Summary
Dr. Mudassar Raza, Senior Member IEEE, has joined Namal University, Mianwali, as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science. He earned his Ph.D. in Control Science and Engineering with a specialization in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China. He has over 18 years of teaching and research experience at both graduate and undergraduate levels at COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah campus, and HITEC University Taxila. His research areas include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Parallel Programming. His name was included in the list of top 2% highly cited researchers (2023) by Stanford University. He has more than 150 research publications in journals and conferences of international repute with a cumulative impact factor of 215+, more than 5698 citations, an H-index of 42, and an i10-index of 91. He was honored with the “National Youth Award 2008” in the “Computer Science and Information Technology” category by the Prime Minister of Pakistan on International Youth Day, 12 August 2008. He has so far supervised and co-supervised over 51 MS and supervised 3 PhD theses. He has also supervised more than 100 final-year projects of undergraduate students. He is also an internal and external (international) evaluator of the PhD Thesis. He is an academic editor and reviewer of several prestigious journals, conferences, and books. He was assigned several academic and administrative tasks along with his teaching and research, including Head of Program AI & Cyber Security, lead AI and Machine Learning group, Domain Head (Logic Development & Programming, Web and mobile computing), and member of the curriculum development and curriculum review committees to name a few. He is also a member of the National Standards Committee (NSC), Ministry of Science and Technology, GoP, and HEC level 1 trainer for online teaching.
Academic Background
Ph.D. [Doctor of Engineering In Control Science And Engineering] with specialization in Pattern recognition and intelligent systems
( Automated Identification of Pedestrian’ Attributes for Behavior Analysis in Surveillance Systems by Employing Deep Learning Techniques)
Department of Automation, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Anhui province, Hefei, China
2017
MS(CS) [Master of Science (Computer Science)]
( 3D Face Recognition)
Iqra University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
2010
MCS [Master of Computer Science]
( MD5 Cracking using Cluster Computing )
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, WAH Cantt. CAMPUS, Pakistan
2006
BCS [Bachelors in Computer Science] (3 Years Program)
( )
The Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan
2003
Experience
Professor
NAMAL University
03-Sep-2024 - continue
Associate Professor
HITEC University Taxila
08-Sep-2023 - 02-Sep-2024
Associate Professor
COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus
22-May-2023 - 07-Sep-2023
Assistant Professor
COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus
29-Nov-2012 - 21-May-2023
Lecturer
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, WAH Cantt. CAMPUS, Pakistan
22-Jan-2008 - 28-Nov-2012
Research Associate
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, WAH Cantt. CAMPUS, Pakistan
02-Oct-2006 - 21-Jan-2008
Honours and Awards
Honorariums/ Letter of Appreciations on performance awarded by COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus.
Awarded for years 2014,2021, 2022, and 2023
01-Jan-2024
Research Productivity Awards received consecutively from 2009 to 2017
Research Productivity Awards received consecutively from 2009 to 2019 in appreciation of contribution to research from COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
01-Jan-2024
World Top 2% highly cited researcher
Top 2% Scientist by Stanford university list published in Elsevier
01-Sep-2023
Top Cited Research Article 2021-2022, expert systems journal
Top Cited Research Article 2021-2022, expert systems journal Willey. “Skin Leison segmentation and classification: A unified framework of deep neural network features fusion and selection”
01-Aug-2022
Online Teaching Level 1 by NAHE HEC
“Online Teaching Level 1” Trainer on online teaching course by NAHE HEC. 20 March 2021 to 10 April 2021
10-Apr-2021
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Neurocomputing Journal
Received the certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Neurocomputing Journal, February 2018.
01-Feb-2018
Judge at the Fall 2017 Hefei regional debate tournament hosted at Sino-US curriculum program of Hefei, China
Served as a Judge at the Fall 2017 Hefei regional debate tournament hosted at Sino-US curriculum program of Hefei no. 1 high school organized by the national high school debate league of china, 21-10-2017
21-Oct-2017
Prestigious CAS-TWAS President’s Ph.D. Fellowship at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Awarded the prestigious CAS-TWAS President’s Ph.D. Fellowship at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Anhui province, Hefei China (World Ranking 97 university)
01-Sep-2014
National Youth Award 2008
Achieved “National Youth Award 2008” in the category of “Computer Science and Information Technology”, Honored by Prime Minister of Pakistan on the occasion of International Youth Day 12 August 2008. By Ministry of Youth Affairs, Govt. of Pakistan.
12-Sep-2008
IEEE Ethics Champion, Region 10
IEEE Ethics Champion, Region 10, IEEE 5 August 2023
05-Aug-2003
Namal University