By Mr Mohammad Majid Akhtar

Book Chapters

Akhtar MM; Rizvi DR, 2021, 'Traceability and detection of counterfeit medicines in pharmaceutical supply chain using blockchain-based architectures', in Eai Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing, pp. 1 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51070-1_1

Journal articles

Akhtar MM; Bhuiyan NS; Masood R; Ikram M; Kanhere SS, 2025, 'BotSSCL: Social Bot Detection with Self-Supervised Contrastive Learning', Online Social Networks and Media, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.osnem.2025.100318

Ahmad MO; Tripathi G; Siddiqui F; Alam MA; Ahad MA; Akhtar MM; Casalino G, 2023, 'BAuth-ZKP—A Blockchain-Based Multi-Factor Authentication Mechanism for Securing Smart Cities', Sensors, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23052757

Akhtar MM; Rizvi DR; Ahad MA; Kanhere SS; Amjad M; Coviello G, 2021, 'Efficient data communication using distributed ledger technology and iota-enabled internet of things for a future machine-to-machine economy', Sensors, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21134354

Akhtar MM; Khan MZ; Ahad MA; Noorwali A; Rizvi DR; Chakraborty C, 2021, 'Distributed Ledger Technology Based Robust Access Control and Real-time Synchronization for Consumer Electronics', Peerj Computer Science, 7, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/PEERJ-CS.566

Akhtar MM; Rizvi DR, 2020, 'IoT-Chain: Security of things for Pervasive, Sustainable and Efficient Computing using Blockchain', Eai Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web, 7, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.164628

Conference Papers

Akhtar MM; Masood R; Ikram M; Kanhere SS, 2026, 'TBTrackerX: Fantastic Trigger Bots and Where to Find Malicious Campaigns on X', Internet Society, presented at Proceedings 2026 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, http://dx.doi.org/10.14722/ndss.2026.241239

Khurana N; Akhtar MM; Masood R; Kanhere SS; Turnbull B, 2025, 'Navigating the Gray Interventions: The Impact of Soft Moderation Techniques Across Social Media Platforms', in Www Companion 2025 Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2025, pp. 1067 - 1071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3701716.3715511

Akhtar MM; Masood R; Ikram M; Kanhere SS, 2024, 'SoK: False Information, Bots and Malicious Campaigns: Demystifying Elements of Social Media Manipulations', in ACM Asiaccs 2024 Proceedings of the 19th ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security, pp. 1784 - 1800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3634737.3644998

Akhtar MM; Karunanayake I; Sharma B; Masood R; Ikram M; Kanhere SS, 2023, 'Towards Automatic Annotation and Detection of Fake News', in Proceedings Conference on Local Computer Networks LCN, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCN58197.2023.10223359

Preprints

Akhtar MM; Bhuiyan NS; Masood R; Ikram M; Kanhere SS, 2024, BotSSCL: Social Bot Detection with Self-Supervised Contrastive Learning, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2402.03740

Akhtar MM; Masood R; Ikram M; Kanhere SS, 2023, False Information, Bots and Malicious Campaigns: Demystifying Elements of Social Media Manipulations, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2308.12497

Akhtar MM; Sharma B; Karunanayake I; Masood R; Ikram M; Kanhere SS, 2022, Machine Learning-based Automatic Annotation and Detection of COVID-19 Fake News, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2209.03162

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