Junaid Farooq
Junaid Farooq
Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
About

About

I am an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. My work spans network slicing, resource orchestration, and cyber risk management, addressing challenges in 5G and 6G security, industrial automation, and smart infrastructure to improve the reliability and security of mission-critical applications. I lead the Cyber Resilient Networks (CyReN) Lab. Previously, I received my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from New York University and held research positions at KAUST and the Qatar Mobility Innovations Center. I am a Senior Member of the IEEE.

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Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
New York University, Tandon School of Engineering
Brooklyn, NY, USA · 2020
M.S. in Electrical Engineering
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia · 2015
B.E. in Electrical Engineering
National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)
Islamabad, Pakistan · 2013

Appointments

Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Michigan-Dearborn
2026 - present
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Michigan-Dearborn
2020 - 2026
Research Assistant, Department of Applied Research
Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC)
2015 - 2016
Research Assistant, Communication Theory Lab
KAUST
2013 - 2015

Honors & awards

  • 2025
    Elevated to Senior Member of the IEEE
  • 2021
    University-wide Outstanding Dissertation Award, New York University
  • 2020
    Dante Youla Award for Research Excellence, NYU ECE
  • 2018
    Athanasios Papoulis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, NYU ECE

Professional service

Editorial
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM), 2025 - 2030
  • Editorial Board, Springer Neural Processing Letters, 2020 - 2021
Reviewer for
IEEE Transactions on Wireless CommunicationsIEEE Transactions on Mobile ComputingIEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and SecurityIEEE Communications LettersIEEE Transactions on Green Communications & NetworkingIEEE Conference on Communications and Network SecurityIEEE Vehicular Technology ConferenceIEEE Transactions on Big Data