Mohammed Atiquzzaman

Hitachi Chair Professor,
Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor

Email: atiq@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-8077
Office: Devon Energy Hall Room 250

Website: cs.ou.edu/~atiq
Laboratory: www.cs.ou.edu/~netlab/
Google Scholar: scholar.google.com

Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
University of Manchester
M.S., Electrical Engineering
University of Manchester
B.S., Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Bangladesh Unversity of Engineering & Technology

Research Focus

Internet of Things, Vehicular Communications, Computer networks, internet protocols over satellite networks, wireless networks and optical communications, Sensor Networks, UAV.

Experience and Awards

Hitachi Chair Professorship, July 2023
Satellite and Space Communications Technical Recognition Award, 2018.
World's Top 2% Researchers
Most Cited Publication Award, 2023
IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Distinguished Lecturer (DL), Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
Professor, University of Oklahoma
Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma
Associate Professor, University of Dayton, OH
Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Lecturer, La Trobe University, Australia
Assistant Professor, King Fahd Univ of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Assistant Profesor/Lecturer, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Network and Computer Applications
Founding Editor-in-Chief: Vehicular Communications
Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine.
Member of Editorial boards: Telecommunication Systems, International Journal on Wireless and Optical Communications, Real Time Imaging
Conference Co-Chair at IEEE ICC (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2024) and IEEE Globecom (2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022) – the two flagship conferences of IEEE Communications Society.
Program Committee Member: IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE Globecom, International Conference on Computers and Communications Networks.
Panel Co-Chair: IEEE INFOCOM.
Distinguished Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Communications Society, May 2017
Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professorship, 2010.
IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize for the paper "Evaluation of SCTP for Space Networks," 2006.
The Regents' Award for Superior Accomplishment in Research and Creative Activity, 2007

Biography

Dr. Mohammed Atiquzzaman is a Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor and Hitachi Chair in the School of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma He teaches courses in Data Networks and Computer Architecture. Many of his current research activities are supported by NSF, NASA, Honeywell, Cisco, Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the US Air Force. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Founding Editor-in-Chief of Vehicular Communications, and Editor of many journals including of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, and Journal of Real-Time Image Processing. He was the past Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Computer Communications Journal.

Selected Projects

Electronic Police Records 2020", State of Oklahoma, Highway Safety Office
"SAFE-T: Statewide Analysis for Engineering & Technology", State of Oklahoma, Highway Safety Office, 2019.
“Enhancing driver safety during severe weather conditions", 2014.
"CC*IIE Engineer: A Model for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Research and Education Facilitators", National Science Foundation, Oct 2014,
NSF, “ITR: A Power-Aware Technique to Manage Real-Time Database Transactions in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks,” $400K, Aug 2003-July 2010.
Cisco University Research, “Evaluation of Saratoga for High Speed Data Transfer,” $60K, April 2009.
NASA, “Implementation and Validation of SIGMA in Space Network Environment,” $657K, Dec 2006-Nov 2009. NASA, “Seamless handover in space networks,” $487K, May 2003-Dec 2006.

Selected Publications

H. Luo, G. Sun, Y. Liu, D. Niyato, H. Yu, M. Atiquzzaman, and S. Dustdar, “A Trustworthy Agentic Multi-LLM Network: Challenges, Solutions, and a Use Case,” IEEE Wireless Communications, 2026, DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2026.3666842.
C. Elvitigala, I. Khalil, S. Edirimannage, M. Atiquzzaman, and W. Daluwatta, “Intent-Driven Dual-Layer Model Pruning for Energy-Efficient Hierarchical Federated Learning in IoT With Non-IID Data,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, pp. 18415–18428, 2026, DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2026.3659554.
M. Sami and M. Atiquzzaman, “Execution-Time Valid Control for Dynamic LEO Satellite Networks,” IEEE Networking Letters, 2026, DOI: 10.1109/LNET.2026.3694836.
O. S. Oubbati, J. Alotaibi, F. Alromithy, M. Atiquzzaman, and M. R. Altimania, “A UAV-UGV Cooperative System: Patrolling and Energy Management for Urban Monitoring,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, pp. 13521–13536, 2025, DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2025.3563971.
A. Mannan, H. Kahtan, M. B. Mustafa, R. Ahmad, M. A. A. Abdulhak, and M. Atiquzzaman, “Mobility Challenges and Issues in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Path Planning: A Systematic Review,” Computer Networks, Article 111766, 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2025.111766.
S. Karmous, N. Adem, M. Atiquzzaman, and S. Samarakoon, “How Can Optical Communications Shape the Future of Deep Space Communications? A Survey,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, pp. 725–747, 2025, DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2024.3403873.
W. Daluwatta, S. Edirimannage, C. Elvitigala, I. Khalil, and M. Atiquzzaman, “DT-FU: Digital Twin-Driven Federated Unlearning for Resilient Vehicular Networks in the 6G Era,” IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 48–55, 2025, DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.001.2400229.
M. Karim, M. A. Rahman, and M. Atiquzzaman, “Hybrid Medium Access Control Strategy for Internet-of-Things-Enabled Intravehicular Health Monitoring System,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, pp. 3846–3857, 2025, DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2024.3483228.
K. Messaoudi, A. Baz, O. S. Oubbati, A. Rachedi, T. Bendouma, and M. Atiquzzaman, “UGV Charging Stations for UAV-Assisted AoI-Aware Data Collection,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, pp. 2325–2343, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TCCN.2024.3394859.
Y. Chen, L. Liu, Y. Ping, M. Atiquzzaman, S. Mumtaz, Z. Zhang, M. Guizani, and Z. Tian, “A Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Framework With Lightweight and Fair in IoT,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, pp. 5843–5858, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2024.3418786.
M. Raj, S. Gupta, V. Chamola, A. Elhence, T. Garg, M. Atiquzzaman, and D. Niyato, “A Survey on the Role of Internet of Things for Adopting and Promoting Agriculture 4.0,” Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Article 103107, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2021.103107.
O. S. Oubbati, M. Atiquzzaman, T. A. Ahanger, and A. Ibrahim, “Softwarization of UAV Networks: A Survey of Applications and Future Trends,” IEEE Access, pp. 98073–98125, 2020, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2994494.
I. U. Din, M. Guizani, S. Hassan, B.-S. Kim, M. K. Khan, M. Atiquzzaman, and S. H. Ahmed, “The Internet of Things: A Review of Enabled Technologies and Future Challenges,” IEEE Access, pp. 7606–7640, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2886601.
O. S. Oubbati, M. Atiquzzaman, P. Lorenz, M. H. Tareque, and M. S. Hossain, “Routing in Flying Ad Hoc Networks: Survey, Constraints, and Future Challenge Perspectives,” IEEE Access, pp. 81057–81105, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2923840.
T. Qiu, N. Chen, K. Li, M. Atiquzzaman, and W. Zhao, “How Can Heterogeneous Internet of Things Build Our Future: A Survey,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, pp. 2011–2027, 2018, DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2018.2803740.