
MInG
The Machine Intelligence Research Group
PERMANENT MEMBERS
Summary
Current PhD students: 3
Current MS students: 1
Graduated PhD students: 3
Graduated MS students: 31
Total: 38
Dr. Zahid Halim | Head MInG
Associate Professor
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. Waqas
Assistant Professor
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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

Mr. Attau Rahman (attacs9@gmail.com) - Ph.D.
Topic: Affective computing, Expected Graduation: Fall 2022

Mr. Abdur Razzaq (razaq.cs@gmail.com) - Ph.D.
Topic: NLP for digital libraries
Expected Graduation: Fall 2023

Mr. Ehsan Elahi (ehsan.elahi43@gmail.com) - Ph.D.
Topic: Mining constructs from software engineering data
Expected Graduation: Fall 2024

Engr. Jalees Ur Rahman (jalees@giki.edu.pk) - Ph.D. [in co-supervision with Dr. M. Hanif]
Topic: Topic: Brain Activation based Alzheimer’s Disease Detection using Deep Learning Techniques
Research in progress

Ms. Hajira Saadat (hajirasaadat3@gmail.com)- M.S.
Topic: On mining drug reviews data
Research in progress
FORMER MEMBERS
One yellow star per publication in an ISI-indexed journal having an impact factor
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
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Foreign Evaluators:
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Prof. Dr. Keith C.C. Chan, Big Data Lab, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HONG KONG.
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Prof. Dr. Ivan Viola, The Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna University of Technology, AUSTRIA.
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Prof. Dr. Michael John Watts, Academic Head of Programme, Information Technology, Auckland Institute of Studies, NEW ZEALAND.
Working as Assistant Professor at The Air University.
Dr. Uzma (uzma@giki.edu.pk) - Ph.D.
Topic: On customizing the Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) for real-time problems
Graduated November 2020
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Foreign Evaluators:
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Prof. Dr. Zhu Han, John and Rebecca Moores Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Texas, USA
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Prof. Dr. Andrea Bondavalli, Full Professor in Computer Science, Dept. of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Florence, Italy
Ms. Madiha.Tahir (madiha.tahir@giki.edu.pk) - Ph.D.
Topic: Identification of Affective States in Digital Documents utilizing Data Science Methods
Graduated January 2021
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Foreign Evaluators:
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Prof. Dr. Zhu Han, John and Rebecca Moores Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Texas, USA
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Prof. Dr. Shanshan Tu, Beijing University of Technology, China


Mr. Muhammad Sulaiman (gcs1704@giki.edu.pk)- M.S.
On selecting optimum schedule using hard and soft computing methods
Graduated 2019
Working at Lecturer at CUST

Mr. Sajjad Khan (gcs1707@giki.edu.pk)- M.S.
Correlating features and popularity statistics of contents at YouTube
Graduated 2019
Working at Research Assistant (Data Analyst) at Precision Medicine Lab

Mr. Muhammad Ghufran Khan (ghufrankhattak29@gmail.com)- M.S.
Extracting patterns from uncertain data
Graduated 2019
Working towards his PhD from TU Dresden, Germany

Ms. Rabia Naseer (rrabianaseer@gmail.com)- M.S.
Utilizing deep learning to identify factors causing autism spectrum disorder
Graduated 2019
Working as Lecturer at University of Management and Technology

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.

Ms. Mahma Rehan (mahmarehan33@gmail.com)- M.S.
Topic: Intelligent transportation systems and human behavior
Graduated 2017

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.umar@hotmail.com)- M.S.
Topic: Employing Frequent Items for assisting management decisions
Graduated 2017
Project Manager and Graphic Designer at Lead 360
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.

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 Senior Business Intelligence Engineer, at DevNatives, Islamabad

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

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

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 (hcxmw1@nottingham.edu.my)- M.S.
Topic: Clustering Algorithms for Large Probabilistic Graphs
Graduated 2014
Working towards his PhD from University of Nottingham.

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



Mr. Sadiq Ullah (gcs1812@giki.edu.pk)- M.S.
Classification via utilization of human intervention
Graduated 2020
Working at faculty member at Namal Institute.

Mr. Muhammad Nadeem Yousaf (gcs1814@giki.edu.pk)- M.S.
Intrusion detection using machine learning
Graduated 2020

Mr. Nisar Ali (nisarali4465@gmail.com)- M.S.
Learning from data to rank scientists
Graduated 2021

Mr. Usama Manzoor (uzamamanzoor1271996@gmail.com)- M.S.
Knowledge retrieval from Biological databases
Graduated 2021

Mr. Aadam (aadimator@gmail.com)- M.S.
Stress identification using EEG data while driving LTVs
Graduated 2021
Ms. Nadia Ali (engrnadiaali@gmail.com)- M.S.
Emotion identification from roman Urdu text
Graduated 2021
Mr. Obaidullah (gcs1947@giki.edu.pk)- M.S.
Intelligent transportation systems and deep learning
Graduated 2021



