Summary

Dr. Usman Habib currently serves as Professor and Head of the Software Department at the FAST School of Computing, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES), Islamabad, Pakistan. Before joining the FAST-NUCES Islamabad Campus, he held positions at several renowned institutions in Pakistan, including Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI), FAST-NUCES (Chiniot-Faisalabad and Peshawar campuses), and COMSATS University (Abbottabad Campus). He also served as the Head of the Computer Science Department at FAST-NUCES, Chiniot-Faisalabad Campus. With over fifteen years of teaching and research experience spanning from 2006 to the present, Dr. Habib has made significant contributions to academia and industry. In addition to his academic roles, he has successfully completed various industrial projects, including the “eXtract” project, funded by an Austrian funding agency under the e!MISSION program.
Dr. Usman regularly publishes his research in reputable conferences and journals. He is actively involved in conference management and has served as the Program Chair for the International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET) in 2019 and 2022, as well as the International Conference on IT and Industrial Technologies (ICIT) in 2022-2023 and general chair for ICIT 2024. He has also been an active member of the organizing committee for the Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT) conference series for several years.
Dr. Habib achieved outstanding academic performance during his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, earning a Gold Medal for the Spring 2006 session. He completed his Master’s degree at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway, in 2008, with full funding from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. His master’s thesis was supervised by Dr. Do Van Thanh in collaboration with Telenor R&I and Ubisafe Norway.
Dr. Usman earned his PhD from the ICT Department at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, where he focused on research related to “Automated Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Building Data.” His PhD was also fully funded by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and conducted in collaboration with the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Vienna, Austria. Currently, his research interests include machine learning, data analytics, solar cooling systems, fault detection and diagnosis systems, and information security. For more details about his work, you can access his detailed profile and research portfolio through the following links:
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.pk/citations?user=HN8JX8IAAAAJ&hl=en
• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Usman_Habib2