Papers by Ijaz A. Qureshi
Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2015
A Modified Gabor Filter (MGF) network based approach is used for feature extraction and classific... more A Modified Gabor Filter (MGF) network based approach is used for feature extraction and classification ofM-ary Pulse Amplitude Modulated (M-PAM) signals by adaptively tuning the parameters of MGF network. Modulation classification ofM-PAM signals is done under the influence of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and channel effects such as Rayleigh flat fading and Rician flat fading. The MGF network uses the network structure of two layers. First layer which is input layer constitutes the adaptive feature extraction part and second layer constitutes the signal classification part. The Gabor atom parameters are tuned using Delta rule and updating of weights of MGF using Recursive Least Square (RLS) algorithm. The simulation results in the form confusion matrix show that proposed modified modulation classification algorithm has high classification accuracy at low signal to noise ratio (SNR). The performance comparison with state-of-the-art existing techniques shows the significant pe...
European Journal of Business and Management, 2016
In modern theories of growth and development, technological innovation has taken the focus stage ... more In modern theories of growth and development, technological innovation has taken the focus stage and such innovations are commercialized by technology entrepreneurs. Colleges and universities are investing heavily in the development of their student’s entrepreneurial skills and have tremendous impact on innovation and entrepreneurial development. Universities today equally function as an important driving force to enhance economic value by creation of networks with innovators across a region through their incubators and scientific and technology parks. In developed countries many entrepreneurs start up their companies at their universities but in developing countries there are so many challenges yet to be faced by new starts up. Technology entrepreneurship in education basically explores how technology entrepreneurs are applying business practices or technology innovations to transform education to lead to higher performance. As higher education industry is changing radically and th...
European Journal of Business and Management, 2016
An individual’s perceived ability to adopt computer or information technology successfully has be... more An individual’s perceived ability to adopt computer or information technology successfully has been shown to be major factor affecting his or her willingness to accept new technology. Hence, the relationship of self-efficacy with information system usage (computer, Internet, new information technology, etc.) is noteworthy. This research aims at studying exactly that. Four major constructs of self-efficacy presented by Albert Bandura are discussed in the paper. The literature review and the relevant researches, mentioned previously, all suggest that a relationship exists between Computer/Information System Usage and Self-efficacy, both in learning institutions and workplace environments. This study, however aims at interrogating this relationship at workplace environments of Rawalpindi/Islamabad regions of Pakistan, in particular. To conclude the results 150 questionnaires were distributed out of which we received 127 back. The participants have matriculation to doctorate qualificati...
European Journal of Business and Management, 2016
Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) are seen as a mechanism that could create supportive and en... more Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) are seen as a mechanism that could create supportive and entrepreneurial environments for technology-based start-ups, helping them to increase their survival rates. TBIs are designed to offer start-ups the technological support and services and a solution in bridging the knowledge gap to help them develop their own viable businesses, by providing are source-based necessary for supporting their development in early and critical stage. Many TBIs have been established in hoping to promote national economic growth. To promote the success of TBIs in emerging markets, it is therefore important for the incubator management team or policy makers to understand the necessary resource required to support the development of their start-ups in order to help them to become viable businesses. The purpose of this paper is to determine enabling factors influencing the success of technology business incubators (TBIs) with respect to existing and acquired resource...
international journal of research in computer application & management, 2011
This study aims at measuring The Independent Accountant's Responsibility in the Response to the E... more This study aims at measuring The Independent Accountant's Responsibility in the Response to the Expectations of Financial Statements Users. This is performed by showing the effect of independence; it aims at discovering the extent of existence of material differences that have significant statistical relation among certified public accountants, financial statements' users regarding the importance of factors which lead to the Expectations gap, the factors that lead to bridging the gap. Study found the following: The main reason behind the existence of the expectation gap in Jordan was the issue of independence and lack of it. Differences are statistically significant among groups of the study sample regarding factors leading to the existence of the expectations gap, and factors leading bridging that gap. Adopting and applying international auditing standards (240,570) helps achieving a positive responsive to the expectations of the users. There was an increasing tendency by financial statements users and accountants for expanding the responsibility of public accountants towards third parties.
European Journal of Business and Management, 2016
Over the last three eras, technology entrepreneurship has turned into an essential driver of econ... more Over the last three eras, technology entrepreneurship has turned into an essential driver of economic development. The interconnection between entrepreneurship and technology is valuable to distinguish the most applicable techniques for competitiveness in the business areas and supporting new ventures. In today’s competitive environment, Technology entrepreneurship is considered to be an essential element by which an organization can accomplish maintainable development and solve confronting issues related to its processes. In fact, the technological entrepreneurial approach is predicted to add to feasible development and growth toward Knowledge economy. The expansion and diffusion of technology is an essential component which might influence the fate of any industry. In this modern era, one of the significant contribution of information and communication technology (ICT) in livestock sector is advancement of electronic labels for distinctive ID of animals by utilizing Radio frequen...
International Journal of Computer Applications, Mar 15, 2013
Reliable image transmission is requirement of many fields of security and privacy nowadays for ex... more Reliable image transmission is requirement of many fields of security and privacy nowadays for example, digital watermarking, stenography, encryption etc. Many researchers also consider secure image transmission as a robustness feature of digital watermarking. In this paper, product codes are proposed for secure image transmission due to their structural compatibility with the images. For decoding, a Modified Iterative Decoding Algorithm is used that is a suboptimum low complexity decoder whose easy hardware and software implementation makes it attractive for online applications. Mainly the purpose of this coding scheme is to make the image robust against various kinds of noise attacks during wireless transmission as the product codes have a great capability of correcting random as well as burst errors. Simulation results show the significance of proposed scheme.
IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, 2009
Image matching is an important area of research in the field of artificial intelligence, machine ... more Image matching is an important area of research in the field of artificial intelligence, machine vision and visual navigation. This paper presents a new image matching scheme suitable for visual navigation. In this scheme, gray scale images are sliced and quantized to form sub-band binary images. The information in the binary images is then signaturized to form a vector space and the signatures are sorted as per significance. These sorted signatures are then normalized to transform the represented image pictorial features in a rotation and scale invariant form. For the image matching these two vector spaces from both the images are compared in the transformed domain. This comparison yields efficient results directly in the image spatial domain avoiding the need of image inverse transformation. As compared to the conventional correlation, this comparison avoids the wide range of square error calculations all over the image. In fact, it directly guides the solution to converge towards the estimate given by the adaptive prediction for a high speed performance in an aerial video sequence. A four dimensional solution population scheme has also been presented with a matching confidence factor. This factor helps in terminating the iterations when the essential matching conditions have been achieved. The proposed scheme gives robust and fast results for normal, scaled and rotated templates. Speed comparison with older techniques shows the computational viability of this new technique and its much lesser dependence on image size. The method also shows noise immunity at 30 dB AWGN and impulsive noise.
Progress in Canadian Mechanical Engineering. Volume 4, 2021
In this paper, the flight software development and design of the attitude determination and contr... more In this paper, the flight software development and design of the attitude determination and control system for the ESSENCE CubeSat mission is documented and discussed. The majority of the software is reused from the DESCENT mission, which was previously written by the RACS team, with strong inspiration from NGC Aerospace's work on the PROBA satellite program. The paper highlights the benefits of reusable software modules and methodologies between projects. Finally, it is encouraged that similar processes be considered by other CCP teams developing ADCS systems for future missions.
Organization Theory Review, 2018
Educational management studies are now established as a way to infuse students with various pedag... more Educational management studies are now established as a way to infuse students with various pedagogic as well as didactic principles. The approaches are now switching from reading and lecture-based modes to analytical case-studies and problem-oriented learning methodologies. These inclusive development procedures are undertaken by educational institutions jointly in partnership with industry associates. This research paper highlights the consequences of learning practices in reducing the gap between corporate and academic entities through involvement in the problem-based learning methodology which is frequently utilized in business and medical studies at the Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) of Pakistan. The paper investigates how the pedagogical method of problem-based learning is significant in meeting the changing needs of industry through enhancing the proficiency of graduates to manage corporate challenges in volatile external environments. The results lead us to conclude ...
Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal, 2019
Conventional classroom instruction had already been transformed in to electronic mode of teaching... more Conventional classroom instruction had already been transformed in to electronic mode of teaching and learning. Use of mobile technology is evolving in global and local context, as in Pakistan. Gaining insights from Media Richness Theory, the study intends to examine how m-learning pedagogy, opens up avenues for students’ learning and enhances their educational performance, endorsed by facilitation discourse and flexibility. In this cross-sectional study, data was collected from students in Private Universities in Lahore Pakistan. Drawing results from structural equation modelling, findings revealed that use of mobile devices is on great demand for providing flexible and discussion-oriented learning to students and lifts up their academic output. Facilitation discourse and flexibility play a robust intervening role in producing pronounced impact of m-learning on learners’ effectiveness.
Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal, 2015
Telemedicine is becoming an important aspect in developing countries to provide better health fac... more Telemedicine is becoming an important aspect in developing countries to provide better health facilities. Rural areas in developing countries suffer due to lack of health facilities and face difficulties like time to reach health facilities at the faraway places, cost of reaching at a health care facility, and transportation needed to move around for the treatment/consulting purpose. Telemedicine could be used for safe and quality health by specialists at low cost in rural areas in Pakistan. Telemedicine services could be provided through video sharing, image sharing, mobile services or by e-mail. A research study was conducted to analyze the implementation and to explore the benefits of telemedicine in Pakistan. We distributed 150 questionnaires among teaching hospital doctors in city of Lahore, out of which we received 147 completed questionnaires. Three of the questionnaires were rejected due to incomplete information. The questionnaires were given to participants in the schedule...
Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal, 2012
The integration of e-learning programs into the educational system has reshaped the process of ac... more The integration of e-learning programs into the educational system has reshaped the process of acquisition and dissemination of knowledge throughout the society. Although numbers of researchers approve of the effectiveness of e-learning integration in terms of the innovation it offers to engage with students does not guarantee the success of e-learning programs. This can be observed in developing countries like Pakistan, which have not yet been able to benefit fully from the advantages of e-learning. Though the importance of this issue is theoretically highlighted in research, empirical evidence is scarce particularly regarding developing countries like Pakistan. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the issues, related to e-learning through the feedback captured from students and provide strategies to successfully overcome the issues. In order to achieve this purpose, a number of issues prevailing in a Pakistani private university were identified through in depth lite...
Information Development, 2016
This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) ... more This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and non-human components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: in what ways have scholars formed and been formed by the structural configurations of their academic domain? The article uses as a case study the academic domain of education and technology to examine this question. Its authorship approach is innovative, with a worldwide collection of academics (99 authors) collaborating to address the proposed question based on their reflections on daily social and academic practices. This collaboration followed a three-round process of contributions via email. Analysis of these scholars’ reflective accounts was carried out, and a theoretical proposition was established from this analysis. The proposition is of a mutual (yet not necessarily balanced) power (and therefore political) relationship between the human and non-human co...
IOSR Journal of Business and Management, 2014
Information Management and Business Review, 2011
By the end of last millennium, many universities and colleges started using internet to meet thei... more By the end of last millennium, many universities and colleges started using internet to meet their distance learning needs. Different course management systems (CMS) were developed to meet the needs of online and hybrid courses. These CMS later on transformed into Learning Management Systems (LMS). Many educational institutions have already started using LMS and there are still many who are considering adopting one. The big question before the late adopters of this online learning technology is which LMS they should opt for? This study will be useful for those who are in the process of selecting an LMS as well as those who are in the business of designing one. A survey was conducted to get feedback from the faculty of higher education institutions to find out the major barriers in adoption of e-learning and to find out what kind of functionalities and teaching methodologies should be supported by LMSs. Results indicate lack of training, lack of incentives to use e-learning, lack of ...
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2012
M-learning is the style of learning for the new millennium. Decreases in cost and increases in ca... more M-learning is the style of learning for the new millennium. Decreases in cost and increases in capabilities of mobile devices have made this medium attractive for the dissemination of knowledge. Mobile engineers, software developers, and educationists represent the supply side of this technology, whereas students represent the demand side. In order to further develop and improve this medium of learning it is imperative to find out students’ perceptions about m-learning adoption. To achieve this objective a survey was conducted among the students of 10 chartered universities operating in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad in Pakistan. The results indicate that perceived usefulness, ease of use, and facilitating conditions significantly affect the students’ intention to adopt m-learning, whereas perceived playfulness is found to have less influence. Social influence is found to have a negative impact on adoption of m-learning. The findings of this study are useful in providin...
Asian Social Science, 2015
The character of organizational innovation is considered significant for developing and improving... more The character of organizational innovation is considered significant for developing and improving the related products, procedures and marketplaces, for adding value as well as effectiveness over administrations. The innovation procedure is necessary regarding the activity of an association as the capability for innovation is important for attaining and sustaining competitive advantage. The absence of empirical investigations about the consequence of knowledge management on organizational innovation by organizational learning particularly over the developing countries exists in the related literature. The key objective of the current investigation is to evaluate the consequence of knowledge management on innovation directly and over organizational learning in Iranian automotive industry namely Iran Khodro Company. A total of 272 managers were chosen from systems and methods as the participants of the current study. The data were analysed using the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Results of the study revealed that there is an influence of knowledge management on organizational innovation in Iranian automotive industry. Results of the investigation showed that organizational learning has an important character as a mediator on the association between knowledge management and organizational innovation.
Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal
World is changing day by day in every aspect of life. A Smart City is an answer to different chal... more World is changing day by day in every aspect of life. A Smart City is an answer to different challenges such as socio-economic development and quality of life. In the way intelligent technology has brought enormous changes in urban development by altering the relation of production, consumption and distribution, it is now bringing enormous changes to the education sector. By providing technological opportunities for various ways of communication, the relationship between instructors and students has improved. Taking consideration of Facebook popularity in students, we argue that it can be used for educational purposes as well. A research study was conducted to analyze the student’s responses towards the use of Facebook for educational purposes based on a use case of educational institutions in Pakistan. We distributed 180 questionnaires among graduate and undergraduate students, out of which we received 140 completed questionnaires. The questionnaire was designed based on the four v...
by S. Sadi SEFEROGLU, Salih BARDAKCI, Deniz Erguvan, Khamsum Kinley, S.Sadi SEFEROGLU(2), Uyanga Sambuu, Martin Ebner, Nafisat Afolake Adedokun-Shittu, Antoanela Naaji, Sue Gregory, Mohammed Ali Akour, Mahbub ahsan khan, Ijaz A. Qureshi, Hanadi Buarki, Elaine Khoo, R. Bottino, Alev Elci, Sarah Thomas, António Moreira, Kyriacos Charalambous, Jamil Itmazi, Rita Birziņa, Paul Nleya, Ümit YAPICI, Camilius Sanga, and Antoanela Luciana Naaji Al Lily, A., Seferoglu, S. S., Foland, J., Stoloff, D., Gogus, A., Erguvan, I., Awshar, M., Tonde... more Al Lily, A., Seferoglu, S. S., Foland, J., Stoloff, D., Gogus, A., Erguvan, I., Awshar, M., Tondeur, J., Hammond, M., Venter, I., Jerry, P., Vlachopoulos, D., Oni, A., Liu, Y., Badosek, R., López de la Madrid, M., Mazzoni, E., Lee, H., Kinley, K., Kalz, M., Sambuu, U., Bushnaq, T., Pinkwart, N., Adedokun-Shittu, N., Zander, P., Oliver, K., Pombo, L., Sali, J., Gregory, S., Tobgay, S., Joy, M., Elen, J., Jwaifell, M., Said, M., Al-Saggaf, Y., Naaji, A., White, J., Jordan, K., Gerstein, J., Yapici, İ., Sanga, C., Nleya, P., Sbihi, B., Lucas, M., Mbarika, V., Reiners, T., Schön, S., Sujo-Montes, L., Santally, M., Häkkinen, P., Al Saif, A., Gegenfurtner, A., Schatz, S., Vigil, V., Tannahill, C., Partida, S., Zhang, Z., Charalambous, K., Moreira, A., Coto, M., Laxman, K., Farley, H., Gumbo, M., Simsek, A., Ramganesh, E., Birzina, R., Player-Koro, C., Dumbraveanu, R., Ziphorah, M., Mohamudally, N., Thomas, S., Romero, M., Nirmala, M., Cifuentes, L., Osaily, R., Omoogun, A., Elçi, A., Edyburn, D., Moudgalya, K., Ebner, M., Bottino , R., Khoo, E., Pedro, L., Buarki, H., Román-Odio, C., Qureshi, I., Khan, M., Thornthwaite, C., Kerimkulova, S., Downes, T., Malmi, L., Bardakci, S., Itmazi, J., Rogers, J., Rughooputh, S., Akour, M., Henderson, J., de Freitas, S., & Schrader, P. (2016). Academic domains as political battlegrounds: A global enquiry by 99 academics in the fields of education and technology. Information Development. doi:10.1177/0266666916646415.
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This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and nonhuman components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: in what ways have scholars formed and been formed by the structural configurations of their academic domain? The article uses as a case study the academic domain of education and technology to examine this question. Its authorship approach is innovative, with a worldwide collection of academics (99 authors) collaborating to address the proposed question based on their reflections on daily social and academic practices. This collaboration followed a three-round process of contributions via email. Analysis of these scholars’ reflective accounts was carried out, and a theoretical proposition was established from this analysis. The proposition is of a mutual (yet not necessarily balanced) power (and therefore political) relationship between the human and non-human constituents of an academic realm, with the two shaping one another. One implication of this proposition is that these non-human elements exist as political ‘actors’, just like their human counterparts, having ‘agency’ – which they exercise over humans. This turns academic domains into political (functional or dysfunctional) ‘battlefields’ wherein both humans and non-humans engage in political activities and actions that form the identity of the academic domain.
For more information about the authorship approach, please see Al Lily AEA (2015) A crowd-authoring project on the scholarship of educational technology. Information Development. doi: 10.1177/0266666915622044.
Keywords: education, technology, academia, power, organizational politics, academic domain, crowd-authoring
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This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and nonhuman components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: in what ways have scholars formed and been formed by the structural configurations of their academic domain? The article uses as a case study the academic domain of education and technology to examine this question. Its authorship approach is innovative, with a worldwide collection of academics (99 authors) collaborating to address the proposed question based on their reflections on daily social and academic practices. This collaboration followed a three-round process of contributions via email. Analysis of these scholars’ reflective accounts was carried out, and a theoretical proposition was established from this analysis. The proposition is of a mutual (yet not necessarily balanced) power (and therefore political) relationship between the human and non-human constituents of an academic realm, with the two shaping one another. One implication of this proposition is that these non-human elements exist as political ‘actors’, just like their human counterparts, having ‘agency’ – which they exercise over humans. This turns academic domains into political (functional or dysfunctional) ‘battlefields’ wherein both humans and non-humans engage in political activities and actions that form the identity of the academic domain.
For more information about the authorship approach, please see Al Lily AEA (2015) A crowd-authoring project on the scholarship of educational technology. Information Development. doi: 10.1177/0266666915622044.
Keywords: education, technology, academia, power, organizational politics, academic domain, crowd-authoring
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https://www.academia.edu/25056969/Academic_domains_as_political_battlegrounds_A_global_enquiry_by_99_academics_in_the_fields_of_education_and_technology
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This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and nonhuman components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: in what ways have scholars formed and been formed by the structural configurations of their academic domain? The article uses as a case study the academic domain of education and technology to examine this question. Its authorship approach is innovative, with a worldwide collection of academics (99 authors) collaborating to address the proposed question based on their reflections on daily social and academic practices. This collaboration followed a three-round process of contributions via email. Analysis of these scholars’ reflective accounts was carried out, and a theoretical proposition was established from this analysis. The proposition is of a mutual (yet not necessarily balanced) power (and therefore political) relationship between the human and non-human constituents of an academic realm, with the two shaping one another. One implication of this proposition is that these non-human elements exist as political ‘actors’, just like their human counterparts, having ‘agency’ – which they exercise over humans. This turns academic domains into political (functional or dysfunctional) ‘battlefields’ wherein both humans and non-humans engage in political activities and actions that form the identity of the academic domain.
For more information about the authorship approach, please see Al Lily AEA (2015) A crowd-authoring project on the scholarship of educational technology. Information Development. doi: 10.1177/0266666915622044.
Keywords: education, technology, academia, power, organizational politics, academic domain, crowd-authoring
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