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So, internationally reputed Pakistani Scientists are on thier way to serve thier country .Nice to see such fine series of lectures and speakers.Certainly Sabieh Anwar and Abubakr Muhammad are the main figures in arranging all such things.


Seminar

Bionanomedical Technologies for Global Health

Date : January 14, 2009 at 03:00 pm
Venue :4th Floor of SSE,LUMS
Speaker, Dr.Irfan Ahmed , Associate Director in Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Univerisity of Illinois, Urbana.







IRFAN S. AHMAD, PhD
Associate Director
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Research Faculty, Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
2014 Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, MC 249
University of Illinois .


Dr. Irfan Ahmad also is Project Coordinator/co-PI on the National Cancer Institute-funded Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence project (co-located at Illinois), and Core Faculty at the Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies. He also serves on the Engineering Council for Global Initiatives at the College of Engineering.


Dr. Ahmad obtained his B.Sc. degree from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, all in Agricultural Engineering. His research interests involvebionanotechnology, sensors, agricultural machinery design/energy conservation, precision agriculture, and grain quality. He has several publications, and has made invited presentations, and chaired technical sessions. His other interests focus on entrepreneurship, social, religious, and science and policy issues, disaster relief and their interface between the developed and the developing nations. As an entrepreneur he was involved with IT24, an information technology company, and Buruj, a sensors development startup.


While in Pakistan, Dr. Ahmad had worked as senior scientist/engineer at the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, and earlier in the career with the International Rice Research Institute. He also had been a consultant to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Swiss Development Cooperation, the German Technical Assistance (GTZ), Hagler Bailly, Fiat Trattori, and recently to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.


Dr. Ahmad firmly believes in intellectual and social exchanges and views learning as a two-way street for advancing societies. In pursuit of these ideas, he has initiated and served on several forums and panels, appeared on radio and TV interviews, and delivered invited lectures. Dr. Ahmad’s focus on relief work is not merely first-level response, but also helping change conditions of the affected people for the long haul and engage in socially responsible engineering. On these lines, he is leading an Earth and Society project at the University of Illinois on Pakistan Earthquake 2005: Disaster within a Disaster: A Resource for Policy Makers Globally, working with the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad; is a co-lead on the USAID-Ministry of Science and Technology/Higher Education Commission of Pakistan project on Nanomedicine for Cancer Research, with the University of Karachi; and others. He is 2008 recipient of the Intercultural Friendship Foundation Dialogue Award, and 2007 recipient of the Champaign-Urbana International Humanitarian Award.

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Seminars:


Identifications of Recombination in Sequences (IRiS)
Dr.Asif Javed
PhD ,Computer Science
Post Doctoral Researcher
IBM , TJ Watson Research Centre.
January 6,2009



Synthesis and Applications of Metal Nanoparticles in Biotechnology and New Materials Fabrication
Dr. Irshad Hussain
January 21, 2009



Optical Microscopy of Biological Specimens Using Nanoparticles (Tentative)
Dr. Usman Qazi
January 28, 2009



Will be updated soon
Dr. Asad Naqvi
February 04, 2009



Will be updated soon
Dr. Aun Abbass
February 11, 2009



Will be updated soon
Dr. Naveed Arshad
February 18, 2009



Will be updated soon
Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
February 25, 2009

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The Subatomic Cosmos and Tools of Discovery



Speaker: Dr.Shabana Nisar
Venue: 4th Floor SSE,LUMS
Date : January 21,2009
Time : 3:00 pm


Shabana Nisar
Dr.Shabana is a MSc in Physics from Punjab University and PhD in Experimental High Energy Physics from University of Syracuse,USA and worked as Research Assistant for 2 years.She has more than 50 research articles.



Abstract of Seminar:

http://ravi.lums.edu.pk/physlab/Semi...a_21-01-09.pdf

Monk

Any one can attend those seminars ?

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They are open to all

Monk

ppl who get inspired where so they go???
Are there any nano research laboratory in Pakistan ?

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They are working towards it at SSE.

Monk

sse ?

So they dont have lab yet speakers ?? why ?? to impress ppl ?

Spock

^ Thats how you generate interest, by inviting experts to speak. Hopefully when more and more students get into it, for which they need to spark an interest and basic understanding, they will take the next step of building and dedicating labs/offering courses. Our bright academia that has been educated abroad can guide Pakistan through very well.

Monk

I don't know man, I think I would cast less to set up a lab then it take to make a missile.
What morons(leaders) don't understand lab/libraries is what make nation stronger.

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These Seminars were held by Khwarzimic Science Society.Sabieh Anwar invited speakers to discuss Nano R&D in Pakistan

http://www.khwarzimic.org/activities...nano-sabih.pdf

http://www.khwarzimic.org/activities...kss-bhatti.pdf






Pakistan 3 top institutions are quite activelly involved in Nano Research



1.PIEAS ( HEC ranked No.1 Engg. Institution of Pakistan)

PIEAS Advertisement -- 14th Anniverasy of COMSATS


2.HEJ ,Karachi (Developing World finest Chemistry Research Centre)

Koshish Newsletter


3.CASP ,Government College,Lahore (27 out 37 scientists took part in Nuclear Explosions in 1998 belonged to CASP and Physics@GC)

.:.GC University Lahore




Sabieh himself after returning to Pakistan from Oxford in 2004 took a course of Nano-Electronics to MSc EE .

http://ravi.lums.edu.pk/sabieh/teaching/index.html

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Seminar

How Do Robots Become Hyper(bolic) ?

Speaker : Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Date :February 25, 2009
Venue :4th Floor,SSE LUMS.
Time : 3:00 pm







Abubakr Muhammad

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, SSE LUMS.
Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S.Georgia Institute of Technology
B.Sc. UET, Lahore



Research Interests

Robotics, Sensor Networks, Control Theory, Quantum Information and Computational Topology


Biography

Abubakr does fundamental research at the interface of engineering, applied mathematics and physics, on various problems in robotics, distributed sensing, network dynamics and quantum information sciences. His interests span the study of connections and complexity in large-scale distributed networks; topological methods for information discovery in massive data sets; and communication, computation & control issues in the physics of information. He has also worked and consulted for the industry on the design of air traffic control systems, radar & sonar systems, communication equipments and medical instrumentation.

Abubakr received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (2005). As a graduate student, he also got a masters degree in Mathematics (2005) and a masters degree in Electrical Engineering (2002) from Georgia Tech. He completed his BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan (2000). Before joining LUMS, he has taught and done research as a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University, Canada (2007-2008) and at the University of Pennsylvania, USA (2006-2007).


Homepage:

http://ravi.lums.edu.pk/abubakr

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String Theory and Fundamental Building Blocks of Space, Time and Matter


Speaker : Dr. Asad Naqvi
Date : February 6, 2009
Venue : 4th Floor,SSE LUMS.
Time : 3:00 pm






Asad Nqvi
Associate Professor, Physics,SSE,LUMS,Lahore
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)


Research Interests

String Theory


Biography

Before joining SSE LUMS ,Asad Naqvi was a lecturer (assistant professor) at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is a theoretical physicist with a PhD from MIT in theoretical particle physics (specializing in string theory); a BS with a double major in Physics and Electrical Engineering from MIT; and school degrees from Karachi. After holding post-doctoral positions at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Amsterdam, he joined the University of Wales, Swansea in October 2005.

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An Introduction to Geographical Information System (GIS )


Speaker:Haris Azher

Date: February 11, 2009

Venue: 4th Floor, School of Science and Engineering LUMS.

Time: 03:00 pm


Haris Azher

Mr. Haris Azher has done his Software Engineering from PUCIT and has been involved in Rnd GIS Telecom Project at Palmc hip. He is currently working as GIS consultant in Palmchip and also doing his MS (GIS) from GIS Center of PUCIT.


Abstract:

GIS is an emerging field especially in Pakistan that is the combinatio n of Geography and Information Technology (Computer Science). GIS by d efinition is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, storing, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically (i.e. mapped) information. For a layman Google Earth is a good starting point for getting to know about GIS. Applications of GIS are in numerous areas e.g. Engineering, CAD, Water , Petrol and Gas Electricity Management. Currently Land Management and Telecom are the two hot areas for GIS in Pakistan. ESRI is the pio neer in GIS field and their flagship products ArcGIS is the most widely used GIS software worldwide.


Poster

http://ravi.lums.edu.pk/physlab/Semi...is%20Azher.pdf

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Abstarct of Dr.Asad Naqvi Lecture

http://ravi.lums.edu.pk/physlab/semi...ad%20Naqvi.pdf

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A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned: Conserving Power through Optimization Techniques and Artificial Intelligence


A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned: Applying Optimization Techniques to Power Management
Javed, F., and Arshad, N., In 16th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS 2009), San Francisco, CA, USA. April 13-16, 2009



Speaker : Dr. Naveed Arshad
Date : February 18, 2009
Venue : 4th Floor,SSE LUMS.
Time : 3:00 pm


Naveed Arshad
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Colorado, 2006
Software Engineering, Dynamic Reconfiguration Management, Artificial Intelligence, Self-managing Systems, Mobile Learning, Medical Imaging.




Bio

Dr Naveed Arshad completed his Ph.D. from University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. Before joining LUMS, Dr Naveed Arshad has worked with ABN AMRO Global IT Systems, Pakistan International Airline. He is part of the Software Engineering Research Group (SERG) at LUMS. This group is undertaking research in various areas of software engineering such as engineering of autonomic systems, conceptual modeling, large scale systems development, etc.



Research Interests

He is interested in a wide range of areas in Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. His research interests include Software Maintenance, Software dependability, software administration, performance and failure recovery, Dynamic reconfiguration management, software architectures, automated software engineering, object oriented analysis and design, Autonomic Computing, AI planning.

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Abstract

http://ravi.lums.edu.pk/physlab/Semi...d%20Arshad.pdf

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Synthesis and Applications of Metal Nanoparticles in Biotechnology and New Materials Fabrication


Speaker : Dr. Irshad Hussain
Date : February 20, 2009
Venue : 4th Floor,SSE LUMS.
Time : 3:00 pm






Irshad Hussain
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
SSE,LUMS Lahore.
Ph.D. University of Liverpool, UK
M.Sc. Quaid-i-Azam University,Islamabad



Research Interests

Nanotechnology – Nanomaterials Synthesis and Applications



Biography


Irshad Hussain received PhD degree from The University of Liverpool, UK, in 2005 on the synthesis of metal nanoparticles and their subsequent use as building blocks to design and fabricate new materials such as porous metals, nanocompsoites, nanochains and polyelectrolyte-metal nanoparticle films etc. Before his PhD, he has been working at National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, to workout biotechnological solutions to various environmental problems. He had also worked in the group of Professor Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman and Professor Dr. M. Iqbal Chaudhary at HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry (HEJRIC) during 1994-95, immediately after his MSc from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.


Dr. Hussain is the Pioneer to develop Nanobiotech Research in Pakistan and has already established a Nanobiotech group at NIBGE to develop the synthesis of metal nanoparticles and explore their applications in biotechnology and advanced materials fabrication. He has published several research articles in prominent journals including Nature Materials, Advanced Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Small, ChemCommun and Langmuir etc. He has delivered several lectures at national and international forums to highlight the potentials of nanotechnology in various disciplines with particular reference to his own research achievements in this emerging field. His current research interests include synthesis and applications of metal/semi-conductor nanoparticles/quantum dots in disease diagnostics and treatment, catalysis and new materials fabrication.


Distinctions

Professor Atta-ur-Rehman Gold Medal/Award in Chemistry (2007) by Pakistan Academy of Sciences



Nanomaterials Reserach Group of Dr.Irshad

LUMS SSE | Chemistry Research

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Abstract of Abubakr Muhammad Lecture

http://ravi.lums.edu.pk/physlab/Semi...20Abubakar.pdf







I received my PhD in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Insitute of Technology (2005). As a graduate student, I also got a masters degree in Mathematics (2005) and a masters degree in Electrical Engineering (2002) from Georgia Tech. Before that, I completed my BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan (2000).

I do fundamental research in robotics, sensor networks, networked control, and recenlty in quantum information sciences. I am developing some novel analytical techniques at the interface of computational algebraic topology, differential geometry, distributed algorithms and control theory for these applications.

My PhD thesis Graphs, Simplicial Complexes and Beyond: Topological Tools for Multi-agent Coordination won the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Best PhD Dissertation Award for the year 2006. Nominations for this award are received from all departments of science and engineering at Georgia Tech.
Before joining LUMS, I was a Postdoctoral researcher at McGill University (2007-2008) and at the University of Pennsylvania (2006-2007). I have also spent brief periods of collaboration and research at the Mathematics departments of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Stanford University, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) at Berkeley, and at Caltech.

Before starting my gradute studies, I worked in the industry on several problems in signal processing, target tracking, estimation theory, radar & sonar systems and pattern recognition.

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Seminar


From Bench to Bedside : Applications of Clinical Proteomics



Speaker : Dr. Fatima Waqas Khwaja
Date : March 4 , 2009
Venue : 4th Floor,SSE LUMS.
Time : 3:00 pm






Fatima Waqas Khwaja
Visiting Faculty, Biology, SSE LUMS.
Ph.D. Emory University, Atlanta, USA
B.Sc. Emory University, Atlanta, USA



Research Interests

Translational Cancer Research; Biomarker Discovery through Proteomics, Molecular Biology


Biography

Fatima Waqas Khwaja is currently a Jr. Research Scientist in the Basic Science Laboratory at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center Lahore, a state of the art, non-profit, charity cancer hospital in Pakistan. She received her Ph.D degree from Emory University in 2006. She was a National Science Foundation fellow in 2003-2004 to develop problem-based curriculum in science for K-12 classrooms. She has special interest in teaching and has taught undergraduat and graduate level courses at Emory University, Punjab University and at LUMS.


PDF Poster

http://ravi.lums.edu.pk/physlab/Semi...qas_poster.pdf