Enabling Sustainable Solutions for Agriculture and Water Resources
A 3-day training workshop on
Enabling Sustainable Solutions for Agriculture and Water Resources
Agriculture in the SAR (South Asian Region) is caught in a low equilibrium trap with low productivity of staples, supply shortfalls, high prices, low returns to farmers and area diversification – all these factors can be a threat to food security. Addressing this issue can have a great impact over the lives of the people in this region. Contributing to sustainable water and agriculture resource management systems can be a challenging task. This workshop is among many other initiatives towards a major goal of food security in the South Asian Region through stocktaking of research, potential and role of technology, and other interdisciplinary initiatives.
The intent of this workshop is three-fold. The first is exploration of activities related to research, developing technologies, and other interdisciplinary initiatives. Secondly, it shall identify gaps that can be addressed through research and development, capacity building, and knowledge management. Lastly, it shall provide a platform to the participants to establish multidisciplinary collaborations.
Objectives
- Explore the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of things (IoT) in developing sustainability in agriculture and water resources
- Examine agriculture and food global value chain recovery challenges and the importance of enhancing interdisciplinary cooperation within the sector
- Exchange sustainable agricultural knowledge and technological innovation
- Share domestic and regional-level best practices for enhancing sustainable agricultural development
Output
- Improved understanding of agriculture adaptation challenges and opportunities for building the sector’s sustainability and resilience with the use of AI and IoT
- Constructive dialogue and network building between technology experts and agriculture practitioners
- Presentations and other workshop materials to be uploaded on the MachVIS lab website.
Participants
- Technology experts from TIEN member countries NRENs and Associate Organizations
- Experts from the universities and national research organizations and the practitioners
- Interested members of the public
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Karsten Berns
Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Dr Zahid Mehmood
Chief Scientific Officer, NARC Pakistan
Muhammad Jahanzaib
Scientific Officer, NARC Pakistan
Dr Asad Waqar Malik
Associate Professor, SEECS, NUST, Pakistan
Dr Arsalan Ahmed
Associate Professor, SEECS, NUST, Pakistan
Dr Yasir Faheem
Associate Professor, SEECS, NUST, Pakistan
Dr Hasan Ali Khattak
Associate Professor, SEECS, NUST, Pakistan
Jakub Pawlak
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Qazi Hamza Jan
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Axel Vierling
Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Eike Gassen
Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Organizers
Dr M. Moazam Fraz
Associate Professor, SEECS, NUST, Pakistan
Dr. Zuhair Zafar
Assistant Professor, SEECS, NUST, Pakistan
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Location
- SEECS NUST, H-12 Islamabad
- vision@seecs.edu.pk
Phone Number
- (051) 8862162
Workshop on Digital Forensics Concepts with Modern Tools
A 5-day hands-on skill enhancement boot camp on
Digital Forensics Concepts with Modern Tools
Description
The workshop will help the participants to get fundamental concepts and principles of digital forensics and its relevance to digital investigations and the examination process. It will demonstrate the recovery of digital artifacts in forensically sound manners from different OS i.e. Windows/Mobile environments. Participants will explore the forensic tools and procedures for recovering evidence from activities on the Network/Mobile. Examine and analyze the Social Media applications regarding cyber-criminal activities using modern tools. Becoming a part of this exciting workshop helps to enhance the participant's knowledge of digital forensics through enlightening lectures and training classes.
Learning Outcomes
In this workshop series, participants will learn the basics of digital forensics concerning various domains, such as Windows forensics (i.e. volatile memory, registry, and logs), Mobile Applications, and Network Investigation by employing forensics tools set through hands-on projects. Participants will
- Understand the case studies with practical Labs of Acquisition of evidence in Windows, Android, and Network environments.
- Learn to examine and analyze the acquired evidence and artifacts from various tools set for the court of law.
- Learn about Multimedia files forgery detections, rebuilding the missing headers, and identifications of malicious headers.
- Learn how to analyze Twitter, Facebook, and other social media artifacts (events, posts) to build the crime scene reconstructions.
Who Is This Training For?
- Recent graduates looking to bolster their skillset.
- Digital forensics investigators who aim to benefit from current market trends.
- Cyber security and researchers who want to solve challenging digital investigation cases through modern tools.
- Technology leaders who want to stay ahead in the competition by empowering their organizations with Digital Forensics Laboratory.
- Undergraduate students aiming to accomplish their FYPs in the domain of Cyber Forensics.
Speakers
Partners
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Location
- SEECS NUST, H-12 Islamabad
- vision@seecs.edu.pk
Nazia Perwaiz has successfully defended her PhD Dissertation
The thesis focuses on enhancing person re-identification (Re-ID) for smart visual surveillance without relying on biometric equipment, using raw images from CCTV. Traditional Re-ID solutions use convolutional neural networks (CNNs), which struggle with learning associations between distant parts of an image—a critical aspect of human vision. To address this, the thesis proposes a hybrid representation that combines handcrafted, mid-level, and deep learning features with metric learning to improve the identification process. A new network architecture, Hierarchical Refined Saliency Association Network (HRSAN), is introduced along with a complete pipeline for simultaneous detection and Re-ID (SSPDR), working on unprocessed CCTV footage.
Object Detection And Semantic Segmentation In Visual Data
A 5-day hands-on skill enhancement boot camp on
Deep Learning for Object Detection And Semantic Segmentation In Visual Data
Deep Learning and Computer Vision are witnessing tremendous growth over the years due to the application of machine learning algorithms to computer vision tasks such as object recognition and detection, image registration, 3D reconstruction and semantic segmentation. Reaching the full potential of computer vision will be possible once we transition from research labs into the real world. Hence, a five-day workshop on “Object Detection and Semantic Segmentation” is being conducted to drive and assist the journey above. The workshop will help the participants get a deep dive into the underlying architectures and algorithms used for object detection and semantic segmentation and get hands-on experience with the training of deep learning models. Become a part of this exciting workshop and learn about the exciting applications of object detection and semantic segmentation using Deep Learning through enlightening lectures and training classes!
Benifits
This workshop is designed to empower you to jump-start Computer Vision and learn the hands-on skills and expertise needed to solve the world’s most challenging problems:
- Understand crucial elements such as object recognition and detection, semantic segmentation, scene understanding, medical image analysis, etc
- Learn how to build computer vision applications for various healthcare and industrial sectors.
- Get hands-on experience with the most widely used, industry-standard software, tools, and frameworks through projects.
- Obtain real-world expertise through content designed by promising faculty members and researchers around the globe.
- Earn a certificate to demonstrate your subject matter competency and support career growth.
Learning Outcomes
In this workshop series, participants will learn the basics of computer vision by training and deploying deep learning frameworks, as well as building the skill-set and toolbox they need to design their own deep learning solutions through hands-on projects. Participants will”
- Comprehend Computer Vision jargon.
- Implement widely used computer vision workflows such as image classification, object detection, semantic segmentation etc.
- Learn the art of tweaking training parameters to improve accuracy.
- Learn how to develop CNNs to detect and segment objects from images and videos using Keras/TensorFlow.
- Learn how to customize the structure of various Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architectures to adapt to novel problems.
- Deploy and host trained networks using Flutter.
Who Is This Training For?
- Recent graduates looking to bolster their skillset.
- Deep Learning enthusiasts who aim to benefit from current market trends.
- Data Scientists and researchers who want to solve challenging problems with Computer Vision.
- Software Engineers looking to boost their careers with the state-of the art Computer Vision expertise.
- Technology leaders who want to stay ahead in the competition by empowering their organizations with Deep Learning and Computer Vision.
- Undergraduate students aiming to accomplish their FYPs in the domain of Computer Vision.
Speakers
Dr Muhammad Shahzad
Guest Professor, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
Dr Talha Qaiser
Diagnostic Computer Vision Leader, AstraZeneca, United Kingdom
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Location
- SEECS NUST, H-12 Islamabad
- vision@seecs.edu.pk
Phone Number
- (051) 8862162
Vehicular Traffic Flow Parameter Estimation
Traffic analysis provide information to improving the efficiency of roadway transportation. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) have attracted considerable research attention
Person Re-Identification for Intelligent Visual Surveillance
Introduction Large networks of cameras are increasingly deployed in public places like airports, railway stations, college campuses and office buildings
Computational Pathology for improved cancer management and better human sustainability
According to Cancer Research UK, there are around One Million cancer deaths every year between 2016-2018. Cancer accounts for more than a quarter (28%) of all deaths during 2018. Medical experts distinguish over 100 different types of cancer.