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Name | Waqar Ahmad |
Designation | Assistant Professor |
Department | Computer Engineering (Taxila) |
Highest Qualification | PhD Engg. Politecnico di torino, Italy |
Specialization | VLSI/FPGA architectures, High Level Synthesis (HLS), Embedded Multimedia, Image and Video Coding, Multimedia Signal Processing |
Phone No | +92-51-9047580 |
Cell No | +92-334-8502214 |
Fax No | +92-51-9047-420 |
[email protected] |
PhD in Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2017
Politecnico di torino, Italy
M.Sc. Computer Engineering, 2011
University of Engineering and Technology Taxila
B.Sc. Computer Engineering, 2008
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Abbottabad
Image and Video Coding
Multimedia Signal Processing
Video Compression
FPGA/VLSI architectures for multimedia signal processing
High Level Synthesis (HLS) based VLSI architectures
Embedded Multimedia
Waqar Ahmad , Maurizio Martina, Guido Masera “High Level Synthesis Based FPGA Implementation of H.264/AVC Luma Sub-pixel Interpolation Filter”, European Modeling Symposium, 28-29 Nov. 2016 Pisa, Italy
Waqar Ahmad , Maurizio Martina, Guido Masera “Complexity and Implementation analysis of Synthesized View Distortion Estimation Architecture in 3D High Efficiency Video Coding”, International Conference on 3D Imaging, 14-15 Dec. 2015 Liege, Belgium
Gouping Xiao, Waqar Ahmad, Syed Azhhar Ali Ziadi, Massimo Ruo Roch, Giovanni Causapruno, “High Speed VLSI architecture for Finding the First W maximum/minimum Values”, International Conference on Electronics Applications (APPLEPIES) 5-6 May, 2014
M. Daud Abdullah Asif, Umair Ullah Tariq, Mirza Nauman Baig, Waqar Ahmad, “A Novel Hybrid Method for Text Detection and Extraction from News Videos”, Midlle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 2014
Umair Ullah Tariq, Waqar Ahmad, M. Daud Abdullah Asif, Mubashir Hussain, “Gender Perception From Faces Using Boosted LBPH (Local Binary Pattern Histograms)”, Carpathian Journal of Electronic and Computer Engineering, 2013
Naveed Khan Baloch, Waqar Ahmad, Muhammad Haroon Yousaf, Muhammad Iram Baig “Algorithm for Efficient Attendance Management: Face Recognition based approach”, International Journal of Computer Science Issues (IJCSI'12)
Administrative
Assistant Professor Dec/13 - to date Computer Engineering Department, UET Taxila
Lecturer Dec/08 – Dec/13 Computer Engineering Department, UET Taxila
Lab. Engineer 05/March/08 –10/Dec/08 Electrical Engineering Department, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad
Session Chair, European Modelling Symposium 28 - 29 November 2016, Pisa, Italy Link
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
Teaching of following subjects at Undergraduate levels:
Reviewer for Journals
Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers Journal Link
Won Ph.D. Scholarship from Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC)
Won Campus Gold Medal in B.Sc. Computer Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Abbottabad
Won Institute Silver Medal in B.Sc. Computer Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad
Overall 1st Position in the Class in B.Sc. Computer Engineering
Throughout 1st Position in all eight semesters in the Class in B.Sc. Computer Engineering
MS thesis supervision
1. A Novel Hybrid Method for Text Detection and Extraction from News Videos
3 Weeks training on IC Nanometer Design at National Institute of Electronics (NIE) Islamabad
Attended the 5TH International Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology,2007
Attended the 3rd International Conference on Open Source Systems & Technologies, 2009
Attended two days short course on Network Security Systems (CSC-01) Held at Headquarters PEC, Islamabad
Attended and completed Open Source Software Training conducted by Open Source Resource Center, Pakistan Software Export Board, Ministry of Information Technology at COMSATS Abbottabad