Muhammad Yasir Khan

Member Board of Directors (ADCOM) at IEEE Education Society, IEEE

Pakistan

Current
  • Member Board of Directors (ADCOM) at IEEE Education Society, IEEE
  • Secretary of Karachi Section at IEEE
  • Chairman of GOLD Affinity Group at IEEE Karachi Section
  • Assistant Professor at PN Engineering College, NUST
  • Owner at Equilix Engineering Systems Inc
Past
Education
  • National University of Sciences & Technology
  • National University of Science and Technology
  • SGS Pakistan
  • SGS Pakistan
  • PN Human Resouce Development Center
  • Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
  • D J Sindh Govt Science College
  • Hyderi Public School - near Sindh Assembly, Karachi
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Research
Websites

Muhammad Yasir Khan’s Summary

- Academician with broad experience in all aspects of University teaching, auditing and program management. Direct experience with Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science students. Interested in early-stage software production house startups as well as companies “on the bubble.”
- PNEC IEEE Branch Mentor and Chapter Coordinator
- ISO 9001:2000 Quality Auditor
- HEC PNEC Self Assessment Team Member

- Member Executive Committee, IEEE GOLD Karachi

Muhammad Yasir Khan’s Specialties:

Computer Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics


Muhammad Yasir Khan’s Experience

  • Member Board of Directors (ADCOM)

    IEEE Education Society, IEEE

    (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    August 2009Present (6 months)

  • Secretary of Karachi Section

    IEEE

    (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    April 2009Present (10 months)

    Responsibilities include:
    - To check that the Section acts in accordance with IEEE and Section Bylaws, and to advise the Chairman and Committee of any irregularities in the conduct of Section affairs.
    - To make accurate minutes of each Section Committee meeting; to circulate these soon after each meeting (with appropriate meeting papers), after they have been agreed by the Chairman; and to present them to the next Committee meeting for approval.
    - To make arrangements, in consultation with the Chairman, for the place and date of Section Committee meetings.
    - To draft, and to agree with the Chairman, the agenda for Section Committee meetings, and to circulate the agenda and meeting papers to members of the Section Committee at least two weeks before each meeting.
    - To ensure that Section records are kept.
    - To be familiar with the annual reports required by Regional Activities, and to ensure that these are completed and arrive by the deadline dates.
    - To notify Regional Activities and IEEE Headquarters, copied to each Section Officer, of changes in the names and addresses of Section Officers.
    - To handle, in consultation with the Section Chairman, Section correspondence.
    - To assist members with such problems as payment of dues, delay in the delivery of publications, failure to reply to correspondence.
    - To keep a stock of up-to-date IEEE membership application forms. Fellow and Awards forms, report forms and other forms and stationery for Section use.

  • Chairman of GOLD Affinity Group

    IEEE Karachi Section

    (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    January 2009Present (1 year 1 month)

    Responsibilities include:
    - The AF Chairman is responsible to the GOLD Committee and ultimately to the Region 10 GOLD Coordinator for the actions of all Section Officers and for every aspect of Section affairs.
    - The Chairman must ensure that the GOLD discusses everything necessary for maintaining an active and a well organized AF which meets the needs of its members. To achieve this the Committee should meet at least twice a year.
    - Coordinates the GOLD activities in the Section that are specifically aimed at recent graduated members.
    - Imports successful ideas and activities from other Sections, Regions and other worlds (Students).
    - Creates/updates the necessary electronic links for all the GOLD members: mailing lists, web site, etc.
    - Reports about the GOLD activities in the Section to the Section Committee.
    - Creates and expands awareness about GOLD and GOLD Activities in the Section.
    - Initiates and supports the activities of GOLD Affinity Group in the Section,
    - Is a networker between GOLD members in the Section and other IEEE entities.
    - Promotes GOLD Awards and endorses valid nominations for these Awards in the Section.
    - Gets special and non-budgeted funding for extraordinary GOLD activities in the Section.

  • Assistant Professor

    PN Engineering College, NUST

    (Education Management industry)

    August 2002Present (7 years 6 months)

    Responsibilities include:
    - To research and progress my own research programme.
    - To collaborate with and complement existing research in the College.
    - To make a significant contribution to the development of National and International research collaborations.
    - To attract external research income.
    - To publish research findings in high quality peer-reviewed journals in preparation for the improving/maintaining international ranking.
    - To report on progress on the achievement of research targets.
    - To teach, assess and examine as required.
    - To nurture and develop engineering ethics in the students.
    - To conduct activities to groom them for professional career.
    - To counsel and motivate a class of students.
    - To perform ISO 9001:2000 quality management audits of different departments to maintain certification of college.
    - To conduct workshops of the students

    Projects initiated/part of:
    - Created Intel Software Partnership.
    - Founded IEEE PNEC Branch and conducted tens of activities under it.
    - Conducted Job Fairs and Career Counseling Sessions
    - Conducted technical industry lectures
    - Leaded the Learning Management System team

  • Owner

    Equilix Engineering Systems Inc

    (Consumer Services industry)

    January 2002Present (8 years 1 month)

    Worked on various outsourced software projects of USA. My company primarily developed desktop applications using Visual C++, Java, VB.NET, C#.NET and Oracle. We have also done web based projects using PHP and Mysql.

  • Member Technical Staff

    Paxym Inc.

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    April 2009May 2009 (2 months)

    Worked on FreeBSD kernel programming and developed device drivers for Cavium Networks Octeon CN34XX Processors. My team ported the FreeBSD Linux for multiple cores of Octeon processors.

  • Member Executive Committee

    IEEE Karachi Section

    (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    April 2008March 2009 (1 year )

    I am a IEEE volunteer and working as member Executive Committee IEEE Karachi Section.

  • IT Manager

    Classic Group of Industries

    (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Textiles industry)

    July 2001September 2004 (3 years 3 months)

    I initially started my career in this organization as System Administrator and after two years of my service, I was promoted to IT Manager.
    Responsibilities include IT infrastructure management, including 60+ network nodes comprising of Windows and Mac based Workstations and Laptops and Corporate WAN from factories to the Head Quarter.


Muhammad Yasir Khan’s Education

  • National University of Sciences & Technology

    PhD , Electrical Engineering , 20092012 (expected)

    Working on Multicore Systems Linux OS scheduling issues.

    Activities and Societies:
    MutiCore Systems Research Group Leader, Embedded Software Systems Scientist
  • National University of Science and Technology

    Masters , Electrical Engineering , 20042006

  • SGS Pakistan

    ISO 9001:2000 Internal Quality Auditing , Quality Assurance , 20032003

    Certified Internal Quality Auditor and performed tens of audits of different departments at Pakistan Navy Engineering College, NUST, Pakistan.

  • SGS Pakistan

    ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Systems , Quality Assurance , 20022003

    Activities and Societies:
    Performed tens of audits of different departments.
  • PN Human Resouce Development Center

    Certificate , Instructional Techniques Course , 20022002

    Studied
    - Development of lecture plans and lectures.
    - Understanding student psyche.
    - Use of Training Aids at par.

  • Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology

    Bachelors , Computer Engineering , 19982001

    Activities and Societies:
    Won various national competitions
  • D J Sindh Govt Science College

    Higher Secondary School Certificate , Pre Engineering , 19951997

    Graduated with distinction in Mathematics and Chemistry.

  • Hyderi Public School - near Sindh Assembly, Karachi

    Primary & Secondary Education , Studied from Class 1 - 10 , 19861995

    - Best Student of the Year 1993, 1991 and 1990
    - Won several national art and sports inter school competitions
    - throughout 90+ marks in the tenure

    Activities and Societies:
    - Cricket Team
    - Art Team
    - Head Prefect - 1994

Additional Information

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Muhammad Yasir Khan’s Interests:

organizational development, strategic planning, extreme programming, professional networking, usability research, international travel, cooking, reading books

Muhammad Yasir Khan’s Groups:

IEEE, Microsoft Faculty Connection, Microsoft Teachers Connection, IBM Scholars Program, Sun Java Developer Connection,

  •    International Association of Software Architects
  •    Electrical/Electronics and Computer Development Engineers Group
  •    E-Learning
  •    Semiconductor Professional's Group
  •    SoftwareEngineering
  •    INFLUENCE | Pakistani Influential Network - Pakistan
  •    Software Engineering Institute Virtual SPIN
  •    Enterprise Software Community
  •    Open Source Developers
  •    ENTREPRENEURS-GET FUNDED
  •    Speakers and Panelists
  •    Linked.NET Users Group (LIDNUG)
  •    Cavium Networks
  •    Java EE Professionals
  •    international professors project
  •    Friends of Pakistan
  •    SSUET Alumni
  •    Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology Professionals
  •    Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
  •    Software Professionals Group
  •    IEEE Panel of Conference Organizers (POCO)
  •    PNEC Alumni
  •    Professional Keynote Speakers - by Jorge Olson
  •    Karachite - Karachi Heart of Pakistan
  •    Intel® Software Partner Program
  •    Octeon Multicore Processor Developers
  •    Engineers Scientific Research Network
  •    D.J. Sindh Government Science College

Muhammad Yasir Khan’s Honors:

+ Best Civilian Instructor 2007
+ Scholarships for Bachelors, Masters and PhD (in progress)
+ Won various prizes at national level at Undergraduate and School


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