FIT Establishing Research Culture in Pakistan

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Creating a Research Culture in PakistanCreating a Research Culture in Pakistan

---- A Local PerspectiveA Local Perspective

Arshad AliSEECS NUST Islamabad


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Typical University

UniversityStudent Professional

Ethics ?

Creativity ?

Independent thinking ?

Ability to apply knowledge ?


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Mediocre teachers tell,

great ones inspire


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TeacherTeacher

The teacher who is indeed wise does

not bid you to enter the house of hiswisdom but rather leads you to the

threshold of your mind.

Khalil Gibran


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Research and TeachingResearch and Teaching

yBoth teaching and research are

highly valued activities

yTeacher = scholar

This scholarship is one of the most

valued assets


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Model of ScholarshipModel of Scholarship

4 dimensions of scholarship:

y Teaching educating future scholars.The teaching process.

y Application applying knowledge, service, theengagement process.

y

Integration making connections acrossdisciplines, the synthesis process.y Discovery research, the investigative

process.


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Attributes Associated with ResearchAttributes Associated with Research

ProductivityProductivity

y Individual Attributes

Innate abilities (i.e. IQ, personality, age)

Personal environmental influences

x

i.e. quality and culture of graduate training

y Institutional structure and leadership

Size of programme and faculty

Amount of university revenue

Facilities

Number of books and journals in library

Internet Access


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Attributes Associated with ResearchAttributes Associated with Research

ProductivityProductivity

y Departmental culture and workingconditions

Workload policies

Availability of funds for research

Number of students on research support

Availability of star faculty


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Measures to Promote and EncourageMeasures to Promote and Encourage

ResearchResearch

y Improve incentives for research.

Reduced teaching load

x up to 6 hrs/week for faculty members involved in

research Funding

x Seed money to initiate a research project

Publication rewardx NUST Provides upto Rs 50,000 for journal publication

x Travel support for attending conferences

Annual Increment

x One extra annual increment is provided for two impact factor

journal publications in one year


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ResearchResearch

y Encourage establishment of inter -

disciplinary research groups

Faculty and graduate students wishing toparticipate in interdisciplinary research must

be supported to gain expertise in other fields

Establish discipline over-lapping labs forcommon and collaborative development and

research


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ResearchResearch

y Establish priorities

Basic Research

Applied Research

While stressing the importance of basic

research, particular importance can be

attached to applied research


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Measures to Promote andMeasures to Promote and

Encourage ResearchEncourage Research

y Encourage and facilitate a structured

mentoring program

Develop research potential of faculty by

matching inexperienced researchers with

experienced researchers

Hold workshops on re-entry skills for faculty

whose research performance needs a boost


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Measures to Promote andMeasures to Promote and

Encourage ResearchEncourage Research

y Make it clear that research is a priority

y Create a positive work environment

y Recruit faculty who are strong in research

y Find ways to assign reduced teaching loadsy Suggest funding sources

y Mentor junior faculty

y

Encourage senior faculty to co-supervisegraduate students with junior faculty

y Encourage faculty members to publish andparticipate in conferences


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ResearchResearch

y Put research/conference posters oncorridors

y Encourage faculty and graduate students todisplay posters prepared for conferences.

y Promote research-based teaching.y Explore participation in international

projects CERN-CMS, EU, EPFL, UWE, SLAC, Caltech

y Encourage faculty to plan sabbatical leaves /on job training at universities having highresearch reputation


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What can faculty doWhat can faculty do

y Be international be aware of internationalprogram

y Avoid intellectual isolation

y Apply for research grants

y Establish research networks and collaborationsy Ask for seed funding to initiate a research

project

y Teach graduate courses. Talk to upper-level

undergraduates about your own researchy Attend conferences in your field

y Publish regularly. Aim for top journals if rejectedlearn from reviews and resubmit


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Government

Politics and economy

Environment, culture, tradition, national character

Society

Collaboration

Policy Policy Technology Policy

Market

EconomicInfrastructure

Education

Labor Policy

Science and Policy

Create knowledge baseImprove education level

Improveproductivity

Product and

Services

Market

Knowledgebase

Policy

IndustryInnovations

Demand

Develop Social

Produce Knowledge

Human resources

Development and supply

Universities

Utilize Knowledge

Productive Sectors

University Role in National Development

Knowledge Base


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Impact of just one institution----MIT

y MIT graduates and faculty have founded

over 4000 companies

y Employ: around 2 million people

y Annual Sales: over $400 billion,

y

Collectively these companies are the 7thlargest economy in theWorld!


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Research Culture at SEECSResearch Culture at SEECS A Case StudyA Case Study


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Connecting Academia and IndustryConnecting Academia and Industry

y NUST Innopedia Knowledge Management Initiative

y

As a portal for industry Helps them search for relevant people, projects,and publications

y As a portal for faculty Helps them search for relevant research and

development ideas shared by industry Helps them project their recent achievements

y http://innopedia.nust.edu.pk


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Industry Funded Projects

y Ontology Guided Healthcare Analytics in partnership

with Biome (US)

y SCADA System for Rastgar Pvt Limited Islamabad

y Loom Monitoring System for Gul Ahmed Textile Karachi

y Mil Standard 1553 databus controller for NextekIslamabad To be deployed in PAF Aircraft Jointly builtby Pakistan and China

y RFID based Library inventory management system for

Pakistani Universities Libraries

y E- Health Grid for telemedicine in partnership withArmy medical college, CISCO France, SKH Lahore andShifa Hospital Islamabad


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Cloud Computing & DistributedSystems

Internet Tomography

Network Performance Monitoring Facilities:

Tier 2 data center

Years of research experience in HPC Longstanding collaboration with Stanford Linear

Accelerator (SLAC) Lab


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Information Security

Secure Protocols

Trusted Computing

Web Services Security

Secure group communications Secure and trusted Infrastructures.

Security in open distributed systems.

Secure Object Oriented Databases.

Secure and trusted mobile objects. Secure network infrastructure and applications.

Access control models, architecture, mechanisms andpolicies


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Signal Processing Speech, Image & Video Processing

Video Coding / CodecDevelopment

Multi-view Video Coding

Biomedical Image & SignalProcessing

Computer Vision


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RF & Microwave Systems

Research Institute for Microwave & MillimeterWave Studies

An institute dedicated to this research area.

Key RIMMS facilities:

Anechoic chambers

EMC/EMI Testing


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Analog & Mixed Signal Systems

Switch mode transmitterarchitectures

High speed and low power dataconverters

Digitally assisted analog Circuits

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)protection and design for nanometerICs


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SIGNIFICANTR&D Output in ICT Domain


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Selected PublicationsSelected Publications

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Industrial R&DIndustrial R&D

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Project 1: Design, development and optimization of DPI algorithms

for encrypted traffic

Project 2: Design and deployment of a network monitoring solution

Project 1 is in production now

Project 2 is currently underway

WiChorusWiChorus/Tellabs (NASDAQ GS: TLAB,Market/Tellabs (NASDAQ GS: TLAB,Market

Cap: $1.6B)Cap: $1.6B)


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Project 1: Design and development of an instrumentation

framework for dynamic code analysis on Cavium processors

Project 2: Design and development ofOpenFlow switching on

Octeon

Project 1 is in production now

Project 2 is underway

CaviumCavium Networks (NASDAQ GS:Networks (NASDAQ GS:

CAVIUM,Market Cap: $2.0B)CAVIUM,Market Cap: $2.0B)


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Project 1: Design and development of an OpenFlow-enabled

firmware for 48Gbps switches

Project 2: Design and development of anO

penFlow-enabledfirmware for 480Gbps switches

Both projects are completed and in production now

Marvell Technology (NASDAQ GS:Marvell Technology (NASDAQ GS:

MVRL,Market Cap: $8.65B)MVRL,Market Cap: $8.65B)


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NokiaNokia--Siemens Networks (NSN)Siemens Networks (NSN)


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Academic Research CollaborationsAcademic Research Collaborations

University of

California,Berkeley

StanfordUniversity

University of

Michigan, AnnArbor

Michigan StateUniversity

University ofNorth Carolina,

Charlotte

City University ofLondon (UK)

UBO (France)

University ofTechnology(Malaysia)

King SaudUniversity (Saudi

Arabia)

King Abdullah Uniof Science & Tech.

(KAUST, SaudiArabia)

KyungheeUniversity (S.Korea)

CoventryUniversity (UK)

WarwickUniversity (UK)

University ofMalaya

(Malaaysia)

Etc


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News in Stanford University MagazineNews in Stanford University Magazine

Amber Zeb and SadiaRehman were interviewed for SLAC

Magazine

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Research Culture at SEECSResearch Culture at SEECS

y Students are taken in during their third

year ofundergraduate study or 1st year of

graduate study

For six months to a year they are assigned toa number of tasks by a faculty or senior

student involved in some R&D project

Weekly meetings

x Assigned research papers to read and critique

x Weekly progress measured

x Future tasks assigned


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Research Culture at SEECSResearch Culture at SEECS

y Interdisciplinary research seminars Various research groups hold seminars at least 3

times a month

Other research groups are invited

ACM

and IEEE students chapters compete forexcellence in arranging these seminars

y ProfessionalWorkshops and Seminars Industry and academia professionals invited from

outside SEECS to enrich our knowledge base

y About 2/3rd of the faculty involved in research anddevelopment A significantly better ratio as compared to other

universities in Pakistan


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SummarySummary

y Emphasis on scholarly activities

y Established guidelines for initiating and

sustaining research activities

y Effective measures to encourage research

among faculty and students

y Understanding of our impact on national

development


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SEECS Seminars Seminar on Waveform Processing Techniques for SDR (Software

Defined Radio) on 29 December, 2011 at 1200 hours in SEECS

Seminar Hall

Workshop on Cloud Computing and Deploying VMware vCloudsusing Vsphereon 20-21 December 2011

Workshop on Optimizing Hardware Design and C/Assembly

Language Programming for Embedded Systems on 16, 17 and 18th

December, 2011

www.seecs.nust.edu.pk


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Conclusion:

TogetherWe can make a Difference

y Visiting Students and Faculty bring richresearch experience and enthusiasm

y Need to create an active learning

environment while encouraging sharing ofideas

y Create and follow ethical framework

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Focus on learning outcomesy Use latest technologies in making learning

more effective


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CONCLUSION

yComing together is a beginning

yKeeping together is a progress

yWorking together is a success

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