Ghazanfar CV For Website
Ghazanfar CV For Website
Ghazanfar CV For Website
I am honored to receive the award of outstanding performance twice at my current workplace and several appreciation letters throughout my professional career. My main strengths are adaptability, dependability and the determination to get a job done as proven by my varied work experience in research, teaching, workshop training, academic administration and curriculum development at both national and international levels. I enjoy working on my own initiative or in a team. I posses excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to relate to a wide range of people. All these skills have been enhanced during all the work experiences I have gained over the years. In short, I am reliable, trustworthy, hardworking and eager to learn and have a genuine interest in R&D. Employment History Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering Usman Institute of Technology Hamdard University January 2002 - date Usman Institute of Technology offers degree programs in Engineering and Computer Science both at undergraduate and graduate levels. I had the opportunity for being the head of department Computer Systems Engineering, for 9 years, before it has been merged into Electrical Engineering. Secondary Responsibilities: In-charge Extra/Co curricular activities Member of Board of Studies Key Achievements: Outstanding Performance Award 2003 Best Faculty Award 2005 Successful inspections by Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) team for 9 years under my supervision as Head of Department Computer Systems Engineering. Manager, Open Source Migration team Received various appreciation letters Organized various seminars, workshops and conferences Lecturer Computer Science Department Iqra University, Main Campus June 1999 December 2001 Iqra university offers undergraduate, graduate and post graduate degree programs in Business Administration, Computer Science and Engineering. Along with teaching in computer science department, my responsibilities include management and smooth functioning of
computing resources. Secondary Responsibilities: Manager, Iqra university football team Key Achievements: Appreciation letter for outstanding performance 2001 Appreciation letter for organizing E-Commerce seminar 2001 Lecturer Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology December 1997 May 1999 SSUET is an engineering university offering undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate degree programs. I was engaged in Computer Engineering Department and taught subjects like Programming Principles, Data Structures, Software Engineering etc. Software Engineer Inaam Alvi Computers August 1996 November 1997 Engaged in Software Development and Quality Assurance department. Adjunct Faculty: IBA Iqra University, Main Campus PAF-KIET Baqai Medical University and several other universities/institutes Education Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Telecommunication and Control Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan March 2013 PhD Research Work National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece Successfully completed six-month PhD research scholarship under the Erasmus Mundus Mobility for Life program. September 2010 February 2011 Master of Engineering (M. Engg.) Computer and Information Systems NED University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan 2002 Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) Computer Systems NED University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan 1996
Additional Courses/Trainings/Workshops Attended Two-day workshop on Development on Android Two day workshop on research methodologies Two day workshop on Web Sphere conducted by IBM Certified C Programmer Two-month professional course on graphics packages include 3D Studio Max, Photoshop and Maya Microsoft Certified Professional for Visual Basic 6.0 Development (1999)
Honors and Achievements Member, Technical Program Committee International Multi-Topic Conference (IMTIC) 2013 Member, Scientific Board of Computer, Electrical & Electronic Engineers International Institute of Engineers Chairman Technical Session 28th Multi-Topic International Symposium, IEEEP Karachi, March 2013 Judge, Research Paper Competition, at 5th National Conference on Information & Communication Technologies, COMNET 13, March 2013 Chairman Technical Session at IEEE 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence Modeling and Simulation 2012, Kuantan, Malaysia Keynote speaker at IEEEP Symposium 2011 Keynote speaker at IIEE IEEE-EIndus Conference 2011 Conducted one-day workshop on Matlab Applications under IEEE Telecommunication Society Conducted one-day workshop on Image Processing using Matlab under PEC-CPD (Continuing Professional Development) program Received scholarship Erasmus Mundus Mobility for Life 2010 to do PhD research work at National Technical University of Athens Greece, for a period of six months Guest speaker sessions at various universities including: o Iqra University o PAF-KIET o Mehran University of Engineering and Technology
Personal Skills and Competencies Social skills and competences I am a team player and having excellent ability to adapt multicultural environments as I have good experience living in Europe for 6 months. Organizational skills and competences I had been head of department (Computer Systems Engineering) containing more than 15 faculty members, 07 lab engineers and 07 computing laboratories. Also I am responsible to organize Extra/Co curricular events that prove my leadership quality and management skills.
Technical skills and competences As a member of Board of Studies and Board of Faculty, I have more than 10 years of experience of Curriculum Development and Review along with excellent experience of Quality Management and Inspection, technical documentation, designing manuals for software products etc. Computer skills and competences Excellent command on Matlab, C/C++, C#.Net, Visual Basic.Net and 3D studio Max used for 3D modeling and Animation. Subjects of Interest Digital Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Computer Aided Design (CAD), C/C++ Programming, Visual Programming, Software Engineering, Data Structures. Artistic skills and competences Excellent Pianist. I am playing since 4th grade. Language Proficiency Urdu English
Interests and Hobbies Playing Piano Reading novels especially mystery like Sherlock Holmes
Publications 1. M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Bhawani S. Chowdhary, A. Qadeer Rajput, A. Karim Baloch,A. Ursani, S. Latif, Wireless Body Area Sensor Network Authentication using Voronoi Diagram of Retinal Vascular Pattern, Springer Special Edition Journal on Wireless Personal Communications 2014. 2. Shiraz Latif, Abdul Hadi, Aftab Memon, Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry and Muhammad Ghazanfar Khan, FaMWiFi: Fingerprinting/Sampling & Monitoring of WiFi signals for Indoor Positioning, 1st International Conference on Modern Communication & Computing Technologies MCCT14. 3. M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Bhawani S. Chowdhary, A. Qadeer Rajput, A. Karim Baloch, Shiraz latif, An Efficient Human Identification Based On Voronoi Diagram (VD) Of Retinal Vascular Pattern, 2nd International Conference on 'Mobility for Life' on 14-16 March 2013, Nashik, India. 4. Z. Ali, Shiraz Latif, Kashif Ishaque, Saba Javed, and M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Comparative Tuning of the Conventional Fuzzy Logic Controller for the Buck Power Converter, 24th IASTED International Conference on Simulation and Modeling, Banff, Canada, 2013.
5. S. Latif, Hassan Qazi, S. Khan, A. Memon, M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Location Determination for mobile robots in Indoor Navigation, Sindh University Research Journal SURJ (Sci. Ser.) 6. H. Qazi, Shiraz Latif, Aftab Memon, M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Radio Signal Based Mobile Robot Positioning in Indoor Environment - A Review, 3rd International Conference on Computer and Emerging Technologies, Pakistan, Feb. 2013. 7. P. Ali, Bhawani S. Chowdhry, Shiraz Latif, Aftab Memon, M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Comparison of Energy/Power Consumption on Different Nodes in a Wireless Sensor Network, 3rd International Conference on Computer and Emerging Technologies, Pakistan, Feb. 2013. 8. M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Bhawani S. Chowdhry, Shiraz Latif , Asif Siddiqui, G. A. Mallah, "DAPDNA-2 Performance Enhancement Using ALU Partitioning and Saturation Arithmetic for Digital Image/Signal Processing Applications", 4th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation 2013, Kuantan, Malaysia, DOI: 10.1109/CIMSim.2012.70. 9. S. Latif, M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Aftab Memon, Bhawani S. Chowdhry, and Javed Ahmed, Comparison of D-Model and WallAttenuation Model for Signal Strength Estimations in Indoor Environment, 4th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation 2013, Kuantan, Malaysia, DOI: 10.1109/CIMSim.2012.68 10. M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Bhawani S. Chowdhry, A. Qadeer Rajput, A. Karim Baloch, Shiraz latif, "Performance analysis and Assessment of Delaunay Triangulation (Dt) Net and Polar Spectrum Techniques for Human Recognition through Retinal Scanning", SURJ (Sc. Ser.) Vol. 44(2) - 2012. 11. M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Bhawani S. Chowdhry, A. Qadeer Rajput, A. Karim Baloch, Shiraz latif, "Performance Evaluation Of Retina Based Human Identification Using Polar Spectrum And Delaunay Triangulation (Dt) Net", 2nd International Conference on Computer and Emerging Technologies, Pakistan, Feb. 2012. 12. M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Bhawani S. Chowdhry, Shiraz Latif, A. Qadeer Rajput and Javed Ahmed, Pattern Matching Algorithm using Polar Spectrum in Retina Recognition for Human Identification System, Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, October, 2011, ISSN 1385-1392. 13. S. Latif, Binghao Li, Chris Rizos, Aftab Memon and Ghazanfar Khan, D-Model: A New Perspective for Modeling Radio Signal Propagation in Indoor Environment, Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, October, 2011, ISSN 1385-1392. 14. M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Minesh Ade, Shyam S. Wagle and Raza A. Jafri, An Efficient Human Identification System Based On Retina Vascular Pattern and Delaunay Triangulation (DT) Net, 3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical
Technology (ICBBT 2011) 15. M. Ade, Nikolaos D. Doulamis, Shyam S. Wagle, M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Collaboration of P4P and IMS: Solution to P2P Challenges, 2nd International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace and Electronic Systems Technology 2011 (Wireless VITAE 2011) 16. M. Ade, Nikolaos D. Doulamis, Shyam S. Wagle, M. Ghazanfar Ullah, TeleHealth: Healthcare Technologies and TeleHealth Emergency (THE) System, 2nd International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace and Electronic Systems Technology 2011 (Wireless VITAE 2011) 17. Shyam S. Wagle, Nikolaos D. Doulamis, Minesh Ade, M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Performance Analysis of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Signaling in Heterogeneous Access Networks, 2nd International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace and Electronic Systems Technology 2011 (Wireless VITAE 2011) 18. Shyam S. Wagle, Minesh Ade and M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Network Transition from WiMAX to LTE, Journal of Computing, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2011. 19. Shyam S. Wagle, Minesh Ade and M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Multimedia Session Continuity in IMS using Server Based and Device Based Approach in Heterogeneous Access Networks, International Journal of Computer and Applications, volume 2, 2011. 20. S. Latif, M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Potentials of Location Based Services for Pakistani Cellular Market, Journal of Information and Communication Technology vol. 2, no. 1, ISSN 1816 613x. 21. M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Shiraz Latif, Blood Vessel Detection Algorithm in Retinal Images for Biometric Information, IEEEP EIndus 2008 Conference, Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering (IIEE) Pakistan 2008. 22. M. Ghazanfar Ullah, Faculty Development in Higher Education, 1st National Conference on Semester System, BZU Multan, January 2006.