Research Focus:

UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) or Drone Technology:
Secure Communications in UAV, Authentication Protocols, Long-range communication for drones.

Fog/Edge Computing:
-Edge Intelligence
-Computation offloading in resource-constrained devices and verifiable computation

Long-range and scalable IoT networks using WiFi HaLow.
My research at C2PS focused on the design and implementation of lightweight and context-aware authentication protocols for drone Remote ID, addressing critical security challenges in compliance with ASTM standards for UAV airspace. I am also working on context-aware drone Remote ID authentication and optimized observer placements for securing the airspace for drones. For more details about our projects please visit Secure UTM Systems Lab.

Research Experience:

Post Doctoral Researcher


June 2024 - September 2025

Visiting Researcher


November 2023 - April 2024
Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi.

I worked as a Visiting Researcher with Dr. Abdulhadi Shoufan during my PhD tenure.

Junior Research Fellow (JRF)


September 2019 - October 2023
Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati, India.

I have been working as a JRF in the Design Innovation Centre (DIC) Lab under Dr. Rakesh Matam and Prof. Ferdous Ahmed Barbhuiya, where we were performing research for the design and development of various IoT-based tools since September 2019.

Research lab:

Conferences and journals:

Journals


  1. M. Alam, N. Ahmed, S. Ghosh, R. Matam, and F. A. Barbhuiya, "OptiFog: A Framework for Acquiring State Information and Predicting Resource Availability for Task Offloading in Cooperative Fog-Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Services Computing,Get Access
  2. M. Alam, N. Ahmed, R. Matam, and F. A. Barbhuiya, " RedgeX : Meta-learning based Optimal Analytical Model for Programmable Edge Intelligence," in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC), 2024Get Access
  3. M. Alam, N. Ahmed, R. Matam, M. Mukherjee, and F. A. Barbhuiya, "SDN-based Re-configurable Edge Network Architecture for Industrial Internet of Things" in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Get Access
  4. M. Alam N. Ahmed, R. Matam, and F. A. Barbhuiya, "IEEE 802.11ah-enabled Internet of Drone Architecture," in IEEE Internet of Things Magazine,Get Access
  5. M.Alam, Nurzaman Ahmed, Rakesh Matam, and Ferdous Ahmed Barbhuiya, “Analyzing the Suitability of IEEE 802.11ah for Next Generation Internet of Things: A Comparative Study”, in Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier, Vol. 156, Pages 103437, 2024.
  6. M. Alam,Sk Mahmudul Hassan, Kumar Sekhar Roy, Ruhul Amin Hazarika and Mithun Mukherjee, “Multi-kernel Inception-Enhanced Vision Transformer for Plant Leaf Disease Recognition”, in Scientific Reports, 15, 30997, 2025.
  7. M. Alam,Baharul Islam, Nasim Ahmad,Sk Mahmudul Hassan, Sudip Chakraborty,Khaled A. Mahmoud, Saad Aljlil and Ruhul Amin Hazarika, “AquaFusionNet: A Deep Feature Fusion and Attention-Based Approach for Accurate Underwater Defect Detection”, in Earth Systems and Environment, Pages 1-17, 2025.

Conferences


  1. M. Alam, R. Matam, and F. A. Barbhuiya " Edge-Mi: Edge-based Microservices for Mobility-aware Task Migration Scheme," in IEEE Future Networks World Forum (IEEE FNWF), 2024 ,Get Access
  2. M. Alam N. Ahmed, R. Matam, and F. A. Barbhuiya, " RedgeX : Meta-learning based Optimal Analytical Model for Programmable Edge Intelligence," in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC), 2024 , Get Access
  3. M. Alam, R. Matam, and F. A. Barbhuiya, "OptFog: Optimized Mobility-Aware Task Offloading and Migration Model for Fog Networks," in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (IEEE ANTS), 2023, Get Access
  4. M. Alam, R. Matam, F. A. Barbhuiya and M. Mukherjee, "Mobility-aware Task Offloading in Fog-Assisted Networks," in IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM), 2022 ,Get Access
  5. M. Alam, N. Ahmed, R. Matam, and F. A. Barbhuiya, "L3Fog: Fog Node Selection and Task Offloading Framework for Mobile IoT," in IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (IEEE INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2022,Get Access
  6. M. Alam, N. Ahmed, R. Matam, and F. A. Barbhuiya, "ioFog: Prediction-based Fog Computing Architecture for Offline IoT," in IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IEEE IWCMC), 2021,Get Access
  7. M. Alam,Nasim Ahmed, Baharul Islam and Sudipta Majumder, “Leveraging LLMs and Deep Learning for Driver Drowsiness Image Categorization”, IEEE Guwahati Subsection Conference (IEEE GCON), 1-6, 2025

Other Projects


  1. M. Alam and S. C. Sahana, "ID-SS: A New Identity-Based Short Signature Scheme,Get Access
  2. M. Alamand S. C. Sahana, "Analysis of a Key-Escrow Free Multi-Signature Scheme, Get Access

Collaborators

  • Dr. Nurzaman Ahmed(Engineering Research Scientist | Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | Saint Louis University, USA)
  • Dr. Shyamal Ghosh (Assistant Professor | Department of Data Science | IISER, Thiruvananthapuram, India)
  • Dr. Rakesh Matam(Associate Professor | Department of Computer Science & Engineering | IIIT Guwahati, India)
  • Prof. Ferdous Ahmed Barbhuiya (Professor| Department of Computer Science & Engineering | IIIT Guwahati, India)
  • Ms. Sangeeta Kakati(Doctoral Researcher | Services and Data Management research group, SEDAN | University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
  • Dr. Ruhul Amin Hazarika(Assistant Professor |Department of Information Technology | Manipal Institute of Technology Bengaluru, India)