Dr. Asim Masood

Assistant Professor

Biography

Dr. Asim Masood is an Assistant Professor (BPS-19) in the Department of Computer Science & IT, Faculty of Bio-Sciences, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Dr. Asim got his PhD in Information and Communication Engineering from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China in June 2021. He obtained his MSc in Microelectronic System & Telecommunication Engineering from University of Liverpool, UK in Dec 2008. He was awarded Sir Robin Saxby Prize for best MSc project from University of Liverpool UK in 2008. He was also awarded Chinese Government Scholarship from University of Science and Technology of China in 2017.

Area of Interest

  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Speech Processing
  • Speech Separation
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Statistical Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Engineering

Publications

  • Asim Masood and Zhongfu Ye, Improvement of Joint Optimization of Masks and Deep Recurrent Neural Networks for Monaural Speech Separation using Optimized Activation Functions, Chinese Journal of Acoustics, Vol.39, No.3, Page 420-432.
  • Md. Imran Hossain, Md Shohidul Islam, Mst. Titasa Khatun, Rizwan Ullah, Asim Masood, Zhongfu Ye, Dual-Transform Source Separation Using Sparse Non-Negative Matrix Factorization, Circuits, Systems & Signal Processing (CSSP), 2020.
  • A. Masood, P.D. Teal, and C. Hollitt. A non-invasive cochlear microphonic measurement system. Medical Engineering and Physics, 34(8):1191-1195, October 2012.
  • A. Masood, R. Tong, M. Shakeel and Z. Ye, "Independent Vector Analysis based Convolutive Speech Separation by Estimating Entropy using Recursive Copula Splitting," 2020 15th IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing (ICSP), Beijing, China, 2020.
  • A. Masood and Z. Ye, "Independent Component Analysis based speech separation using geometric kth nearest neighbour entropy estimator," 2020 IEEE 5th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), Nanjing, China, 2020, pp.741-745.
  • A. Masood, P. Teal, C. Hollitt and R. Dykstra,"Cochlear Microphonic Data Acquisition System". IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Workshop on Sensors and Instrumentation in Environmental, Health and Agricultural Applications, Wellington New Zealand 2010.
  • A. Masood and A K Nandi (2008) 'Information theory-based redundancy and independent component analysis'. In: eds. Proceedings of the 2008 ICA Research Network International Workshop, Liverpool, UK, pp.25-28.

Awards/ Distinctions

  • Sir Robin Saxby Prize for MSc project from University of Liverpool UK (2008)
  • Chinese Government Scholarship for pursuing PhD from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China (2017)

Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur Pakistan (03/2024 – Present)
  • General Manager / Principal Machine Learning Engineer, WUWI Inc, Wenzhou, China (03/2023 - Present)
  • Assistant Professor, CISCOM, Rawalpindi Pakistan (02/2022 – 03/2023)
  • Lecturer, University of Lahore, Pakistan (04/2016 – 08/2017)
  • Lecturer, Riphah International University, Pakistan (03/2014 – 03/2016)
  • Research Assistant, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (09/2009 – 12/2013)
  • Research Student, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust (05/2008 – 09/2008)

Education

  • PhD Information and Communication Engineering from University of Science and Technology of China, China (2021)
  • MSc Microelectronic System and Telecommunication Engineering from University of Liverpool, UK (2008)
  • Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan (2007)

Membership

  • Pakistan Engineering Council