Team – NCAI

Meet the Talented Team Behind NCAI

Discover the dedicated individuals who make NCAI’s mission a reality. Learn more about their expertise and accomplishments.

Scientific Industrial Advisory Board

Dr Raheel Nawaz

Pro Vice Chancellor,
Digital Transformation Staffordshire University

Dr Andreas Dengel

Scientific Director at DFKI and Professor of Computer Science

Dr Amal Elfallah

Professor at Faculty of Science and Engineering at Sorbonne University, Paris

Dr Mazhar Hussain

VP Siemens, USA

Dr Shahzad Khan

VP Data Science, Levadata

Dr Sammi ud Din Ahmed

Group Head & VP Marketing & Strategy, PT XL Axiata Tbk

Dr Asim Munawar

Program Director, Neuro-Symbolic AI, IBM

National Steering Committee

Dr Zia Ul- Qayyum

Executive Director, HEC

Dr Arif Rehman

Chief S&T, Planning Commission

Dr Sajid Baloch

DG, NECOP

Brig Faisal Nawaz Janjua

Dir AI MoD

Asim Shahryar Husain

CEO, Ignite

Dr Aftab Maroof

Rector, FAST Islamabad

Mr Nadeem A Malik

SG, P@SHA

Scientific Directors

Dr Faisal Shafiat

Principal Investigator
Deep Learning Lab (DLL)
NUST, Islamabad

Dr Sara Ali

Principal Investigator
Intelligent Field Robotics Lab (IFRL)
NUST, Islamabad

Dr Sohail Asghar

Principal Investigator
Medical Imaging & Diagnostics Lab (MIDL)
COMSATS, Islamabad

Dr Gul Muhammad Khan

Principal Investigator
Intelligent Systems Design Lab (ISDL)
UET, Peshawar

Dr Khan Muhammad

Principal Investigator
Intelligent Information Processing Lab (IIPL)
UET, Peshawar

Dr Usman Ghani

Principal Investigator
Intelligent Criminology Lab (ICL)
UET, Lahore

Dr Waqar Ul Qounain

Principal Investigator
Agent-based Computational Modelling Lab (ACML)
Punjab University, Lahore

Dr Saad Qazi

Principal Investigator
Neurocomputation Lab (NCL)
NEDUET, Karachi

Dr Muhammad Khurram

Principal Investigator
Smart City Lab (SCL)
NEDUET, Karachi

NCAI Secretariat

Prof Dr Yasar Ayaz

(Pride of Performance)
Chairman / Central Project Director

Muhammad Sadiq

Program Manager

Muhammad Raza Ali

Manager Finance & Planning

Muhammad Hashim​

Marketing Manager

Ahmed Husnain Johar

Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Faisal Sharif

Accounts Officer

Hamas Ahmad

Assistant Manager IT

Tehmina Azam

Research Executive Officer
(Marketing & Communications)

Tehrim Sattar

Research Executive Officer
(Web & Graphics)

Muhammad Uzair Memon

Research Executive Officer
(Grant Management)

Muhammad Imran Javed

PA to Chairman

Iftikhar Ahmed

Accountant

Business Development Team