Dr M Arslan Usman
Faculties, departments and locations
- 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
- Email:
- [email protected]
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
Domains
- Module Leader: CI4250 Computing Fundamentals (Level 4)
- Module Leader: CI6415 Digital Entrepreneurship (Level 6)
- Teacher: CI5250 Computing Systems (Level 5)
- Teacher: CI6250 Internet Services and Protocols (Level 6)
Qualifications
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Courses taught
Funding and grants:
- Seedcorn Funding Grant 2023 (PHASE-I): Feasibility and Proof of Concept (POC) for a 5G Adaptive Wireless connectivity platform for Emergency Services (5GAWES-I) in the UK (Role: PI, Value: £10K, Collaborators, Partners: Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF), Switzerland and iScientia UK)
- Seedcorn Funding Grant 2024 (PHASE-II): Continuation of work from Seedcorn funding Phase-I (5GAWES-II, Value: £10K).
- UKSPF Grant 2024: Dataset collection and preparation for an AI-Powered Cyber Security (CyberAI) early warning system for wireless IoT Networks (Role: CoI, Value: £13K, Collaborators: Leo CyberSec UK)
- WHO Funding 2024: Feasibility Study on the Potential Use and Challenges of WHO KidAd Screen Capture Tool for Monitoring Unhealthy Food Advertisements in Online Gaming Platforms, funded by the WHO (Role: CoI, Value: $25k).
Specialisms
- Quality of Experience (QoE) estimation, modelling and management for medical and entertainment videos
- Next generation wireless networks (5G and Beyond)
- AI-Assisted Decision Making Systems (Medical and Entertainment domain)
- Internet of Things (Medical-IoT)
- 6G Physical Layer
Scholarly affiliations
- Member of IEEE
- Member of IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc)
- Member of IEEE Young Professionals
- Director of R&D at Ubitech Limited (a spinout of KU since 2013)
- KTP Champion for Computer Science
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Standardisation Activities
I am actively involved in standardisation activities at ITU working party 5D (ITU-WP5D) involving defining the standards for IMT-2020 (5G) and IMT-2030 (6G). The activities include contribution towards vision, capabilities and evaluation of IMT-2020 and IMT-2030 candidates.
Independent Evaluation at ITU-WP5D
I am part of an independent evaluation group (IEG) that participates in evaluation of IMT-2020 (5G) candidate technologies for various KPIs including Reliability, Spectral Efficiency, Capacity Analysis etc.
- Course Leader for Computer Science (2023-2024)
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
Beam alignment for mmWave and THz: systematic review
Madhekwana, Sundire, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Ayyub, Ahtisham and Politis, Christos, 2025, Telecommunication Systems (88), 3, Published
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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), 2pp 245-255, Published
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
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), 2pp 1697-1712, Published
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), 1pp 529-547, Published
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
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
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
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), 16pp 22959-22975, Published
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), 9pp 2344-2359, Published
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), 9pp 2418-2422, Published
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), 9pp 160 - 177, Published
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
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
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
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), 4pp 274-281, Published
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
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
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), 1pp 40-44, Published
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]
6G and healthcare paradigm: hope & hype
Gondal, Taimoor Muzaffar, Usman, Rehan and Usman, Muhammad Arslan (2025). Piscataway, U.S.: [Published]
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]
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 (2022). [Published]
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). [Published]
5G enabled mobile healthcare for ambulances
Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Philip, Nada Y. and Politis, Christos (2019). [Published]
Impact of denoising on watermarking: a perspective for information retrieval
Rahim, Tariq, Khan, Saud, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2019). [Published]
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]
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]
Using image steganography for providing enhanced medical data security
Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Usman, Muhammad Rehan (2018). pp 1-4 [Published]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
On the performance of edge detection algorithms in wireless capsule endoscopy videos
Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young (2016). [Published]
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]
Priority based handover strategy in macro-femto two tier network
Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young (2016). [Published]
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]
6G and healthcare paradigm: hope & hype
Gondal, Taimoor Muzaffar, Usman, Rehan and Usman, Muhammad Arslan(2025). [Published]
Therapy reloaded: mixed reality games for hand rehabilitation
Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Gondal, Taimoor Muzaffar and Usman, Muhammad Rehan(2025). [Published]
Investigating reliability for URLLC in EUHT-5G a new IMT-2020 candidate technology
Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Weerasinghe, Nuwan, Ansari, Rafay, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Politis, Christos(2022). [Published]
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). [Published]
5G enabled mobile healthcare for ambulances
Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Philip, Nada Y. and Politis, Christos(2019). [Published]
Impact of denoising on watermarking: a perspective for information retrieval
Rahim, Tariq, Khan, Saud, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young(2019). [Published]
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]
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]
A novel encoding-decoding scheme using Huffman coding for multimedia networks
Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Arslan and Shin, Soo Young(2018). [Published]
Using image steganography for providing enhanced medical data security
Usman, Arslan and Usman, Muhammad Rehan(2018). [Published]
Impulse noise mitigation using precoded SCFDMA for uplink PLC systems
Khan, Arsla, Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Young, Soo(2017). [Published]
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]
Channel blocking analysis and availability prediction in cognitive radio networks
Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young(2017). [Published]
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]
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]
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]
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]
On the performance of edge detection algorithms in wireless capsule endoscopy videos
Usman, Muhammad Arslan, Usman, Muhammad Rehan and Shin, Soo Young(2016). [Published]
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]
Priority based handover strategy in macro-femto two tier network
Usman, Muhammad Rehan, Usman, Muhammad Arslan and Shin, Soo Young(2016). [Published]
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]