikram Ud Din;Mohsen Guizani;Suhaidi Hassan;Byung-Seo Kim

  • A Secure Trust Model Based on Fuzzy Logic in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks With Fog Computing

    Seyed Ahmad Soleymani;Abdul Hanan Abdullah;Mahdi Zareei;Mohammad Hossein Anisi

  • Securing software defined networks: taxonomy, requirements, and open issues

    Adnan Akhunzada;Ejaz Ahmed;Abdullah Gani;Muhammad Khurram Khan

  • Diagnosing COVID-19 Pneumonia from X-Ray and CT Images using Deep Learning and Transfer Learning Algorithms

    Halgurd S. Maghdid;Aras T. Asaad;Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor;Ali Safaa Sadiq

Frequent Co-Authors

Saru Kumari
Saru Kumari Chaudhary Charan Singh University
Debiao He
Debiao He Wuhan University
Abdullah Gani
Abdullah Gani University of Malaya
Jiashu Zhang
Jiashu Zhang Southwest Jiaotong University
Ashok Kumar Das
Ashok Kumar Das International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
Neeraj Kumar
Neeraj Kumar Thapar University
SK Hafizul Islam
SK Hafizul Islam Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani
Pingzhi Fan
Pingzhi Fan Southwest Jiaotong University
Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry
Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry Abu Dhabi University
Mohammad Hossein Anisi
Mohammad Hossein Anisi University of Essex

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