Journal
Syeda. S. Tanveer and Zeeshan Ali Rana, Prioritizing Software Requirements by Combining the Usage Monitoring and User Feedback Data, IEEE Access, Volume 12, pp. 82825-82841, 2024. (Impact Factor: 3.9)
Malik Jahan Khan, Irfan Awan, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Deep Learning in Mobile Information Systems, Mobile Information Systems, Special Issue on Deep Learning in MIS, Volume 2021. January 2021. (Editorial, 2020 Impact Factor: 1.508)
Zeeshan Ali Rana, Mian M Awais, Shafay Shamail, Improving Recall of Software Defect Prediction Models using Association Mining, Knowledge Based Systems (KBS), Volume 90, Pages 1-13, December 2015, Elsevier. (2016 Impact Factor: 4.529)
Zeeshan Ali Rana, Mian M Awais, Shafay Shamail, Nomenclature Unification of Software Product Measures, IET Software, Volume 5, Issue 1, p.83-102, February 2011, IET Digital Library. (Impact Factor: 0.733)
Conferences and Workshops
Rehan Aziz, Valeena Afzal, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Syed Asif M. Gilani, Improving Software Effort Estimation by Adjusting for over-commitment, In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT'24), 09-10 December, 2024, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Javeria Sadiq, Zeeshan Ali Rana, The Study of Characteristics of Self-organizing teams in Agile, In Proceedings of the 21st International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST 2024), 20 – 23 August 2024, Murree Hills, Pakistan.
Maham Noor, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Natural Language Processing (NLP) based Extraction of Tacit Knowledge from Written Communication during Software Development, In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICACS 2023), 20 - 22 February 2023, Lahore, Pakistan.
Syed Absar ul Hasan, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Determining The Level of Detail of Software Requirements, In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT'22), 12-13 December 2022, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Hafiz Muhammad Waqas Amjad, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Using Developer Information and Horizontal Partitioning to Classify Open Source Files With Critical Faults, In Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET'22), 29-30 November 2022, Topi, Sawabi Pakistan.
Hafiz Khizar Mahmood, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Employing Intrinsic Rewards to Reduce Requirements Engineering Issues in Large Distributed ERP Teams, In Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET'22), 29-30 November 2022, Topi, Sawabi Pakistan.
Munib Ahmad, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Comparative Analysis of Light Weight Practices for SPI in Small and Medium Software Organizations, In Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST 2021), 15-16 December 2021, Lahore Pakistan.
Arooj Arif, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Refactoring of code to Remove Technical Debt and Reduce Maintenance Effort, In Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST 2020), 16-17 December 2020, Lahore Pakistan.
Humaira Aslam Chughtai, Zeeshan Ali Rana, People Profile Metrics for Improved Classification of Defect Prone Files in Open Source Projects, In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICACS 2020), 17 - 19 February 2020, Lahore, Pakistan. (Best Paper Award)
Shahzad Ali, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Evaluating Performance of Software Defect Models Using Area Under Precision-Recall Curve (AUC-PR), In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICACS 2019), 18 - 20 February 2019, Lahore, Pakistan.
Maham Noor, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Towards Better Knowledge Management in Global Software Engineering, In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer & Information Sciences (ICCOINS 2018), 14 - 15 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Zeeshan Ali Rana, Mian M Awais, Shafay Shamail, Impact of Using Information Gain in Software Defect Prediction Models, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Computing 2014 (ICIC’14), August 03-06, 2014, Taiyuan China. Springer
Zeeshan Ali Rana, Sehrish Abdul Malik, Shafay Shamail, Mian M Awais, Identifying Association between Longer Itemsets and Software Defects, in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), In Proceedings of The 20th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP’13), November 03-07 2013, Daegu South Korea. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
Saba Anwar, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Mian M Awais, Identifying Similar Software Datasets Through Fuzzy Inference System, In Proceedings of The 10th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT’ 12), 17-19 December 2012, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Hafsa Zafar, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Shafay Shamail, Mian M Awais, Finding Focused Itemsets from Software Defect Data, In Proceedings of The 15th International Multi Topic Conference (INMIC’12), 13-15 December 2012, Islamabad, Pakistan. (Best Paper Award)
Usman Ali, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Fahad Javed, Mian M Awais, EnerPlan: Smart Energy Management Planning for Home Users, In Proceedings of The 19th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP’12), November 12-15 2012, Doha, Qatar.
Saba Anwar, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Shafay Shamail, Mian Muhammad Awais, Using Association Rules to Identify Similarities between Software Datasets, In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC’12), September 03-06 2012, Lisbon, Portugal.
Muhammad Adnan Ashraf, Shafay Shamail, Zeeshan Ali Rana, Agile Model Adaptation for E-Learning Students’ Final Year Projects, In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE’12), 2012.
Zeeshan Ali Rana, Mian Muhammad Awais, Shafay Shamail, An FIS for Early Detection of Defect Prone Modules, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 5755/2009. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Computing 2009 (ICIC’09), September 16-19, 2009, Ulsan South Korea. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
Zeeshan Ali Rana, Shafay Shamail, Mian Muhammad Awais, Ineffectiveness of Use of Software Science Metrics as Predictors of Defects in Object Oriented Software, In Proceedings of World Congress on Software Engineering 2009 (WCSE’09), May 19-21, 2009, Xiamen China.
Zeeshan Ali Rana, Shafay Shamail, Mian Muhammad Awais, Towards a Generic model for software quality prediction, In Proceedings of 6th Workshop on Software Quality 2008 (WoSQ’08) in 30th ICSE, May 10-18, 2008, Leipzig Germany.
Zeeshan Ali Rana, Yasser Hashmi, Muhammad Ashraf Iqbal, Problems in understanding abstract concepts related to regular and context free languages, 6th WSEAS International Conference on Education and Educational Technology, November 21-23, 2007, Venice Italy.
Zeeshan Ali Rana, Malik Jahan Khan, Shafay Shamail, A comparative study of spatial complexity metrics and their impact on maintenance effort, Int’l Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET’06), November 13-14, 2006, Peshawar Pakistan.