Military College of Signals
Faculty Asif Masood

Asif Masood

Acting Dean
  • Military College of Signals
  • 0515564048
Summary

Dr Asif Masood did his BE in software Engineering from Military College of Signals (MCS), NUST in 1999. He completed his MS and PhD in Computer Science from University of Engineering and Technology Lahore in 2007. Currently, He is working as Dean at MCS, NUST. In recognition to his research contributions, he was awarded Best Research paper award by HEC in 2011, Research Productivity Award 2010-2011 by Pakistan Council for Science and Technology and Dr M. N. Azam prize in Computer Science in 2009 by Pakistan Academy of Sciences. His biography has been published in Who's Who in the World (in 2009 & 2010) and Top 100 Engineers 2009 by International Biography Centre, Cambridge, England. He is also a reviewer for various international journals and conferences.

Academic Background
PhD (Image Processing) UET Lahore April 01, 2003 - November 09, 2007
Honours and Awards
Research Productivity Research Productivity Award 2010-2011 by Pakistan Council for Science and Technology May 17, 2011
First Prize First Prize in International Research Competition held in ICDAR-2011 in Beijing, China June 15, 2011
Publication of biography Publication of biography in Who's Who in the World, 27th Edition, 2010 September 12, 2011
Dr. M. N. Azam Prize Dr. M. N. Azam Prize 2009 in Computer Science (Software) by Pakistan Academy of Sciences March 24, 2010
Publication of biography Publication of biography by in “TOP 100 ENGINEERS 2009”, by International Biography Centre, Cambridge, England July 14, 2009
Best Research Paper Award Best Research Paper Award 2011 by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan March 07, 2011
Publications
Diving Deep with BotLab-DS1: A Novel Ground Truth-Empowered Botnet Dataset February 28, 2024 Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Waleed, Tai-Won Um, Peyman Pahlevani, Jens Myrup Pedersen, Asif Masood, IEEE Access - Volume 12, Pages 28898-28910
Zone of trust: blockchain assisted IoT authentication to support cross-communication between bubbles of trusted IoTs March 30, 2022 Aqsa Rashid, Asif Masood, Atta ur Rehman, Cluster Computing - Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 237-254
Textual analysis of traitor-based dataset through semi supervised machine learning December 01, 2021 Faisal Nawaz Janjua, Asif Masood, Haider Abbas, Imran Rashid, Malik Muhammad Zaki Murtaza, Future Generation Computer Systems - Volume 125, Pages 652-660
RC-AAM: blockchain-enabled decentralized role-centric authentication and access management for distributed organizations December 01, 2021 Aqsa Rashid, Asif Masood, Atta ur Rehman Khan, Cluster Computing - Volume 24, Page 3551–3571
Blockchain-Based Public Key Infrastructure: A Transparent Digital Certification Mechanism for Secure Communication September 15, 2021 Aqsa Rashid, Asif Masood, Dr. Haider Abbas, Yin Zhang, IEEE Network - Volume:35, Issue:5, Page:220-225
Cryptographic Framework for Role Control Remedy: A Secure Role Engineering mechanism for Single Authority Organizations April 01, 2021 Aqsa Rashid, Asif Masood , Haider Abbas, Future Generation Computer Systems - Volume 117, Pages 245-258
A Caption Text Detection Method from Images/Videos for Efficient Indexing and Retrieval of Multimedia Data February 01, 2015 Samabia Tehsin, Asif Masood , Sumaira Kausar, Muhammad Younus Javed, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 29, Issue 01, Article Number 1555003
Fuzzy-Based Segmentation for Variable Font-Sized Text Extraction from Images/Videos March 19, 2014 Samabia Tehsin, Asif Masood, Sumaira Kausar, Fahim Arif, Mathematical Problems in Engineering - Volume 2014, Article ID 389547, 10 Pages
Text Localization and Detection Method for Born-digital Images August 01, 2013 Samabia Tehsin, Asif Masood, Sumaira Kausar, Muhammad Younus Javed, IETE Journal of Research - Volume 59, Issue 4, Page 343-349
Optimal curve fitting approach to represent outlines of 2D shapes December 01, 2010 Asif Masood, Sidra Ijaz, The Imaging Science Journal - Volume 58, Issue 6, Pages 308-320
An optimal dynamic threat evaluation and weapon scheduling technique May 01, 2010 Huma Naeem, Asif Masood, Knowledge-Based Systems - Volume. 23, no. 4, Page. 337-342
Capturing outlines of 2D objects with Bézier cubic approximation May 04, 2009 Asif Masood, Muhammad Sarfraz, Image and Vision Computing - Volume 27, Issue 6, Pages 704-712
A locally constrained radial basis function for registration and warping of images March 01, 2009 Adil Masood Siddiqui, Asif Masood, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Saleem, Pattern Recognition Letters - Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 377-390
Dominant point detection by reverse polygonization of digital curves May 01, 2008 Asif Masood, Image and Vision Computing - Volume 26, Issue 5, Pages 702-715
An Approach to Digitize Analog Form of Accelerograms Recorded at Tarbela-Pakistan April 01, 2008 Muhammad Rizwan, M. Ilyas, Asif Masood, I. Towhata, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering - Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 328-332
An efficient technique for capturing 2D Objects February 01, 2008 Asif Masood, Muhammad Sarfraz, Computers and Graphics - Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages 93-104
Capturing outlines of planar images using Bezier cubics October 10, 2007 Muhammad Sarfraz, Asif Masood, Computers and Graphics - Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages 719-729
A novel approach to polygonal approximation of digital curves June 05, 2007 Asif Masood, Shaiq A. Haq, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation - Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 264-274
Corner Detection by Sliding Rectangles along Planar Curves June 01, 2007 Asif Masood, Muhammad Sarfraz, Computers and Graphics - Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 440-448
Optimized polygonal approximation by dominant point deletion January 01, 2007 Asif Masood, Pattern Recognition - Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 227-239
Conferences
NLP and ML Synergy: A Novel Approach in Botnet Detection from Sandbox Artifacts January 28, 2024 - January 29, 2024 Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Salman, JENS MYRUP PEDERSEN, Asif Masood, Haider Abbas, 2024 ASU International Conference in Emerging Technologies for Sustainability and Intelligent Systems (ICETSIS)
An ANN-BP based Multi-Alcohol Classification Model Through Different QCM Gas Sensors March 15, 2023 - March 16, 2023 Aiman Sultan, Dr. Asif Masood, Dr Shahzaib Tahir, Dr Fawad Khan, Ahmed Raheeq Sultan, 2023 International Conference on Communication Technologies (ComTech)
Development of A Robust Privacy Enhancing Data-Sharing Framework for Healthcare System Based on Decentralized Control November 24, 2022 - November 25, 2022 Muhmmad Saeed Javed, Muhammad Imran, Syeda Fizza Hamdani, Asif Masood, Muhammad Imran, 2022 Australian and New Zealand Control Conference, ANZCC 2022
Security, Safety and Trust Management (SSTM'17) June 21, 2017 - June 23, 2017 Haider Abbas, Eugenio Orlandi, Farrukh Aslam Khan, Oliver Popov, Asif Masood, 2017 IEEE 26th International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE)
Dean Engineering Wing January 01, 2008 - October 05, 2022