Lahore University of Management and

Sciences

Founding Vision

“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

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

Undergraduate Programs

Broad based educationBSc (Honors) - 4 Years Degree

Computer ScienceComputer EngineeringMathematicsEconomicsSocial ScienceAccounting and FinanceLaw

Entry Requirements: 12 years of education, and SAT I & SAT II or LUMS Admission Test

Average SAT I score: 1300 / 1600

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

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

Graduate Placement

Selected Employers

International 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

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

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

Mechanical EngineeringMaterial ScienceBiological EngineeringChemical Engineering

Science & Engineering Plans

PhysicsChemistryBiologyElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Engineering

MathematicsComputer ScienceComputer Engineering

Produce graduates who are:

• Technically competent, creative & hands-on• Able to sell their ideas• Socially responsible

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)

Vision

To become an internationally acclaimed research university that serves society through excellence

in education and research

Research Work in Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Lahore University of Management Sciences

Telecommunication and NetworksShahab Baqai, PhD Purdue Amjad Luna, PhD Georgia TechTariq Jadoon, PhD Strathclyde Zartash Uzmi, PhD Stanford

Umar Saif, PhD Cambridge

Video and Image Processing Nadeem A. Khan, PhD Eindhoven Shahid Masud, PhD Queen’s Belfast Sohaib A. Khan, PhD U of Central Florida

Artificial Intelligence and Pattern RecognitionMian M Awais, PhD Imperial College Asim Karim, PhD Ohio State

Electronics, Systems and ControlKhurram Afridi, PhD MIT Anwar Khurshid, PhD MichiganM Jahangir Ikram, PhD Manchester

Theoretical Computer Science and Software EngineeringM Ashraf Iqbal, PhD UET Shafay Shamail, PhD BathArif Zaman, PhD Stanford Nabil Mustafa, PhD DukeNaveed Arshad, PhD U of Colorado Hamid Abdul Basit, PhD National U of Singapore

Computer Science and Engineering

Faculty

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 Man’s 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

Research Areas and Funded Projects

Awarded BMW Scientific Award 1999

Video and Image ProcessingError Resilience of Multimedia Information

Efficient H.264/MPEG4 Video Encoding

Fast Correlation Methods for Image/Video Registration

Automatic Target Recognition

System Simulation and DesignPredictive Model Development for Industrial Distillation Column

Internet-based Environmental Watch System

Simulation of GELS-based Ethernet Networks

Automotive SystemsVision-based Smart Airbag

Advanced Electrical System Design (MAESTrO)

Research Areas and Funded Projects

Study and Evaluation of GELSA 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

Previous Collaboration with Siemens

Thank You