Hammad Farooq

Research Assistant

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, A.K. Brohi Road, H-11, Islamabad

  hammad.farooq@nu.edu.pk

Education

• 2014 - 2018: BS (Computer Science). National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences - Islamabad, Pakistan

Projects

• Predicting the functional effects of non-synonymous SNPs

• Histopathological Image Analysis using Deep learning

• Protein Secondary structure prediction using Deep learning

• Pharmacovigilance from social media

Employment

• Sept 2018 - Present: Research Assistant at the Computational Biology Research Lab, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

• Jun 2018 - Sept 2018: AI/Platform Developer at Automative Artifical Intelligence, Islamabad, Pakistan

• Jan 2018 - Feb 2018: Intern as AI Developer at Automotive Artifical Intelligence, Islamabd, Pakistan

• Jun 2017 - Aug 2017: Machine Learning Intern at ReVeaL (Recognition, Vision and Learning) Lab, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

• Fall 2018, Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Applied Programming, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

• Fall 2016, Lab Demonstrator Computer Organization and Assembly Language, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

Honors

• Secure funding from Ignite (formerly National ICT R&D Fund) program "National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative (NGIRI)" for the year 2017-2018 for the undergraduate final year project: Genetic mutation based cancer classification using machine learning

• Dean’s list of honor during undergraduate (four times for securing SGPA>=3.5))

• Winner: Inter-FAST CS Quiz Competition, Nascon 2017, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

• Winner: Intra-College Quiz Competition, Punjab College of Information Technology, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, Pakistan