Experience

(2003-present):

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Designation: Assistant Professor (2003-present)

·         Graduate courses taught: Computer Architecture and Organization, Programming Language Structures, Microprocessor and Application.

·         Undergraduate courses taught: Digital Design II, Microprocessors and Microcomputers, Computer Interfacing, Numerical Analysis.

·         Supervised graduate theses and undergraduate senior projects.

·         Research area: Watermarking, Neural Network, and digital signal/image processing.

(2002-2003):

HESTEC Services Co., Ltd., Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan.

Title: Engineer (2002-2003)

·         Developed software (in C) for JPEG compression.

·         Developed software (in C) for conversion of bmp images to png and mng format.

·         Developed software (in C) for uni-/multi-cast application using winsock.

(1985-1997):

Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Karachi, Pakistan.

Designation: Scientific Officer (Sept. 1985 - June 1997) (On leave from Jan. 1996 to June 1997)

Experience and Projects completed:

·         Participated in integration, environmental, pre- and post-launch testing of a LEO satellite BADR-1 put into the orbit in 1990.

·         Designed and developed NSC800 based onboard data handling (OBDH) system for BADR-1. Software developed in NSC800 Assembly.

·         Developed software in BASIC for BADR-1 ground control station.

·         Designed and developed 8086 based OBDH for BADR-2 satellite. (8086 Assembly).

·         Developed software in C to construct images using BADR-2 data.

·         Designed and developed memory boards for NSC800 using paging techniques.

·         Designed and developed 6800 and 8085 based data acquisition systems. Software developed in Assembly.

(1996-2002):

Dept. of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan.

Degrees received:

Doctor of Engineering (Production and Information Systems Engineering), 1999-2002.

Master of Engineering (Computer Science and Systems Engineering), 1997–1999.

Research:

Research student (Computer Science and Systems Engineering), 1996 -1997.

Study/Experience:

·         Performed study and research on image processing and watermarking of digital images for copyright protection using wavelets. (Matlab and Wavelet).

·         Carried out study and research on prediction using neural network and fault diagnosis using linear regression and neural network. (C and Matlab).

·         Developed programs for image construction, median filtering, and computed water-covered areas in Sapporo city using satellite data. (C and Matlab).

·         Developed programs for (7,4) and (15,11) Hamming encoder/decoder. (C).

·         Acquainted with Texas Instruments’ DSPs like TMS320C30 and TMS320C40, and their emulators/debuggers.

·         D. Eng. thesis: Novel Nonlinear Signal Processing using Wavelet Transformation and Neural Network.

·         M. Eng. thesis: Nonlinear Time Series Analysis using Time Delay Neural Network.

(1980-1984):

Institute of Information Technology, University of Sind, Jamshoro, Pakistan.

Degrees received:

Master of Science (Computer Technology), 1984.

Bachelor of Science (Electronics), 1980-1983.

·         Studied electronics, microprocessors, programming languages, and operating systems. Designed and developed many analog and digital circuits. Developed various programs in Assembly, BASIC, and FORTRAN.

·         M. Sc. thesis: Design of a Single Board Computer using 6800 Microprocessor