Syed Muhammad Waqas, PhD in Computer Science & Technology from Xi'an Jiaotong University (Double First Class A, C9) recipient of the Best Academic Research Award from XJTU, Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA) & China Computer Federation (China), currently serving as an Associate Professor. He has published more than 10 high-quality papers in SCIE-indexed journals, including top-tier venues such as IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (IEEE TWC) (JCR/Q1, CAS Top, IF 10.3), IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IEEE IoTJ) (JCR/Q1, CAS Top, IF 8.9), IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (IEEE JSTARS) (JCR/Q1, CAS Top, IF 6.3), Expert Systems with Applications (IEEE ESWA) (JCR/Q1, CAS Top, IF 9.4), IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (IEEE TCI) (JCR/Q1, Top, IF 6.5), and Swarm and Evolutionary Computation (SWEVO) (JCR/Q1, CAS Top, IF 9.6). He is a reviewer for many top-tier journals andpossesses extensive academic and industry experience.