Dr. Dr Madiha Khalid

About

Dr. Madiha Khalid is an Assistant Professor at the NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She earned her PhD in 2023 from Bahria University, Pakistan, where her research focused on securing the IoT sensing layer through the design and analysis of ultra-lightweight cryptographic protocols tailored for resource-constrained edge devices.

Her work spans applied cryptography, hardware security, and quantum cryptanalysis. She has contributed extensively to these areas through publications in leading journals, including the Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, the Journal of Computational Electronics, and the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. Her research on FPGA-based quantum emulation of cryptographic protocols was presented at the 57th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), hosted by Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Madiha introduced quantum cryptography as an advanced course in the MS Information Security curriculum, equipping students with foundational skills in quantum algorithm design and analysis. She recently served as Principal Investigator on a NESCOM-funded project exploring quantum implementations of lightweight ciphers. She has conducted session/trainings related to the topic at Pycon 2024 and Pakcrypt 2024. Her current research focuses on the quantum cryptanalysis of symmetric algorithms and the development of applications of post-quantum ciphers.

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