Waqas Tariq

Lecturer
M.Phill Computer Science
PUCIT Lahore

Biography

Waqas Tariq Dar is Lecturer in the Computer Science department at GIFT University, Gujranwala. He is also an alumnus of GIFT University who completed his BS(Hons) in CS in 2008. He did M.Phil. in Computer Science from PUCIT old campus, Lahore in 2015. He has 9+ years of industry experience in different roles including Software Engineer, Team Lead and Manager. He has also served as visiting faculty and/or research based positions at PUCIT, UMT, and LUMS.

Teaching Interests

  • Computer Vision
  • Image Processing
  • Linear Algebra
  • Theory of Automata
  • Mobile Development
  • Web Development

Research Interests

  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence

Selected Publications

  • Waqas Tariq and Nazar Khan. ”Click-Free, Video-Based Document Capture – Methodology and Evaluation”. In: Seventh International Conference on Camera-Based Document Analysis and Recognition, Kyoto, Japan. 2017.

Certifications / Achievements

  • Python for Computer Vision with OpenCV and Deep Learning: An Online course by Udemy. [In Progress]
  • Calculus Connect: Completed an online course offered by Khwarizmi Science Society. [June, 2021]
  • Quranic Arabic Course: Completed an online course offered by Bank Islami Pakistan. [02/2021 to 05/2021]
  • Certificate of Recognition: Winner, Man of the Match in the Cricket event, Annual sports of GIFT University, 2004.