I received a B.Sc.(Hons.) degree in computer science from the University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, in 2006. I got a Master of Computing degree from Australian National University, Canberra, Australia in 2009, and a PhD degree from Griffith University, Queensland, Australia in 2020.  I am currently working at the Australian National University (ANU) and CSIRO as a postdoctoral research fellow. Before that, I was working as a researcher at ARC Research Hub for Driving Farming Productivity and Disease Prevention, Griffith University, Australia. Prior to that, I worked as a developer/programmer at Griffith University, Australia, and before that, I worked as Assistant Professor at COMSATS University, Lahore, Pakistan. I also worked as a researcher at Neville Roach Laboratory, NICTA, Sydney, Australia. Preceding that, I also worked at various software houses in Lahore, Pakistan. 

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My research interests include pattern recognition, machine learning, computer vision, 3D structure analysis and spectral imaging with their applications to electricity load forecasting, remote sensing, agriculture, medicine, and environmental informatics.