Schedule
2013
Saturday, December 14th
9:00 AM

Conference Program Schedule

Institute of Business Administration

9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
12:00 PM

Keynote Session – I: Mining social media and online resources: challenges & opportunities

Dr. Samhaa R. El-Beltagy, Nile University, Egypt

Auditorium

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM

Keynote Session – I: Transformation of Malaysia through ICT development

Dr. Wan Rozaini Sheik Osman

Auditorium

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Keynote Session – I: Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): how to create the entire world into peace

Dr. Nasrullah Memon, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Auditorium

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM

Keynote Session – I: Non-invasive estimation of fractional flow reserve: integrating computed tomography angiography analysis and computational fluid dynamics simulations

Dr. Panos Liatsis, City University London, United Kingdom

Auditorium

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
3:00 PM

ICT & Society I: Community health information system focusing Pakistan

Adnan Ahmed Siddiqui, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan
Muhammad Raza-us- Samad, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan
Farhan Ahmed Siddiqui, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Zubair Ahmed Shaikh, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Room M2

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Intelligent Systems – I: Design and comparison of type-1 and interval type-2 fuzzy gain scheduling controllers for ball and beam system

Umar Farooq, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
Jason Gu, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada

Room M1

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Invited Speakers: Session I: ICT in Pakistani academia: creating high impact open source based learning management systems

Dr. Athar Mahboob, DHA Suffa University, Karachi

Auditorium

3:00 PM - 3:25 PM
3:25 PM

Invited Speakers: Session I: Cyberwar: concepts and trends

Dr. Jawwad Shamsi, NU-FAST, Karachi

Auditorium

3:25 PM - 3:50 PM
3:30 PM

ICT & Society I: A proposed model of a color harmonizer application

Reema Qaiser Khan, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan
Wafa Qaiser Khan, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan
Majid Kaleem, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan
Ali Ahmed, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan

Room M2

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Intelligent Systems – I: Using predictive analytics to forecast drone attacks in Pakistan

Uzma Afzal, Federal Urdu University of Arts Science & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Tariq Mahmood, PAF - Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

Room M1

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:50 PM

Invited Speakers: Session I: Sparse interconnection topologies for Fault-Tolerant Neural models of parallel multiassociative and multidirectional memories

Dr. A. Aziz Bhatti, UMT School of Science & Technology, Lahore

Auditorium

3:50 PM - 4:15 PM
4:00 PM

ICT & Society I: Impact of automated short-answer marking on students' learning: IndusMarker, a case study

Raheel Siddiqi, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

Room M2

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Intelligent Systems – I: Real time finger counting and virtual drawing using color detection and shape recognition

Ghous Buksh Narejo, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Shahyan Pervez Bharucha, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

Room M1

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:15 PM

Invited Speakers: Session I: Delay/disruption tolerant networks architecture and its differences with the conventional networks

Dr. Amir Qayyum, M. A. Jinnah University, Islamabad

Auditorium

4:15 PM - 4:40 PM
4:30 PM

ICT & Society I: Multi-objective optimization model for seamless application execution in mobile cloud computing

Ejaz Ahmed, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Suleman Khan, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ibrar Yaqoob, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abdullah Gani, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Farrukh Salim, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

Room M2

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Intelligent Systems – I: VDrive a cost-effective storage solution, using volunteer computing with emphasis on security/privacy, availability, and latency

Jawwad Shamsi, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Aarij Siddiqui, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Rabbia Hassan, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Rida Sattar, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Safi Siddiqui, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Room M1

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:40 PM

Invited Speakers: Session I: Challenges in the reliability of WSN communications in smart grid applications

Professor BS. Chowdhry, Mehran - University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro

Auditorium

4:40 PM - 5:05 PM
Sunday, December 15th
9:10 AM

Keynote Session – II: The role of communication technology in the smart power grid environment of the 21st century

Dr. Akhtar Kalam, Victoria University, Australia

Auditorium

9:10 AM - 9:35 AM
9:35 AM

Keynote Session – II: Towards ubiquitous heterogeneous mobile networks

Dr. Rui Neto Marinheiro, University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal

Auditorium

9:35 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM

Keynote Session – II: Does sequence of presentation matters? study of learning phenomena by a computational model of episodic comprehension

Dr. Javed I. Khan, Kent State University, USA

Auditorium

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
11:00 AM

Intelligent Systems II: Which web browser work best for detecting phishing

Noman Mazher, University of Gurjrat, Gujrat, Pakistan
Imran Ashraf, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan
Ayesha Altaf, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan

Room M2

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Invited Speakers: Session II: Integrating institutional repositories metadata into the semantic web

Dr. Sharifullah Khan, NUST, Islamabad

Auditorium

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Networks - I: A novel solution based on cognitive heterogeneous networks for removing black spots in TETRA coverage area

Ahmed Qaddus, National Radio Telecom Corporation, Haripur, Pakistan
Ahsan Ishfaq, Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan
Ali Mustafa, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Attock, Pakistan

Room M1

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM

ICT & Society II: Impact of facebook intensity on academic grades of private university students

Sabeen Jamil, College of Economics & Social Development, Karachi, Pakistan
Rabab Naqvi, College of Computer Science & Information System, Karachi, Pakistan
Shelina Bhamani, College of Economics & Social Development, Karachi, Pakistan
Falak Zehra, College of Economics & Social Development, Karachi, Pakistan

Room M2

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Invited Speakers: Session II: Data clustering techniques with applications to document clustering

Dr. M. Shahid Shaikh, Habib University, Karachi

Auditorium

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Networks - I: Predictive activation for localization using minimal data-fusion in MANETs

Temoor Saeed, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Saad Ahmad Khan, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Usman Tariq, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Zubair Ahmad Khan, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Room M1

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM

ICT & Society II: Business process modeling and decision model integration

Eram Abbasi, SZABIST, Karachi, Pakistan
Kashif Abbasi, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan

Room M2

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Invited Speakers: Session II: Big Data and the Semantic Web

Dr. Muhammad Abdul Qadir, M.A. Jinnah University, Islamabad

Auditorium

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Networks - I: Design and development of wireless RTU and cybersecurity framework for SCADA system

Shakeel Durrani, Horizon Technologies, Islamabad, Pakistan
Imran Jattala, Horizon Technologies, Islamabad, Pakistan
Junaid Farooqi, Horizon Technologies, Islamabad, Pakistan
Naila Shakeel, Horizon Technologies, Islamabad, Pakistan
Mohsin Murad, Umm Al-Qura University Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Room M1

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM

Invited Speakers: Session II: Providing quality education in the Katcha of Sind

Dr. Ashraf Iqbal, NUST, Islamabad

Auditorium

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Networks - I: Improving the quality of streaming video through dynamic chrominance adjustment

Raheel Siddiqi, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

Room M1

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Invited Speakers: Session II: The Apache Hadoop Ecosystem: foundation for big data analytics

Dr. Tariq Mahmood, KIET, Karachi

Auditorium

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Networks - I: Virtual firewalling for migrating virtual machines in cloud computing

Mahwish Anwar, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, School of Computing, Karlskrona, Sweden

Room M1

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM

Networks - I: Secure user authentication in cloud computing

Zeeshan Javaid, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Imran Ijaz, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Room M1

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM

Closing Remarks by Dean & Director, IBA Karachi

Dr. Ishrat Husain

Auditorium

2:00 PM - 2:00 PM