DR SYED ABBAS ALI

Teaching Experience

• Having 22 years teaching experience at Pakistan’s well renowned and Top Ranked Engineering University, N.E.D University of Engg. & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.
  Teach Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Security and communication related subject at UG and PG students of Department of Computer & Information Systems Engineering:
   Machine Learning Algorithms (PG)  Artificial Intelligence (UG)  Cyber Security (PG)  Signals and Systems (UG)  Communication Systems (UG)  Pattern Recognition (PG)  Automatic Speech Recognition (PG)  Data Analytics (PG)

  Professor, Department of Computer & Information Systems Engineering
  N.E.D University of Engineering & Technology Karachi
  August, 2020 to till

  Associate Professor, Department of Computer & Information Systems Engineering,
  N.E.D University of Engineering & Technology Karachi
  MARCH 2018 TO JUL 2020

  Associate Professor, Department of Computer & Information Systems Engineering,
  N.E.D University of Engineering & Technology Karachi
  AUGUST 2015 TO FEBRUARY 2018

  Research Scholar, Department of Computer Science & Information Technology
  N.E.D University of Engineering & Technology Karachi
  JUNE 2010 TO JULY 2015

  Assistant Professor, Department of Computer & Information Systems Engineering
  N.E.D University of Engineering & Technology Karachi
  MAY 2005 TO JUNE 2010

  Lecturer, Department of Computer & Information Systems Engineering
  N.E.D University of Engineering & Technology Karachi
  OCTOBER 2000 TO MAY 2005

Industory Experience

• TAC Engineer (Trainee)
  Cybernet Internet Services, Karachi | Oct, 2015 to March, 2016

Administrative Positions

• Class Advisor /CS&IT Department TIEST - A Constituent College of NED UNIVERSITY
  October 2019 to Present

  Member, BoR (DL) – IT Department, NEDUET
  January 2020 to Present

  NCEAC Co-ordinator/ CS&IT Department TIEST - A Constituent College of NED UNIVERSITY
  April 2022 to Present

  FYP Supervisor / CS&IT Department TIEST - A Constituent College of NED UNIVERSITY
  October 2022 to Present

  Career Counselor / CS&IT Department TIEST - A Constituent College of NED UNIVERSITY
  October 2019 to Present

  Faculty Coordinator for Co-Curricular Activities/ CS&IT Department TIEST - A Constituent College of NED UNIVERSITY
  October 2019 to Present

  Internship Coordinator (TIEST) - DIL Department / CS&IT Department TIEST - A Constituent College of NED UNIVERSITY
  January 2021 to June 2022

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Skills

• • Eager to learn new concepts, skilled at communicating ideas clearly and effectively.
  • Having reasonable expertise in understanding and developing mathematical framework for pattern recognition problem.
  • Having good research project initialization and team management expertise.
  • Machine Learning Tools: Proficient in use of various vendor tools including Weka, Tensor Flow, PRAAT, MATLAB and Statistical Tools.
  • Programming Language: Able to work with C++ and Python.
  • User knowledge of Windows, office productivity software packages (MS Office/ LaTeX etc.).
  • Languages: English (fluent), Urdu (Native).
  • Data Analytics Tools: Proficient in use of various vendor tools including Microsoft Power BI, SPSS, Rapid Miner and Tableau.

Professional Affiliation

ACHIEVEMENTS, MEMBERSHIPS & HONORS

Research Interest

1. Robust Speech Recognition
2. Speech Emotion Recognition
3. Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition
4. Health Sciences
5. Cognitive Sciences

Research Grant

1. 2023-2025
   Supervisor (PhD Research Project) for PhD research project MoST Funding recommended by MoST Endowment Fund Committee with a total funding of Rs 06 Million. (Jan 2023- Jan 2025)

2. 2018-2021
   Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) for Internet Security lab which is part of National Centre for Cyber Security (NCCS) established by Planning Commission of Pakistan and HEC Pakistan as a cluster of six Pakistani Universities with a total funding of Rs 118 Million. (June2018- June2021)

3. 2016-2017
   Principal Investigator (PI) National ICT R&D Research Funding (Sept 2016) Department of Computer & Information Systems Engineering. N.E.D University. Pakistan. “Real time Languages Identification Using Machine Learning”.