1st MiTE International Conference on
Evolving Technologies
in Computing (MICETC)
Welcome
Welcome to the 1st MiTE International Conference on Evolving Technologies in Computing (MICETC)! Join us for the event where experts, innovators, and industry leaders come together to explore the latest trends and advancements in computing technologies. Whether you’re attending in person or virtually, we’re excited to have you with us on one day conference on 18 Dec 2024.
About the Conference
Our mission is to bring together diverse voices to discuss the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of computing. The MICETC is an annual gathering of researchers, professionals and thought leaders in the computing industry. This conference offers an unparalleled opportunity for networking, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. Attendees will gain insights from keynote speakers and discover cutting-edge research.
The Founding Trustee of Millennium Institute of Technology & Entrepreneurship, Dr. Faisal Mushtaq is a former Minister for Education, and Human rights, Population & Social Welfare. He is a leading national academician, education reformer and a social entrepreneur. He is the Founder & Chairman of Pakistan's largest Education Group The Millennium Education, Pakistan. He has been conferred with the prestigious National Civil Award of 'Tamgha-i- Imtiaz, TI' by the President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan in recognition of his outstanding services in the field of education, youth development public sector. He is recognized as one of the 500 most influential Muslims of the world for the last three consecutive years. Faisal Mushtaq is also the founder and CEO of a non – profit organization 'Change in Education Foundation' working in support of 'Public Private Partnerships' across education and thus scaling Millennium Development Goals. Thus far, he has successfully reformed more than 250 government schools across various districts, provinces and rural communities in Pakistan. He has been conferred with an honorary Doctorate of Education degree by the leading global university, University of Hertfordshire, for his services to education in Pakistan.
Ambassador Mashood Khan is a President of the TMUC Higher Education Group. A distinguished diplomat, statesman, and intellectual. Ambassador Masood Khan has served as the former President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and Ambassador to China and the United States.
Prof. Dr. Huma Baqai, Rector of the Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship (MiTE) in Karachi, is a distinguished scholar, author, and educator with over 25 years of academic and professional experience. She previously served as an Associate Professor of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts at IBA Karachi and has made substantial contributions to teaching and research, including authoring three books. Dr. Baqai has published more than 40 research articles and book chapters in national and international forums.
Prof. Dr. Kamran Ahsan (a computer scientist), after completing his PhD from Stafforshire University, UK, with a vast experience of teaching and research projects, Dr Ahsan returned to Pakistan with the spirit to serve the country and its people. He is an avid researcher and takes highest level of responsibility in ensuring the integrity of the research process. Dr. Ahsan has one patent to his credit while 4 others are almost finishing the process. He is widely published for his research in the area of disaster and health management through mobile technology which particularly includes his work for the disabled. In the limited span of time he has earned great respect for his research, he has chaired several international conferences and worked on multiple funded projects. Currently serving as a Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, and Director of ORIC (Additional Charge) at MiTE (Millennium Institute of Technology & Entrepreneurship). He has served as the Director of Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) for a fairly long tenure in which he has initiated the entire department and its processes.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman obtained his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Kings College, University of Cambridge (1968). He has over 1559 international publications in several fields of organic chemistry (h index 76, citations 38,200) (
Chairperson, Sindh Higher Education Commission, Karachi
Prof. Dr Mansoor-uz-Zafar Dawood is an eminent scholar, Educationist, and for the last 7 years todate is the distinguished Vice Chancellor of the prestigious Ilma University (Formerly IBT) Karachi, Pakistan. Prof. Dr. Mansoor has almost 35 years’ experience in educational management and research in Pakistan, USA, and Saudi Arabia with more than 30 research publications. Prof. Dr Mansoor uz Zafar Dawood’s success path was plotted starting from his educational achievements. He attained the top position (First class First) in Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan and received prestigious King Faisal Foundation scholarship from Saudi Arabia for MS study in Computer Engineering from Wayne State University, USA. He completed his PhD in Information Technology from Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET) Jamshoro, Pakistan with the honor of being first Pakistani PhD in Information Technology from any Pakistani university. He served in various Universities in Saudi Arabia for around 15 years. Including KFUPM, , HAIL University, King Faisal University, and King Abdul Aziz University, North Jeddah campus Jeddah. He has been appointed at key positions as Dean and Rector in Pakistan, and Head of accreditation units for Computing and Engineering programs Accreditation with ABET-USA in King Faisal University, and King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia. Prof. Dr Mansoor uz Zafar Dawood cultivates an acute insight with a futuristic outlook into all paradigms of working to propel shifts in mindsets for the systemization and sustainability of pedagogies with a definitive applicability factor.
Prof. Dr. Syed Irfan Hyder's impressive credentials include an MS and PhD from the University of Texas, Austin, USA, as well as a BE from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, and an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi. With a wealth of academic experience and a strong background in Information Technology, he has held key roles including IT Consultant at Oxford University Press, Director at Software Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd., Deputy Director of Computer Studies at IBA, Vice President & Dean at PAF-KIET, and Rector at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM). He has also served as Vice Chancellor of Ziauddin University.
Prof. Dr. Tariq Rahim Soomro, Professor of Computer Science, and Rector at Institute of Business Management, has received BSc (Hons) and M.Sc degrees in Computer Science from University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan and his PhD in Computer Applications from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China and became the first Pakistani to receive all three degrees in the field of Computer Science. He has more than 29 years of extensive and diverse experience as an administrator, computer programmer, researcher, and teacher. As an administrator, He served as Coordinator, Head of Department, Head of Faculty, Dean of Faculty, Head of Academic Affairs and having wide experience in accreditation related matters, including ABET USA, HEC Pakistan, KHDA Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers. He has been a senior member of IEEE since 2005 and IEEE Member since 2000. He is currently serving as Chair IEEE Karachi Section and IEEE Computer Society R10 Southern Area Coordinator of Computer Society. He is member Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs by Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG) of ICANN, Member Editorial Board of several research Journals and also served as Technical Program Committee Member of several national and international conferences. He received the ISOC Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for the 68th Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Meeting. He is also the first Pakistani to became IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor (2021-2023) and also became the first and only Pakistani to be selected by the IEEE Computer Society to the ‘Inaugural Class of IEEE Computer Society' as Distinguished Contributor (2021) in the field of Computer Science.
Prof. Dr. Mbekezeli Sibahle Nxumalo is a Senior Lecturer at Rhodes University, South Africa, where he teaches Mathematics. He obtained his Doctoral Degree in Mathematics at the University of South Africa. His research interests are in Topology: General, Point-free and Categorical. He is currently supervising postgraduate students (Honours, Masters and PhD) at Rhodes University.
Prof. Dr. Manzoor Ahmed received the Ph.D. degree in communication and information systems from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, in 2015. From 1997 to 2000, he was a Lecturer with Balochistan Engineering University and a Telecomm Engineer with government-owned telecommunication service provider NTC, Pakistan, from 2000 to 2011. He was a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Electrical Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, China, from 2015 to 2018.
Dr. Jay Kumar is an Artificial Intelligence Scientist at Dalhousie University in Canada. He specializes in developing real-time AI solutions for Natural Language Processing (NLP) and geospatial trajectory data. Dr. Kumar has authored over 25 research publications in leading journals and conference venues. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
Dr. Umair Ali Khan holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology and a Master’s degree in Intelligent Transportation Systems from AAU, Austria. After completing his doctorate, he has worked in various academic and research roles across Austria, Germany, and Pakistan. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland, where his research focuses on AI applications, machine learning, natural language processing, and generative AI. Additionally, he serves as an AI Advisor for the Finnish AI Region (FAIR) project, contributing to technical assistance, AI roadmap design, and the development of prototypes and proof of concepts to facilitate business integration of AI. Besides this, he is also involved in several other EU projects focused on AI-based upskilling, enhancing knowledge management in businesses through AI, innovative uses of AI in education and public services, and promoting large-scale awareness and understanding of AI.
Dr. Ashir Javeed is working as research scientist at the department of Computer Science,
Dr. Muslim Jameel Syed is an Assistant Professor at Atlantic Technological University, Galway. He specializes in Responsible AI, Blockchain Technology and Compliance and regulations for emerging digital technologies. With a robust background as an academic and researcher, Dr. Syed provides expert opinions (as Expert witness ) in US legal cases, examines complex patent disputes, and advises on compliance for SMEs. Dr. Syed’s research focuses on helping governments, industries, and communities navigate AI risks while harnessing its benefits. He leads several research projects, and supervises 01 postdoctoral researcher and 06 PhD students.
Ms. Madia Safdar earned her B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering from COMSATS Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2011. She holds two M.Sc. degrees: one in Electronics and Communication Engineering from NUST Islamabad, Pakistan, and another in Power Systems and Automation from Aalto University, Finland. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Power System and Energy Engineering at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland.
Mr. Muhammad Iftikhar Umrani joined Walton Institute as a PhD research student as a part SFI (Science Foundation Ireland) CONNECT Project in February 2023. Before this, Iftikhar was working as a Lecturer in the department of Computer Science at SZABIST University Pakistan. 
Prof. Dr. Amir Mehmood is currently working as Dean faculty of Computing at Al-Kawthar University, Karachi. He has a total of more than 21 years of professional and teaching experience. He has done his PhD in Computer Science with specialization in Communication and Networks. He is also involved in various national and international research projects. His area of research is sensor networks applications, IoT, Digital Forensics and Cyber Security.
Dr. Wazir Ali is affiliated with department of Computer Science, Institute of Business Management (IoBM). He received his Ph.D degree from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Computer Science and Engineering and postdoctoral fellowship from the Turku University, Finland. He has outstanding research experience. His primary research interests include natural language processing, large language models. His research papers have been published in scientific journals and top Natural Language Processing (NLP) conferences including the Association of Computational Linguistics (ACL), Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC), and Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment and Social Media Analysis (WASSA). One of his paper was nominated for the best paper award in Student Research Workshop Associated with Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP-2021). He is a member of the Neural Network Society (NNS), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). Dr. Wazir Ali is serving as part of the scientific committee at WASSA and Insights (2022-2024) conferences. He is also serving as a reviewer of various scientific journals in the area of Natural Language Processing. He is founding director and CEO of SoloGen-AI Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Muhammad Rafi has received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from the FAST-Institute of Computer Science affiliated with the University of Karachi, Pakistan, in 1996 and 2000, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science, in 2017. He has more than ten years of experience in software development and is also a Consultant for the local software industry. His current research interests include algorithm development, machine learning, information retrieval, text/data mining, time series analysis, and natural language processing. He has published more than 35 jurnals with a combined impact of 43.5 He is currently a professor of computer science and leading AI & DS department at FAST NUCES Karachi Campus. He has received several research grants awards in innovating AI application for language and semantic processing. He served on a Judge and Technical Quality Review Team at many versions of IEEEXtreme Programming competitions and ICPC Programming. He served as a reviewer in various international journals of high impact.
Dr. M. Mujtaba Shaikh is currently pursuing his Post Doctoral Fellowship research at Air University, Islamabad awarded by Sindh Higher Education Commission (SHEC). He received his Ph.D. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Malaga, Spain, in 2017, M.S. in Telecommunication Engineering in 2006 from Usman Institute, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan and bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan, in 2001. From 2003 to 2008, he served as an Assistant Manager in Communication and Scada Department, Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC), Karachi. He worked at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology, Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan from 2008 to 2018.
Mr. Shakir Karim holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NU) and is awaiting his dissertation defense to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA). With over 20 years of academic experience, Mr. Karim is a distinguished educator, researcher, and counselor who has dedicated his career to developing talent in computer science and technology. His research interests span diverse fields, including crowdsourcing, information systems, artificial intelligence, semantic web, logic design, and data analytics.