Prof. Dr. Nayyer Masood

Prof. Dr. Nayyer Masood is the Dean of the Faculty of Computing at Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University (STMU), Islamabad, where he oversees the Departments of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, and Software Engineering. He completed his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Bradford, UK (1999), with a thesis on semantics-based schema analysis for multidatabase systems, and holds an MSc in Computer Science from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. He brings more than 30 years of teaching and academic leadership experience, having served as Professor and Head of the Computer Science Department at Capital University of Science and Technology (formerly Mohammad Ali Jinnah University), Dean ORIC at CUST, and Director of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah. He has supervised PhD and MS research, led EU-funded projects including eLINK and Erasmus+ SAFE-Rural-Health, and serves as a member of the National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC) of HEC. His research interests include schema extraction and merging, data mining, entity resolution, data science, and telemedicine.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

FUNDED PROJECTS

• eLINK – East-West Link for Innovation, Networking and Knowledge Exchange (EU Funded, 2009–2011): Local Coordinator. Approximately €5.5 million project (Pakistan share €840,000) across 10 countries in Asia and Europe; facilitated 55 student and faculty exchange visits. (http://elink-edu.eu/)
• SAFE-Rural-Health – Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, and Edge Networking towards Rural Health Monitoring (Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education, 2020–2024): Remote patient examination and 24/7 IoT-based health monitoring for rural and far-off areas. (https://safe-rh.eu/)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & MEMBERSHIPS

• Member: National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC), Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (since 2021).
• Member: Board of Governors, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad (2020 – 2024).
• Member: Board of Studies, Department of Computer Science, University of Peshawar.
• General Co-Chair: IC-COR 2022, 2024, and 2025.
• Program Co-Chair: SKIMA 2011, Benevento, Italy.
• Conference Chairing Roles: Organizing Chair, C-BICS 2016; Local Arrangement Chair, ICET 2013 and 2018; Publicity Chair, ICET 2012; Publicity Co-Chair, INMIC 2009.
• Subject Specialist: Selection boards of various universities.

RESEARCH AREAS & INTERESTS

• Schema Extraction & Schema Merging
• Data Mining
• Entity Resolution
• Data Science
• Telemedicine

RESEARCH SUPERVISION (PhD & MS THESES)

1. [PhD] Detection of Concept Drift (In-progress)
2. [PhD] Web Usage Mining
3. [PhD] Scientific Impact Prediction
4. [PhD] Impact of Field of Study Trend
5. [MS] Elective Courses Recommendation
6. [MS] Schema Extraction from Web Tables
7. [MS] Schema Extraction from Web Lists
8. [MS] Students’ Retention System

BOOKS

1. Shaukat, K., Masood, N., Mehreen, S., & Haider, F. (2017). Population of Data in Extracted Web Table Schema. Lambert Academic Publishing.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Ahmed, S., & Masood, N. (2026). Implementing machine learning model drift detection in fog computing architectures for remote healthcare systems. Cluster Computing, 29(14), 790.
2. Ahmed, S., Masood, N., & Ur-Rehman, M. (2025). A Drift-alarm Framework for NTN-UAV Nodes: Robust, Self-healing ML Models via Classifier-cluster Consistency. Mobile Networks and Applications, 1–20.
3. Kanwal, A., Masood, N., Mustafa, G., Ghafoor, M. A., & Ayaz, S. (2025). Mk-smote and m-smote: enhanced techniques for handling class imbalance problem. Iran Journal of Computer Science, 8, 627–645.
4. Ali, S. F., & Masood, N. (2024). Evaluation of adjective and adverb types for effective Twitter sentiment classification. PLoS ONE, 19(5), e0302423.
5. Ahmed, S., Irfan, S., Kiran, N., Masood, N., Anjum, N., & Ramzan, N. (2023). Remote Health Monitoring Systems for Elderly People: A Survey. Sensors, 23(16), 7095.
6. Zafar, L., Masood, N., & Ayaz, S. (2023). Impact of field of study (FoS) on authors’ citation trend. Scientometrics, 128(4), 2557–2576.
7. Fida, S., Masood, N., Tariq, N., & Qayyum, F. (2022). A Novel Hybrid Ensemble Clustering Technique for Student Performance Prediction. Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS), 28(8).
8. Hussain, S., Malik, M. S. I., & Masood, N. (2022). Identification of offensive language in Urdu using semantic and embedding models. PeerJ Computer Science, 8, e1169.
9. Irfan, S., Anjum, N., Masood, N., Khattak, A. S., & Ramzan, N. (2021). A novel hybrid deep learning model for human activity recognition based on transitional activities. Sensors, 21(24).
10. Zafar, L., & Masood, N. (2020). Impact of Field of Study Trend on Scientific Articles. IEEE Access, 8, 128295–128307.
11. Ayyaz, S., & Masood, N. (2020). Comparison of Researchers’ Impact Indices. PLoS ONE, 15(5), e0233765.
12. Maqsood, S., Islam, M. A., Afzal, T. A., & Masood, N. (2020). A comprehensive author ranking evaluation of network and bibliographic indices. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 25(1), 31–45.
13. Shaukat, K., Masood, N., & Khushi, M. (2019). A Novel Approach of Data Extraction on Hyperlinked Webpages. Applied Sciences, 9(23), 5102.
14. Jabeen, G., Masood, N., & Ping, L. (2018). Implementation of tuned schema merging (TuSMe) approach. Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 37(4).
15. Munir, A., Elahi, S., & Masood, N. (2018). Clustering Based Drug-Drug Interaction Networks and Possible Drugs Repositioning against EGFR Mutations. Journal of Computational Biology and Chemistry, 75, 24–31.
16. Ayyaz, S., Masood, N., & Islam, A. (2018). Predicting Scientific Impact Based on h-index. Scientometrics, 114(3), 993–1010.
17. Masood, N., Bibi, A., & Islam, A. (2017). Schema Integration of Web Tables (SIWeT). Sukkur IBA Journal of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (SJCMS), 1(2).
18. Masood, N. (2004). A Schema Comparison Approach to Determine Semantic Similarity among Schema Elements. Information Technology Journal, 3(1).
19. Masood, N., & Eaglestone, B. (2003). Component and Federation Concept Models in a Federated Database System. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 16(2), 47–57.
20. Masood, N. (2003). Shallow and Deep Semantic Similarity among Schema Elements. Journal of Research (Science), 14(2), 213–223.
21. Masood, N. (2001). Semantic Heterogeneities: An Impedance to the Interoperability among Databases. Karachi University Journal of Science, 29(1&2), 79–92.
22. Masood, N. (1999). Schema Interpretation. Gomal University Journal of Research, 17, 117–130.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

1. Ashfaq, A., Anjum, N., Ahmed, S., & Masood, N. (2022). Hybrid Deep Learning model for ECG-based Arrhythmia Detection. In: 2022 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), pp. 278–283, IEEE.
2. Shaukat, K., Masood, N., Mehreen, S., Haider, F., & Bakar, A. (2016). Population of Data in Web-Tables Schema. 19th International Multi-Topic Conference (INMIC), Islamabad, Pakistan.
3. Masood, N., & Andleeb, N. (2014). A Taxonomy of Changes in Schema Evolution. IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Technologies.
4. Mirza, G. A., Masood, N., & Asghar, S. (2012). Formal Representation and Resolution of Null Value Conflict in Database Integration. 2nd IEEE Conference on Computer and Management, Vol. 2, pp. 1527–1533, Wuhan, China.
5. Jabeen, G., & Masood, N. (2011). Tuned Schema Merging (TuSMe). IEEE SKIMA 2011, Benevento, Italy.
6. Mirza, A., Masood, N., & Asghar, S. (2010). A Survey of Data Level Conflicts in Database Integration. SKIMA 2010, Paro, Bhutan.
7. Hussain, T., Asghar, S., & Masood, N. (2010). Web Usage Mining: A Survey on Preprocessing of Web Log File. IEEE ICIET, FAST-NU, Islamabad, Pakistan.
8. Masood, N., & Zahra, N. (2009). Generic Metadata Repository for a Data Warehouse. IEEE 13th INMIC, Islamabad, Pakistan.
9. Masood, N., & Iqbal, O. (2008). Conceptual and Context based Combination of Schema Matchers. IEEE ICET 2008, NUST, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
10. Masood, N., Iqbal, O., & Iqbal, M. (2006). Architecture of a Virtual Mass Storage System. MASSG 2006, NIIT, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
11. Masood, N., Junaid, M. M., Khan, M. F., Iqbal, O., & Iqbal, M. (2005). An Architectural Survey of Online Virtual Data Stores. 1st International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Information Technology (INIT 2005), Islamabad, Pakistan.
12. Masood, N., Junaid, M. M., & Khan, M. F. (2004). A Virtual Mass Storage System. 2nd International Workshop on Frontiers of IT, Islamabad, Pakistan.
13. Masood, N., & Eaglestone, B. (1999). The Use of Ontologies for Verifiable Information System Integration. Proceedings of International EUROVAV’99 Conference, Scotland.
14. Masood, N., & Eaglestone, B. (1998). Semantics Based Schema Analysis. Proceedings of 9th International Conference DEXA ’98, Vienna, Austria, LNCS 1460, pp. 80–89.
15. Eaglestone, B., & Masood, N. (1997). Schema Interpretation: An Aid to the Schema Analysis in Federated Database Design. EFDBS’97, Proceedings of International CAiSE’97 Workshop, pp. 1–12, Barcelona.