Syed Tirmizi

Current

• Research Assistant at Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin

Past

• Software Engineer at FAST-NUCES Head Office
• System Analyst and Developer at FAST-NUCES Islamabad campus

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin
• National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

Connections

83 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Home page
• My Research

Syed Tirmizi’s Summary

Currently, I am a candidate for PhD in Computer Sciences at UT Austin. My research work is about ontologies (knowledge-bases) and Semantic Web. As a part of my research at UT, I am also leading the software development team working on Morphster project. Morphster project has been funded by NSF, and is a part of 'Assembling a Tree of Life' initiative by NSF. The software is intended to provide collaborative image driven ontology editing and phylogenetic studies.

Previously, I have lead the system analysis and software development efforts of Radix Academics Suite for National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan. Radix has a distributed architecture and supports functions like Online Registration, Profiles Management, Semester Work, Accounts, Degree and Course Plans, Notice-board and Course Management. Radix is a web-based system and has an elaborate access control mechanism to provide appropriate information to the administration, office users, students and the faculty.

Syed Tirmizi’s Specialties:

My research work falls in the domain of ontology and Semantic Web. The main focus is on building 'image driven ontologies'. I am also working on building triple stores for ontologies and creating mappings between different formats like Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO), SQL and OWL.

Syed Tirmizi’s Experience

• Research Assistant

  Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Research industry)

  January 2006 — Present (4 years )

  Researcher and lead of software development team on Morphster project. Morphster is a part of NSF's 'Assembling a Tree of Life' effort, and is a collaborative image driven ontology editing and phylogenetic study tool.

• Software Engineer

  FAST-NUCES Head Office

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

  January 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 6 months)

  Team Lead & System Analyst for Radix Academics Suite. Radix is a complete workflow automation and information management solution for university academics.

• System Analyst and Developer

  FAST-NUCES Islamabad campus

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

  August 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 5 months)

  Analysis, design & development of Academic Record Management System for FAST-NUCES Islamabad campus, as well as deployment & support to all FAST-NUCES campuses.

Syed Tirmizi’s Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  PhD , Computer Sciences , 2004 — 2009

  Teaching Assistant for Elements of Web Design, Elements of Web Programming, Database Management and Data Engineering courses.

• National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

  BS , Computer Sciences , 1999 — 2003

  Summa Cum Laude
  
  Teaching Assistant for Compiler Construction, Data Structures and Algorithms, Introduction to Computing, Database Management

Additional Information

Syed Tirmizi’s Websites:

• Home page
• My Research

Syed Tirmizi’s Honors:

National Scholarship for Information Technology 2000 by getting 4th position all over Pakistan in the scholarship examination by Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of Pakistan.

Merit Scholarship for Distinction 1999-2003 throughout BS Computer Science at NUCES Islamabad for getting the top position in the batch.

Merit Scholarship for Secondary Education 1993-1995 by getting 8th position among all Federal Schools in the Scholarship Exam conducted by Federal Directorate of Education, Islamabad.

Pride of Performance award by NUCES Islamabad on achievements in various national level software and programming competitions.

First Prize, NaSCon ‘02 Software Competition by FAST-NUCES, Islamabad & NCR Teradata.

First Prize, ITCN Asia Philips ProQuest ‘02 Programming Competition by ACM CS KU, Karachi.

First Prize, ACM – NU Speed Programming Competition ‘02 by ACM FAST-NUCES, Lahore.

Second Prize, ProCom ‘01 On-the-Spot Programming Competition by FAST-NUCES, Karachi.

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