Department of Data Science

Department of Data Science

Department of Data Science was established on January 1st, 2021

Chairman Department of Data Science

Dr. Shahid Manzoor

Chairman Department of Data Science
Associate Professor
PhD in Bioinformatics, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden
MS in Bioinformatics, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden
M.Sc in Computer Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
B.Sc (Hons), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Research / Teaching Interests: Bioinformatics, Comparative Genomics, Genome Assembly and Annotation, Metagenomics, Biological Databases, Correlation network analysis, Microbiome analysis, Proteomic, Transcriptomic and Metabolic Pathway analysis, Database Systems, Database Administration.
Email: chairman.dds@pucit.edu.pk, chairman.dds@pu.edu.pk
Curriculum Vitae

Programs Offered

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Data Science

M.Phil in Data Science

Faculty

Dr. Shahid Manzoor

Chairman Department of Data Science
Associate Professor
PhD in Bioinformatics, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden
MS in Bioinformatics, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden
M.Sc in Computer Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
B.Sc (Hons), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Research / Teaching Interests: Bioinformatics, Comparative Genomics, Genome Assembly and Annotation, Metagenomics, Biological Databases, Correlation network analysis, Microbiome analysis, Proteomic, Transcriptomic and Metabolic Pathway analysis, Database Systems, Database Administration.
Email: chairman.dds@pucit.edu.pk, chairman.dds@pu.edu.pk
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Majeed

Associate Professor
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila.
MS in Computer Engineering, CASE, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila.
Research / Teaching Interests: Communication & Networks, Data Science and Machine learning, Business Intelligence & Strategy-Making.
Email: nadeem.majeed@pucit.edu.pk
Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/jjt-vaxr-rub
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Syed Faisal Bukhari

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Computer Science, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
M.S., Computer Science, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
M.Sc., Computer Science, Punjab University
M.Sc., Statistics, Punjab University
Research / Teaching Interests: Computer Vision, Image Processing, Machine Learning, and Statistics
Email: faisal.bukhari@pucit.edu.pk

Dr Khurram Shahzad

Associate Professor
PhD Computer and Systems Sciences, KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
MS Information Technology, KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2006
M.Sc Computer Science, PU, 2004
Research / Teaching Interests: Data Warehousing, Business Process Management and Academic Social Network
Email: khurram@pucit.edu.pk
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Waheed Iqbal

Associate Professor
PhD Computer Science Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Research / Teaching Interests: Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Mobile and Web Computing, Scalable Applications and Architectures, Algorithms Analysis, Data Structures, Operating Systems
Website: http://www.waheediqbal.info/
Email: waheed.iqbal@pucit.edu.pk

Maj. (Retd.) Dr.
Muhammad Arif Butt

Assistant Professor
PhD Computer Science PUCIT, University of the Punjab, Lahore (2019)
M.Phil Computer Science, PU, (Gold Medal)
M.Sc Computer Science, PU, 2005 (Gold Medal)
JSC (mil), SI&T, Quetta
B.Sc PMA, Kakul
Email: arif@pucit.edu.pk
Research / Teaching Interests: OS Kernel and device driver development, Fuzzification of OS Kernel Modules, Embedded Systems and OS Security
Video Lectures SP with Linux, OS with Linux, Internetworking with Linux, C-Refresher Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming

Dr. Muhammad Idrees

Assistant Professor
PhD Computer Science PUCIT, University of the Punjab, Lahore (2019)
M.Phil Computer Science, PU, 2010 (First Position)
M.Sc Computer Science, PU, 1995 (3rd Position)
M.Sc Physics, PU, 1992
Research / Teaching Interests: Programming (C++/JAVA/.NET), Database Design and Administration, Data Structures, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Theory of Automata.
Email: idrees@pucit.edu.pk
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/siridrees/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/siridrees
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sir.idrees/
Curriculum Vitae

Tariq Mahmood Butt

Assistant Professor
M.Sc Electrical Engineering UET Lahore (Thesis in progress)
M.Sc Computer Science, Al-Khair University , Lahore, 2002
MBA, Punjab University, 1998
B.Sc Electrical Engineering, UET Lahore, 1992
Research / Teaching Interests: Digital Logic and Design, Microprocessors, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems
Email: tariq.butt@pucit.edu.pk

Dr. Syed Muhammad Ali

Assistant Professor
PhD Computer Science, University of Central Florida, USA, 2016
MS Computer Science, University of Central Florida, USA, 2014
M.Sc Computer Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 2003
B.Sc Engineering, University of Engg. & Tech. (UET), Lahore, 2000
Research / Teaching Interests: Machine Learning, Image Processing, Computer Vision
Email: muhammad.ali@pucit.edu.pk
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Ather Ashraf

Assistant Professor
PhD. Computer Science, PU
M.S. Computer Science, UCP, Lahore, 2003 (First Position)
B.Sc. Civil Engineering, UET, Lahore, 2000
M.Sc. GIS, Punjab University, 2003
Research / Teaching Interests: Geo-Spatial System Design, Geo-Spatial data bases & Web GIS
Email: ather@pucit.edu.pk
Curriculum Vitae

Imran Javed

Assistant Professor
PhD Computer Science (In Progress)
M.Phil Computer Science, PU
M.Sc Computer Science, PU, 2001
PGD in Computer Science, PU, 1999
Research / Teaching Interests: Theory of Formal Languages and Automata, Design and Implementation of Compilers, Programming Languages
Email: Imranj@pucit.edu.pk
Curriculum Vitae

Dr Zubair Nawaz

Assistant Professor
PhD Computer Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, 2011
MS Computer Science, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan, 2002
BS Mechanical Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan, 1997
Research / Teaching Interests: Analysis of Algorithms, Advanced Algorithms, High Performance Computing
Email: znawaz@pucit.edu.pk
Curriculum Vitae

Dr.Rukhsana Kausar

Assistant Professor (Adhoc)
PhD in Applied Mathematics , Systems and controls theory Group, Department of Mathematics, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
MS in Industrial Mathematics(scientific computing) , Bio Mathematics Group, Department of Mathematics, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
PGD (Computer Science), Govt, College University, Lahore, Pakistan
M.Sc (Applied Mathematics), Department of Mathematics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Research / Teaching Interests: Modeling and analysis of networks, Switched systems, Hybrid systems, Artificial Intelligence, Neural networks, Differential algebraic equations, Numerics of hyperbolics systems for gas networks,Higher order numerics for modeling via Partial differential equations, Modeling via stochastic differential equations,Probability and algorithms, Machine learning, Atomisation and controls, Finite element analysis software
Curriculum Vitae
Email: rukhsana@pucit.edu.pk

Dr. Muhammad Abdullah

Assistant Professor (Adhoc)
Ph.D. Computer Science PUCIT, University of the Punjab (2020)
M.Phil Computer Science, PUCIT, University of the Punjab (2016)
BS Computer Science, University of the Punjab (2014)
Teaching: Programming Fundamentals, Object-Oriented Programming, Analysis of Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Cloud Computing
Research / Teaching Interests: Cloud Computing, Scalable Applications, Machine Learning, System Performance Management.
Email: muhammad.abdullah@pucit.edu.pk