Waqas Nawaz is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Systems, Islamic university of Madinah, KSA. He received his Ph.D. degree from Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea in 2015. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Computer Science at Innopolis University Russia for one year. His research interests are in Data Mining, Social Networks Analysis, Big Data, Graph Mining, Databases, Image Processing and Artificial Intelligence.

Associate Professor (July, 2021 - to date) 

Department of Computer and Information Sciences, 

Islamic University Almadinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Assistant Professor (Nov, 2016 - June, 2021) 

Department of Computer and Information Sciences, 

Islamic University Almadinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Post Doctoral Fellow (Aug, 2015 - Aug 2016) 

Network and Information Sciences Laboratory, 

Institute of Information Systems, Innopolis University, Russia

Education

PhD Computer Science (March, 2011- Aug 2015) CGPA 4.01/4.3

Dept. of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, South Korea

Major: Graph Mining

Supervisor: Prof. Young-Koo Lee

MSCS-Computer Science (Aug, 2008 - June, 2010) CGPA 3.67/4.0 (Distinction)                    

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES), Foundation of Advancement in Science and Technology (FAST), Islambad, Pakistan

Major: Machine Learning and Image Processing

Supervisor: Dr. Arfan Jaffer

Co-Supervisor: Dr. Ayyaz Hussain 

BSCS-Computer Science (July 2004 - Aug 2008) CGPA 3.78/4.0 (Distinction)

University Institute of Information Technology (UIIT), PMAS-AAU, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Aug 2015 – Aug 2016 Innopolis University Russia

Employee and Teacher Assistant

July 2010 – Feb 2012 Elixir Technologies Pakistan Islamabad

Software Engineer

Jan 2009 – July 2009 Fast-National University Islamabad

Teacher Assistant

May 2010 – June 2010 National University of Modern Languages Islamabad

Internee Teacher

[Reviewer] – Reviewed technical research papers

[Journals]

• IEEE Access [link]
• The Journal of Supercomputing [link]
• Information Sciences [link]
• ACM TSAS: Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems [link]
• The Computer Journal, Oxford University Press [link]
• TIIS: Transactions on Internet and Information Systems [link]
• IJDSN: International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks [link]
• SRE: Scientific Research and Essays [link] 
• KIISE: Journal of KIISE [link]
• IJST: Indian Journal of Science and Technology [link]
• Cluster Computing [link]

[Conferences]

• CIKM-2011: The 20th ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management [link]
• DASFAA-SNSM-2012: The 17th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, SNSM Workshop. [link]
• IMCOM-2014: ACM The 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication [link]
• BigComp-2015: Second International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing [link]
• UCES-2013: The FTRA 2013 International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing and Embedded Systems [link]
• MoMM-2011: The 9th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia [link]

Teaching

[Spring 2017 – To date] @ Islamic University of Madinah, KSA

• MS – DataScience
  • Massive Data Mining – Master Program
• BS Program
  • Research Methodology
  • Design & Analysis of Algorithms
  • Big Data and Business Intelligence
  • Advanced Databases
  • Database Management Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Technology Topics
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Data Structures
  • Software Engineering

[Fall-2015] @ Innopolis University, Russia

• Data Modeling and Databases
• Data Science Project 

[Spring-2009] @ Department of Computer Science, FAST University, Pakistan

• Data Structure

Student Supervision

• Batjargal Dolgorsuren (PhD candidate, Kyung Hee University, South Korea)
• Muhammad Aamir (MS student, Kyung Hee University, South Korea)
• Noor-ul-Amin (MS student, Kyung Hee University, South Korea)
• Kamran Najeebullah (MS student, Kyung Hee University, South Korea)

Awards & Certificates

• Participated in 1st International School on Software Development Techniques at Innopolis University, 2016.
• Second best paper award in International Conference on Big Data Applications and Services (BIGDAS-2015)
• I won the second prize in speed programming held in Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
• I have received first prize in software competition in University Institute of Information Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
• Certificates of participation as on-spot programmer from UAAR (www.uaar.edu.pk) in Visio-Spark 2008 at CIIT-Wah; also in Softech-2009 at Fast campus Lahore, Pakistan.

Co-Curricular Activities

• Highly motivated, cooperative and active in social activities, volunteership and scouting etc.
• Passionate about writing, photography and travel around the world.
• Collecting and reading books, browsing and searching internet, cooking, video and audio editing.
• Eager to attend seminars and lecture programs.
• Playing games such as Cricket, Football, and Athletics.