About Me

Prof. Dr. Rizwan Ahmed Khan

Professor | Researcher (Artificial Intelligence - Machine Learning - Computer Vision - Medical Image Analysis)(HEC Approved PhD /MS /M.Phil Supervisor)

Best University Teacher (Salim Habib University) for the year 2022 [Video][Poster]
Shortlisted by HEC for the award of National-Level Best University Teacher (2022)

Research fellow / LIRIS UMR 5205 CNRS , Université De Lyon, France.

Research profiles

https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Rizwan-Ahmed-Khan/1943666

https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2336641443

Collection of demo videos of research / talks / achievements on Youtube

My lectures on "Machine Learning" : playlist

Registration and Affiliations

- Accreditation by French Ministry of Higher Education (Ministere del’Enseignement sup´erieur, de la Recherche et de l’Innovation) for Professor position (CNU - Conseil National des Universites - Section 27) in French national / public sector universities.

- Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan approved PhD/MS/M.Phil supervisor.

- Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Professional Engineer (Life time member)

Short Bio

- Sept 2023 - Oct 2023 : Invited Professor / Researcher
  - - University: Université Jean Monnet, France
    - Lab: Laboratoire Hubert Curien- UMR 5516 CNRS
    - Teaching: Computer Vision to Master Erasmus Mundus - Photonics for Security Reliability and Safety (PSRS) international students. [Cohort Image]

- Sept 2022 - Oct 2022 : Invited Professor / Researcher
  - - University: Université Jean Monnet, France
    - Lab: Laboratoire Hubert Curien- UMR 5516 CNRS
    - Teaching: Computer Vision to Master Erasmus Mundus - Photonics for Security Reliability and Safety (PSRS) international students. [Cohort Image]
    - Research: Explainable AI (XAI) for Medical Imaging.

2019 - Present: Professor / Dean, Faculty of Information Technology at Salim Habib University (formerly Barrett Hodgson University), Pakistan.
Responsibilities:
- - - - Teaching undergraduate courses
      - Revitalizing research environment
      - Curriculum design
      - Faculty / education management
      - Academia-Industry liaison
      - Member Academic Council, Board of Faculty, Board of Studies and Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BASR).
      - HEC- National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC) Program Evaluator
      - Establishing newly launched BS Computer Science degree
2017 - 2019: Associate Professor / Interim Dean, Faculty of Information Technology at Salim Habib University (formerly Barrett Hodgson University), Pakistan.

June 2016: Visiting researcher at Norwegian Colour and Visual Computing Laboratory, Faculty of Computer Science and Media Technology, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway.
- - - Project: IQ-MED: Image Quality enhancement in MEDical diagnosis, monitoring and treatment, the core concept of the project is anomaly detection in medical images, leading to improvement in wireless capsule endoscopy system.

- Feb 2015 - April 2016: Postdoctoral research fellow @ LIRIS, Universite de Lyon, France.
  - - Project: The goal of the project is to create an immersive gaming environment for Tablet PCs specifically for children.
    - Academic partner: XLIM
    - Industrial partners: KD-Group, SolidAnim
    - New: demo video with adult face (children face database has privacy issues)
    - Link to my web-page on LIRIS site [link]

- Dec 2013 - Dec 2014: Postdoctoral research fellow @ Laboratory LabexIMU Lyon, France.
  - - Project: The targeted application concerns the automated analysis of first person-view image sequences acquired using a mobile camera (glasses) endowed with an eye-tracking system. The general goal being full scene labeling / parsing while specific goal is detection and recognition of various focused scene elements.
    - Link to my web-page on LIRIS site [link]

- 2010 - 2013: PhD Scholar at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
  - - Title: Expression recognition from videos in uncontrolled environment [Manuscript Pdf] [News case]
    - Lab: Laboratory LIRIS, team SAARA
    - Supervisors: Prof. Saida (LIRIS), Prof. Alexandre (LIRIS) and Prof.Hubert (Laboratoire Hubert Curien)
    - Financial support provided by the Région Rhone-Alpes, France
    - Link to my web-page on LIRIS site [link]

- 2008 - 2010: Master Erasmus Mundus (Color in Informatics and Media Technology (CIMET))
  - - Studied at: Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France and Gjovik University College (Norway)
    - Thesis: Analyzing the contribution of blur/sharp aspects in the saliency analysis of color images.
    - Lab: Laboratoire Hubert Curien- UMR 5516 CNRS

- 2003 - 2005: Masters in Computer Engineering
  - - Studied at: National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan

Certificates

- - Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management by Darden School of Business, University of Virginia on Coursera. Certificate earned on November 6, 2016.

Awards & Honors

- Meharan University of Engineering and Technology [MUET] - Alumni Achievement Announcement
- Best University Teacher 2022 (Salim Habib University) for the year 2022 [Video][Poster]
- Best Researcher Award 2021, Salim Habib University, Karachi [Event Image].
- Our paper received Best Paper award in IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and EXPO Asia-Pacific, Korea 2019. [Best Paper Award]
- Our paper received Best Paper award in International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, ICMI 2017, Glasgow, Scotland. [View certificate].
- 2016 Invited as visiting researcher at Norwegian Colour and Visual Computing Laboratory, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.
- 2013 - 2015 Awarded certificate in recognition of services to Erasmus Mundus Association [certificate-IA] [certificate-PR].
- 2010 - 2013 PhD fellowship from Region Rhone-Alpes, France.
- 2008 - 2010 European Commission Erasmus Mundus (now Erasmus+) scholarship for Masters degree.

Reviewer / TPC member / Editor / MemberShip(s)

Editor

1. MDPI : Electronics (Special issue editor) - "Computer Vision Imaging Technology and Application", 20 June 2023
2. MDPI : Electronics - Topics board member
3. International Journal of Advances in Signal and Image Sciences

Journal Reviewer (Selected list)

1. IEEE Access
2. Springer: Neuroinformatics
3. MDPI : Electronics [Reviewer certificate]
4. MDPI : Journal of Imaging [Reviewer certificate]
5. Elsevier : Biomedical Signal Processing and Control [Reviewer Certificate]
6. Elsevier : Knowledge-Based Systems [Reviewer Certificate]
7. Springer : SN Applied Sciences
8. Elsevier : Computers in Biology and Medicine [Review certificate]
9. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
10. Taylor & Francis : Network: Computation in Neural Systems
11. Journal of Artificial Intelligence & Data Mining
12. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
13. MDPI : Symmetry [Reviewer Certificate]
14. Springer International Journal of Automation and Computing
15. Springer Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces

Conference Technical Program Committee Member (Selected list)

1. International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), Washington, USA 2019.
2. International Conference on Computational Sciences and Technologies, Pakistan 2019.
3. International Conference on Big Data and Cybersecurity Intelligence, Lebanon 2018.
4. International Multi Topic Conference 2018 (IMTIC), Pakistan 2018.
5. International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems (SITIS 2016), Naples, Italy.
6. International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2016), Jordan.
7. International Workshop on Movement and Computing (MOCO'15) , Vancouver, Canada.
8. International Multi Topic Conference 2015 (IMTIC '15), Pakistan.
9. International Conference on Signal, Image, Vision and their Applications 2015 (SIVA 2015), Algeria.

PhD Evaluator

1. PhD thesis external evaluator for NUST, Pakistan (2022) [Dr. Sidra Ejaz].
2. PhD thesis foreign evaluator for NUST, Pakistan (2016) [Dr. Shafaq Mussadiq].

Masters Thesis External Evaluator

1. Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi - The School of Mathematics and Computer Science (SMCS), Pakistan (2023 - current)
2. FAST - National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan (2019 - Current)
3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, Pakistan (2019 - 2022)
4. Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan (2021- 2022)

Masters Thesis External Supervisor

NUST, EME College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (2017-2022)

Faculty Selection Board (hiring) Subject Expert

DHA Suffa University, Karachi, Pakistan (2022)
University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan (2022) (Posts of Associate Professor and Professor)

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