L U M S S c ho ol of S c i e nc e a nd E n gi n e e r i n g

Graduate Programs
2009-10
Sohaib A Khan
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
LUMS School of Science and Engineering
LUMS Overview
 Pakistan’s 2nd Private University
 Founded in 1985
 Non-profit organization
 100 acre campus
 2300 Student Body
 Approx. 1800 undergraduates &
500 graduate students
 35% women
 60% resident on-campus
 120 faculty members
 PhD’s from Stanford, MIT, Yale,
Oxford,
Cambridge, Imperial

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Academic Programs at LUMS
School of Humanities,
Suleman Dawood School of Science and
Social Sciences
School of Business Engineering
and Law

PhD PhD
Management MSc Computer Science
Economics Computer Engineering
Executive Mathematics
MBA
MBA
MS
Executive and BA-LL.B Computer Science
Social Development Computer Engineering
Programs BSc (Honors) BS
Anthropology/Sociology Biology, Chemistry
BSc (Honors) Economics, Humanities Computer Science
Accounting & Finance Political Science Electrical Engineering
Politics & Economics Mathematics, Physics

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School of Science and Engineering
SSE Vision
 Vision is to become a successful Research
University model for Pakistan
 Mission is to accelerate Pakistan’s
economic and social development by
producing socially responsible technology,
policy and business leaders
 Modeled after MIT, Caltech and Stanford
 “No boundaries” philosophy
 First class standards in teaching, research,
entrepreneurship and institutional impact

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Research Universities
 Create knowledge and new ideas through research
 Create entrepreneurs and technology leaders capable of converting new
ideas into products
 Research universities are economic and innovation engines
 MIT’s graduates and faculty have founded

4000 companies
 Employ 1.1 million people

 Annual sales: $232 billion

 GDP contribution: $116 billion

 Collectively the 24th largest economy

in the world!
 Other research universities have had a similar

impact – Stanford, Caltech in US, IIT’s in India

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Advisory Board
Robert Jaffe (Professor, MIT)
Stephen Berry (Professor, Chicago University)
Obaid Siddiqi (Professor, NCB)
John Kassakian (Professor, MIT)
Mir Imran (Chairman, Incube Ventures)
Zia Chishti (Chairman, TRG)
Sally Benson (Professor, Stanford)
Hubertus von Dewitz
Alvin Kwiram (Professor, Washington)
Richard Larson (Professor, MIT)
Hassan Ahmed (Chairman, Sonus Networks)
Khalid Aziz (Professor, Stanford)
James Wescoat (Professor, MIT)
Ashok Mittal (Professor, IIT Kanpur)

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History of Computer Science Department

1995 1998 2001

Undergraduate Masters Program PhD Program
Program

2003 2006 2007

Computer Engg. First PhD Graduate Department moved
Program to SSE

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 All full-time faculty members hold PhD degrees

Computer Science Electrical Engineering

Atif Alvi PhD Cambridge Khurram Afridi PhD MIT
Naveed Arshad PhD Colorado Shahab Baqai PhD Purdue
Mian Awais PhD Imperial Jahangir Ikram PhD Manchester
Hamid A Basit PhD NUS Tariq JadoonPhD Strathclyde
Ashraf Iqbal PhD UET Nadeem Khan PhD Eindhoven
Asim Karim PhD Ohio Sohaib KhanPhD Central Florida
Nabil Mustafa PhD Duke Shahid Masud PhD Queens
Umar Saif PhD Cambridge Abubakr Mohd. PhD Georgia Tech
Zartash Uzmi PhD Stanford
Shafay Shamail PhD Bath
Fareed ZaffarPhD Duke By courtesy appointment
Arif Zaman PhD Stanford Asad Abidi (UCLA)
Farhan Rana (Cornell)
Salman Ahsan (Maxim Integrated Products)

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 40000000

Research Grants
35000000

30000000

25000000

20000000

15000000

Funding Sources 10000000

5000000
Other USAID/HEC
International Grants
0
2003
2004
Defense Industry 2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

Total Funding since 2003

Rs 133 million
Punjab Govt

ICT R&D Fund

HEC
About Rs 30 million is shared grants with other
institutions

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Recent Highlights
 Mark Weiser Award at PERCOM
Paper coauthored by Umar Saif won the best paper award at PERCOM, the top rated
conference in the field of pervasive computing
 Nomination for Best Student Paper Award at NIPS 2008
Paper by PhD student Ijaz Akhter and Sohaib Khan was one of the nominees for this
award at the highest rated conference in the field Machine Learning.
 9 Journal, 25 Conference and 3 Workshop papers since Jan 2008
At top venues, e.g. TIP, TSE, TCS, CGTA, ICDM, CVPR, ICIP, ICSM
Including five A+ conference papers as categorized by Australian CORE list
 CIO IDG Technology Pioneer Award 2008
Umar Saif recognized as top 10 pioneers of R&D in IT Sector in Pakistan
 International Collaborations
With groups at CMU, MIT, UC Berkeley, NUS, Max Planck and others
 First PhD Graduate in Computer Engineering
Five PhD graduates to date, 22 post-qualifier students, of which 11 at post-candidacy
stage

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 Recent Grants
Project Name PI Funding Agency & Amount
Power Aware Video Coding For Extending Nadeem Khan, National ICT R&D Fund
Battery Life in Portable and Mobile Devices Jahangir Ikram Rs 13.03 million
Technology for the Poor: Low-cost Umar Saif Pak-US Joint Academic & Research
Information and Computing Technology for Eric Brewer Program
the Masses in Pakistan (UC Berkeley) US-side: $220,000
Pak-Side: $100,000
Volunteer Internet Environment Jahangir Ikram Environmental Protection
Watch(VIEW) Department, Govt of Punjab
Rs 3.7 million
Disability Services Center at LUMS Asim Karim Sight Savers International
Rs 1 million
An Intelligent Healthcare Geographic Umar Saif Punjab Information Technology
Information System for Disease Epidemiology John Guttag (MIT) Board
& Planning Rs 1.275 million
Investigating Wavelet Based Video Coding in Nadeem Khan National ICT R&D Fund
Video Conferencing Applications Shahid Masud Rs 7 million

In addition, around Rs 40 million ongoing grants from previous years

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International Collaborations
 Takeo Kanade and Yaser Skeikh at CMU
With Sohaib Khan: Joint publications and supervision of PhD student
 Saurabh Ray at Max Planck Institute
With Nabil Mustafa: Joint publications
 Eric Brewer at UC Berkeley
With Umar Saif: Joint grant from USAID-HEC
 John Guttag at MIT
With Umar Saif: Joint grant from PITB
 Ashfaq Khokhar and Dan Schonfeld at UIC
With Shahab Baqai & Sohaib Khan: Joint grant from NSF
 Stanislaw Jarzabek at NUS
With Hamid Abdul Basit: Joint publications and research
 Richard Andersen at UW, Seattle
With Umar Saif: Joint teaching of a 3 way course, funded by MSR

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Local Relevance
 Startups from the Department
Confiz, Chopaal, Kraysis, See’n’Report, Bumpin, TkXel
 Industry Awards
Kraysis, LUMS incubated company, won “Best Startup–Asia Pacific” (APICTA)
Several Awards at P@SHA this year (Pakistan Software Houses Association)
CIO Technology Pioneer Award, (See’n’Report and Chopaal), Umar Saif
 Projects and Consulting with Industry
Mentor Graphics, Defense Industry
 Research Conferences in Pakistan
INCC: Held at LUMS, 89 papers submitted from 19 countries
ICMV: Held at NUST with CS Dept’s Collaboration
100 papers submitted, from 17 countries
 Leadership in Academia
A significant number of MS students seeks jobs as faculty in other universities
Many LUMS courses are replicated at other universities
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Graduate Programs @ SSE
What is the structure of the program?
Graduate Programs at SSE
MS PhD
Computer Science and Computer Computer Science and Computer
Engineering Engineering

Degree Requirement: Degree Requirement:

30 credit hours 72 credit hours (beyond
Bachelors)
Typical duration:
1.5 to 2 years, depending on Typical duration:
thesis / non-thesis option 4-5 years (beyond MS)

* EE Graduate Programs to be launched soon

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Graduate Programs at SSE
MS PhD
Elective All of MS Requirements
Core Courses
Courses
Additional Doctoral Thesis
Course Work Research Credits
Thesis (Optional)
PhD Qualifying Candidacy
Examination Proposal
Journal and International
Conference Review of
Papers Thesis
GRE Subject
Test Thesis Defense

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 Progress of a Graduate Student
Max time-limit to obtain MS Degree: 4 years

Admission to Typical Graduation Time Typical Graduation Time Max Time Limit
MS Graduate Program Non-Thesis Option: Thesis Option: to Graduate:
as MS Student 1.5 years 2 – 2.5 years 4 years

Find faculty sponsor to Clear Qualifying Exam and get

become MS-Leading- sponsored by a faculty member,
To-PhD Student before 4 year MS time-limit

PhD
Admission to Graduate Qualifying Qualifying Find Status Status PhD
Proposal
PhD Program as MS-Leading- Exam Exam Faculty Changed to Changed to Final
To-PhD Student 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt Sponsor PhD Student PhD Candidate Defense
Defense

Maximum 1 year for 1st attempt Max 6 months Maximum 3 years

Max 1 semester from qualifier pass

Maximum 8 years from attaining status of PhD Student, typically 4-5 years

 If interested in pursuing a PhD, you can apply after bachelors degree

 Those who apply for PhD program but are not selected will be automatically
considered for the MS Program
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MS Program: Core Courses
MS Computer Science Core Courses MS Computer Engineering Core Courses

CS510 Design & Analysis of Algorithms CS510 Design & Analysis of Algorithms

CS520 Computer Architecture CS520 Computer Architecture

CS570 Advanced Operating Systems CMPE501 Applied Probability

EE421 Digital System Design OR
CS560 Distributed Software System Development
EE525 Embedded Systems
Mathematics Core Course from specified set* Mathematics Core Course from specified set*

Courses to Fulfill Mathematics Core Requirement

EE210 Signals and Systems (for MS CS only)
CMPE501 Applied Probability (for MS CS only)  Large choice of electives offered
MATH301 Real Analysis I  Most EE electives are already offered
MATH308 Theory of Complex Analysis
 A 6 unit thesis option exists
MATH341 Operations Research 1
MATH343 Optimization Techniques
MATH344 Numerical Analysis
MATH351 Theory of Numbers
MATH355 Combinatorics
6Any
DecMATH400+
2009 level course
 PhD Graduates
Tauqeer Hussain
 Area of Interest:
Software Engineering
 Professor, University of Central
Punjab
 Two journal papers, six
conference papers
Onaiza Maqbool
 Area of Interest:
Software Engineering
 Assistant Professor, QAU
 Three journal papers including
IEEE Trans. On Software Engg.,
4 conference papers
Khalid M Aamir
 Area of Interest:
Digital Signal Processing
 Informatics Complex for
Computers and Control (PAEC)
 Three journal papers, six
conference papers

Yousaf Hamza Faheem Sheikh

 Area of Interest:
Optical Fiber Communications
 Assistant Professor, PIEAS
 Best paper award at ICOCN
 Two journal papers and 10 conference
papers
 Area of Interest:
Communication Systems
 Tech Lead, Mentor Graphics
 Best Student Paper finalist at ICASSP
 Three journal papers and 6 conference
papers

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Admissions Process
What are the steps involved to
secure admission?
Admission Criteria
PURELY ON
MERIT! No Age
AND MERIT Restriction

ONLY
1 Submit online application
●

Appear in LUMS Graduate

2
●

Admissions Test (LGAT)*

Appear in Interview (for those who

3
●

intend to pursue a PhD degree)

* LGAT to be conducted in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad
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 Eligibility Criteria
Minimum 16 years of education from HEC recognized institution
A CGPA of at least 2.4 on a scale of 4 or at least 60% marks in all university-level degrees
beyond Intermediate/A-levels
Computer Science Computer Engineering

One of the following types of degrees

 Four year degree in Computer Science or related fields
such as Software Engineering and Information
Technology

 Four year degree in any engineering discipline

 M.Sc. in Computer Science or related fields such as
Software Engineering and Information Technology

 Other degrees with synergistic alignment with
computing, such as physical sciences, Mathematics,
Statistics, Accounting, Economics, and Management
Sciences, which include coursework in mathematics and
strong programming background
One of the following types of degrees

 Four year degree in Computer Engineering or
related engineering fields such as Electrical
Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering,
Electronic Engineering, and Telecom
Engineering

 Other degrees with synergistic alignment with
computer engineering, such as a university
degree in Computer Science, Electronics,
Computer Systems, and Physics, which
include coursework in mathematics and
computer systems hardware

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Admissions Calendar
Activation of on-line admission
Jan 1, 2010
application & LGAT Registration
Deadline to submit on-line admission
Apr 9, 2010
application & test registration form
Deadline to submit all supporting
Apr 15, 2010
documents for admissions & LGAT

LUMS Graduate Admissions Test (LGAT) May 2, 2010

CS/CMPE Subject Test (mandatory for all

May 2, 2010
the applicants)
Deadline to take GRE
May 2, 2010
(For international students only)

Classes Start Aug 23, 2010

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Fees and Financial Aid
How much does it cost?
Is LUMS Affordable?
MS/PhD Fee Structure
Fee Structure
Application Processing Fee 1,000
Test Fee 1,500
Security (Refundable) 10,000
Admission Fee 30,000
Tuition Fee 310,500
Semester Registration Fee 25,000
Hostel Charges / Month 4,000

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Financial Aid
 Currently, all PhD students are funded through one source or
another
 In 2008-09, Rs 6.9 million in financial aid was given solely to
graduate students in the CS department.
 Full tuition waivers and monthly stipend of up to Rs. 20,000
are offered to PhD candidates, based on merit.
 Every year 40% of students at LUMS are on some form of
financial assistance
 Applying for financial aid does NOT affect your chances of
admission

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Types of Funding Opportunities
Award Requirements
Type Eligibility Tuition Monthly Full- Residen work
Waiver Stipend time cy
student
Departmental in
Fellowship (Merit New graduate students  some  
Scholarships) cases
MS-Leading-To-PhD Students
Graduate Research (sponsored), PhD Students, PhD
Assistant     
Candidates

Graduate Teaching Priority to MS-Leading-To-PhD

Assistant
Students, PhD Students, PhD   
Candidates

Externally- Funded All graduate students, external in

Research Assistant candidates some   
cases

DRC Funded All graduate students have priority, in

Research Assistant external candidates allowed some   
cases
Need Based
Financial Aid All LUMS students    

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A Flavor of Research
Typically faculty members spend about 30%
of their time teaching…
Their major activity is research
 The professor presenting this material should
insert a few slides of his/her own research here
– For example, from the 3-minute madness
sessions

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 Research Labs in CS and EE
Knowledge and
Computer Embedded Data Robotics and
Vision Lab Systems Lab Engineering Intelligent
Sohaib Khan Shahid Masud Lab Computing Lab
Arif Zaman, Shahab Baqai Jahangir Ikram Mian Awais
Asim Karim
Mian Awais

Neighborhood Network and Laboratory for

Multimedia for Emerging Communications Cyber Physical
Research Lab World Lab Networks and
Nadeem Khan Technologies Zartash Uzmi Systems
Shahid Masud, Jahangir Ikram Tariq Jadoon, Shahab Baqai,
Umar Saif Fareed Zaffar Abubakr Muhammad

In addition, there is a theoretical computer science group

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So Why Choose LUMS SSE?
 Research active faculty
 State-of-the-art curriculum, with focus on
fundamentals… educating for tomorrow!
 Vibrant campus with many co-curricular
opportunities
 Admissions strictly based on merit
 Financial aid opportunities

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Thank You ‫ش کر یہ‬
For further information
Office of Admissions
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Sector U, DHA, Lahore 54792
Ph: 042 3560 8000, 042 111-11LUMS(5867)
Email: admissions@lums.edu.pk
http://www.lums.edu.pk
http://cs.lums.edu.pk