Dr Azhar Iqbal

Dr Azhar Iqbal
 Position Research Fellow (A) (with PhD)
 Org Unit Electrical and Electronic Engineering
 Email azhar.iqbal@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone +61 8 8313 5589
 Location Floor/Room Level Three ,  Ingkarni Wardli ,   North Terrace

  • Biography/ Background

    Please refer to:

    https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/azhar.iqbal#career

  • Awards & Achievements

    • Faculty of Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences (ECMS) Interdisciplinary Research Grant Scheme 2016, in partnership with the Faculty of Professions (jointly with Prof Derek Abbott & Dr Virginie Masson) at the 成人大片, AU$30,000 (2016-2017)
    • Discovery Research Grant DP0771453 and Fellowship (Principal Investigator) from Australian Research Council (ARC) at 成人大片, AU$247,092 (2007-2011)
    • Research Grant P06330 and Fellowship (Principal Investigator) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at Kochi University of Technology, Japanese Yen 4,958,500 (2006-2007)
    • Fully funded PhD Research Scholarship from the University of Hull, UK, for overseas research students (2002-2005)
    • Fully funded Merit Scholarship from the Government of Pakistan for studying overseas at the University of Sheffield, UK (1992-1995)

  • Teaching Interests

    My teaching profile is here:

    https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/azhar.iqbal#teaching

     

  • Research Interests

    I am interested in mathematical modelling and interdisciplinary research. A significant part of my research is in  that is described in my . 

  • Publications
    My research publications are below. Please also refer to this .

    Book Chapter

    [] A. Iqbal and T. Cheon, Evolutionary stability in quantum games, Chapter 13 in  (), edited by , and , foreword by , ISBN 978-1-84816-267-9. Imperial College Press (2008).

    Journal articles

    [] A. Iqbal, I. Honhaga, E. Teffera, A. Perry, R. Baker, G. Pearce, and C. Szabo, Vulnerability and Defence: A Case for Stackelberg Game Dynamics, Games, Vol. 15, Issue 5, Art. No. 32 (2024). DOI: 10.3390/g15050032.

    [] A. Iqbal, J. M. Chappell, C. Szabo and D. Abbott, Resolving game theoretical dilemmas with quantum states, Quantum Information Processing, Vol. 23, Art. No. 5 (2024).

    ] J. M. Chappell, J. G. Hartnett, N. Iannella, A. Iqbal, D. L. Berkahn and D. Abbott, A new derivation of Minkowski metric, Joural of Physics Communications, Vol. 7(6), Art. No. 065001 (2023).

    [] A. Iqbal and D. Abbott, Two-player quantum games: When player strategies are via directional choices, Quantum Information Processing, Vol. 21, Art. No. 212 (2022).

    [] M. A. K. AlSayegh, A. Iqbal, The impact of the precautionary measures taken in the kingdom of Bahrain to contain the outbreak of COVID-19, Arab Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Vol. 28(1), pp 195-203 (2021).

    [] A. Iqbal, L. J. Gunn, M. Guo, M. A. Babar and D. Abbott, Game theoretical modelling of network/cybersecurity, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp 154167-154179 (2019).

    [] A. Iqbal and D. Abbott, A game theoretical perspective on the quantum probabilities associated with a GHZ state, Quantum Information Processing, Vol. 17, Art. No. 313 (2018).

    [] A. Iqbal, J. M. Chappell, and D. Abbott, The equivalence of Bell's inequality and the Nash inequality in a quantum game-theoretic setting, Physics Letters A, Vol. 382, Issue 40, pp 2908-2913 (2018).

    [] A. Iqbal, V. Masson, and D. Abbott, Kidnapping model: an extension of Selten's game, Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 4, Art. No. 171484 (2017).

    [] J. M. Chappell, J. G. Hartnett, N. Iannella, A. Iqbal, and D. Abbott, Time as a geometric property of space, Frontiers in Physics, Vol. 4, Art. No. 44 (2016).

    [] S. Zhou, D. G. Valchev, A. Dinovitser, J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, B. W.-H. Ng, T. W. Kee, and D. Abbott, Terahertz signal classification based on geometric algebra, IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp 793-802 (2016).

    [] J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, J. G. Hartnett, and D. Abbott, The vector algebra war: a historical perspective, IEEE Access, Vol. 4, pp 1997-2004 (2016). . Also at YouTube .

    [] A. Iqbal, J. M. Chappell, and D. Abbott, On the equivalence between non-factorizable mixed-strategy classical games and quantum games, Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 3, Art. No. 150477 (2016).

    [] A. Iqbal, J. M. Chappell, and D. Abbott, Social optimality in quantum Bayesian games, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Vol. 436, pp 798-805 (2015).

    [] J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, L. J. Gunn, and D. Abbott, Functions of multivector variables, PLOS ONE, Vol. 10, No. 3, Art. No. e0116943 (2015).

    [] A. Iqbal, J. M. Chappell, Q. Li, Charles E. M. Pearce, and D. Abbott, A probabilistic approach to quantum Bayesian games of incomplete information, Quantum Information Processing, Vol. 13, pp 2783-2800 (2014).

    [] J. M. Chappell, S. P. Drake, C. L. Seidel, L. J. Gunn, A. Iqbal, A. Allison, and D. Abbott, Geometric algebra for electrical and electronic engineers, Proceedings of IEEE, Vol. 102, Issue 9, pp 1340-1363 (2014).

    [] Q. Li, M. Chen, M. Perc, A. Iqbal, and D. Abbott, Effects of adaptive degrees of trust on coevolution of quantum strategies on scale-free networks, Scientific Reports, Vol. 3, Art. No. 2949 (2013).

    [] Q. Li, A. Iqbal, M. Perc, M. Chen, and D. Abbott, Coevolution of quantum and classical strategies on evolving random networks, PLOS ONE, Vol. 8, No. 7, Art. No. e68423 (2013).

    [] J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, M. A. Lohe, L. von Smekal, and D. Abbott, An improved formalism for quantum computation based on geometric algebra---case study: Grover's search algorithm, Quantum Information Processing, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp 1719-1735 (2013).

    [] J. M. Chappell, M. J. Chappell, A. Iqbal, and D. Abbott, The gravity field of a cube, Physics International, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 50-57 (2012).

    [] J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, N. Iannella, and D. Abbott, Revisiting special relativity: A natural algebraic alternative to Minkowski spacetime, PLOS ONE, Vol. 7, No. 12, Art. No. e51756 (2012).

    [] Q. Li, A. Iqbal, M. Chen, and D. Abbott, Evolution of quantum strategies on a small-world network, European Physical Journal B, Vol. 85, Art. No. 376 (2012).

    [] Q. Li, A. Iqbal, M. Chen, and D. Abbott, Evolution of quantum and classical strategies on networks by group interactions, New Journal of Physics, Vol. 14, Art. No. 103034 (2012).  

    [] J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, and D. Abbott, N-player quantum games in an EPR setting, PLOS ONE, Vol. 7, No. 5, Art. No. e36404 (2012).

    [] K. Eshraghian, O. Kavehei, K. -R. Cho, J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, S. F. Al-Sarawi, and D. Abbott, Memristive device fundamentals and modelling: Applications to circuits and systems simulation, invited paper, Proceedings of IEEE, Vol. 100, No. 6, pp 1991-2007 (2012).

    [] Q. Li, A. Iqbal, D. Abbott, and M. Chen, Quantum strategies win in a defector-dominated population, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Vol. 391, No. 11, pp 3316-3322 (2012).

    [] J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, and D. Abbott, Analysis of two-player quantum games in an EPR setting using Clifford's geometric algebra, PLOS ONE, Vol. 7, No. 1, Art. No. e29015 (2012).

    [] J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, and D. Abbott, Analyzing three-player quantum games in an EPR type setup, PLOS ONE, Vol. 6, No. 7, Art. No. e21623 (2011).

    [] J. M. Chappell, M. A. Lohe, L. von Smekal, A. Iqbal, and D. Abbott, A precise error bound for quantum phase estimation, PLOS ONE, Vol. 6, No. 5, Art. No. e19663 (2011).

    [] O. Kavehei, A. Iqbal, Y. S. Kim, K. Eshraghian, S. F. Al-Sarawi, and D. Abbott, The fourth element: characteristics, modelling, and electromagnetic theory of the memristor, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, Vol. 466, No. 2120, pp 2175-2202 (2010).

    [] A. Iqbal and D. Abbott, Constructing quantum games from a system of Bell's inequalities, Physics Letters A, Vol. 374, No. 31-32, pp 3155-3163 (2010).

    [] J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, and D. Abbott, Constructing quantum games from symmetric non-factorizable joint probabilities, Physics Letters A, Vol. 374, No. 40, pp 4104-4111 (2010).

    [] A. Iqbal and D. Abbott, Non-factorizable joint probabilities and evolutionarily stable strategies in the quantum prisoner's dilemma game, Physics Letters A, Vol. 373, No. 30, pp 2537-2541 (2009).

    [] J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, M. A. Lohe, and L. von Smekal, An analysis of the quantum penny flip game using geometric algebra, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, Vol. 78, Art. No. 054801 (2009).

    [] A. Iqbal and D. Abbott, Quantum matching pennies game, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, Vol. 78, Art. No. 014803 (2009).

    [] T. Cheon and A. Iqbal, Bayesian Nash equilibria and Bell inequalities, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, Vol. 77, Art. No. 024801 (2008).

    [] A. Iqbal, T. Cheon, and D. Abbott, Probabilistic analysis of three-player symmetric quantum games played using EPR setting, Physics Letters A, Vol. 372, No. 44, pp 6564-6577 (2008).

    [] A. Iqbal and T. Cheon, Constructing quantum games from non-factorizable joint probabilities, Physical Review E, Vol. 76, Art. No. 061122 (2007).

    [] A. Iqbal, Playing games with EPR-type experiments, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical & Theoretical, Vol. 38, No. 43, pp 9551-9564 (2005).

    [] A. Iqbal, Quantum correlations and Nash equilibria of a bimatrix game, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical & Theoretical, Vol. 37, No. 29, L353-L359 (2004).

    [] A. Iqbal and S. Weigert, Quantum correlation games, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical & General, Vol. 37, pp 5873-5885 (2004).

    [] A. Iqbal and A. H. Toor, Stability of mixed Nash equilibria in a symmetric quantum game, Communications in Theoretical Physics, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp 335-338 (2004).

    [] A. Iqbal, Quantum games with a multi-slit electron diffraction set-up, Nuovo Cimento B, Vol. 118, No. 5, pp 463-468 (2003).

    [] A. Iqbal and A. H. Toor, Backwards-induction outcome in a quantum game, Physical Review A, Vol. 65, Art. No. 052328 (2002).

    [] A. Iqbal and A. H. Toor, Darwinism in quantum systems? Physics Letters A, Vol. 294, No. 5-6, pp 261-270 (2002).

    [] A. Iqbal and A. H. Toor, Quantum repeated games, Physics Letters A, Vol. 300, No. 6, pp 537-542 (2002).

    [] A. Iqbal and A. H. Toor, Quantum cooperative games, Physics Letters A, Vol. 293, No. 3-4, pp 103-108 (2002).

    [] A. Iqbal and A. H. Toor, Quantum mechanics gives stability to a Nash equilibrium, Physical Review A, Vol. 65, Art. No. 022306 (2002).

    [] A. Iqbal and A. H. Toor, Entanglement and dynamic stability of Nash equilibria in a symmetric quantum game, Physics Letters A, Vol. 286, No. 4, pp 245-250 (2001).

    [] A. Iqbal and A. H. Toor, Evolutionarily stable strategies in quantum games, Physics Letters A, Vol. 280, No. 5-6, pp 249-256 (2001).

    Conference Papers

    [] M. A. K. AlSayegh and A. Iqbal, The impact of the vaccination and booster shots in containing the COVID-19 epidemic in Bahrain: a game theory approach, In 2021 Third International Sustainability and Resiliance Conference: Climate Change. IEEE. (2021).

    [] B. Coventry, C. Cooper, M. Dorraki, A. Allison, A. Iqbal, and D. Abbott, Modelling oscillatory human immune system dynamics of point-of-care biomarkers for targeting/sequencing vaccine immuno-chemotherapy in advanced melanoma, poster presentation P509 in 32nd Annual Meeting and Pre-Conference Programs of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC 2017), National Harbor, MD, USA. 8-12 November 2017, J. immunotherapy cancer 5, 89 (2017).

    [] S. L. Zhou, D. G. Valchev, A. Dinovitser, J. M. Chappell, A. Iqbal, B. W. H. Ng, T. W. Kee, and D. Abbott, Dispersion-independent terahertz classification based on Geometric Algebra for substance detection, International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, , Copenhagen, Denmark, September 25-30 (2016).

    [] P. Bruza, A. Iqbal, and K. Kitto, The role of non-factorizability in determining "pseudo-classical" non-separability, AAAI-Fall 2010 Symposium on Quantum Informatics for Cognitive, Social, and Semantic Processes, Washington DC, November 11-13 (2010).

    [] O. Kavehei, Y. -S. Kim, A. Iqbal, K. Eshraghian, S. F. Al-Sarawi, and D. Abbott, The fourth element: Insights into the Memristor, Proceedings of the International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems, pp 921-927 (2009).

    [] A. Iqbal and T. Cheon, Constructing multi-player quantum games from non-factorizable joint probabilities, SPIE Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology: Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6802, Art. No. 68020A (2008).

    Conference Presentations & Posters

    [5] A. Iqbal, A unifying framework for classical and quantum games, presentation in Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematical Methods, Models and Applications, Centre for Advanced Studies in Mathematics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan (2009).

    [4] A. Iqbal and D. Abbott, Quantum matching pennies game, poster presentation in 18th Biennial Australian Institute of Physics Congress, 成人大片 (2008).

    [] A. Iqbal and T. Cheon, Constructing quantum games from non-factorizable probabilities, poster presentation in Asian Conference on Quantum Information, Shiran Kaikan, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (2007).

    [2] A. Iqbal, Anisotropy and coercive fields in thin magnetic films, poster presentation in Second National Seminar on Engineering Materials and Metallurgy, Karachi, Pakistan (1998).

    [1] A. Iqbal, M. M. Gualini, M. M. Ashraf, S. Shahdin, and M. A. Atta, Mathematical modelling of the slow flow diffusion-cooled CO2 laser, presentation in National Workshop on Mathematical Models: Their Development and Use, Islamabad, Pakistan (1998).

    Working/Internet publications

    [] A. Iqbal, An Urdu translation of the Australian National Anthem.

    [] A. Iqbal, P. Hoodbhoy, and D. Abbott, Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete? (an Urdu translation) (2019).

    [] A. Iqbal and D. Abbott, Quantum strategies and evolutionary stability (in Urdu) (2019).

    [] A. Iqbal, Looking at world events through the prism of game theory, published online by  (2016).

  • Professional Associations
    • Australian Mathematical Society (2017-present)
    • Game Theory Society (2017-present)
    • Australian Institute of Physics (2011-2014)
    • COSNet-Complex Open Systems Research Network (2006-present)
    • Australian Nanotechnology Network (2006-present)

  • Community Engagement

    Reviewing service

    • Scientific Reports (Nature)
    • Quantum Information and Computation
    • Physics Letters A
    • Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
    • Decision Support Systems
    • Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization
    • Journal of Physics A: Mathematical & Theoretical
    • International Journal of Quantum Information
    • Quantum Information Processing

    Invited talks

    • 2023-2024: Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning Group, School of Computer & Mathematical Sciences, 成人大片
    • 2022: Systems and Control Research Group, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, 成人大片
    • 2021: Departmental Seminar, Department of Mathematics, University of Bahrain
    • 2015: School of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide
    • 2014: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
    • 2013: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
    • 2012: School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, 成人大片
    • 2010: Quantum Interaction Group, Faculty of Science & Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
    • 2009: Mathematics & Statistics Colloquium Series, Portland State University, Oregon, USA
    • 2009: Centre for Quantum Physics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
    • 2008: Quantum Computing Group, School of Physical Sciences, 成人大片 (series of four talks)
    • 2007: Graduate School, Kochi University of Technology, Tosayamada, Kochi, Japan
    • 2007: Theory Division, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Japan (invited)
    Memberships
    • JSPS Alumni Association of Australia (2016-present)
    • Astronomical Society of South Australia (2014-present)
    • SAGE International Australia (2016-present)
    • Centre for Energy Technology, 成人大片 (2016-present)

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