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The Artificial Intelligence Lab at IBA was established in the mid of 2009 with the aim of providing a forum for the development of intelligent systems and discussions on the emerging technologies within the field of AI. In addition to building international alliances/partnerships, the lab also aims to foster collaboration with local industry by developing intelligent solutions for problems pertinent to Pakistani market. In a span of 10 years, the lab has been able to create two RoboCup teams: one in Soccer league and the other in @Home league. The lab has also been able to win 3 research grants from National ICT R&D Fund, Higher Education Commission and Third World Academy of Sciences. In collaboration with one of her industry partner, the lab has developed an Anti-Money laundering system for the local market. It regularly organizes workshops on robotics and data analytics for professionals. The lab maintains a very active collaboration with the Innovation and Enterprise Research Lab of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and several team members have not only visited UTS for few months but couple of them have joined UTS on full scholarships to pursue PhD from there. The following are some of the recent activities of the lab. For a complete list please visit the News section of this website.

• Doctorate Degree Awarded to Ms Asma Larik (December 2019)

  Ms. Asma Larik has been awarded doctorate degree by IBA during the 2019 convocation held in December 2019. Her work was in the area of Strategy Optimization. read more....

• Dr. Sajjad Haider delivered a KeyNote Speech at Pakistan Academy of Engineering Symposium (July 2019)

  Pakistan Academcy of Engineering organized a Syposium on "Preparing for Our Digital Economy" on July 27, 2019. Dr. Sajjad delivered a keynote speech on the future of read more....

• Dr. Quratulain Rajput conducted a workshop on Social Network Analysis (May 2018)

  Dr Qurutulain Rajput conducted a social network analysis workshop at the AI Lab on 11th May 2018. The half-day workshop covered fundamentals of social network analysis, its applications and hands-on exercises read more....

• Dr. Sajjad Haider visiting AAI, UTS as a Senior Research Fellow for 6 months (May 2018)

  Dr. Sajjad Haider is visiting the University of Technology, Sydney for 6 months (July 2018 - January 2019). He is joining the Advanced Analytics Institute as a Senior Research read more....

• Mr. M. Usman Arif conducted a workshop on ROS (April 2018)

  Mr. Usman Arif conducted a 2-day long workshop on Robot Operating System (ROS) at the AI lab on 20th and 21st of April 2018. The workshop covered introduction, hand on practices and live demonstration of executing commands on turtle bot. read more....

• Dr. Sajjad Haider participated in Habib University's Public Lecture Series (March 2018)

  Habib University organized a public lecture titled "Journey on Intelligence" on March 22, 2018. Dr. Sajjad Haider and Dr. Mohammad Haris discussed the rise of AI and how will mankind deal with new moral and ethical dimensions. read more....

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(Last Update: March 31, 2020)