
PROFILE SUMMARY
- Dr. Kara is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU), Karachi. He is alumni of MAJU, completing his Bachelors from here. Since finishing his PhD, in 2012, he was working as an Assistant Professor, at the Systems Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia until 2021.
His research interest includes solving problems generated from diverse practical applications such as scheduling, scarce resource management, transportation, routing etc. using techniques from Operations Research (OR), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and/or Constraint Programming (CP) and recently Machine Learning (ML) and Data Science paradigms.
QUALIFICATION | |||
PhD (Information Technology), 2012, George Mason University, Virginia, US | |||
MS (Computer Science), 2004, University of Saarland, Saarbruecken, Germany | |||
BS (Computer Science), 2002, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, Pakistan |
RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
- Operations Research
- Artificial Intelligence
- Constraint Programming
- Machine Learning
- Data Science
TEACHING INTERSTS
- Operations Research
- Artificial Intelligence
- Algorithms (more specifically Network Algorithms)
- Data Structures
- Theory of Computation
- Machine Learning & Data Sciences
Other Members

Minhaj Zubair
Lab Instructor

Syeda Hira Seemab
Lecturer

Dr Mehtab Alam
Associate Professor

Hasan Muneer
Lab Instructor

DR. ASMA RAUF
Assistant Professor

Dr. Zeeshan Ahmad
Assistant Professor

Syed Zaid Irshad
Lecturer

Muhammad Yaseen Khan
Senior Lecturer

Muzammil Iqbal Shaikh
Lab Engineer

Meerab Amir
Lab Engineer

Farah Akram
Lecturer

Siraj Munir
LECTURER

Dr. Junaid Rehman Shaikh (Phd Information Systems, Australia)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Dr. Qandeel Laraib
Assistant Professor

Mr. Manzoor Ahmed Shaikh (MSc KIIT, Karachi)
Sr. Lab Instructor

Ms. Fariha Khalil (MS NUML, Pakistan)
JUNIOR LECTURER

Ms. Qudsia Bano (MA NUML, Pakistan)
Instructor

Mr. Syed Sikander Shirazi
LECTURER

Mr. Muhammad Atif Idrees (PhD Scholar UoK, Pakistan)
SENIOR LECTURER

Mr. Nauman Hafeez Ansari (MS SSUET, Pakistan)
Assistant Professor

Mr. Muttahir Ahmed Khan (MS MAJU, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Muhammad Rehan (PhD Scholar UOK, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Ishtiaq Ahmed Kolachi (PhD Scholar UoK, Karachi)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Aamir Shaikh (MS NEDUET, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Dr. Shahnillah Haider Rizvi (PhD UoK, Pakistan)
Assistant Professor

Ms. Wadeeah Qureshi (BS MAJU, Pakistan)
LAB INSTRUCTOR

Ms. Rimsha Javed (BS MAJU, Pakistan)
LAB INSTRUCTOR

Ms. Muntaha Mehboob (MS Scholar MAJU, Pakistan)
LAB INSTRUCTOR

Ms. Fozia Khan (BS MAJU, Pakistan)
LAB INSTRUCTOR

Mr. Shahroz Bakht (MS Scholar FAST, Pakistan)
LAB INSTRUCTOR

Mr. Muhammad Mubashir Khan (MS Scholar NED-UET, Karachi)
LAB INSTRUCTOR

Ms. Mahnoor Iftikhar (BS FAST-NUCES, Pakistan)
LAB INSTRUCTOR

Ms. Aman Farooq (MS MAJU, Pakistan)
LAB INSTRUCTOR

Ms. Zain Noreen (MS MAJU, Pakistan)
LECTURER

Mr. Muhammad Tauseef (MS BUK, Pakistan)
LECTURER / CHAIRPERSON IRC (MAJU)

Ms. Fouzia Naz (MS MAJU, Karachi)
LECTURER

Mr. Farman Ali Pirzado (MS IT)
Lecturer

Mr. Syed Sarmad Ali (PhD Scholar BIAA, China)
Senior Lecturer

Mr. Muhammad Usman (MS BU, Pakistan)
SENIOR LECTURER

Mr. Osama Ahmed Khan (PhD Scholar MAJU, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Muhammad Kashif Khan (MS MAJU, Karachi)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Aqeel Tahir (ME HU, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / CS PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Mr. Saheer Ali (MBA SU, UK)
JUNIOR LECTURER

Mr. Muhammed Shahzeb Khan (MBA Australia)
SENIOR LECTURER

Mr. Arif Ali (PhD Scholar MAJU, Pakistan)
SENIOR LECTURER

Ms. Reema Tariq Mughal (ME NEDUET, Pakistan)
SENIOR LECTURER

Mr. Muhammad Farhan Bukhari (PhD Scholar UOK, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Ms. Uzma Khan (MS IU, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Ghulam Muhammad (PhD Scholar PAF-KIET, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / SUBJECT EDITOR JBERJ

Dr. Qamar Abbas (PhD QUST, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Dr. Muhammad Asif Qureshi (PhD UUM, Malaysia)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Muhammad Wamiq (PhD Scholar UPM, Malaysia)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Muhammad Ibrahim Shamsi (PhD Scholar UPM, Malaysia)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Ahmer Umer (PhD Scholar FUUAST, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Ms. Anita (MS IU, Pakistan)
LECTURER

Mr. Kashif Farhat (PhD Scholar UTM, Malaysia)
SENIOR LECTURER

Mr. Abdul Wahab Khan (MS SZABIST, Pakistan)
SENIOR LECTURER

Mr. Nadeem Ahmed (MS MAJU, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Syed Hassan Aftab (MA UoK, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Muhammad Saeed Mujahid (MS SZABIST, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Hasan Javid (MBA LUMS, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Waqas Khalid (MS SSU, Australia)
LECTURER

Mr. Asim Mehboob (MS IBT, Pakistan)
SENIOR LECTURER

Ms. Zartashia Kiran Imran (MS MAJU, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Muhammad Faisal Majid (PhD Scholar MAJU, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Babar Ali Qalbani (MS CU, UK)
LECTURER

Mr. Ali Nasir (MBA GU, Pakistan)
ADJUNCT FACULTY / PROJECT LEADER FM RADIO PROJECT

Mr. Syed Ghazanfer Inam (PhD Scholar MAJU, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Asif Saeed Naji (MS SZABIST, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Javed Hussain (PhD Scholar UOK, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Muhammad Shujaat Saleem (PhD Scholar UOM, Malaysia)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Dr. Syed Muhammad Noaman Ahmed Shah (PhD UOO, France)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE DEAN FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Dr. Areeb Ahmed (PhD Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey)
Associate Professor

Dr. Liaquat Ali Thebo (PhD MUET, Pakistan)
Associate Professor

Dr. Ghazanfar Monir
Associate Professor

Dr. Kashif Ishaque (PhD UTM, Malaysia)
Professor

Dr. Syed Muhammad Iqbal Azimuddin (PhD UCAS, China)
Assistant Professor

Dr. Khalid MN (ICCBS-UoK, Karachi)
Assistant Professor

Dr. Tahir Islam (PhD USTC, China)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / HOD Marketing & Entrepreneurship

Dr. Teerath Das (PhD GSSI, Itally)
Assistant Professor

Mr. Muhammad Noman (PhD Scholar UOK, Pakistan)
SENIOR LECTURER

Mr. Syed Arshad Hussain (PhD Scholar SZABIST, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mr. Abdul Ghaffar (PhD Scholar UOK, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / HOD ACCOUNTING AND LAW

Mr. Afaq Ali Khan (PhD Scholar UOK, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Dr. Hina Fatima (PhD FJWU, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Dr. Mohammad Rizwan-ul-hassan (PhD UOK, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Dr. Muhammad Meraj (PhD APU, Japan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / HOD ECONOMICS

Ms. Maryam Hanif Ghazi (MPhil Scholar)
LECTURER / IN CHARGE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Dr. Bushra Bilal (PhD UOK, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Dr. Khitab Gul (PhD UoP, Pakistan)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / HOD (BIOSCIENCES)

Dr. Huma Jawed (PhD UoK, Pakistan)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Dr. M. Kamran Azim (PhD UoK, Pakistan)
PROFESSOR / DEAN FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES

Dr. Raazi M. K. Syed (PhD KHU, South Korea)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/HOD COMPUTER SCIENCE

Dr. Shaukat Wasi (PhD FAST, Pakistan)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/DEAN FACULTY OF COMPUTING

Dr. Syed Imran Jami (PhD FAST, Pakistan)
PROFESSOR/DEAN ACADEMICS