Dr. Abdul Basit Siddiqui

PROFILE SUMMARY

Dr. Abdul Basit completed PhD in Computer Science in 2010 from National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (NUCES) FAST Islamabad. Later he worked in different universities in Pakistan on different positions. In 2014, he joined Dept. of Computer Science in Saudi Electronics University, Jeddah and after serving almost two years there, he travelled to Canada for further research. He joined Capital University of Science & Technology in 2018. Dr. Siddiqui has been member of different university and HEC level committees including National Curriculum and Revision Committee for Computer Science in 2012-2013. He earned scholarships at different stages of education which include Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST) scholarship in 2000 and HEC MS leading to PhD scholarship. Dr. Siddiqui has authored more than 20 international conferences and journal publications. He is also co-author of two international books. There are a number of MS and PhD scholars working under his supervision.

QUALIFICATION
PhD	Computer Science	NUCES, FAST Islamabad, Pakistan	2010
MS	Computer Science	NUCES, FAST Islamabad, Pakistan	2007
MSc	Computer Science	Barani University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan	2002
BSc	Math A&B, Physics	Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan	1999

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	Since – 2020
Assistant Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	2018 – 2020
Assistant Professor	University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus	2017 – 2018
Assistant Professor	Saudi Electronic University, Saudi Arabia	2014 – 2016
Lecturer	Mohiuddin Islamic Unviersity, Rawalpindi Campus	2005 – 2007
Lecturer	Petroman, Allama Iqbal Unviersity, Islamabad	2002 – 2005

HONORS & AWARDS
1.	Member HEC National Curriculum Revision Committee for Computer Science 2012-2013
2.	Scholarship from Ministry of Science of Technology, Pakistan – 2001
3.	Scholarship under HEC indegenous MS leading to PhD program – 2005

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS

Digital Image Processing;
Machine Learning;
Data Mining.

RESEARCH SUPERVISION
1.	PhD	A Comprehensive Evaluation of Content Based Approaches using Logical Sections for Research Paper Recommendation
2.	PhD	Attack Attribution in Cyber Threat Intelligence using Machine Learning
3.	MS	Image Fusion in Spatial Domain using Local Binary Patterns
4.	MS	Genetic Algorithm based Multi-focus Image Fusion using Local Features
5.	MS	Task Scheduling Optimization in Cloud Computing
6.	MS	Feature Selection for Document Classification

BOOKS AUTHORED

Modified Histogram Based Fuzzy Filter, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) – MIRAGE 2009, (Springer) – 2009, ISBN: 978-3-642-01810-7;
Clustering in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks using Comprehensive Learning Particle Swarm Optimization (CLPSO), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) – (Springer) – 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-10844-0;

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1.	“Stochastic Recognition of Human Physical Activities via Augmented Feature Descriptors and Random Forest Model, author”Dogar, Abdul Basit and Fatima, Rubia and Yasin, Affan and Shafiq, Muhammad and Khan, Javed Ali and Assam, Muhammad and Mohamed, Abdullah and Attia, El-Awady and others,” Sensors, vol. 22, no. 17, p. 6632, 2022, (IF= 3.847).
2.	S. Irfan, N. Anjum, T. Althobaiti, A. A. Alotaibi, A. B. Siddiqui, and N. Ramzan, “Heartbeat Classification and Arrhythmia Detection Using a Multi-Model Deep Learning Technique,” Sensors, vol. 22, no. 15, p. 5606, 2022, (IF= 3.847).
3.	Muhammad Kashif, Ayyaz Hussain, Asim Munir, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, Aaqif Afzal Abbasi, Arif Jamal Malik, Fyez Eid Alazemi, Oh Young Song, “A Machine Learning Approach for Expression Detection in Healthcare Monitoring Systems”, Computers, Materials & Continua, February 2021. [Impact Factor: 4.89].
4.	Rohail Gulbaz, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, Nadeem Anjum, Abdullah Alhumaidi Alotaibi, Turke Althobaiti, Naeem Ramzan, “Balancer Genetic Algorithm—A Novel Task Scheduling Optimization Approach in Cloud Computing”, Applied Sciences, July 2021. [Impact Factor: 2.679].
5.	Muhammad Kashif, Ayyaz Hussain, Asim Munir, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, Sajid Ali Khan and Muhammad Aakif, “Human behavior analysis using facial expression recognition through patch based multiple LBPs descriptors in unconstrained environment” Pattern Analysis and Applications”, April 2020 (Submitted)
6.	Rohail Gulbaz, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, “Genetic Algorithm – A Novel Task Scheduling Optimization Approach in Cloud Computing”, Journal of Computational Sciences, September 2020 (Submitted)
7.	Arfan Jaffar, Sultan Zia, Majid Hussain, Shehzad Khalid, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, Sheeraz Akram and Uzma Jamil, “An ensemble shape gradient features descriptor-based nodule detection paradigm: a novel model to augment complex diagnostic decisions assistance”, Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer), Vol. 77, May 2018
8.	M. Arfan Jaffar, Abdul Basit Siddiqui and Mubashar Mushtaq, “Ensemble Classification of Pulmonary Nodules using Gradient Intensity Feature Descriptor and Differential Evolution”, Cluster Computing (Springer), Vol. 20, April 2017
9.	Saqib Hayyat, Abdul Basit Siddiqui and Sajjid Ali Khan “A Study of feature Subset Selection Methods for Dimension Reduction”, International Journal of Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 251-266, 2014
10.	Sajjid Ali Khan, Ayyaz Hussain, Abdul Basit and Sheeraz Akram, “Kruskal Wallis-Based Computationally Efficient Feature Selection for Face Recognition”, Scientific World Journal, Vol. 1, May 2014
11.	Abdul Rauf Siddiqi, Pierre Nioche, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, Sadaf Abdul Rauf, Amir Waseem and Bruno O. Villoutreix, “Efficiency of a Hierarchical Docking Protocol for Computational Ligand Screening against Homology Models”, Biomedical Engineering: Applications, Basis and Communications, Vol. 26, No. 2 (2014) 1450024 (7 pages)
12.	5. A. B. Siddiqui, M. Rashid, M. A. Jaffar, A. Hussain, A. M. Mirza, “A Multi-focus Image Fusion Classifier” International Journal on Information, Vol. 15(4), pp 1757-1764, April 2012, ISSN: 1343-4500
13.	A. B. Siddiqui, M. Rashid, M. A. Jaffar, A. Hussain, A. M. Mirza, “Feature Classification for Multi-focus Image Fusion”, International Journal of Physical Sciences, Vol. 6(20), pp. 4838-4847, 23 September, 2011, ISSN: 1992-1950
14.	Abdul Basit Siddiqui, M. Arfan Jaffar, Ayyaz Hussain and Anwar M. Mirza, “Block-based Pixel Level Multi-Focus Image Fusion using Particle Swarm Optimization”, International Journal of Innovative Computing Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (IJICIC) Vol.7, No.07, July 2011
15.	W. Shahzad, F.A. Khan, and A.B. Siddiqui, “A weighted clustering algorithm using comprehensive learning particle swarm optimization in mobile adhoc networks, “International Journal of Future Generation Communication and Networking, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 2010, pp 61-73

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
1.	Yusra Anees, Sadaf Abdul Rauf, Nauman Iqbal, Abdul Basit Siddiqi, Developing a Monolingual Sentence Simplification Corpus for Urdu, Proceedings of the The Fourth Widening Natural Language Processing, USA, July 2020.
2.	Yusra Anees, Sadaf Abdul Rauf, Nauman Iqbal, Abdul Basit Siddiqi, “Developing a Monolingual Sentence Simplification Corpus for Urdu” The Fourth Widening Natural Language Processing Workshop, Association for Computational Linguistics, Seattle USA, July 2020
3.	Nawazish Naveed, M Asim Khan, Mohammad Nazir, Zia ul Qayyum, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, “Neural Network Based Hand Gesture Recognition of Dumb Person”, First International Conference on Technology for Helping People with Special Needs (ICTHP), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, February 18-20, 2013
4.	Aftab Ahmed, Kashif Zafr, Abdul Basit Siddiqui and Umair Abdullah, “Data Warehouse Design for Knowledge Discovery for Healthcare Data”, Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2013 Vol III, July 3 – 5, 2013, London, U.K.
5.	Abdul Basit Siddiqui, M. Arfan Jaffar, Ayyaz Hussain and Anwar M. Mirza,” Optimal Block-based Feature-level Multi-focus Image Fusion”, 5th International Conference on Future Information Technology (FutureTech), Bosan Korea, May 21-23, 2010.
6.	Humayun Irshad, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, M. Arfan Jaffar and Anwar M. Mirza, “Image Fusion using Computational Intelligence: A Survey”, 2ndInternational Conference on Environmental and Computer Science (ICECS 2009), Dubai, UAE, 28-30 December 2009.
7.	M. Ishtiaq, M. Arfan Jaffar, Ayyaz Hussain, Abdul Basit Siddiqui and Anwar M. Mirza, “Wavelet-Based Video Segmentation using Self-Organizing Map Neural Network”, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology – Spring Conference (IACSIT-SC 2009), Singapore, April 17-20, 2009.
8.	Ayyaz Hussain, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, M. Nazir and Anwar M. Mirza, “Modified Histogram based Fuzzy Filter”, Mirage 2009 – Computer Vision / Computer Graphics Collaboration Techniques and Applications, Paris, France, May 4-6, 2009.
9.	W. Shahzad, F.A. Khan, and A.B. Siddiqui, “Clustering in Mobile Adhoc Networks using Comprehensive Learning Particle Swarm Optimization (CLPSO),” In Proceedings of International Conference, FGCN/CAN 2009, pp 342-349.
10.	W. Shahzad, A.B. Siddiqui, F.A. Khan “Cryptanalysis of four-rounded DES using binary particle swarm optimization,” in Proceedings of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, 2009, pp 2161-2166

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