Faculty & Staff

• Dr. Khaver Zia
  Professor and Dean, SCIT

  

  PhD, University of Manchester, UK

  Kzia@bnu.edu.pk

  • Over 28 years of experience in teaching higher education
  • Possess 6 year experience in applied research
  • Author of several research paper on national and international level
  • Areas of special interest is Computer Science Education

• Ms. Shazia Rizwan
  Assistant Professor, Head of Department (CS)

  

  MS(TQM), University of the Punjab

  MS(CS), University of Central Punjab

  BS(CS) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA

  shazia_rizwan@bnu.edu.pk

  • 17 years of teaching experience in higher education
  • External examiner for MS(TQM) thesis work at IQTM, Punjab University
  • Mozilla volunteer for Urdu localization
  • Areas of special interests are Educational Quality Management and Databases Design

• Dr. Natash Ali Mian
  Associate Professor, Head of Department (SE)

  

  PhD (CS), NCBA&E, Lahore 

  MS(CS), SZABIST, Islamabad

  natash.ali@bnu.edu.pk

  • 18 years of Teaching and Experience
  • Over 20 international conference and journal publications
  • Presented numerous research papers at National and international forums
  • Areas of Interest include Software Engineering, Requirement Engineering, Database Modeling, Software Quality Assurance, Reverse Engineering, Formal Methods, Self Adaptive Systems, Cloud Computing, Fault Tolerant Systems.
  • Supervisor and External Examiner of Comprehensive Exams, Undergraduate Final Year Projects and MS/M.Phil thesis at multiple universities (University of Central Punjab, The University of Lahore, Lahore Garrison University, Forman Christian College University, University of Agriculture - Faisalabad, Abdul Wali Khan University - Mardan).
  • Reviewer of multiple national and international journals.

• Mr. Syed Nouman Ali Shah
  Assistant Professor

  MS (Computing), National University of Singapore

  M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

  Nouman.ali@bnu.edu.pk

  • Have 10 years teaching Experience
  • Have 2 years industry Experience
  • Area of Interest is Software Design & Architecture, Algorithms Refinement, Design Patterns & Frameworks, Enterprise Systems, Information Systems Development & Management, Knowledge Management Systems, Technology Management & Consulting, Technopreneurship, Systems Thinking.
  • Professional Member of Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) USA.
  • Professional Member of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), USA.
  • Paper presented and published in proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Business Management 2011 (ISBN: 978-969-9368-06-6) titled as "Internet Markets & e-Advertising Active Models in Pakistan: Signifying e-Advertising Artifacts Apposite For e-Business Startups"

• Ms. Huda Sarfraz
  Assistant Professor

  

  MS(CS), FAST - National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

  BS(CS), FAST - National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

  huda.sarfraz@bnu.edu.pk

  • Seven years research experience in speech and natural language processing
  • Author of several research papers
  • Mozilla regional representative and Urdu localization manager (volunteer positions)

• Ms. Sameen Reza
  Assistant Professor

  On study leave as Fulbright Scholar (PhD) at New York University, USA

  MCS (Virtual University of Pakistan)

  BCS (FAST- National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore)

  Sameen.reza@bnu.edu.pk

  • Over 15 years of experience in the academia.
  • Have taught various courses related to computer science discipline at undergraduate level.
  • Have supervised final year projects
  • Faculty advisor for IEEE student body at SZABIST, Karachi.
  • Research areas are Data Structures and Algorithms
  • MS Thesis: “A Study of Inverted Classroom Pedagogy in Computer Science Teaching”, 2014
  • “Representation of Balochi, Punjabi, Pushto, and Sindhi Characters in Unicode” co-authored with Dr. Khaver Zia and presented in 23rd Internationalization and Unicode Conference, Prague, 2003

• Ms. Amna Humayun
  Assistant Professor

   

  MS (Computer Science), FAST National University, Lahore

• Dr. Iftikhar Hussain
  Assistant Professor

  

  PhD Hasselt University, Belgium
  Dr. Iftikhar obtained his PhD from Hasselt University, Belgium and was awarded Scholarship by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan to pursue his PhD study. He conducted his PhD research in the area of agent-based modeling and developed a simulation system for several carpooling applications using dedicated modeling and simulation methodology (CRIO meta-model). His research has been published in International Journals and Conferences. His research interests include organizational-based modeling, multi-agents in transportation, modeling interaction and negotiation, machine learning, and matching algorithms.

• Mr. Saad Saleem Malik
  Lecturer

  

  MS BIT, Beaconhouse National University

  saad.saleem@bnu.edu.pk

  • Digital media strategist for PMLN during elections 2013
  • Served as Marketing and Social Media strategist for Lahore International book Fair (LIBF)
  • Digital media strategist for World Bank Group (RTI Act 2013)
  • Recipient of 6th China Publishing Scholarship
  • Digital Marketing Consultant for Marketbridge

Visiting Faculty

• Dr. Abdul Qayyum

   

  PhD (Statistics), GC University, Lahore

• Dr. Saif ur Rehman

   

  PhD (Physics)

   

Staff

• Mr. Adnan Majeed
  Teaching Assistant (Lab)

  

  MSc (CS), Virtual University

  MCSE, CISCO and Linux Certifications

  Researcher, Mobile Cloud Computing

• Mr. Haris Iftikhar
  Faculty Coordinator SCIT

  

  BBA(Hons.) NCBA & E

  • 4 years of experience as Faculty Coordinator
  • Served 3 years in Systems Limited (Quality Control)

• Mr. Talha Nawaz
  Admin Coordinator

  B.Com IT (Punjab University)