Department of Computer Science

Umar Farooq, BSc Computer Science 2018, recently represented LUMS at the esteemed Applied Research Competition at New York University, Abu Dhabi campus from November 6-8, 2019. The competition is one of the leading student-run computer science events in the world. Mr. Farooq and his team won second...

An exceptional team from LUMS was honoured with the Brian Shackel Award at INTERACT 2019. The team included Suleman Shahid, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Director of the Computer Human Interaction and Social Experience Lab (CHISEL), along with three students, Rabiah Arshad and Murtaza...

A LUMS session on ‘Climate Change Challenges for Pakistan’, led by Malik Amin Aslam, advisor to the Prime Minister on Climate Change was held on September 24, 2019. The event, held to provide an overview of the threat of changing climate patterns, the challenges it involves, as well as possible...

Dr. Asim Karim and Dr. Suleman Shahid published a paper in CHI 2019 - ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction ALAP: Accessible LaTeX Based Mathematical Document Authoring and Presentation This study aims at...

ICC-accredited biomechanics facility built in Pakistan has finally translated   into tangible results, with the facility set up at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) securing ICC accreditation. That makes it the fifth lab in the world to be ICC-accredited, joining those...

The inauguration of the National Center in Big Data and Cloud Computing took place at LUMS on May 4, 2018. The ceremony was attended by noted personalities from the educational and development sectors of Pakistan. The PKR 1.5 Billion Center will be housed at LUMS and will comprise of 12 'Affiliated...

The LUMS Energy Institute recently organised a consultative workshop on ‘Alternative and Renewable Energy (ARE) Policy 2019’ in collaboration with the Energy Think Tank, a consultant agency. The workshop was organised to discuss the ARE Policy which is based on the Renewable Energy Policy 2006....

Eighty-two teams came together to compete against each other in the programming competition of the 23rd edition of SOFTEC ’19. The programming competition is one of the oldest categories of the event, where two teams from LUMS reached the top ten. The winning LUMS team comprising Computer Science...

The energy related challenges in Pakistan need to get addressed and for that a number of propositions and strong steps have to be taken up along with sustainable policies and well-grounded strategies. The Government as well as private sectors need to step forward and take such initiatives to solve...