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Dr. Ejaz Ahmad

Professor & Dean
HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
PhD. (CS) University Of Bedfordshire, UK (2011)
M.Sc (SE) Coventry University, UK (1995)
M.Phil Maths QAU, Islamabad (1993)
M.Sc  Maths, Punjab University, Lahore (1991)

Email

ejaz.ahmed@qu.edu.pk

Phone

04238336677

Introduction
Research & Publications

Dr. Ejaz Ahmad

Professor & Dean Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Dr. Ejaz Ahmed is working as a Dean and Professor, Faculty of Computer Science and
Information Technology (CS&IT) at Qarshi University Lahore. Prior to joining Qarshi
University, he was working as Associate Professor in National University of Computer &
Emerging Sciences, Islamabad Campus, and Assistant Professor in KFUPM Saudi Arabia. He
has extensive experience of Industry (IT, Enterprise, Manufacturing & Finance), worked in
Canada, UK and Saudi Arabia. His areas of research are Databases, Data Mining, Machine
Learning, Information Systems and Software Applications Architecture. His publications include
top high level international conferences, impact factor journals, industrial and research projects,
books, and teaching graduate and undergraduate computing courses. He has expert level
experience in developing, implementing many commercial software applications (ERP-Oracle/
SAP, Web) in enterprise domains of Financial & Taxation, Healthcare, Oil exploration and
Pharmaceutical. Recently, being IT Director/ Project Manager, he has developed the Student
Academic Record System, OBE for NUCES-FAST Islamabad.

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Ph.D (Computer Science), University of Bedfordshire, UK (2011)
  • M.Sc (Software Engineering), Coventry University, UK (1995)
  • M.Phil (Applied Maths), Quaid-E Azam University, Islamabad (1993)
  • M.Sc (Applied Maths), Punjab University, Lahore (1991)

EXPERIENCE:

  • Professor, Dean Faculty of Computing, Qarshi University, Lahore (Feb. 2022 – Present)
  • Associate Professor, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Computer Science
    Department, NUCES-FAST Islamabad (Aug.2012 -Jan. 2022)
  • Assistant Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi
    Arabia (Feb 2003 – Jun 2012)
  • Technical IT Consultant SAP/Oracle, Design & Development, GlaxoSmithKline, Mississauga,
    Canada (Jan 2002 – Jan 2003)
  • Senior Database Analyst, Delano Technology Corporation, Toronto, Canada (Jan 2000 – Jan
    2002)
  • Lecturer, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, NUCES-FAST Islamabad,
    Pakistan (Jan 1999 – Jan 2000)
  • Software Developer/ Analyst, Pakistan Revenue Automation (Pvt) Ltd – PRAL Software House,
    Islamabad, Pakistan (Jan 1997 – Dec 1998)

Research & Publications

Research Papers/ Conferences

[1] Wisal Khan, Cheng Zhang, Bin Luo, Teerath Kumar, Ejaz ahmed, Robust Partitioning Scheme for Accelerating SQL Database, Conference: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Emergency Science And Information Technology (ICESIT 2021), Chongqing China, November, 2021
[2] Ejaz Ahmed, Nik Bessis, Yong Yue, Peter Norrington “A Prototyping Development of ArabGRID Toolkit using MML-GSCATS Methodology”, 25th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2011), pp. 769-776, Singapore, 2011.
[3] Wisal Khan, Waqas Ahmed, Bin Luo, Ejaz Ahmed, “SQL Database with Physical database tuning technique and NoSQL graph database comparisons”, IEEE 3rd Information Technology, Networking, Electronic and Automation Control Conference, ISBN: 978-1-5386-6243-4, pp. 110-116, Chengdu China, Mar 15-17, 2019
[4] Ejaz Ahmed, Nik Bessis, Yong Yue, M. Sarfraz, “Data Mapping, Matching and Loading using Grid Services”, 24th AINA IEEE International Conference, Advanced Information Networking and Applications, pp. 1158-1164, Perth, Apr 20-23, Australia, 2010.
[5] Zubaida Rehman, Ejaz Ahmed, “Keyword Search on Form Results with Hybrid Approach”, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data Analysis (ICCCBDA 2016), Chengdu, China, July 5-7, 2016.
[6] Ejaz Ahmed, Nik Bessis, Yong Yue, “Customizing Interactive Patient’s Diagnosis User Interface”, The Third International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT), pp. 176-179, Turkey, 2010
[7] Ejaz Ahmed, Nik Bessis, Yong Yue, Mohammad Sarfraz, “Matching Multiple Elements in Grid Databases: A Practical Approach”, 2nd International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM IEEE 2008), pp. 757-762, London, UK, November 2008
[8] Ejaz Ahmed, Nik Bessis, Yong Yue, Des Stephens, Data Loading and Mapping using Staging DBMS in the Grid, 21st IEEE Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE, pp. 1887-1893, Ontario, Canada, May 2008.
[9] Ejaz Ahmed, Techniques for Customizing Patient’s Diagnosis User Interface, PubMed Journal, MedNet Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2006.
[10] Ejaz Ahmed, Kenneth Revett, Verification of data in staging schema, mapping between source tables and Materialized Views, pp. 200-204, EKDB&W EPIA, IEEE, Portuguese, 2005
[11] Ejaz Ahmed, Kenneth Revett, Utilizing Staging tables in Data Integration to load data into Materialized Views, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, CIS 2004, LNCS 3314, pp. 685-691, Shanghai, China, 2004.
[12] Ejaz Ahmed, Data Engineering-Data Warehouse and Data Mining, Special Databases-Chapter Presentation, Bahrain Conventional Center IEEE Conference, Bahrain, May 2003.
Journal Papers
[1] Muhammad Asif, Munam Ali Shah, Hasan Ali Khattak, Shafaq Mussadiq, Ejaz Ahmed, Mohamed Sharaf, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf, “Intracranial haemorrhage Detection Using Parallel Deep Convolutional Models and Boosting Mechanism”, Journal of Diagnostics, MDPI, ISSN: 2075-4418, Vol. 13(4), pp. 1-18, JCR IIF 4.129 (X), 9 February 2023
[2] Sheeba Razzaq, Amil Roohani Dar, Munam Ali Shah, Hasan Ali Khattak, Ejaz Ahmed, Ahmed El-Sherbeeny, Seongkwan Lee, Khaled Alkhaledi, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf, “Multi-Factors Rear-End Collision Avoidance in Connected Autonomous Vehicles”, Journal of Applied Sciences, MDPI, ISSN: 2076-3417, Vol. 12(3) 4164, applsci-1538076, pp. 1-18, JCR IIF 2.736 (X), January 2021
[3] Noor Ullah Khan, Munam Ali Shah, Carsten Maple, Ejaz Ahmed, Nabeel Asghar, “Traffic Flow Prediction: A Study on Forecasting Traffic Flow Using Air Pollution Data in Smart Cities With Bagging Ensemble”, Journal of Sustainability, MDPI, ISSN: 2071-1050, Vol. 14(7), pp. 1-23, JCR IIF 3.251 (W), March 2022
[4] Rabia Hassan, Waseem Shehzad, Ejaz Ahmed, Hasan Ali Khattak, Ahmed S AlGhamdi, Sultan S. Alshamrani, “Location-Dependent Query Processing: Semantic Cache for Real-time Smart City Analytics”, Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, ISSN: 1176-2322, Vol. 2021, Article ID 9958647, pp. 1-9, JCR IIF 1.951, December 2021
[5] Fatima Akhlaq, Waseem Shahzad, Ejaz Ahmed, Hasan Ali Khattak, “Enhanced Accuracy Emotion Intensities using Fuzzy AntMiner Algorithm”, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, ISSN: 2329-924X, pp. 1-12, JCR IIF 4.474 (X), Accepted, March 2022.
[6] Ejaz Ahmed, Maha Kaiser, Hasan Ali Khattak, Munam Ali Khan, “Evaluating and Managing Heart Failure Disease Progression”, Journal of Diagnostics, MDPI, ISSN: 2075-4418, Vol. 14(7), pp. 1-9, JCR IIF 4.129 (X), September 2022
[7] Ejaz Ahmed, Sumbal Ashraf, Waseem Shahzad, “An Effective Way to Enhance Classifications of the Semi-Structured Research Articles”, Journal of Information and Communication Technology (USJICT), HEC-X, ISSN: 2523-1235, Vol. 4(1), pp. 17-23, 25 March 2020.
[8] Ejaz Ahmed, Nik Bessis, Peter Norrington, Yong Yue, “Data Integration: The Method of Data Mapping, Matching and Loading Grid Staging Catalogue”, International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), CRL-Tech Science Press, ISSN: 0267-6192, ISI Indexed JIF: 4.397, pp. 303-317, Volume 27, 2012.
[9] Ejaz Ahmed, Nik Bessis, Waseem Shahzad, “Data Matching: An Algorithm for Detecting and Resolving Anomalies in Data Federation”, Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research (JBASR) Indexed in Copernicus, JIF: 0.483, Vol. 6(6), pp. 21-31, June 2016 (HEC policy before 2018).
[10] Ejaz Ahmed, Waseem Shahzad, “Severity & Validations of Erosion between the Planned & Implemented Architectures”, Journal of Independent Studies and Research on Computing (JISR), HEC Recognized, Vol. 6(6), ISI Indexed JIF: 0.483, June 2016 (HEC policy before 2018).
[11] Waseem Shahzad, Ahsan Yawar, Ejaz Ahmed, “Drug Design and Discovery using Differential Evolution”, Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences (JAEBS), ISSN: 2090-4274, Vol. 6(12), pp. 16-26, ISI Indexed, JIF: 1.72, December 2016 (HEC policy before 2018).
[12] Ejaz Ahmed, Nik Bessis, Yong Yue, Peter Norrington, “Managing Inconsistencies in Data Grid Environments: A Practical Approach”, International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing (IJGHPC), IGI-Global Publisher, vol. 2(4), ISSN 1938-0259, JCR IIF 0.55 (Y), ACM Digital Library, SCOPUS, INSPEC, pp. 51-64, ISI Indexed, 2011 (HEC policy before 2018).
[13] Saba Luqman, Ejaz Ahmed, “Systematic Mapping: Database Tuning Progress in a Decade”, Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research (JBASR), ISSN: 2090-424x, Indexed in Copernicus, JIF: 0.483, Vol. 6(11), pp. 15-25, December 2016 (HEC policy before 2018).
[14] Rizwan Mehmood, Waseem Shahzad, Ejaz Ahmed, “Maximum Relevancy Minimum Redundancy Based Feature Subset Selection using Ant Colony Optimization”,  Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences (JAEBS), ISSN: 2090-4274, Vol. 7(4), ISI Indexed, JIF: 1.72, pp. 118-130, April 2017 (HEC policy before 2018).
[15] Waseem Shahzad, Qamar Rehman, Ejaz Ahmed, “Missing Data Imputation using Genetic Algorithm for Supervised Learning”, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Application (IJACSA), ISI Indexed, ISSN: 2156-5570, Vol. 8(3), pp. 438-445, JIF: 0.53, February 2017 (HEC policy before 2018).
[16] Wisal Khan, Ejaz Ahmed, Waseem Shahzad, “Predictive Performance Comparison Analysis of Relational & NoSQL Graph Databases”, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Application (IJACSA), ISI Indexed, ISSN: 2156-5570, Vol. 8(5), pp. 523-530, JIF: 0.53, May 2017. (HEC policy before 2018).