• PhD (Computer Vision) The Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia
• MS (Computer Science) Arizona State University, Arizona USA
• B.E. (Electrical Engineering) NED University, Karachi, Pakistan

Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, DSU, Jan 2020 – Present
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of IME, PNEC, NUST, Aug 2017 – Dec 2019
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engg., PNEC, NUST, Apr 2004 – Jul 2017
• Lecturer, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Canberra, Jan 2009 – Dec 2013
• Research Engineer, NICTA, Canberra Research Labs, Canberra, Australia, 2011
• Software Engineer, Intel Corporation, Arizona, USA, 2000 – 2003
• Software Systems Architect, Verizon Data Services, Texas, USA, 1999 – 2000
• Teaching Assistant/Software Developer, Arizona State University, USA, 1996 – 1998

Research Interests:

• Computer Vision
• Image Processing
• Machine Learning
• Robotics

Contact Information:
Email: asim.khwaja@dsu.edu.pk

• PhD (Computer Science: Algorithm to predictfuture of Internet Technologies), University of Karachi, Pakistan, 2019.
• ME (Computer Networks), NED University of Engineeringand Technology 2012
• BE (Computer Information and SystemEngineering), NED University of Engineering and Technology 2008

Research Interests:

• Web Technologies
• Data Management System
• Big Data and Big Data Analytics
• Internet of Things
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Publications:

• Jamshed,H., Ali Khan, M. S., Khurram, M., Inayatullah, S. y Athar, S.(2019). Data Preprocessing: Apreliminary step for web data mining Citaciónsugerida: Data Preprocessing: A preliminary step for web datamining. 3C Tecnología. Glosasdeinnovaciónaplicadas a la pyme. Edición Especial,Mayo 2019, pp. 206–221. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17993/3ctecno.2019.specialissue2.206–221
• M. Sadiq and H. Jamshedand S.Mustafa and S.Iqbal, “Data Extraction using Professional WebScraping”, Automatic Control and System Engineering  ACSE, September 2018
• M. Sadiq Ali Khan, HumaJamshed,SumreenaBano and Muhammad Navaid Anwar, “Big Data Management in Connected Worldof Internet of Things”, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, August 2017

• M. Sadiq Ali Khan*, Khaliq Khanzada and Huma Jamshed, “Realization of Aggregate Applications using DynamicBehaviour of Cellular Automata”, Indian Journal of Science and Technology,Vol 10 (3), DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2017/v10i3/110621, January 2017
• Sadiq Ali Khan,HumaJamshed,“Analysisof Formal Methods for Specification of E-Commerce Applications”, MehranUniversity Research Journal of Engineering & Technology, January 2016

• M.Sadiq Ali Khan and HumaJamshed,“Challengesin Handling Big Data”, International Journal of Application orInnovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM), December 2015

Technical Skills:

• Full stack developer (HTML, DHTML,JavaScript, ASP.NET,C#, VB.NET, PHP, Jquery, TELERIK RAD Controls, Word Press,MS SQL, MySQL) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17993/3ctecno.2019.specialissue2.206–221
• Proficient in server side

Contact Information:
Email: Huma.jamshed@dsu.edu.pk

• PhD (Computer Science and Engineering), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• MSc (Computer Control and Automation), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• BE (Computer Systems Engineering), Hamdard University, Karachi

Research Interests:

• Evolutionary Computation – Human and Nature inspired optimization algorithms
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Data Analytics
• Control and optimization
• Modeling and Simulation
• Embedded Systems / Real Time Systems

Selected Publications:

Journal Articles:

• M. R. Tanweer, S. Suresh and N. Sundararajan, “Self Regulating particle swarm optimization algorithm.” Information Sciences, vol. 294, 2015, pp. 182–202. (IF: 5.910)
• M. R. Tanweer, S. Suresh and N. Sundararajan, “Dynamic Mentoring and Self-Regulation based Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for solving Complex Real-world Optimization Problems.” Information Sciences. vol. 326, 2016, pp. 1–24. (IF: 5.910)
• M. R. Tanweer, R. Auditya, S. Suresh, N. Sundararajan and N. Srikanth, “Directionally Driven Self Regulating particle swarm optimization algorithm.” Swarm and Evolutionary Computation. Vol. 28, 2016, pp. 98-116. (IF: 6.912)
• Tayyab Ahmed Shaikh, Syed Sajjad Hussain M. Rizwan Tanweer, Manzoor Ahmed Hashmani. “Broadening Selection Competitive Constraint Handling Algorithm for Faster Convergence” Journal of Information Science and Engineering, Vol. 36 – 6, 2020, pp. 1293 – 1314. (IF: 0.541)

Conference Proceedings:

• Rashid Ali, Dil Nawaz Hakro, M.R. Tanweer, Amjad Ali Kmboh, “ Simulation based Vehicle to Vehicle and base station communication”, IEEE ICISCT’19, 2019
• M. R. Tanweer, S. Suresh, and N. Sundararajan, “Development of a Higher Order Cognitive Optimization Algorithm,” In IEEE Cong. on Evolutionary Computation, 2017, pp. 1 – 6
• M. R. Tanweer, Abdullah Al-Dujaili, and Sundaram Suresh. “Multi-Objective Self Regulating Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm for BMOBench platform.” In IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI), 2016, pp. 1-6
• M. R. Tanweer, S. Suresh, and N. Sundararajan, “Improved SRPSO algorithm for solving CEC2015 computationally expensive numerical optimization problems,” In IEEE Cong. on Evolutionary Computation, 2015, pp. 1 –8
• M. R. Tanweer, S. Suresh, and N. Sundararajan, “Mentoring based Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm,” In IEEE Cong. on Evolutionary Computation, 2015, pp. 1–8
• M. R. Tanweer and S. Suresh, “Human cognition inspired particle swarm optimization algorithm.” In IEEE 9th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, pages 1–6, 2014

• PhD Information Technology, University Technology Petronas, Perak, Malaysia
• MS Software Engineering, Bahria University
• BS Software Engineering, Bahria University

Journal Papers:

• M. Usama, and Q. M. Malluhi, “An Efficient (t,n)-Threshold Secret Sharing Scheme based on Simple XOR operation”, International Journal of Cryptology, 2020. (Under review)
• M. Usama, Q. M. Malluhi, N. Zakaria, and I. Razzak, “An efficient chaos-based secure data compression technique,” International Journal Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, 2020.
• M. Usama, O. Rehman, S. Rizvi, and I. Memon “An efficient construction of key dependent substitution box based-on chaotic sine map,” International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2019.
• M Alenezi, M Usama, K Almustafa, W Iqbal, MA Raza, T Khan, “An Efficient, Secure, and Queryable Encryption for NoSQL-based Databases Hosted on Untrusted Cloud Environments,” International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 14-31, 2019.
• M. Usama and N. Zakaria, “Chaos-based simultaneous compression and encryption for Hadoop,” PLOS One, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017.
• M. Usama and N. Zakaria, “Range GLS-Coding: A Scheme of Simultaneous Data Compression and Encryption,” Journal of Informatics and Mathematical Sciences, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 273–279, 2016.
• F. bin Muhaya, M. Usama, and F. Akhter, “Chaos based Secure Storage and Transmission of Digital Medical Images,” Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences., vol. 8, no. 1L, pp. 27–33, Apr. 2014.
• M. Usama and F. T. Bin Muhaya, “Framework for Secure Wireless Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks,” International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 9, no. 12, p. 585491. 2013.
• M. Usama, F. Bin Muhaya, and F. Akhter, “Adoption and Analysis of Security Applications to Secure Data Integrity,” International Information Institute (Tokyo). Information, vol. 16, no. 5, 2013.
• R. A. S. Malick, M. Usama, and M. K. Azim, “A Generalized Framework for Biological Data Integration, Processing, and Visualization,” Journal of Information Technology & Software Engineering, OMICS International, 2013.
• A. S. Alghamdi, H. Ullah, M. U. Khan, I. Ahmad, and K. Alnafajan, “Satellite image encryption for the C4I system,” International Journal of Physical Sciences, vol. 6, no. 17, 2011.
• M. Usama, M. K. Khan, K. Alghathbar, and C. Lee, “Chaos-based secure satellite imagery cryptosystem,” Computers & Mathematics with Applications, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 326–337, Jul. 2010.

Conference Papers: 

• M. Ali, M. Usama, W. Iqbal and F. Bukhari, “Secure NoSQL Over Cloud Using Data Decomposition and Queryable Encryption,” International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Applications (INTAP’19), 409-421, 2019.
• M. Usama and N. Zakaria, “Chaos-based secure data compression (CSDC),” in 2016 3rd International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences (ICCOINS), 2016, pp. 656–659.
• F. Bin Muhaya, M. Usama, and M. K. Khan, “Modified AES using a chaotic key generator for satellite imagery encryption,” in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2009, vol. 5754 LNCS, pp. 1014–1024.
• M. Usama, “Satellite imagery security application (SISA),” in IEEE INMIC 2008: 12th IEEE International Multitopic Conference – Conference Proceedings, 2008, pp. 232–238.
• R. Malick, U. Khanzada, A. Abbas, W. Iqbal, and K. Azim, “AINAN: Collaborative application for protein visualization & analyses,” in Proc. 9th ACIS Int. Conf. Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2008 and 2nd Int. Workshop on Advanced Internet Technology and Applications, 2008, pp. 171–175.
• M. Usama and M. K. Khan, “Classical and chaotic encryption techniques for the security of satellite images,” in IEEE-International Symposium on Biometrics & Security Technologies, ISBAST’08, 2008.

Contact Information:
Email: musama@dsu.edu.pk

• HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

• PhD (Computer Science) Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan
• MS (Computer Science) Iqra University, Karachi
• M.Sc (Applied Physics) & B.Sc (Physics) University of Karachi

Research Interests:

• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Design & Development of Mac Layer Protocols
• Performance optimization of sensor networks
• Internet of Things/Internet of Medical Things
• Body Area Networks

Publications:

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1.  Khan, A., Siddiqui, S. & Ghani, S. (2020). FROG-MAC: A Fragmentation based MAC Scheme for Prioritized Heterogeneous Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless Personal Communications. 1-34. [I.F= 0.94]

2.  Khan, A., Ghani, S., & Siddiqui, S. (2018). A Preemptive Priority-Based Data Fragmentation Scheme for Heterogeneous Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks. Sensors, 18(12), 4473.

3.  Khan, A. A, Ghani, S., Siddiqui, S. (2018).  A Taxonomy for MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks based on Traffic Prioritization. Wireless Personal Communications. 1-30.

4.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani, S., & Khan, A. A. (2018). PD-MAC: Design and Implementation of Polling Distribution-MAC for Improving Energy Efficiency of Wireless Sensor Networks.  International Journal of Wireless Information Networks. 25(2), 200-208.

5.  Khan, A. A, Ghani, S., Siddiqui, S. (2018).  A Study on Channel Sharing for Congestion Control in WSN MAC Protocols<https://www.igi-global.com/submission/proofing/document/?did=12976>. International Journal of Wireless Networks and Broadband Technologies (IJWNBT) Volume 6, Issue 1. 6(1), 15-33.

6.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani, S., & Khan, A. A. (2017). ADP-MAC: An Adaptive and Dynamic Polling based MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks.  IEEE Sensors Journal. 18(2), 860-874.

7.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani, S., & Khan, A. A. (2015). A Study on Channel Polling Mechanisms for the MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2015.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

1.  Khan, A. A, Siddiqui, S. & Ghani, S., (2020). Optimizing MAC Layer Performance for Wireless Sensor Networks in eHealth. IEEE Proceedings on International Conference on Computers, Software & Applications: Staying Smarter in a Smartening World”. COMPSAC 2020. Madrid, Spain.

2.  Siddiqui, S. & Khan, A. A. (2019). Achieving Energy Efficiency for Bursty Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Proceedings on 22nd International Multi Topic Conference 2019 (IEEE INMIC 2019). Islamabad. Pakistan.

3.  Siddiqui, S., Khan, A. A. & Ghani, S. (2018). A Comparison Study on Dynamic Duty Cycle and Dynamic Channel Polling Approaches for Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Proceedings on International Conference on Computers, Software & Applications: Staying Smarter in a Smartening World”. COMPSAC 2018. (pp. 790-793). Tokyo. Japan.

4.  Siddiqui, S., Khan, A. A. & Ghani, S. (2017). Investigating Dynamic Polling Intervals for Wireless Sensor Network Applications with Bursty Traffic.  Proceedings of International Conference on Multi-sensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2017). (pp. 448-451). Daegu. South Korea.

5.  Khan, A. A, Ghani, S., Siddiqui, S. (2017).  Design & Implementation of Distributed
Congestion Control Scheme for Heterogeneous Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks. Proceedings of International Conference on Multi-sensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2017). (pp. 581-585). Daegu. South Korea.

6.  Siddiqui, S., Khan, A. A. & Ghani, S. (2017). DPR-MAC: A Dynamic Polling MAC for Disaster Management in Wireless Sensor Networks. Proceedings of Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery (CyberC), 2017. (pp. 425-428). Nanjing, China.

7.  Khan, A. A, Jamal, S., Siddiqui, S. (2017).  Dynamic Duty-Cycle Control for Wireless Sensor Networks using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Proceedings of Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery (CyberC), 2017. (pp. 420-424). Nanjing, China.

8.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani, S., & Khan, A. A. (2017). Effect of Polling Interval Distributions on the Performance of MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks.  ACM Proceedings on International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (pp. 573-579). Springer, Cham. Turin, Italy.

9.  Khan, A. A, Ghani, S., Siddiqui, S. (2017).  Contention Window Prioritization for Heterogeneous Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks. ACM Proceedings on International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (pp. 676-685). Springer, Cham. Turin, Italy.

10.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani. (2016), Towards Dynamic Polling: Survey and Analysis of Channel Polling Mechanisms for Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Proceedings on ICISE 2016, January 2016, Islamabad.

12.  Siddiqui, S., Ghani, S., & Khan, A. A. (2015). A Survey on Data Aggregation Mechanisms in Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Proceedings on ICICT 2015, December 2015, Karachi, Pakistan.

13.  Wajid, A., Khan, A.A., Basit, A., Siddiqui, S., Salam, A. (2015), Achieving Energy Efficiency in Body Area Networks (BAN’s) through Avoiding Spatially Correlated Contention, IEEE Proceedings on ICICT 2015, December 2015, Karachi, Pakistan.

14.  Siddiqui, S., & Ghani, S. (2013). Analytical Model for Delay Distribution of PRMAC. IEEE Proceedings on 11th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), (pp. 1-6). December 2013. Islamabad, Pakistan.

15.  Siddiqui, S., & Ghani, S. (2013). ES-MAC: Energy Efficient Sensor-MAC protocol for Wireless Sensor networks. IEEE Proceedings on 10th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC) (pp. 28-33). Paris, France.

16.  Siddiqui, S., Abbas, V. U., & Ali, M. A. (2010, September). Analysis and Simulation of Propagation Model for Wireless Communication of Bio-Sensors. IEEE Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Wireless Communications Networking and Mobile Computing (WiCOM), 2010 (pp. 1-4). Chengdu, China.

Significant Achievements:

• HEC fellowship for MS leading to PhD

Contact Information:
Email: shama.siddiqui@dsu.edu.pk

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (Graph Theoretic modeling of Human Performance Data), Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 2020
• PhD (with distinction) (Computer Engineering: Human-centric machine learning), Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 2019.
• MSc (Computational Science), Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 2014
• MCS University of Karachi, 2000
• BSc Department of Mathematics, University of Karachi, 1997

Research Interests:

• Applications of AI in Human Performance Data Analysis, Data Analysis
• Modeling human behavior (Recognition Primed Decision Making, Situation awareness) for agents using e.g. Petri-nets, Ontology, Markov-nets.

Selected Publications:

• DANIAL, S. N., VEITCH, B., and SMITH, D. A method to detect anomalies in complex socio-technical operations using structural similarity*.Human-Automation Integration in the Maritime Sector a special issue of Marine Science and Engineering* (under peer-review)
• SAJID, Z., da Silva, M. A. B., Sher, F., DANIAL, S. N. Historical analysis of the role of governance systems in the development of biofuels in the United States of America and Brazil. *Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews* (under peer-review)
• DANIAL, S. N., SMITH, J., VEITCH, B, and KHAN, F. On the realization of the Recognition-Primed Decision model for artificial agents. *Human-Centric Computing and Information Science* (2019) 9:36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13673-019-0197-2
• DANIAL, S. N., SMITH, J.,  KHAN, F., VEITCH, B. Situation Awareness modelling for Emergency Management on Offshore Platforms. *Human-Centric Computing and Information Science*. (2019) 9: 37. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13673-019-0199-0
• DANIAL, S. N., SMITH, J.,  KHAN, F., VEITCH, B. Human-Like Sequential learning of escape routes for virtual reality agents. *Fire Technology *55(3), 1057-1083, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-019-00819-7
• DANIAL, S. N., KHAN, F., VEITCH, B. A Generalized Stochastic Petri Net model of route learning for emergency egress situations. *Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence **72*, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2018.03.024
• DANIAL S. N., NOOR S. R., USMANI B. A., AND ZAIDI S.J.H., A Dynamical System and Neural Network Perspective of Karachi Stock Exchange Returns, in International Multi – Topic Conference IMTIC 2008 , Dr. M. Akbar Hussain, Abdul Qadeer Khan Rajput, Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry and Quintin Gee (Eds.), Mehran University Jamshoro, Pakistan. April 11-12, 2008. Revised Selected Papers. Wireless Networks, Information Processing and Systems, Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 20, pp. 88-99, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2008. ISSN: 1865-0929. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89853-5_11
• DANIAL S. N., NOOR R., USMANI B. A., AND ZAIDI S.J.H. On the Dimensional Estimate of Rounding-Errors of a typical Computing Process, in IEEE-International Multi-Topic Conference (INMIC 11), 2007, Lahore, Pakistan. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=4557672&isYear=2007

Contact Information:
nasir.danial@dsu.edu.pk

Profile:

• PhD in Computer Engineering; other higher education from South Eastern Oklahoma State University, United States. More than 20 years of university level teaching experience and more than 12 years of experience in the Computer Systems industry.

CEng. (Engineering Council UK), PE (PEC) and MIET (IET)

Research Interests:

• Wireless Communication

-OFDM

-MC-CDMA

-PAPR

-FPGA

• Regression Analysis

Academic Background:

• PhD, Computer Engineering, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi. Topic: Novel Algorithm for PAPR Reduction in Multi-Code CDMA
• M.S (by thesis), Computer Engineering, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi. Topic: Computer Networking
• B.S Electronics (Minor: Computer Science), South Eastern Oklahoma State University, United States.
• BSc (Industrial Technology), MUET

Publications:

1) S. Rizwan Hasan and Najeeb Siddiqui, “Algorithm for reducing PAPR of Multi-code CDMA using Reed Muller codes,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 52, no. 11, pp. 926-928, May 2016, http://digitallibrary.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/el.2016.0553 (HEC approved with Impact factor)
2) S.Rizwan ul Hasan, Najeeb Siddiqui, and Shakeel Ahmed, “Impact of reformed RM Encoded data on PAPR of Multicode CDMA under MSK”, SSURJ of Engineering and Technology, vol. 6, issue 1, pp. 23-26, 2016 (HEC approved Y-Category).
3) Syed Rizwan-ul-Hasan, Shakil Ahmed, Ammar Abbas Power Optimization using efficient Codes, SURJ, ISSN 1813-1743, Vol. 43 Issue 1A, pp 51-56, June 2011 (HEC approved, Abstracted by Thompson Scientific).
4) Syed Rizwan-ul-Hasan, Shakil Ahmed, “Performance Evaluation of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) in terms Power measurement and reduction”, SSU Res. J. of Engg. &tech, Vol. 1 Issue 1, pp 5-8, 2011.
5) Syed Rizwan ul Hasan, Shakil Ahmed and Ammar Abbas, “Effect of using  different Codes for Power reduction” Proc. ICCET 2011, Khairpur, April 22- 23rd 2011 pp.197-202.
6) S.R. Hasan, S.Ahmed. and M. Imam, “PAPR as measure for OFDM with non-linearity” Proc. 7th. CIIT Workshop on Research – Computing, Lahore, June 23rd 2008. pp.114-117.
7) S.R.Hasan, “Effect of using RM code to control PAPR in MC-CDMA and OFDM”, Proc. of the 14th. IEEE International Multi-Topic conference, 2011, Dec. 22-24,2011, pp. 329-333, SSUET, Karachi Pakistan.
8) Syed Rizwan-ul-Hasan, “Using Reed Muller Codes to optimize Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) in Multi-Code Code Division Multiple Access (MC- CDMA)”, ICComE, Dec. 22nd. – 24th. 2010, pp. 11-16, University of Sistan & Baluchistan, Iran.
9) Ammar Abbas, Tauseef Mubeen and S. Rizwan-ul-Hasan, “Capacity analysis for voice and queue management differences in IEEE 802.11 and 802.11e WLAN standards”, in 2008 second International Conference on Electrical Engineering, March 25-26, Lahore Pakistan
DOI: 10.1109/ICEE.2008.4553900

10) Hafiz Muhammad Maaz Khan, S. Rizwanul Hasan, Ammar Ahmed, Ashar Khan, and Hafiz Muhammad Fahad,“AI Surveillance UGV”, Proceeding of ICISCT 2020 (IEEE Xplore ), February 8-9, University of Karachi, Pakistan. DOI: 10.1109/ICISCT49550.2020.9080025

Research Projects:

• Project : AI surveillance unmanned ground vehicle (Approved from Ignite (2019), Ministry of  IT
• Research Project “Using codes to optimize PAPR in Multi-code CDMA”, submitted to CED, SSUET August 5th. 2009.
• HEC-TDF “A prototype communication system to provide optimized (PAPR) for the 4G MC-CDMA, 2018 (did not submit due to unavailability of high configuration FPGA kit

Supervised MS completed students (five)

• Traffic Management in GPRS/GSM networks.
• Maximizing throughput by Power Control in CDMA system.
• QoS in Mobile and Ad Hoc Networks
• QoS support in GPRS core network using MPLS/DiffServ
• Policy based architecture of QoS in differentiated services

Contact Information:
Email: rizwan.hasan@dsu.edu.pk

• MS (Software Engineering), Bahria University, Karachi

• BS (Computer System Engineering), Bahria University, Karachi

Contact Information:

Email: farooq.shibli@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 129

• MS Software Engineering from PAF-KIET
• MS Information Technology from Hamdard University
• Bachelor’s in Science from Karachi University
• He is a full time Faculty member/Researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science & Software Engineering. He has worked in Government & University level projects. He has a strong hold on academic related matters like NCEAC, PEC, CIEC etc. He has published 40 Research published papers in local & internationals journals/conferences.

Contact Information:
Email: adnan.alam@dsu.edu.pk

• MS Computer Science, PAF-KIET
• BS Networks and Telecommunication,  PAF-KIET

Contact Information:
mailtoauhaque@gmail.com

• MS (Software Engineering), PAF KIET
• BS(Computer Science), NED University

Contact Information:
Email: asad.rehman@dsu.edu.pk

• MS(IT) – Computer Networks from KTH, Royal Institute of Technology Sweden

• BE-Computer Engineering from Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology Karachi

Formerly:

• Phoenix Armour (Pvt.) LTD

Research Interests:

• WSN & Network Security

Contact Information:

Email: asif.rafiq@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 211

• MS (Computer Science), LUMS

• MS (Exchange Studies), MdH, Sweden

• BS (Computer Science), FAST-NU, Karachi

Contact Information:
Email: b.butt@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 135

• MS (Software Engineering), Bahria University, Karachi

• BE (Software Engineering), Bahria University, Karachi

Research Interests:

• Software Engineering
• Software Project Management
• Software Quality Assurance

Significant Achievements:

• HEC Certified Master Trainer (FPDP)

Contact Information:

Email: conrad.dsilva@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 163

• MS Computer Science, FAST-NUCES (in progress)
• BS Computer Science, PAF-KIET

Contact Information:
Email: faisal.mehmood@dsu.edu.pk

• MPhil (Data Engineering)SZABIST, Karachi

• MCS (Software Engineering), SZABIST, Karachi

Formerly:

Associate Professor, HoD, HIMS ICT, Hamdard University View

Research Interests:

• Data Engineering, e Business
Publications:

• Intelligent Ubiquitous Computing and e Business Solution in International Journal of Information Management, IJIM Oxford, England, Vol.: 28, Issue: 6, April 2008

• IADIS International Conference Informatics 2010, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg Germany, Intellisense Sentinel , An Intelligent and Smart Hybrid Approach Towards Human Detection and Tracking, Short Paper

Significant Achievements:

• Gold Medalist & Position Holder

Contact Information:

Email: k.ahmed@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 134

• MS (Computer Science), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University
• BS (Computer Science), DHA Suffa University

Contact Information:
adil.rao@dsu.edu.pk

• MS (Computer Science), PAF-KIET BS (Computer Science), University of Karachi

Research Interests:

• Machine Learning

• Cyber Physical Systems

• Big Data Analytics

Contact Information:

Email: azmi.umer@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 211

• MPM in Project Management, SZABIST (In Progress)
• Bachelors in Computer Science, DHA Suffa University

Contact Information:
Email: muzammil.maqsood@dsu.edu.pk

• MCIT, NED University
• BS(CS), Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University

Contact Information:
qazi.samad@dsu.edu.pk

• MA(Management) from London Metropolitan University, UK in 2012
• B.Sc (Hons) in IT from Middlesex University, UK in 2006

Contact Information:
shaham.mahmood@dsu.edu.pk

• BCS from University of Peshawar, Pakistan in 2008
• MS(CS) from National College of Business Administration & Economics, Pakistan in 2018

Contact Information:
Email: sulaman.ahmed@dsu.edu.pk

(On Leave)

• MS (Computer Science), LUMS BS (Computer Science), FAST-NU, Karachi

Formerly:
• Assistant Professor, Computer Science, FAST-NU Software Engineer, Core Development Group, Avanza Solutions

Research Interests:

• Big Data Analytics • Data Mining • Machine Learning • Human Computer Interaction

Publications:

• Jemal H. Abawajy, Syed I. Jami, Zubair A. Shaikh, Syed Hammad Ahmed, A Framework for Scalable Distributed Provenance Storage System, Computer Standards & Interfaces (2012)

• Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui and Syed Hammad Ahmed, Policy-based Network Management in a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Network, in 15th International Multi Topic Conference (INMIC) 2012, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 2012 (published by IEEE)

• Tariq Mahmood, Syed Hammad Ahmed, and Saqib Mahmood, Optimal Dynamic Personalization in Conversational Recommender Systems, In Proceedings of the 2nd Malaysian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MJCAI 2010), 26-30 July, Malaysia, Springer • Tariq Mahmood, Syed Hammad Ahmed, and Saqib Mahmood, Comparing Reward-based Optimal Behaviors in User-Adapted Recommender Systems, In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT 2010), July 9 -11, Chengdu, China. IEEE

Significant Achievements:

• Received Best Teacher Award (University) – Spring 2013 • Received Best Teacher Award (Department) – Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012

• Introduced novel effective teaching methodologies

• Received LUMS Merit Scholarship for MS(CS) • Placed in the Dean Honor List at LUMS (MS-CS)

• Placed in the Dean Honor List at FAST-NU (BS-CS)

Contact Information:

Email: hammad@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 132

• MSCS (Software Engineering), Hamdard University
• BSCS, Hamdard University

Contact Information:
Email: saad.luqman@dsu.edu.pk

• MPhil (Computer Science), University of Karachi

• MCS (Computer Science), University of Karachi

Research Interests:

• Bioinformatics

• Biometrics

• Social Computing

Contact Information:

Email: t.minai@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 134

• MS Computer Science (Specialization in Machine Learning), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University
• BS Computer Science, DHA Suffa University

Contact Information:
usama.ejaz@dsu.edu.pk

• BS (Computer Science), Hamdard University

Research Interests:

• Natural Language Processing

• Text Mining

• Machine Learning

• Machine Translation

Significant Achievements:

• Fully Funded ICT Scholarship for Undergraduate Program

Contact Information:

Email: zahid.hussain@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 170

• MS (Computer Science), Hamdard University
• BS (Telecommunications and Networking), Hamdard University

Formerly:

• Lecturer, Hamdard University

Contact Information:

Email: aneela.nargis@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 191

• BS(CS & IT) from NED University, Pakistan in 2018

Contact Information:
Email: ansha.zahid@dsu.edu.pk

• BS (Computer Science), Bahria University Karachi Campus

Contact Information:

Email: asma.bibi@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 203

• MS in Data Science, NEDUET (In progress)
• Bachelors in Computer Science and Information Technology, NEDUET

Contact Information:
Email: asma.qaiser@dsu.edu.pk

• MCS (Computer Science), University of Karachi

Contact Information:
Email: maleeha.shah@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 205

• MS (Computer Science), Hamdard University
• BS (Telecommunications and Networking), Hamdard University

Formerly:

• Assistant Professor, Hamdard University

Contact Information:

Email: raazia.sosan@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 191

• BE(Computer Systems) from Mehran UET, Pakistan in 2017

Contact Information:
Email: rida.memon@dsu.edu.pk

• M.E (CIS), NED University
• B.E (CIS), NED University

Contact Information:
samia.masood@dsu.edu.pk

• MS Computer Science, Institute of Business Administration
• BS Computer Science, University of Karachi

Contact Information:
Email: sania.yousuf@dsu.edu.pk

MS (Software Engineering), NUST

BS (Software Engineering), FJWU

Contact Information:
Email: shafaq.sohail@dsu.edu.pk

• MS (CSIT), NED UET
• BS (CS), Jinnah University for Women – Gold Medalist

Contact Information:
Email: sidrah.abdullah@dsu.edu.pk

• MS (Computer Science), PAF-KIET

• BS (Computer Science), University of Karachi

• BS (Applied Mathematics), University of Karachi

Contact Information:

Email: t.mirza@dsu.edu.pk

Extension: 191

• MS (Computer Science), IBA
• BS (Computer Science), DHA Suffa University

Contact Information:
urooba.javed@dsu.edu.pk

• MS (Computer Science), IBA
• BS (Computer Science), University of Karachi

Contact Information:
urooj.waheed@dsu.edu.pk

• BE(Computer & Information Systems) from NED University, Pakistan in 2014

Contact Information:
Email: yusra.shahina@dsu.edu.pk