Education
2012
AIT, Thailand
Ph.D, Remote Sensing Image Processing
2006
University of Agriculture, Pakistan
Master, Computer Science
2004
University of Punjab, Pakistan
Bachelor, Computer Science
Professional AND Research Experience
Sep. 2018 to Date
Associate Professor (CS)
FAST- National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Pakistan
Jun. 2015 to Sep. 2018
Associate Professor (CS)
University of Gujrat, Pakistan
Jan. 2014 to Jun. 2015
Assistant Professor (CS)
FAST- National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Pakistan
Dec. 2012 to Jan. 2014
Assistant Professor (CS)
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Pakistan
Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2012
Teaching / Research Associate
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
Aug. 2010 to Mar. 2011
Visiting Researcher
National Institute of Informatics (NII), Tokyo, Japan
Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2012
HEC Scholar (MS leading to Ph.D.)
AIT, Thailand
Aug. 2006 to Dec. 2008
Lecturer
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Pakistan
Oct. 2004 to Jan. 2006
Lecturer in Computer Science
International Textile College, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Dec. 2002 to Aug. 2004
Assistant Programmer/Database Administrator
Saeed Umer Traders, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Administrative Experience
Aug. 2020 to Date
Director
FAST-NUCES Chiniot-Faisalabad Campus
Jan. 2019 to July. 2020
Head, Department of Computer Science
FAST-NUCES Chiniot-Faisalabad Campus
Sep. 2018 to Dec.2019
Head Graduate Program and Campus Research Committee
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Gujrat, Pakistan
Jun. 2015 to Sep. 2018
Director, Evening Programs and Chairperson
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Gujrat, Pakistan
Jan. 2014 to Apr. 2015
In-charge, CS (Graduate Program)
FAST-National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, CFD Campus, Pakistan
Dec. 2005 to Jun. 2006
Chief Coordinator (Faisalabad Region)
National Testing Service (NTS) Islamabad, Pakistan
Ph. D. students
under co-supervision
2014-20
Mr Shahbaz Ahmed
Web GIS-based Surveillance and Prediction System for Dengue Virus in Punjab Pakistan
2017-21
Mr Awais Zafar Cheema
Analysing Spatial Dependencies of Contaminated Crops using Geospatial Technologies
M.Phil. Produced
2012-14
Ms Rafia Ilyas
Effective Solution of University Time Tabling using Practical Swarm Optimizer
2010-12
Mr Abdul Shakoor
Security Technique in Mobile Clouds to Ensure Malware Prevention
2012-14
Mr Sabir Hussain
Variability Management in Software Product Line
2015-17
Mr Shahbaz Baig
Spatio-temporal Analysis to Predict Environmental Influence on Vector Borne Diseases
2016-18
Ms Maryam Saeed
Web-based Intervention and Analysis System for the Parents of Depressed and Anxious Adolescent
2016-18
Ms Madiha
Spatial Inter-relationship of Quality of Life with Socio and Demographic Factors
2017-19
Ms Sahar Ajmal
PUB-VEN: A Hybrid Expert System for Suggesting Publication Venue
2017-20
Ms Farwa Ahmad
Expert Recommendations in Community Question Answering Forums Based on User Profiles
2018-20
Ms Areeba Umair
Prediction of Career Projection Trajectories of Pakistani Graduates using LinkedIn Data
2017-20
Ms Malahat Fatima
Geo-Spatial Technologies for Real-time Monitoring of Vector-Borne Diseases and Forecasting Possible Threats
2018-20
Ms Rameen Zehra
Temporal and Spatiotemporal Investigation in Sentiment Analysis of Tourist visit on Flickr
2018-20
Mr Hammad Musaddiq
Geospatial and Machine Learning Techniques for Predicting Students Academic Performance
2018-20
Mr Talha Muneer
Air pollution prediction affecting cardiovascular disease using remotely sensed images and machine learning techniques
2018-20
Ms Nida Hussain
Environmental Constraints of Optimization Crop-Yield Prediction Using UAV
2018-20
Ms Noor Aslam
Weed identification using vegetation indices and multispectral UAV imaging
M.S. Students, under supervision
2019-21
Ms Aroosa Razzaq
Multispectral Imaging for plant stress and damage classification
2021-23
Ms Momna Javaid
...
2021-23
Ms Mahnoor Khalid
...
2021-23
Mr Umair Ashfaq
...
PEDAGOGY
Fall-2006 @ COMSATS
Advance Database Management Systems to BS-CS
Fall-2006 @ COMSATS
Database Systems to BS-CE
Batch-12 @ AIT, Thailand
Health GIS to MS/PhD
Fall-2013 @ COMSATS
GIS to BS-Telecommunication & Networks
Fall-2013 @ COMSATS
Human Computer Interaction to BS-CS
Fall-2013 @ COMSATS
Advancement in Geo-Information Technology to MS/PhD
Spring-2013 @ COMSATS
Geographical Information System to
Spring-2013 @ COMSATS
Special Topics in Social Networks to PhD
Spring-2014 @ FAST
Operating Systems to BS-CS
Fall-2014 @ FAST
Advanced Operating Systems to MS-CS
Fall-2014 @ FAST
Introduction to Computers to BS-CS
Spring-2015@ FAST
Advanced GIS to MS-CS
Spring-2015@ FAST
Remote Sensing & GIS to BS-CS
....
Spatial-Informatics related courses to MS/PhD scholars at Univ. of Gujrat during tenure
Fall-2018 @ FAST
Adv. Geographical Information System and SDSS
Biography
Dr Shahzad Sarfraz has been an active player in Computer Science and Geospatial Technologies. He leads the core thematic areas of ICT tools for Health, Agriculture, Disaster management, Location-based systems & related GIS based applications for Society. His focus areas are the use of web based and open source tools related to Remote Sensing & Geographical Information System. Dr Shahzad has contributed in around 30 journal and conference papers, along with developing tools for organizational needs and readiness assessment, and evaluation of eHealth initiatives. Dr Shahzad had vast exposure in planning, initiating, and supervising the Computer Science department and Evening Programs of the University of Gujrat as well as to catalyze and coordinate the research activities of the department.
Before joining as Associate Professor in Computer Science at FAST-National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, he served as Associate Professor, Chairperson Computer Science and Director Evening Programs at University of Gujrat and at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology as well as at NUCES as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science. He was PhD scholar and teaching/research associate at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand and visiting researcher in Digital Image Processing lab at National Institute of Informatics (NII), Tokyo, Japan. He has extensive background and interest in using Geospatial technologies to strengthen and integrate need assessment systems. He contributed in many seminars/workshops, organized at national and international levels, which supported collaborative research in ten countries. He has excellent skills on Geospatial tools such as ArcGIS, QGIS, ENVI, GRASS, STATA, eCognition etc. He is members of numerous international societies like Telecoms Sans Frontieres for emergency response in Asia-Pacific, ISPRS Health, Geological Society of America, eHealth Association of Pakistan and Asian Society of Remote Sensing. Dr Shahzad is also resource person of World Health Organization (WHO), APEX Consulting and Pak One Health Alliance, Pakistan for conducting capacity building workshops for analytical skills & use of information and to provide consultancy for Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems related projects.