• Adaptive Digital Filters

• Active Noise Control

• Digital Hearing Aids

• ICA & Blind Source Separation

• Biomedical Signal Processing

• Audio Signal Processing

• BCI Methods & Applications

• Computer Vision & Applications

• Eco-Drive: Cutting-Edge Optimization for Sustainable Transportation Systems (submitted)

Principal Investigator (PI): Hashim Ali

Co- Investigator (CoI): Muhammad Tahir Akhtar

Research Fund: Faculty Development Competitive Research Grants Program

Project Duration: 3 years (Jan 2025 - Dec 2027)

Budget Requested:  USD 148,105.00

Pure ID: xxxxxxxxx 

Grant No.:  xxxxxxxx

Result: Unsuccessful

• Design, development and testing of a 3-U University Nanosatellite for Earth Remote Sensing and University Research

Principal Investigator (PI):  Mohammad Shabi HASHMI

Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PIs): Prashant Kumar JAMWAL, Subramanian Venkat, Galymzhan Nauryzbayev, Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Balbayev Gani Kudaibergenovich,  Christos Spitas, Sultangali Arzykulov, Alipbayev Kuanysh Aringozhaevich

Research Fund: NU Collaborative Research-grants Program (CRP) (FY2021-CRP-1)

Project Duration: 3 years (Jan 2021 - Dec 2023)

Budget: USD 449, 474.00

Grant No.:  021220CRP0222

• On reducing acoustic feedback and entrainment artifacts in digital hearing aids

Principal Investigator (PI): Muhammad Tahir Akhtar

Co- Investigator (CoI): Felix Albu

Research Fund: Faculty Development Competitive Research Grants Program

Project Duration: 3 years (Jan 2019 - Dec 2021) (Extension till 31-March-2022)

Budget Requested:  USD 108,700.00

Pure ID: 15876152 

Grant No.:  110119FD4525

1. AI-based EEG Signal Processing for Emotion Recognition and Mind State Analysis (2025)

2. Design and Development of Photovoltaic Integrated Grid-Tied Converter for Power Quality Enhancements

   (As a co-supervisor with Prof. Mehdi Shafiee)  (2023)

3. Design of Germanium P-type point contact detector ASIC preamplifier (As a co-supervisor with Prof. Mehdi Shafiee)

4. Meta-Classification of Brain Signals in P300 Speller  (2021)

5. Performance Analysis of Multichannel Noise Reduction Algorithms in Digital Hearing Aids (2021)

6. Employing Deep Learning Techniques for Classification and Detection of Pediatric Lung Disease Using X-Ray Images  (As a co-supervisor with Prof. Adnan YAZICI ) (2021)

2025

1. Exploring Advanced Machine Learning Techniques for Efficient Prediction of Preterm Birth

2. Investigating Expressive Power Capabilities of Graph Neural Networks

3. Application of Convolutional Neural Networks and Vision Transformers in Cancer Grading in Pathology Images

2024

1. Blind Source Separation (BSS) for the Automatic Music Transcription (AMT)

2. Study and Implementation of Active Noise Control Systems for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

3. Study and Implementation of Advanced Algorithms for Speech Enhancement

2023

1. Study and Implementation of Data-Driven Approaches for Signal Decomposition

2. Deep Learning for Histopathological Cancer Classification and Localization

3. Application of Spectrogram-based Techniques in Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Applications

4. Efficient Hardware Implementation of Adaptive Digital Filters

5. Surface Electromyography Signal Processing for Myoelectric Prosthesis Design 

2022

1. Computational Auditory Scene Analysis using Signal Processing and Machine Learning Techniques

2. Deep Learning-based Efficient Techniques for Machine Vision Applications

2021

1. Study and Implementation of Sources Localization Techniques

2. Implementation of Advanced Adaptive Algorithms for Howling Cancellation

3. Machine Learning Algorithms for Modern Hearing Aids

2019

1. Active Noise Control in a Duct: Prototype Design and Implementation