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
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