Important Summer Schedule for CS/ CMPE Graduate Program
Submitted on: June , 2009
1. Deadline to submit extended abstracts for annual summer colloquium is 12 June 2009. 2. Progress reports (by advisors) for LUMS funding for spring quarter due by Monday 8 June 2009. 3. LUMS funded students inform RA/TA duties for summer quarter by Monday 15 June 2009. 4. PHD Thesis defence of Yousaf Hamza is 30 June 2009. 5. Deadline to receive applications for Summer qualifier exam is Friday 10 July 2009. Please submit applications to Ms. Shazia Tarar indicating CS/CmpE core courses and depth courses/area. 6. Annual PhD summer colloquium is around mid of July 2009 (last week of summer qtr).
8. Orientation of new M.Sc. CS/CmpE class, one week before new session tarts, around third week of Aug 2009.
Appointment of Dr. Shahab Baqai as Head, Department of Computer Science
Submitted on: May 1, 2009
Dr. Shahab Baqai, Associate Professor in the CS department,has been appointed as Head, Department of Computer Science by the Acting Dean SSE, Dr. Ahmed Jan Durrani from May 1, 2009 for a period of three years.
Dr. Baqai received his B.S., M.S and Ph.D degrees from College of Aeronautical Engineering (CAE) Pakistan, University of Southern California and Purdue University in 1985, 1994 and 1998, respectively. He joined LUMS in 2003.
From 1998 to 2003, he was General Manager, Information Technology at Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. He was also a Visiting Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago USA and Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology Pakistan, in addition to being an Adjunct Professor at LUMS. His experience includes research consultancy in Enabling Technologies Pakistan and Awaz Networks Pakistan, Lecturership in CAE Pakistan and as Engineering Officer in Pakistan Air Force. He has a number of publications in refereed international journals and conferences. He has contributed to two books and has served on the programme committees of various IEEE and NSF sponsored conferences.
Dr. Shahab Baqai is preceded by Dr. Shafay Shamail who served the Department of Computer Science as a Head for more than 4 years. During his tenure, Dr. Shamail made enormous contributions to the CS programme and SSE through his relentless effort and tireless hard work.
Back to topProposal Defence Announcement
Submitted on: April , 2009
Ph.D. proposal defence of Ghulam Murtaza in CS dept has been scheduled for Thursday, 23 April 2009. The presentation will be held in auditorium A-2 at 3:30 pm. The title of Murtaza's proposal is 'By way of indirection' and his advisor is Dr. Umar Saif.
Back to topMIT Technovator 2008 awarded to Dr. Umar Saif
Submitted on: April 22, 2009
Dr. Umar Saif, Associate Professor in the CS Department has been awarded an MIT Technovator Award for 2008.
According to the technovator website: [http://web.mit.edu/technovators/]
"The MIT Technovators Awards, instituted in 2003, recognize and felicitate distinguished young innovators of South Asian origin working at the confluence of technology research and entrepreneurship. The awards emphasize the need to honor young, upcoming individuals; and focus on emerging technologies that are bound to have a far-reaching impact on the world as we know it today."
Dr. Saif has been given the award for his work on grassroots technologies.
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