Dr. Khawaja M. Umar Suleman

Teaching Fellow

PhD in Artificial Intelligence , Lahore University of Management Sciences

  • umar.suleman@newitu2.itu.edu.pk

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Computer Vision, Robotics, Machine Learning, Embedded Systems & IOT

Biography

Dr. Umar received his PhD from the Department of Computer Science, SBASSE, LUMS. His area of research is in intelligent systems often consisting of robots and cameras. Lately he has been working in pilot-less autonomous multi-drone systems and on-board affordable AI. Previously, during the course of over two decades, Umar has founded multiple startups and delivered RnD based innovative solutions for local problems.

  1. Aftab, S., Ali, S.F., Mahmood, A., Suleman, U. A boosting framework for human posture recognition using spatio-temporal features along with radon transform. Multimedia Tools and Applications, Aug. 2022.
  2. Mahmood, U., & Suleman, K. M. (2016). A Hybrid P2P Storage Scheme Based on Erasure Coding and Replication. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Computer, Electrical, Automation, Control and Information Engineering, 10(1), 218-223.
  3. Suleman, K.M.U.; Awais, M.M. Learning from Demonstration in Robots using the Shared Circuits Model. Autonomous Mental Development, IEEE Transactions on, vol.6, no.4, pp.244,258, Dec. 2014.
  4. Suleman, M. U.; Awais, M. M. Learning from Demonstration in Robots: Experimental Comparison of Neural Architectures. Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing 27, 794-801, 2011.
  5. Suleman, M. U.; Awais, M. M.; Baig, A. R. Learning by Imitation: A Scheme for Offline Learning of Robot Control through Demonstration by Other Robot. IJCAI-07 Workshop on Multirobotic Systems for Societal Applications, Haidarabad, 2007.

  1. Umar is the founding Regional (Lahore Regional) Contest Director of ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC) in Pakistan, the most prestigious international programming competition globally. He served as President of FAST-NU alumni body twice. He is also the founding President of STARfALL for two consecutive years focusing on STEM for school children, in affiliation with the First Lego League (FLL).