Junaid Farooq
Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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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Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
New York University, Tandon School of Engineering
M.S. in Electrical Engineering
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)
B.E. in Electrical Engineering
National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)
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
- 2025Elevated to Senior Member of the IEEE
- 2021University-wide Outstanding Dissertation Award, New York University
- 2020Dante Youla Award for Research Excellence, NYU ECE
- 2018Athanasios 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
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