Events 2024
Workshop on Remote Sensing & Deep Learning: An Amalgamation for Sustainable Urban Settlements
Event/ 23rd & 24th October, 2024, 9:30 am / SEECS Seminar Hall, NUST, Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
This workshop aims to explore the integration of remote sensing technologies and deep learning techniques to address the challenges of sustainable urban development, with a specific focus on slum detection and segmentation. As urbanization continues to accelerate globally, there is a critical need for advanced tools to effectively monitor, manage, and plan urban environments—especially in informal settlements—to ensure sustainability, resilience, and inclusivity. Remote sensing provides valuable spatial and temporal data on urban landscapes, while deep learning enables the automated analysis and extraction of meaningful insights from this data, including the identification and mapping of slum areas.
Event/ 23rd October, 2024, 10:00 am / Kohsar University, Murree
Brief Description
Workshop on Digital Forestry brings together an esteemed panel of national and international experts to explore the cutting-edge advancements in forest management through digital technologies. With a growing emphasis on sustainability and precision forestry, the event will cover key areas such as remote sensing, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and geospatial technologies.
Talk on Machine Learning for Detection of Aortic Calcification: Challenges and Opportunities
Event/ 31st October, 2024, 09:00 am / SEECS, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
Automatic detection of Abdominal Aortic Calcification (AAC). More than 55,000 people world-wide die from CVD each day. Calcification of the abdominal aorta is an established marker of asymptomatic CVD.
Talk on Set-based Methods in Analysis, Control and Robotics
Event/ 1st July, 2024, 12:00 pm / SINES, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
Set-based methods have emerged as powerful tools in the fields of analysis, control, and robotics, particularly for handling uncertainties and ensuring safety in cyber-physical systems. This talk delves into the application of these methods in control theory, with a focus on hybrid systems and real-time robotics. It will explore how set-based approaches enable robust performance under constraints and dynamic environments. Insights from recent research and practical applications will highlight the growing relevance of these techniques in advancing intelligent autonomous systems.
Talk on Future Maritime Transportation – Avoiding the Titanic Tragedy
Event/ 1st July, 2024, 11:00 am / SINES, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
Maritime transportation has evolved significantly since the early 20th century, yet the tragic sinking of the Titanic remains a stark reminder of the catastrophic potential of human error, inadequate technology, and overconfidence in ship design. As we move into an era of unprecedented technological advancements, the maritime industry faces new challenges and opportunities in ensuring the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of oceanic travel.
Talk on Energy Efficient and Robust Edge-AI: From Applications to Systems
Event/ 28th May, 2024, 11:00 am / SINES, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
The rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in areas such as healthcare, smart cities, and autonomous vehicles is driving the need for real-time data processing at the edge of the network. Edge AI – the integration of AI into edge devices – promises to meet this demand by providing low-latency, privacy-preserving, and efficient computation directly on devices.
Events 2023
4th Workshop on AI in Environment Monitoring
Event/ 4th December, 2023, 02:00 pm – 05:00 pm / SEECS, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
In the current decade, we’ve witnessed an unprecedented surge in technological advancements, providing innovative solutions to serve humanity and confront pressing challenges. Our workshop is to explore the intriguing applications of Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Monitoring, featuring insights from esteemed experts across the national and international domains.
Talk on Polarisation and Spread of Misinformation on Social Media
Event/ 3rd January, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm / SINES, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
Contrary to expectations that the increased connectivity offered by the internet and particularly Online Social Networks (OSNs) would result in a broad consensus on contentious issues, this talk emphasizes on the frequent observation of the formation of polarised echo chambers, in which only one side of an argument is entertained.
Events 2022
Talk on Connecting Language and Vision: Hierarchical Image Classification
Event/ 23 December, 2022, 9:30 am – 10:30 am / SEECS Seminar Hall, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
This lecture address gives an overview of a novel mask-based output layer for multi-level hierarchical classification. Specifically, this lecture will cover a model-agnostic output layer that embeds the taxonomy and that can be combined with any model.
Talk on AI for 3D faces and Lumbar Spine Images: Challenges, Solutions and Applications
Event/ 21 December, 2022, 10:00 am – 11:00 am / SINES, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
This talk will focus on the problem of establishing dense correspondence between a large number of 3D faces, the challenges faced and my contributions in this field. It will then take the audience through the applications of 3D face analysis in medical and psychological fields as well as in face recognition through deep learning.
4th Quarterly Industrial Event
Event/ 14 September, 2022, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm / SINES, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
Deep Learning Lab (DLL) organised the industry gathering to present their research to the trade. The purpose of the event was to gain industry exposure for the pertinent items and evaluate the commercialisation prospects of the projects being carried out under DLL.
Talk on Introduction to Neural Rendering
Event/ 14 September, 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm / Seecs Seminar Hall, NUST, H-12, Islamabad
Brief Description
A new type of deep picture and video production technique called neural rendering allows for explicit or implicit management of scene characteristics like lighting, camera settings, position, geometry, appearance, and semantic content. The aim of this talk was to give insights into how neural rendering, with a discussion of the social implications of this technology and investigate open research problems.
Talk on Transformers: Revolutionizing Automatic Text Understanding
Event/ 14 September, 2022, 11:00 am – 12:00 am / Seecs Seminar Hall, NUST, H-12, Islamabad
Brief Description
Transformers are among the go-to models in Artificial Intelligence these days. In this talk, the goal was to highlight the capability of Transformers and how they quickly became helpful for other tasks ranging from vision or audio and music applications all the way to playing chess or doing math!
Talk on the Importance of Memories in AI Hardware Accelerator
Event/ 14 September, 2022, 10:30 am – 11:00 am / Seecs Seminar Hall, NUST, H-12, Islamabad
Brief Description
Given that processing speed and scalability are two key demands from AI applications, AI accelerators play a critical role in delivering the near-instantaneous results that make these applications valuable. The aim of this talk was to highlight the significance of memory in AI accelerators.
Talk on Forest Monitoring using 3D Modeling for Trees
Event/ 12 September, 2022, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm / Seecs Conference Room, NUST, H-12, Islamabad
Brief Description
Forest monitoring and change detection systems employ remote sensing data provided by optical satellite sensors due to the availability of open access time-series data of global coverage. The aim of this talk was to highlight the 3D Modeling techniques for Forest Monitoring.
Talk on Artificial Intelligence in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities
Event/ 6 September, 2022, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm / Seecs Seminar Hall, NUST, H-12, Islamabad
Brief Description
AI disrupts every walk of life, e.g., service operation optimization, product enhancement, supply chain management, and manufacturing. One of the most notable benefits of using AI in all those areas is a significant cost decrease – up to more than 50% in some cases. However, the adoption of AI is slow in Pakistan, and it has not been able to penetrate the socioeconomic settings fully. This talk highlights how AI can help solve some fundamental problems in Pakistan and how the Sino-Pak Center for AI is helping achieve these goals.
Events 2021
Event/ 23rd December, 2021, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / RIMMS NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
1-day Data Integration Bootcamp. Data drives all critical decisions in today’s business landscape. With this workshop, aim was to teach some highly valued data management skills to the participants.
3rd Quarterly Industrial Event
Event/ 23rd December, 2021, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / SEECS NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
The industry event was organized by Deep Learning Lab (DLL) to showcase their projects to the market industry. Company named “Astera” came for the visit and was showcased the projects.
2nd Quarterly Industrial Event
Event/ 9th December, 2021, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm / SEECS NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
The industry event was organized by Deep Learning Lab (DLL) to showcase their projects to the market industry. In this event MOU was signed between DLL and ZAUQ.
1st Quarterly Industrial Event
Event/ 27 September, 2021, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm / SEECS NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Brief Description
The industry event was organized by Deep Learning Lab (DLL) to showcase their projects to the market industry. MOU between DLL and ACRUX Technologies was signed in the presence of principal SEECS.
5-Day Training on Deep Learning for Document Analysis and Recognition
Training/ 5th – 9th April, 2021, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Online
Brief Description
Deep Learning has been the forefront for document analysis and recognition (DAR) and has acquired immense research attention in recent years. To provide the participants with different aspects and in-depth analysis of the latest research being carried out in the field of document understanding, a five-day workshop has been arranged by Deep Learning Lab, NCAI and SEECS.
5-Day Training on Deep Learning for Object Detection and Recognition
Training/ 1st – 5th March, 2021, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Online
Brief Description
Object Detection and Recognition training is to acquaint the learners with theoretical and practical knowledge of Object Detection & Recognition, and its interesting applications. The workshop will help the participants get a deep dive into the underlying architecture and algorithms and get hands-on experience with the training of deep learning models.
5-Day Training on Automatic Speech Recognition
Training/ 15th – 19th Feb, 2021, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Online
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has altered the way the humans interact with the machines. It has been an intensive research topic for the past two decades and has found wide-ranging applications including the extraction of valuable insights from real-time telephonic transcriptions, improving customer service in a call center, performing semantic analysis of a conversation, and limited or open domain speech translation.
Events 2020
Webinar on Artificial Intelligence in Neuroscience and Healthcare
Webinar/ 11th December, 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm /SEECS NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Neuroscience is a field that historically has had a strong influence on Artificial Intelligence. Deep neural networks, that have emerged as the workhorses of state of the art AI applications, have their roots in neuroscience
Webinar on Role of Artificial Intelligence in Environment Monitoring
Webinar/ 24th August, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm /SEECS NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Unveiling the Interesting applications of Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Monitoring coming from national and international domain experts from around the world
Webinar on Decoding the Data Science Buzz
Webinar/ 15th June, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm /SEECS NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Data is the fuel of IT industry. Let’s decode the data science landscape and explore its wide-ranging utilization for the business enterprises
Digital Exports Conference and Smart Technology Exhibition
Exhibition / 3rd-4th February / PC Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industries (RCCI) organized a 2 day “Digital Exports Conference and Smart Technology Exhibition” at PC Rawalpindi to promote local digital industries and IT solution providers.
Events 2019
Conference /18th November 9:00am – 5:00 pm / Pak-China Friendship Center Islamabad
L.I.F.T Pakistan Conference is a platform designed specifically for showcasing Pakistan’s true assets i.e. Startups, SMEs and Universities that shape up the Entrepreneurial Eco System.
Themed Workshops on
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Environment Monitoring
Workshop/21st August 3:00 pm / SEECS Seminar Hall, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
The workshops focused on the use of latest technology like Artificial Intelligence, and Internet of Things (IoT) to address the critical environmental issues including water scarcity, water quality monitoring, and deforestation.
Lab2Market
Exhibition/22nd August / SEECS, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Symposium on Agricultural Automation
Symposium /22nd Oct, 2:00pm – 5:00pm / RIMMS Seminar Hall, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
This symposium had talks that gave insights on the new technologies in agriculture and how can we introduce automation in agriculture.
3RD IAPR SUMMER SCHOOL ON DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
Summer School /19th to 23rd Aug, 9:30am – 6:30pm / SEECS Seminar Hall, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
The 3rd IAPR Summer School on Document Analysis is a premier gathering for researchers, scientists and practitioners in the deep learning community. Objective of the school is to provide the participants with different aspects and in-depth analysis of the latest research being carried out in the field of document understanding.
Events 2018
Seminar /23rd May, 2:30pm – 4:00pm / SEECS Seminar Hall, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
This seminar would deliver a broad understanding of what makes ML so powerful along with the recent developments and how they are impacting the technological and social landscape.
DRONE SURVEILLANCE USING A NON-SCANNING RADAR
Seminar / 30th March / SEECS Seminar Hall, NUST Sector H-12 Islamabad
Ground radar provides a persistence all-weather wide area stand-off surveillance sensor for air targets. However, drones are particularly difficult to detect with conventional scanning radars.
