Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad Taj

PROFILE SUMMARY

Imtiaz Ahmad Taj is serving as Professor and Dean Faculty of Engineering. He did his Masters and PhD in Electronics and Information Engineering from Hokkaido University Japan, in 1998 and 2001, respectively. During his studies, he was awarded “Outstanding Young Researcher” award by IEICE Japan. He has vast Research and Development (R&D) experience in the fields of Computer Vision, AI, and Machine Learning systems both in Academia and Industry. At CUST, he is supervising the Vision and Pattern Recognition Systems (VisPRS) research group. 11 PhD and a number of Master’s students have graduated under his supervision, who are serving nationally and internationally at leading positions in academia and industry. Moreover, as Principal Investigator, he has successfully completed and delivered a number of funded R&D projects worth more than 47 million Rupees in the areas like real-time vision-based navigation, biometrics identification systems, and image/video processing hardware accelerators. In recognition of his research achievements, he was also awarded “CUST Research Excellence Award 2022”. As an academician, he served in the capacity of HoD and Dean for over 12 years, during which he was instrumental in designing and implementing Outcome Based Education (OBE) system at CUST.

QUALIFICATION
PhD	Electronics and Information Engineering	Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan	2001
MS	Electronics and Information Engineering	Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan	1998
BS	Electrical Engineering	University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar	1993

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	Since – 2015
Professor	Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad	2007 – 2015

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Dean	Faculty of Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	Since – 2015
HoD	Faculty of Engineering, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad	2011 – 2015

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
SIEEE	Sr. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE Membership No: 80200127
PEC	Pakistan Engineering Council, Reg No. Elect/11315

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
Sr. Member Tech	Center for Advanced Research in Engineering (CARE)	2001 – 2006
Member Tech	Communication Enabling Technologies, Islamabad	2001 – 2005
Junior Engineer	Engineers International Pvt Ltd	1994 – 1995

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1.	Machine Learning
2.	Deep Learning
3.	Computer Vision
4.	Image Processing

RESEARCH SUPERVISION
1.	PhD	Multi-Level Cross-Modal Features Representation and Fusion Network for Object Detection using Deep Learning
2.	PhD	Quantification of Left Ventricle Structure and Function from Echocardiogram Videos
3.	PhD	Performance Enhancement of Subspace Learning Face Recognition by Effective Use of Classifiers
4.	PhD	Phase Modulation Detection in Radar Waveforms for Identification of Threat Signals
5.	PhD	An Adaptive Palmprint Enhancement and Feature Selection Method for Robust Identification
6.	MS	Neural State Space Model-based Predictive Control for Varying Initial Conditions in Inverted Pendulum
7.	MS	Deep Learning-Based Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Segmentation, Automated Measurements and Classification of LSS
8.	MS	Melanoma Disease Classification Using Federated Learning
9.	MS	Vehicle Detection and Classification in Aerial Images using Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
10.	MS	Ensemble Based Deep Learning Activity Detection in Smart Health-Care
11.	MS	Contrastive Unpaired Translation Network for Visible to Thermal (CUTV2T) Transformation of Facial Images
12.	MS	Scale Invariant Tracking of Objects in Challenging Thermal IR Sequences
13.	MS	A Comprehensive Comparative Analysis of State of the Art (SOTA) Face Recognition Algorithms under Diverse Degradation Conditions
14.	MS	Visible to Thermal Image Synthesis Using Light Weight Pyramid Network
15.	MS	Deep Learning Based Lumbar Spine Vertebrae Segmentation, Automated Measurements and Disorders Classification
16.	MS	Monocular Depth Perception Using Deep Learning
17.	MS	Accelerating Fingerprint Identification using FPGA for Large Scale Applications
18.	MS	Cervical Cancer Detection Using Deep Neural Networks and Ensemble of Decision Trees
19.	MS	Automatic Retinal Blood Vessels Segmentation with Lower Complexity
20.	MS	Minutiae Based Palm-print Matching Using Images from Ordinary Document Scanner
21.	MS	3D Airways Extraction of Lungs Using CT Scan Images
22.	MS	Fingerprint Matching Using Images Taken from Mobile Phone Camera
23.	MS	Finger Printing Technique for Communication Emitters
24.	MS	A Novel Classification Technique for Cancer Diagnostic Based on Microarray Gene Expression Profiling (MGEP)
25.	MS	Robust Vision-Based Target Tracking for Fast Moving Object
26.	MS	Classification of Premature Ventricular Contraction Using Wavelet Transform and Neural Networks
27.	PhD	Efficient Framework for Macroblock Prediction and Parallel Task Assignment in Video Coding
28.	PhD	3d Face Recognition Based on Pose and Expression Invariant Alignment
29.	PhD	Fast Video Encoding using Spatio-Temporal Features and Ensemble Classification
30.	PhD	Fingerprint Distortion Removal and Enhancement by Effective Use of Contextual Filtering
31.	PhD	A Combination of Linear and Quadratic TimeFrequency Techniques for Time-Varying Signals
32.	PhD	Cross-term Suppression in Wigner Distribution
33.	PhD	Towards Facial Asymmetry Based Face Recognition
34.	MS	Automatic Diagnostic System (ADS) Based on ECG Signal Analysis and Classification.
35.	MS	Cancer Diagnosis base on pattern classification of Microarray Gene Profiling (MGeP) Data.
36.	MS	Polar Binary Encoding of Iris Texture for Real Time Personal Identification.
37.	MS	Acoustic Context Recognition Using Image Processing Techniques on Time-frequency Images.
38.	MS	Robust Vision Based Target Tracking for Fast Moving Object.
39.	MS	Robust Iris Recognition Based on Efficient Local Binarization for Feature Extraction
40.	MS	Robust Palmprint Recognition by Edge Matching Using Oriented Hausdorff Similarity

SR.	JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	M. Ullah, I. A. Taj, and R. H. Raza, “Degradation model and attention guided distillation approach for low resolution face recognition,” Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 243, p. 122882, 2024.	2024
2	A. B. Mehmood, I. A. Taj, and M. Ghafoor, “Palmprint enhancement network (pen) for robust identification,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 83, no. 5, pp. 14449–14476, 2024.	2024
3	S. Batool, I. A. Taj, and M. Ghafoor, “Ejection fraction estimation from echocardiograms using optimal left ventricle feature extraction based on clinical methods,” Diagnostics, vol. 13, no. 13, p. 2155, 2023.	2023
4	A. B. Mehmood, I. A. Taj, and M. Ghafoor, “A minutiae selection algorithm (msa) for efficient palmprint matching using histograms of differences (hods),” Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 231, p. 120734, 2023.	2023
5	S. Kanwal and I. A. Taj, “Cvit-net: A conformer driven rgb-d salient object detector with operation-wise attention learning,” Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 225, p. 120075, 2023.	2023
6	R. F. Masood, I. A. Taj, M. B. Khan, M. A. Qureshi, and T. Hassan, “Deep learning based vertebral body segmentation with extraction of spinal measurements and disorder disease classification,” Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 71, p. 103230, 2022.	2022
7	I. A. Taj, M. Sajid, K. S. Karimov et al., “An ensemble framework based on deep cnns architecture for glaucoma classification using fundus photography.” Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 5321–5347, 2021.	2021
8	A. u. Rehman, N. Ali, I. A. Taj, M. Sajid, and K. S. Karimov, “An automatic mass screening system for cervical cancer detection based on convolutional neural network,” Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2020, no. 1, p. 4864835, 2020.	2020
9	M. Shafiq, I. A. Taj, M. Ghafoor, S. A. Tariq, A. Abbas, and A. Y. Zomaya, “Accelerating fingerprint identification using fpga for large-scale applications,” Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 141, pp. 35–48, 2020.	2020
10	M. Ghafoor, S. A. Tariq, I. A. Taj, N. M. Jafri, and T. Zia, “Robust palmprint identification using efficient enhancement and two-stage matching technique,” IET Image Processing, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 2333–2342, 2020.	2020
11	M. Tahir, I. A. Taj, P. A. Assuncao, and M. Asif, “Low complexity high efficiency coding of light fields using ensemble classifiers,” Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, vol. 66, p. 102742, 2020.	2020
12	M. Tahir, I. A. Taj, P. A. Assuncao, and M. Asif, “Fast video encoding based on random forests,” Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 1029–1049, 2020.	2020
13	M. Tahir, I. A. Taj, P. A. Assuncao, and M. Asif, “Low complexity high efficiency coding of light fields using ensemble classifiers,” Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, vol. 66, p. 102742, 2020.	2020
14	M. Ghafoor, S. A. Tariq, T. Zia, I. A. Taj, A. Abbas, A. Hassan, and A. Y. Zomaya, “Fingerprint identification with shallow multifeature view classifier,” IEEE transactions on cybernetics, vol. 51, no. 9, pp. 4515–4527, 2019.	2019
15	N. I. Ratyal, I. A. Taj, M. Sajid, N. Ali, A. Mahmood, and S. Razzaq, “Three-dimensional face recognition using variance-based registration and subject-specific descriptors,” International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, vol. 16, no. 3, p. 1729881419851716, 2019.	2019
16	N. Ratyal, I. A. Taj, M. Sajid, A. Mahmood, S. Razzaq, S. H. Dar, N. Ali, M. Usman, M. J. A. Baig, and U. Mussadiq, “Deeply learned pose invariant image analysis with applications in 3d face recognition,” Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2019, no. 1, p. 3547416, 2019.	2019
17	T. Zia, M. Ghafoor, S. A. Tariq, and I. A. Taj, “Robust fingerprint classification with bayesian convolutional networks,” IET Image Processing, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 1280–1288, 2019.	2019
18	N. I. Ratyal, I. A. Taj, M. Sajid, N. Ali, A. Mahmood, and S. Razzaq, “Three-dimensional face recognition using variance-based registration and subject-specific descriptors,” International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, vol. 16, no. 3, p. 1729881419851716, 2019.	2019
19	S. A. Tariq, S. Iqbal, M. Ghafoor, I. A. Taj, N. M. Jafri, S. Razzaq, and T. Zia, “Massively parallel palmprint identification system using gpu,” Cluster Computing, vol. 22, no. Suppl 3, pp. 7201–7216, 2019.	2019
20	M. Sajid, I. A. Taj, U. I. Bajwa, and N. I. Ratyal, “Facial asymmetry-based age group estimation: Role in recognizing age-separated face images,” Journal of forensic sciences, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 1727–1749, 2018.	2018
21	N. Ratyal, I. A. Taj, U. Bajwa, and M. Sajid, “Pose and expression invariant alignment based multi-view 3d face recognition,” KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS), vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 4903–4929, 2018.	2018
22	M. Asif, I. A. Taj, S. M. Ziauddin, M. B. Ahmad, M. Tahir, “An efficient framework for prediction parameters selection in advanced video coding,” IEEE Access, 2018.	2018
23	M. Ghafoor, S. Iqbal, S. A. Tariq, I. A. Taj, and N. M. Jafri, “Efficient fingerprint matching using gpu,” IET Image Processing, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 274–284, 2018.	2018
24	M. Asghar, I. Arshad, I. A. Taj, G. Raja, and A. K. Khan, “Palm and finger segmentation of high resolution images using hand shape and texture: Palm and finger segmentation of high resolution images using hand shape and texture,” Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: A. Physical and Computational Sciences, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 401–416, 2016.	2016
25	M. Asif, I. A. Taj, S. M. Ziauddin, M. B. Ahmad, and A. Raza, “An efficient inter prediction mode selection scheme for advanced video coding based on motion homogeneity and residual complexity,” IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 760–767, 2016.	2016
26	M. Ghafoor, I. A. Taj, and M. N. Jafri, “Fingerprint frequency normalisation and enhancement using two-dimensional short-time fourier transform analysis,” IET Computer Vision, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 806–816, 2016.	2016
27	M. Sajid, I. A. Taj, U. I. Bajwa, and N. I. Ratyal, “The role of facial asymmetry in recognizing age-separated face images,” Computers & Electrical Engineering, vol. 54, pp. 255–270, 2016.	2016
28	M. Asif, I. A. Taj, S. Ziauddin, M. B. Ahmad, and M. Tahir, “A hybrid scheme based on pipelining and multitasking in mobile application processors for advanced video coding,” Scientific Programming, vol. 2015, no. 1, p. 197843, 2015.	2015
29	N. I. Ratyal, I. A. Taj, U. I. Bajwa, and M. Sajid, “3d face recognition based on pose and expression invariant alignment,” Computers & Electrical Engineering, vol. 46, pp. 241–255, 2015.	2015
30	M. Ghafoor, I. A. Taj, W. Ahmad, and N. M. Jafri, “Efficient 2-fold contextual filtering approach for fingerprint enhancement,” IET Image Processing, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 417–425, 2014.	2014
31	U. I. Bajwa, I. A. Taj, M. W. Anwar, and X. Wang, “A multifaceted independent performance analysis of facial subspace recognition algorithms,” PloS one, vol. 8, no. 2, p. e56510, 2013.	2013
32	M. Ajab, I. A. Taj, I. Shafi, and S. Stankovic, “A new form of gabor wigner transform by adaptive thresholding in gabor transform and wigner distribution and the power of signal synthesis techniques to enhance the strengths of gwt,” Metrology and Measurement Systems, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 99–106, 2013.	2013
33	U. I. Bajwa, I. A. Taj, and M. W. Anwar, “A unified classifier for robust face recognition based on combining multiple subspace algorithms,” Optics Communications, vol. 285, no. 21-22, pp. 4324–4332, 2012.	2012
34	M. Ajab, I. A. Taj, and N. A. Khan, “Comparative analysis of variants of gabor-wigner transform for crossterm reduction,” Metrology and Measurement Systems, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 499–508, 2012.	2012
35	Q. Ahmed, A. Iqbal, I. A. Taj, and K. Ahmed, “Gasoline engine intake manifold leakage diagnosis/prognosis using hidden markov model,” Int. J. Innov. Comput. Inf. Control, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 4661–4674, 2012.	2012
36	N. A. Khan, I. A. Taj, M. N. Jaffri, and S. Ijaz, “Cross-term elimination in wigner distribution based on 2d signal processing techniques,” Signal Processing, vol. 91, no. 3, pp. 590–599, 2011.	2011
37	U. Bajwa, I. Taj, and Z. Bhatti, “A comprehensive comparative performance analysis of laplacianfaces and eigenfaces for face recognition,” The Imaging Science Journal, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 32–40, 2011.	2011
38	M. T. Ibrahim, M. A. Khan, K. S. Alimgeer, M. K. Khan, I. A. Taj, and L. Guan, “Velocity and pressure-based partitions of horizontal and vertical trajectories for on-line signature verification,” Pattern Recognition, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 2817–2832, 2010.	2010
39	I. Sajid, M. Ahmed, and I. Taj, “Time efficient face recognition using stable gram-schmidt orthonormalization,” Inter. Jour of Signal and Image Proc. and Pat, vol. 1, no. 2, 2009.	2009
40	I. A. Taj, P. Xie, K. Koyanagi, and T. Mishima, “Photorefractive four-wave mixing switches utilizing pockels effect-longitudinal and lateral switches,” Optical review, vol. 11, pp. 332–336, 2004.	2004
41	T. Mishima, P. Xie, K. Koyanagi, and I. A. Taj, “Demonstration of fast switching of photorefractive four-wave mixing via pockels effect,” Optics communications, vol. 225, no. 1-3, pp. 211–214, 2003.	2003
42	I. A. Taj, P. Xie, and T. Mishima, “Effect of the relative phase of grating components on the temporal behavior of photorefractive four-wave mixing,” JOSA B, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 1490–1496, 2001.	2001
43	P. Xie, I. A. Taj, and T. Mishima, “Reducing temporal fluctuation of signal intensity in optical wave mixing,” IEEE journal of quantum electronics, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 664–671, 2001.	2001
44	P. Xie, I. A. Taj, and T. Mishima, “Suppressing fluctuation of photorefractive output,” JOSA B, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 492–496, 2001.	2001
45	P. Xie, I. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Effect of thermal noise on temporal behaviour of photorefractive effect,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, (U.S.A.) Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 479-484, 2001.	2001
46	I. A. Taj, P. Xie, and T. Mishima, “Fast switching of photorefractive output by applied electric field,” Optics communications, vol. 187, no. 1-3, pp. 7–15, 2001.	2001
47	I. A. Taj, P. Xie, and T. Mishima, “Anomalous temporal behavior of photorefractive wave mixing owing to the existence of both positive and negative charge carriers,” JOSA B, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 1740–1748, 2000.	2000
48	I. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Simplified numerical solution and steady-state performance of orthogonally polarized four-wave mixing in a photorefractive medium,” JOSA B, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 924–931, 1999.	1999
49	I. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Orthogonally polarized FWM involving two non-coupling waves in PR medium,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (U.S.A.), Vol. 15, No. 7, pp. 2132-2142, 1998.	1998
50	I. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Relative phase between two components of index grating of orthogonally polarized pump FWM in BaTiO3 crystal,” The Trans. of IEICE C-I (Japan), Vol. J81-C-I, No. 6, pp. 376-378, 1998.	1998
51	S. Kanwal and I. A. Taj, “Incomplete RGB-D salient object detection: Conceal, correlate and fuse,” Pattern Recognition, vol. 155, no. 9, p. 110700, 2024.	2024
52	S. G. Bhatti, I. A. Taj, M. Ullah, and A. I. Bhatti, “Transformer-based models for intrapulse modulation recognition of radar waveforms,” Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 136, p. 108989, 2024.	2024
53	S. Batool, I. A. Taj, and M. Ghafoor, “EFNET: A multitask deep learning network for simultaneous quantification of left ventricle structure and function,” Physica Medica, vol. 125, p. 104505, 2024.	2024
54	Q. Arooj and I. A. Taj, “A hybrid multiport HVDC circuit breaker that improves interruption and reset time through shared energy dissipation and fault current regeneration,” Results in Engineering, vol. 23, no. 12 p. 102701, 2024.	2024
55	R. F. Masood and I. A. Taj, “Boosting the classification of complex large synoptic survey telescope (LSST) data,” UCP Journal of Engineering & Information Technology, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 18–23, 2024.	2024

SR.	CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	H. M. Lashari, M. Tahir, I. A. Taj, R. Nawaz, and R. F. Ahmad, “Scale invariant tracking of objects and occlusion detection in challenging thermal infrared sequences,” in 2023, 25th International Multitopic Conference (INMIC). IEEE, 2023, pp. 1–7.	2023
2	M. Ullah, A. Hamza, I. A. Taj, and M. Tahir, “Low resolution face recognition using enhanced srgan generated images,” in 2021 16th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET). IEEE, 2021, pp. 1–6.	2021
3	S. Imtiaz, I. A. Taj, and R. Nawaz, “Visible to thermal image synthesis using light weight pyramid network,” in 2021 16th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET). IEEE, 2021, pp. 1–5.	2021
4	N. I. Ratyal, I. A. Taj, U. I. Bajwa, M. Sajid, M. J. A. Baig, and F. M. Butt, “3d face recognition based on region ensemble and hybrid features,” in 2016 International Conference on Computing, Electronic and Electrical Engineering (ICE Cube). IEEE, 2016, pp. 294–300.	2016
5	M. Asif, I. A. Taj, S. Ziauddin, M. B. Ahmad, and M. Tahir, “An efficient scheme for intra prediction block size and mode selection in advanced video coding,” in 2015 13th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT). IEEE, 2015, pp. 211–215.	2015
6	M. Z. Baig, Y. Mehmood, E. Javed and I. A. Taj, “Exploiting GPU Parallel Processing for AFIS Performance Improvement,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering & Emerging Technologies (ICEET), Superior University, Lahore, PK, March, 2015.	2015
7	M. Asif, S. Majeed, I. A. Taj, M. B. Ahmed, and S. Ziauddin, “Exploiting mb level parallelism in h.264/avc encoder for multi-core platform,” in 2014 IEEE/ACS 11th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). IEEE, 2014, pp. 125–130.	2014
8	S. Kanwal, I. A. Taj and A. Farooq, “A Novel Classification Technique for Cancer Diagnostics based on Microarray Gene Expression Profiling (MGEP),” in Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Emerging Technologies ICET, IEEExplore, page 119-124, 2012.	2012
9	W. Ahmed, I. A. Taj, M. Ghafoor, and K. Shahzad, “Polar binary encoding of iris texture for real-time personal identification,” in 2012 International Conference on Emerging Technologies. IEEE, 2012, pp. 1–6.	2012
10	M. Ali, M. Ghafoor, I. A. Taj, and K. Hayat, “Palm print recognition using oriented hausdorff distance transform,” in 2011 Frontiers of Information Technology. IEEE, 2011, pp. 85–88.	2011
11	M. Ghafoor, U. I. Bajwa, and I. A. Taj, “Fuel nozzle spray pattern classifier,” in 2011 Frontiers of Information Technology. IEEE, 2011, pp. 303–307.	2011
12	M. Asif, M. Farooq, and I. A. Taj, “Optimized Implementation of Motion Compensation for H.264 Decoder,” 5th International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology (ICCIT2010) in Seoul, Korea, available at IEEExplore, Conference Proceedings ISBN: 978-1-4244-8567-3, pp. 216-221.	2010
13	N. A. Khan, I. A. Taj, and M. N. Jaffri, “Instantaneous frequency estimation using fractional fourier transform and wigner distribution,” in 2010 International Conference on Signal Acquisition and Processing. IEEE, 2010, pp. 319–321.	2010
14	D. Mirza, I. A. Taj, and A. Khalid, “A robust eyelid and eyelash removal method and a local binarization based feature extraction technique for iris recognition system,” in 2009 IEEE 13th International Multitopic Conference. IEEE, 2009, pp. 1–6.	2009
15	Z. E. Bhatti, U. I. Bajwa, and I. A. Taj, “Introducing set of internal parameters for laplacian faces to enhance performance under varying conditions,” in 2009 IEEE 13th International Multitopic Conference. IEEE, 2009, pp. 1–5.	2009
16	R. Mehmood, M. U. Ali, and I. A. Taj, “Applying centroid based adjustment to kernel based object tracking for improving localization,” in 2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies. IEEE, 2009, pp. 209–214.	2009
17	R. R. Sheikh and I. A. Taj, “Cardiac disorder diagnosis based on ECG segments analysis and classification,” in 2009 Third International Conference on Electrical Engineering. IEEE, 2009, pp. 1–6.	2009
18	I. Sajid, M. Ahmed, I. A. Taj, M. Humayun, and F. Hameed, “Design of high performance FPGA based face recognition system,” in Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium Proceedings, 2008, pp. 504–510.	2008
19	I. Sajid, M. Ahmed, and I. A. Taj, “Design and implementation of a face recognition system using fast PCA,” in International Symposium on Computer Science and its Applications. IEEE, 2008, pp. 126–130.	2008
20	M. T. Ibrahim, K. S. Alimgeer, M. A. Khan, and I. A. Taj, “Creation and selection of most stable discriminating features for on-line signature verification,” in 2007 International Conference on Machine Vision. IEEE, 2007, pp. 97–101.	2007
21	M. T. Ibrahim, I. A. Taj, and I. Ahmad, “A new algorithm for image classification and retrieval based on combination of principal component analysis and cross correlation,” pp: 62-63, Sept 7-8, 2006.	2006
22	M. T. Ibrahim, I. A. Taj, M. K. Khan, and M. A. Khan, “Fingerprint image enhancement using decimation free directional adaptive mean filtering,” in Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing: 5th Indian Conference, ICVGIP 2006, Madurai, India, December 13-16, 2006. Proceedings. Springer, 2006, pp. 950–961.	2006
23	Z. Ali, S. Hussain, and I. A. Taj, “Kernel based robust object tracking using model updates and gaussian pyramids,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Emerging Technologies, 2005. IEEE, 2005, pp. 144–150.	2005
24	N. B. Rais, M. S. Hanif, and I. A. Taj, “Adaptive thresholding technique for document image analysis,” in 8th International Multitopic Conference, 2004. Proceedings of INMIC 2004. IEEE, 2004, pp. 61–66.	2004
25	M. Tahir, A. Munawar, and I. A. Taj, “Efficient use of multipliers in microprocessor implementation of Hamming distance for binary sequence correlation,” in 2004 International Networking and Communication Conference. IEEE, 2004, pp. 132–135.	2004
26	T. Mishima, K. Koyanagi, P. Xie, and I. A. Taj, “Demonstration of fast switching scheme of photorefractive four-wave-mixing by Pockels effect,” in The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, vol. 2. IEEE, 2002, pp. 387–388.	2002
27	P. Xie, I. A. Taj, and T. Mishima, “Origin of temporal fluctuation in the photorefractive effect,” JOSA B, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 479–484, 2001.	2001
28	P. Xie, I. A. Taj, K. Koyanagi, and T. Mishima, “Suppressing temporal fluctuation of photorefractive output by illumination of an incoherent beam,” presented in Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials & Devices, 2000.	2000
29	I. A. Taj, P. Xie, K. Koyanagi, and T. Mishima, “Free-space optical switching of photorefractive output by moderate electric fields,” presented in Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials & Devices, 2000.	2000
30	I. A. Taj, P. Xie, and T. Mishima, “Multiple time constants in temporal behaviour of photorefractive wave mixing,” presented in Optics, 2000.	2000
31	I. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “3-D calculations of coupling coefficient including the elasto-optic properties of BaTiO₃ crystal,” Technical report of IEICE (Japan), OPE 98-152, pp. 43-48, 1999.	1999
32	I. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Controlling the direction of grating vector in cross-polarized FWM under phase matching condition,” 1997 IEICE General Conference, Kansai Univ., Suita, 1997.	1997

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