Hey, I am Waleed Iqbal, a Teaching Fellow in Computer Science and a PhD candidate, under the supervision of Dr. Ignacio Castro and Prof. Gareth Tyson in the Social Data Science (SDS) Lab, Networks Research Group at School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London. My research interests are broadly in Manifestation of Socio-Economic Inequality in Online User Activity.

Previously, I worked at IHSAN Lab in Information Technology University Lahore, Pakistan and supervised by Prof. Dr. Junaid Qadir as a postgraduate thesis student, affiliated researcher and teaching assistant.

I received my MSc in Computer Science from Information Technology University, Lahore, Pakistan with Dean’s Roll of Honors and my B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with Honors from University of The Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Since September 2023, I am endorsed and recognised as UK Global Talent (Exceptional Promise) in Research and Academic Category by Royal Academy of Engineering UK and granted Global Talent Visa by The Government of United Kingdom.

News

July 2024

• Our working paper on Discourse similarlity analysis between Elected Politcians and Constituents is available on ArXiv: “How Similar Are Elected Politicians and Their Constituents? Quantitative Evidence From Online Social Networks”.

September 2023

• I am endorsed and recognised as UK Global Talent (Exceptional Promise) in Research and Academic Category by Royal Academy of Engineering UK and granted Global Talent Visa by The Government of United Kingdom.

• Paper accepted for presentation in IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies: “Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Comprehensive Review”.

July 2023

• Project accepted for presentation in COSENERS 2023, London, UK: “Exploring online Manifestations of Real-World Inequalities in the Nextdoor Social Network”.

March 2023

• Project accepted for presentation in Data Native 2023, London, UK: “Online Manifestations of Real-World Inequalities in the Nextdoor Social Network”.

• Paper accepted in 17th International AAAI Conference of Web and Social Media (AAAI ICWSM) 2023: “Lady and Tramp Nextdoor: Online Manifestations of Real-World Inequalities in the Nextdoor Social Network”.

November 2022

• Paper accepted in 17th Asian Internet Engineering Conference (AINTEC) 2022: “Exploring Crowdsourced Content Moderation Through Lens of Reddit during COVID-19”.

September 2022

• I have accepted a position of Teaching Fellow of Computer Science at School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, QMUL.

• Travel Grant accepted for ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2022.

• Poster accepted in Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2022: “Exploring Online Manifestations of Real-World Inequalities”.

August 2022

• I am serving as Shadow Technical Program Committee Member for Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2022

June 2022

• Successfully passed the Stage Two (Second Year Progression) of my Ph.D. at Queen Mary University of London.

October 2021

• Paper accepted in Springer Social Networks and Mining (SNAM) Journal: “A Deep Dive into COVID-19 Related Messages on WhatsApp in Pakistan”.

August 2021

• Paper accepted in ACM IMC 2021: “Characterising the IETF Through the Lens of RFC Deployment”.

November 2020

• Successfully passed the Stage One (First Year Progression) of my Ph.D. at Queen Mary University of London.

October 2020

• Paper accepted in IEEE/ACM ASONAM 2020: “First Look at COVID-19 Messages on WhatsApp in Pakistan”.

• Paper accepted in Frontiers in Big Data: “Securing Machine Learning (ML) in the Cloud: A Systematic Review of Cloud ML Security”.

August 2020

• Paper accepted in IEEE Trasactions on Artificial Intelligence: “Leveraging Data Science To Combat COVID-19: A Comprehensive Review”.

June 2020

• Successfully passed the Stage Zero (First Quarter Progression Exam) of my Ph.D. at Queen Mary University of London.

January 2020

• Started as PhD Student in Networks Research Group at School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London.

October 2019

• Editorial accepted in Computer Communication Review: “Five Decades Of The ACM Special Interest Group On Data Communications (SIGCOMM) A Bibliometric Perspective”.

March 2019

• Paper accepted in Springer Scientometrics Journal: “A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications in Computer Networking Research”.

August 2019

• Graduated from Information Technology University Lahore, Pakistan and received my MS Computer Science degree with Dean’s Roll of Honor.

June 2018

• Successfully defended my MS thesis titled “Analysis of Computer Networking Research: A Bibliometric Study” with no further corrections.

May 2016

• Paper accepted in IEEE IWCMC 2016: “Experimental study of link quality in IEEE 802.15. 4 using Z1 Motes”.

April 2016

• Poster paper accepted in ACM ICTD 2016: “Bridging Educational Gaps through Volunteers; Implementation, Problems and their Solutions”.

October 2015

• Secured Graduate Student Fellowship at Information Technology University Lahore, Pakistan for my MS Computer Science. This fellowship is grant to top 15% students of the batch.