PeopleofSuperintelligence

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Junaid Qadir

Junaid Qadir is a computer engineer whose papers apply machine learning to networking, security and healthcare, and whose later work centers on human-centered AI and AI ethics. After a PhD at the University of New South Wales in 2008, he won Pakistan's Higher Education Commission Best University Teacher Award for 2012–2013 and joined the Information Technology University in Lahore in December 2015. Surveys from 2017 to 2020, each with Ala Al-Fuqaha among the coauthors, covered unsupervised learning for networking, adversarial attacks on cognitive networks and secure machine learning for healthcare. In 2020, a project proposal of his won an award from the Facebook Research Ethics in AI Initiative for the Asia Pacific, and in 2023 he won the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Prize Paper Award. He is a professor of computer engineering at Qatar University and an IEEE Education Society Distinguished Lecturer for 2025–2026.

Timeline

  1. By 2008

    A PhD at UNSW

    He earns a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at the University of Engineering and Technology in Lahore, Pakistan. He completes a PhD in computer science and engineering at the University of New South Wales in Australia in 2008.

  2. 2012–2013

    Best University Teacher Award

    He receives the Higher Education Commission's Best University Teacher Award for 2012–2013, the highest national teaching award in Pakistan.

  3. 2013

    Cognitive and programmable network surveys

    In 2013, he posts a tutorial on AI and machine-learning techniques for building cognitive routing protocols in cognitive radio networks. He also coauthors, with Nadeem Ahmed and Nauman Ahad, an architectural survey of programmable wireless networks that covers software defined, cognitive radio and virtualized networks.

  4. December 2015

    Professor at ITU Lahore

    He joins the Information Technology University (ITU) of Punjab in Lahore in December 2015, after more than 7 years with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the National University of Sciences and Technology. At ITU he is a professor and director of the IHSAN Lab.

  5. 2017–2020

    Machine learning for networks and health

    In 2017, he coauthors a survey of unsupervised machine learning for networking with Muhammad Usama, Ala Al-Fuqaha and others. In 2019, he and Muhammad Usama, Ala Al-Fuqaha and Mounir Hamdi demonstrate adversarial attacks on intrusion detection and network traffic classification in cognitive networks. In 2020, he coauthors a survey of secure and robust machine learning for healthcare with Adnan Qayyum, Muhammad Bilal and Ala Al-Fuqaha.

  6. 2020–2021

    Facebook-backed AI ethics research

    In 2020, his project proposal wins an award from the Facebook Research Ethics in AI Initiative for the Asia Pacific. In 2021, he presents an update on the Facebook Research-funded project "Culturally-informed pro-social AI regulation and persuasion framework" at the initiative's roundtable; the project studies ethical issues of AI from an Islamic perspective. He is then a professor of computer engineering at Qatar University.

  7. 2023–2026

    Paper awards and Dean's awards

    In 2023, he wins the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Prize Paper Award and the Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award. The Qatar University College of Engineering gives him its Dean's Awards for Excellence in Research in 2024 and for Service in 2025. In 2026, he receives the Outstanding Faculty Service Award at Qatar University's Annual Convocation.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor at Qatar University

    He is a professor of computer engineering at Qatar University in Doha, with core research interests in human-centered AI, AI ethics, and AI in education and healthcare. In 2025–2026, he serves as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Education Society, with lectures such as "Educating for the AI Revolution: Fostering a Holistic Human-Centered Approach Based on Wisdom and Multiplexity".

Career

  1. NowQatar UniversityProfessor of computer engineering
  2. Until 2015National University of Sciences and Technology
  3. From 2015Information Technology University of the PunjabProfessor

Education

  1. 2008UNSW SydneyPhD in computer science and engineering
  2. University of Engineering and Technology LahoreBachelor's degree in electrical engineering

From the biography.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Junaid Qadir. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 48% of people shaping AIIncludes Qatar University. We estimate where the people shaping AI work today, how universities, companies and research institutes split across countries, and how country shares have changed since the 1960s.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Qatar University. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes National University of Sciences and Technology. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.

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Sources and credits

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  1. Dr. Junaid Qadir | Information Technology University itu.edu.pk. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Junaid Qadir - 1st Qatar Conference on Laboratory Medicine and Pathology hamad.qa. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. [1309.0085] Artificial Intelligence Based Cognitive Routing for Cognitive Radio Networks arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. [1310.0251] Building Programmable Wireless Networks: An Architectural Survey arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. [1709.06599] Unsupervised Machine Learning for Networking: Techniques, Applications and Research Challenges arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. [1906.00679] The Adversarial Machine Learning Conundrum: Can The Insecurity of ML Become The Achilles' Heel of Cognitive Networks? arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. [2001.08103] Secure and Robust Machine Learning for Healthcare: A Survey arxiv.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. CSE Faculty Participates in Facebook “Ethics in AI Research Initiative for the Asia Pacific” Roundtable | Enhanced CSE Platform csewiki.qu.acm.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. Junaid Qadir | IEEE Education Society ieee-edusociety.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  10. QU organises Annual Convocation for the Academic Year 2026–2027 qatar-tribune.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  11. Junaid Qadir - Distinguished Lecturer | IEEE Education Society ieee-edusociety.org. Checked 21 October 2026.