Academic

Seminar/Talks

• Rendering & Shaders in Unity, May 19, 2025, Genoa, Italy
• A Serious Game for Early Detection and Assessment of Social Apathy: A Pilot Study, February 27, 2025, Porto, Portugal
• Perception & Interaction Lab @ DIBRIS, December 11, 2024, Genoa, Italy
• Exploring Foveation Techniques for Virtual Reality Environments, February 28, 2024, Rome, Italy
• Perceptual Issues in Virtual Reality Systems, April 22 , 2021, Genoa, Italy
• Modelling Foveated Depth-of-field Blur for Improving Depth Perception in Virtual Reality, December 10, 2020, Genoa, Italy
• Defocus Blur in Virtual Environments, April 23, 2020, Genoa, Italy
• Simulated Foveated Depth-of-field Blur for Virtual Reality Systems, December 18, 2019, London, United Kingdom
• Visual Perception in Virtual Reality Systems, October 17, 2019, Genoa, Italy

Reviewing Activities

• Journals
  • Virtual Reality
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI)
  • IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems (THMS)
  • IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A)

• Conferences
  • 24th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2025), October 8-12, 2025, Daejeon, South Korea
  • 11th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2025), June 15–19, 2025, Chicago, Illinois, US
  • ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (IMX 2025), June 3-6, 2025, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025), April 26 - May 1, 2025, Yokohama, Japan
  • 32nd IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR 2025), March 8-12, 2025, Saint-Malo, France
  • 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2024), October 21-25, 2024, Seattle, WA, USA
  • 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2024), August 26-30, 2024, Pasadena, CA, USA
  • 8th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR 2024), July 19-21, 2024, Fukuoka, Japan
  • 10th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2024), June 10–13, 2024, Glasgow, Scotland
  • 11th International Workshop on Assistive Computer Vision and Robotics (ACVR 2023), October 3, 2023, Paris, France
  • 5th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing Applications and Systems (IPAS 2022), December 5-7, 2022, Genoa, Italy

Other Activities

• Program Committee Member at 11th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2025), June 15–19, 2025, Chicago, Illinois, US
• Session Chair at 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction Theory and Applications (HUCAPP 2025), February 26-28, 2025, Porto, Portugal
• Program Committee Member at 8th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR 2024), July 19-21, 2024, Fukuoka, Japan
• Program Committee Member at 10th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2024), June 10–13, 2024, Glasgow, Scotland
• Session Chair at 8th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction Theory and Applications (HUCAPP 2024), February 27-29, 2024, Rome, Italy
• Session Chair at 5th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing Applications and Systems (IPAS 2022), December 5-7, 2022, Genoa, Italy
• Local Arrangement Chair at 5th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing Applications and Systems (IPAS 2022), December 5-7, 2022, Genoa, Italy
• Publication Team Member at 1st IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (ICRAI 2012), October 22-23, 2012, Islamabad, Pakistan
• Promotion Team Member at 1st IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (ICRAI 2012), October 22-23, 2012, Islamabad, Pakistan

Awards

• 1st position in EndoVis-SurgVisDom Challenge (Category II) at 23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing & Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2020), October 4-8, 2020, Lima, Peru
• President’s Gold Medal for Best in Academics at NUST CEME Graduation Ceremony, October 8, 2015, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
• Rector’s Gold Medal for Best Final Year Project at NUST CEME Graduation Ceremony, October 8, 2015, Rawalpindi, Pakistan