Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering

Fri, 2020-04-24
Like most events and conferences around the world, the UX Pakistan 2020 conference, held from April 18 – 19, also went virtual but continued to inspire individuals with conversations and workshops around the latest design trends and skills. The event was organised by the Design Innovation Society...
Tue, 2020-03-17
Dr. Nadeem Ahmad Khan, Associate Professor, at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, LUMS, presented three of his research papers at the 13th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Systems and Signal Processing, BIOSIGNALS 2020,...
Fri, 2020-03-06
The Technology for People Initiative (TPI), in collaboration with the Sub-National Governance (SNG) Programme, conducted an Idea Hackathon for the SNG Innovation Challenge and Action Research Fund. This two-day hackathon, held from February 28-29, at the CS Smart Lab, LUMS, provided a platform for...
Tue, 2020-02-04
Since its inception, the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering has been a hub for groundbreaking research by gifted individuals trying to make a difference, creating small supernova explosions in their respective fields. Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar is one such inspired academic who is...
Mon, 2020-02-03
The Center for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT) held a two-day workshop on ‘Nature Inspired Sustainable Agriculture’ from January 24 – 25, 2020. This workshop was aimed towards information dissemination, engaging key stakeholders and promoting dialogue for adoption of sustainable or...
Tue, 2020-01-21
LUMS faculty continue to distinguish themselves internationally. Dr. Adeel Pasha, Assistant Professor and Director Electronics and Embedded Systems Lab at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE), has recently published an article with Mr. Afzal Ahmad, a Research Assistant at...
Mon, 2020-01-20
Saad Zia Sheikh, a PhD student at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering presented his paper at the 27th Annual IEEE International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS ’19) held in...
Wed, 2020-01-15
The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE), organised an academia-industry meeting (AIM) on December 6, 2019. The objective of this meeting was to share the philosophy of our newly developed Chemical Engineering programme...
Fri, 2020-01-10
The Department of Electrical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) held a talk on ‘From (acousto)-microfluidics to post-microfluidics on January 8, 2020. Dr. Ghulam Destgeer, Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Dino Di Carlo in the Department of...
Thu, 2020-01-09
Generation and storage of renewable and sustainable energy presently, is among the major scientific and technological challenges. In this context, the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering organised a one-day conference, ‘Sustainable...
Thu, 2020-01-09
The Department of Electrical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) held a talk on ‘Neuroscience-inspired artificial intelligence: Dynamic causal modelling and active inference’ on January 07, 2020. Dr. Adeel Razi, Director, Computational & Systems...
Mon, 2020-01-06
The Department of Electrical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) held a talk on 'New Advances in Direct Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flow' on January 3, 2020. Dr. Amir Riaz Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics at the...
Mon, 2020-01-06
The Department of Electrical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) held a talk on ‘Exploring the computational principles of brain-wide development through deep learning’ on January 2, 2020. Dr. Asim Iqbal, Machine Learning Scientist at Google X, presented the...
Fri, 2020-01-03
The Department of Electrical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) held a talk on “Beyond the Coverslip - Single Molecule Imaging” on December 27, 2019. Dr Sohaib Abdul Rehman, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cambridge Advanced Imaging Center, University of...
Fri, 2020-01-03
The Department of Electrical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) held a talk on 'Energy-Efficient and Robust Machine Learning: From Algorithms to Hardware' on December 24, 2019. Dr. Muhammad Shafique, Professor at the Institute of Computer Engineering,...
Mon, 2019-12-30
The Department of Electrical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) held the 12th Teaching the Teachers workshop on “S-parameters: Theory and Uses to Characterise Circuits” on December 26, 2019. Scattering (“s”) parameters are used in many branches of...
Mon, 2019-12-30
Industrial visits serve as an important academic activity for students and contribute to the achievement of essential learning outcomes. Keeping in view their essential role, the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE)...
Thu, 2019-12-26
The LUMS Annual Dinner, held on Friday, December 13, 2019 at Marriot Hotel, Karachi, brought together the University’s esteemed donors and senior leadership for an engaging evening. Hosted by the Office of Advancement, guests were given an overview of the groundbreaking work being done by students...
Thu, 2019-12-26
The Department of Electrical Engineering at LUMS congratulates Dr. Nadeem Ahmad Khan and Dr. Momin Uppal for receiving respectively the Outstanding Service and Distinguished Teaching awards for the period 2016-2019. Dr. Nadeem Ahmad Khan has been recognized for his leadership in educational...
Tue, 2019-12-24
The electronics team at the Centre for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT) attended a seminar hosted by US Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies (USPCAS) at Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, Sindh on October 29, 2019. The seminar was concerned with water canal...
Mon, 2019-12-23
LUMS students continue to make their mark at international platforms. Syed Muhammad Abbas, a PhD candidate at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering and a Research Associate at the Centre for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT), LUMS, recently presented his research at...
Thu, 2019-12-19
Salar Saeed, Senior Remote Sensing Analyst at the Centre for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT), LUMS participated in the Young Professionals in Space Dubai Conference 2019 held on November 4-6, 2019 in Dubai, UAE. The conference was organised by IEEE & Muhammad Bin Rashid Space Centre (...
Wed, 2019-12-18
Dr. Fozia Parveen, Fellow and Faculty at WIT, participated in Women of the World (WOW) Festival which was held in Karachi from December 14-15. Dr. Fozia was a part of the curatorial body that organised the festival this year. Launched by Jude Kelly on the centenary of International Women’s Day, WOW...
Mon, 2019-12-16
The LUMS Centre for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT) has deployed and tested an indigenously developed instrument to measure hydrological parameters like snowfall, snow melt-rate, rainfall, temperature, humidity and the resulting water level of the stream of a small catchment having an area...
Fri, 2019-12-13
The Department of Electrical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) held a talk, ‘Voltage Control and Photovoltaic Hosting Capacity in Distribution Networks’ on December 11, 2019. Dr. Ammar Arshad from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation,...
Wed, 2019-12-11
The LUMS Water Informatics and Technology (WIT) Centre researchers, Abubakr Muhammad, Zahoor Ahmad and Rubab Khalid presented their work at the 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES); IECON held in Washington DC from October 21-23, 2018. Their co-authored paper was...
Wed, 2019-12-11
LUMS faculty members from the Departments of Economics and Electrical Engineering recently participated in a Workshop, “Promoting Green Growth and Technology in Food-Water and Energy Nexus for OIC Countries – Challenges and Opportunities” held at the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry and...
Mon, 2019-12-09
Candidate Dean SBASSE: Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE), LUMS Candidate Dean SBASSE: Dr. Muhammad...
Thu, 2019-12-05
The Department of Mathematics at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, and the LUMS Students Math Society (LSMS) jointly organised the first 'Three Minute Thesis Competition – Math' on November 25, 2019. The competition required participants to present the breadth and significance...
Thu, 2019-12-05
The Department of Electrical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) held a talk on ‘Robots with Artificial Immunity’ on November 22, 2019. Dr. Ali Raza, Assistant Professor of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology (UET...