Dr. Nayyer Masood

PROFESSOR

nayyer@cust.edu.pk

+92-51-111-555-666

PROFILE SUMMARY

Nayyer Masood has been teaching at university level for more than 25 years. He started his career from Bahauddin Zakariay Unviersity, Multan and is among the pioneer teachers of the department. He played pivotal role in initiating different programs in the Department of Computer Science at the BZU Multan. Later he did his PhD from University of Bradford, UK and rejoined BZU Multan. Meanwhile he also served at different universities or degree awarding institutes like Barani Institute of Information Technology, Rawalpindi and COMSATS Wah. Later he served at Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad as Associate Professor and Head of Computer Science Department. for more than eight years. Currently he is serving as HoD Computer Science at Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad. He is mainly involved in teaching Database related courses.

QUALIFICATION
PhD	Computer Science	University of Bradford, UK	1999
MSc	Computer Science	Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad	1988
BSc	Maths A & B, Stat	Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan	1985

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	Since – 2015
Associate Professor	Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad	2007 – 2015
Associate Professor	Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan	2005 – 2007
Associate Professor	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Campus	2003 – 2005
Assistant Professor	Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan	2000 – 2003
Associate Professor	Barani Institute of Information Technology, Rawalpindi	1999 – 2000
Lecturer/Assistant Professor	Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan	1988 – 1999

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Head of Department	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	Since 2015
Head of Department	Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad	2007 – 2015
Head of Department	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Campus	2003 – 2005
Director	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Campus	2005 – 2005
Head of Department	Barani Institute of Information Technology, Rawalpindi	2000 – 2001

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Professional Member	ACM (No:1645200)

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS

1. Multidatabase Systems
2. Schema Translation
3. Schema Evolution
4. Schema Integration
5. Data Integration
6. Data Mining

RESEARCH SUPERVISION
1.	PhD	A Framework for Mining Emerging Trends in Web Clickstreams with Particle Swarm Optimization
2.	PhD	Predicting Scientific Impact of Authors
3.	PhD	Significance of Trend in Scientific Research (under progress)
4.	PhD	Twitter Sentiment Analysis using Machine Learning based Approach with PoS Features (under progress)
5.	PhD	Offensive language detection framework for Urdu language using textual and graph-based approaches (under progress)
6.	MS	Handling Class Imbalance Data using Class Label Prediction
7.	MS	Student Performance Prediction By Using Cluster Analysis
8.	MS	An Analysis of Students’ Response on Virtual Learning Environment Adopted due to COVID-19 (under progress)
9.	MS	Schema Extraction and Integration of Tabular Data from Multiple Web Sources
10.	MS	Schema Merging based on Contextual Schema Matching
11.	MS	Student Retention in Higher Learning Institutions
12.	MS	Schema Extraction of Linked Web Tables
13.	MS	Student Performance Prediction and Teacher Recommender System
14.	MS	Schema Extraction and Integration of List Data from Multiple Web Sources

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1.	Zafar, L., Masood, N., “Impact of Field of Study Trend on Scientific Articles”, IEEE Access, July 2020 (IF = 4.6)
2.	Ayyaz, S., Masood, N., ”Comparison of Researchers’ Impact Indices”, PLoS ONE 15(5): e0233765. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233765, May, 2020 (IF=2.77)
3.	Maqsood, S., Islam. M.A., Afzal, T.A., Masood, N., ” A comprehensive author ranking evaluation of network and bibliographic indices”, Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, ISSN 1394-6234, 25(1), pp 31-45, April 2020. (IF = 0.85)
4.	Shaukat, K., Masood, N., Khushi, M., “A Novel Approach of Data Extraction on Hyperlinked Webpages”, Appl. Sci., 9(23), November 2019, (IF = 2.22)
5.	Jabeen, G., Masood, N., Ping, L., “Implementation of tuned schema merging (TuSMe) approach”, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (HEC Recognized in ‘X’ Category), 37(4), October 2018
6.	Munir, A., Elahi, S., Masood, N., “Clustering Based Drug-Drug Interaction Networks and Possible Drugs Repositioning against EGFR Mutations”, Accepted in Journal of Computational Biology and Chemistry, 75, pp 24-31, August 2018 , (IF= 1.4)
7.	Ayyaz, S., Masood, N., Islam, A., ” Predicting Scientific Impact Based on h-index”, Scientometrics (IF = 2.084) , (Article in Press)2017
8.	Masood, N., Bibi, A., Islam, A, “Schema Integration of Web Tables (SIWeT)”, Sukkur IBA Journal of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (SJCMS), (Article in Press)No: 2, 2017
9.	K. Shaukat, N. Masood, S. Mehreen, “”Dengue Fever Prediction: A Data Mining Problem””, J Data Mining Genomics Proteomics, No: 3, 2015
10.	N. Masood, “A Schema Comparison Approach to Determine Semantic Similarity among Schema Elements” Information Technology Journal, 2004
11.	N. Masood, “Shallow and Deep Semantic Similarity among Schema Elements”, J. Research (Sc.), No: 2, Pages: 213-223, 2003
12.	N. Masood, B. Eaglestone, “Component and Federation Concept Models in a Federated Database System”, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, No: 2, Pages: 47-57, 2003
13.	N. Masood, “Semantic Heterogeneities: An Impedance to the Interoperability among Databases”, Karachi University Journal of Science, University of Karachi, Pages: 79-92, 2001
14.	N. Masood, “Schema Interpretation”, Gomal University Journal of Research, Pages: 117-130, 1999

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
1.	Shaukat, K., Tariq, T., Junaid, A., Mehmood, K., Aizaz, A., Masood, N, “KSD an Efficient Algorithm for Association Rule Mining”, SAI Computing Conference , 2017
2.	Shaukat, K., Masood, N., Mehreen, S., Haider, F., Bakar, A, “Population of Data in Web-Tables Schema”, 9th INMIC Conference, 2016
3.	N. Masood, N. Andleeb, “A Taxonomy of Changes in Schema Evolution”, IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Technologies, 2014
4.	G. A. Mirza, N. Masood, S. Asghar, “Formal Representation and Resolution of Null Value Conflict in Database Integration”, 2nd IEEE Conference on Computer and Management, Pages: 1527-1533, 2012
5.	G. Jabeen, N. Masood, “Tuned Schema Merging (TuSMe)”, IEEE SKIMA 2011, 2011
6.	T. Hussain, S. Asghar, N. Masood, “Web Usage Mining: A Survey on Preprocessing of Web Log File”, IEEE ICIET, 2010
7.	A. Mirza, N. Masood, S. Asghar, “A Survey of Data Level Conflicts in Database Integration”, SKIMA 2010, 2010
8.	N. Masood, N. Zahra, “Generic Metadata Repository for a Data Warehouse”, IEEE 13th INMIC 2009, 2009
9.	N. Masood, O. Iqbal “Conceptual and Context based Combination of Schema Matchers”, IEEE-ICET08, 2008
10.	N. Masood, O. Iqbal, M. Iqbal, “Architecture of a Virtual Mass Storage System”, MASSG 06, 2006
11.	N. Masood, M. M. Junaid, M. F. Khan, O. Iqbal, M. Iqbal, “An Architectural Survey of Online Virtual Data Stores”, 1st International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Information Technology (INIT 05) in OIC states, 2005
12.	N. Masood, M. M. Junaid, M. F. Khan, “A Virtual Mass Storage System”, 2nd International Workshop on Frontiers of IT, 2004
13.	N. Masood, B. Eaglestone, “The Use of Ontologies for verifiable Information System Integration” , Proceedings of International EUOROVAV’99 Conference, 1999
14.	N. Masood, B. Eaglestone, “Semantics Based Schema Analysis”, Proceedings of 9th International Conference, DEXA’98, Pages: 80-89, 1998
15.	B. Eaglestone, N. Masood, “Schema Interpretation: An Aid to the Schema Analysis in Federated Database Design”, EFDBS’97, Proceedings of International CaiSE97 Workshop, Pages: 1-12, 1997

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