Inayat Ali, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral researcher at ETRI since May 2022, with prior experience as a graduate student researcher at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information from August 2017 to February 2022 and at COMSAT Institutions of IT from September 2015 to January 2017. Expertise includes communication protocol engineering, information-centric networking, Internet of Things, named-data networking, mobile and vehicular ad-hoc networks, machine learning for network optimization, software-defined networks, and network security. Inayat began professional experience as a microwave and RF engineer at ZTE in early 2014. Education includes a Ph.D. in Information and Communication Technology from the University of Science and Technology, a Master's in Computer Systems Networking from COMSATS University Islamabad, and a Bachelor's in Telecommunication and Networking, also from COMSATS University Islamabad.