Dr. Affan Yasin completed his:

• • PhD in Software Engineering from Tsinghua University (清华大学), China, under the supervision of Prof. Wang Jianmin, Dean of the School of Software.

  • Master’s Degree in Software Engineering from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sweden (瑞典 ) (Master thesis under the supervison of Prof. Richard Torkar, Head of Computer Science and Engineering department, Chalmers and University of Gothenburg, Sweden).

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES), Pakistan (巴基斯坦).

• Dr. Affan has served as a lead guest editor for journals such as Applied Sciences, Electronics, AI, and Computers, Materials & Continua (CMC). His research collaborations extend globally, involving researchers at institutions like the University of Hertfordshire (UK), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar), Mälardalen University (Sweden), Tsinghua University (China), Emerson University (Pakistan) and Universitas Airlangga (Indonesia).

• 2024.06 → 2024.12 - Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Airlangga University, Indonesia  (印度尼西亚) .
• 2023.06 → 2024.10 - Postdoctoral Researcher at Northwestern Polytechnical University (西北工业大学), Jiangsu, Taicang, China. (Under the supervision of Prof. Zheng Jiang Bin, Dean School of Software).
• 2020.12 → 2023.04 - Postdoctoral Fellowship at Tsinghua University (清华大学), Beijing, China. (Under the supervision of Prof.Lin Liu, Deputy Dean School of Software, Tsinghua University.)
•  2014.04 → 2015.07 - Lecturer Computer Science, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan (巴基斯坦).
• 2013.10 → 2014.02- Visiting Lecturer, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan (巴基斯坦).
• 2009.06 → 2010.07 - Software Quality Assurance Engineer (SQAE), Cambridge Document Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan (巴基斯坦).

1. Empirical software engineering
2. Requirements engineering
3. Human factors in security
4. Social engineering and phishing attacks
5. Education and Learning
6. Game design and Gamification
7. Agent-based modeling (ABM)
8. Natural Language Processing (NLP)
9. Interdisciplinary studies
10. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education
11. Machine Learning (ML) and its applications

• CS304 Object Oriented Programming (OOP) →  Lead Teacher (Spring & Fall Semester 2014, Fall 2015) @ (COMSATS University, Islamabad).
• CS201 Introduction to Programming (C++) → (Lead Teacher) (Fall 2015) @ (COMSATS University, Islamabad).
• DTS207TC Database Development and Design. (Co-Teacher for the Course, Enrolled Students → 207, Block 2 - 2024) @XJTLU
• DTS208TC Data Analytics and Visualisation (Co-Teacher for the Course, Enrolled Students → 199, Block 1- 2025)) @XJTLU
• DTS106TC Introduction to Databases (Module Leader for the Course, Enrolled Students → 464, Block 2 -  2025) @XJTLU
• DTS311TC Final Year Project (Supervisor) @ XJTLU

• Awarded a fully funded scholarship by the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) to study at Tsinghua University (清华大学), Beijing, China.
• Received an International Exchange Scholarship for postdoctoral fellowship from the Postdoctoral Department at Tsinghua University (清华大学), Beijing, China.