Summary
Academic Background
PhD
(Electrical Engineering) Ulsan University
September 02, 2013 - August 17, 2018
Honours and Awards
Publications
Intelligent and secure routing for stable underwater cognitive acoustic networks
October 01, 2026
Ad Hoc Networks - Volume:191, Article Number 104307
Reinforcing CBDC Integrity: A Novel Anti Money Laundering Solution by Integrating Blockchain, Machine Learning, and Taint Analysis
February 27, 2026
IEEE Open Journal of Computer Society - Volume 7, Pages 514-527
Integrating SDN and NFV to deploy early warning systems in marine distributed underwater networks (MDUN)
December 16, 2025
Advances in Underwater Communication and Networking - Chapter 4, Pages 43-63
Opti-Route: A Machine Learning-Based Scheme for Optimal Placement and Selection of Controllers with an Optimal Route in Software-Defined Vehicular Network
September 02, 2025
IEEE Access - Volume: 13, Pages 150333-150347
Safe through mmWave in mist (STMM): Efficient SDVN architecture for stable navigation in foggy weather
September 01, 2025
IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume:25, Issue:17, Page(s):33922-33933
SDVN in Haze: An AI-Driven Solution for Vehicular Networking in Foggy Weather
September 01, 2025
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems - Volume:26, Issue: 9, Page(s):13645-13657
A Unified Approach to Voice Classification: Leveraging Spectrograms, Mel Spectrograms, and Statistical Features
August 01, 2025
IEEE Access - Volume: 13, Pages 133827-133836
Coverage Enhancement using UAVs for Cognitive Marine Network
May 29, 2025
IEEE Access - Volume:13, Page(s):95548-95562
Integration of DSRC, mmWave, and THz Bands in a 6G CR-SDVN
March 01, 2025
Sensors - Volume:25, Issue: 05, Article Number:1580
Enhancing Heterogeneous Communication for Foggy Highways Using Vehicular Platoons and SDN
January 24, 2025
Sensors - Volume 25(3), Article Number 696
Performance-Oriented and Sustainability-Oriented Design of an Effective Android Malware Detector
October 24, 2024
IEEE Access - Volume: 12, Page(s):159036-159055
Secure Cognitive Radio Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Using Blockchain Technology in Smart Cities
September 11, 2024
Applied Sciences-Basel - Volume 14(18), Article Number 8146
An SVM-Based Optimal-Controller Selection and Path Selection Protocol for Heterogeneous Communications in SDVNs
May 01, 2024
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems - Volume: 25, Issue: 5, Pages:3828-3842
Cognitive Routing in Software-Defined Maritime Networks
November 21, 2020
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing - Volume 2020, Article ID 8820838, 15 pages
An Integrated Cognitive Radio Network for Coastal Smart Cities
August 30, 2019
Applied Sciences - Volume 9, Issue 17, Article Number 3557
An Overview of Next-Generation Underwater Target Detection and Tracking: An Integrated Underwater Architecture
July 19, 2019
IEEE ACCESS - Volume: 7 Pages: 98841-98853
Infrastructure-aided hybrid routing in CR-VANETs using a Bayesian Model
May 01, 2019
Wireless Networks - Volume 25 Issue 4, Pages 1711-1729
CR-SDVN: A Cognitive Routing Protocol for Software-Defined Vehicular Networks
February 15, 2018
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL - Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 1761-1772
Cognitive Routing in Software-Defined Underwater Acoustic Networks
December 17, 2017
Applied Sciences - Volume 7, Issue 12, Article Number 1312
OFDM-based spectrum-aware routing in underwater cognitive acoustic networks
November 30, 2017
IET Communications - Volume 11, Issue 17, Pages 2613-2620
Belief Propagation-Based Cognitive Routing in Maritime Ad Hoc Networks
April 14, 2016
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks - Article Number: 7635206
Spectrum-Aware Geographic Routing in Cognitive Vehicular Ad Hoc Network Using a Kalman Filter
January 10, 2016
Journal of Sensors - Article ID 8572601
Neighboring and connectivity-aware routing in VANETs
May 21, 2014
Scientific World Journal - Volume 2014, Article ID 789247, 10 pages
Conferences
Beyond the Haze: Leveraging SDVNs for Safe Navigation in Fog-Intensive Environment
December 08, 2024 - December 12, 2024
Fatima Sohail, Huma Ghafoor,
IEEE Globecom 2024
Performance Analysis and Optimization of ISAC Vehicular Networks with 360° Radar Detection
August 07, 2024 - August 09, 2024
Like Wang, Yue Zhang, Hangguan Shan, Chen Chen, Fen Hou, Huma Ghafoor, Yu Cheng,
2024 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, ICCC 2024
Software-defined networking-based cognitive routing protocol for vehicular ad hoc networks
July 14, 2017 - July 17, 2017
Huma Ghafoor, Insoo Koo,
2017 International Conference on Circuits, System and Simulation (ICCSS)
Spectrum and connectivity aware anchor-based routing in cognitive vehicular ad hoc networks
July 05, 2016 - July 08, 2016
Huma Ghafoor, Insoo Koo,
2016 Eighth International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN)
Anchor-based connectivity aware routing in VANETs
September 21, 2012 - September 23, 2012
Huma Ghafoor, N. D. Gohar, Rizwan Bulbul,
2012 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2012
Position-based and geocast routing protocols in VANETs
September 05, 2011 - September 06, 2011
Huma Ghafoor, Khurram Aziz,
2011 7th International Conference on Emerging Technologies, ICET 2011
Postdoctoral Researcher
INHA University
August 20, 2018 - January 31, 2019