Dr. Zahid Ullah Assistant Professor and Head of Department Current Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pak- Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Haripur, Pakistan Home Address: Rashid Abad # 2 Street # 7 Madina Masjid Madina Colony Charsadda Road Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Contact: +92 333 9183758 / + 92 317 3366666 / (Home Tel #:) +92 91 2601824 WhatsApp: +92 333 9183758, Skype ID: zahidullahh Email: [email protected], [email protected] Total citations: 425, h-index: 12, i-10 index: 13 EDUCATION • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electronic Engineering City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, CGPA = 4.18/4.30, August 2011-July 2014 • Master of Science in Electronic, Electrical, Control, and Instrumentation Engineering Hanyang University, South Korea, CGPA = 3.75/4.00, March 2008-February 2010 • Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer System Engineering (Hons.) University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar, Pakistan, CGPA = 3.73/4.00, January 2002-March 2006 • Faculty of Science (FSc) in Pre-Engineering Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Peshawar, Pakistan 844/1100, 1st Division, (Marks in Additional Mathematics =181/200), 2001 • Faculty of Science (FSc) in Pre-Medical Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Peshawar, Pakistan 815/1100, 1st Division, (Marks in Biology = 152/200), 2000 • Matric (Science Group) Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Peshawar, Pakistan 667/850,1st Division, 1998 WORK EXPERIENCE 1) Assistant Professor and Head of Department (2020 – till date) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Haripur, Pakistan 2) Assistant Professor (2014 –2017), Associate Professor (2017 – 2020), and Head of Department (2018 –2020) Department of Electrical Engineering, CECOS University of IT & Emerging Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan 3) Teaching Assistant (2011 – 2014) Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 4) Lecturer (2010 - 2011) Department of Electrical Engineering, FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Peshawar Campus, Pakistan 5) Lecturer (2010 - 2010) Peshawar College of Engineering (affiliated with the University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar, Pakistan) 6) Research Assistant (2008 - 2010) Reliable and High-Speed Computing Lab., Hanyang University, Ansan Campus, South Korea. 7) Lab. Engineer (2007 - 2008) Microprocessor and Systems Lab., Department of Software Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Mardan Campus, Pakistan. HONORS AND AWARDS 1) OBE-based Accreditation Award: Received on July 30, 2019 from the honorable president of the CECOS University of IT & Emerging Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan for the dedicated hard work in OBE-based Accreditation by Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). Under my leadership as Head of Department, PEC granted OBE-based accreditation for two batches of Electrical Engineering (EE-2016 and EE-2015). 2) Best Researcher Award: Received on May 2, 2019 of the Year 2018 from the honorable president of the CECOS University of IT & Emerging Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan. 3) Letter of Appreciation: From the Vice Chancellor, CECOS University of IT & Emerging Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan for acknowledging and appreciating my efforts for the OBA-based PEC Re-Accreditation Visit held on March 29, 30, 2019. 4) Best Researcher Award: Received on April 23, 2018 of the Year 2017 from the honorable president of the CECOS University of IT & Emerging Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan. 5) Outstanding Academic Performance Award: Awarded by the City University of Hong Kong for the academic year 2013-2014. 6) Outstanding Academic Performance Award: Awarded by the City University of Hong Kong for the academic year 2012-2013. 7) Research Tuition Fee Scholarship: Awarded by the City University of Hong Kong from 01-Oct-13 to 31- Jul-2014. 8) Research Tuition Fee Scholarship: Awarded by the City University of Hong Kong from 01-Oct-2012 to 30- Sep-2013. 9) Conference Grant: Awarded by the City University of Hong Kong for attending International Conference in Porto, Portugal in 2013. 10) Conference Grant: Awarded by the City University of Hong Kong for attending International Conferences in Shanghai, China 2012. 11) Postgraduate Studentship: Awarded by the City University of Hong Kong for PhD studies in 2011. 12) MS Engineering Scholarship: Awarded by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Government of Pakistan under the HEC project titled MS Level Training in Korean Universities/Industry in 2008. 13) Merit Scholarship: Awarded by the University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan in all four years of B.Sc. Engineering. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITY/SERVICE • Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Haripur, Pakistan - Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. - Chair of the Board of Studies of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. - Member of the Board of Academic Council - Member of the Board of Faculty - Member of Admission Strategy Committee - Member of the Logo Design Committee of PAF-IAST • CECOS University Peshawar, Pakistan - Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering - Chair of the Departmental Industrial Advisory Board - Chair of the Board of Studies of the Department of Electrical Engineering - Member of the Board of Faculty - Member of the Board of Academic Council - Member of PhD admission committee - Member of UFM committee - Chair of the departmental course revision committee - Departmental Postgraduate Studies Advisor - Member of the program team for preparation of self-assessment report (SAR) for MS and PhD • Abasyn University, Peshawar Campus, Pakistan - External member of the Board of Studies of the Department of Electrical Engineering • University of Technology (UoT) Nowshera, Pakistan - External member of the Board of Studies of the Department of Information Engineering Technology • External member for MS Thesis Defense examinations - Invited as External member in many MS Thesis defense examinations at University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan and FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Peshawar Campus, Pakistan • Reviewer - Reviewer of several peer reviewed International Journals which include IEEE TCAS-I, IEEE TVLSI, IET Electronic letters, IET Circuits, Devices & Systems, Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, IEEE Embedded Systems Letters • Conference Co-organizer - IEEE International Conference of Emerging Technologies, held on 19-20 December 2015 in Peshawar, Pakistan. Member of steering committee, technical program committee, technical session coordination committee, plenary session committee, chair of registration committee, and co-chair of publication committee. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP • Registered Engineer with Pakistan Engineering Council • Member IEEE SUPERVISION OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS • Supervised 1 PhD student • Supervised more than 15 MS students • Currently supervising 2 PhD students RESEARCH INTEREST FPGA-based CAM design, embedded systems, pattern recognition using CAM, and image processing PATENETS 1) 이정아, 인야앳울라, 자히드울라 (Zahid Ullah), A Non-Blocking Updateable Ternary Content- Addressable Memory on FPGA (내용기반 검색 및 동시 업데이트 가능한 FPGA 기반 TCAM 구조). Registration number: 1021343150000. Publication date: 9/7/2020. (http://www.kipris.or.kr/enghome/main.jsp) 2) Jeong A Lee, Inayat Ullah, and Zahid Ullah, “TCAM architecture where content-based search is conductible”. Patent Application Publication number: US 2020/0185031 A1, Publication date: 11/6/ 2020. (https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200185031A1/en) 3) Muhammad Irfan, Ray C. C. Cheung, and Zahid Ullah, “An Electronic Memory Device and a Method of Manipulating the Electronic Memory Device”. US patent application number: 16/671,669. Patent application date: 1/11/2019. 4) 이정아, 인야앳울라, 자히드울라 (Zahid Ullah), “SRAM 기반의 TCAM 데이터 맵핑 방법 및 TCAM 주소 생성 장치”. Registration number: 1018823490000. Publication date: 18/4/2018. (http://www.kipris.or.kr/enghome/main.jsp) 5) 백상현, 자히드울라 (Zahid Ullah), “SRAM 기반의 계층별 주소 생성 장치 및 그를 포함하는 주소 생성장치", 한양대학교 산학협력단 출"원”. Registration number: 1010744950000. Publication date: 17/10/2011. (http://www.kipris.or.kr/enghome/main.jsp) 6) Sanghyeon Baeg and Zahid Ullah, “SRAM-based Address Generator for Each Layer and Address Generator including the same”. Publication number: WO11/071273. Publication date: 16/6/2011. (https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf) PUBLICATIONS • JOURNAL PUBLICATONS. 7) Azhar Qazi, Zahid Ullah, and Abdul Hafeez, “Fast Mapping and Updating Algorithms for a Binary CAM on FPGA”. Accepted for publication in the IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering. (IF = 1.530) 8) Muhammad Irfan, Zahid Ullah, Abdurrashid I. Sanka, and Ray C. C. Cheung, “"Accelerated Updating Mechanisms for FPGA-based Ternary Content-addressable Memory," in IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, doi: 10.1109/LES.2020.2999471. (IF = 1.689) 9) Muhammad Irfan, Zahid Ullah, Mehdi Hasan Chowdhury, and R. C. C. Cheung, "RPE-TCAM: Reconfigurable Power-Efficient Ternary Content-Addressable Memory on FPGAs," in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 1925-1929, Aug. 2020. (IF = 2.037) 10) Omer Mujahid and Zahid Ullah, "High Speed Partial Pattern Classification System Using a CAM-Based LBP Histogram on FPGA," in IEEE Embedded