14th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies

Nov 21-22, 2018, Organized by the Department of Computer Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Keynote Speakers

Associate Professor Vallipuram Muthukkumarasamy

Dr. Vallipuram Muthukkumarasamy

BScEng (Peradeniya), PhD (Cambridge), MIEEE, MIET Group Leader Network Security Research – Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, Australia

Title: Dr. Vallipuram Muthukkumarasamy

Bio: Muthu obtained B.Sc. Eng. with 1st Class Hons. from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and obtained Ph.D. from Cambridge University, England. He is attached to School of Information and Communications Technology, Griffith University, Australia as an Associate Professor. His current research areas include investigation of security issues in wireless networks, sensor networks, trust management in MANETs, key establishment protocols and medical sensor networks. He established the Network Security research Group at the Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems at Griffith University and leading that Group. He has aslo been providing leadership to innovative learning and teaching practices as the Deputy Head of School. He has received a number of best teacher awards.

Talk : Cyber Security Threats in the Blockchain Era

Digital transformation enables unprecedented opportunities for prosperity with challenges. Cyber space creates new waves of vulnerabilities across the spectrum of users: communities, businesses and nations. The cost of cybercrime to businesses over the next five years is expected to be US$8 trillion. At this information age global cyber-attack for organisations and individuals is not a question of if, but when. The attack surface is continuously expanding due to smart appliances, smart buildings and smart cars through the proliferation of Internet of Things. Blockchain may improve cyber security through creating smart infrastructure and smart governance trusted by transaction participants and decentralized by nature. Researchers are aiming to track the threats and deal with it through smart contracts before any catastrophic events. Blockchain-based identity and access management systems can be leveraged to strengthen modern digital society. Cyber hygiene and fundamental understanding of how the new technologies can bring innovation are critical for pro-active entrepreneurial society. The seminar will address some of the key aspects of these with example application areas.
Dr. Ahmad Muqeem Sheri

Dr. Ahmad Muqeem Sheri

B.E. degree in computer software engineering from the National University of Science and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and the M.S. degree in computer sciences from the Lahore University of Managementand Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, in 2008. He was awarded Ph.D. degree in the School of Information and Communication, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea.

Title: Dr. Ahmad Muqeem Sheri

Bio: Dr. Ahmad received the B.E. degree in computer software engineering from the National University of Science and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and the M.S. degree in computer sciences from the Lahore University of Managementand Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, in 2008. He was awarded Ph.D. degree in the School of Information and Communication, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea. He has served as faculty in Fatima Jinnah Women University, NUST and GIST South Korea. He has worked in industry for more than 10 year in the field of dataware housing, bussiness intelligence, robotics and machine intelligence. He has published his research in top journals like Transactions of Industrial Electronics, and has international patent of Dual Memristor desing for Neuromorphic devices.

Currently he is the lead research professor for the autonomous driving team of GIST, South Korea. He oversees all the research and development efforts of autonomous vehicle development from design of hardware for control system to the machine learning stack and algorithms for autonomous missions. His primary research area these days is in meta learning of neural architectures to reduce computational costs as well as fusion of network outputs.

Talk : The Nuts and Bolts of Autonomous Driving

Self-driving car running on the road is going to be one of the major breakthroughs which intelligent vehicle community is anticipating in near future. Even though the artificial intelligence and robotics have achieved numerous milestones, cars rely on human driver’s skill and robust mechanical components. However, autonomous driving vehicles and automated driving assistance systems (ADAS) are more close to reality than fiction, since the major partners in automobile business are frequently displaying their model intelligent cars at auto shows. In recent years, automobiles manufacturers showed confidence in machine learning and robotics and launched initiatives towards cars that assist people in making driving decision. The ultimate goal is to build cars that are safer, that save time and energy and that are handy to humans. The goal of this talk is to introduce self-driving concepts ranging from localization to motion planning. The advancement in the field of autonomous driving and what trends are being used nowadays in the autonomous driving.