Dr. Rauf Ahmed Shams Malick

Dr Rauf is an expert in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and his key competencies lie in data driven decision making and digital transformation. With an experience of over twenty years; in research, teaching, product development and consultancy, Dr. Rauf has established himself as a force to reckon with, in the AI and digital transformation landscape of Pakistan.

 

On the academic front, he has rendered his services in a number of well-reputed higher education institutions. Before joining GUTech,  he served at FAST-NU Karachi, for almost five years, as an Associate Professor of Computer Science and the Coordinator of Graduate Studies. Additionally, he also laid the foundation of the Centre for Complex Systems and AI at FAST-NU. Previously, he served at the DHA Suffa University as an Assistant Professor at the department of Computer Science. While at DSU, he pioneered the DSA Media Labs. Previously, he has been associated with other renowned higher education institutions such as Bahria University and PAF-KIET, as a faculty member.

 

As a data science and AI enthusiast and to quench his unrelenting thirst to drive impact in the field of AI, Data Science and Bioinformatics in Pakistan,he took on an Advisory role at a number of start-ups. He is the Co-founder of Saeed bin Dawood IT Systems and served as the Director, Research and Development at Universal Engineering Associates.

 

Dr. Rauf was appointed the Head of the Bioinformatics Research Lab and is currently a Member of the Board of Studies at KSBL, MAJU, and FAST NU. At FAST NU, he joined as a member of the Academic Board.

 

As a young researcher, he pursued a three-month program; “Mathematics for Knowledge and Search Engines”, as a visiting scholar at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, IPAM, UCLA, USA. Furthermore, he visited the Lab of Gene Product, National Institute of Genetics, Japan, as part of his research. Additionally, he was involved with the HEJ between 2003-2012 for collaborative work with the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, Bioinformatics. 

 

During his illustrious career as an academic, he supervised almost 40 Masters theses and 2 PhD theses. Earlier, he earned his MPhil and PhD degrees in Computer Science, from the Karachi University.

 

Over the years, Dr. Rauf has made his mark in the AI and digital transformation landscape of Pakistan. It is an absolute pleasure to welcome him as a faculty member, here at GUTech.