About

Ph.D. Computer Science Researcher with over 6 years of experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning, and Data Science, specializing in Sentiment Analysis and Multimodal NLP with an emphasis on AI-driven healthcare applications.

Previously served as a Research Associate and later Team Lead at the Predictive Analytics Lab (National Center in Big Data & Cloud Computing, NCBC), leading development of machine learning solutions for critical healthcare challenges such as infant and maternal mortality, tuberculosis, and cancer diagnostics.

Currently a Lecturer at the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), continuing to teach and conduct applied AI research. Published 6 peer-reviewed research papers (combined Impact Factor 25.8) and serves as a reviewer for top-tier journals in the field (ACM, IEEE, Elsevier, Springer). Technical expertise in Python, Django, TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, SQL, Java, and C#(.Net).

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Professional Skills
Data Science/Machine Learning
70%
Web Development (Python; Django; Asp.Net; C#)
85%
Video Editing
80%
Software Development
75%
Work Experience

December 2021 - Present

National Center in Big Data and Cloud Computing NCBC
SZABIST, Islamabad, Pakistan
Team Lead
Predictive Analytics Lab

Leads, monitors, and supervises the research lab team to achieve goals that contribute to the growth of the organization. Assist the team with the help of research and development to improve and extend Lady Health Worker Program (LHW), Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) and Tuberculosis Program (TB) for Sindh, Pakistan.

Skills: Computer Vision · Management · Python (Programming Language) · Django · Deep Learning · Scikit-Learn · Machine Learning · Web Development

March 2021 - December 2021

National Center in Big Data and Cloud Computing NCBC
SZABIST, Islamabad, Pakistan
Research Associate
Predictive Analytics Lab

Using research and development to improve and extend Lady Health Worker Program (LHW), Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) and Tuberculosis Program (TB) for Sindh, Pakistan. Develop a Central Healthcare Data Repository and Intelligent Predictive solutions for healthcare. To assist in informed decision making by providing data insights

Skills: Python (Programming Language) · Django · PostgreSQL · Deep Learning · Scikit-Learn · Machine Learning · Web Development

September 2013 - September 2018

Air University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Web Developer

5 Year of Professional Experience in Web Design & Development (HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Asp Net, C#, Wordpress). Also, I'm a specialist in Video Editing and Graphic Design.

Skills: ASP.NET Web Forms · JavaScript · jQuery · Web Design · Back-End Web Development · Web Development · ASP.NET · C# · SQL

Education

2018 - 2025

PhD
PhD in Computer Science

Central South University

Changsha, China

2014 - 2018

Master's Degree
Masters in Computer Science

International Islamic University

Islamabad, Pakistan

2009 - 2014

Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor's in Computer Science

PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Research Interest & Skills

Research Interest

Data Mining Natural Language Processing Social Network Analysis Sentiment Analysis Aspect Extraction Information Retrieval

Programming Skills

Python Asp.Net C# Entity Framework JAVA PHP SQL Website Design and Development

Software Tools Skills

Filmora (Video Editing) Adobe Premiere Pro (Video Editing) Microsoft Office Adobe Photoshop MS Visual Studio MS Viso Navicat TOAD SQL Management Studio IIS XAMPP
Courses Taught
MS SQL Server2008 Data Warehousing Programming With C
Object Oriented Programming With C++ Advance OOP (Java) MS C# .Net MS VB .Net Fundamentals of Algorithms Data Structure Operating System IT Fundamentals Visual Programming (MS Visual C#/VB .Net) Databases-I Databases-II Introduction to Networks Introduction to IT Visual Basic Software Engineering-Iv Oracle 10g Developer Introduction to Computer Science Database Artificial Intelligence Web Design & Development.
Awards & Achievements
  • Certificate of Participation Yuns Textile, Seminar on "Give & Get initiative", Air University Islamabad, June 2014
  • 03 Days Course of "Computer Internet Security Threats & Counter Measure ", Air University 05th to 07th March, 2014
  • 05 Days Workshop on "HEC Indigenous on Campus Training (IOT), Air University 15th to 19thSeptember, 2014
Zohair's Portfolio Brochure
Porfolio Video Editing

Recent Projects

Contact Me

Address

Central South Univeristy, China

Email

info@begindiscovery.com

Website

https://begindiscovery.com/