Rizwan Ahmed Khan (PhD) (2025)

Prof. Dr. Rizwan Ahmed Khan

Incoming Professor at IBA, Karachi | AI for Humanity Advocate | Erasmus Mundus Scholar | Award-Winning AI Researcher | Passionate about Responsible AI & Machine Learning (HEC Approved PhD /MS /M.Phil Supervisor)

Best University Teacher (Salim Habib University) for the year 2022 [Video][Poster]
Shortlisted by HEC for the award of National-Level Best University Teacher (2022)

Research fellow / LIRIS UMR 5205 CNRS , Université De Lyon, France.

Research profiles

Collection of demo videos of research / talks / achievements on Youtube

My lectures on "Machine Learning" : playlist

Registration and Affiliations

- Accreditation by French Ministry of Higher Education (Ministere del’Enseignement sup´erieur, de la Recherche et de l’Innovation) for Associate Professor position (CNU - Conseil National des Universites - Section 27) in French national / public sector universities.

- Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan approved PhD/MS/M.Phil supervisor.

- Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Professional Engineer (Life time member).

Short Bio

April 2025 - : Professor - Department of Computer Science, School of Mathematics and Computer Science (SMCS). Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, Pakistan.

- Jan 2025 - Feb 2025 : Invited Professor / Researcher
  - - University: Université Jean Monnet, France
    - Teaching / Research Seminar: Master Erasmus Mundus - Master of Science in Imaging and Light in Extended Reality (IMLEX) international students. [Cohort Image]

- Sept 2023 - Oct 2023 : Invited Professor / Researcher
  - - University: Université Jean Monnet, France
    - Lab: Laboratoire Hubert Curien- UMR 5516 CNRS
    - Teaching: Computer Vision to Master Erasmus Mundus - Photonics for Security Reliability and Safety (PSRS) international students. [Cohort Image]

- Sept 2022 - Oct 2022 : Invited Professor / Researcher
  - - University: Université Jean Monnet, France
    - Lab: Laboratoire Hubert Curien- UMR 5516 CNRS
    - Teaching: Computer Vision to Master Erasmus Mundus - Photonics for Security Reliability and Safety (PSRS) international students. [Cohort Image]
    - Research: Explainable AI (XAI) for Medical Imaging.

2019 - March 2025: Professor / Dean, Faculty of Information Technology at Salim Habib University (formerly Barrett Hodgson University), Pakistan. Following are the key leadership, mentorship, and academic contributions, reflecting my commitment to excellence in education:
- - - Initiated Department with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) NOC: Successfully established a new department, obtaining the Higher Education Commission’s No Objection Certificate (NOC).
    - Accreditation: Under my leadership, the BS Computer Science program achieved accreditation from the National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC).
    - Team Building: Assembled a high-quality team despite constraints, ensuring the department’s strong foundation.
    - Student Enrollment: Achieved maximum student enrollment as set by the National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC) during my tenure as Dean of Faculty.
    - Faculty Development in Research: Being head of “visual analytics research group” mentored faculty members in research, leading to their first journal publications.
    - Recognition: Received the Best University Teacher Award in 2023, honoring my dedication to teaching. Courses taught:
      - Machine Learning [Course homepage]
        Computer Vision [Course homepage]
        Introduction to ICT
        Programming Fundamentals
    - Member of the following statutory bodies: Board of study, Board of Faculty and Academic Council. I am also faculty head of accreditation committee.
    - Academia-Industry liaison: Established an Industrial Advisory Board (IAB), successfully bringing various industry leaders to the university platform to enhance academia-industry collaboration.

2017 - 2019: Associate Professor / Interim Dean, Faculty of Information Technology at Salim Habib University (formerly Barrett Hodgson University), Pakistan.

June 2016: Visiting researcher at Norwegian Colour and Visual Computing Laboratory, Faculty of Computer Science and Media Technology, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway.
- - - Project: IQ-MED: Image Quality enhancement in MEDical diagnosis, monitoring and treatment, the core concept of the project is anomaly detection in medical images, leading to improvement in wireless capsule endoscopy system.

- Feb 2015 - April 2016: Postdoctoral research fellow @ LIRIS, Universite de Lyon, France.
  - - Project: The goal of the project is to create an immersive gaming environment for Tablet PCs specifically for children.
    - Academic partner: XLIM
    - Industrial partners: KD-Group, SolidAnim
    - New: demo video with adult face (children face database has privacy issues)
    - Link to my web-page on LIRIS site [link]

- Dec 2013 - Dec 2014: Postdoctoral research fellow @ Laboratory LabexIMU Lyon, France.
  - - Project: The targeted application concerns the automated analysis of first person-view image sequences acquired using a mobile camera (glasses) endowed with an eye-tracking system. The general goal being full scene labeling / parsing while specific goal is detection and recognition of various focused scene elements.
    - Link to my web-page on LIRIS site [link]

- 2010 - 2013: PhD Scholar at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
  - - Title: Expression recognition from videos in uncontrolled environment [Manuscript Pdf] [News case]
    - Lab: Laboratory LIRIS, team SAARA
    - Supervisors: Prof. Saida (LIRIS), Prof. Alexandre (LIRIS) and Prof.Hubert (Laboratoire Hubert Curien)
    - Financial support provided by the Région Rhone-Alpes, France
    - Link to my web-page on LIRIS site [link]

- 2008 - 2010: Master Erasmus Mundus (Color in Informatics and Media Technology (CIMET)) (now Computational Colour and Spectral Imaging (COSI))
  - - Studied at: Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France and Gjovik University College (Norway)
    - Thesis: Analyzing the contribution of blur/sharp aspects in the saliency analysis of color images.
    - Lab: Laboratoire Hubert Curien- UMR 5516 CNRS

- 2003 - 2005: Masters in Computer Engineering
  - - Studied at: National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan

Certificates

- - Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management by Darden School of Business, University of Virginia on Coursera. Certificate earned on November 6, 2016.

Awards & Honors

- Meharan University of Engineering and Technology [MUET] - Alumni Achievement Announcement
- Best University Teacher 2022 (Salim Habib University) for the year 2022 [Video][Poster]
- Best Researcher Award 2021, Salim Habib University, Karachi [Event Image].
- Our paper received Best Paper award in IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and EXPO Asia-Pacific, Korea 2019. [Best Paper Award]
- Our paper received Best Paper award in International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, ICMI 2017, Glasgow, Scotland. [View certificate].
- 2016 Invited as visiting researcher at Norwegian Colour and Visual Computing Laboratory, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.
- 2013 - 2015 Awarded certificate in recognition of services to Erasmus Mundus Association [certificate-IA] [certificate-PR].
- 2010 - 2013 PhD fellowship from Region Rhone-Alpes, France.
- 2008 - 2010 European Commission Erasmus Mundus (now Erasmus+) scholarship for Masters degree.

Reviewer / TPC member / Editor / MemberShip(s)

Editor

1. MDPI : Electronics (Special issue editor) - "Computer Vision Imaging Technology and Application", 20 June 2023
2. MDPI : Electronics - Topics board member
3. International Journal of Advances in Signal and Image Sciences

Journal Reviewer (Selected list)

1. IEEE Access
2. Springer: Neuroinformatics
3. MDPI : Electronics [Reviewer certificate]
4. MDPI : Journal of Imaging [Reviewer certificate]
5. Elsevier : Biomedical Signal Processing and Control [Reviewer Certificate]
6. Elsevier : Knowledge-Based Systems [Reviewer Certificate]
7. Springer : SN Applied Sciences
8. Elsevier : Computers in Biology and Medicine [Review certificate]
9. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
10. Taylor & Francis : Network: Computation in Neural Systems
11. Journal of Artificial Intelligence & Data Mining
12. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
13. MDPI : Symmetry [Reviewer Certificate]
14. Springer International Journal of Automation and Computing
15. Springer Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces

Conference Technical Program Committee Member (Selected list)

1. International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), Washington, USA 2019.
2. International Conference on Computational Sciences and Technologies, Pakistan 2019.
3. International Conference on Big Data and Cybersecurity Intelligence, Lebanon 2018.
4. International Multi Topic Conference 2018 (IMTIC), Pakistan 2018.
5. International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet based Systems (SITIS 2016), Naples, Italy.
6. International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2016), Jordan.
7. International Workshop on Movement and Computing (MOCO'15) , Vancouver, Canada.
8. International Multi Topic Conference 2015 (IMTIC '15), Pakistan.
9. International Conference on Signal, Image, Vision and their Applications 2015 (SIVA 2015), Algeria.

PhD Evaluator

1. PhD thesis external evaluator for NUST, Pakistan (2022) [Dr. Sidra Ejaz].
2. PhD thesis foreign evaluator for NUST, Pakistan (2016) [Dr. Shafaq Mussadiq].

Masters Thesis External Evaluator

1. Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi - The School of Mathematics and Computer Science (SMCS), Pakistan (2023 - current)
2. FAST - National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan (2019 - Current)
3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, Pakistan (2019 - 2022)
4. Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan (2021- 2022)

Masters Thesis External Supervisor

NUST, EME College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (2017-2022)

Faculty Selection Board (hiring) Subject Expert

DHA Suffa University, Karachi, Pakistan (2022)
University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan (2022) (Posts of Associate Professor and Professor)

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