Summary
Academic Background
PhD
(Digital System Design) NUST, Islamabad
November 29, 2011 - May 30, 2017
Honours and Awards
Community Service Teacher
September 18, 2017
Best Teacher Award
School / College Best Researcher Award -2022
Publications
Radiology report generation from a singular perspective using transformers with Knowledge Distillation
January 01, 2026
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control - Volume:111, Article Number 108340
Transformer based spinal vertebrae localization and scoliosis curvature classification
September 29, 2025
Scientific Reports - Volume:15, Issue:1, Article Number: 33357
Cognitive link adaptation via modulation scheme classification in narrowband networks under AWGN and SUI channel conditions
July 29, 2025
Scientific Reports - Article number: 27604 (2025)
PHARFF: A Pipeline-Based Graceful Live Migration and Checkpointing Framework for Achieving High Availability and Reliability in FPGA Applications on Cloud
April 16, 2025
IEEE Access - Volume:13, Pages 63203-63218
Insights from EEG Analysis of Evoked Memory Recalls Using Deep Learning for Emotion Charting
July 24, 2024
Scientific Reports - Volume 14, Article Number: 17080
Dual contrastive learning based image-to-image translation of unstained skin tissue into virtually stained H&E images
January 28, 2024
Scientific Reports - Volume 14, Article Number: 2335
An incremental noise constrained LMS algorithm
December 01, 2023
Signal Processing - Volume 213, Article Number 109187
Adaptive Filtering: Issues, Challenges, and Best-Fit Solutions Using Particle Swarm Optimization Variants
September 06, 2023
Sensors - Volume 23(18), Article Number 7710
Multi-head deep learning framework for pulmonary disease detection and severity scoring with modified progressive learning
August 01, 2023
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control - Volume 85, Article Number 104855
Analysis of EEG signals using deep learning to highlight effects of vibration-based therapy on brain
May 01, 2023
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control - Volume 83, Article Number 104605
Physical Action Categorization Pertaining to Certain Neurological Disorders Using Machine Learning-Based Signal Analysis
June 18, 2022
Book on Biomedical Signals Based Computer-Aided Diagnosis for Neurological Disorders - 1st Edition, Chapter 2, Pages 23-42
EEG-based emotion charting for Parkinson’s disease patients using Convolutional Recurrent Neural Networks and cross dataset learning
May 01, 2022
Computers in Biology and Medicine - Volume 144, Article Number 105327
Machine Learning and Signal Processing Based Analysis of sEMG Signals for Daily Action Classification
April 20, 2022
IEEE Access - Volume 10, Pages 40506-40516
Resource-Restricted Environments based Memory-Efficient Compressed Convolutional Neural Network Model for Image-level Object Classification
January 05, 2022
IEEE Access - Volume 11, Pages 1386-1406
A Novel Multiplier-Less LMS Adaptive Filter Design Based on Offset Binary Coded Distributed Arithmetic
June 03, 2021
IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 78138-78152
sEMG dataset of routine activities
December 01, 2020
Data in Brief - Volume 33, Article Number 106543
Extraction of Retinal Layers Through Convolution Neural Network (CNN) in an OCT Image for Glaucoma Diagnosis
December 01, 2020
Journal of Digital Imaging - Volume 33, Pages 1428-1442
RIDB: A Dataset of fundus images for retina based person identification
December 01, 2020
Data in Brief - Volume 33, Article Number 106433
Neurotransmission cognitive theory: A novel approach for non-invasive brain stimulation using mechanical vibrations for the rehabilitation of neurological patients
October 01, 2020
Medical Hypotheses - Volume 143, Article Number 110078
CNN and LSTM-Based Emotion Charting Using Physiological Signals
August 14, 2020
Sensors - Volume 20, Issue 16, Article Number 4551
Data on OCT and Fundus Images for the Detection of Glaucoma
April 01, 2020
Data in Brief - Volume 29, Article Number 105342
Data on fundus images for vessels segmentation, detection of hypertensive retinopathy, diabetic retinopathy and papilledema
February 20, 2020
Data in Brief - Volume 29, Article Number 105282
Finding the Unique Permutation Matrix for Reverse Order Kronecker Product Intuitively
December 06, 2019
International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering - Vol. 11, No. 6, Pages 107-111
Multiprocessor architecture for real-time applications using mean shift clustering
November 16, 2019
Journal of Real-Time Image Processing - Volume 16, Pages: 2233-2246
Automated glaucoma detection using retinal layers segmentation and optic cup-to-disc ratio in optical coherence tomography images
February 28, 2019
IET Image Processing - Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 409-420
A Parallel Architecture for the Partitioning around Medoids (PAM) Algorithm for Scalable Multi-Core Processor Implementation with Applications in Healthcare
December 03, 2018
Sensors - NULL
Analysis of PCG signals using quality assessment and homomorphic filters for localization and classification of heart sounds
October 01, 2018
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine - Volume: 164, Pages 143-157
Structure Tensor Graph Searches Based Fully Automated Grading and 3D Profiling of Maculopathy From Retinal OCT Images
August 06, 2018
IEEE Access - Volume 6, Pages 44644-44658
Network-on-Chip based MPSoC architecture for k-mean clustering algorithm
October 01, 2016
Microprocessors and Microsystems - Volume 46, Part B, Pages 1-10
Designing Area Optimized Application-Specific Network-On-Chip Architectures while Providing Hard QoS Guarantees
April 21, 2015
PLoS ONE - Volume 10, Issue 4, Article Number e0125230
Prioritized direction based switch for bufferless network on chip architecture
August 30, 2011
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Sciences - Volume 11 No. 4, Pages 23-29
Conferences
An Intelligent Model to Predict Cardiovascular Disease using Machine Learning Techniques
November 17, 2023 - November 18, 2023
Zawaria Sadaf, Sajid Gul Khawaja , Muhammad Usman Akram ,
2023 25th International Multitopic Conference (INMIC)
Framework for Dynamic Partial Configuration of Algorithms for Zynq-7000 SoC using JPEG as Case Study
May 24, 2022 - May 26, 2022
Sajid Gul Khawaja, Arsalan Shaukat, Muhammad Usama Iqbal, Shoab Ahmed Khan,
2022 2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
A Theoretical CNN Compression Framework for Resource-Restricted Environments
May 24, 2022 - May 26, 2022
Dr Sajid Gul Khawaja, Zahra Waheed Awan, Dr Shehzad Khalid,
2022 2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
Reconfigurable Architecture for Real-time Decoding of Canonical Huffman Codes
May 24, 2022 - May 26, 2022
Rimsha Tariq, Dr Sajid Gul Khawaja, Dr Muhammad Usman Akram, Dr Farhan Hussain,
2022 2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
Power profiling-based side-channel attacks on FPGA and Countermeasures: A survey
May 24, 2022 - June 26, 2022
Ali Hasnain, Yame Asfia, Dr Sajid Gul Khawaja,
2022 2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
YAAD: Young Adult’s Affective Data Using Wearable ECG and GSR sensors
May 24, 2022 - May 26, 2022
Muhammad Najam Dar, Amna Rahim, Dr Muhammad Usman Akram, Dr Sajid Gul Khawaja, Aqsa Rahim,
2022 2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
Surface EMG Signal Analysis using Hand-Crafted Features for Detection and Classification of GTC seizures
May 24, 2022 - May 26, 2022
Maryam Naveed, Dr Sajid Gul Khawaja, Dr Muhammad Usman Akram,
2022 2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
Framework for Live Migration of FPGA based ECB-mode AES-128 accelerator
May 24, 2022 - May 26, 2022
Yame Asfia, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Muhammad Asad, Alina Mirza,
2022 2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
TM-BERT: A Twitter Modified BERT for Sentiment Analysis on Covid-19 Vaccination Tweets
May 24, 2022 - May 26, 2022
Muhammad Talha Riaz, Muhammad Shah Jahan, Dr Sajid Gul Khawaja, Dr Arsalan Shaukat, Asst Prof Jahan Zeb,
2022 2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
Design Space Exploration Scheme for Mapping Convolutional Neural Network on Zynq Zedboard
June 25, 2020 - June 27, 2020
M. Sohaib Ul Hassan, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Sajid Gul Khawaja,
12th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence (ECAI)
An Incremental Noise Constrained Least Mean Square Algorithm
September 18, 2019 - September 20, 2019
Usman Hameed, Muhammad Omar Bin Saeed, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Usman Hameed, Muhammad Omar Bin Saeed,
5th International Conference on Frontiers of Signal Processing (ICFSP)
A Machine Learning Technique to Classify LSST Observed Astronomical Objects Based on Photometric Data
June 14, 2019 - June 14, 2019
Asad Mansoor Khan, Muhammad Usman Akram, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Ali Saeed Khan,
2019 6th Swiss Conference on Data Science (SDS)
Hybrid RID Network for Efficient Diagnosis of Tuberculosis from Chest X-rays
December 20, 2018 - December 22, 2018
Rabia Rashid, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Muhammad Usman Akram, Asad Mansoor Khan,
The 9th Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference (CIBEC 2018)
Learning Based Segmentation of Skin Lesion from Dermoscopic Images
September 17, 2018 - September 20, 2018
Muhammad Ammar, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Abeera Atif, Muhammad Usman Akram, Muntaha Sakeena,
2018 IEEE 20th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom)
Crowd Behavior Categorization using Live Stream based on Motion Vector Estimation
November 29, 2017 - November 30, 2017
Amna Sajid, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Mehak Tofiq,
Proceedings of the 2017 Future Technologies Conference (FTC)
Parallel Architecture for Implementation of Frequent Itemset Mining using FP-Growth
May 16, 2017 - May 18, 2017
Amna Tehreem, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Muhammad Usman Akram, Shoab A. Khan, Muhammad Ali ,
International Conference on Signals and Systems (ICSigSys)
A Novel Mean-Shift Architecture for Scalable Multiprocessor Implementation
December 06, 2016 - December 07, 2016
Amna Tehreem, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Muhammad Usman Akram, Shoab A. Khan,
2016 Future Technologies Conference (FTC)
A Novel Multiprocessor Architecture for k-means Clustering Algorithm based on Network-on-Chip
December 05, 2016 - December 05, 2016
Sajid Gul Khawaja, Muhammad Usman Akram, Shoab A. Khan, Ammar Ajmal,
2016 19th International Multi-Topic Conference (INMIC)
Multicore Framework for Finding Frequent Item-Sets using TDS
November 21, 2016 - November 23, 2016
Muhammad Usman Akram, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Amna Tehreem, Shoab Ahmed Khan,
16th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS 2016)
A Novel Architecture for K-means Clustering Algorithm
November 21, 2016 - November 23, 2016
Sajid Gul Khawaja, Asad Mansoor Khan, M. Usman Akram, Shoab A. Khan,
Third International Afro-European Conference for Industrial Advancement — AECIA 2016
A Surrogate Channel Based Analysis of EEG Signals for Detection of Epileptic Seizure
October 04, 2016 - October 06, 2016
Saqib Ejaz, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Muazzam A. Khan, M. Usman Akram,
2016 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST)
Crackle Separation and Classification from Normal Respiratory Sounds using Gaussian Mixture Model
December 18, 2015 - December 20, 2015
Syed Osama Maruf, M. Usama Azhar, Sajid Gul Khawaja, M. Usman Akram,
2015 IEEE 10th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS)
Analysis of EEG Signals for Detection of Epileptic Seizure using Hybrid Feature Set
December 16, 2014 - December 18, 2014
Ammama Furrukh Gill, Syeda Alishbah Fatima, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Saqib Ejaz Awan, Muhammad Usman Akram,
Theory and Applications of Applied Electromagnetics APPEIC 2014
Separation and Classification of Crackles and Bronchial Breath Sounds from Normal Breath Sounds using Gaussian Mixture Model
November 03, 2014 - November 06, 2014
Ali Haider, M. Daniyal Ashraf, M. Usama Azhar, Syed Osama Maruf, Mehdi Naqvi, Sajid Gul Khawaja, M. Usman Akram,
International Conference on Neural Information Processing
Time Domain Analysis of EEG Signals for Detection of Epileptic Seizure
September 28, 2014 - October 01, 2014
Ammama Furrukh Gill, Syeda Alishbah Fatima, Aafreen Nawaz, Ayesha Nasir, Sajid Gul Khawaja, Saqib Ejaz, Muhammad Usman Akram,
2014 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA)