Proceedings of International Conference on Information Technology and Applications ICITA 2025

Dr. Abrar Ullah is an associate professor and director of Postgraduate Studies at the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Dubai Campus. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science (2000) from the University of Peshawar and a Ph.D. in Security and Usability from the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Dr. Ullah has over 25 years of experience in both industry and academia, with a strong background in teaching and enterprise systems development. He began his teaching career in 2002 as a lecturer at the University of Peshawar and the Provincial Health Services Academy, Peshawar. In 2008, he joined ABMU NHS UK as a lead developer, contributing to several key NHS systems. In 2011, Abrar joined professional services at Cardiff University as “Team Lead & Senior Systems Analyst” and led a number of successful strategic and national level projects.

Dr. Sajid Anwar is a professor and head of the School of Computer Science and IT at IMSciences, Peshawar. He earned his M.S. in Computer Science (2007) and Ph.D. in Software Engineering (2011) from NUCES-FAST, Islamabad. A leading expert in software architecture and maintenance prediction, his research spans search-based software engineering, prudent-based systems, customer analytics, active learning, and applied machine learning. He has published 60+ articles in top-tier venues and has supervised several Ph.D. and Master's theses. Dr Anwar serves as an associate editor for Computers & Electrical Engineering (Elsevier), PLOS ONE , Expert Systems (Wiley), and Network (Taylor & Francis) and has guest-edited several Springer and Wiley journals. He held international leadership roles, including General Chair of ICITA 2025 and Workshop Chair for AAAI 2025 and APSEC/ASE-associated workshops (ISEA, NLP-SEA). He has led collaborative projects with academia and government organizations, emphasizing impactful, interdisciplinary research.