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Dr M Arslan Usman

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
Department of Computer Science
Department of Networks and Digital Media
School of Computer Science and Mathematics
Penrhyn Road

Senior Lecturer - KTP Champion for Computer Science

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About

I am a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science with academic responsibilities in Research, Teaching (FHEA) and Knowledge Exchange. I am a wireless comms technologist focused towards multimedia networks, actively involved in several wireless comms research projects globally and standardisation activities at WP5D of International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Switzerland. My global research journey spans several countries over a period of 12 years, starting from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden to the Wireless Multimedia and Networking (WMN) research group at Kingston University (KU). This journey also includes a year as a wireless pre-sales engineer at Nokia in West Central Africa (WCA) where I was working on the project 'Moving West Central Africa towards 4G' and four years at the Wireless and Emerging Network Systems (WENS) Lab in South Korea.

I have three years of industrial R&D experience as a System Architect (KTP associate) with Pangea Connected UK and KU under the highly prestigious Knowledge Transfer Partnership Program from Innovate UK. The project I worked on was about delivering enriched video compression and data transfer over 5G networks for emergency services across the UK.

My research interests include 6G Wireless Networks, 5G and Beyond (B5G), Quality of Experience (QoE) in Medical and Entertainment Multimedia, AI-Assisted Decision-Making Systems and Internet of Things (IoT). I am a reviewer for several prestigious journals and conferences including IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE VTC and IEEE GLOBECOM. I have had the pleasure of chairing 5G-RAT symposiums and workshops during GLOBECOM 2019 and 2022.

I am currently supervising four PhD students and actively looking for PhD applicants with outstanding research profiles.

Qualifications

PhD in IT Convergence Engineering (Graduated in 2018 with Distinction)
Masters in Signal Processing (Graduated in 2014)
Bachelors in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications, Graduated in 2010)
Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Agile Project Management Certified (Foundation and Practitioner)
PEPLINK certified network engineer

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Publications

A comprehensive review of AI-based detection of arrhythmia using electrocardiogram (ECG)

Ayyub, Ahtisham, Politis, Christos and Usman, Muhammad Arslan, 2025, Computers in Biology and Medicine (196), A, Published

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Beam alignment for mmWave and THz: systematic review

Madhekwana, Sundire, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Ayyub, Ahtisham and Politis, Christos, 2025, Telecommunication Systems (88), 3, Published

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Robust steganography technique for enhancing the protection of medical records in healthcare informatics

Riaz, Hammad, Naqvi, Rizwan Ali, Ellahi, Manzoor, Usman, M. Arslan, Usman, M. Rehan, Jeong, Daesik and Lee, Seung Won, 2025, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, E-pub ahead of print

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A sequential-data approach for human gait parameter estimation and surgical event inference

Hamid, Shahzaib, Khosa, Ikramullah, Iftikhar, Muhammad Aksam, Usman, M. Rehan and Usman, M. Arslan, 2024, IEEE Access (12) pp 168791-168811, Published

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Threshold cryptography-based secure vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in 5G-enabled intelligent transportation systems

Weerasinghe, Nuwan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Hewage, Chaminda, Pfluegel, Eckhard and Politis, Christos, 2023, Future Internet (15), 5, Published

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The development and potential of a digital Out Of Home food environment monitoring platform

Hetz, Kathrin, Weerasinghe, Nuwan, Rippin, Holly, Wickramasinghe, Kremlin, Zhiteneva, Olga, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Politis, Christos and Galea, Gauden, 2023, Nutrients (15), 18, Published

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Design, deployment and performance evaluation of an IoT based smart energy management system for demand side management in smart grid

Saleem, M. Usman, Usman, M. Rehan, Usman, M. Arslan and Politis, Christos, 2022, IEEE Access (10) pp 15261-15278, Published

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HVDC transmission line fault identification: a learning based UAV control strategy

Khan, Waheed A., Hamid, Shahzaib, Usman, M. Rehan, Raza, Ali, Usman, M. Arslan, Politis, Christos and Satrya, Gandeva Bayu, 2022, IEEE Access (10) pp 121561-121579, Published

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Link and system-level NOMA simulator: the reproducibility of research

Khan, Arsla, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Ahmad, Muneeb and Shin, Soo Young, 2021, Electronics (10), 19, Published

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Exploiting de-noising convolutional neural networks DnCNNs for an efficient watermarking scheme: a case for information retrieval

Rahim, Tariq, Khan, Saud, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young, 2021, IETE Technical Review (38), 2 pp 245-255, Published

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Fault interruption scheme for HVDC system using SiC-MESFET and VCB based hybrid circuit breaker

Khan, Waheed A., Raza, Ali, Usman, M. Rehan, Hamid, Shahzaib, Rehman, Saif Ur, Usman, M. Arslan and Politis, Christos, 2021, IEEE Access (9) pp 157371-157383, Published

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QI-BRiCE: Quality Index for Bleeding Regions in Capsule Endoscopy Videos

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Satrya, Gandeva Bayu, Khan, Muhammad Ashfaq, Politis, Christos, Philip, Nada and Shin, Soo Young, 2021, Computers, Materials and Continua (67), 2 pp 1697-1712, Published

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Suitability of VVC and HEVC for video telehealth systems

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Naqvi, Rizwan Ali, McPhilips, Bernie, Romeika, Christopher, Cunliffe, Daniel, Politis, Christos and Philip, Nada, 2021, Computers, Materials and Continua (67), 1 pp 529-547, Published

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Walsh-Hadamard transform based non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and interference rejection combining in next-generation HetNets

Usman, M. Rehan, Usman, M. Arslan, Shin, Soo Young, Satrya, Gandeva Bayu, Naqvi, Rizwan A., Martini, Maria G. and Politis, Christos, 2021, Mathematics (9), 4, Published

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A survey on contemporary computer-aided tumor, polyp, and ulcer detection methods in wireless capsule endoscopy imaging

Rahim, Tariq, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young, 2020, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics (85), Published

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On the suitability of VMAF for quality assessment of medical videos: medical ultrasound & wireless capsule endoscopy

Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Martini, Maria G., 2019, Computers in Biology and Medicine (113), Published

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A novel error detection & concealment technique for videos streamed over error prone channels

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Seong, Chi-Hyeok, Lee, Man Hee and Shin, Soo Young, 2019, Multimedia Tools and Applications (78), 16 pp 22959-22975, Published

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A novel no-reference metric for estimating the impact of frame freezing artifacts on perceptual quality of streamed videos

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young, 2018, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (20), 9 pp 2344-2359, Published

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Exploiting the spatio-temporal attributes of HD videos: a bandwidth efficient approach

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young, 2018, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (28), 9 pp 2418-2422, Published

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Joint non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) & Walsh-Hadamard transform: enhancing the receiver performance

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Khan, Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Young Shin, Soo, 2018, China Communications (15), 9 pp 160 - 177, Published

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Quality assessment for wireless capsule endoscopy videos compressed via HEVC: from diagnostic quality to visual perception

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young, 2017, Computers in Biology and Medicine (91) pp 112-134, Published

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Channel resource allocation and availability prediction in hybrid access femtocells

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young, 2017, Physical Communication (24) pp 112-122, Published

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Detection of small colon bleeding in wireless capsule endoscopy videos

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Satrya, G. B., Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young, 2016, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics (54) pp 16-26, Published

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Shared/restricted hybrid access in femtocells for next generation wireless networks

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Lee, Sang Hoon and Shin, Soo Young, 2015, International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering (4), 4 pp 274-281, Published

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The impact of temporal impairment on quality of experience (QoE) in video streaming: a no reference (NR) subjective and objective study

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young, 2015, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Published

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Subjective quality assessment for impaired videos with varying spatial and temporal information

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young, 2015, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Published

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Performance analysis of a no-reference temporal quality assessment metric for videos impaired by frame freezing artefacts

Arslan Usman, Muhammad, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Young Shin, Soo, 2015, International Journal of Future Computer and Communication (4), 1 pp 40-44, Published

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RIS-mounted UAV-assisted backscatter NOMA system for emergency communications in wireless networks

Moniri, Kiyadokht, Yaqub, Muhammad Azfar, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Usman, Muhammad Rehan (2026). New York, U.S.: pp 2073-2080 [Published]

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Therapy reloaded: mixed reality games for hand rehabilitation

Nagy, Bence, Hart Prieto, Ewan, Mirza, Aqib, Johnson, Gordon, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Smith, Chris (2025). Piscataway, U.S.: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [Published]

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6G and healthcare paradigm: hope & hype

Gondal, Taimoor Muzaffar, Usman, Rehan and Usman, Muhammad Arslan (2025). Piscataway, U.S.: [Published]

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Therapy reloaded: temporal neural network-based platform for processing muscle activity measurement in electromyography-games

Johnson, Gordon, Mirza, Aqib, Usman, M Arslan, Sharp, Natalie, Smith, Chris, Francik, Jarek, Bakirtzis, Christos, Politis, Christos and Grigoriadis, Nikolas (2024). Piscataway, U.S.: IEEE [Published]

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Investigating reliability for URLLC in EUHT-5G a new IMT-2020 candidate technology

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Weerasinghe, Nuwan S., Ansari, Rafay, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Politis, Christos (2023). Piscataway, U.S.: pp 662-667 [Published]

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Solar powered autonomous hex-copter for surveillance, security and monitoring

Hassan, Fahad, Usman, M. Rehan, Hamid, Shahzaib, Usman, M. Arslan, Politis, Christos and Satrya, G.B. (2021). IEEE [Published]

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5G enabled mobile healthcare for ambulances

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Philip, Nada Y. and Politis, Christos (2020). Piscataway: [Published]

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Impact of denoising on watermarking: a perspective for information retrieval

Rahim, Tariq, Khan, Saud, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2019). [Published]

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UAV reconnaissance using bio-inspired algorithms: joint PSO and Penguin Search Optimization Algorithm (PeSOA) attributes

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Arslan, Yaq, Muhammad Azfar and Shin, Soo Young (2019). pp 1-6 [Published]

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Using image steganography for providing enhanced medical data security

Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Usman, Muhammad Rehan (2018). Piscataway: pp 1-4 [Published]

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A novel encoding-decoding scheme using Huffman coding for multimedia networks

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2018). pp 1-6 [Published]

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On the performance of turbo coding in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Khan, Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2017). [Published]

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From smart to smarter cities: bridging the dimensions of technology and urban planning

Akaraci, Selin, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Ahn, Dong Joon (2016). [Published]

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On the performance of perfect and imperfect SIC in downlink non orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Khan, Arsla, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Jang, Yun Seong and Shin, Soo Young (2016). [Published]

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Swapped Huffman tree coding application for low-power wide-area network (LPWAN)

Jang, Yun Seong, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2016). [Published]

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A no reference method for detection of dropped video frames in live video streaming

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2016). [Published]

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On the performance of edge detection algorithms in wireless capsule endoscopy videos

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2016). [Published]

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Performance analysis of perfect and imperfect SIC for Downlink Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Khan, Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2016). [Published]

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Priority based handover strategy in macro-femto two tier network

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2016). [Published]

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Visual quality enhancement in wireless capsule endoscopy videos for efficient detection of bleeding regions in small colon

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2016). [Published]

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5G/6G-enabled remote therapy: real-time movement monitoring using RTM models

Hamid, Shahzaib, Muhammad, Huma Taj, Ahmad, Muhammad Adnan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Usman, Muhammad Rehan(2026). [Published]

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6G and healthcare paradigm: hope & hype

Gondal, Taimoor Muzaffar, Usman, Rehan and Usman, Muhammad Arslan(2025). [Published]

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Therapy reloaded: mixed reality games for hand rehabilitation

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Gondal, Taimoor Muzaffar and Usman, Muhammad Rehan(2025). [Published]

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Impact of denoising on watermarking: a perspective for information retrieval

Rahim, Tariq, Khan, Saud, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young(2019). [Published]

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UAV reconnaissance using bio-inspired algorithms: joint PSO and Penguin Search Optimization Algorithm (PeSOA) attributes

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Yaq, Muhammad Azfar and Shin, Soo Young(2019). [Published]

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An intrusion oriented heuristic for efficient resource management in end-to-end wireless video surveillance systems

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young(2018). [Published]

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A novel encoding-decoding scheme using Huffman coding for multimedia networks

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Arslan and Shin, Soo Young(2018). [Published]

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Impulse noise mitigation using precoded SCFDMA for uplink PLC systems

Khan, Arsla, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Young, Soo(2017). [Published]

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On the performance of turbo coding in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Khan, Arslan and Shin, Soo Young(2017). [Published]

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Channel blocking analysis and availability prediction in cognitive radio networks

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young(2017). [Published]

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From smart to smarter cities: bridging the dimensions of technology and urban planning

Akaraci, Selin, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Ahn, Dong Joon(2016). [Published]

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On the performance of perfect and imperfect SIC in downlink non orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Khan, Arsla, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Jang, Yun Seong and Shin, Soo Young(2016). [Published]

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Swapped Huffman tree coding application for low-power wide-area network (LPWAN)

Jang, Yun Seong, Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young(2016). [Published]

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A no reference method for detection of dropped video frames in live video streaming

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young(2016). [Published]

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On the performance of edge detection algorithms in wireless capsule endoscopy videos

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young(2016). [Published]

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Performance analysis of perfect and imperfect SIC for Downlink Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Khan, Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young(2016). [Published]

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Priority based handover strategy in macro-femto two tier network

Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young(2016). [Published]

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Visual quality enhancement in wireless capsule endoscopy videos for efficient detection of bleeding regions in small colon

Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young(2016). [Published]

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