Knowledge and Data Science Research Centre (KDRC)

A centre of excellence in digital research.

Students

Many MS and PhD students have completed their thesis and projects working with the centre on multiple topics including Data Science, AI, Machine learning, NLP, Health Informatics.

PhD Students

Current

  • Madeha Arif 
  • Tahira Sadaf
  • Sadia Khalid
  • Marium Hida

Graduated

2023

6) Faryal Nosheen

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: A Novel Approach to Compute Lower and Upper Approximations of Dominance Based Rough Set Theory
  • Publications: 2 Conference papers + 2 Impact factor journal publication

2019

5) Sundus Ayaz

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: HCF-CRS: A Hybrid Content based Fuzzy Conformal Recommender System for providing recommendations with confidence 
  • Publications: 2 Conference papers + 1 Impact factor journal publication

2018

4) Summair Raza

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: An incremental dependency calculation technique for feature selection using rough sets
  • Publications: 2 Conference papers + 5 Impact factor journal publications + 1 Book

2017

3) Abdul Wahab Muzaffar Qureshi

  • Co-supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title:  A Relation Extraction Framework for Biomedical Text using Hybrid Feature Set
  • Publications: 1 Conference paper + 1 Impact factor journal publication

2016

2) Farhan Hassan Khan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title:  Semi-Supervised Feature Weighting & Intelligent Model Selection (SWIMS): A Novel Sentiment Analysis Approach
  • Publications: 2 Conference papers + 10 Impact factor journal publications

1) Saba Bashir

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: IntelliHealth: An intelligent medical decision support system using a novel multi-layer classifier ensemble framework
  • Publications: 2 Conference papers + 7 Impact factor journal publications

Master Students

Graduated

2024

100) Uzma Nawaz

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: A novel Approach to Calculate Dominance based Rough Sets Theory Approximations for dynamic datasets
  • Publications: 0

2023

99) Sundas Ashraf

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Disease Classification Based on Clinical Notes 
  • Publications: 0

2022

98) Mishal Muneer

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Automatic Generation of Class Diagram from Natural Language Requirements using Natural Language Processing
  • Publications: 1

97) Sehar Shafique

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Building a Biomedical Ontology for COVID19 
  • Publications: 0

96) Khusbakht Iqtidar

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-supervisor: Sumair Aziz
  • Thesis title:Classification of Coronary Artery Disease(CAD) using Phonocardiogram(PCG) Signals
  • Publications: 1 (Journal Paper)

2021

95) Uzair Rasheed

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Differential Diagnosis of Acute Flaccid Paralysis via Clinical Approach using the Concepts of Data Science
  • Publications: 0

94) Nida Bari

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Efficient Contact Tracing for Pandemic using Blockchain
  • Publications: 1 (Journal Paper)

93) Muhammad Umar Sajjad

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Framework for Software Testing Data using Correlation Coefficient and Apriori Algorithm
  • Publications: 0

92) Anila Umar

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Detection and Diagnosis of Psychological Disorders through Decision Rule Set Formation
  • Publications: 1 (Conference Paper)

91) Zumar Khalid

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Weight and cluster based test case prioritisation technique 
  • Publications: 1 (Conference Paper)

90) Iffat Fatima

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Detection and Correction of Android Code Smells and Energy Bugs to support Green Android Development
  • Publications: 2 (Conference Papers) + 1 Book Chapter

89) Javeria Almas

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Research Paper Recommender System Based On Latent Semantic Analysis
  • Publications: 1 (Conference Paper)

2020

88) Usman Ali

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Novel Distributed Load Management Algorithm (NDLMA) for Local Level Management
  • Publications: 1 (Conference Paper)

87) Aqsa Mumtaz

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Phishing Email Detection using Learning Vector Quantization
  • Publications: 0 

86) Saliha Sadaf

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Summair Raza
  • Thesis title: Unsupervised Feature Selection Based On Rough Set Theory Using Direct Dependency Classes
  • Publications: 0 

85) Sidra Hanif

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: 
  • Publications: 0 

84) Khawaja Sarmad Arif 

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: A Core Biomedical Ontology For The Domain Of Respiratory Tract Infection
  • Publications: 1 (Conference Publication)

83) Kaleem Ullah

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar  
  • Thesis title: An Incremental Approach for Calculating Dominance-based Rough Set Dependency
  • Publications: 1 (Journal Publication)

82) Sana Abid

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Summair Raza
  • Thesis title: Unsupervised Feature Selection Using Incremental Dependency Classes Based on Rough Set Theory
  • Publications: 0 

81) Aiman Qadeer

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: A Novel Framework for Dynamic Ensemble Selection using Weighting Approach 
  • Publications: 1 (Conference publication)

80) Kanwal Wahab

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Building a Biomedical Ontology for Chronic Liver Disease 
  • Publications: 1 (Conference publication)

79) Andleeb Aslam

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: A Novel Framework For Sentiment Analysis Using Deep Learning
  • Publications: 2 (Conference publications)

78) Raheela Bibi

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Sentiment analysis for Urdu news Tweets using Decision tree
  • Publications: 1 (Conference publication)

77) Reda Ayesha Khan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Quality Framework for Ontology Evaluation Based on Structural Characteristics
  • Publications: 1 (Conference publication)

76) Asma Shaheen

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: OOCQM: Object Oriented Code Quality Meter
  • Publications: 1 (Chapter publication)

75) Aleena Ahmad

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Summair Raza
  • Thesis title: Improving Lower and Upper Approximation of Dominance based Rough Set Approach
  • Publications: 1 (Conference publication)

74) Munazza Ansar

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Identification of Difficult English Words for Assisting Hearing Impairment Children in Learning Language
  • Publications: 1 (Conference publication)

73) Muhammad Usman

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Secure Electronic Health Records Storage and Sharing using Blockchain
  • Publications: 1 (Conference publication)

72) Pakizah

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Hybridizing Multiple Filters and GA Wrapper for Feature Selection of Microarray Cancer Datasets
  • Publications: 2 (Conference publications)

2019

71) Ayesha Shahnaz

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar 
  • Thesis title: Using Blockchain for Electronic Health Records
  • Publications: 1 (Journal Paper)

70) Sadia Majeed

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Farhan Hassan Khan
  • Thesis title: Improving Social Network Analysis to Enhance the Identification of Influential Nodes
  • Publications: 4 (conference papers)

69) Rabia Noureen

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Farhan Hassan Khan
  • Thesis title: Deep Learning To Improve Sentiment Analysis
  • Publications: 2 (conference papers)

68) Hina Qamar

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Deep learning based Classification of Breast Cancer using mammography
  • Publications: 1 (conference paper)

67) Iqra Tahir

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Classification of EEG signal by training neural network with Swarm Optimization for Identification of Epilepsy
  • Publications: 1 (conference paper)

67) Younas khan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Applying Feature Selection and Weight Optimization Techniques to Enhance Artificial Neural Network for Heart Disease Diagnosis
  • Publications: 2 (conference papers)

66) Muhammad Asad

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Blood Glucose Level Prediction Using Optimized Neural Network
  • Publications: 4 (conference papers)

2018

65)  Fariha Tauseef

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Detection of Heart Disease Using Decision Tree
  • Publications: 0

64) Faiza Hussain

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Identification And Correction Of Misspelled Drugs’ Names In Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
  • Publications: 3 (Conference paper)

63) Amna Noureen

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Semantic Analysis of Social Media and Associated Psychotic Behaviors
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

62) Alia Fatima

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Wrapper Based Feature Selection Of Streaming Data And Accelerating Hoeffding Tree
  • Publications: 3 (Conference papers)

61) Aiman Khan Nazir

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Automated misspelling detection and correction in clinical free-text records
  • Publications: 3 (Conference papers)

60) Shaista Sabir

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: A​ ​preconception​ ​Gender​ ​assessment​ ​using​ ​Data​ ​Mining​ ​Techniques​ ​based​ ​on​ ​Implementation​ ​of Natural​ ​Laws​ ​&​ ​Favoring​ ​Factors
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

59) Iqra Muhammad

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Farhan Hassan Khan
  • Thesis title: Temporal Spam Identification
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

58) Madeha Arif

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Farhan Hassan Khan
  • Thesis title: Predicting Helpfulness of Online Reviews
  • Publications: 2 (Conference papers)

2017

57) Qadeem Khan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: An Optimized Data Clustering Algorithm for Analysis of Software Architectural Styles Data Set
  • Publications: 3 (Conference papers)

56) M Salman

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Farhan Hassan Khan
  • Thesis title: URL Based Phishing Detection Using A Hybrid Approach
  • Publications: 0

55) Adnan Ullah

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Farhan Hassan Khan
  • Thesis title: Multi-Filter Feature Selection (MFFS) Model for Gene Analysis in Microarray Dataset
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

54) Shumaila Anjum

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Improving Software Maintenance by Applying Enhanced Tree Kernel Based Approach on Software Clone Detection Framework
  • Publications: 0

53) Maryam Jamil

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: CRM strategies based on association rules and sequential patterns
  • Publications: 0

2016

52) Gulshan Saleem

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Text Mining through Modified Label Induction Grouping Algorithm
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

51) Sobh Zeb

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr. Farhan Raiz
  • Thesis title: Sentiment Analysis On User Reviews Through Lexicon And Rule-based Approach
  • Publications: 2 (Conference paper)

50) Bushra Zafar

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr. Michael Cochez
  • Thesis title: Using Distributional Semantics For Automatic Taxonomy Induction
  • Publications: 2 (Conference paper)

49) Mazhar Hameed

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Usman Akram
  • Thesis title: Business Intelligence: Self Adapting and prioritizing database algorithm based on contextual shifting of data
  • Publications: 3 (Conference paper)

48) Hiba Khalid

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Usman Akram
  • Thesis title: Imparting Data Knowledge in discrete data volumes using crowded agent approach for multi-perspective and visualized big data
  • Publications: 3 (Conference paper)

47) Amna Rahman

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: A Bayesian Classifiers Based Combination Model For Text Classification
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

46) Aamna Iqtidar

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Mr Abdul Wahab Muzaffar Qureshi
  • Thesis title: Building A Biomedical Ontology on Genetic Disease
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

45) Saadia Ismail

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar Co-Supervisor: Dr Wasi Haider Butt
  • Thesis title: HL7 FHIR Compliant Data Access Model for Maternal Health Information System (MHIS)
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

44) Asim Abbas

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Test Suite Minimization and Prioritization
  • Publications: 0

2015

43) Shahzada Zeeshan Waheed

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Data Flow Based Automated Integration Testing Framework for Object Oriented Programs Using Evolutionary Approach
  • Publications: 2 (Conference papers)

42) Zarha Khan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: A Text Mining based Approach to Detect Spam Emails
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

41) Saira Seemab

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Mining Hospital Data for Predicting Patient Drop Off
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

40) Muhammad Arslan Idris

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Performance Analysis of Cloud Based Load Testing of Web Applications
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

39) Samiullah Khan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: A Framework for Evaluation of Biomedical Ontologies on the basis of Structural Components
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

38) Muhammad Zubair Khan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Towards Service Evaluation and Ranking Model for cloud Infrastructure Selection
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

37) Aisha Zafar Ahmad

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar, Co-Supervisor: Dr Wasi Haider Butt
  • Thesis title: Influence of Key Player Detection and Removal on Efficiency and Performance of Terrorist Networks using Social Network Analysis
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

36) Aqsa Bajwa

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar, Co-Supervisor: Dr Wasi Haider Butt
  • Thesis title: Framework for incorporating social networks with recommender systems
  • Publications: 0

35) Anam Shahjahan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar, Co-Supervisor: Dr Wasi Haider Butt
  • Thesis title: Impact Of Refactoring On Code Quality By Using Graph Theory
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

34) Waqas Ahmed

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Analyzing Different Validation and Verification Techniques for Safety Critical Software System
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

33) Shoaib Hassan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Purification of Requirement Engineering Model for Rapid Application Development
  • Publications: 2 (Conference papers)

32) Saadia Hafeez

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Building a Bio-medical Ontology on Breast Cancer
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

31) Bakhtawar Seerat

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Clinical Decision Making Using Association Rule Mining-A New Approach with Attribute Weights
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

30) Syed Hasnain Ali

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: A Feature Reduction Framework based on Rough Set for Bio Medical Datasets
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

29) Fahim Ashraf Awan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Roman Urdu Sentiment Analysis (RUSA) – A Lexicon Based Approach
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

28) Usman Humayun

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Social Network Analysis using Multilevel Clustering on Linkden
  • Publications: 0

27) Munazza Ishtiaaq

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Sentiment Analysis of Twitter Data Using Sentiment Influencers
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

26) Faisal  Khan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: A Novel Method for Creating a Boasting Random Forest
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

25) Madiha Guftar

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: A rule based expert system for syncope prediction
  • Publications: 2 (Conference papers)

24) Kashif Khan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Improved Single-Label Text Categorization by Instance Filtration.
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

23) Muhammad Ashraf Khan Niazi

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar, Co-Supervisor: Mr Abdul Wahab Muzaffar Qureshi
  • Thesis title: Signature Automation of UMLS Concepts: An Un-Supervised Named Entity Recognition Framework for Classification of DNA and RNA in Biological Text
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

2014

22) Sobia Shafiq

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar, Co-Supervisor: Dr Wasi Haider Butt
  • Thesis title: Attack Type Prediction Using Hybrid Classifier
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

21) Fareeha Choudhry

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Rule Based Inference Engine to forecast the Prevalence of Congenital Malformations in live births
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

20) Faryal Nosheen

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Flexibility and Privacy Control By Cookie Management
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

19) Muhammad Latif

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar, Co-Supervisor: Mr Abdul Wahab Muzaffar Qureshi
  • Thesis title: Content-Specific Unigrams and Syntactic Phrases to Enhance SentiWordNet based Sentiment Classification
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

18) Aniqa Azam

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Optic Disc Segmentation from Colored Retinal Images using Vessel Density
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

17) Roohi Hussain

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: An Approach to Detect Spam Emails by Using Majority Voting
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

16) Faryal Gohar

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar, Co-Supervisor: Dr Wasi Haider Butt
  • Thesis title: Terrorist Group Prediction Using Data Classification
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

15) Nabila Perveen

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Inference Engine for Classification of Expert Systems Using Keyword Extraction Technique
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

14) Bureera Sabir

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar, Co-Supervisor: Mr Abdul Wahab Muzaffar Qureshi
  • Thesis title: Ontology Development and Evaluation for Urinal Tract Infection
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

13) Asad Bukhari

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: URWF: User Reputation based Weightage Framework for Twitter Micropost Classification
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper) + 1 (Impact factor journal publication)

12) Muhammad Usman

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Assessment for Enterprise Content Management Implementation
  • Publications: 0

11) Iqra Basharat

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Framework using supervised learning techniques for classification of unstructured data of cardiac patients
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

10) Mamuna Fatima

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Cardiac Data Mining: Extraction of Significant Patterns for Predicting Heart Conditions
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

9) Maryam Samad

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Framework for the Time Series analysis of prevalence of Tb in Punjab.
  • Publications: 0

8) Fasial Karim

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Human Frontal Sinus Identification Based on SIFT and Pattern Recognition Techniques-A Hybrid Approach
  • Publications: 0

2013

7) Aqdas Ikram

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Developing an expert system based on association rules and predicate logic for earthquake prediction
  • Publications: 2 (Impact factor journal publication)

6) Andleeb Shahnaz

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Developing a multi-factor disease biomedical knowledge base using medical subject headings
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

5) Fauiza Khan

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Detecting covert dubious actors using cross domain associations
  • Publications: 1 (Conference paper)

4) Rozina Nisa

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: A Text Mining based Approach for Web Service Classification
  • Publications: 2 (Impact factor journal publications)

3) Bilal Kakli

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Impact of Politics, War on Terror and Natural Disasters on Pakistan Education. An Analysis of Primary Education in Pakistan
  • Publications: 0

2) Hina Anwar

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Global Optimization Ensemble Model for Classification Methods
  • Publications: 1 (Impact factor journal publication)

2012

1) Rabia Bashir

  • Supervisor: Dr Usman Qamar
  • Thesis title: Intelligent Web Services Classification using Machine Learning Algorithms
  • Publications: 0