COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Abbottabad

Volume 10 Issue 1 January - March 2015 COMSATS COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Abbottabad

Newsletter Volume 10 Issue 1 January - March 2015 Editorial Board Patron Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon Editor-in-Chief Zainab Irshad Departmental Editors Dr Arshid Pervez LiSCENT Dr Aneela Maalik Chemistry Ms. Sana Malik Computer Science Dr Javid Iqbal Environmental Sciences Dr Jamshed Iqbal CADR Ms Aniqa Zaman ERC M. Tahir Khan Electrical Engineering Ms. Rabiah Rustam Humanities Editor's Message The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance Shelley Indeed sky is the limit for the acquisition of knowledge. It is through knowledge that nations gain supremacy over others. At the micro level, it is the institutions that contribute to this cause. It has been our endeavour at the CIIT Abbottabad not to lag behind and to ensure that the ship of its affairs continues to sail on placid waters. As it will be borne out by the pages inside, students and faculty are focused to play their role under the dynamic leadership of CIIT. I hope that the readers find it absorbing. Any feedback will be most welcome. Mr. Israr Wahid Civil Engineering Ms. Zohra Saleem Management Sciences Zainab Irshad Editor-in-Chief Mohammad Shoukat CITC Dr Zahid Hussain Development Studies Dr Ghulam Murtaza Pharmacy Miss Saira Bhatti Mathematics Ms. Adeela Mazhar Earth Sciences Mr. Adam Zahoor CCDU Ms. Nazia Khaqan OOD Waqar Azeem Graphics Designer Publishing Cell CIIT Abbottabad holds the rights to all the content in the publication. No redistribution and copy is allowed in any form without the explicit permission from the editor. www.ciit-atd.edu.pk News and Events Alumni Reunion 2015 01 Visit of Prof. Dr Peter Langer 02 Tree Plantation Campaign 02 Annual General Meeting of IEEE Islamabad 04 Seminar on Wildlife Conservation Awareness 05 Visit of NBEAC 08 th 16 Faculty Development Workshop 09 Two Days Workshop on Women Leadership in Higher Education 10 Thematic Workshop on Water Conservation and Purification 11 Research Research News 12 List of Research Papers 15 New Faculty Profiles Table of Contents Who is new 20

January - March 2015 CIIT - ABBOTTABAD Alumni Reunion 2015 14 March 2015 CIIT Abbottabad organized Alumni Reunion on 14 March 2015. A large number of graduated students attended the event. They were given a very warm welcome by the CIIT Abbottabad's family. Addressing the audience, Director CIIT Abbottabad Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon welcomed the graduated students and advised them to work hard in their professional lives. Event comprised a series of activities including "Tribute to deceased Alumni, campus updates, interaction of the last semester students with the alumni, campus updates, visit of Alumni round the campus and stage activities etc. Dr Kashif Bilal, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, CIIT Abbottabad expressed his gratitude on behalf of Alumni to CIIT Abbottabad for arranging the mega event. He stated that reunion is not only about the past but is also about the present and future. It is about what we may give to our institute, what we can do for it, in whatever capacity, in terms of accommodating our juniors at jobs and internships, in terms of supporting the institute morally and financially, and in whatever way we can and importantly cherish the growth of institute in terms of infrastructure, in terms of new programs and departments, and in terms of its achievements. Study Trip of Faculty of Chemistry Department to NIFA 20 February 2015 Dr Ahson Jabbar Shaikh along with Dr Tauqir A. Sherazi, Assistant Professors, Department of Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad and MS Student Mr. Sajid Javed visited NIFA (Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture, Peshawer, Pakistan) on 20 February, 2015. They were shown the radiation facilities, methods for the preparation of growth media for edible mushrooms and production of mushrooms. News & Events 01

CIIT - ABBOTTABAD January - March 2015 Prof. Dr Peter Langer visits CIIT Abbottabad Department of Chemistry, 24 March 2015 Professor Dr Peter Langer, Department of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Germany visited CIIT Abbottabad on 24 March 2015. During his visit he delivered a lecture to the faculty and students of Department of Chemistry and Department of Pharmacy, CIIT Abbottabad. He also visited the Graduate labs of Chemistry and Pharmacy departments and appreciated the available facilities. In the evening, he left for dinner at German Embassy where Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon, Director CIIT Abbottabad, Prof. Dr Abdur Rehman Khan, Head Department of Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad along with some faculty members joined him. Tree Plantation Campaign A Provincial Government's Spring Planting Campaign in collaboration with Department of Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad Department of Environmental Sciences, 27 February 2015 Climate change is one of the greatest threats to the human kind. It has profound effects on food, health, energy consumption and other socioeconomic aspects. Trees, wood and forests can provide part of solution to face climate change and planting new trees is an attractive way to mitigate climate change. Tree plantation can also help society to adapt and resist the changing climate. Faculty and Students from the Department of Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad joined hands with the Forest Department of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government in Spring Planting Campaign at CIIT Abbottabad. Prof. Dr Muhammad Maroof Shah along with Dr Tahir Hayat and Miss Ghazal Khursheed arranged the said activity on 27 February 2015 at CIIT Abbottabad campus. Divisional Forest Officer Mr. Azher Ali Khan and his team launched the campaign by planting a sapling. The faculty and students started planting saplings with the help of forest staff. Director CIIT Abbottabad Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon 02 News & Events

January - March 2015 CIIT - ABBOTTABAD wished Forest Department to be part of the plantation campaign in future, hence, extended the invitation to get as many people from their department involved as possible. CIIT has always been on the forefront in community services and matters of national interests. This time too as a gesture of good will CIIT did not miss the opportunity and ensured its maximum representation by actively participating in this noble task. Virtual Private Network for Digital Library Access By the grace of Almighty ALLAH 500 users (Faculty, MS/PhD Students) for VPN (Virtual Private Network) have been registered at CIIT Area Network (LAN) from home and other remote locations using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Abbottabad. Users may connect to the CIIT Local 2 Days Workshop on Quantitative Data Analysis using SPSS Department of Mathematics, 10-11 March 2015 On request of Haripur University, two days workshop on Quantitative Data Analysis using SPSS was organized on 10-11 March 2015 for the professors of different departments of Haripur University including Departments of Agriculture, Forestry, Business and Information Technology. News & Events 03

CIIT - ABBOTTABAD January - March 2015 Annual General Meeting of IEEE Islamabad Department of Electrical Engineering, 21 March 2015 Student Activities Committee of IEEE Islamabad Section holds Annual General Meeting in different cities. This time, they organized the meeting at CIIT Abbottabad campus on 21 March 2015. They were warmly welcomed by the HoD, faculty and students of Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT Abbottabad. Hi tea and Dinner in honor of visiting team was hosted by Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT Abbottabad. Executive committee, other local members and guests were also invited. The meeting included the executive report, appointment of new officers, and awards presentation. Faculty members and students from different universities attended the meeting. Chief Guest Dr Mansoor Malik emphasized on organizing seminars in a more productive and efficient manner. Dr Abdul Rasheed, Head Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT Abbottabad elaborated and emphasized the importance of such meetings. Awards were given to the following: Best Student Volunteer Award: Muhammad Talha Bilal, UET Taxila Best Student Volunteer Award II: Mr. Salman Bhatti, GIK Institute, Topi Best AG (WIE) Student Volunteer Award: Miss Laiba Jawed Best Student Branch Award: IEEE UET Taxila Best AG SB Award: IEEE WIE UET Taxila SB Recognition Award: Mr. Ihtasham Zahid, IEEE IIUI SB Recognition Award II: Mr. Awais Shafique, SEECS NUST Newsbite Post Doctorate from University of Chicago Department of Mathematics Dr Madad Khan did Post-doc in Bio- Dr Saima Anis did Post-doc in Geometric M a t h e m a t i c s f r o m D e p a r t m e n t o f Group Theory/Low-dimensional Topology Mathematics, University of Chicago, USA, from Department of Mathematics, University 2014-15. The university is at number 09 in of Chicago, USA, 2014-15. world ranking. 04 News & Events

January - March 2015 CIIT - ABBOTTABAD Dr Wajahat Mahmood participates in International Conference on Recent Innovations in Pharmaceutical Science Department of Pharmacy, 3-5 March 2015 Dr Wajahat Mahmood, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, CIIT Abbottabad along with two of his MS Pharmaceutical Chemistry students participated in the "International Conference on Recent Innovations in Pharmaceutical Science" held jointly by the Ripah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, HEC and Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan in Islamabad on 3-5 March 2015. He updated the audience with an oral presentation while his MS students Mr. Wali Inam and Ms. Aisha Altaf presented their posters. Seminar on Wildlife Conservation Awareness Department of Development Studies, 25 March 2015 The Wildlife Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is implementing several activities for conservation of wildlife in the province. One of the initiatives is promoting conservation education and awareness for sensitization of general masses and students at the grass root level through formal and informal approaches. Realizing the need to sensitize the students at University and colleges, a campaign has been initiated to deliver special lectures throughout the province in various institutes. Therefore, joining hands in the efforts of conservation, Department of Development Studies CIIT Abbottabad organized a seminar in collaboration with the Wildlife department of the Khyber Paktunkhuwa for awareness raising regarding Wildlife Conservation on 25 March News & Events 05

CIIT - ABBOTTABAD January - March 2015 2015. DFO Wildlife Extension Mr. Niaz Khan was the guest speaker at the occasion. He deliberated on the importance of wildlife and explained the concept in the light of Quran and also highlighted different aspects of wildlife conservation and role of local community and youth in promoting awareness and contribution towards the conservation efforts. The issue was highlighted through an interactive mode of lecture, discussion and wildlife video display. About 20 faculty members of Development Studies Department and Environmental Sciences Department and 200 students of Bachelor of Development Studies and Environmental Sciences attended the seminar. Students took keen interest in the different aspects of conservation efforts as highlighted in the seminar. Students of Development Studies Department grab First Position in Social Innovation Mela, LUMS Department of Development Studies, 20-21 March 2015 It is a matter of pride for CIIT Abbottabad in general and Department of Development Studies, CIIT Abbottabad in particular that two students of the department Mr. Niqash Ahmad (BDS-3) and Mr. Irfan Naseem (BDS-5) participated in the International Social Innovation Challenge held at LUMS Lahore on 20-21 March 2015 and stood first in the competition. The event brought together social entrepreneurs from Pakistan and academics and field practitioners from India, US and UK onto a single platform. There were four panel discussions during the two days event, an exhibition and social innovation challenge. The topics for panel discussions were: E n g a g i n g E n v i r o n m e n t s ; H o w c a n Universities Facilitate the Cause of Social Justice and Community Engagement? Lessons from the Field; Studies of Enterprises such as the Gulmit Carpet Weaving Center in Hunza. Success Stories from around the Globe a s s u r i n g t h e E v o l u t i o n o f S o c i a l Entrepreneurship in Today's World. Celebrating Innovation; Many Notable Enterprises in Pakistan have shown Commitment in Improving the Lives of Low Income Consumers. For the social innovation challenge, participants had to present an idea which aimed to accomplish empowerment of rural women through economic and social incentives. The criteria of judgment was based on forecast of outcomes, scale of innovation of idea, implementation process, and impact in both qualitative and quantitative terms. In addition to prove the sustainability of the idea, there were only three minutes given to explain all the content to audience. Besides winning the competition, the students also got short listed for Global Innovation Challenge; an event expected to be held at O.P. Jindal Global University in India. 06 News & Events

January - March 2015 CIIT - ABBOTTABAD Accreditation of EPE Program from Pakistan Engineering Council Department of Electrical Engineering The accreditation visit conducted by PEC during t h e l a s t q u a r t e r r e p o r t e d p o s i t i v e recommendations and EPE program is accredited. Applications for BEE and BCE are submitted for accreditation in this quarter and the visits are expected to be conducted in the coming quarter for which necessary arrangements and preparations have been made by the department. Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT Abbottabad after excelling at the undergraduate Farewell Party Arranged in Honor of Fall 2011 Batch Department of Electrical Engineering, 15 March 2015 IEEE Students' Branch, CIIT Abbottabad organized a farewell for the Batch Fall 2011 on 15 March 2015. Event started with a marvelous performance of Mr. Sajjad Ahmed, one of the national level dance competition winner. This performance was about a social issue and was highly appreciated by the audience. Dr Abdur Rasheed, Head Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT Abbottabad congratulated all Dr Muhammad Javid Iqbal, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad participated in a Consultative Meeting to Review Food Composition Table and Dietary Guidelines for Pakistan at Planning Commission, Nutrition Division, Newsbite level is striving for excellence in MS and PhD levels. For this reason a thorough survey has been done to improve the research work by publishing research in the world's leading Journals like IEEE and ICT etc. The preparation of the course outline at undergraduate and graduate level is another step towards the concept of objective based learning which shall prove beneficial in accreditation by ABBOTT, an internationally known accreditation body. students for completing four years of their studies successfully. Event contained different performances including singing, dancing and dramatics. Each performance was appreciated by the audience. Organizing team consisted of Engr. S. Asmat Ali Shah, Engr. Aniqa Zaman, Engr. Jalil ur Rehman Kazim and Engr. Muhammad Arif. Department of Environmental Sciences, 30 March 2015 Islamabad on 30 March 2015. Participants from all corners of Pakistan and FAO representatives reviewed FCT comprehensively and suggested new dietary guidelines with improvement in food contents. News & Events 07

CIIT - ABBOTTABAD January - March 2015 Visit of National Business Education Accreditation Council 10-12 March 2015 Delegation from National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC) visited CIIT Abbottabad on 10-12 March 2015. They went round the campus and met faculty and students. They also visited the Library and were highly appreciative of all facilities. Delegation comprised the following: Dr Tashfeen Azhar, Professor, University of Management & Technology, Lahore Dr Huma Amir, Assistant Professor, IBA Karachi Dr Syed Azhar Hussain Shah, Regional Head National Bank, Abbottabad Mr. Adil Amin Kazi, HoD, FAST Islamabad Ms. Sania Tufail, Program Manager, NBEAC CIIT Abbottabad's Student Participates in the Flobal Ugrad Cultural Exchange Program Department of Electrical Engineering It is an honor for CIIT Abbottabad as one of its student of Electrical Engineering Department Mr. Qaiser Nawab (SP12-EPE-098) got selected for the Global Ugrad Cultural Exchange Program 2014-15. He along with 118 other students from Pakistan got selected after screening of 10,000 applicants. Global UGRAD Cultural Exchange program empowers the students to actively participate in establishing cordial relations with the people of Pakistan and USA". He was selected as Cultural Ambassador for the subject visit. He represented his culture and gained exposure to the diversity of US culture. He visited 16 states of USA during the visit and highlighted Pakistan's soft image. While introducing COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, he presented CIIT Abbottabad's Newsletters to representatives of state department in USA. They were impressed by the significant achievements of the institution in a short span of time. 08 News & Events

January - March 2015 CIIT - ABBOTTABAD th 16 Faculty Development Workshop 23-27 February 2015 th 16 Faculty Development Workshop (FDW-16) was organized and conducted by Campus Faculty Development Forum (CFDF) on 23-27 February 2015. 22 new faculty members from Departments of Management Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Civil Engineering, Earth Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics participated in the workshop and received certificates on successful completion. The following topics were covered in addition to practice of microteaching: Lesson Planning Professional and Personal Ethics Classroom Management CUOnline / Course Portal Services Attributes of a Good Teacher Academic Leadership Microteaching Concepts Research Methods and Skills Communication and Presentation Skills Effective Teaching Skills and Strategies Assessment, Evaluation & Measurement Teachers' Behavior and Students' Discipline Panel Discussion: Grading Philosophy / Educational Psychology Question Paper Setting Techniques / Marking & Grading Microteaching Demonstration / Video Recording Curriculum Design through Outcome Based Learning Dr Zahid Ahmad, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, as an invited speaker delivered a talk on '' Gravitational Collapse with Anisotropic Pressure'' in the International Newsbite Department of Mathematics Creative Thinking in Instructional Design Knowledge Management Support for Teachers Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics in the University of Punjab, Lahore on 10-14 February 2015. News & Events 09

CIIT - ABBOTTABAD January - March 2015 Two Days Workshop on Women Leadership in Higher Education Department of Management Sciences, 21-22 February 2015 A two days workshop on Women Leadership in Higher Education was organized by Department of Management Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad on 21-22 February 2015. Dr Noor Jehan, Vice Chancellor, University of Swabi presented the inaugural address. On the second day of workshop, Dr Funda Sivrikaya Serifoglu, President of Duzce University and Dr Nigar Demircan Cakar, VP Duzce University, Turkey presented their introductory session. Talks were delivered on various topics including the following: Importance of Women Leadership in Higher Education delivered by Dr Noor Jehan Gender Discrimination particulary in KPK delivered by Dr Noor Jehan Self Grooming, Creative Thinking, and Self Leadership delivered by Dr Musarrat Jabeen, Associate Professor, Department of Development Studies Introduction to TULIP (Turkish University Leadership Improvement Program) by Dr Funda Sivrikaya Serifoglu Transformation via Women Leadership by Dr Nigar Demircan Cakar Stress and Conflict Management by Dr Bushra Hameed and Dr Nasreen Ghuffran The workshop was ended by exchanging warm regards and greetings among organizers, speakers and participants of the event. CIIT Abbottabad grabs Second Position in Mega Challenge 4-5 March 2015 It is a matter of great honor for CIIT Abbottabad that the students of CIIT Abbottabad participated in Mega Challenge 2015 (MC 15) organized by universities and colleges participated in the event and CIIT Abbottabad grabbed second position by winning the following competitions: Government of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KPK) in First position in English Declamationcollaboration with FAST Peshawar. 37 Humorous, won by Mr. Hassnain Khan 10 News & Events

January - March 2015 CIIT - ABBOTTABAD Second position in Naat competition won by First position in Sketching won by Mr. Faizan Miss Anza Malik COMSATS Literary Society (CLS), Funkada First position in Photography won by Mr. and Aadrish worked together to get this Hassnain Khan position. Thematic Workshop on Water Conservation, Purification and Recycling Department of Development Studies, 27-30 March 2015 Department of Development Studies, CIIT Abbottabad has been holding thematic workshops on water issues since two years. The topic of this year's workshop was Water Conservation, Purification and Recycling which was organized by the Department of Development Studies and the Department of Environmental Sciences jointly. The workshop was organized on 28 March 2015 as part of the ongoing event in Pak-China Business Forum held on 27-30 March 2015 at Pak-China Business Centre Islamabad. The participants of the workshop were primarily the students and faculty of the Department of Development Studies and the Department of Environmental Sciences from CIIT Abottabad and the students of many other universities from Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The workshop offered a distinguished list of some very renowned people from the field of water conservation. After the welcome address by the Dean, Faculty of Business Administration Dr Qaiser Abbass, Chief Guest Mr. Sajjad Ahmad, DG Environment, Ministry of Climate Change opened the session and highlighted the efforts of his ministry and importance of such workshops in sensitizing the society about environmental issues. Dr Mathias Winige, Ex-Rector University of Bonn, Germany shared the outcomes of his work on Future of Glaciers and Indus River System in Pakistan. Dr Muhammad Ashraf, Chairman, Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources delivered a detailed presentation on the role of his instate in policy making and its implementation regarding News & Events 11

CIIT - ABBOTTABAD January - March 2015 water conservation. Ms. Sadia Yaqoob from UNICEF delivered an interesting and thought provoking speech in which she introduced the inequities in the provision of water for domestic consumption. Water aid and Plan International, UN Habitat and Norwegian Church aid also introduced the role of different NGO's and INGO's in the provision of safe water and improved sanitation in Pakistan. Dr Bahadar Nawab, Head Department of Development Studies, CIIT Abbottabad discussed the role of academia in water conservation, purification and recycling. The presentations were followed by the panel discussion. Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon, Director CIIT Abbottabad presented shields as souvenirs to chief guest and other distinguished members of the panel. Welcome Party (Fresher's Night) Department of Electrical Engineering, 10 March 2015 IEEE Students' Branch of CIIT Abbottabad conducted a Welcome Party for the Spring 2015 batch on 10 March 2015. Dr Abdur Rasheed, Head Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT Abbottabad was invited for his address. He focused on the importance of engineering education in current scenario and advised students to maintain a balance between curricular and co-curricular activities. Event contained different performances including singing, dancing and dramatics. Organizing team included Engr. M. Waqas Zeb, Engr. Aniqa Zaman, Engr. Madiha Sultan and Engr. Umer Fareed. Research News HEC Start-up Research Grant approved Dr Muhammad Azeem, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad has won HEC Start-up Research Grant (Rs. 0.5 Million) for the project titled "Isolation and Identification of Insect repelling Compounds from Indigenous Plants". 12 News & Events

January - March 2015 CIIT - ABBOTTABAD Book published by Dr Dost Muhammad Department of Mathematics It is a matter of honor for CIIT Abbottabad in general and Department of Mathematics, CIIT Abbottabad in particular that Prof. Dr Dost Mohammad, has published his long awaited book on Topology. It's first three chapters fully cover the undergraduate as well introduction to MS level, the rest of the book covers the course at Graduate level. Congratulations to him from the CIIT Abbottabad's Family! Dr Talat Nazir participates in Higher Seminar in Mathematics Department of Mathematics Dr Talat Nazir, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, CIIT Abbottabad participated in Higher Seminar in Mathematics (MAM seminar) at the School of Education, Culture and C o m m u n i c a t i o n ( U K K ), M a l a r a d a l e n Department of Mathematics. He presented some proofs of Common fixed point results for various types of commuting maps satisfying generalized contractive conditions. Nigerian Student s Interest at CADR for PhD Research TWAS fellowship Scholar Raji Akeem Adewale, has chosen Prof. Dr Jamshed Iqbal of CIIT Abbottabad for his PhD research supervision. He is one among the three Nigerian students who have been selected for this scholarship among 300 students who applied for this prestigious scholarship. It's indeed a great honor for CADR that it has been recognized internationally because of the high quality research work and students from everywhere are willing to be a part of it. We officially welcome our new fellow and wish him all the best for his research at CADR, CIIT Abbottabad. Research News 13

CIIT - ABBOTTABAD January - March 2015 Awards Won by Environmental Sciences Faculty Dr Arshad Mehmood Abbasi wins Best Book Award Dr Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad has won Best Book Award under the program HEC Outstanding Research Awards for his book titled Medicinal Plant Bio-Diversity of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan. Award was conferred upon him in a commemorative award ceremony which was held on 13 March 2015 at HEC Islamabad. Award consists of a certificate and cash prize of Rs. 300,000. Dr Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti wins Innovation Award Dr Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad has won Innovation Award for his project titled Industrial Water Treatment. th The award was given to him on the occasion of 4 Invention to Innovation Summit 2015 held on 4 March 2015 in the University of Punjab. Award Ceremony was organized by IRP in collaboration with the University of Punjab, Pakistan Science Foundation and University of Management and Technology. Congratulations to them from the CIIT Abbottabad's Family! HEC Research Project Approved An NRPU-HEC project titled Radical Cations/Anions as Potential Modulators for Photoswitching Properties: A Theoretical Approach submitted by Dr Tariq Mahmood, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad has been approved by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. 14 Research News

January - March 2015 CIIT - ABBOTTABAD List of Research Papers Department of Electrical Engineering Published Papers Abdul Waheed Malik, Benny Thornberg, Qaisar Anwar, Tor Arne Johanson and Khurram Shahzad, Real Time Decoding of Color Symbol for Optical Positioning System, International Journal Advanced Robotic Syst, Volume12 page 1-12, 2015 Z. Jahangiri, S. Khattak, Laiq Hasan, Tauseef Ali and Samee U. Khan, Automatic Player Detection and Identification for Sports Entertainment Applications, Pattern Analysis and Applications, page 1-12, 2015 Anzar Mahmood, Nadeem Javaid and S. Razzaq, A Review of Wireless Communications for Smart Grid, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,Volume 41 page 248-260, 2015 Aftab Jadoon, S. Razzaq, A. Khan, Fatima Khursheed and Owais, HEMSs and Enabled Demand Response in Electricity Market: An overview, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,Volume 42 Issue 1, page 773-785, 2015 Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ahmed Bilal Awan, Anzar Mahmood, S. Razzaq, Adnan Zafar, Guftaar Ahmed and Sardar Sidhu, Combined Emission Economic Dispatch of Power System including Solar Photo Voltaic Generation, Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 92 page 82-91, 2015 Department of Environmental Sciences Published Papers Rafiq Ahmad, Y. Z. Fodil, C. Passaquet, J. N. Ahmad, Sabaz Ali Khan, and A. Repellin, Cloning, Heterologous Expression and Enzymatic Characterization of a New cysteine Protease Inhibitor Gene from Maize Zea mays L.) leaves, Comptes Rendus Biologies, 2015 Amjad Hassan & Abdul Rehman Khan, Epigenetic Regulation of Inflammatory Cytokines and Associated Genes in Human Malignancies, Mediators of Inflammation, 2015 Department of Chemistry Published Papers Muhammad Nadeem Arshad, Aisha Bibi, Tariq Mahmood, Abdullah M. Asiri and Khurshid Ayub, Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of Triazine based Hydrazone Derivatives; A Comparative Experimental-Theoretical Study, Molecules, Volume 20 page 5851-5874, 2015 Research News 15

CIIT - ABBOTTABAD January - March 2015 Taj-ur-Rahman, Mohammad Arfan, Tariq Mahmood, Wajiha Liaqat, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Ghiasuddin, Ralf Ludwig, Khair Zaman, M. Iqbal Choudhary, K.F. Khattak and Khurshid Ayub, Isolation, Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Studies of 7-(4-methoxyphenyl)-9H- Furo[2,3-F]chromen-9-one: A new Flavonoid from the Bark of Millettiaovalifolia, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular spectroscopy, Volume 146 page 24-32, 2015 Muhammad Nadeem Arshad, Abdullah M. Asiri Khalid A. Alamry, Tariq Mahmood, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Khurshid Ayub and Abdulhadi Saleh Birinji, Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Study of N-[3-anthracen-9-yl-1-(4-bromo-phenyl)-allylidene]-N- Benzenesulfonohydrazine, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Volume 142 page 364-374, 2015 Fazl-i-Sattar, Zakir Ullah, Ata-ur-Rahman, Abdur Rauf, Muhammad Tariq, Asif Ali Tahir, Khurshid Ayub and Habibullah, Phytochemical, Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Study of Diospyrin and Non-bonding Interactions of Diospyrin with Atmospheric Gases, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Volume 141 page 71-79, 2015 Tran Quang Hung, Ngo Ngoc Thang, Do Huy Hoang, Tuan Thanh Dang, Khurshid Ayub, Alexander Villinger, Stefan Lochbrunner, Gerd-Uwe Flechsigand Peter Langer, Synthesis and Properties of 5,7- Dihydropyrido[3,2-b:5,6b'] diindoles, Eur J Org Chem, Volume 5 page 1007-1019, 2015 Umar Farooq, Khurshid Ayub, Muhammad Ali Hashmi, Rizwana Sarwar, Afsar Khan, Saleha Suleman Khan, Izharul Haq Ali Shah, Manzoor Ahmad, Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Studies of a New Rosane Type Diterenoid from Stachysparviflora, Rec. Nat. Prod. Volume 9 Issue 3 page 329-335, 2015 Shaikh, A. J., Rabbani, F., Sherazi, T. A., Iqbal, Z., Mir, S. and Shahzad, S. A., Binding Strength of Porphyrin - Au-Nanoparticle Hybrids based on Number and Type of Linker Moieties and a Simple Method to Calculate Inner Filter Effects of Gold Nanoparticles using Fluorescence Spectroscopy, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Volume 119 page 1108-1116, 2015 Sherazi, T. A., Zahoor, S., Raza, R., Shaikh, A. J., Naqvi, S. A. R., Abbas, G., Khan, Y. and Li, S., Guanidine Functionalized Radiation induced Grafted Anion-exchange Membranes for Solid Alkaline Fuel Cells, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 40 page 786-796, 2015 A. M. Al-Taweel, S. Perveen, G. A.Fawzy, Afsar Khan, R. Mehmood and A. Malik, Abeliaside, A new phenolic Glucoside from Abeliatriflora, Nat. Prod. Res, 2015 M. A. Hashmi, Afsar Khan, M. Hanif, U. Farooq, and S. Perveen, Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Olea Europaea (Olive), Evid. Based Complement, Alternat. Med, 2015 M. A. Hashmi, Afsar Khan, U. Farooq, M. Rani, V. U. Ahmad, A. R. Khan, A New Secoiridoid Glycosidic Lignan Ester from the Leaves of Olea ferruginea, Magn. Reson. Chem. 2015, 53 (2), 163 166. M. A. Hashmi, H. S. Shah, Afsar Khan, U. Farooq, J. Iqbal, V. U. Ahmad and S. Perveen, Anticancer 16 Research News

January - March 2015 CIIT - ABBOTTABAD and Alkaline Phosphatase Inhibitory Effects of Compounds Isolated from the Leaves of Olea ferruginea Royle, Rec. Nat. Prod., Volume 9 Issue 1, page 164 168, 2015 Accepted Papers M. A. Khan, H. Khan, M. Saeed, A. Rauf, T. Basharat and Afsar Khan, Urease Inhibition of Fixed Oils and Fractions of Caralluma tuberculata: Component Identification by GC-MS, J. Chem. Soc. Pak., 2015 S. Perveen, A. M. Al-Taweel, G. A.Fawzy, A. M. El-Shafae, Afsar Khan and P. Proksch, Cytotoxic Glucosphingolipid from Celtisafricana, Pharmacognosy Magazine., 2015 M. A. Hashmi, R. Hameed, Afsar Khan, U. Farooq, V. U. Ahmad and S. Perveen, A New Dimeric Secoiridoid Glycoside from the Leaves of Olea ferruginea Royle, Helv. Chim. Acta., 2015 Muhammad Yar, Muhammad Arshad, Ariba Farooq, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Khurshid Ayub, Asma Ejaz, Anupriya Kumar and Ichiya Ninomiya, Synthesis and DPPH Scavenging Assay of Reserpine Analogues, Computational Studies and In-silico Docking Studies in AChE and BChE responsible for Alzheimer's Disease, Brazilian J Pharm Sci., 2015 Sobia Tabassum, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Khurshid Ayub and Rene Wilhelm, First Examples of Carbene Catalyzed Allylation of Benzaldehyde with Allyltrichlorosilane, J. Iranian Chem. Soc., 2015 Department of Mathematics Published Papers Mursala Khan, An Improved Exponential-type Estimator for Finite Population Variance using Transformation of Variables, Journal of Statistics Application & Probability, Volume 4 Issue 1 page 1-5, 2015 Mursala Khan, Improvement in Estimating the Finite Population Mean under Maximum and Minimum Values in Double Sampling Scheme, Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability Letters, Volume 2 Issue 2 page 1-7, 2015 Naveed Ahmed, Umar Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Zaidi, Saeed Ullah Jan, Asif Waheed and Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din, MHD Flow of an Incompressible Fluid through Porous Medium between Dilating and Squeezing Permeable Walls, Journal of Porous Media, Volume 17 Issue 10 Page 861-867, 2015, IF: 0.467 M. Abbas, J. K. Kim and T. Nazir, Common Fixed Point of Mappings satisfying almost Generalized Contractive Condition in Partially Ordered G- metric Spaces, Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications, Volume 19 Issue 6 Page Page 928-938, 2015, IF: 0.72 M. Abbas, M. R. Alfuraidan and T. Nazir, Fixed Point Results for Set-contractions on Metric Spaces with a Directed Graph, Fixed Point Theory and Applications, Volume 14, 2015, IF: 2.49 M. Abbas, T. Nazir and D. Gopal, Common Fixed Point Results for Generalized Cyclic Contraction Mappings, Afrika Matematika, Volume 26 Page 265-273, 2015 Research News 17

CIIT - ABBOTTABAD January - March 2015 M. Abbas, T. Nazir and S. Radenovic, Common Fixed Point of Mappings satisfying Rational Inequalities in Ordered Complex Valued Generalized Metric Spaces, Afrika Matematika, Volume 26 Page 17-30, 2015 Madad Khan, Y. B. Jun, Muhammad Gulistan and Naveed Yaqoob, The Generalized Version of Jun's Cubic Sets in Semigroups, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, Volume 28 Issue 2 Page 947-960, 2015, IF: 0.93 Faisal, Madad Khan, Bijan Davvaz and Shamsul Haq, A Note on Fuzzy Ordered AG-groupoids, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, Volume 26 Issue 5 Page 2251-2261, 2015, IF: 0.93 Feng Feng, Hamido Fujita, Young Bae Jun and Madad Khan, Decomposition of Fuzzy Soft Sets with Finite Value Spaces, Scientific World Journal, 2015, IF: 1.219 Madad Khan and Saima Anis, An Analogy of Clifford Decomposition Theorem for Abel-Grassmann Groupoids, Algebra Colloquium, Volume 21 Issue 2 Page 347-353, 2015 J. Zhan, Madad and Saima, Characterizations of Regular and Intra-regular Abel-Grassmann's Groupoids, J Mul Log and Soft Comp., Volume 23 Page 97-111, 2015, IF: 1.047 Madad Khan, Violeta Leoreanu-Fotea and Syeda Kokab, Fuzzy Right Ideals of Intra- Regular Abel Grassmann's-Groupoids, An. St. Univ. Ovidius Constanta, Volume 22 Issue 3 Page 95-113, 2015, IF: 0.23 Xiaoyan Liu, Feng Feng, Ronald R. Yager Bijan Davvaz and Madad Khan, On Modular Inequalities of Interval-valued fuzzy soft sets characterized by soft J-inclusions, Journal of Inequalities and Applications, IF 0.77 Feng, Madad Khan, Saima and Nadeem, Certain Characterizations of Fuzzy Soft Regular Abel- Grassmann's Groupoids, An. St. Univ. Ovidius Constanta,, 2015, IF: 0.23 Madad Khan, Saima Anis and Faizullah, Some Characterizations of Intra-regular Abel-Grassmann Groupoids, Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology Volume 7 Issue 9 Page 1848-1855. ISI Indexed B. Davvaz, Madad Khan, Kifayat Ullah and Usman Ashraf, Right regular Abel-Grassmann's Groupoids characterized by their Fuzzy Ideals, Sci. Int., Volume 26 Issue 1 Page 17-28, 2015 Madad Khan, Muhammad Gulistan, Usman Ashraf and Saima Anis, A Note on Right Weekly Regular Semigroups, Sci. Int., Volume 26 Issue 3 Page 971-975, 2015, ISI Indexed Madad Khan, Tariq Aziz and Naveed Yaqoob, Generalized interval-valued fuzzy right ideals of Abel Grassmann's Groupoids, Analele Universitatii Oradea Fasc. Matematica, Tom XXI (2014), Issue No. 1, 153-160. Madad Khan, K. P Shum and M. Faisal Iqbal, On Minimal Ideals of AG-Groupoids, Southeast Asian Bulletin of Mathematics, Volume 38 Page 389 399, 2015 Madad Khan, Venus, Gul Zaman and Naveed Yaqoob, Characterizations of Ordered Gamma Abel Grassmanns's Groupoids, Discussiones Mathematicae: General Algebra and Applications, Volume 34 18 Research News

January - March 2015 CIIT - ABBOTTABAD Page 55 73, 2015 Ma, Xueling, Zhan, Jianming, Madad Khan, Aziz and Tariq, Some Characterizations of Intra-regular Abel Grassmann's Groupoids, Ital. J. Pure Appl. Math, No. 32 Page 329 346, 2015 Ma, Xueling, Zhan, Jianming, Madad Khan, Aziz and Tariq, Characterizations of Regular Abel- Grassmann's Groupoids by the Properties of their (, qk)-fuzzy Ideals, Ital. J. Pure Appl. Math., Volume 32 Page 309 324 Accepted Papers Mursala Khan and Sultan Hussain, An Improved Class of Ratio-type Estimators for Finite Population Mean under Maximum and Minimum Values, Science International, 2015 Muhammad Shakil, H. A. Wahab, Muhammad Naeem, Saira Bhatti and Muhammad Shahzad, Modeling The Predator Prey Interactions, Network. Biology, Volume 5 Issue 2, 2015 Hafiz Abdul Wahab, Anwar Jamal, Saira Bhatti, Muhammad Naeem and Muhammad Shahzad, Application of Homotopy Perturbation Method to the Navier-Stokes Equations in Cylindrical Coordinates, Computational Ecology and Software, Volume 5 Issue 2, 2015 M. Abbas, M. R. Alfuraidan and T. Nazir, Common Fixed Points of F-contractions on Metric Spaces with a Directed Graph, Carpathian Journal of Mathematics, 2015, IF: 0.642 M. Abbas, D. Illic and T. Nazir, Iterative Approximation of Fixed Points of Generalized Weak Prešic Type k-step Iterative Method for a Class of Operators, Filomat, IF: 0.753 D. Illic, M. Abbas and T. Nazir, Iterative Approximation of Fixed Points of Prešic Operators on Partial Metric Spaces, Mathematische Nachrichten, 2015, IF: 0.658 M. Abbas, W. Shatanawi and T. Nazir, Common Coupled Coincidence and Coupled Fixed Point of C- Contractive Mappings in Generalized Metric Spaces, Thai Journal of Mathematics, 2015 M. Abbas, B. E. Rhoades and T. Nazir, Fixed and Common Fixed Point Results for Expansive Type Mappings in Generalized Metric Spaces, Advances and Applications in Mathematical Sciences, 2015 H. A. Wahab, Saira Bhatti and Muhammad Naeem, A Comparison of Perturbation Techniques for Nonlinear Problems, Journal of Prime Research in Mathematics, 2015 Department of Computer Science Published Papers A. N. Khan, M. M. Kiah, M. Ali, S. A. Madani and S. Shamshirband, BSS: Block-based Sharing Scheme for Secure Data Storage Services in Mobile Cloud Environment, The Journal of Supercomputing, Volume 70, page946-976, 2015 Accepted Papers Saad Bin Ahmad, Saeeda Naz and Salahuddin Swati, UCOM Offline Dataset- a Urdu Handwritten Dataset Generation, The International Arab journal of Information Technology, 2015 Research News 19

CIIT - ABBOTTABAD January - March 2015 Who is New Department of Computer Science Sardar Khaliq-uz-Zaman Lecturer Qualication: MS, CIIT Abbottabad Research Interests: Load Balanced Task Scheduling in Energy Efcient Large-scale Computing Systems, Cloud Computing and Data Centers Systems. Kashif Nasr Lecturer Qualication: MS, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad, Pakistan Research Interests: Wireless Network, Wireless Sensor Networks, and Network Security. Mohammad Babar Lecturer Qualication: MS, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK Research Interests: WiMAX, LTE, 4G Technologies, Real Time Communications, VoIP and Human Computer Interactions. 20 New Faculty Profiles

Tree Plantation Campaign 27 February 2015 Two Days Workshp on Women Leadership in Higher Education 21-22 February 2015

Alumni Reunion 14 March 2015 Visit of Dr Peter Langer 24 March 2015