Title: Lahore University of Management and Sciences
1Lahore University of Management and Sciences
2 Founding Vision
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- To be a pre-eminent academic
- institution, serving as a catalyst
- for economic prosperity and
- social development
- Focus on development of world-class
- management talent
3 LUMS Overview
- Private university founded in 1985
- Founded by corporate sector (including Siemens)
- 2200 student body
- 1700 undergrad 500 graduate students
- 35 women
- 120 faculty members
- PhDs from Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Oxford
- Over 60 international publications in 2006
4 Undergraduate Programs
- Broad based education
- BSc (Honors) - 4 Years Degree
- Computer Science
- Computer Engineering
- Mathematics
- Economics
- Social Science
- Accounting and Finance
- Law
- Entry Requirements 12 years of education,
- and SAT I SAT II or LUMS Admission Test
- Average SAT I score 1300 / 1600
5 MS/PhD Programs
- Graduate programs in
- Computer Science (MS/PhD)
- Computer Engineering (MS/PhD)
- Mathematics (PhD)
- Business Studies (PhD)
- Economics (MS)
- Develop professionals with sound
- technical and management skills
- Produce highly qualified teachers
- Inculcate research culture
6 Quality Focus
- Best students inducted because of need blind
admission policy - Over Rs.40 million disbursed as financial aid in
2005 - Excellent Graduate Placement Record
- 8 Rhodes Scholars in last 12 years
- 10 Fulbright Scholars in 2005
- Over 2500 alumni studying at top universities or
employed in the top multinationals, local
corporates, NGOs, Multilateral agencies,
Government
7 Graduate Placement
8 Selected Employers
9International Linkages Collaborations
- Student Exchange Programs
- Copenhagen Business School
- FH Joanneum Institute of Management
- Asian Institute of Technology
- University Utara Malaysia
- Indian School of Business
- Stockholm School of Business
- Linkages
- McGill University (CIDA)
- University of Essex
- Harvard
- MIT
- University of Chicago
- University of Sussex
10 Going Forward
- Refocusing of existing Schools
- School of Arts Sciences
- Suleman Dawood School of Business
- Two new schools and expansion of teaching
programs - School of Law and Policy
- School of Science and Engineering
- Doubling of student body to 4000
- 2400 undergraduate
- 1600 graduate
- Tripling of faculty strength to 360
11 Science Engineering Plans
Mathematics Computer Science Computer Engineering
- Modeled after US Research Universities
- 30 million already raised
- First batch of students enrolled by 2008
- By 2020 have 1200 undergrads, 800 grad
students and 200 faculty
Physics Chemistry Biology Electrical
Engineering Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Material
Science Biological Engineering Chemical
Engineering
- Produce graduates who are
- Technically competent,
- creative hands-on
- Able to sell their ideas
- Socially responsible
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13 Science/Eng Advisory Committee
- Robert Jaffe (MIT)
- John Kassakian (MIT)
- Richard Larson (MIT)
- Khalid Aziz (Stanford)
- Mir Imran (Incube)
- Hubertus Von Dewitz (Siemens)
- Obaid Siddiqi (TATA Inst. of Fundamental
Research) - Xiang-Sun Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- Ashok Mittal (IIT Kanpur)
- Amos Nur (Stanford)
- Stephen Berry (Univ of Chicago)
- Hassan Ahmed (Sonus Networks)
- Zia Chishti (The Resource Group)
14 Vision
- To become an internationally
- acclaimed research university that
- serves society through excellence in
- education and research
15Research Work in Department of Computer Science
and Engineering
- Lahore University of Management Sciences
16 Computer Science and Engineering Faculty
- Telecommunication and Networks
- Shahab Baqai, PhD Purdue Amjad Luna, PhD
Georgia Tech - Tariq Jadoon, PhD Strathclyde Zartash Uzmi, PhD
Stanford - Umar Saif, PhD Cambridge
- Video and Image Processing
- Nadeem A. Khan, PhD Eindhoven Shahid Masud,
PhD Queens Belfast - Sohaib A. Khan, PhD U of Central Florida
- Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition
- Mian M Awais, PhD Imperial College Asim Karim,
PhD Ohio State - Electronics, Systems and Control
- Khurram Afridi, PhD MIT Anwar Khurshid, PhD
Michigan - M Jahangir Ikram, PhD Manchester
- Theoretical Computer Science and Software
Engineering - M Ashraf Iqbal, PhD UET Shafay Shamail, PhD
Bath - Arif Zaman, PhD Stanford Nabil Mustafa, PhD
Duke
17Research Areas and Funded Projects
- Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition and
Computer Vision - Multi-Camera Multiple-Person Tracking and
Surveillance - 3D Reconstruction from Video (Non Rigid Structure
from Motion) - Freeway Incident Detection
- Automatic Multiple Party Lecture and Speech
Summarization - Analysis of Satellite Imagery for Rural
Applications - Telecommunication and Networks
- Restoration Routing in MPLS Networks (Funded by
Cisco) - Poor Mans Broad-band (Funded by Microsoft
Research) - Resource Management for Multimedia Services
- Fault Tolerant TCP Stack for Reliable Routing
- GMPLS Control for Ethernet (In collaboration with
Siemens) - Benchmarking of Pakistan Internet Backbone for
VOIP - Optical Network Management using GIS-based
Information
18Research Areas and Funded Projects
- Video and Image Processing
- Error Resilience of Multimedia Information
- Efficient H.264/MPEG4 Video Encoding
- Fast Correlation Methods for Image/Video
Registration - Automatic Target Recognition
- System Simulation and Design
- Predictive Model Development for Industrial
Distillation Column - Internet-based Environmental Watch System
- Simulation of GELS-based Ethernet Networks
- Automotive Systems
- Vision-based Smart Airbag
- Advanced Electrical System Design (MAESTrO)
Awarded BMW Scientific Award 1999
19Previous Collaboration with Siemens
- Study and Evaluation of GELS
- A new control for Ethernet-based networks
- Project span one year (01/2006-12/2006)
- Research output
- Simulation software and tools
- Research paper at IEEE ICC 2007 (Glasgow)
- Research report (paper at IEEE Globecom)
- People involved
- Siemens
- Herbertus Dewitz (Liaison and advisory role)
- Johannes Riedl, Martin Nathensen, Kulkarni
- LUMS
- Zartash Afzal Uzmi (Technical and Supervisory
role) - One research associate, two research assistants
20Thank You