Junaid Qadir is the director of the IHSAN Research Lab and the Chairperson of the Electrical Engineering Department at the Information Technology University (ITU) of Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan. His primary research interests are in the areas of computer systems and networking, applied machine learning, using ICT for development (ICT4D); and engineering education. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles at various high-quality research venues including IEEE Communication Magazine, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication (JSAC), IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (CST), and IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC). He was awarded the highest national teaching award in Pakistan—the higher education commission’s (HEC) best university teacher award—for the year 2012-2013. He has been appointed as ACM Distinguished Speaker for a three-year term starting from 2020. He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM.