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Creating a Research Culture in PakistanCreating a Research Culture in Pakistan
---- A Local PerspectiveA Local Perspective
Arshad AliSEECS NUST Islamabad
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Typical University
UniversityStudent Professional
Ethics ?
Creativity ?
Independent thinking ?
Ability to apply knowledge ?
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Mediocre teachers tell,
great ones inspire
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TeacherTeacher
The teacher who is indeed wise does
not bid you to enter the house of hiswisdom but rather leads you to the
threshold of your mind.
Khalil Gibran
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Research and TeachingResearch and Teaching
yBoth teaching and research are
highly valued activities
yTeacher = scholar
This scholarship is one of the most
valued assets
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Model of ScholarshipModel of Scholarship
4 dimensions of scholarship:
y Teaching educating future scholars.The teaching process.
y Application applying knowledge, service, theengagement process.
y
Integration making connections acrossdisciplines, the synthesis process.y Discovery research, the investigative
process.
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Attributes Associated with ResearchAttributes Associated with Research
ProductivityProductivity
y Individual Attributes
Innate abilities (i.e. IQ, personality, age)
Personal environmental influences
x
i.e. quality and culture of graduate training
y Institutional structure and leadership
Size of programme and faculty
Amount of university revenue
Facilities
Number of books and journals in library
Internet Access
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Attributes Associated with ResearchAttributes Associated with Research
ProductivityProductivity
y Departmental culture and workingconditions
Workload policies
Availability of funds for research
Number of students on research support
Availability of star faculty
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Measures to Promote and EncourageMeasures to Promote and Encourage
ResearchResearch
y Improve incentives for research.
Reduced teaching load
x up to 6 hrs/week for faculty members involved in
research Funding
x Seed money to initiate a research project
Publication rewardx NUST Provides upto Rs 50,000 for journal publication
x Travel support for attending conferences
Annual Increment
x One extra annual increment is provided for two impact factor
journal publications in one year
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Measures to Promote and EncourageMeasures to Promote and Encourage
ResearchResearch
y Encourage establishment of inter -
disciplinary research groups
Faculty and graduate students wishing toparticipate in interdisciplinary research must
be supported to gain expertise in other fields
Establish discipline over-lapping labs forcommon and collaborative development and
research
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Measures to Promote and EncourageMeasures to Promote and Encourage
ResearchResearch
y Establish priorities
Basic Research
Applied Research
While stressing the importance of basic
research, particular importance can be
attached to applied research
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Measures to Promote andMeasures to Promote and
Encourage ResearchEncourage Research
y Encourage and facilitate a structured
mentoring program
Develop research potential of faculty by
matching inexperienced researchers with
experienced researchers
Hold workshops on re-entry skills for faculty
whose research performance needs a boost
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Measures to Promote andMeasures to Promote and
Encourage ResearchEncourage Research
y Make it clear that research is a priority
y Create a positive work environment
y Recruit faculty who are strong in research
y Find ways to assign reduced teaching loadsy Suggest funding sources
y Mentor junior faculty
y
Encourage senior faculty to co-supervisegraduate students with junior faculty
y Encourage faculty members to publish andparticipate in conferences
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Measures to Promote and EncourageMeasures to Promote and Encourage
ResearchResearch
y Put research/conference posters oncorridors
y Encourage faculty and graduate students todisplay posters prepared for conferences.
y Promote research-based teaching.y Explore participation in international
projects CERN-CMS, EU, EPFL, UWE, SLAC, Caltech
y Encourage faculty to plan sabbatical leaves /on job training at universities having highresearch reputation
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What can faculty doWhat can faculty do
y Be international be aware of internationalprogram
y Avoid intellectual isolation
y Apply for research grants
y Establish research networks and collaborationsy Ask for seed funding to initiate a research
project
y Teach graduate courses. Talk to upper-level
undergraduates about your own researchy Attend conferences in your field
y Publish regularly. Aim for top journals if rejectedlearn from reviews and resubmit
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Government
Politics and economy
Environment, culture, tradition, national character
Society
Collaboration
Policy Policy Technology Policy
Market
EconomicInfrastructure
Education
Labor Policy
Science and Policy
Create knowledge baseImprove education level
Improveproductivity
Product and
Services
Market
Knowledgebase
Policy
IndustryInnovations
Demand
Develop Social
Produce Knowledge
Human resources
Development and supply
Universities
Utilize Knowledge
Productive Sectors
University Role in National Development
Knowledge Base
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Impact of just one institution----MIT
y MIT graduates and faculty have founded
over 4000 companies
y Employ: around 2 million people
y Annual Sales: over $400 billion,
y
Collectively these companies are the 7thlargest economy in theWorld!
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Research Culture at SEECSResearch Culture at SEECS A Case StudyA Case Study
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Connecting Academia and IndustryConnecting Academia and Industry
y NUST Innopedia Knowledge Management Initiative
y
As a portal for industry Helps them search for relevant people, projects,and publications
y As a portal for faculty Helps them search for relevant research and
development ideas shared by industry Helps them project their recent achievements
y http://innopedia.nust.edu.pk
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Industry Funded Projects
y Ontology Guided Healthcare Analytics in partnership
with Biome (US)
y SCADA System for Rastgar Pvt Limited Islamabad
y Loom Monitoring System for Gul Ahmed Textile Karachi
y Mil Standard 1553 databus controller for NextekIslamabad To be deployed in PAF Aircraft Jointly builtby Pakistan and China
y RFID based Library inventory management system for
Pakistani Universities Libraries
y E- Health Grid for telemedicine in partnership withArmy medical college, CISCO France, SKH Lahore andShifa Hospital Islamabad
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Cloud Computing & DistributedSystems
Internet Tomography
Network Performance Monitoring Facilities:
Tier 2 data center
Years of research experience in HPC Longstanding collaboration with Stanford Linear
Accelerator (SLAC) Lab
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Information Security
Secure Protocols
Trusted Computing
Web Services Security
Secure group communications Secure and trusted Infrastructures.
Security in open distributed systems.
Secure Object Oriented Databases.
Secure and trusted mobile objects. Secure network infrastructure and applications.
Access control models, architecture, mechanisms andpolicies
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Signal Processing Speech, Image & Video Processing
Video Coding / CodecDevelopment
Multi-view Video Coding
Biomedical Image & SignalProcessing
Computer Vision
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RF & Microwave Systems
Research Institute for Microwave & MillimeterWave Studies
An institute dedicated to this research area.
Key RIMMS facilities:
Anechoic chambers
EMC/EMI Testing
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Analog & Mixed Signal Systems
Switch mode transmitterarchitectures
High speed and low power dataconverters
Digitally assisted analog Circuits
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)protection and design for nanometerICs
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SIGNIFICANTR&D Output in ICT Domain
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Selected PublicationsSelected Publications
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Industrial R&DIndustrial R&D
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Project 1: Design, development and optimization of DPI algorithms
for encrypted traffic
Project 2: Design and deployment of a network monitoring solution
Project 1 is in production now
Project 2 is currently underway
WiChorusWiChorus/Tellabs (NASDAQ GS: TLAB,Market/Tellabs (NASDAQ GS: TLAB,Market
Cap: $1.6B)Cap: $1.6B)
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Project 1: Design and development of an instrumentation
framework for dynamic code analysis on Cavium processors
Project 2: Design and development ofOpenFlow switching on
Octeon
Project 1 is in production now
Project 2 is underway
CaviumCavium Networks (NASDAQ GS:Networks (NASDAQ GS:
CAVIUM,Market Cap: $2.0B)CAVIUM,Market Cap: $2.0B)
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Project 1: Design and development of an OpenFlow-enabled
firmware for 48Gbps switches
Project 2: Design and development of anO
penFlow-enabledfirmware for 480Gbps switches
Both projects are completed and in production now
Marvell Technology (NASDAQ GS:Marvell Technology (NASDAQ GS:
MVRL,Market Cap: $8.65B)MVRL,Market Cap: $8.65B)
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NokiaNokia--Siemens Networks (NSN)Siemens Networks (NSN)
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Academic Research CollaborationsAcademic Research Collaborations
University of
California,Berkeley
StanfordUniversity
University of
Michigan, AnnArbor
Michigan StateUniversity
University ofNorth Carolina,
Charlotte
City University ofLondon (UK)
UBO (France)
University ofTechnology(Malaysia)
King SaudUniversity (Saudi
Arabia)
King Abdullah Uniof Science & Tech.
(KAUST, SaudiArabia)
KyungheeUniversity (S.Korea)
CoventryUniversity (UK)
WarwickUniversity (UK)
University ofMalaya
(Malaaysia)
Etc
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News in Stanford University MagazineNews in Stanford University Magazine
Amber Zeb and SadiaRehman were interviewed for SLAC
Magazine
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Research Culture at SEECSResearch Culture at SEECS
y Students are taken in during their third
year ofundergraduate study or 1st year of
graduate study
For six months to a year they are assigned toa number of tasks by a faculty or senior
student involved in some R&D project
Weekly meetings
x Assigned research papers to read and critique
x Weekly progress measured
x Future tasks assigned
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Research Culture at SEECSResearch Culture at SEECS
y Interdisciplinary research seminars Various research groups hold seminars at least 3
times a month
Other research groups are invited
ACM
and IEEE students chapters compete forexcellence in arranging these seminars
y ProfessionalWorkshops and Seminars Industry and academia professionals invited from
outside SEECS to enrich our knowledge base
y About 2/3rd of the faculty involved in research anddevelopment A significantly better ratio as compared to other
universities in Pakistan
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SummarySummary
y Emphasis on scholarly activities
y Established guidelines for initiating and
sustaining research activities
y Effective measures to encourage research
among faculty and students
y Understanding of our impact on national
development
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SEECS Seminars Seminar on Waveform Processing Techniques for SDR (Software
Defined Radio) on 29 December, 2011 at 1200 hours in SEECS
Seminar Hall
Workshop on Cloud Computing and Deploying VMware vCloudsusing Vsphereon 20-21 December 2011
Workshop on Optimizing Hardware Design and C/Assembly
Language Programming for Embedded Systems on 16, 17 and 18th
December, 2011
www.seecs.nust.edu.pk
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Conclusion:
TogetherWe can make a Difference
y Visiting Students and Faculty bring richresearch experience and enthusiasm
y Need to create an active learning
environment while encouraging sharing ofideas
y Create and follow ethical framework
y
Focus on learning outcomesy Use latest technologies in making learning
more effective
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CONCLUSION
yComing together is a beginning
yKeeping together is a progress
yWorking together is a success