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Year 2021

GIK secures top position in Huawei ICT competition

GIK secures top position in Huawei ICT competition Huawei organizes global ICT Competitions every year. The competitions include innovation track, which awards the best final year project. The regional competition was held online on 18th Jan 2021, where teams from different regional countries presented their projects. GIK’s team secured top position and won the “Best Application Prospect Award”. The GIK’s team is supervised by Dr. Ghulam Abbas includes Mohammad Inam, Uzair Ahmed and Gulfam Hussain from FCSE. They designed a cloud based AI-application called ‘Wear-tificially’ which enables users to virtually try on clothes. The application aims to make people’s experience of shopping from home easier during the pandemic. More details are available at: https://www.dawn.com/news/1602648/pakistani-teams-secure-top-positions-in-huaweis-ict-competition ...
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25th January, 2021

PhD Thesis Defense of Ms. Madiha Tahir (PhD scholar FCSE)

The PhD Thesis defense of Ms. Madiha Tahir , Faculty of Computer Sciences And Engineering, will be held as per the following schedule: Thesis title Supervised by Schedule “Supervised Learning Models to Identify Affective States from Short Texts" Dr. Zahid Halim Thursday, January 21, 2021 Time: 03:00 p.m Notification is attached herewith. Venue: Google Meet Joining link: https://meet.google.com/hjm-bpmo-ahu Everyone is invited to attend. ...
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18th January, 2021

GIK Debate Team Shows Brilliant Performance in PreKorea WUDC

The Debate Team of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology has been a great representative of the Institute in national debating tournaments for many years. The Team’s participation in international tournaments has also been praiseworthy through the years. This year, four members of the team participated in one of the most competitive debating tournaments on the globe, PreKorea World Universities Debating Competition and performed exceptionally well. The World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) is the world’s largest debating tournament and follows the British Parliamentary debate format. Each year, the event is hosted by a university selected by the World University Debating Council, this year being hosted by Debate Korea. Members of the GIK team were one-point shy of breaking into the semifinals and scored higher than most of the prestigious institutions including teams from Yale University and Hart House. Details of the Team members are as follows: - Mohammad Ahmad (BMTN), 2018199 - Ibrahim Saleem (BME), 2018288 - Haider Ali Shah (BCE), 2018529 - M. Junaid Javed Shah (BCS), 2018293 The team hopes to make the Institute and country proud with exceptional representation and performance in the future as well. ...
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5th January, 2021

Year 2020

HEC upgrades Huawei ICT Academy at GIK

The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has recently upgraded the Huawei ICT Academy at GIK Institute based on its excellent performance. The upgradation will increase the number of training slots for students and will also expand the certification pathways. As a results, associate and professional level trainings and certifications are now available in data communication. Additionally, associate level trainings and certifications are available in storage technologies. The upgraded and new equipment to facilitate the new certification pathways have been installed at the Huawei ICT Academy of GIK, and registrations are now open to graduate and undergraduate students. The new and upgraded trainings will offer the students a greater opportunity to learn the latest industrial trends and technologies and become Huawei Certified in support of their subsequent careers in the ICT industry. It is worth noting that the GIK’s Academy was ranked 4th by Huawei last year among more than 600 Huawei ICT Academies worldwide.Click here for details. ...
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22nd December, 2020

GIK Team Invictus Secures 2nd Position Among 115 Teams in The Proposal of AIAA DBF ‘21

Team Invictus from the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology has been the sole representative of Pakistan in the AIAA DBF (Design/Build/Fly) Competition for the past 10 consecutive years. AIAA DBF is an international Remote Controlled(R/C) aircraft competition sponsored and organized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cessna Aircraft Company, and Raytheon Missile Systems. Every year, hundreds of engineering institutes send in their proposals, out of which this year only 115 proposals were accepted. Teams from all 5 continents take part, including many world-renowned engineering institutes, such as MIT, UC Berkeley, and Stanford. Each team is then required to design and manufacture an electric powered R/C aerial vehicle which fulfills the annually changing mission statement. A 60-page technical report is submitted by each team followed by the fly-offs that take place alternately in Kansas and Arizona, USA. This year’s COVID situation meant that the team faced the additional challenge of working remotely, and so digital collaboration tools were used for the first time. After achieving their best position in the competition last year, Invictus broke all expectations this year securing a record best 2nd position across the world, and 1st in Asia in the proposal phase. This year’s mission required the team to design an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) capable of carrying a remotely deployable sensor suite to carry out reconnaissance missions, as well as carry cargo-containers. The team set about designing a revolutionary plane, with advanced manufacturing techniques such as 3D-printed parts, and a pod and boom aircraft configuration. Utilizing the latest technology, and a well-organized team structure enabled the team to secure its highest proposal score of 85.9. The team is ecstatic and hopes to build on the ever-improving string of results. The team is looking forward to raising the country’s flag even higher and hopes to bring further good news to the aviation industry of Pakistan. The team would like to thank its sponsors, as well as GIKI for their everlasting support. Invictus GIKI aims to be the face of the radio-controlled aircraft industry in Pakistan and use its national presence and international experience to help promote this hobby in the country. ...
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15th December, 2020

Dr. Hadeed Ahmed Sher becomes the Associate Editor of IET Renewable Power Generation (IF: 3.489)

FEE fculty member Dr. Hadeed Ahmed Sher has been appointed an Associate Editor of IET Renewable Energy Generation (RPG). IET RPG is among the pioneering journals in the field of Renewable power technoligies. It covers research work focusing on the characteristics of various renewable sources and their impact on electrical power conversion, including power electronic design, integration in to power systems, and techno-economic issues. IET RPG is an ISI indexed journal with an impact factor of 3.489. Dr. Sher is the only Pakistani National in the editorial board of this journal and will look after the section of Photovoltaics including the Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT). Dr. Sher has been an reviewer of more than 50 manuscripts submitted in the top tier Journals and IEEE Transactions. Dr. Sher was a recipient of the Research Excellence Award of KSU College of Engineering in 2012 and 2015. He is also a senior member of IEEE. ...
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11th December, 2020

Provincial Secretary for Science, Technology and IT visited GIK Institute

Humayun Khan, Provincial Secretary for Science, Technology and IT visited GIK Institute, this Monday, to inspect various projects of his Department. He was accompanied by Dr. Khalid Khan, Director, Directorate of Science and Technology (DoST). They also had a meeting with Jehangir Bashar, Rector GIK Institute, Pro-Rector Administration and Finance and faculty members to discuss various aspects of the provincially financed projects and later on visited the Incubation Centre and Reverse Engineering projects which are assigned to the GIK Institute. The delegation was given detailed briefings and presentations were also made about the aforementioned projects. The salient features and usefulness of the projects were highlighted before the Secretary who expressed satisfaction on the progress made and promised to support the same in the future also. The achievements of the Incubation project were shared with the delegation by Mr. Abdullah Soomro, Director Incubation while the result-oriented research and finalization of outcome after thorough study and analysis of Reverse Engineering was presented by Professor Dr. Wasim A. Khan, Principal Investigator of the project along with Dr. Khalid Rehman. The delegation also visited Faculty of Computer Science where Prof. Dr. Masroor Hussain briefed them about the super computer installed with the assistance of the provincial government. The GIK Institute offers different programs in the field of computer science and faculty members of different universities visit the Institute to avail the services for numerical methods for computational physics/mechanics etc. facility provided at the Institute. Sardar Aminullah Khan, Pro-Rector (A&F), while appreciating the role of ST&IT Department in conceiving the projects assigned to GIK, assured the visiting officers of achieving the desired objectives of these two strategic projects in a timely manner. These two projects are going to have lasting impact on the economic life and promotion of entrepreneurship in the youth of the adjoining regions. Earlier, Mr. Jehangir Bashar, Rector GIK Institute, while welcoming Secretary ST&IT and Director (DoST) to GIK Institute, acknowledged the contribution and assistance provided by the provincial government towards the development projects and building the infrastructure of the Institute that significantly improved the capacity for starting new disciplines and accommodating increased number of the students. He apprised the delegation of the research and development activities of GIK as a premier Institute in the fields of engineering sciences and technology that has successfully imparted quality education to the talented students for near three decades. ...
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9th December, 2020

GIK Graduate Admissions,Spring 2021

The decision of the Government regarding closure of educational institutions.

Circular Reference is invited to the decision of the Government regarding closure of educational institutions. The GIK Institute will accordingly remain closed w.e.f 26th Nov. 2020 to 10 January, 2021. However, the online classes and midterm exams will continue as per schedule. However, the exams on Friday 27th November, 2020 will be rescheduled. 2. Considering the directions by the government, one third of the students may be allowed to stay back in the hostels. Graduate students, students with connectivity issues and / or those making special requests, on account of air travel or any other reason, duly endorsed by the concerned Dean, may also be allowed to stay at campus. 3. For the remaining students, the following instructions are hereby issued: i. The students will vacate the hostels. The matter has been considered and it has been decided that they may leave the luggage in their rooms but no valuables should be left in the rooms. They will be doing so at their own risk and Institute shall not be responsible ii. Transport facility will be provided for Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Peshawar. The buses will depart in accordance with the following schedule. Departure time S. No Date City Morning Evening 2 26th November, 2020 Rawalpindi/Islamabad/Peshawar 1230 Hrs. 1630 Hrs. 3 26th November, 2020 Lahore 1230 Hrs. 4 27th November, 2020 (for remaining students, if any) Rawalpindi/Islamabad/Peshawar and Lahore 1130 Hrs. - The students will pay the cost of ticket @ Rs. 200/- per seat for Islamabad/Rawalpindi/Peshawar and Rs. 1000 for Lahore. Covid-19 instructions including social distancing and face mask will be strictly enforced in the buses. iii. In case private buses are hired for transportation of the students, the cost of ticket will be paid by the students. iv. Allotment of rooms for the students who would be allowed to stay back in the hostels, as may be required, will be reviewed and adjusted by the management. Sardar Aminullah Khan Pro-Rector (Admin & Finance) ...
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24th November, 2020

President Arif Alvi Presides over GIK Institute Convocation 2020 at Presidency

The 24th Convocation of GIK Institute was held in President House, Islamabad. His Excellency, President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi presided over the Convocation 2020. Mr Farid Rehman, President of Society for the Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Pakistan (SOPREST), Mr Shakil Durrani Executive Director SOPREST, Engr. Jehangir Bashar GIK Institute Rector, Professor Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Pro Rector Academics, Sardar Aminullah Khan, Pro Rector Administration and Finance, Deans and other faculty members attended the convocation. In line with safety measures against COVID 19, the convocation was held with limited number of students and only gold medalists of the graduating batch participated while the rest of graduates, their families and faculty witnessed the live ceremony telecasted through web link. President Alvi conferred degrees on 432 Bachelors, 55 Masters and 3 PhD scholars. This was the first convocation of any university ever held at President House. The Faculty based gold medals were awarded to Rehan, Syed Muhammad Bashmund Shah, Zaighum Akhar, Abdur Rehman Anwar, Afaq Hussain, Humayyuan Rasheed, Ibrahim Abdurrab, Sundus Zulqarnain Haider, Muhammad Idrees, and Syed Wasif Ali. Ghulam Ishaq Khan Medal was awarded to Syed Muhammad Bashmund Shah and Quaid-e-Azam medal to Maria Gulzar. In his address, President Alvi, who is the Chancellor of GIK Institute, said that importance of distance learning education has been realized in Pakistan after COVID 19. He said that in line with Universities like Harvard, knowledge and lectures should be made available online. GIK Institute should also participate in delivery of hybrid and distance learning education. Dr Alvi said that changing Pakistan needs the students to contribute in knowledge. The Pakistani graduates should also promote their cultural and religious values while contributing to the progress of the country. President of Pakistan congratulated the graduates for their hard work and also their parents and teachers on this occasion. President SOPREST, Mr Farid Rehman said that, GIK was among those first, few universities in the country which decided to take on the COVID challenge and quickly shifted to online delivery of courses. On behalf of the GIK Institute and its Board of Governors he assured President Alvi that GIK Institute would put its best efforts towards a fully connected, intelligent, digital Pakistan. Rector Jehangir Bashar said that GIK Institute objective is to provide an excellent teaching and research environment to produce graduates who can lead the way in the techno-industrial transformation of society. He said that the Institute was ranked number 24 out of 453 universities worldwide and top position among all Pakistani universities on Quality Education by Times Higher Education in the 2019 University Impact Ranking in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Overall GIK was ranked 201–300 worldwide, and among the top 3 universities in Pakistan. Rector informed that the Institute recently signed an agreement with Huawei, and a four-year BS degree in AI, being introduced by GIK from Fall 2020, will be partnered by Huawei. The program is the first of its kind in the country and will have particular emphasis on practical skills. Rector appreciated the Presidential Initiative for Artificial Intelligence & Computing, the mission of which is to make Pakistan a global hub for artificial intelligence, data science, cloud computing, edge computing, block chain, augmented reality, and the Internet of Things. Earlier, Pro Rector Academics, Professor Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi mentioned that GIK Institute believes in inclusive education. He said that 75% of GIK faculty have PhD degrees from the best universities worldwide. Overall student- teacher ratio is 1:18. There is a strong emphasis on research for which substantial funds are provided by the Institute. Last year GIK had 46 funded projects running which comes to around 0.5 per faculty or 0.6 per PhD faculty. ...
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23rd November, 2020

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