Overview

CASE is committed to advance the research in engineering domain and to empower its students to realize their full potential while working in advanced technological domains. The institute's programs in computer engineering and engineering management have the distinction of preparing researchers with sound knowledge, professional approach and innovative thoughts. The entire faculty is itself deeply involved in hi-tech R & D projects and provides a role model of academia-industry partnership. CASE is proud to be the pioneer in presenting this model and always emphasizes this as a special feature of its educational environment.

Post Graduate(Doctorial) Research Program

Ph.D. research program at CASE aims to enhance student’s academic knowledge and professional expertise, by developing an effective research training system; thereby enhancing economic development, international competitiveness and accomplishment of collective goals. The research @ CASE is conducted in strong collaboration with CARE (Center for Advanced Researhch in Engineering). Our faculty brings to the classroom extensive instructional and research experience that contribute to the dynamic learning experience that is found in CASE. The students work closely with CASE faculty members who can provide strong guidance in their area of expertise and hence help students to work on projects employing cutting-edge technology.

Seminars and Workshops

Many workshops and seminars have been held at CASE correlated to the core curriculum and advanced areas of engineering. CASE selects the topics that are both useful and interesting to the students as well as faculty and is always open to new ideas. The experts are invited to share their knowledge and vast experiences relative to the courses / topics with the students and faculty. Following is the list of workshops and seminars held by CASE: CASE is offering a 2 weeks course on High Speed Multilayered PCB Design starting from 4th of August 2004. Click here for details. A seminar on Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (IEEE 802.16) by Dr. Muid Mufti, was held at CASE on Thursday 5th of August, 2004 A seminar on Bluetooth Wireless Technology by Dr. Muid Mufti, was held at CASE on Thursday 22nd of July, 2004. Click here for details. A seminar on Future Technology Trends by CEO of Palm Chip USA was held at CASE on Thursday 29th of April, 2004. A 5-day workshop was conducted on Network Security Mechanism at CASE in November 2003. A Special workshop held at CASE on ASIC verification with VERA in August 2002.

Research Funding

The research funding helps in furnishing the field of study and develops an active base in order to advance the CASE’s mission of intensifying research. Research funding can come in many forms like research project grants, laboratory equipment provisions, Ph.D. scholarships, technical journals / books for library, collaboration and support in research projects, etc. The funding is provided as a professional service to the researchers who wish to secure support for their creative ideas and professional interests. In recent years, more funding has become available to support the movement of intellectual capital, knowledge and ideas out of the academic research arena and into the wider world, particularly to industry and commerce. Many organizations offer support and research funding to CASE like HEC, CISCO, XILINX and many other public sector organizations. CASE always welcoms any support for enhancing its research activities. Please contact the concerned head if you would like to collaborate and support research at CASE.

Research Projects

Computer Engineering :- Several research projects are conducted in collaboration with CARE. These research projects include: Universal Security Box, a low cost solution providing clear secure voice with low bit rate speech encoding and data transmission using existing analog POTS line Calling Card Gateway, an intelligent network based application that provides service provider IVR servers and switching gateways along with software to manage and record the transactions. A complete system including hardware and software will be built. IP Enabled Exchange, a low-cost voice communication infrastructure along with Internet connectivity for distant rural areas 3D Digital Terrain Model Generator, represents land surface point elevations, accepts stereo image data in various input formats and outputs terrain model with elevations and their related data layers. Some publications are also made on this work High Data Rate Industrial Telemetry Modem, a PCM/FM based telemetry subsystem capable of supporting up to 2 Mbps data-rate. In addition, built-in support for encryption and error correction using turbo codes. The system is capable of supporting multiple video channels along with sensor data. Some publications are also made on this work. Intelligent Routers for Mobile Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, ad-hoc Network based communication solution underlying the features like integrated mobile and land link network design, mesh network architecture, robustness and redundancy, remote configuration, self diagnostics and self healing. This long range ad hoc network also provides stable path routing for QoS. Some publications are also made on this work Other research areas in which CASE and CARE team is actively involved are: Software Design Services, Control Processing (networking and management), DSP Algorithms, Code optimization Digital Hardware Design, FPGA-based systems from concept to implementation, highly complex SoCs, ASIC: mapping computationally intensive algorithms in HW ASIC Design, Network Processor, DSP Processor, Security Processor, Media Processor, EDA Tools System Design, MultiLayer Board, Multiple RTOS, Device Drivers Verification and Compliance Testing, Digital Hardware Verification, System Testing, Software Testing Engineering Management Professor Dr. Azhar Mansur Khan and his Ph.D. students are conducting research in the following fields of Project Management: Emotional Intelligence Leadership Aspects for Projects' Success or Failure Synergistic Program Management Value Management Organizational Maturity Models and their Application Knowledge Management Public Spheres and Projects In order to foster the applied as well as theoretical research, it has been planned to establish a Center of Excellence in Project Management with the collaboration of Lille Graduate School of Management, Lille, France. The Center of Excellence will perform following functions: Research and development in the field of Project Management Provision of Consultacy Services Human Resource Development, Capacity Strenthening and Training of Partner Organizations. Support to CASE in Teaching and Student Research Holding Conferences / Symposiums

Research Publications

The entire faculty and students are deeply involved in the research work and participate in many international forums and conferences and in almost every conference and seminar held in Pakistan. The multidisciplinary work of CASE researchers and their collaborators has been published in a variety of journals and conference proceedings. Following is the partial list of research publications by the faculty members and students / TAs. Please check the profiles of faculty members to view the complete list of their publications: (faculty members marked in red, students marked in blue) A. Mansur Khan, Atiq ur Rehman, Project Leadership: Analysis of the Perception of Selected Public Sector Project Managers in Pakistan, to be presented at the PMI Global Congress 2005- Asia Pacific, Singapore 21-23 February 2005. A. Haider, Software Productivity: The impact of Soft Factors, International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, organized by IEEE & Foundation University, December 31, 2004, Islamabad, Pakistan. A. Mansur Khan, Energy Conservation and Poverty Reduction - A Correlation Study, International Syposium on Energy and Environment Conservation, 15-16 December at E Pakistan A. Mansur Khan, Atiq ur Rehman, An Analytical Study on Emtional Intelligence (EI) in Selected Project Organizations (POs) in Pakistan, Education and Researh Conference: Projects and Emotional Intelligence, School of Business and Economics, Vienna, November 24-27, 2004 A. Mansur Khan, Project Management Education in Pakistan, presented during the Cooperation Workshop of the pm 04 International Conference at School of Business and Economics, Vienna, November 23, 2004 A. Mansur Khan, Financial Analysis of Projects Using the Consumer Surplus Approach, published in the conference proceedings of Beijing International Investmnet and Financial Expo and Forum, 11-14 November 2004 A. Mansur Khan, Atiq ur Rehman, Comparative Study of Power Dynamics of Public Spheres in the Project Management System in South Asia and North Afirca - A Case study of Pakistan and Egypt, The Beirut Conference on Public Shperes Beirut, Lebanon, 22-24 October 2004 H. A. Khan, Partial Encryption Technique for Compressed Multimedia Data Using Perceptual Information accepted, presented in GSPX 2004, USA Z. Ahmad, Reconfigurable Programmable Security Processor, Proceedings of ISSA conference South Africa June 30 to July 2, 2004 Z. Ahmad, Configurable Network for Mobile System, Proceedings of in International Conference on Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering ICEEC’04 P. Muhlethaler, M. Salaun, A. Qayyumand Y. Toor, Comparison Between CSMA and Aloha Throughput in Multihop Ad Hoc Networks, Proceeding of the 2004 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'04), Las Vegas, USA, June 21-24, 2004