Workshops Organized & Conducted

  1. Tutorial on Machine Learning and Deep Learning at the Department of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan, November 18, 2020.

  2. Workshop on Radiomics and Radiogenomics in Neuro-oncology using AI at the 2020 MICCAI Conference, Lima, Peru, October 4, 2020. Invited speakers include Professor Ulas Bagci (UCF), Professor Lee Cooper (Northwestern), Professor Jayshree Kalpathy-Cramer (MGH/Harvard), and Professor Thomas Booth (KCL)

  3. Tutorial on Machine Learning and Data Analytics at the BigC conference, National Center for Big Data and Cloud Computing, LUMS, Lahore, PAK, December 19-21, 2019.

  4. Workshop on Radiomics and Radiogenomics in Neuro-oncology using AI at the 2019 MICCAI Conference, Shenzhen, China, October 13, 2019. Invited speakers include Professor Michel Bilello (UPenn), Professor Pallavi Tiwari (Case Western), and Professor Bjoern Menze (TU München).

  5. Minisymposium on Optimization Theory in Medical Imaging at the SIAM conference in Imaging Science (SIAM IS-16), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, May 25, 2016. The session featured talks by Professor Mathews Jacob (Iowa), Professor Ulas Bagci (UCF/NIH), Professor Laurent Younes (JHU), and myself.

  6. MATLAB 7.5 (5-days workshop for 160 students of SSE, LUMS)

  7. Fuzzy Logic (An informal workshop for Mechatronics and Control Engineering UET, Lahore)

  8. Verilog (Twice from IEE and IEEE GIK Chapter platforms for graduating students)

  9. Effective Course Selection (From IEEE GIK Chapter platform for Batch of 2005)

  10. Internship XP (from ACM GIK Chapter platform)

Invited Talks

  1. Invited Talk on Radiomics and Radiogenomics in Neuro-Oncology, 1st Annual Neuro-Oncology Symposium, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK, September 5, 2020.

  2. Invited Talk on Radiomics and Radiogenomics in Neuro-Oncology, Webinar on Radiomics and AI, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK, August 21, 2020.

  3. Invited Talk on Machine Learning and Optimization in (Bio-) Medical Imaging, National University of Sciences and Technology (SEECS Campus), Islamabad, PAK, March 4, 2020.

  4. Guest Lecture on Quantitative (Multi-modality) Cardiac Imaging, Center for Cardiology, Shalamar Hospital, Lahore, PAK, June 25, 2019.

  5. Invited Talk on Basics of AI for a Radiology Professional with Applications, SEHA International Radiology Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 15, 2019.

  6. Invited Talk on Conversations on Deep Learning, 4th Workshop on Precision Agriculture and Forestry, LUMS, PAK, October 11, 2018.

  7. Guest Lecture on Quantitative Multimodality Imaging – Applications in Cardiology, Neurology, and Oncology, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK, August 9, 2018.

  8. Invited Talk on An Introduction to Medical Imaging with Applications in Quantitative Cardiac Imaging, FAST NUCES Lahore, PAK, March 19, 2018.

  9. Invited Talk on Quantitative myocardial perfusion PET parametric imaging at the voxel-level, Lahore College for Women University, PAK, Feb 23, 2018.

  10. Invited Talk on Quantitative myocardial perfusion PET parametric imaging at the voxel-level, Forman Christian College Lahore, PAK, Feb 21, 2018.

  11. Invited Talk on Quantitative myocardial perfusion PET parametric imaging at the voxel-level, IEEE Medical Imaging Seminar, University of Lahore, PAK, Dec 7, 2017.

  12. Invited Talk on Quantitative Multimodality Cardiac Imaging – Applications in clinical and translational research, 5th Pakistan Society of Nuclear Medicine Conference and 1st Sino-PAK Nuclear Medicine Symposium, Lahore, PAK, April 16, 2017.

  13. CME Talk on Quantitative Multimodality Imaging – Applications in Cardiology, Neurology, and Oncology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lahore, PAK, April 10, 2017.

  14. Seminar Talk on Towards Robust Quantitative Imaging: Applications in cardiac PET and SPECT Imaging, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD, USA, Dec 8, 2016.

  15. Invited Talk on Towards Robust Quantitative Imaging: Applications in cardiac PET and SPECT Imaging, Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, LUMS, PAK, Nov 30, 2016.

  16. Invited Talk on Towards Robust Quantitative Imaging: Applications in cardiac PET and SPECT Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA, Nov 28, 2016.

  17. Invited Talk on Quantitative PET and SPECT: Applications in Cardiac Imaging, MGH/HST Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Nov 11, 2016.

  18. Seminar Talk on Robust Parametric Imaging in Cardiac PET, Department of Applied Mathematics, Yale University, USA, Oct 4, 2016.

  19. Invited Talk on Quantitative myocardial perfusion PET parametric imaging at the voxel-level, Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, LUMS, PAK, Dec 21, 2015.

  20. Invited Talk on Quantitative myocardial perfusion PET parametric imaging at the voxel-level, Department of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, Columbia University, NY, USA, Nov 12, 2015.

  21. Invited Talk on A QP Solver for Nonconvex Bound-Constrained Problems, The International Symposium on Optimization (ISMP), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Jul 12 - 17, 2015.

  22. Seminar Talk on Motion Correction and Pharmacokinetic Analysis in Dynamic PET Imaging, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, Signal and Image Processing Institute, University of Southern California, USA, Dec 5, 2014.

  23. Seminar Talk on Motion Correction and Pharmacokinetic Analysis in Dynamic PET Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Yale School of Medicine, USA, Oct 24, 2014.

  24. Seminar Talk on Motion Correction and Pharmacokinetic Analysis in Dynamic PET Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, USA, Nov 3, 2014.

  25. MIPG Seminar Talk on Motion Correction and Pharmacokinetic Analysis in Dynamic PET Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, USA, Oct 10, 2014.

  26. Gordon Research Conference on Imaging Science, Stonehill College, Easton, MA, USA, Jun 8 - 13, 2014 (funded 50%).

  27. The Norbert Wiener Center Seminar Talk, Department of Mathematics at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, Nov 2013.

  28. Division of Medical Imaging Physics (DMIP), Johns Hopkins Medicine, MD, Sep 2013.

  29. Biomedical Image Analysis Summer School, Modalities, Methodologies and Clinical Research, Ecole Centrale de Paris (Center of Visual Computing) and Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Paris, France, Jul 9 - 13, 2012.

  30. Analytic and Geometric Methods in Medical Imaging, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, UK (fully funded Aug 23 - 27, 2011).

  31. Gene Golub SIAM Summer School on Waves and Imaging in Vancouver (fully funded Jul 4 - 15, 2011).

  32. Ecstasy in Non-Linearity, A sneak-peak in Non-Linear Control Theory, Invited speaker in IEEE at Johns Hopkins University TELLs Lecture Series.

Workshops & Conferences Attended

  1. 2019 SEHA International Radiology Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 15, 2019.

  2. 16th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium, Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan, November 10 - 12, 2017.

  3. 2016 Radiomics, Clearwater, Tampa, Florida, October 24 - 26, 2016.

  4. 2016 World Molecular Imaging Congress, New York, September 7 - 10, 2016.

  5. 2016 Kinetic Modeling and Image Analysis Workshop, Columbia University Medical Center, NY, July 18, 2016.

  6. Gordon Research Conference on Imaging Science, Stonehill College, Easton, MA, USA, June 8 -13, 2014.

  7. 2014 February Fourier Talks at the Norbert Wiener Center of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, Feb 2014.

  8. 2013 Hopkins Imaging Initiative – Imaging Conference, Johns Hopkins University, MD.

  9. 2013 February Fourier Talks at the Norbert Wiener Center of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, Feb 2013.

  10. Statistical Methods for Image Reconstruction, IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, Anaheim, California, USA, Oct 28 – Nov 7, 2012.

  11. 2012 February Fourier Talks at the Norbert Wiener Center of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, Feb 2012.

  12. 2011 February Fourier Talks at the Norbert Wiener Center of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, Feb 2011.

  13. From Banach Spaces to Frame Theory and Applications in honor of Professor Pete Casazza's 65th birthday at the Norbert Wiener Center, University of Maryland, College Park from May 20 - 22, 2010.

  14. 6th NSF/Northeast Control Workshop at Johns Hopkins University from April 23 - 25, 2010.

  15. Teaching Strategies, Learning and Innovation, organized by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.