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Dr. Ayesha Maqbool
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Software Engineering

MCS
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
Military College of Signals, Humayun Road, Rawalpindi Cantt
Tel :  
Email : ayesha.maqbool@mcs.edu.pk

Specialization
Multi Agent Systems,Distributed Decision Making, Intelligent Planning

Education
PhD, University of Sheffield, UK

​Dr. Ayesha Maqbool has done her PhD in Automatic Control and System Engineering from The university of Sheffield, focusing on Agent based mission planning for Multiple Unmanned Autonomous vehicles. Working mainly on the development of sophisticated smart distributed system.  She has been investigating areas of stochastic models, distributed planning, rule based expert systems and Neural networks.

​Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles, Distributed Decision Making, Intelligent Planning, GIS application for planning, Map based mobile application, Stochastic Modeling, Multi Agent Systems, Evolutionary Methods, Machine learning, surveillance systems.

  • ​Mohsin S, Maqbool A, Khan WA. Optimization of Cylindrical Pin-Fin Heat Sinks Using Genetic Algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies., 2009;32(1):44- 52.. 
  • Sheikh A, Dodd T. Prediction-Based Dynamic Target Interception Using Discrete Markov Chains. Analytical and Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Applications. vol. 6148: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2010, pp. 339-350.

    • ​MCS NUST  Assistant Professor:

    April 2017 till onwards

  • Spring 2017 Digital logic design (UG)
  • Summer 2017 Formal methods (PG)

    • Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Assistant Professor       

    January 2012 – December 2016

    Lecturer for undergraduate courses in computer science

    Data Structures, Artificial Intelligence, Programming Fundamentals, Discrete Structures, and Web Development

     The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Teaching Assistant

    February 2008 – January 2012

    Mathematics and Statistics support for engineering students.

    Teaching assistant for under- graduate courses in Control and System Engineering, including Systems Engineering Mathematics, Computing and system design, Modeling and Simulation.

    COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan

    Lecturer March 2006 – October 2007

    Lecturer for undergraduate courses in computer science, including Data Structure and Algorithms, Automata Theory, Internet Technology, Web Engineering

    ​SEAMS PMT UK

    July 2010
    Developed Performance Management Process Tool in Excel for SEAMS LTD Ecclesall, Sheffield , UK 

    RWR Pvt. Ltd. Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan 

    Design Engineer March 2005 – February 2006 
    Part of research and development team for developing Radars Warning Receivers. Main responsibility included development and design communication serial communication protocol with flight recording unit, fixed point optimization, development of Threat Library Management System and simulation of the flight record. ​