FACULTY PROFILE

Dr. Neelam Gohar

Assistant Professor PhD, UK


Department:
Computer Science

Email:
neelam.gohar@sbbwu.edu.pk

Name

Dr. Neelam Gohar

Personal

Emails:neego.gohar@gmail.com/neelam.gohar@sbbwu.edu.pk 
 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neelam-gohar

Experience

2024: SSWIS Caseworker, Regina Open Door Society, Canada

2013–2016, 2018-2022: Head of Department and Assistant Professor, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar

2012–2022: Coordinator Advanced Studies (MS & PhD)

2009–2010: Demonstrator, University of Liverpool, UK

2010–2011: Note-Taker, University of Liverpool, UK

Qualification

  • PhD in Computer Science, University of Liverpool, UK, 2012
  • Master’s in Computer Science, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2004

Honor and Awards

  • Recognized as one of the Top Performers on Coursera under DLSEI initiative of HEC (2022–2023).
  • Recognized as an IT Professional by the Information and Communication Technology Council (ICTC), Canada (2022).
  • Certificate of Commendation for preparing faculty for online readiness during COVID-19 (2021).
  • Certificate of Appreciation for winning three Final Year Project grants as supervisor (2021).
  • Best Participant Award, Advanced Faculty Professional Development Course on Ensuring Training Effectiveness, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (2015).
  • Certified Master Trainer, Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan (2013).
  • PhD Scholarship, Faculty Development Program, United Kingdom (2007).

Memberships

University Committee Member

  • Establishment of Smart Classroom, Software Technology Park, MIS
  • Internal Reviewer on the Panel of Annual MPhil and PhD Review.
  • Online Readiness Committee (COVID-19).
  • Technical Expert for Digital Logic Design Laboratory, Data Science and AI Labs.

    Professional Societies

    International Association of Engineers (IAENG)

  • IAENG Society of Artificial Intelligence
  • IAENG Society of Computer Science
  • IAENG Society of Scientific Computing
  • IAENG Society of Internet Computing and Web Services
  • IAENG Society of Software Engineering

Graduate Students Postdocs Undergraduate Students Honor Students

Supervised around 62 undergraduates and graduate students

Service Activity

    • Program Evaluator, NCEAC Pakistan
    • Member, National Curriculum Revision Committee (CS, IT, SE)
    • Established Cyber Security Club (CSC)
    • Launched Alumni Diaries program
    • Organized multiple international and national conferences
    • Introduced Software Engineering, Data Science, AI, and Cyber Security specializations in the curricula at undergraduate level (2022) and introduced Data Science at the postgraduate curriculum (2017)
    • Project Manager, LMS (Blackboard) 2025
    • Focal person for Digital Learning & Skills Enrichment Initiative (DLSEI) (2020-2022)
    • Focal person for KP Govt initiative of Digital KP 2025

Community Engagement (Canada, 2023-2024)

  • Participated in Public Speaking Program (Toastmasters International, Canada 2024
  • Engaged in INVOLVE Program for leadership & volunteering, Canada 2024
  • Volunteered at Regina Open Door Society & Regina Public Library (Literary Services) Canada, 2023-2024

Brief Statement of Research Interest

Artificial Intelligence, Multi-Agent Systems, Computational Social Choice, Algorithmic Game Theory, Data Analytics, and Data Science.

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. S. I. Majid, S. I. Majid, S. Khan, et al., “Enhanced extreme gradient boosting based algorithm for mobility management of autonomous vehicles from sub 6 ghz to mmwave networks,” Scientific Reports, May 2025.
  2. S. Khan, S. Tabassum, F. Muhammad, et al., “A machine learning-based framework for heart disease diagnosis using a comprehensive patient cohort,” CMC - Computers, Materials & Continua, Apr. 2025.
  3. S. Khan, O. Khan, K. Raheel, et al., “A highly compact split ring resonator-based rectangular dielectric resonator antenna with multiband characterization,” IEEE Access, Dec. 2024.
  4. N. Jan, N. Minallah, M. Sher, S. Khan, N. Gohar, and S. Khan, “Lime and marble deposits mapping and estimation through deep neural layers-random forest merger and remote sensing imagery,” Physica Scripta, Dec. 2024.
  5. S. Khan, O. Khan, S. A. A. Shah, B. T. Malik, N. Gohar, and S. Koziel, “A compact circularly polarized dielectric resonator antenna with mimo characterizations for uwb applications,” Scientific Reports, Sep. 2024.
  6. S. I. Majid, S. I. Majid, H. Ali, S. Khan, N. Gohar, and A. Al-Rasheed, “Optimizing cell selection for data services in mm-waves spectrum through enhanced extreme gradient boosting,” Results in Engineering, Feb. 2024.
  7. N. Jan, N. Minallah, N. Gohar, et al., “Granite exposure mapping through sentinel-2 visible and short wave infrared bands,” Radio Science, Jan. 2024.
  8. O. Khan, S. Khan, S. N. K. Marwat, N. Gohar, M. Bilal, and M. Dalarsson, “A novel densely packed 4 × 4 mimo antenna design for uwb wireless applications,” Sensors, Nov. 2023.
  9. H. Sarfraz, S. Khan, N. Khan, et al., “Next-generation multiband wireless systems: A compact cssr-based mimo dielectric resonator antenna approach,” IEEE Access, Oct. 2023.
  10. M. S. Khan, S. Khan, O. Khan, S. Aqeel, N. Gohar, and M. Dalarsson, “Mutual coupling reduction in mimo dra through metamaterials,” Sensors, Sep. 2023.
  11. F. Mohammad, M. Khan, S. N. K. Marwat, et al., “Text augmentation-based model for emotion recognition using transformers,” Computers, Materials & Continua, Jul. 2023.
  12. S. Khan, S. N. K. Marwat, M. A. Khan, et al., “A self-decoupling technique to realize dense packing of antenna elements in mimo arrays for wideband sub-6ghz communication systems,” Sensors, Dec. 2022.
  13. G.-E. Laraib, S. K. uz Zaman, T. Maqsood, et al., “Content caching in mobile edge computing based on user location and preferences using cosine similarity and collaborative filtering,” Electronics, Dec. 2022.
  14. A. Ilyas, M. N. Alatawi, Y. Hamid, et al., “Software architecture for pervasive critical health monitoring systems using fog computing,” Journal of Cloud Computing, Nov. 2022.
  15. Y. Liu, A. A. Al-Atawi, I. A. Khan, N. Gohar, and Q. Zaman, “Using the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process to prioritize the impact of visual communication based on artificial intelligence for long-term learning,” Soft Computing, Oct. 2022.
  16. Z. HongYun, Y. Alshehr, N. Alnazzawi, I. Ullah, S. Noor, and N. Gohar, “Decision support system for assessing the role of ai and machine learning in music education for network games,” Soft Computing, Jul. 2022.
  17. S. Jamil, S. Noor, I. Ahmed, N. Gohar, and Fouzia, “Semantic modeling of events using linked open data,” Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing Journal, Mar. 2021.
  18. N. Gohar, S. Niaz, M. N. Asghar, and S. Noor, “Analysis of iterative process for nauru voting system,” Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing Journal, Jan. 2021.
  19. M. Adil, M. Muhammad, R. Zafar, et al., “Estimation of plastic fine altered river bed permeability using artificial neural network,” Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences, Nov. 2020.
  20. M. Adil, R. Ullah, S. Noor, and N. Gohar, “Effect of number of neurons and layers in an artificial neural network for generalized concrete mix design,” Neural Computing and Applications, Jul. 2020.
  21. G. E. Saman, N. Gohar, S. Noor, et al., “Automatic detection and severity classification of diabetic retinopathy,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, Jun. 2020.
  22. A. Shifa, M. N. Asghar, M. Fleury, S. Noor, and N. Gohar, “Lightweight cipher for h.264 videos in the internet of multimedia things with encryption space ratio diagnostics,” Sensors, Mar. 2019.
  23. R. A. Shah, M. N. Asghar, S. Abdulla, M. Fleury, and N. Gohar, “Effectiveness of crypto-transcoding for h.264/avc and hevc video bit-streams,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, Mar. 2019.
  24. S. Noor, L. Shah, M. Adil, et al., “Modeling and representation of built cultural heritage data using semantic web technologies and building information model,” Journal of Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, Nov. 2018.
  25. N. Gohar, G. E. Saman, S. Noor, et al., “Analysis of dynamics of voting system for small number of candidates,” Journal of Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, Oct. 2018.
  26. N. Gohar, S. Noor, F. Babar, A. Malik, and S. Shaheen, “Dynamics of manipulation in voting, veto and plurality,” Cluster Computing, Feb. 2018.
  27. S. Noor, S. Jamil, N. Gohar, and L. Shah, “Knowledge retrieval of historic concepts using semantic web,” Cluster Computing, Feb. 2018.

Book

  1. N. Gohar, Manipulative Voting Dynamics. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom, May 2017.

Conference Proceedings

  1. S. Aslam, Y. Zheng, X. Li, et al., “Information bottleneck attribution based retinal disease classification using oct images,” in Signal and Information Processing, Networking and Computers, Singapore, 2023.
  2. N. Amir and N. Gohar, “An implementation of plagiarism detection tool,” in 5th International Multidisciplinary Research Conference, 2019.
  3. N. Gohar, H. Ayub, M. Siraj, and S. Javed, “Non-convergence of iterative behaviour in voting,” in 5th International Multidisciplinary Research Conference, 2019.
  4. N. Gohar, S. Sultan, A. M. Huda, A. Durrani, and H. Bibi, “Convergence of iterative voting under restrictive dynamics for plurality rule: A review,” in 21st IEEE International Multi Topic Conference, 2018.
  5. S. Sardar, W. Kainat, K. Shehzadi, and N. Gohar, “Iterative voting for plurality and pairwise election as a tie breaking rule,” in National Conference on Emerging Trends in Computing, Statistics and Mathematical Sciences, 2017.
  6. Fouzia and N. Gohar, “Basics of concerns, cross cutting concerns and separation of concerns,” in National Conference on Emerging Trends in Computing, Statistics and Mathematical Sciences, 2017.
  7. N. Gohar and P. W. Goldberg, “Potential functions for voting dynamics,” in International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI), 2013.
  8. N. Gohar, “Voting dynamics,” in International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI), 2013.
  9. N. Gohar, “Tactical and manipulative voting dynamics,” in Complexity Theory and Algorithms Group, University of Liverpool, 2010.
  10. N. Gohar, “Tactical and manipulative voting dynamics,” in British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science (BCTCS), University of Edinburgh, UK, May 2010.

 

Research Grants and Contracts

  • Co-PI: NRPU grant (1.8 million PKR), 2021
  • British Council Grant: Undergraduate STEM Education, 2021
  • Three FYP grants under KP Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Outreach, 2021

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

  • Led curriculum design for BS, MS, and PhD Computer Science programs
  • Reviewer for IEEE Access, Cluster Computing, Soft Computing, etc.
  • Organizer of multiple international multidisciplinary research conferences
  • Faculty training on Online Teaching Skills during COVID-19 (June 2020).
  • Delivered invited lecture: “Effectiveness of Social Media in Journalism & Digital Safety Kit” (Daily Aaj Newspaper, 2020).
  • Organized Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing, AWS, IoT,
  • Big Data workshops (2018–2021).
  • Facilitated workshop as resource person for innovative teaching & micro-teaching.

Selected Professional Presentations

  • Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Software Engineering and Computing Disciplines, 2019
  • Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), 2019 & 2023
  • Invited lectures on AI, Digital Safety, Cybersecurity, and Online Learning
  • Panelist & invited speaker on online teaching, ICT, and E-learning (HEC workshops 2016–2020).

International Training

  • Advanced Faculty Professional Development Course, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (2015).
  • Graduate School Skills Workshop, Demonstrator Training, University of Liverpool, UK (2008–2009).
  • Merseyside Diversity Mentoring – Outlook Programme, University of Liverpool (2007–2009).
  • AEOLUS Spring School on Algorithmic Principles of Selfishness and Mechanism Design & 1st Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory, University of Paderborn, Germany (2008).
  • Completed multiple professional certifications in Data Science, Data Analytics, and Python programming from IBM, Google, and other leading platforms 2020-2025