News and Updates

On 25th February 2024, My MS Student Mr. Mohssen and I had an incredible day showcasing swarm exercises to esteemed Prof. Dr. Charles Elachi, our center's expert mentor and former Director of NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)-Caltech USA along with Dr. Ayman, Director IRC for Aviation and Space Exploration at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia. It was indeed a dream come true to meet Prof. Dr. Charles Elachi under whose leadership, JPL accomplished over 20 missions, including Cloudsat, Jason 1 and 2, Aquarius, OCO-2, GRACE, SMAP, GRAIL, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Phoenix, Cassini, Deep Impact, Stardust, Dawn, and Juno. Notably, three rovers—Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity—successfully explored Mars, providing invaluable insights about the red planet

On 14th January 2024, Dr. Abro had been invited to attend the delegation from iSpace Japan to discuss the joint collaboration for lunar related research topics. This meeting had been presided by Dr. Ayman Abdallah Director for Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Aviation and Space Exploration, Staff and other researchers from Aerospace Engineering Department of KFUPM. Moreover, iSpace delegation had been led by Marchel Holle who is U.S. Government Relation Lead at iSpace and Roderick Ruhl, Head of Business Development & Partnership Europe. 

On 17th December 2023, Dr. Abro had been invited as a Judge for the Digital Flight Controller Project Exhibition 2023 which was mainly organized under the course of "Digital Techniques for Aerocraft Applications" at Aerospace Engineering Department of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The other co-organizer of this event was Aerospace Club of KFUPM. 

Scholars from three esteemed institutions, Dr. Ghulam and Dr. Vijanth S. Asirvadam from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Engr. Parteek from Telecom SUDPARIS, France, and Dr. Fawad Salam Khan from UTHM Malaysia, have joined forces to embark on an ambitious research journey. We are elated to announce that our collaborative research project, titled "Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Concepts, Enabling Tools, Technologies, and Applications" has achieved a significant milestone by being accepted as a Book Chapter in the prestigious IET Book. This accomplishment is a testament to the dedication, expertise, and hard work of the entire team. UTP Malaysia has also extend their heartfelt appreciation to entire team. Entire story can be seen on this link (see the details)

Dr. Abro has been featured in UTP Annual Coffee Table Book 2023 as one of the extra-ordinary Postgraduate Students!

It is an immense honor to be recognized among such a talented and diverse group of scholars/students. This would not have been possible without the unwavering support of my family, friends, and the amazing faculty at UTP. At this moment, Dr. Abro wants to express his deepest gratitude to everyone who has been a part of this journey. Their encouragement and belief in him have been his driving force. 

In a significant academic rendezvous, Dr. Abro, the driving force behind fostering international academic collaborations, met with Prof. Dr. Valiuddin, the esteemed Vice Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology in Karachi, Pakistan. The two distinguished scholars engaged in a cordial tea meeting on August 16, 2023, where Dr. Valiuddin warmly commended Dr. Abro for his pivotal role in fortifying the academic ties between Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in Malaysia and Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology in Karachi, Pakistan. This cross-border alliance promises to usher in a new era of knowledge exchange and collaborative research, demonstrating the power of academic diplomacy in today's interconnected world.

As a researcher, Mr. Abro attended Delegates from Tenby Schools Ipoh on 13th July 2023 and described all on-going research works on Unmanned Autonomous and Electric Vehicles under Embedded Control Lab at Centre for Automotive Research and Electric Mobility (CAREM), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. In the end Mr. Abro along with his junior mates Mr. Jaya and Mr. Hassan presented the live demonstration of projects as well. 

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As a former Chair IEEE UTP Student branch, Dr. Abro Presented a tocken of appreciation to Dr Dur Muhammad Soomro who came to UTP for presenting his guest talk on "Frequently Occurred Errors in Technical Writing" on 23rd June 2023. 

Dr. Dur Muhammad Soomro has been teaching for long time in UTHM Malaysia and now currently he is serving as Associate Professor in faculty of electrical engineering. In the picture from left to right is Ghulam, Mr. M Sani (Chair IEEE UTP SB 2023), Dr. Dur Muhammad Soomro (Guest Speaker) and Md Mahmudllah (Secretary IEEE UTP SB 2023). 

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As a researcher, Mr. Abro attended Delegates from Institut Teknologi Bandung Indonesia on 26th May 2023 and described all on-going research works on Unmanned Autonomous and Electric Vehicles under Embedded Control Lab at Centre for Automotive Research and Electric Mobility (CAREM), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.

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As a researcher, after the breakthrough of COVID-19, Mr. Abro attempted to find possible solutions by reviewing the literature and studying various mathematical models to compute the reproductive co-efficient of this novel coronavirus, and I am pleased to see that my research contributions are now available in the WHO COVID-19 Research Database.

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia also appreciated the efforts (see the details)

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It was an honour for me to accompany the official Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Malaysia delegate during their visit to the Center for Automotive Research and Electric Mobility (CAREM) on 26th January 2023. I described how our mentors/leadership are involved in a variety of projects, including AI in Mobility, Electrified Powertrain, Energy Management, IoT-enabled Systems for Electric Vehicles, Internal Combustion Engine, EV Battery, Thermal Management, and many others, in collaboration with postgraduate students and research staff. Thanks to Kundan Kumar for his technical support during this visit.

On January 20, 2023, I had the honour of accompanying an official SRM Indian Institute Delegate along with about 40 UG students to the Center for Automotive Research and Electric Mobility (CAREM). During the visit, I told them about our center's current research projects and how they could participate virtually and apply for admission here to pursue a research career in automotive research. 

Mr. Abro visited Living Lab which is powered by the Direction of Innovation and Business Relations of Telecom SudParis.  A living lab is a place of technological co-design, where the user is one of the main participants and where his expectations become a priority from the start. Since 2016, Télécom SudParis, a major engineering school in the digital field, has had its own collaborative research space . Named Evident (Intelligent living space for dependent people), and created in partnership with the Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien , the IBISC laboratory of the University of Evry and Telecom School of Management, it is based on an apartment equipped with a network of sensors and connected objects.

Mr. Abro has been appreciated by Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia for his efforts and for representing UTP at Telecom SudParis, France. He participated in two PG level courses and worked in two research projects that resultes in one Q1 SCI Indexed Publication and One International IEEE Conference Publication (see the complete story here)

Mr. Abro has attended a wonderful session on "Speech Diarization" by Dr. Yannis Tevissen and Prof. Sonia Gracia on 19th May 2022. Interacted with eminent scholars and had a fruitful discussion on other related areas of AI in Signal Processing and Speech Recognition. 

On 11th May 2022, Mr. Abro Interacted with the team members of Intel Evo and enjoyed playing with flight simulator in their installed showrooms. In the end I am thankful for blessing me the iTAG by intel evo (Anti-lost/theft device) which is much needed in today's time.

On 5th May 2022, Mr. Abro Presented Ajrak Which is the sign of love and respect in Sindh to Ms Stephanie Marimoon who is the Manager International Student Affairs at Telecom SUDParis, France. 

On 14th April 2021, Mr. Abro took the students of Westlake International School, Kampar for visit different departments of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. He also conducted a hands-on training on MATLAB and Simulink for these students. In return he had been acknowledged with a certificate of appreciation by Dr. Ku Zilati Ku Shaari, Dean Faculty of Engineering, UTP.