Detail Resume of Hasnain Zafar Baloch

1. Hasnain Zafar Baloch
12 Jln Pulai 71 19 Jln Sungai Kelubi
Pualai Utama 35/105 Sec. 32
Skudai , Johor, Malaysia Kunning Green Hills 2
Handphone: 0129152751 40460, Shah Alam
Selangor DE. Malaysia
E-mail: E-mail:
hasnainzafar@yahoo.com hasnainzafar@ieee.org
Objectives:
To be a Leading Professor in Mobile/Wireless Information System and Computing, my
current interest is to study interaction techniques and application framework for the latest
wireless and mobile infrastructure in the area of Mobile learning, Collaborative learning and
mobile smart devices.
Education:
Ph D Student Department of Computer Science and Information System (2010-
Present)
M. Sc. Computer Science, University of Science Malaysia. (CGPA 3.10)
(2001)
Worked on Research Project to Build a Platform to Transfer HTML
pages to WML with Voice for Mobile and Handheld devices.
B. Sc. Computer Science from CSM Institute of Graduates Studies Lahore
Campus (1996) (GPA 3.4)
F. Sc. Pakistan Embassy School Jeddah KSA (1993)
Summary:
● Worked as a lecturer at Computer Information Technology department in King
Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(KSA).(www.kau.edu.sa)
● Worked as a Administrator for Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) for
Jeddah Community College, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
● Worked as acting head of the Computer and Information Technology department
(CIT) in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA.
● Worked as a Part time Lecturer at Information System Department and Business
Administration Department in Effat University. (http://www.effatuniversity.edu.sa/)
one of the first private university for females in Saudi.
● Worked as a Lecturer of Computer Science in Multimedia University Melaka
Campus. (www.mmu.edu.my).
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2. ● Network/System Engineer with 2 years experience, primarily in integration and
implementation of Networks.
● Worked as an intern in IT department of M-Artal Poultry International (PVT) LTD.
Parent Company Artal Granasia of Belgium.
● Master Research Project worked on Voice Enable conversion of HTML pages to
WML for WAP enable devices.
Research Grant (Internal):
1. Research Fund for project title “Student information Center (SIC) Through Wireless
Handheld Devices" amount RM 21,150 approved by Center for Research and
Postgraduate Programs (CRPP) at Multimedia University.
Research Grant (External):
1. Motorola University Malaysia funded my Project title "Student Information Center"
Motorola University Malaysia gave us 5 PDA's, Bluetooth Card and other wireless
networking equipment.
Post Graduate Students supervision:
Supervised a post-graduate student under the research title "Towards a distributed with
decision support system for managing the execution of software projects in large enterprise"
we focused on reducing the project and software module redundancy. Our System approach
helps the software project managers in monitoring and assessing the project tasks. We
designed a model where the project management will act as a Hub of Knowledge for projects
and tasks undertaken in an enterprise.
Ph.D. Research:
I intend to work on development, designs and testing of application model and strategic
framework for the mobile information system. My research will propose a conceptual
Framework for mobile learning that provides systematic support for mobile learning. This
can be replicated in many Higher education institutions. The evaluation will based on the
projets of M- learning in higher institutions and several studies of mobile learning contexts in
developing countries. Mobile learning projects will be used to explore the relationship
between the framework and mobile learning design requirements in practice. Similarly, the
framework will provide forward engineering support for the successful design of future
mobile learning systems. Research will focus on understanding the educational impact of
using mobile devices to collect scientific data as part of an Empirical Evaluation of Mobile
Technology Acceptance in M-learning. We will focus on three main areas: Reflection and
Learning, Technology acceptance evaluation issues. Development of Framework for Mobile
learning.
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3. I plan to spend the next few years working with experts, to do my Ph.D. and improve my
research skills.
Research Publication:
1. Baloch, H.Z. Member IEEE .11-13 March. (2011) IADIS Information System
(IS2011). “Exploring and comparing learner’s perception and readiness for
electronic/mobile learning at colleges in Saudi Arabia”
2. Baloch, H.Z. Member IEEE. 26-29 September. IMETC2010 4th International
Malaysian Educational Technology Convention 2010 KL, Malaysia.” Exploring
learner’s perception and readiness of Electronic/mobile learning at Community
College”
3. Baloch, H.Z. Member IEEE.16-19 April (2010) IADIS Information
Systems 2010 (IS 2010) Conference “Analysis Performance Evaluation of Moodle
in E-Learning Environment Comprising of Sharable Content Object Reference
Model Features at Community College”
4. Baloch, H. Z. Member IEEE, Rizwan, R.J. & Tie S C. 23-25, May (2005)
International Conference on Information and Communication Technology in
Management. ICTM2005, Malaysia. Research Paper Presented and Published title
“XML Web Services in Telemedicine- A step closer to Globalization of Health
Informatics in a New Era.”
5. Baloch, H. Z. Member IEEE, Rizwan, R.J. & Tariq, T.S. 2 - 4 September (2004)
Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering BioMed 2004
Malaysia Research paper Presented and published title " Intelligent Data for Disease
Diagnosis Using Neural Network (IDN) "
6. Baloch, H. Z. Member IEEE & Sylla, M. B. 3-5 March (2004)10th IEEE Pacific Rim
International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC10), France. Research
paper published titled “AN ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
APPROACH TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT”
7. Baloch, H. Z. Member IEEE & Khouii A. T. (2004) National Conference of e-
Business Tehran, Iran. Paper presented titled “USING RFID AS AN AUTOMATIC
IDENTIFIER IN MOBILE BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS”
8. Baloch, H. Z. Member IEEE (2004) First Conference on Information & Knowledge
Technology (IKT2003) Tehran, Iran. Publish paper titled “ONLINE
INTELLIGENT HOTEL RESERVATION (IHR) USING WAP-ENABLED
MOBILE DEVICES”
Permanent link to this page: http://medicica.com/EnPapers-ICIKT01-0-100-Title-ASC-AI.html
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4. 9. Baloch, H. Z. Member IEEE & Sylla, M. B. (2003) International conference on
Mobile Learning (ICML2003) Putarajaya by University Malaya. .Published and
presented research paper in titled "DYNAMIC VOICE–ENABLE ACCESS TO
WEB-BASED INFOMATION OF STUDENT INFORMATION CENTER"
Research work is sponsor by Motorola University Malaysia.
10. Baloch, H. Z. Member IEEE & Naidoo, L. (2003) International conference on Mobile
Learning (ICML2003) Putarajaya by University Malaya. Published and presented
research paper in titled "M-LEARNING PORTAL FOR WIRELESS
INFORMATION CENTER USING WAP-OVER-BLUETOOTH"
Book chapters:
1. .” Exploring learner’s perception and readiness of Electronic/mobile learning at
Community College”. Electronic Education: Towards an Immersive Learning
Environment, Pearson Custom Publishing, [ISBN: 978-967-349-090-5], 2010.
Reviewer for Conference:
1. IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2011 Avila, Spain 11 - 13
March 2011.
2. ICIME 2011. 2nd International Conference on Information Management and
Evaluation. Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto,
Canada
27-28 April 2011
3. IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2010 Porto, Portugal 18 - 20
March 2010
4. ICIME 2012. 3rd International Conference on Information Management and
Evaluation
Reviewer for Journals:
1. International Journal of Ubiquitous Computing (IJUC).
http://www.cscjournals.org
2. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL)
http://www.irrodll.org
3. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)
http://www.i-jim.org.
4. Internation Journal of Network Security. (IJNS)
http://ijns.femto.com.tw/
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5. 5. Journal for Applied Soft Computing (ASOC)
http://ees.elsevier.com/asoc/
6. International Journal of Ubiquitous Computing (IJUC)
http://www.cscjournals.org/csc/journals/IJUC/reviewer_board.php?JCode=IJUC
Working Experience:
1. KAU (King AbdulAziz University), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Feb 2005- August 2011
Working as a Computer Science Lecturer in Department of Computer and
Information Technology at King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
● Teaching Graduate course
● To participate in student counseling
● Conducting seminars and workshops in IT related areas.
● Design course portfolios
● Coordinating for New DACUM.
● To prepare lecture notes and all other teaching materials for students.
● To give advice and guide students in relation to their character, behavior and
moral conduct.
● Supervises laboratory settings in subject matter
● Reviews and develops syllabi & course outline materials
● Develop and maintain course portfolio of the subjects.
● Evaluates knowledge of subject matter taught and monitors students' scholastic
records.
● Prepares and grades student's exams and projects; enhances professional
development.
● Maintains office hours to assist and advise students.
● Chairperson of distance learning Committee
● Member of Staff handbook Committee
● Member of Lab Committee
● Member of sports Committee
2. Effat University , Jeddah ,Saudi Arabia May 2007- to- Feb 2009
Worked as a part time Lecturer in Information System (IS) Department at Effat
University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Taught following subjects
IS474, Management Information Systems
IS473, Decision Support Systems
IS371, Information Systems
● To participate in student counseling
● Design course specification and course files for the subjects.
● To prepare lecture notes and all other teaching materials for students.
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6. ● To give advice and guide students in relation to their character, behavior and
moral conduct.
● Supervises laboratory settings in subject matter
● Reviews and develops syllabi & course outline materials
● Supervise Projects and evaluate the presentation and Project reports
● Prepare Exams and Mark the papers.
3. LMS (Learning Management System ) Moodle Administrator and Trainer
Feb 2008- August 2011
Working as an Administrator and Trainer for Moodle LMS at Jeddah Community
College, King Abdulaziz University.
● Creating New Programs
● Creating New courses
● Assigning roles
● Managing the server
● Training the new faculty members about Moodle.
● Backup
● Moodle Site Optimization
● LMS server site Maintenance and troubleshooting.
4. MMU (Multimedia University), Malacca, Malaysia June 2001- Feb 2005
Worked as a Computer Science Lecturer in Faculty of Information Science & Technology at
Multimedia University Malacca, Malaysia and Cisco Instructor for MMU Degree course.
● Teaching Graduate course
● Supervision post-graduate students
● Coordination of Collaborative research projects.
● To participate in student counseling
● To prepare Final Exam papers and solutions.
● To prepare lecture notes and all other teaching materials for students.
● To give advice and guide students in relation to their character, behaviour and
moral conduct.
● Supervision of students during Industrial Training
● Supervision of final year students projects on Mobile and wireless Network, Data-
communication and telecommunication.
● Member of Center of Network Computing
● Supervisor/ In-charge for CNC (Center of Network Computing)Mobile research
Lab.
● Member of open day Committee
● Member of homepage Committee
● Consultancy Services
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7. 5. M-Artal Poultry International Pvt. Limited May 1999 – July 1999
-Worked as a System Support Engineer
Involved in Design, Installation, Configuration, Operation & Administration of Network.
My job was to assist IT Manager and administrate the Network in M-Artal Poultry
International (Pvt.) limited, which is a Multinational company. Includes KFC , AVA
mineral water and Harry‟s Bread in Pakistan. Work tasks include:
● Helped to coordinate meetings with vendors and maintained network of 30 nodes and
2 HP servers.
● Work on SBT Accounting System in M-Artal Poultry. SBT is GUI-based
American Software & stands for Small Business Transactions. SBT can use on
multi-user environment or on Standalone machine. SBT is available under FoxPro
2.6 for windows, Visual FoxPro 5.0 for windows 95/windows NT, Oracle +Power
Builder and various other Platforms.
● Performed the job of Designing/Building/Maintains the Artal 50 nodes Giga bit
Network at M-Artal Poultry Processing Plant. Worked on remote connectivity of
Value Chicken Shops of M-Artal to Processing Plant and Sales Office.
6. Pakistan Communication International (PCI) Jan 1998 – Mar 1999
- Worked as a Network Support Engineer
Pakistan Communication Intl. (PCI) Company is Authorized Distributor of Accton and
SMC for Pakistan. Managed the customer support team. Responsible in designing,
planning and implementation of LAN for the customers primarily based on Novell
NetWare.
● Installed 10Base-2, 10Base-5 and 100Base-Tx AT&T structured cabling.
● Installed of Desktop PC's and Compaq 2500 & 4500 workgroup servers.
● Installed of NT/Novell NetWare 3.x and 4 with TCP/IP connectivity.
Accton/ SMC Hubs, Switches:
● Installed and configured Accton and SMC Hub, Switches and Routers.
● Administration of IP addresses. Configured sub-net for class-C IP address.
● Installed & Configured Accton and SMC Cheetah 10/100 Mbps Adaptor.
Databases and Software Applications:
● Involved in configuration of Netscape Suit Spot, which included enterprise web
server, proxy server and Winproxy on Windows for the Internet access on
workstations.
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8. ● Configuration of Post.Office Mail server with 50-user license.
● Configuration PC AnyWhere server and client software.
● Configuration of SBT Accounting Software on Server and Clients.
Mail Servers:
● Configuration of Microsoft Exchange server and maintain user id„s and their
mailboxes.
● Configuration of Email notifier Software on Workstations with NT workstation.
● In-charge in setting up of a new branch office of PCI in Islamabad.
Cisco Academy Instructor:
Taught CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Administrator) course for MMU Students for two
years.
Teaching evaluation:
● I was selected as best lecture based on Performance for year 2010, 2008, 2006 at CIT
department KAU, Saudi Arabia.
● I have been getting above 3.5 points in the teaching assessment for the last several
trimesters. For trimester 2-session 2002/2003 I scored 4.2/5.0 for subject TIS2211
system analysis and design at MMU, Malaysia.
Selected Student’s projects supervision:
Mamadon Bobo Sylla and Yip Weng Tak, "Implementing WAP and VoiceXML based
application prototype as a Student information system" Project was funded by Motorola
University Malaysia.
Livesh Naidoo "Wireless Information Center (WIC) using WAP-OVER-BLUTOOTH
technologies"
Glennita Ford , Sonia, and Vuledzani "Airport Boarding Lunge Bluetooth portal"
Tan , Lim, and Max Lee " Wireless Hospital Management system (WHMS)"
Tie Sing , Lim Cheng, and Ng Ruenn “Physician-patient interaction Via wireless technology”
CNC Mobile Computing Lab setup:
Under Center for Network Computing (CNC) I had taken an initiative for the setup and
maintenance of CNC Mobile computing lab for our staff and students R & D. The lab is now
providing facilities to staff and student on the area of Mobile and Wireless Network
Computing. We arrange Tutorials for the students and seminars on latest Issue in the mobile
and wireless Computing area.
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9. Acting head of the CIT department:
Worked as acting head of the Computer and Information Technology Department (CIT)
department from June 13, 2006 to September 06, 2006.
Prepare curriculum for Mobile Computing:
Prepared curriculum for Mobile Computing for Master in Information Technology.
DACUM( Developing A CurriculUM) Workshop on E-Commerce:
Organizer and Facilitator for DACUM workshop.
Membership of Professional Bodies:
Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 1999-2012
Skills:
Internetworks:
Cisco router's 2600 series
Cisco Switches
Accton/SMC switches
HP/Compaq servers
Access servers (3Com/US Robotics).
Radio & wireless Equipment.
Operating Systems:
Windows NT, Sun Solaris
Languages:
C, Visual Basic, WML (Wireless Markup Language)
Applications:
Microsoft Exchange, PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine), MPI (Message Passing Interface)
PostOffice, Microsoft Outlook Express
Data Base Systems:
SQL, MSAccess, DBase, FoxPro
Personal profile:
Status: Married to Malaysian with four children.
Nationality: Pakistani
Date of Birth: 02 Jan 1977
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10. Languages: English, Arabic, Urdu and Malay
Fields of Interest:
Mobile Computing/ Internet
Pervasive Computing
Mobile Information System
Management Information System
Mobile and Ubiquitous systems
Tele-medicine and Medical Informatics
Project related to Voice XML, PDA Application and Mobile Computing
M/E-learning
References:
Dr. AbdulNaveed Tariq
Professor
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology,
Toronto, Canada
antariq@yahoo.com
Dr. Ahmed Mueen
Assistant Professor
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, KSA
mueen123@gmail.com
Dr. Muhammad Khan
Head of BA Department
Effat University
Jeddah, KSA
mkhan@effatuniversity.edu.sa
m.rahat@napier.ac.uk
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