Faculty Profiles

Dr. Zafar Mehmood

Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Data Science and Machine Learning

Email : [email protected]

Office Number : +(92)

I hold a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, specializing in Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI. With 18 years of teaching experience at the University of Gujrat, I have taught courses in Programming (C++, OOP, Python), AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Analytics, and Generative AI. I have published numerous papers in reputable academic journals, contributing to the advancement of AI and its applications. My research interests include Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI, and Data Science. In addition to teaching, I supervise graduate students in AI and Deep Learning research, guiding them through their thesis and projects. I actively contribute to curriculum development and academic activities within the department. My technical expertise includes Python, C++, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, and tools like Jupyter and Google Colab. I am passionate about mentoring future AI researchers and professionals.

  • Exam cordinator
  • Member board of study
  • Curriculum Committee member
  • Departmental focal person of BIC
  • Hostel Warden
  • 1. Zafar Mahmood, Imran Ashraf “Improving Learning from the Complex Multiclass Imbalanced and Overlapped Data by Mapping into Higher Dimension Using SVM ++” Scientific Reports, February 2025  DOI:
  • 2. Zafar Mahmood, Imran Ashraf “Algorithmic and Mathematical Modeling for Synthetically Controlled Overlapping” Scientific Reports, January 2025  DOI:
  • 3. Husnain Talib, Zafar Mahmood “Classification of Monkeypox Skin Lesions Through Advanced Visual Analysis and Self-attentation” Knowledge-Based Systems, December 2024  DOI:
  • 4. Naveed anwer Butt, Zafar Mahmood “Performance Predication of Students in Higher Education Using Multi-Model Ensemble Approach” Ieee Access, November 2023  DOI:
  • 5. Naveed, Zafar Mahmood “The Development of Intelligent Agents: A case-based reasoning approach to achieve human-like peculiarities via Playback of Human Traces” Ieee Access, May 2023  DOI:
  • 6. Zafar Mahmood “Behavioral And Performance Analysis of a Real-Time Case Study Event Log: A Process Mining Approach” Applied Sciences-Basel, March 2023  DOI:
  • 7. Zafar Mehmood, Naveed Anwer Butt “Efficient Scheduling of Home Energy Management Controller (HEMC) Using Heuristic Optimization Techniques” Sustainability, January 2023  DOI:
  • 8. M. Ijaz, Zafar Mahmood “Effect of Preprocessing and No of Topics on Automated Topic Classification Performance” Foundations And Trends In Information Retrieval, November 2022  DOI:
  • 9. Zafar Mahmood “Generation of Controlled Synthetic Samples and Impact of Hyper-Tuning Parameters to Effectively Classify the Complex Structure of Overlapping Region” Applied Soft Computing, August 2022  DOI:
  • 10. Zafar Mahmood, Sohail Asghar “Customizing SVM as a base learner with AdaBoost ensemble to learn from multi-class problems: A hybrid approach AdaBoost-MSVM” Knowledge-Based Systems, April 2021  DOI:
  • 11. Zafar Mahmood “Varying Pause Time Effect on AODV, DSR and DSDV Performance” International Journal For Multiscale Computational Engineering, March 2015  DOI:
  • 12. Zafar Mahmood “A Comparative Performance Study of Ad Hoc Routing Protocols to Improve the Route Discovery Process of AODV” International Journal For Multiscale Computational Engineering, October 2014  DOI:
  • 13. Zafar Mahmood “A Systematic Mapping Study on Customer Churn Analysis.” Data Mining And Knowledge Discovery, August 2014  DOI:
  • 14. Zafar Mahmood “Comprehensive Experimental Performance Analysis of DSR, AODV and DSDV Routing Protocol for Different Metrics Values with Predefined Constraints” Computer Applications In Engineering Education, June 2014  DOI:
  • 15. Zafar Mahmood “A Systematic Mapping Study on OCR Techniques.” Networks, January 2014  DOI:
  • 16. Zahid Iqbal, Zafar Mahmood “Efficient Machine Learning Techniques for Stock Market Prediction” Engineering Computations, November 2013  DOI:
  • 17. Abdul Wahab, Zafar Mahmood “Open Architecture Dynamic Manipulator Design Philosophy (DMD) (Jul 2009)” Robotics And Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, April 2010  DOI:
Date TitleAgency/Organization Amount Status
2012-02-01Student ProjectHEC60000Completed
2024-06-06Student ProjectNIGRI100000On going
2024-11-10Student ProjectNIGRI100000On going