Dr. Zeeshan Ashraf completed his PhD in Computer Science at IQRA University Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan. He has done MSCS with a specialization in computer networks from UMT, Lahore, Pakistan. He has more than 15 years of experience (Teaching, Industry, Administration, and Research) in the IT field. He is CISCO CCNP (R&S) certified. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. He is the author of several books. His research articles have been published in well-reputed International Conferences and Journals having a good impact factor with Q1 & Q2. Currently, he is serving as an Associate Professor of the Computer Science Department at The University of Chenab, Gujrat. Before joining Chenab University, he served 4 years as a Lecturer at The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Gujrat, Pakistan. He also served 5 years as an Assistant Professor and 3 years as a HoD at the University of Sargodha, Mandi Bahauddin Campus. During his career in higher education, he has experience receiving NOCs from HEC and NCEAC accreditation for BS and MS degree programs respectively. His main research interests include next-generation virtualized Internet architectures, NFV, IPv6 routing, performance modeling, optimization techniques, and security services in IoT-based smart networks.