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Name Engr. Sumair Aziz
Designation Lab Engineer
Department Electronics Engineering (Taxila)
Highest Qualification
Specialization Embedded Systems and AI
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MS Electrical Engineering - COMSATS University Islamabad

BS Electronic Engineering - International Islamic University, Islamabad 

 

Robotic Systems (UAVs, UGVs)

Intelligent Embedded Systems (FPGA and Microprocessor based)

Signal and Image Processing

Robotic Systems (UAVs, UGVs)

Intelligent Embedded Systems (FPGA and Microprocessor based)

Signal and Image Processing

Journal Publications (International/National)

  1. Sumair Aziz, Awais, M., Khan, M. U., Iqtidar, K., & Qamar, U. Classification of cardiac disorders using 1D local ternary patterns based on pulse plethysmograph signals. Expert Systems, e12664. (IF: 2.58) https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.12664

  2. Sumair Aziz, Khan, M.U, Rehman, A., Tariq Z., Computer-aided diagnosis of COVID-19 disease from chest X-ray images integrating deep feature extraction. Expert Systems (IF: 2.58) (in press)

  3. Riaz, U., Sumair Aziz., Umar Khan, M., Zaidi, S. A. A., Ukasha, M., & Rashid, A. A novel embedded system design for the detection and classification of cardiac disorders. Computational Intelligence. 2021 - (IF: 2.33) https://doi.org/10.1111/coin.12469

  4. Iqtidar, K., Qamar, U., Sumair Aziz., & Khan, M. U. (2021). Phonocardiogram signal analysis for classification of Coronary Artery Diseases using MFCC and 1D adaptive local ternary patterns. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 138, 104926. (IF:4.58) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104926

  5. Kafeel, A., Sumair Aziz., Awais, M., Khan, M. A., Afaq, K., Idris, S. A., ... & Mostafa, S. M. (2021). An Expert System for Rotating Machine Fault Detection Using Vibration Signal Analysis. Sensors, 21(22), 7587. (IF: 3.57)   https://doi.org/10.3390/s21227587

  6. KHAN, M.U., and SUMAIR AZIZ. "A novel pulse plethysmograph signal analysis method for identification of myocardial infarction, dilated cardiomyopathy, and hypertension." Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences 29.2 (2021): 962-977.(IF: 0.68) https://doi.org/10.3906/elk-2004-167

  7. Khan, M.U., Sumair Aziz, et. al. 2021. A Two-Stage Classification Model Integrating Feature Fusion for Coronary Artery Disease Detection and Classification Multimedia Tools and Applications (IF: 2.31) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-021-10805-3

  8. Khan, M.U.; Sumair Aziz.; et. al. Expert Hypertension Detection System Featuring Pulse Plethysmograph Signals and Hybrid Feature Selection and Reduction Scheme. Sensors 2021, 21, 247. (IF: 3.57) https://doi.org/10.3390/s21010247

  9. Sumair Aziz., Khan, M.U., Alhaisoni, M., Akram, T. and Altaf, M., 2020. Phonocardiogram Signal Processing for Automatic Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disorders through Fusion of Temporal and Cepstral Features. Sensors, 20(13), p.3790. (IF: 3.57) https://doi.org/10.3390/s20133790

  10. NADIR, M., ADNAN, S. M., Sumair Aziz, & KHAN, M. U. (2020). Marine Mammals Classification using Acoustic Binary Patterns. Archives of Acoustics, 45(4), 721-731. (IF: 0.91)  DOI: https://doi.org/10.24425/aoa.2020.135278

  11. Sumair Aziz., Awais, M., Akram, T., Khan, U., Alhussein, M. and Aurangzeb, K., 2019. Automatic scene recognition through acoustic classification for behavioral robotics. Electronics, 8(5), p.483. (IF: 2.41) https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics8050483

  12. Adnan, S.M., Irtaza, A., Sumair Aziz., Ullah, M.O., Javed, A. and Mahmood, M.T., 2018. Fall detection through acoustic local ternary patterns. Applied Acoustics, 140, pp.296-300. (IF: 2.44) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2018.06.013

  13. Ali, H., Adnan, S.M., Sumair Aziz., Ahmad, W. and Obaidullah, M., 2019. Sound Classification of Parkinsonism for Telediagnosis. Technical Journal, 24(01), pp.90-97.

  14. ud Din, Z., Adnan, S.M., Ahmad, R.W., Sumair Aziz., Ismail, W. and Iqbal, J., 2018. Classification of Tomato Plants’ Leaf Diseases Using Image Segmentation and SVM. Technical Journal, 23(02), pp.81-88.

  15. Shah, S.A., Malik, A., Sumair Aziz. and Ahmad, W., 2018. Sound Recognition Aimed towards Hearing Impaired Individuals in Urban Environment using Ensemble Methods. Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Robotic Applications, pp.30-39.

  16. Ali, S., Adnan, S.M., Nawaz, T., Ullah, M.O. and Sumair Aziz., 2017. Human heart sounds classification using ensemble methods. University of Engineering and Technology Taxila. Technical Journal, 22(1), p.113.

  17. Sumair Aziz., Faheem, R.M., Bashir, M., Khalid, A. and Yasin, A., 2016. Unmanned aerial vehicle emergency landing site identification system using machine vision. Journal of Image and Graphics, 4(1), pp.36-41.

  18. Faheem, R.M., Sumair Aziz., Khalid, A., Bashir, M. and Yasin, A., 2015. Uav emergency landing site selection system using machine vision. Journal of Machine Intelligence, 1(1), pp.13-20.

Journals (Under review)

  1. Sumair Aziz, Khan, M.U, Butt A, Significant researches on classification of term and preterm births from electrohysterography signals using machine learning. Expert Systems (IF.1.54) (under review)
  2. Sumair Aziz, et. al. IoT Based Cardiac Health Monitoring Systems using ECG, PPG and PCG Signals: A Comprehensive Survey. Expert Systems (IF.1.54) (under review)
  3. Sumair Aziz, et. al. Recent Advances of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Diseases. Expert Systems (IF.1.54) (under review)
  4. Sumair Aziz, et. al. Pulse Plethysmograph Signal Analysis Method for Classification of Heart Diseases using Novel Local Spectral Ternary Patterns. Expert Systems (IF.1.54) (under review)

 

Conference Proceedings (Scopus indexed)

  1. Aziz, S., Ahmed, M., Abbas, I., Naqvi, S. Z. H., & Khan, M. U. (2020, November). Vibration Signal Analysis Towards Early Detection of Machine Faults. In 2020 First International Conference of Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (SMARTTECH) (pp. 89-93). IEEE.
  2. Aziz, S., Hayat, M.M., Naqvi, S.Z.H., Furqan, M., Khan, M.U. and Zahid, M.Z., 2020, June. Electrocardiography based Biometric Verification System. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  3. Khan, M. U., Sajid, Z., Sohail, M., Aziz, S., Ibraheem, S., & Naavi, S. Z. H. (2020, November). Electrohysterogram based Term and Preterm Delivery Classification System. In 2020 First International Conference of Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (SMARTTECH) (pp. 83-88). IEEE.
  4. Khan, M. U., Ibraheem, S., Sohail, M., Aziz, S., Naqvi, S. Z. H., & Sajid, Z. (2020, November). Cardiotocography: An indicator to predict Vaginal and Cesarean Deliveries. In 2020 First International Conference of Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (SMARTTECH) (pp. 77-82). IEEE.
  5. Khan, M.U., Mushtaq, Z., Shakeel, M., Aziz, S. and Naqvi, S.Z.H., 2020, June. Classification of Myocardial Infarction using MFCC and Ensemble Subspace KNN. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  6. Iqtidar, K., Iqtidar, A., Ali, W., Aziz, S., & Khan, M. U. (2020, November). Image Pattern Analysis towards Classification of Skin Cancer through Dermoscopic Images. In 2020 First International Conference of Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (SMARTTECH) (pp. 208-213). IEEE.
  7. Khan, M. U., Ali, W., Shahzad, M. F., & Aziz, S. (2020, November). A signal analysis approach towards detection and classification of power quality disturbances. In 2020 First International Conference of Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (SMARTTECH) (pp. 71-76). IEEE.
  8. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Ch, J.M., Shahjehan, A., Imtiaz, A. and Waseem, A., 2020, June. Detection of Acute Coronary Syndrome using Electrocardiogram Signal Analysis. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  9. Khan, M.U., Amjad, F., Aziz, S., Naqvi, S.Z.H., Shakeel, M. and Imtiaz, M.A., 2020, June. Surface Electromyography based Pakistani Sign Language Interpreter. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  10. Naqvi, S.Z.H., Aziz, S., Khan, M.U., Abbas, M., Haider, A. and Hashmi, H.A., 2020, June. Electrocardiography based System for Characterization of Diabetes. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  11. Aziz, S., Ibraheem, S., Malik, A., Aamir, F., Khan, M.U. and Shehzad, U., 2020, June. Electrooculugram based Communication System for People with Locked-in-Syndrome. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  12. Khan, M.U., Saad, M., Aziz, S., Ch, J.M., Naqvi, S.Z.H. and Qasim, M.A., 2020, June. Electrocardiogram based Gender Classification. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  13. Naqvi, S.Z.H., Arooj, M., Aziz, S., Khan, M.U. and Choudhary, M.A., 2020, June. Spectral Analysis of Lungs sounds for Classification of Asthma and Pneumonia Wheezing. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  14. Imtiaz, M.A., Aziz, S., Zaib, A., Maqsood, A., Khan, M.U. and Waseem, A., 2020, June. Wearable Scene Classification System for Visually Impaired Individuals. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  15. Aziz, S., Ahmed, M., Naqvi, S.Z.H., Khan, M.U., Imtiaz, A. and Waseem, A., 2020, June. Machine Bearing Fault Diagnosis System using Tri-Axial Accelerometer. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  16. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Zainab, A., Tanveer, H., Iqtidar, K. and Waseem, A., 2020, June. Biometric System using PCG Signal Analysis: A New Method of Person Identification. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  17. Naqvi, S.Z.H., Aziz, S., Tariq, M.H., Khan, M.U., Aslam, H.A. and Imtiaz, M.A., 2020, June. Effect of Al-Quran Recitation on Human Physiology. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  18. Aziz, S., Bilal, M., Khan, M.U. and Amjad, F., 2020, June. Deep Learning-based Automatic Morphological Classification of Leukocytes using Blood Smears. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  19. Khan, M.U., Choudry, Z.A., Aziz, S., Naqvi, S.Z.H., Aymin, A. and Imtiaz, M.A., 2020, June. Biometric Authentication based on EMG Signals of Speech. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  20. Bibi, S., Javid, M.A., Muhammad, B., Habiba, U., Rashid, Q., Amin, N., Khan, M.U. and Aziz, S., 2020. Metabolic evaluation of brain tumor using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Materials Today: Proceedings.
  21. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Naqvi, S.Z.H. and Rehman, A., 2020, March. Classification of Coronary Artery Diseases using Electrocardiogram Signals. In 2020 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Smart Technologies (ICETST) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  22. Naqvi, S.Z.H., Aziz, S., Khan, M.U., Asghar, N. and Rasool, G., 2020, March. Emotion Recognition System using Pulse Plethysmograph. In 2020 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Smart Technologies (ICETST) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  23. Aziz, S., Naqvi, S.Z.H., Khan, M.U. and Aslam, T., 2020, March. Electricity Theft Detection using Empirical Mode Decomposition and K-Nearest Neighbors. In 2020 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Smart Technologies (ICETST) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  24. Aziz, S., Khan, M.U., Usman, A. and Mobeen, A., 2020, March. Pattern Analysis for Classification of Power Quality Disturbances. In 2020 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Smart Technologies (ICETST) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  25. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Naqvi, S.Z.H., Zaib, A. and Maqsood, A., 2020, March. Pattern Analysis Towards Human Verification using Photoplethysmograph Signals. In 2020 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Smart Technologies (ICETST) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  26. Khan, A., Aziz, S., Bashir, M. and Khan, M.U., 2020, March. IoT and Wireless Sensor Network based Autonomous Farming Robot. In 2020 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Smart Technologies (ICETST) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  27. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Sohail, M., Naqvi, S.Z.H., Samer, S. and Sajid, Z., 2020, March. Detection of Subacute Intestinal Obstruction from Surface Electromyography Signatures. In 2020 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Smart Technologies (ICETST) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  28. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Malik, A. and Imtiaz, M.A., 2019, December. Detection of Myocardial Infarction using Pulse Plethysmograph Signals. In 2019 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT) (pp. 95-955). IEEE.
  29. Aziz, S., Khan, M.U., Aamir, F. and Javid, M.A., 2019, December. Electromyography (EMG) Data-Driven Load Classification using Empirical Mode Decomposition and Feature Analysis. In 2019 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT) (pp. 272-2725). IEEE.
  30. Aziz, S., Khan, M.U., Shakeel, M., Mushtaq, Z. and Khan, A.Z., 2019, December. An Automated System towards Diagnosis of Pneumonia using Pulmonary Auscultations. In 2019 13th International Conference on Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Computer Science and Statistics (MACS) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
  31. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Iqtidar, K., Saud, A. and Azhar, Z., 2019, December. Biometric Authentication System Based on Electrocardiogram (ECG). In 2019 13th International Conference on Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Computer Science and Statistics (MACS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  32. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Iqtidar, K., Zainab, A. and Saud, A., 2019, December. Prediction of Acute Coronary Syndrome Using Pulse Plethysmograph. In 2019 4th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Sciences and Technology (ICEEST) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  33. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Sohail, M., Shahid, A.A. and Samer, S., 2019, November. Automated Detection and Classification of Gastrointestinal Diseases using surface-EMG Signals. In 2019 22nd International Multitopic Conference (INMIC) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
  34. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Amjad, F. and Mohsin, M., 2019, November. Detection of Dilated Cardiomyopathy using Pulse Plethysmographic Signal Analysis. In 2019 22nd International Multitopic Conference (INMIC) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  35. Aziz, S., Bashir, M., Mughal, O., Khan, M.U. and Khan, A., 2019, October. Image Pattem Classification for Plant Disease Identification using Local Tri-directional Features. In 2019 IEEE 10th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) (pp. 0973-0978). IEEE.
  36. Aziz, S., Khan, M.U., Choudhry, Z.A., Aymin, A. and Usman, A., 2019, October. ECG-based Biometric Authentication using Empirical Mode Decomposition and Support Vector Machines. In 2019 IEEE 10th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) (pp. 0906-0912). IEEE.
  37. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Ibraheem, S., Butt, A. and Shahid, H., 2019, October. Characterization of term and preterm deliveries using electrohysterograms signatures. In 2019 IEEE 10th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) (pp. 0899-0905). IEEE.
  38. Khan, M.U., Aziz, S., Bilal, M. and Aamir, M.B., 2019, August. Classification of EMG Signals for Assessment of Neuromuscular Disorder using Empirical Mode Decomposition and Logistic Regression. In 2019 International Conference on Applied and Engineering Mathematics (ICAEM) (pp. 237-243). IEEE.
  39. Khan, M.U., Imtiaz, M.A., Aziz, S., Kareem, Z., Waseem, A. and Akram, M.A., 2019, August. System Design for Early Fault Diagnosis of Machines using Vibration Features. In 2019 International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  40. Imtiaz, M.A., Naveed, M., Bibi, N., Aziz, S. and Naqvi, S.Z.H., 2018, November. Control System Design, Analysis & Implementation of Two Wheeled Self Balancing Robot (TWSBR). In 2018 IEEE 9th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) (pp. 431-437). IEEE.
  41. Aziz, S., Kareem, Z., Khan, M.U. and Imtiaz, M.A., 2018, November. Embedded System Design for Visual Scene Classification. In 2018 IEEE 9th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) (pp. 739-743). IEEE.
  42. Nazir, S., Aziz, S., Khaliq, Y. and Adnan, S.M., 2018, September. Vision Based Autonomous Runway Identification and Position Estimation for UAV Landing. In 2018 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing (IDAP) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  43. Irtaza, A., Adnan, S.M., Aziz, S., Javed, A., Ullah, M.O. and Mahmood, M.T., 2017, October. A framework for fall detection of elderly people by analyzing environmental sounds through acoustic local ternary patterns. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) (pp. 1558-1563). IEEE.

  • Lab Incharge, VLSI Design Lab, Basic Electronics Lab.

  • Lab Incharge, Embedded System Lab. 

  • Member, Academics Cell, QEC ENCD

  • Lab Engineer - Dept. of Electronic Engineering - UET Taxila - 2016 to Present
  • Team Lead and founder - SEED (Syndicate of Electronics and Embedded Design) @ Electronics Engg. Dept. UET Taxila.
  • Research Associate @ Knowledge and Data Science Research Centre, NUST, Islamabad, Duration: June 2020 to date
  • Team Lead and Founder - ViSES (Vision, Signal Processing, and Embedded Systems Research Group). CS Dept. UET Taxila. (2016 to 2019)
  • Assistant Director (Ops)  - Ministry of Defence (Projects Division) -  2012-2016

International Association of Engineers (IAENG) - Membership Number: 272961


Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC): Membership Number: electro-20420

 

  • FPGA Based System Design
  • Embedded System
  • Digital Image Processing
  • Microprocessor and Microcontrollers
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Aided Engineering Design
  • Electronics Engineering

Lab Engineer  - Electronics Engineering Dept. UET Taxila - 2016 to Present

NASCON-2011FAST-NU Islamabad -- 1st Position in Computer Logic Design Competition

NASCON-2011FAST-NU Islamabad --- 1st Position in Microcontroller Programming and     Interfacing Competition

PROCOM.NET 2011 FAST-NU Karachi --- 3rd Position in Circuit Design Competition

DICE-2011  UET Peshawar  ---  1st Position in Robotics Competition (Line Following)  

DICE-2011 UET Peshawar  ----  1st Position in Robotics Competition (Fire Fighting)

All Pakistan TECH DUO 2011 --- 1st Position in Speed Wiring Competition - FAST-NU Lahore

ROBIAN–2011 -COMSATS Robotics  Competition -  Islamabad  ---  Won"Best External Project" Award 

Students Engineering Exhibition-12 (SEE’12 PAF-KIET Karachi)  --- 1st Position in Mico-Maze Competition

FETEX 2012 - IIUI   --- 1st Position in Robo Race Competition

SOFTEC -2012FAST-NU Lahore -- 2nd Position in Micocontroller Interfacing Competition

3rd OPEN HOUSE- 2012 IIUI  ---  2nd Position in FYP Project Competition(2/56)

3rd OPEN HOUSE- 2012 IIUI  ---  2nd Position in Poster Design Competition

NASCON-2012FAST-NU Islamabad ---  1st Position in Light Following Robotics Competition

Team Lead and founder - SEED (Syndicate of Electronics and Embedded Design) @ Electronics Engg. Dept. UET Taxila.