Latest Book: ISBN 978-969-9298-00-4

 

A Brief Introduction to Data Mining (2008) 190 pages [Title] [ToC]

Introduction Our capacity to generate and record data has increased tremendously over the last decade. Discovering interesting yet hidden patterns in this mountain of data is called Data Mining. There are not many books that give a brief yet pertinent introduction of Data Mining, this book endeavors to fill this gap, and strengthens it by also providing a detailed case study using real data.

   

DISTINCTIONS

Completed Rs. 30.58 millions 26-month ADSS project 2008.

Productive Scientist of 2007 by Pakistan Council for Science & Technology.

Computer Sci. Award for 2005 by Pakistan Academy of Sciences.

IT Excellence award for 2004 in R&D by NCR.

STANDING of work on Google (1st Sep. 2008)

2nd rank out of 0.53 million hits using keywords data mining Pakistan

5th and 8th rank out of 0.8 million hits using keywords data mining agriculture

14th rank out of 0.59 million hits using keywords agriculture data warehouse

 

Latest Journal Publication: Impact Factor 1.273

  Analysis of mealybug incidence on the cotton crop using ADSS-OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) tool

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Volume 69,  Issue 1  (November 2009)| Pages 59-72, Year of Publication: 2009| ISSN:0168-1699

 

Traditionally the agriculture expert's knowledge is descriptive and experimental, therefore, it is difficult to describe it mathematically and subsequently build agriculture Decision Support Systems (DSS). Furthermore, the corresponding data may be in such a raw form that it cannot be used in a DSS. The Agriculture Decision Support System (ADSS) is a 26-month project based on the Agro-met data from 2001 to 2006 of Punjab (the bread-basket of Pakistan), its ADSS-OLAP, i.e. Online Analytical Processing tool (www.agroict-olap.org) allows for quick analysis of all possible interesting aggregates of the ADSS data by employing drag-drop and mouse-click and is used in this paper to identify the effective pesticide groups related to the mealybug incidence. Pakistan is the world's fifth-largest producer of cotton, but the emergence of the mealybug as a new cotton pest is likely to reduce the cotton yield by 1.3 million bales. The research work reported in this paper is based on the detailed pest-scouting data of 2300+ farmers of District Multan (cotton hub of Pakistan) for the years 2005 and 2006. This paper will also provide guidelines for the design and development of similar complex systems/tools and discusses the issues of agricultural data-quality management, particularly in the field of insect-pest management.

 

After obtaining my B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (with honors) from the Univ. of Engineering & Technology Lahore, I worked as Asst. Engineer at the Directorate of Nuclear Power Islamabad. After obtaining S&T Scholarship on National merit, I then proceeded to USA and did my MSc in Computer Engineering and then MSc in Computer Sciences from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.

After returning to Pakistan, I joined  National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) in 1992 as Assistant Director MIS and founding member and in 1998, joined Systems Research as Marketing Manager. In 1998 I joined Fauji Foundation Institute of Management & Computer Sciences as founding member, Assistant Professor and Manager Student Affairs.

In 2000 I joined FAST National University as Assoc. Prof. In 2003 I established the Center for Agro-Informatics Research and in 2004 started my PhD  from the University of Stirling, Scotland UK and in 2005 was hired by the Virtual University of Pakistan for video recording of Data Warehousing lectures. In 2006 I won a Rs. 30.58 million project for establishing an Agri Data Warehouse. In 2007 I completed my PhD and in 2008 I was promoted to the post of Professor.

In Apr. 2009 I left FAST and joined Foundation University Institute of Engineering & Management Sciences as Professor, where I am currently Heading the Department of Telecom Engineering

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Latest International Presentation

 

"Application of Data Mining in Agriculture and Bioinformatics"

International Conference and Workshop on "Bioinformatics: Current Progress and Practical Applications" dedicated to the 80 years jubilee celebrations of Prof. Jalal Aliyev was organized by the Ministry of Communications and IT, Azerbaijan, COMSTECH and COMSATS Institute of IT at Baku, Azerbaijan 23rd-28th June, 2008.

  

Latest Workshop Organized as Resource Person

 

Concluding workshop of the Agri Decision Support System (ADSS) was held on 21 Aug. 2006, click [here] for the 2-year ADSS project report. The workshop included six presentations based on the project research work, there were 70 registrations for the workshop, including 20 PhD Scholars. The concluding ceremony was chaired by the Federal Minister for Agriculture Mr. Nazar Muhammad Gondal. The Minister stated that "Use of IT in farm sector to boost productivity". To read complete news published in DAWN  [click here]

  

 

 

Latest Presentation on Data Mining

  Data Mining Training Workshop was held on 28th May 2008, the day-long workshop was attended by 40 selected professionals from academic and research organizations. The concluding session was chaired by the Federal Minister for IT Mr. Qamar uz Zaman Kaira. The Minister stated that "The government will link all villages by Internet". To read the complete news published in Business Recorder [click here]