Dr. Abdul Basit Siddiqui

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / HOD COMPUTER SCIENCE

abasit.siddiqui@cust.edu.pk

+92-51-111-555-666

PROFILE SUMMARY

Dr. Abdul Basit has more than 18 years of teaching experience at National and International level in the field of Computer Science. He is currently working as Associate Professor and Head – Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad – Pakistan. He completed Ph.D. in Computer Science with specialization in Digital Image Processing, Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence in 2010. He has authored more than 20 research articles in different Peer Reviewed Journals and reputed International Conferences. Additionally, he is the co-author of 02 book chapters of international books with ISSN. He is member Board of Studies of Computer Science programs at various universities. He has also been awarded different scholarships including MS leading to PhD scholarship in 2005 by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and scholarship for the development of Computer Science from Ministry of Science and Technology, Pakistan in 2000. He was the member of National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) for Computer Science in 2013. Dr. Abdul Basit is an approved HEC supervisor and in addition of currently enrolled MS and PhD students enrolled with him, around 13 MSCS and PhDCS students have successfully completed their thesis 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

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

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
HoD	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	Since – 2022

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1.	Computational Intelligence
2.	Digital Image Processing
3.	Machine Learning
4.	Data Mining

RESEARCH SUPERVISION
1	MS	Intracranial Haemorrhage Detection using Deep Learning models
2	MS	Feature Selection for Author Assessment
3	MS	Threatening Language and Target Identification at Tweet Level using Supervised Learning
4	MS	Bio Image based Protein Subcellular Localization
5	MS	Feature Selection using Genetic Algorithm for Android Malware Classification
6	MS	Image Fusion in Spatial Domain using Local Binary Patterns
7	MS	Genetic Algorithm based Multi-focus Image Fusion using Local Features
8	MS	Task Scheduling Optimization in Cloud Computing
9	MS	Feature Selection for Document Classification
10	MS	Feature Selection for Author Assessment
11	MS	Threatening Language and Target Identification at Tweet Level using Supervised Learning
12	MS	Bio Image based Protein Subcellular Localization
13	MS	Feature Selection using Genetic Algorithm for Android Malware Classification
14	MS	Intracranial Haemorrhage Detection using Deep Learning models

SR.	JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	E. Irshad and A. B. Siddiqui, “Context-aware cyber-threat attribution based on hybrid features,” ICT Express, 2024.	2024
2	E. Irshad and A. B. Siddiqui, “Cyber threat attribution using unstructured reports in cyber threat intelligence,” Egyptian Informatics Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 43–59, 2023.	2023
3	M. Kashif, A. Hussain, A. Munir, A. B. Siddiqui, A. Abbasi, M. Aakif, A. J. Malik, F. E. Alazemi, and O.-Y. Song, “A machine learning approach for expression detection in healthcare monitoring systems,” Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 2123–2139, 2021	2021
4	R. Gulbaz, A. B. Siddiqui, N. Anjum, A. A. Alotaibi, T. Althobaiti, and N. Ramzan, “Balancer genetic algorithm—a novel task scheduling optimization approach in cloud computing,” Applied Sciences, vol. 11, no. 14, p. 6244, 2021.	2021
5	M. Kashif, A. Hussain, A. Munir, A. B. Siddiqui, S. A. Khan and M. Aakif, “Human behavior analysis using facial expression recognition through patch based multiple LBPs descriptors in unconstrained environment” Pattern Analysis and Applications, 2020.	2020
6	R. Gulbaz, A. B. Siddiqui, N. Anjum, A. A. Alotaibi, T. Althobaiti, and N. Ramzan, “Balancer genetic algorithm—a novel task scheduling optimization approach in cloud computing,” Applied Sciences, vol. 11, no. 14, p. 6244, 2021.	2021
7	M. A. Jaffar, M. S. Zia, M. Hussain, A. B. Siddiqui, S. Akram, and U. Jamil, “An ensemble shape gradient features descriptor based nodule detection paradigm: a novel model to augment complex diagnostic decisions assistance,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 79, no. 13, pp. 8649–8675, 2020.	2020
8	M. A. Jaffar, A. B. Siddiqui, and M. Mushtaq, “Ensemble classification of pulmonary nodules using gradient intensity feature descriptor and differential evolution,” Cluster Computing, vol. 21, pp. 393–407, 2018.	2018
9	S. Hayat, A. B. Siddiqui, and S. A. 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.	2014
10	S. Ali Khan, A. Hussain, A. Basit, and S. Akram, “Kruskal-wallis-based computationally efficient feature selection for face recognition,” The Scientific World Journal, vol. 2014, no. 1, p. 672630, 2014.	2014
11	A. R. Siddiqi, P. Nioche, A. B. Siddiqui, S. A. Rauf, A. Waseem, and B. O. Villoutreix, “Efficiency of a hierarchical docking protocol for computational ligand screening against homology models,” Biomedical Engineering: Applications, Basis and Communications, vol. 26, no. 02, p. 1450024, 2014	2014
12	A. B. Siddiqui, M. Rashid, M. A. Jaffar, A. Hussain, and A. M. Mirza, “A multi-focus image fusion classifier,” International Information Institute (Tokyo). Information, vol. 15, no. 4, p. 1757, 2012	2012
13	A. B. Siddiqui, M. Rashid, M. A. Jaffar, A. Hussain, and A. M. Mirza, “Feature classification for multi-focus image fusion,” International Journal of the Physical Sciences, vol. 6, no. 20, pp. 4838–4847, 2011.	2011
14	A. B. Siddiqui, M. A. Jaffar, A. Hussain, and A. M. Mirza, “Block-based pixel level multi-focus image fusion using particle swarm optimization,” Int J Innov Comput Inf Control, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 3583–3596, 2011	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, 2010.	2010

SR.	CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	Y. Anees, F. Jinnah, S. A. Rauf, N. Iqbal, and A. B. Siddiqi, “Developing a monolingual sentence simplification corpus for urdu,” in Proceedings of the Fourth Widening Natural Language Processing Workshop, 2020, pp. 92–95.	2020
2	Y. Anees, F. Jinnah, S. A. Rauf, N. Iqbal, and A. B. Siddiqi, “Developing a Monolingual Sentence Simplification Corpus for Urdu” The Fourth Widening Natural Language Processing Workshop, Association for Computational Linguistics, Seattle USA, July 2020.	2020
3	N. Naveed, M. A. Khan, M. Nazir, Z. ul Qayyum, A. B. 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.	2013
4	A. Ahmed, K. Zafar, A. B. Siddiqui, and U. Abdullah, “Data warehouse design for knowledge discovery from healthcare data,” in Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering, vol. 3, 2013, pp. 1589–1594.	2013
5	A. B. Siddiqui, M. A. Jaffar, A. Hussain, and A. M. Mirza, “Block-based feature-level multi-focus image fusion,” in 2010 5th International Conference on Future Information Technology. IEEE, 2010, pp. 1–7. 2010	2010
6	H. Irshad, M. Kamran, A. B. Siddiqui, and A. Hussain, “Image fusion using computational intelligence: A survey,” in 2009 Second International Conference on Environmental and Computer Science. IEEE, 2009, pp. 128–132. 2009	2009
7	M. Ishtiaq, A. Jaffar, A. Hussain, A. Basit, and A. M. Mirza, “Wavelet based video segmentation using self organizing map neural network,” in 2009 International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology-Spring Conference. IEEE, 2009, pp. 122–125.	2009
8	A. Hussain, M. A. Jaffar, A. B. Siddiqui, M. Nazir, and A. M. Mirza, “Modified histogram based fuzzy filter,” in Computer Vision/Computer Graphics CollaborationTechniques: 4th International Conference, MIRAGE 2009, Rocquencourt, France, May 4-6, 2009. Proceedings 4. Springer, 2009, pp. 277–284. 2009	2009
9	W. Shahzad, F. A. Khan, and A. B. Siddiqui, “Clustering in mobile ad hoc networks using comprehensive learning particle swarm optimization (clpso),” in International conference on future generation communication and networking. Springer, 2009, pp. 342–349.	2009
10	W. Shahzad, A. B. Siddiqui, and F. A. Khan, “Cryptanalysis of four-rounded des using binary particleswarm optimization,” in Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference Companion on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference: Late Breaking Papers, 2009, pp. 2161–2166.	2009

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