Web Semantics and Services

Introduction

The vision of the semantic web is to connect data in order to provide a richer experience for users: enabling links between descriptive text, data sets, visual and audio media, etc., which is tailored to the user needs. The goal is to provide a technology that enables users to find relevant information from within a maze of data - and to allow them to contribute by adding their own knowledge to the available content.
WSS research group is under the Department of Computer Science, at COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus. The main research focus of the WSS group is

The use of semantic metadata and ontologies for Big Data
The use of formal and informal semantics
The integration and interplay of deductive (semantic) and statistical methods
Methods to establish semantic interoperability between data sources
Ways of dealing with semantic heterogeneity
Scalability of Semantic Web methods and tools, and Semantic approaches
Data Extraction and Integration
Web and Schema Data Extraction And Integration
Search Engines and Meta-search Engines
Ontology based Information Extraction
Wrapper Generation and Knowledge Engineering

Group Members

Dr. Farrukh Zeshan	Assistant Professor
Sana Rizwan	Assistant Professor
Humera Niaz	Assistant Professor
Humaira Afzal	Lecturer
Mahwish Waqas	Lecturer
Najam us Saher	Lecturer
Saman Safdar	Lecturer
Dr Javaid Sikandar Mirza	Served Previously
Dr. Tabbasum Naz	Served Previously
Ayesha Sadiq	Served Previously
Humaira Farid	Served Previously

Research Publications

Zeshan, F.; Mohamad, R., Ahmad, M. N. “Context-Aware Ontology for Distributed Embedded Real-Time Systems” Accepted in the Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, IF 0.60, Quartile : Q2. 2017.
Adnan Ahmad, Brian Whitworth, Furkh Zeshan, Elisa Bertino, Robert Friedman, “Extending social networks with delegation, Computers & Security”, Volume 70, 2017, Pages 546-564, ISSN 0167-4048, Impact Factor: 2.85, Quartile : Q1. 2017.
Amjad Ali, Dniyato, Farrukh Zeshan, Adnan Ahmad. “RaptorQ-Based Efficient Multimedia Transmission over Cooperative Cellular Cognitive Radio Networks”. Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Impact Factor: 4.06, Quartile : Q1. 2018.
Elhag, AAM; Mohamad, R; Aziz, MW; Zeshan, F. (2015). “A Systematic Composite Service Design Modeling Method Using Graph-Based Theory”. PLoS ONE , pp: 1-26, Vol: 10, Issue: 4, Impact Factor: 3.23. doi:10.1371/journal, Quartile : Q1.
Abid Mehmood, Dayang Norhayati Abang Jawawi, Furkh Zeshan. “AJFCode: An Aspect-Oriented Model-Driven Code Generation Approach for Improving Reusability and Maintainability.” Submitted in Science of Computer Programming Journal. 2018.
Muhammd Hamid, Furkh Zeshan, Adnan Ahmd. "Improve Continuous IT Professional Development: Exploratory Research of Challenges in Factors of Software Project Failure and Design Intelligent Recommender and Decision Support System (IRDSs) for Effective Management” Submitted in Journal of Universal Computer Science. 2018.
Zeshan, Furkh, Radziah Mohamad and Mohammad Nazir Ahmad. "Service Discovery Framework for Distributed Embedded Real-Time Systems." Handbook of Research on Emerging Advancements and Technologies in Software Engineering. IGI Global, 2014. 126-147. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.
Mahmood Ashraf, Sehrish Majeed, Thabit Sabbah, Furkh Zeshan, Abdul Mateen. "Comparative Analysis of Mobile Phone Usability for Younger and Older Adults” Submitted in International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA) 2018.
Hafiz Tanveer, Muneer Ahmad, Furkh Zeshan "A Penalized-Likelihood Image Recontrcuction Algorithm For PET Exploiting Root Image Size" Accepted in International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA). 2018. Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).
Zeshan, F.; Mohamad, R., Ahmad, M. N., Hussain, S. A. “Ontology for Autonomous Mobile Robot System” In Ebook Series of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Volume 265: New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques; Pages 1073 – 1085. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-434-3-1073, Quartile : Q4. 2017.
Zeshan, F.; Mohamad, R., Ahmad, M. N. “Ontology Based Service Discovery Framework for Dynamic Systems” IET Software, IF 0.73, Quartile : Q3. 2017.
Humaira Afzal,Mahwish Waqas, Dr.Tabassum naz (2016), "OWLMap: Fully Automatic Mapping of Ontology into Relational Database Schema", pp: PP- 7-15, Vol: Volume 7 , Issue: Issue 11, (IJACSA) International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications.
Mahwish Waqas (2017-2018) , “Research On Semantic and Ontology Driven Service Oriented Architecture”, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering
Dr. Farooq Ahmed, Ayesha Sadiq, Humera Niaz (2013), "Formal Analysis and verification of Arrival Procedure of an Aircraft using Petri nets. ", The Journal of American Science, Vol: JAm Sci 2013;9(3):221-228]., Standard: (ISSN: 1545-1003). In The Journal of American Science
Sana Rizwan, Dr. Rizwan Rabbani Baig and Humera Niaz (2013), "Statistical Analysis of Food Supplements in School Going Children", Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research (JBASR), Vol: JBASR, Vol 3. , Issue: N0.5,may 2013, Standard: ISSN 2090-4-304, Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research
Humera Niaz (2018), “In what ways smart cities will get assistance from Internet of Things (IOT)”, International Journal of Education and Management Engineering (IJEME)Published
Humera Niaz (2018), “Towards human factor based support system”, (IJACSA) International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications
Sana Rizwan, Humaira Afzal, Saman Sadfar (2018), “Ontology based Centralized teacher availability, monitoring and facilitation system for Higher Education Commission”, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA)
Humaira Afzal, Tabbasum Naz, Ayesha Sadiq (2015), "A Survey of Automatic Mapping of Ontology to Relational Database Schema", Research Journal of Recent Sciences, pp: 66-70, Vol: 4, Issue: 4, Standard: 2277-2502, Impact Factor: 0.3722, Research Journal of Recent Sciences
Humaira Afzal,Mahwish Waqas, Dr.Tabassum naz (2016), "OWLMap: Fully Automatic Mapping of Ontology into Relational Database Schema", pp: PP- 7-15, Vol: Volume 7 , Issue: Issue 11, (IJACSA) International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications
Humaira Afzal (2018), Research On Semantic and Ontology Driven Service Oriented Architecture, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering
Saman Safdar (2015), "Service Provisioning of Spot Virtual Machines based on Optimal bidding in Cloud Computing", 1st MDSRC conference, University of Wah
Sana Rizwan (2017), “Transformation of Health Care Facilities Electronically“, International Journal of Research In Computer Application and Management
Sana Rizwan (2017), “AUDIO PROCESSING ANALYZER”, International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), published in September 2017
Sana Rizwan (2014), “Community based Empirical study and Statistical Analysis about RH Cases with Canadian International Development Agency and Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada”, Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research (JBASR), Vol: 4, No. 12, in December, 2014, Standard: ISSN 2090-4304
Sana Rizwan (2016), “User module for semantics designing and building infrastructure using Java application”, International Journal of Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences(ISSN-2294-3905)
“Transforming DSpace Database into Ontology”, Humaira Farid, Sharifullah Khan, Muhammad Younus Javed, accepted in 16th International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL-2014), Chiang Mai, Thailand. November 2014.
"Graphical Ontology and Validation Process for University Fee Structure", Sana Rizwan and Dr. J. S. Mirza (2013), Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research (JBASR), Vol: March 2013 Vol. 3, Issue: March 2013, Standard: ISSN 2090-4304, Impact Factor: ISI Indexed (Thomson)
“Formal Analysis and verification of Arrival Procedure of an Aircraft using Petri nets” Ayesha Sadiq, Farooq Ahmad, Tabbasum Naz, Humera Faisal, Journal of American Science, Vol 9, N 3: 221-228, ISSN: 1545-1003, Thomson Reuters ISI indexed, 2013
"Statistical Analysis of Food Supplements in School Going Children", Sana Rizwan, Dr. Rizwan Rabbani Baig, Humera Niaz (2013), Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research (JBASR), Vol: May 2013, Vol 3, Issue: May 2013, Standard: ISSN 2090-4304, Impact Factor: ISI Indexed
"A Survey of Automatic Mapping of Ontology to Relational Database Schema", Humaira Afzal, Tabbasum Naz, Ayesha Sadiq (2013), Research Journal of Recent Sciences, Vol: Accepted, Standard: 2277-2502, Impact Factor: 0.3722
“Validation and data extraction of XML by Xquery”, Anila Rasheed and J.S Mirza, Journal of Applied Science engineering and technology (Maxwell), Article 12154-RJASET-DOI, ISI Thomson 2013
“Improving Processer Efficiency by pipelining, Cache, and Virtual Memory”, Shabana Samreen and J.S Mirza, Research Journal of applied Science, engineering and Technology, ISI Indexed, 2013
“Publishing Institutional Repositories Metadata on the Semantic Web”, Humaira Farid, Sharifullah Khan, Muhammad Younus Javed in proceedings of 8th IEEE International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2013), Islamabad, Pakistan. September 2013.
“Fully Automatic Mapping of Ontology to Relational Database Schema”, Humaira Afzal (2013) Submitted to the Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (ISI Indexed and Impact Factor).
“Approaches for Loss-less Mapping from Relational Database to OWL Ontologies”, Maham Shujah,Tabbasum Naz, Ayesha Sadiq, Research Journal of Recent Sciences, Accepted ISSN: 2277-2502, ISI Indexed, 2012
“Impact of ICT Solutions: Outsourcing on Organizations Performance in Telecom Sector”, Erum Naz, Bakhtiar Ali, Tabbasum Naz, Ayesha Sadiq, The Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research, Vol. 3, No. 5, ISSN: 2090-4304, Thomson Reuters ISI indexed, 2012
"Semantic Modeling of a University Fee Structure", J. S. Mirza, Tabbasum Naz, Sana Rizwan, Imran Latif ICAMS- NUST 2011
"Equivalent classes in developing E-Learning ontology", Mirza J S; S.A.Hayat; Sana Rizwan, sami ullah, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Information Technology (ICIIT 2010)
“Configurable meta-search in the Job Domain, In: International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology”, Tabbasum Naz, Jürgen Dorn and Alexandra Poulovassilis (2010), vol. 6, issue 1, pp. 33-57
“Ontology based Automatic ETL for Marine Geoscientific Data”, Tabbasum Naz, Yassine Lassoued and Richard Wallace (Sep 2010), In: Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference with Irish Earth Observation Symposium, pp. 53-60, Cork, Ireland
“Context and Intention in Ontologies”, Richard Wallace and Tabbasum Naz (Aug 2010), In: The ECAI-10 Workshop on Automated Reasoning about Context and Ontology Evolution, Lisbon, Portugal
“Ontologies with Intent”, Tabbasum Naz and Richard Wallace (May 2010), In: 6th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems, Toronto, Canada
"Owl Ontology for DLD", J S Mirza, Muhammad Sami Ullah (2010),Science International
"Preparing New element learning in RDF/Owl Vocabularies”, Mirza J S, S A Hayat, M Shahid Bhatti, Sana Rizwan, Sami Ullah (2010)
"Representation of class Equivalence in OWL", Mirza J S (2010), Science International
“Configurable Meta-search in the Human Resource Domain: A Hybrid Approach to Schema and Data Integration for Meta-search Engines”, Tabbasum Naz and Jürgen Dorn (2009), LAP-Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN 978-3-8383-0230-0

Funded Projects

Furkh Zeshan. “Service Composition Framework for Dynamic Systems”, R&D/HEC/2014.
Sana Rizwan. “Using Reality MINING With The Help of SPARQL to improve Polling System in Pakistan”, National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative ICTR&D/HEC/2015-2016

Book Publications

Sana Rizwan (2015), "Semantic modeling for university fee structure", edited by: Alina Berdos, published by: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Standard: 978-3-659-76487-5
Humaira Afzal (2015), "Automatic mapping of ontology into relational database", edited by: Ghenadie Braghis, published by: LAP LAMBERT AcademicPublishing,Standard:ISBN:9783659763670, LAP LAMBERT AcademicPublishing
Humera Niaz (2016), “Detecting Community Patterns Based on Adhoc Social Networks” , LAP LAMBERT AcademicPublishing
Dr. Rizwan Rabbani Baig, Sana Rizwan (2015), "Study the Use of Food Supplements in School Going Children", edited by: Olga Rusu, published by: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Standard: 978-3-659-75563-7