Rate My Professor Zubair Ahmed Shaikh

Dr. Zubair Ahmed Shaikh serves as President and Professor in the Faculty of Computing, Department of Computer Science at Mohammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU) in Karachi, Pakistan. He obtained his B.E. degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan, in 1989, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Polytechnic University, New York, United States. Throughout his career, Dr. Shaikh has held leadership positions in higher education, including as Director of NUCES Karachi Campus and involvement in professional engineering bodies such as the Pakistan Engineering Council, where he secured election with a substantial margin.

Dr. Shaikh's research specializations include wireless sensor networks, ontology-based semantic models for river flow and flood management, data privacy in ubiquitous computing, blockchain and IPFS integration for data reliability in sensor networks, and virtual reality exposure therapy. Key publications authored or co-authored by him are 'Context-Aware Gene Embedding Pipeline (CGEP)' (IEEE, 2025), 'IPFS and Blockchain Based Reliability and Availability Improvement for Integrated Rivers' Streamflow Data' (2022), 'Efficient Malicious Node Detection and Distributed Data Storage using Blockchain and IPFS in WSNs' (2022), 'A Systematic Review of Ontology-Based River Streamflow and Flood Data Management Challenges' (2021), 'ORFFM: An Ontology-Based Semantic Model of River Flow and Flood Management', 'Data Privacy Ontology for Ubiquitous Computing' (International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 2017), 'A Review of Wireless Sensors and Networks' Applications in Agriculture' (2012), and contributions to papers on virtual reality exposure therapy (International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Volume 9, No. 6, 2018). As President of MAJU, he leads institutional development, hosts events like IEEE Karachi HTC 2026 and ICBM conferences, and serves as Chief Patron on the editorial board of the Journal of Independent Business and Academic Studies (JIBAS). He has presented public lectures, including 'Humans and Their Resources in AI Age' at DisruptHR Karachi 2.0, and participates in university syndicates and accreditation committees.