The Machine Intelligence Research Group

PERMANENT MEMBERS

Dr. Zahid Halim | Head MInG

Associate Professor and Dean
Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi

Ph.D. Computer Science - Computational Intelligence

Dr. Sajid Anwar

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Seoul National University

Dr. M. Hanif

Assistant Professor

Ph. D. Australian National University

Dr. Cedric Aimal Edwin

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (Liverpool Hope University)

Dr. Raja Hashim Ali

Assistant Professor

Ph. D. KTH, Stockholm

Engr. Muhammad Suleman

Verification Engineer

Volvo Trucks Technology, Sweden

STUDENT MEMBERS

Ms.  Uzma (uzma@giki.edu.pk) - Ph.D.

Topic: On customizing the Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) for real-time problems
Status: Research in progress, Expected Graduation: Fall 2020

Ms.  Madiha.Tahir (madiha.tahir@giki.edu.pk) - Ph.D.

Topic: Identification of Affective States in Digital Documents utilizing Data Science Methods
Status: Research in progress, Expected Graduation: Fall 2020

Mr. Attau Rahman (attacs9@gmail.com) - Ph.D.

Topic: Affective computing, Expected Graduation: Fall 2022

Mr. Abdur Razaq (razaq.cs@gmail.com) - Ph.D.

Topic: TBD, Expected Graduation: Fall 2022

Ms. Hina Ayaz (hina.ayaz@giki.edu.pk) - Ph.D.

Topic: TBD, Expected Graduation: Fall 2023

Mr. Muhammad Nadeem Yousaf (gcs1814@giki.edu.pk)- M.S.
Intrusion detection using machine learning
Research in progress

Mr. Sadiq Ullah (gcs1812@giki.edu.pk)- M.S.
Classification via utilization of human intervention
Research in progress

Mr. Aadam (aadimator@gmail.com)- M.S.
Stress identification using EEG data while driving LTVs
Research in progress

Mr. Nisar Ali (nisarali4465@gmail.com)- M.S.
Reinforcement learning in uncertain gaming environment
Research in progress

Ms. Aqsa Khan (gcs1603@giki.edu.pk)- M.S.
Topic: Extracting interesting features from the ITS-Big Data for traffic safety
Status: Graduated 2018

Working as Lab. Engr. at GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi.

Mr. Raja Usman Ahmed Khan (rajausmanahmed.786@gmail.com)- M.S.

Topic Multimodal activity recognition to identify suicide bomber.
Status: Graduated 2018

Working as Data Scientist at MTBC - Medical Transcription and Billing Company

Ms. Shafaq Khan (shafaqkhan10se16@gmail.com)- M.S.
Topic: Machine learning for ranking scientific repositories
Status: Graduated 2018

Working as Lecturer at University of Management and Technology

Ms. Mehwish Waqar (mehviaru@gmail.com)- M.S.
Topic: Emotion recognition from small text samples
Status: Graduated 2018

Working as Lecturer at Superior University

Mr. Hussain Sargana (hussain.sargana@gmail.com)- M.S.
Topic: Random walk-based clustering of graphs
Graduated 2018
Working as Lecturer at Khawaja Fareed University, RYK.

Dr.  Tufail Muhammad (tufail@giki.edu.pk) - Ph.D.
Topic: Selecting, Quantifying, Optimizing, and Understanding Visualization Techniques: A Computational Intelligence-Based Approach
Graduated November 2016

Foreign Evaluators:
Prof. Dr.  Keith C.C. Chan, Big Data Lab, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HONG KONG.
Prof. Dr. Ivan Viola, The Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna University of Technology, AUSTRIA.
Prof. Dr. Michael John Watts, Academic Head of Programme, Information Technology, Auckland Institute of Studies, NEW ZEALAND.

Working as Assistant Professor at The University of Lahore.

Mr. Bacha Rehman (bachapk@gmail.com)- M.S.

Topic:  Novel Methodologies for Urdu Interface Design and Speech Recognition
Graduated 2012

Completed PhD from Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Working at faculty member at Namal Institute.

Ms. Rizwana Kalsoom (rizwana.kalsoom@giki.edu.pk)- M.S.

Topic:  Early Warning System for Accident Prediction
Graduated 2013

Working as Research Associate at GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi.

Mr. Muhammad Waqas (m.waqas@nu.edu.pk)- M.S.

Topic: Clustering Algorithms for Large Probabilistic Graphs
Graduated 2014

Working as Assistant Professor at National Univ. of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Peshawar.

Mr. Omer Ali (ali.omer@nu.edu.pk)- M.S.

Topic: Mining Maximal Frequent Itemsets Using Graph-Based Representation
Graduated 2016

Working as towards his PhD from University of Oslo, Norway

Mr. Muhammad Atif (atif.muhammad@nu.edu.pk)- M.S.

Topic: Data mining-based profiling players using StarCraft data for verifying dispositional theory
Graduated 2016

Working towards his PhD from University of Florence, Italy

Mr. Jamal Hussain Khattak (jamalhussayn@gmail.com)- M.S.

Topic: Density-based clustering of probabilistic data using graphs
Graduated 2016

Working as AM at National Engineering and Scientific Commission

Ms. Uzma (uzma.1415@gmail.com)- M.S.

Topic: Optimizing MST-based extracted clusters using genetic programming
Graduated 2016

Working towards her Ph.D.

Ms. Mahma Rehan (mahmarehan33@gmail.com)- M.S.

Topic: Intelligent transportation systems and human behavior
Graduated 2017

Mr. Shahid Iqbal (iqbal.shahid@nu.edu.pk)- M.S.

Topic: Evolutionary computation for bioinformatics
Graduated 2016

Working towards his Ph.D. from Monash University, Australia.

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Mr. Ahsan Shah (ahxanshah007@gmail.com)- M.S.

Topic: Mining association rules from uncertain data
Graduated 2017

Working as Lecturer at GIK

Mr. Muhammad Kamran (mkamran.mwi@gmail.com)- M.S. [in co-supervision with Dr. Ahmar Rashid]
Topic: On finding cliques in a graph

Graduated 2017

Working as Lecturer at KF University of Engineering and Information Technology, RYK.

Mr. Aamir Zeb ( aamirzeb@gmail.com)- M.S. [in co-supervision with Dr. Ahmar Rashid]
Topic: Smart phones a HCI perspective to increase usability

Graduated 2017

Ms. Maria Memon (maria.omer@hotmail.com)- M.S.
Topic: Employing Frequent Items for assisting management decisions

Graduated 2017

Project Manager and Graphic Designer at Lead 360

Mr. Muhammad Asad (gcs1708@giki.edu.pk)- M.S.
Utilizing machine learning to identify ads viewability
Status: Graduated 2019

Working as Data Scientist at VisionX

Ms. Aqsa Zouq (aqsa.zouq@gmail.com)- M.S.
Predicting personality using choice of images in real-world setting
Status: Graduated 2019