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Rafia Mumtaz

Rafia Mumtaz , a distinguished scholar, received the NUST Endowment Fund Scholarship for her MS studies (2004-2006) and a scholarship for her Ph.D. studies at the University of Surrey, UK. She is a Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty of Computing at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan. She has excelled in academia and research, publishing over 70 papers and earning accolades like HEC Best University Teacher Award (2022), and School Best Researcher Award (2019). Her pioneering work in precision agriculture earned her Women of Wonders Award (2021). Her leadership and IoT lab have secured grants worth Rs. 174 million and created a joint lab with Coventry University, UK with the name NUST-Coventry Internet of Things Lab, the first in NUST's and Coventry University's history. Her applied research in environmental monitoring has yielded patents and high-impact solutions. Her mentorship has guided students to international success, and she remains dedicated to advancing science and engineering.

Publications

Leveraging IoT and Machine Learning for Smart Urban Planning
Leveraging IoT and Machine Learning for Smart Urban Planning
Muneer Ahmad, Rafia Mumtaz, Muhammad Ajmal Khan. © 2025. 348 pages.
The integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning (ML) transforms the way cities are planned, developed, and managed, creating a new era of smart urban...
Data Augmentation Using Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network (DCGAN) for Urdu Numerals
Data Augmentation Using Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network (DCGAN) for Urdu Numerals
Aamna Bhatti, Rafia Mumtaz. © 2025. 20 pages.
Urdu is a widely spoken language in East and South Asia, making Urdu digit recognition crucial for applications like cheque processing and number plate recognition. However...
Enhancing Crop Health Monitoring via GAN-Based Multimodal Data Fusion Using Farmbot and Machine Vision
Enhancing Crop Health Monitoring via GAN-Based Multimodal Data Fusion Using Farmbot and Machine Vision
Noor Sajjad, Rafia Mumtaz. © 2025. 38 pages.
In the field of precision agriculture, combining multimodal data sources such as Soil Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium (NPK) sensors, alongside temperature and humidity measurements...
A Review of Advances in Computer Vision, Multi/Hyperspectral Imaging, UAVs, and Agri-Bots
A Review of Advances in Computer Vision, Multi/Hyperspectral Imaging, UAVs, and Agri-Bots
Muhammad Jawad Bashir, Rafia Mumtaz. © 2025. 42 pages.
Agriculture is vital to economic growth, contributing 4% to global GDP and over 25% in some developing countries. Most farming practices are outdated, necessitating modernization...
Air Sense: An Integrated Air Quality Monitoring System
Air Sense: An Integrated Air Quality Monitoring System
Syed Ali Haider Shirazi, Rafia Mumtaz, Khizar Imran, Umer Amer Khan. © 2025. 44 pages.
Air pollution is a significant public health concern in developing countries like Pakistan due to inadequate monitoring systems, poor enforcement of environmental regulations...
Time-Series Analysis and Prediction of Water Quality Through Multisource Data
Time-Series Analysis and Prediction of Water Quality Through Multisource Data
Hafsa Zubair, Rafia Mumtaz, Hassan Kumail Ali, Abdullah Nasir. © 2022. 24 pages.
The periodic time series analysis of different aspects of urban areas is essential owing to rise in population, stressed resources, and lack of technology-based solutions. In...
Temporal Analysis and Prediction of Ambient Air Quality Using Remote Sensing, Deep Learning, and Geospatial Technologies
Temporal Analysis and Prediction of Ambient Air Quality Using Remote Sensing, Deep Learning, and Geospatial Technologies
Aymen Bashir, Abdullah Mughal, Rafia Mumtaz, Muhammad Ali Tahir. © 2022. 35 pages.
As of today, increased air pollution has disrupted the air quality levels, deeming the air unsafe to breathe. Traditional systems are hefty, costly, sparsely distributed, and do...
Automated Multi-Sensor Board for IoT and ML-Enabled Livestock Monitoring
Automated Multi-Sensor Board for IoT and ML-Enabled Livestock Monitoring
Abdul Aziz Chaudhry, Rafia Mumtaz, Usman Ahmad Siddiqui, Syed Hassan Muzammil, Muhammad Ali Tahir. © 2022. 26 pages.
Livestock monitoring is one of the most common problems in the current time, and to sustain the lifecycle and support the nature of domesticated animals, the standard checking of...
Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Estimation Using a Multi-Modal Approach
Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Estimation Using a Multi-Modal Approach
Aamir Farooq Khan, Rafia Mumtaz, Muhammad Usama, Taimoor Khan Mahsud. © 2022. 19 pages.
Remote sensing through satellites and internet of things (IoT) technology are two widespread techniques to assess inland water quality. However, both these techniques have their...
A Rural Healthcare Mobile App: Urdu Voice-Enabled Mobile App for Disease Diagnosis
A Rural Healthcare Mobile App: Urdu Voice-Enabled Mobile App for Disease Diagnosis
Afaq Ahmed, Ahmad Ali Khan, Ismail Shah, Muhammad Ali Tahir, Rafia Mumtaz. © 2022. 30 pages.
This chapter presents a voice-enabled mobile application that provides preliminary medical diagnosis of non-fatal diseases. It operates in Urdu language, asking questions from...
Crop Health Monitoring Using IoT-Enabled Precision Agriculture
Crop Health Monitoring Using IoT-Enabled Precision Agriculture
Uferah Shafi, Rafia Mumtaz, Syed Ali Hassan, Syed Ali Raza Zaidi, Awais Akhtar, Muhammad Moeez Malik. © 2020. 21 pages.
Agriculture holds paramount significance in Pakistan due to its high impact on gross domestic product (GDP). However, there is huge gap between actual production and estimated...