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Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad Taj
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Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad, Pk |
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92-51-111878787 |
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imtiaztaj@jinnah.edu.pk |
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| AFFILIATIONS |
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Professor/Head |
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Department: |
Electronics Engineering |
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Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad |
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| QUALIFICATIONS |
| Degree |
Majors |
University / Institute |
| Ph.D |
Electronics and Information Engineering |
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan |
| MS |
Electronics and Information Engineering |
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan |
| B. Sc |
Electrical Engineering |
U.E.T. Peshawar, Pakistan; |
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| AWARDS |
| Award Detail: |
| The Award for outstanding academic and research performance in Master’s course from Institute of Electronics Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Japan (1998) |
| Scholarship award of Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of Pakistan for postgraduate studies in Japan, awarded in 1994 |
| Merit scholarship awards throughout the academic career |
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| INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE |
| Designation |
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Organization |
| Senior Member Technical |
01-2003 |
06-2007 |
Center for Advanced Research in Engineering (CARE) Private Limited, Islamabad |
| Member Technical Staff |
05-2001 |
01-2003 |
Communication Enabling Technologies, Islamabad |
| Junior Engineer |
01-1994 |
09-1995 |
Engineers International Pvt. Ltd, Islamabad, Pakistan |
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| TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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University / Institution |
| Professor |
06-2007 |
to-date |
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Jinnah Avenue, Islamabad, Pk |
| Senior Faculty Member |
09-2001 |
06-2007 |
Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE), Islamabad |
| Teaching Assistant |
04-1998 |
12-2000 |
Hokkaido University, Japan |
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| COURSES TAUGHT |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
| EE3713 |
Digital Communication I |
| EE4733 |
Digital Communication II |
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Electromagnetic Fields and Waves |
| EE3103 |
Signals and Systems |
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| RESEARCH AREA |
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| Medical imaging and diagnostics |
| Super resolution imaging from multiple low resolution images |
| Biometrics based personal identification algorithms and hardware implementation |
| Pattern classification algorithms |
| Automatic video tracking |
| Vision based navigation |
| Optical interconnections and optical switching based on photorefractive wave mixing |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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Imtiaz A. Taj, Ping Xie, Kojiro Koyanagi, and Teruhito Mishima, “Photorefractive Four-Wave Mixing Switches Utilizing Pockels Effect—Longitudinal and Lateral Switches”, Optical Review (Japan), Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 332-336 (October 2004). IF:0.576 |
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T. Mishima, Ping Xie, K. Koyanagi and Imtiaz. A. Taj, “Demonstration of fast switching of photorefractive four-wave mixing via Pockels effect”, Optics Comm. (Netherlands), Vol.225, Issue.1-3, pp. 211-214, (September 15, 2003). IF:1.48 |
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Imtiaz. A. Taj, Ping Xie and T. Mishima, “Effect of relative phase of grating components on the temporal behaviour of photorefractive four-wave mixing”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (U.S.A.), Vol.18, No.10, pp.1490-1496, (October 2001). IF: 2.002 |
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Ping Xie, Imtiaz. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Reducing fluctuation of signal intensity in optical wave-mixing”, IEEE J. of Quant. Elect. (U.S.A.), Vol.37, No.5, pp.664-671, (May 2001). IF: 2.262 |
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Ping Xie, Imtiaz. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Suppressing the fluctuation of photorefractive output”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, (U.S.A.), Vol.18, No.4, pp.492-496, (April 2001). IF: 2.002 |
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Ping Xie, Imtiaz. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Effect of thermal noise on temporal behaviour of photorefractive effect”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, (U.S.A.) Vol.18, No.4, pp.479-484, (April 2001). IF: 2.002 |
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Imtiaz. A. Taj, Ping Xie and T. Mishima, “Fast switching of photo refractive output by applied electric field”, Optics Communications (Netherlands), Vol.187, No.1-3, pp. 7-15, (January, 2001). IF: 1.48 |
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Imtiaz. A. Taj, Ping Xie and T. Mishima, “Anomalous temporal behaviour of photorefractive wave mixing owing to existence of positive and negative charge carriers”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (U.S.A.), Vol.17, No.10, pp.1740-1748, (2000). IF:2.002 |
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Imtiaz. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “A simplified numerical solution and steady state performance of orthogonally polarized four-wave mixing in PR medium”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (U.S.A.), Vol.16, No.6, pp.924-931, (1999). IF: 2.002 |
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Imtiaz. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Orthogonally polarized FWM involving two non-coupling waves in PR medium”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (U.S.A.), Vol.15, No.7, pp.2132-2142, (1998). IF: 2.002 |
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Imtiaz A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Relative phase between two components of index grating of orthogonally polarized pump FWM in BaTiO3 crystal”, The Trans. of IEICE C-I (Japan), Vol. J81-C-I, No.6, pp. 376-378, (June 1998). IF: 0.508 |
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M. Talal Ibrahim, Imtiaz A. Taj, Imran Ahmed, "A new Algorithm for Image Classification and Retrieval based on combination of Principal Component Analysis and Cross Correlation", published in 2006 Workshop on Multiscale Biological Imaging, Data Mining & Informatics Santa Barbara, CA, USA, pp: 62-63, Sept 7-8, 2006 |
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M. Talal Ibrahim, Imtiaz A. Taj, M. Khalid Khan, M. Aurangzeb Khan, "Fingerprint Image Enhancement using Decimation Free Directional Adaptive Mean Filtering", 5th IEEE Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, India, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 4338, pp. 950–961,ISBN: 3-540-68301-1, 2006 |
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Zulfiqar Ali, Sibtul Hussain and Imtiaz A. Taj, “Kernel based Robust Object Tracking using Model Updates and Gaussian Pyramids”, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies ICET 2005 Proceedings, page 144-150 (September 2005). |
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Naveed Bin Rais, M. Shehzad Hanif, and Imtiaz A. Taj, “Adaptive Thresholding Technique for Document Image Analysis”, IEEE International Multi-topic Conference proceedings (INMIC), December 2004, page 61-66 |
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M. Ali Tahir, Asim Munawar, Imtiaz A. Taj, “Efficient Use of Multipliers in Microprocessor Implementation of Hamming Distance for Binary Sequence Correlation”, INCC (IEEE), June 2004, Lahore, Pakistan |
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T. Mishima, K. Koyanagi, Ping Xie and Imtiaz. A. Taj, “Demonstration of fast switching of photorefractive four-wave mixing by Pockels effect”, Conference Proceedings of 2002 IEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting (Scotland), Volume 2, pp.387-388, (10-14 November 2002). |
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Ping Xie, Imtiaz. A. Taj, K. Koyanagi and T. Mishima, “Suppressing temporal fluctuation of photorefractive output by illumination of an incoherent beam”, presented in COMMAD 2000 (Australia) in December 2000 |
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Imtiaz. A. Taj, Ping Xie, K. Koyanagi and T. Mishima, “Free-space optical switching of photorefractive output by moderate electric fields”, presented in COMMAD 2000 (Australia) in December 2000 |
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Ping Xie, Imtiaz. A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Physical origin of temporal fluctuation in photorefractive effect”, Presented in Optics Japan 2000 (Kitami Japan), 8aF21, (October 2000). |
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Imtiaz. A. Taj, Ping Xie and T. Mishima, “Multiple time constants in temporal behaviour of photorefractive wave mixing”, Presented in Optics Japan 2000 (Kitami Japan), 8aF21, (October 2000) |
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Imtiaz A. Taj and T. Mishima, “3-D calculations of coupling coefficient including the elasto-optic properties of BaTiO3 crystal”, Technical report of IEICE (Japan), OPE 98-152, pp.43-48, (Feb. 1999). |
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Imtiaz A. Taj and T. Mishima, “Controlling the direction of grating vector in cross-polarized FWM under phase matching condition”, 1997 IEICE General Conference, March 1997, Kansai Univ., Suita, Japan. |
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