Ms. Sana Rizwan
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Area of Interest: Software Engineering, Software Project Management, Software Quality Assurance Testing, Web Engineering, Web Services and Semantics, Data Integration
Tel # (Off): 111-001-007  

 

Software is essential in this technological era because it drives the functionality, efficiency, and innovation of modern systems and processes. Software is indispensable due to automation, connectivity, innovation, customization and scalability, global reach, data-driven decision making and essential services. Software is the backbone of modern technology, empowering individuals, businesses, and societies to innovate, connect, and thrive in an increasingly digital world.

I have a strong passion for software engineering, software project management, requirements analysis, and strategic planning. With a keen eye for detail, I am stepping ahead to achieve quality design robust solutions that align with both technical and business objectives. I prepared myself to have grip in software quality assurance and testing for highest industry standards. I am passionate about leveraging Agile or DevOps methodologies for effective iterative risk management. I am trying to guide undergraduate students on how to thrive on bridging the gap between technical teams and stakeholders, defining clear requirements, aligning strategies with organizational goals, and driving projects to successful completion. Already working on these plaforms,

  • Navigating Complexities in Managing Distributed and Remote Software Teams.
  • Advanced Strategies for Risk Mitigation in Software Project Management.
  • Unlocking Faster Software Delivery with DevOps Integration.
  • Agile vs. Waterfall
  • Elevating Software Quality Through Strategic Assurance and Testing Practices.
  • Streamlining Project Portfolio Management for Software Development Success.
  • Mastering Scope Adjustments and Addressing Requirements Volatility in Software Projects.
  • Software utilization for Risk Assessment and Mitigation in Large-Scale construction Projects.
  • Optimizing software Construction Project Scheduling and Time Management.
  • Quality Improvement  of Software Projects in Healthcare: Challenges and Success Factors.
  • Sentiment Analysis for Team Feedback needed in requirement elicitation.

I have deep interest in semantic web and services because it is just like conventional web services, having the server end of a client–server system for machine-to-machine interaction via the World Wide Web. Semantic services are a component of the semantic web because they use markup which makes data machine-readable in a detailed and sophisticated way. My keen focusing areas are

  • Semantic metadata and ontologies for Big Data
  • Web and Schema Data Extraction And Integration 
  • Ontology based Information Extraction
  • Simple Ontologies in RDF and RDF Schema
  • Simple Protocol and RDF Query Language (SPARQL)
  • RDF Formal Semantics
  • Web Ontology Language OWL
  • Creating and Managing Ontologies
  • Developing the Semantic Web
  • Methodology for Semi-automatic Ontology Construction
  • Using Knowledge Discovery for Ontology Learning
  • Semantic Annotation
  • Data-driven Ontology Changes
  • Usage-driven Ontology Changes
  • Approaches to Reasoning with Inconsistency
  • Causes for Inconsistency in the Semantic Web
  • Reasoning with Inconsistent Ontologies
  • Mapping and Querying Disparate Knowledge Bases
  • Natural Language Generation from Ontologies
  • The Web Services Modeling Ontology (WSMO)
  • The Web Service Modeling Language (WSML)
  • OWL-S Approach
  • The WSDL-S Approach

 

 

COURSE CATALOG AND TEACHING RESOURCES:

https://sites.google.com/a/cuilahore.edu.pk/sana-rizwan-teaching-resources/

  • Software Project Management
  • Software Engineering Concepts
  • Object Oriented Software Engineering
  • Software Requirement Engineering
  • Software Testing
  • Software Quality Assurance
  • Semantic Web
  • Algorithm and Data Structure
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Fundamental of Computer Programming
  • Web Engineering
  • E-commerce

 

 

RESEARCH GROUP:

Web Semantics and Services (WSS)

 

 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FYPs SUPERVISION:

1.

FMAT Analyzation System (2020- 2021) .

2.

Transportation and Shipment Tracking System (2020- 2021) .

3.

Click & Pick (2020- 2021) .

4.

CarSoul: A modern car renting application connecting lessor with lessee on the same platform (2020 - 2021) .

5.

E-Diary for Aged Users (2020 - 2020) .

6.

Electro Fix (2020 - 2020) .

7.

Online Fun Ticketing (2020 - 2020) .

8.

Smart Automated Billing SYSTEM (SABS) (2020 - 2020) .

9.

Split my way-- Share your journey and expense with others (2020 - 2020) .

10.

Aggregator system for the facilitation of non-governmental organizations (2019 - 2019) .

11.

Augmented Reality App for Teaching Object Oriented Programming (2019 - 2019) .

12.

QUIBID.PK (2019 - 2019) .

13.

WASA Employee and Client Assistance System (2019 - 2019) .

14.

Weather Forecast Application using Semantic Web (2019 - 2019) .

15.

ADHOC Centralized Teachers Availability And Monitoring System Using Ontology For HEC (2018 - 2018) .

16.

Merging and Mapping Onto Solutions to Resolve Gardening Services (2018 - 2018) .

17.

Using Reality Mining with the help of SPARQL to Improve Polling System in Pakistan (2017 - 2017), ", Funded By: ICT/R&D Undergraduate HEC Funding .

18.

Electronic Mobile Health Unit (2016 - 2016) .

19.

NAMEY – A named entities content aggregator application (2016 - 2016) .

20.

Smart Navigation System for Buses with Location-Based Reporting (2016 -

Funded Projects:

Completed Projects:
1. 'Paiyaa' (2023 - 2023) PIs: Ms. Sana Rizwan, Budget: 80000/- PKR, Funded By: Ignite HEC .
2. FMAT Analyzation System (2020 - 2021) PIs: Ms. Sana Rizwan,Ms. Humera Faisal, Budget: ., Funded By: NGIRI - Ignite - HEC .
3. Using Reality Mining with the help of SPARQL to Improve Polling System in Pakistan (2017 - 2017) PIs: Ms. Sana Rizwan, Funded By: ICT/R&D Undergraduate HEC Funding .

Publications:

Books:
1. Dr. Rizwan Rabbani Baig, Sana Rizwan (2015), " Study the Use of Food Supplements in School Going Children: Community Health, Food and Nutrition with statistical Working", Standard: ISBN-13: 9783659755637   
2. Sana Rizwan (2015), "Semantic modeling for university fee structure", Standard: ISBN13 9783659764875   
Journal Papers:
1. Sana Rizwan, Dr. Rizwan Rabbani Baig (2023), "Solution Towards Nutrition Guidance Using Fat Secret API", research journali (International journal publishing house)   
2. Sana Rizwan, Muhammad Salman Ahmed, Akash ur Rehman, Muhammad Abu Hurairah (2023), "ML Ontological Solution for Blood Donation System", European Journal of Science, Innovation and Technology (EJSIT)   
3. Sana Rizwan, Furqan Rasool Yahya, Moiz Rasheed, Hasnain Allah Rakha (2023), "Function Point Analysis and Collaborative Study on UI Library, Open-Source DB, Cross Platform Server Environment, Object Detection Library and Cloud Computing Services", European Journal of Science, Innovation and Technology (EJSIT)   
4. Sana Rizwan, Dr. Rizwan Rabbani Baig (2022), " Android Medical Health Unit (A-mhu) Structure", International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER) - (ISSN 2229-5518)   
5. Sana Rizwan, Shoaib Uzair, Zaid Saeed and Abdullah Naveed (2022), "FPA Findings for Flutter against the existing Development Frameworks", International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER) - (ISSN 2229-5518)   
6. Sana Rizwan, Sayed Durraiz Ahmed, Tayyab Ismail Bhatti and Huma Naz Janjua (2021), "Mapping, Aligning and Merging Semantic Ontological solutions for Web and Android", International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research (IJSER)   
7. Sana Rizwan (2020), "RNECA the RSS Named Entities Content Aggregator using DOM Parser", International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA)   
8. Sana Rizwan (2018), ""Audio Processing Analyzer"", International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR)   
9. Sana Rizwan, Humaira Afzal, Saeed Ahmad, Iqra Yaseen (2018), ""Ontology based Centralized teacher availability, monitoring and facilitation system for Higher Education Commission"", International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA)   
10. Sana Rizwan, Muhammad Ismail Suri , Muhammad Qwais Raza and Hammad-ud-din Ahmed (2017), ""Algorithm for merging and aligning ontologies for Social Network provision by e-MHU"", Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)   
11. Sana Rizwan (2017), "Transformation of Health Care Facilities Electronically ", International Journal of Research In Computer Application and Management (IRJCM)   
12. Sana Rizwan, Rizwan Rabbani Baig (2016), ""User module for semantics designing and building infrastructure using Java application" ", International Journal of Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences , Standard: (ISSN-2294-3905)   
13. Sana Rizwan (2015), "“Using Reality MINING With The Help of SPARQL to improve Polling System in Pakistan” ", National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative   
14. Sana Rizwan, Rizwan Rabbani Baig (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: Vol: 4, No. 12, Standard: ISSN 2090-4304   
15. Sana Rizwan and Dr. J. S. Mirza (2013), "Graphical Ontology and Validation Process for University Fee Structure", 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)  Abstract 
16. Sana Rizwan, Dr. Rizwan Rabbani Baig, Humera Niaz (2013), "Statistical Analysis of Food Supplements in School Going Children", Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research (JBASR), Vol: May 2013, Vol 3, Issue: May 2013, Standard: ISSN 2090-4304, Impact Factor: ISI Indexed  Abstract 
17. Muhammad Kamran, Shi Feng and Sana Qureshi (2006), "Serial ALU Simulation with Timing and Signal Constraints", Information Technology Journal ANsinet, pp: 198-203, Vol: Vol. 5, Standard: 06109742457    
18. Muhammad Kamran, Suhail Aftab Qureshi and Sana Qureshi (2005), "Image processing and compression techniques with DCT algorithm simulation", New horizon Journal of IEEEP, Vol: Vol. 48-49   
Conference Papers:
1. J. S. Mirza, Tabbasum Naz, Sana Rizwan, Imran Latif (2011) "Semantic Modeling of a University Fee Structure", ICAMS- NUST 2011   
2. Mirza J S; S.A.Hayat; Sana Rizwan, sami ullah, (2010) "Equivalent classes in developing E-Learning ontology", 2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Information Technology (ICIIT 2010)   
3. Mirza J S, S A Hayat, M Shahid Bhatti, Sana Rizwan, Sami Ullah (2010) "Preparing New element learning in RDF/Owl Vocabularies", IEEEP 2010   

Qualification

MSCS (Master of Science in Computer Science)
COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan, Pakistan
Sep 2009 to Jun 2012
   
MSE (Master of Software Engineering )
COMSATS University Islamabad,, Pakistan
Sep 2001 to Jul 2004
   
B.Sc. (Bachelor of Sciences) Mathematics major
University of The Punjab, Pakistan
Sep 1999 to Apr 2001
   

Experience

Assistant Professor OG III (TSP)
Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan
Jul 2023 to Date
   
Assistant Professor OG II
Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan
Dec 2012 to Jun 2023
   
Lecturer
Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan
Apr 2007 to Nov 2012
   
Research Associate
Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan
Aug 2004 to Mar 2007
   
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