For his outstanding and vibrant contributions in the field of Computer Networks between 2011 and 2020, Dr. Zafar Ayyub Qazi has been recognized as the AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar (Honorable Mention). He ranks 17 in the list that includes researchers from Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, Google and Microsoft Research. 

Sifting through more than 133 million expert profiles and over 270 million publications from across the globe, Tsinghua University’s AMiner software generates a list that covers 20 sub-fields of computer science and recognizes top-cited research scholars who have made outstanding technical contributions with lasting impact. Moreover, inclusion of computer scientists in this list is recognized and celebrated by universities and technology companies due to its prestige. 

The list recognizes the top 100 computer scientists in a given sub-field based on the most citations in the top venues in that area from 2011-2020. For computer networks, they considered publications in the top research venues like ACM SIGCOMM and ACM MobiCom. We would like to extend our congratulations to Dr. Zafar Qazi on behalf of the entire SBASSE community and wish him well in all his future research.