PROFILE SUMMARY

Dr. M. Masroor Ahmed received MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia, in 2006 and 2009, respectively. He joined academia in 2010 and has worked in various positions. He is currently working as Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad. He has participated in numerous research and industrial projects both as a researcher and as a team lead. He has published more than 25 research papers in renowned scientific journals and conferences. His research focuses on medical image processing, biometric systems, pattern recognition and computational optimization.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	Since – 2024
Associate Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	2020 – 2024
Assistant Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	2018 – 2020
Assistant Professor	University of Management & Technology (UMT), Lahore	2015 – 2018
Assistant Professor	Jubail University College, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	2013 – 2015
Assistant Professor	University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia	2010 – 2013

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Director IT	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	Since – 2023

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
AJSE	Reviewer Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering
IJASCA	Reviewer International Journal for Advances in Soft Computing and its Applications
IAEng	International Association of Engineers
SAIS	Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1.	Medical Image Processing
2.	Biometric Systems
3.	Pattern Recognition
4.	Computational Optimization and Scientific Visualization

RESEARCH SUPERVISION
1.	PhD	Co-Supervised One PhD Student in the area of Digital Image Watermarking
2.	MS	Co-Supervised two Master students in the area of Medical Image Processing and 3D Modeling and Simulation
3.	MS	Contrast Optimization By Region Adaptation (COBRA)
4.	MS	Transition from Traditional to Modern Cryptography: Quantum Key Distribution

SR.	JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	S. Mehrban, M. W. Nadeem, M. Hussain, M. M. Ahmed, O. Hakeem, S. Saqib, M. M. Kiah, F. Abbas, M. Hassan, and M. A. Khan, “Towards secure fintech: A survey, taxonomy, and open research challenges,” Ieee Access, vol. 8, pp. 23 391–23 406, 2020.	2020
2	M. Hussain, A. Zaidan, B. Zidan, S. Iqbal, M. Ahmed, O. S. Albahri, and A. S. Albahri, “Conceptual framework for the security of mobile health applications on android platform,” Telematics and Informatics, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1335–1354, 2018.	2018
3	M. M. Ahmed, M. S. Ahmed. “An Innovative Approach for Digital Image Contrast Optimization”, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics. (Under Review)	2017
4	M. M. Ahmed. Weighted Spatially Constrained Finite Mixture Model for Segmenting T1-Weighted Simulated Brain MRIs, Malaysia Journal of Computer Science, (Under Review)	2017
5	M. M. Ahmed, J. M. Zain, M. M. Ahmed, “Contrast Optimization by Region Adaptation (COBRA)” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (Under Review)	2017
6	M. M. Ahmed, “Extracting True Number of Clusters for Segmenting Grayscale Images”, Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering (AJSE), (Under Review)	2017
7	H. Tao, J. M. Zain, M. M. Ahmed, A. N. Abdalla, and W. Jing, “A wavelet-based particle swarm optimization algorithm for digital image watermarking,” Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 81–91, 2012.	2012
8	H. Tao, J. M. Zain, M. M. Ahmed, and A. N. Abdalla, “Digital image watermarking using learning vector quantization and hyperanalytic wavelet packet transform,” Scientific Research and Essays, vol. 7, no. 14, pp. 1531–1543, 2012.	2012
9	H. Tao, J. M. Zain, A. N. Abdalla, and M. M. Ahmed, “Hybrid particle swarm optimization for robust digital image watermarking,” Int J Phys Sci, vol. 6, no. 31, pp. 7222–7232, 2011.	2011
10	M. M. Ahmed, D. B. Mohamad, “Segmentation of Brain MRIs: A Review” International Journal of Advances in Soft Computing and Its Applications (IJASCA)	2011
11	M. M. Ahmed and D. B. Mohamad, “Segmentation of brain mr images for tumor extraction by combining kmeans clustering and perona-malik anisotropic diffusion model,” International Journal of Image Processing, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 27–34, 2008.	2008

SR.	CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	M. M. Ahmed, J. M. Zain, and M. Rana, “Context independent expectation maximization algorithm for segmentation of brain mr images,” in 2012 International Conference on Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies (ACSAT). IEEE, 2012, pp. 436–441.	2012
2	Ahmed, M. Mahmood, Zain, Jasni. Mohammd, Ahmed, M. Masroor. Nov 26-28, 2012 “A study on the validation of HE as a contrast enhancement technique.” International Conference on Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies (ACSAT 2012) article 130	2012
3	Ahmed, M. Mahmood, Zain, Jasni. Mohammd, Ahmed, M. Masroor. Dec 03-05, 2012 “Image partitioning methods in spatial and frequency domain.” International conference on computational science and information management (ICoCSIM 2012) 1:152-157	2012
4	H. Tao, J. Mohamad Zain, M. M. Ahmed, and A. Abdalla, “Geometrically invariant watermarking based on local generalized orthogonalized complex moments,” in Software Engineering and Computer Systems: Second International Conference, ICSECS 2011, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia, June 27-29, 2011, Proceedings, Part I 2. Springer, 2011, pp. 600–611.	2011
5	S. Khatun, K. F. Rabbi, C. Y. Yaakub, M. F. Klaib, and M. M. Ahmed, “Ps2way: an efficient pairwise search approach for test data generation,” in Software Engineering and Computer Systems: Second International Conference, ICSECS 2011, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia, June 27-29, 2011, Proceedings, Part III 2. Springer, 2011, pp. 99–108.	2011
6	M. M. Ahmed, D. B. Mohamad, and M. S. Khalil, “Segmentation and validation of anatomical structures in t1-weighted normal brain mr images by calculating area of the segmented regions.”	2009
7	M. M. Ahmed, D. B. Mohamad, and M. S. Khalil, “A hybrid approach for segmenting and validating t1-weighted normal brain mr images by employing acm and ann,” in 2009 International Conference of Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition. IEEE, 2009, pp. 239–244.	2009
8	M. M. Ahmed, D. B. Mohamad “A Statistical Method for Segmentation of Brain MR Images” Post Graduate Annual Research Seminar (PARS), 2009. Faculty of Computer Science & Information System, University Technology Malaysia.	2009
9	M. M. Ahmed, D. B. Mohamad, “Tissues Segmentation of Brain MR Images by Utilizing Artificial Neural Network” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology and Systems. ICTS August 5, 2008, Surabaya – Indonesia. Volume 1, Number 1.	2008
10	D. D. Muhammad, M. S. Khalil, and M. M. Ahmed, “Extracting fingerprint local features,” in Proceedings of The 4th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology and Systems, vol. 1, 2008, p. 1.	2008
11	M. M. Ahmed, D. B. Mohamad “An Un-Supervised Segmentation Technique for Brain MR Images” Post Graduate Annual Research Seminar (PARS), 2008. Faculty of Computer Science & Information System, University Technology Malaysia.	2008
12	M. M. Ahmed, A. M. B. Ahmed “A Survey on State of the Art Speech Processing Techniques” Post Graduate Annual Research Seminar (PARS), 2005. Faculty of Computer Science & Information System, University Technology Malaysia.	2005
13	M. M. Ahmed, A. M. B. Ahmed, “Speech Recognition for Physically Disabled”, 2nd National Conference on Computer Graphics and Multimedia, ESSET, Selangor, Malaysia 8 – 10 Dec, 2004.	2004