College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
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Muhammad Hussain

Assistant Professor
Summary

Dr. Muhammad Hussain is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics (Cryptography) at the Department of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CEME, NUST, Islamabad. He received his PhD in Mathematics with specialization in Cryptography from Quaid-i-Azam University in January 2025. His research interests include cryptography, data and image encryption, elliptic curve cryptography, and machine-learning-based encryption. He has published 9 research articles in international peer-reviewed journals and has teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Academic Background
PhD (Mathematics Cryptography) Quaid-i-Azam University March 03, 2020 - January 01, 2025
Honours and Awards
Publications
A secure image encryption scheme using a 2D chaotic map integrated with sequential permutation and nucleotide-level diffusion January 01, 2027 Computer Standards & Interfaces - Volume:99, Article Number 104193
Double-Multi-Scroll attractors in locally active memristive hopfield neural network and application in image encryption February 27, 2026 Signal, Image and Video Processing - Volume 20, Article Number 126
Advancing Image Cipher: Quadratic Residue on Elliptic Curve With DNA Encryption December 15, 2025 Security and Privacy - Volume 8, Issue 6, Article Number e70103
Efficient lattice-based Mordell elliptic curve S-box for secure lightweight cryptography November 01, 2025 Integration-The VLSI Journal - Volume:105, Article Number 102505
A novel chaotic-based image encryption scheme using multi-layer confusion and conditional diffusion May 08, 2025 Computers and Electrical Engineering - Volume 124, Part B, Article Number 110402
A dynamic S-box algorithm based on special supersingular elliptic curve March 01, 2025 Integration-The VLSI Journal - Volume:101, Article Number 102340
Image pixels swapping encryption based on the TetraVex game and a publicly hash-sharing algorithm July 01, 2024 Cluster Computing-The Journal of Networks Software Tools and Applications - Volume:27, Issue:4, Page:5355-5376
A chaotic image encryption scheme based on multi-directional confusion and diffusion operations November 01, 2022 Journal of Information Security and Applications - Volume:70, Article Number 103347
Multiple RGB images encryption algorithm based on elliptic curve, improved Diffie Hellman protocol January 01, 2022 Multimedia Tools and Applications - Volume:81, Issue:3, Page:3867-3897
Conferences
Lecturer NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan September 01, 2023 - August 01, 2025
Lecturer Quaid-I-Azam University March 02, 2020 - June 25, 2025
Lecturer NCBA&E November 01, 2019 - February 29, 2020