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Dr. Ibrar Yaqoob serves as a Senior Research Fellow and Program Lead for the Smart and Resilient Supply Chain strand at the Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Futures Institute (AICF) at Charles Sturt University. He leads a research team comprising PhD students and postdoctoral fellows, and previously held research positions at Khalifa University in the UAE and Kyung Hee University in South Korea. Dr. Yaqoob holds a PhD in Computer Science from Universiti Malaya (2017) and has been a Visiting Academic at the University of Cambridge.
His research focuses on blockchain, NFTs, and metaverse applications for healthcare, supply chain and logistics, wireless networks, IoT, and smart cities, with additional expertise in mobile edge-cloud computing and big data. Dr. Yaqoob has published over 100 research articles with more than 24,000 citations and an h-index of 58, with 98.9% of his publications appearing in Q1 journals.
His recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward practical blockchain implementations across diverse sectors including healthcare data management, sustainable supply chains, and smart city infrastructure. His work frequently combines blockchain with emerging technologies like NFTs, metaverse applications, and large language models to solve complex real-world problems in supply chain transparency, medical data security, and sustainable development.
- Ranked in the world's top 0.1% of researchers for three consecutive years (2023-2021) as a Highly Cited Researcher
- Listed among the World's top 2% scientists for five consecutive years (2020-2024)
- 2024 IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine Best Paper Award (1st Place)
- 2024 Vice Chancellor's Researcher of the Year Commendation
- 2024 AICF Research Excellence Award
- 13 highly cited papers (top 1%) and 21 most downloaded articles
Dr. Yaqoob serves as Chief Investigator on multiple significant research projects including the AgriTwins project (AUD $2.38 million), Trustworthy Operations and Supply Chain Management project (AUD $10,000), and Decentralized AI Juries project (AUD $13,875). He actively mentors PhD students and postdoctoral researchers while serving on editorial boards for prestigious journals including IEEE Network Magazine, Future Generation Computer Systems, and IEEE Access. His research team at the AICF Institute focuses on bridging emerging technologies with practical applications to address real-world challenges in supply chain resilience and sustainability.
