PROJECTS (In Progress)

Project Title	Project Team	Completion Year/ Duration	Funding/Sponsoring/Supporting Agency/Institute	Research Domain	United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
Detection of Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy by using Artificial Intelligence	Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead), Mohsan Naqi	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Computer Aided Diagnosis System for Lungs Cancer Detection and classification using Machine Learning	Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead), Umer Rashid	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Multi Focus Image Fusion	Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead), M Ahmad	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Computer Vision	SDG-4 (Quality Education)
Intelligent detection of covid-19 and its effect on human organs using Machine Learning	Dr Sohail Masood Bhatti (Lead), Maliha Chudhry	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Computational Biology, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Prediction, prognosis and analysis of the heart patient using machine learning	Dr Sohail Masood Bhatti (Lead), Muhammad Raoof	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Computational Biology, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Intelligent Facial Expression	Dr Sohail Masood Bhatti (Lead), HAFIZ M SHAHZAD	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Image Restoration using Machine Learning Techniques	Dr Sohail Masood Bhatti (Lead), Muhammad Naeem	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Intelligent detection of student’s affective state	Dr Sohail Masood Bhatti (Lead), Nasir Mahmood	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-4 (Quality Education)
Multi-Modal Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Dr Sheeraz Akram (Lead), Tayyaba Farhat	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Brain Cancer Detection Using Computational Intelligence Techniques	Dr Sheeraz Akram (Lead), Muhammad Zubair Fuzail	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Intelligent and robust sound-based vehicle fault detection and classification	Dr Sohail Masood Bhatti (Lead), Dr Sheeraz Akram, Muhammad Fawad Nasim	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Machine Learning Based Breast Cancer Detection and Classification	Dr Sheeraz Akram (Lead), Jawad Ahmad	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Blockchain and Federated Learning based Intelligent Cyber-Attack Prediction & Prevention System (BCFL-ICAPPS)	Dr Sheeraz Akram (Lead), Gohar Mumtaz	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Security & Cryptography	SDG-11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)
Prognosis of Cardiac related diseases using convolutional Neural network	Dr Tehreem Masood (Lead), Muhammad Sohail Irshad	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Lung Cancer Detection using Computational Intelligence Techniques	Dr Sheeraz Akram (Lead), Dr Tehreem Masood, Iftikhar Naseer	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Cache Management Strategy to Enhance the Performance of Named Data Networking based Internet of Things Environment.	Dr. M. Ali Naeem (Lead), Dr Moomal Qureshi, Qaizar Javed	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	System and Networking	SDG-11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)
Major Research Issues of Competitive Crowdsourcing Software Development Paradigm and their Automated Solutions	Dr Qasim Umar (Lead), Dr Moomal Qureshi, Yasir Munir	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Software Engineering	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Mutli-Sensor fusion based on Cloud Computing for Human Activity Recognition	Dr. Rashid Jahangir (Lead), Dr Moomal Qureshi, Hafiz Yasir Ghafoor	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Computer Vision	SDG-15 (Life on Land)
Empowerment of Sub-task’s wise Usability evaluation of Mobile Apps for Disables	Dr Moomal Qureshi (Lead), Hafiz Abdul Basit Muhmmad	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Human Computer Interaction	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG-15 (Life on Land)
A smart system to help visually impaired people using Machine Learning Techniques	Dr Moomal Qureshi, Zaeem Nazir	In progress	Supported by The Superior University Lahore, Pakistan	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Human Computer Interaction	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG-15 (Life on Land)

PROJECTS (Completed)

Project Title	Project Team	Completion Year/Duration	Funding/Sponsoring/Supporting Agency/Institute	Research Domain	United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals
Evolutionary based Shape Recovery from Image Focus	Foreign Collaborator (Dr Arfan Jaffar)	2 Year	Korea Research Foundation, South Korea	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG 4 (Quality Education)
Segmentation of Lungs Images for Cancer Detection	Post Doc Researcher (Dr Arfan Jaffar)	2 Year	Bio Imaging Research Centre at GIST, South Korea	Computer Vision	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Cloud Computing Based Fatigue and Vigilance Monitoring of Drivers	PI (Dr Arfan Jaffar)	2 Year	KACST, Saudi Arabia	Computer Vision	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Analysis and Modeling of Skin Cancer detection	Co-PI (Dr Arfan Jaffar)	1 Year	Deanship of Scientific Research, Imam Saud University	Computer Vision	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Analysis of Multimodel Security	PI (Dr Arfan Jaffar)	1 Year	Deanship of Scientific Research, Imam Saud University	Security & Networking	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Cancer Detection and Classification of Mammograms using Machine Learning Techniques	Dr Nawazish Naveed, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2013	Supported by FAST-NUCES, Funded by HEC Pakistan	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Image Restoration Using Soft Computing	Dr Sohail Masood Bhatti, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2014	Supported by FAST-NUCES, Funded by HEC	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
An evolutionary approach to unsupervised color image segmentation	Dr Ahmad Khan, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2015	Supported by FAST-NUCES, Funded by HEC Pakistan	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
ELSE. Ensemble Learning system with evolution for content-based image retrieval	Dr Aun Irtaza, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2015	Supported by FAST-NUCES, Funded by HEC Pakistan, Sponsored by GIST Korea	Computer Vision	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Incremental Learning Based Classification for Facial Expression Recognition	Dr Muhammad Sultan Zia, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2016	Supported by FAST-NUCES, Funded by HEC Pakistan	Computer Vision	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Optimal Restoration of Spatially Variant Degraded Images using Intelligent Methods	Dr Mohsin Bilal, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2016	Supported by FAST-NUCES, Funded by HEC Pakistan	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Object and Motion Cues Based Collaborative Approach for Human Activity Localization and Recognition in Unconstrained Videos	Dr Javidullah Khan, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2018	Supported by FAST-NUCES, Funded by HEC	Computer Vision	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Optimal composite morphological supervised filter for image denoising using genetic programming: Application to magnetic resonance images	Dr Muhammad Sharif, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2018	Supported by FAST-NUCES, Funded by HEC Pakistan, Sponsored by GIST, South Korea	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Computer Vision	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Optimal Sub-band and Strength Selection for Blind Watermarking in Wavelet Domain	Dr Muhammad Ishtiaq, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2018	Supported by FAST-NUCES, Funded by HEC Pakistan, Sponsored by GIST South Korea	Computer Vision	SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Smart Early Warning of Borer (Diatraea Saccharalis) Attack on Sugarcane Crop	Rana M. Nadeem, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2022	Supported by The Superior University, Lahore	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG 2 (Zero Hunger)
Neural Networks for the Gun Detection in Public Surveillance	Erssa Arif, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2022	Supported by The Superior University, Lahore	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	SDG-11, (Sustainable Cities and Communities)
Business Process model for integrated IoT based services in Smart Cities	Farzana Kausar, Dr Arfan Jaffar (Lead)	2022	Supported by The Superior University, Lahore		SDG-11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)