Ferheen Ayaz

Dr. Ferheen Ayaz is a Research Fellow at the 6G Lab, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex. She is working on blockchain-based energy exchange solutions for electric vehicles and machine learning methods to predict and optimie energy demands. Previously, she has worked on security of deep neural networks for edge devices at University of Glasgow. She completed her PhD thesis at University of Sussex on the topic of blockchain solutions for the security and privacy of vehicular networks particularly message dissemination. She has published in various IEEE flagship conferences and journals. She volunteers for IEEE Young Professionals Climate and Sustainability Task Force and has also served IEEE Women in Engineering UK and Ireland Group and N2Women Network. She has served as a general chair and technical program committee member of various workshops and tracks at international conferences including IEEE WCNC 2023, IEEE CAMAD 2023 and IEEE VTC 2024.