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Ms. Qurat Ul Ain

Ms. Qurat Ul Ain

Senior Lecturer
Department of Computer Science

Profile summary

Qurat Ul Ain is a computing professional with cross-domain expertise in teaching, research, project supervision, academic management, and curriculum development. Trained in the foundations of Computer Science during her undergraduate and postgraduate studies, she has developed specialized skills in machine learning, deep learning, scientometrics, information retrieval, information visualization, and big scholarly data analytics. With over nine years of academic and professional experience, she has contributed extensively to undergraduate program development through teaching, Final Year Project supervision, program coordination, curriculum design, OBE-based academic policy work, and quality enhancement activities as part of the Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) program team. Her professional experience includes serving as a Master Trainer at the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom (MOITT), Government of Pakistan, and working as a Designer and Developer at WIZZE Computers. Additionally, she has a decade of freelance experience as a content writer and copywriter. Qurat Ul Ain actively participates in the global research community. She serves as a reviewer for Expert Systems with Applications (Elsevier), the Journal of Infection and Public Health (Elsevier), and multiple data science platforms. She has publications in reputable venues, reflecting her commitment to impactful scholarly work.

Qualification

Degree Field Institution Status
Ph.D. Computer Science Shifa Tameer-e-Milat University, Islamabad Continued
MSCS Computer Science Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad 2019
MCS Computer Science PMAS Arid Agriculture University, UIIT, Rawalpindi 2011

Teaching experience

Position Institution Duration
Senior Lecturer Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad Since 2023
Senior Lecturer Fazaia Bilquis College of Education for Women, Rawalpindi 2019-2023
Lecturer Fazaia Bilquis College of Education for Women, Rawalpindi 2017-2019
Lecturer Ilqa Postgraduate College for Women, Rawalpindi 2013-2016
Lecturer Rawalpindi Model College of Commerce 2011-2012

Professional experience

Position Organization Duration
Trainer Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom (MOIIT) Government of Pakistan 2022-2023
IT/Digital Media Analyst Exuberant Group July 2012-Sep. 2012
Designer & Developer (Freelance) Wizze Computers Oct 2012 – Feb 2013
Research Analyst & Content Writer Online Freelancer 2010-2023

Management experience

Position Institution Duration
Admission Head MS Data Science Program, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad Since 2024
Convener OBE and NCEAC Committee Faculty of Computing, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad Since 2024
Member, QEC Program Team Faculty of Computing, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad Since 2024
Final Year Project (FYP) Coordinator Department of Computer Science, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad Since 2024

Honors & awards

No. Award
1. Received Dean’s Roll of Honor certificate during the MSCS degree from CUST, Islamabad
2. Received ISSB Recommended certificate from Inter Selection Board Kohat
3. Reviewer for Expert Systems with Applications published by Elsevier
4. Chaired a session at the 1st International Multidisciplinary Graduate Conference 2019
5. Session Chair, 2nd International Multidisciplinary Graduate Conference (“Emerging Trends and Innovations in Academia”)
6. Received a Letter of Appreciation for organizing a conference from FBCOEW, Rawalpindi
7. Reviewer for the Journal of Infection and Public Health, published by Elsevier
8. Reviewer for the 2nd International Conference on Modern Management based on Big Data (MMBD2021)
9. Winner in Debate, Quiz, Painting, Essay Writing, and Bait Bazi Competitions

Research areas / interests

No. Research Area / Interest
1. Scientometrics
2. Researcher’s Assessment
3. Machine Learning / Deep Learning
4. Data Science
5. Natural Language Processing
6. Information Retrieval & Information Visualization

Research supervision

No. Level Title
1. BSCS Supervised more than 26 undergraduate BSCS Final Year Projects.
2. MSCS Researcher Impact Assessment: A New Dataset and Deep Learning-Based Framework for Ranking Authors (Co-supervisor)
3. MSCS Predictive and Counterfactual Analysis of Academic Recognition through Co-Authorship Network and Centrality Measures (Co-supervisor)
4. MSCS Evaluating Scholarly Influence Through Network Density–Driven Measures in Co-Authorship Networks (Co-supervisor)

Publications

No. Title
1. Ain, Q. U., Riaz, H., & Afzal, M. T. (2019). Evaluation of h-index and its citation-intensity-based variants in the field of mathematics. Scientometrics, 119(1), 187-211
2. Ain, Q. U., Shahid, F., Aleem, M., Islam, M. A., Iqbal, M. A., & Yousaf, M. M. (2019). A review of technological tools in teaching and learning computer science. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 15(11), em177
3. N. Bibi, T. Rana, Qurat-ul-Ain and A. Naseer, “Conceptual Model for Component Selection: A Research Review on Existing Techniques,” 2021 International Conference on Communication Technologies (ComTech), 2021
4. A Pragmatic Decision Making Mechanism for Reusable Source Code Snippets Retrieval using Semantic Approach 2022, 19th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST)
5. Portability Improves Performance? PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BETWEENNESS CENTRALITY ON CPU and GPU in 2nd International Multidisciplinary Graduate Conference (IMGC) Bilquis Post Graduate College PAF Base Nur Khan Rawalpindi