2K7-Computer Sr. # Project List Supervisor 1 Project Title: Machine Vision based Electric Devices Management Dr. Hafz Adnan Habib (Chairman Description: Electric Devices s!ch as street lights" corridor lights" #ar$ lights" air#ort lights etc. are !s!all% t!rned on &or s#ecifed time' t!rned on &or the (hole night. )imilar e*am#les e*ist &or air conditioning" heating s%stems etc. E+cient,o#timal !tilization can be #lanned i& the !tilization re-!irement can be anal%zed. Machine vision based sol!tion can monitor the area and can decide abo!t the re-!irement o& t!rning on or o. the devices. /hese devices ma% be t!rned o. in absence o& #eo#le,!sers and o#erate the devices in the #resence o& #eo#le,!ser. )%stem (ill consist o& &ollo(ing moules' 1. Machine vision algorithm that (ill anal%ze #resence or absence o& #eo#le in the s#ecifed area or vicinit%. 0. Embedded s%stem or PC s%stem #rogrammed to #er&orm machine vision com#!ting. 1. Electric device inter&ace mod!le &or controlling the devices. 2. 3ser inter&ace to dis#la% statistics. 0 Project Title: M!lti ling!al 4nteractive (ebsite &or Ha55 Event 6!idance Dr. Hafz Adnan Habib (Chairman Description: Ha55 is a mega event (here m!lti7million #eo#le gather to #er&orm this rit!al. Ha5i8s have to &ace di+c!lties in see$ing g!idance &or their movement at im#ortant rit!al #laces s!ch as Ara&at" Mina and M!zdel&a etc. Even Ha55 g!idance #ersonnel &eel it di+c!lt to g!ide #eo#le coming &rom vario!s co!ntries' lang!age become a serio!s iss!e in interaction. A m!lti7ling!al (ebsite can de designed (here Ha5i8s can see$ g!idance in their native lang!age. 6oogle has develo#ed AP48s that translate in more than thirt% lang!ages. )imilarl% 6oogle Earth or 6oogle Earth Pro can #rovide 64). A database &or &!rther location in&ormation can be develo#ed to P a g e | 0 assist #eo#le. /his #ro5ect (ill have &ollo(ing moules' 1. 4ntegration o& 6oogle AP4 &or translation. 0. 4ntegration o& 6oogle Earth in Pro5ects. 1 Project Title: A!tomated Control o& Electric A##liances Dr. Hafz Adnan Habib (Chairman Description: Electric a##liances are controlled b% man!al s(itching. Home a!tomation s%stems #ro#osed controlling o& s!ch a##liances b% mobiles or other #ortable devices. )imilarl%" man% a##liances come (ith Ethernet inter&aces &or remotel% controlling the a##liances s!ch as air conditioners" re&rigerators etc. 9!t lo( cost a##liances s!ch as b!lbs" lights" &ans !s!all% lac$ s!ch &acilities. As an e*am#le" a b!lb in la(n or #orch is t!rned on in the evening and sho!ld be t!ned o. in morning. )!ch timing based events ma% be managed b% microcontroller based s%stems and it (ill be lo( cost as (ell. )%stem (ill consist o& &ollo(ing moules' 1. Microcontroller based Embedded )%stem. 0. 4nter&ace Circ!itr% &or Each Device. 1. Motion sensor &or movements !nderstanding as available in 6arret )%stem at :/;4E b!ilding entrance. 2 Project Title: M!lti ling!al,3rd! )#eech )%nthesizer Dr. Hafz Adnan Habib (Chairman Description: A!dio messages need to be comm!nicated to vario!s lang!age #eo#le. )ame message needs to be translated in di.erent lang!ages de#ending !#on the listener8s lang!age re-!irement. 3rd! can be an e*am#le (here someone (rites te*t in English (hich is then translated in 3rd! and )%nthesized fnall%. 6oogle translation can be !tilized and then a s#eech s%nthesizer ma% #rod!ce the voice. /he #ro5ect (ill consist o& &ollo(ing moules' 1. 4ntegration o& 6oogle AP4 0. 4ntegration o& )#eech )%nthesizer. < Project Title: A!tomated :ace =ogger Dr. Hafz Adnan Habib Description: :ace logging is t%#ical re-!irement in s!rveillance (here #eo#le &aces become a basic level record P a g e | 1 &or their #resence. )!ch s!rveillance is !se&!l at b!ilding entrances" air#ort entrances" cit% entrances" motor(a% etc. )im#le algorithm ma% (or$ &or detection o& &aces and database design to save the detected &aces a&ter cro##ing &rom images. /he #ro5ect (ill consist o& &ollo(ing moules' 1. Machine vision algorithm that (ill anal%ze h!man &ace detection in s#ecifed feld o& vie(. 0. 4mage archiving mod!le. (Chairman > Project Title: M!sic less A!dio,Video Pla%er Dr. Hafz Adnan Habib (Chairman Description: 4 sho!ld hate m!sic and there (ill defnitel% ten million #eo#le o!t o& seven billion #o#!lation that hate m!sic. 4m#ortance o& available in&ormation in &orm o& a!dio,video can8t be denied s!ch as ne(s broadcasts" s#orts" doc!mentaries etc. =et8s design media #la%er so&t(are that can flter m!sic content &rom so!nd. )!ch #la%er (ill in#!t video &rom an% so!rce" decode" m!sic fltering mod!le" re7 generate a!dio and then dis#la% in combination (ith video. Pro5ect (ill consist o& &ollo(ing moules' 1. M!ltimedia decoding,coding mod!le. 0. A!dio fltering mod!le. ? Project Title: Concealed @ea#on Detection Engr. M. Haroon Ao!sa& (Assistant #ro&essor Description: Pa$istan is s!.ering &rom serio!s sec!rit% crisis &rom last &e( %ears. Ma5orit% o& s!icide attac$s and target $illings have been occ!rred thro!gho!t the co!ntr%. /his a##lication is #lanned to develo# a sol!tion to detect the concealed (ea#ons b% the h!mans. Videos o& sec!rit% cameras (ill be reg!larl% monitored and #rocessed to detect the (ea#ons concealed b% an% h!man entering in the o+ce or instit!tion. A&ter detection that #erson (ill not onl% be trac$ed in the scene b!t also can be targeted b% an% less harm&!l (ea#on to 5!st ne!tralize that h!man being" th!s red!cing the #ossibilit% o& an% ma5or damage. B Project Title' Driving Assistance )%stem' Com#!ter Vision based Dro(siness Detection Engr. M. Haroon Ao!sa& (Assistant #ro&essor Description' /he ob5ective o& this #ro5ect is to design a driving assistance s%stem !sing com#!ter vision techni-!es in real time. Driver :atig!e is a signifcant ris$ &actor in both commercial and #rivate trans#ortation. Ever% %ear" h!ndreds P a g e | 2 o& tho!sands o& drivers" #assengers and #edestrians are in5!red" maimed or $illed in road accidents ca!sed b% driver dro(siness. Dro(s% driver detection s%stems can hel# red!ce accidents related to dro(s% driving. As the e%e clos!re occ!rrences dramaticall% increase d!ring the 1C7second #eriod #receding an accident" monitoring s!ch clos!res is a good (a% to determine dro(siness and #revent the accident. /his 1C second range means that the s%stem has to determine i& the driver is dro(s% in onl% a &e( seconds. /he algorithm that (ill be !sed sho!ld not onl% be &ast b!t e.ective (ith as less &alse alarms (alerting (hen the driver is a(a$e and &alse fndings (mista$ing other &eat!res in the image as e%es as #ossible. /he s%stem (ill !se a CCD camera (ith 4n&ra Ded ill!mination (hich is #ointed to the driverEs &ace. 3sing the image ac-!isition toolbo*" images (ill be ac-!ired and #rocessed !sing o!r Matlab code. Hard(are set!# incl!des an 4D camera and #ersonal com#!ter. F Project Title: Virt!al Mo!se Engr. M. Haroon Ao!sa& (Assistant #ro&essor Description: 6est!res have long been !sed as a method o& comm!nication and are nat!ral method o& comm!nication. 4t is reasonable to ass!me that an access method based on them sho!ld be both e+cient and int!itive. Virt!al mo!se is a hand gest!re recognition based #ro5ect. Virt!al mo!se (ill be !sed to interact (ith the @indo(s or an% other a##lication as a #ointing device instead o& traditional mo!se. )%stem incl!des a camera that (ill ca#t!re the video o& hand" hand #ointing and hand gest!res (ill enable !sers to access the com#!ter. 1 C Project Title: 3E/ /ra+c Monitoring )%stem Engr. M. Haroon Ao!sa& (Assistant #ro&essor Description: 3E/ tra+c monitoring s%stem is a #ro5ect to monitor the in,o!t vehicle tra+c at 3E/ entrance. Vision based s%stem (ill constantl% monitor the incoming and o!tgoing vehicles at 3E/ gates thro!gh cameras. 9ac$ end a##lication (ill detect and recognize the license #lates o& the vehicles and save the e*tracted in&ormation along(ith the time in the database. /his #ro5ect (ill beneft the organization to red!ce the the&t o& vehicle or e-!i#ment. 1 1 Project Title: Gnline 4nventor% Management )%stem &or C)ED Engr. M. Haroon Ao!sa& (Assistant #ro&essor Description: Ever% &ac!lt% member is not He*ible (ith the #roced!re o& iss!ing o& cons!mable and non7cons!mable items &rom de#artment8s store. Gnline inventor% management s%stem (ill &acilitate the &ac!lt% members regarding their #roblems related to store thro!gh an interactive and eas% to P a g e | < !se (eb based inter&ace. /his a##lication is ma5or demand o& the de#artment" it not onl% &acilitates the &ac!lt% members b!t also the store in7charge and store $ee#er to com#!terize their record" th!s iterativel% re#lacing the traditional fle,register based s%stem. 1 0 Project Title' A modifed 4P)ec!rit% algorithm &or sol!tion o& Adhoc Iet(or$ )ec!rit% Problems. Engr. )%ed )ohail Ahmed (Assistant #ro&essor Description' /he main contrib!tion o& this (or$ is to #resent 4P)ec as a good sol!tion &or Ad7hoc net(or$ sec!rit% #roblems. /he #ro#osed 4P)ec im#lementation model &or both a!thentication header (AH and enca#s!lation sec!rit% #a%load (E)P (ill be sim!lated !sing the I)70 sim!lator and res!lts &rom the I)70 sim!lated environment (ill be com#ared &or both a!thentication header and enca#s!lating sec!rit% #a%load &or sec!re data comm!nication in ad7hoc net(or$s. 1 1 Project Title' 9l!etooth serial #ort comm!nication !sing J0ME and CK Engr. )%ed )ohail Ahmed (Assistant #ro&essor Description: /e*t messaging &rom Com#!ter to Mobile and vice versa. Gn Mobile J0ME A##lication (ill search the 9l!etooth devices and send, receive data on com#!ter. /here (ill be a CK a##lication that (ill send, receive data. /he comm!nication (ill be thro!gh 9l!etooth )erial Port.CK a##lication (ill be !sed on com#!ter side. 1 2 Project Title: 4ntr!sion Detection in Mobile Adhoc Iet(or$s. Engr. )%ed )ohail Ahmed (Assistant #ro&essor Description: @e (ill #ro#ose a -!antitative method to detect intr!sion in MAIE/) (ith mobile nodes. @e (ill veri&% o!r method b% r!nning sim!lations (ith mobile nodes !sing Ad7hoc on7demand Distance Vector (AGDV ro!ting. 1 < Project Title' MAC =a%er Misbehavior on Ad Hoc Iet(or$s. Engr. )%ed )ohail Ahmed (Assistant #ro&essor Description' 4n this (or$ (e (ill &oc!s on node behavior at the Medi!m Access Control (MAC s!b la%er. More s#ecifcall%" in this (or$ &oc!s (ill be on mechanisms to eval!ate nodal activit% and veri&% (hether a node is adhering to the #rotocol r!les or not. @e (ill sho( that miscond!ct at the MAC la%er can have serio!s im#lications in terms o& thro!gh#!t. A mechanism (ill be #ro#osed that enables nodes to monitor P a g e | > neighboring activit% and assess their cond!ct based on the observed data. 1 > Project Title: 6P),6)M 9ased Do!te monitoring s%stem. Engr. Mali$ M!hammad Asim (=ect!rer Description: Main aim o& this #ro5ect is to #rovide (eb and sms based trac$ing o& Vehicles. A 6P) mod!le (ill be installed in the vehicles (hich (ill transmit the location o& vehicle contin!o!sl% a&ter short intervals. =ocation (ill be sent as a sms thro!gh gsm net(or$. /hese messages (ill be received b% another 6)M mod!le sit!ated at some central location and the attached database (ill be !#dated on reg!lar basis. /his database (ill be #roved a (eb inter&ace (here a vie(er can see recent locations o& vechicle. Another service (ill be o.ered b% this designed s%stem is to #rovide the c!rrent location o& an% vehicle thro!gh sms. 1 ? Project Title: Design and 4m#lementation o& Deal /ime Embedded G#erating )%stem on :P6A Engr. Mali$ M!hammad Asim (=ect!rer Description: /arget o& this #ro5ect is to develo# a real time o#erating Embedded )%stem !sing )o&t7core Processor in :P6A. /he Embedded )%stems can be &o!nd in man% areas" li$e in the !s!al li&e b!t also in the 4nd!str%. /he (ide s#read and es#eciall% the increasing com#le*it% re-!ire ne( strategies and more He*ibilit%. )ince the so&t(are alread% reached an area o& He*ibilit%" the &oc!s goes more to the hard(are. :le*ibilit% o& hard(are means to change the microcontroller or #rocessor &or the ne( re-!irements" (itho!t #!tting a ne( hard(are in the s%stem. /his $ind o& strateg% is onl% reachable (ith the aid o& :ield Programmable 6ate Arra% (:P6A.Ma5or mod!les o& the o#erating s%stem develo#ed (ill be memor% management" #rocess management" and interr!#t handling and #roviding a basic 634 &or !ser interaction. 1 B Project Title: Cr%#togra#h% in 6)M Mobile Comm!nication (Mobile Cr%#togra#h% Engr. Mali$ M!hammad Asim (=ect!rer Description: As mobile net(or$s e*#and their band(idth" mobile #hones" as (ith an% other internet device" become s!bstantiall% e*#osed to 4nternet sec!rit% v!lnerabilities. P!blic $e% cr%#togra#h% is a #rimar% conce#t in im#lementing (ireless device sec!rit%. /arget is to develo# and PL4 based a##lication &or !se in c!rrent and &!t!re mobile #hone a##lications" (hich has e+cient" light(eight and standard7 com#liant im#lementation o& cr%#togra#hic algorithms. 1 F Project Title: Design and 4m#lementation o& a )4P79ased m!ltimedia con&erencing A##lication Engr. Mali$ M!hammad Asim (=ect!rer Description: M!ltimedia con&erencing is becoming a hot to#ic o& comm!nication in recent %ears. /here are alread% a &e( #rod!cts o& m!ltimedia con&erencing based on H.101. )4P" P a g e | ? (hich is a more &easible #rotocol" is #!t on the agenda o& being the call signaling #rotocol &or con&erencing. Aim is to #ro#ose a &easible &rame(or$ o& )4P7based centralized m!ltimedia con&erencing" (hich meets the re-!irements o& the standards. )%stem (ill also #rovide the &eat!res o& a so&t #hone. 0 C Project Title: :l!id )im!lation &or Animation Engr. M!hammad Diz(an (=ect!rer !rea: Modeling and )im!lation Programming Com#!ter 6ra#hics Scope: )cientifc Modeling" Media" Protot%#ing 0 1 Project Title: 1D :ace Constr!ction o& M!lti#le 4mages o& )!b5ect Engr. M!hammad Diz(an (=ect!rer !rea: Modeling and )im!lation Programming Com#!ter 6ra#hics 4mage Processing Artifcial 4ntelligence Scope: )!rveillance" )ec!rit%" 1D 6ra#hics 0 0 Project Title: Iovel 4mage Com#ression /echni-!e 3sing @atermar$ing Engr. M!hammad Diz(an (=ect!rer !rea: Programming 4mage Processing Artifcial 4ntelligence Discrete Mathematics P a g e | B Scope: Data Mining" @eb Design 0 1 Project Title: E+cient Algorithm &or Gnline )earch Engr. M!hammad Diz(an (=ect!rer !rea: Data )tr!ct!res and Algorithms Programming Scope: 6ra#hics Design 0 2 Project Title: Video )!mmarization &or )!rveillance )%stems. Engr. :a(ad H!ssain (=ect!rer Description: /he aim o& o!r #ro5ect is to generate s!mmarized &orm o& a s!rveillance video and (e are ens!ring here all meaning &!ll in&ormation is #rovided in the s!mmar%. )!rveillance video is di.erent &rom the other video regarding the #oint o& vie(ing as s!rveillance video is mostl% ca#t!red (ith the still camera or even i& the camera is moving to some angle" the bac$gro!nd !s!all% remains same thro!gho!t" this i& (e s!btract the bac$gro!nd &rames &rom the other &rames (hich sho(s an% sort or activit%" (e can easil% disting!ish the activit% area. G!r a##roach is based on the sha#e and s$in tones o& h!man beings. 4t is im#ortant to mention here that (e are onl% considering h!man beings as ob5ects in a video. 0 < Project Title: Hand(riting Decognition !sing Ie!ral Iet(or$s. Engr. :a(ad H!ssain (=ect!rer Description: Hand (riting recognition is one o& the im#ortant as#ects o& toda%8s digital (orld. 4t fnds its a##lication in man% areas li$e" (e can !se it in o!r #ost o+ce s%stems (here the mail comes in b!l$ amo!nt and se#arating the mail man!all% b% a #erson is -!ite c!mbersome and re-!ires lot o& time and e.ort" (e can also !se hand (riting recognition s%stem in #a#er mar$ing etc. Moreover (e are !sing ne!ral net(or$s to b!ild o!r hand (riting recognitions s%stem. /he advantage o& !sing a ne!ral net(or$ over a statistical techni-!es is that i& (e are going to solve some #roblem" even &rom the same domain" (e have to re(or$ it &rom start and creates a techni-!e (hich (ill solve the #roblem" (hich in t!rns re-!ires lot o& e.ort ever% time. 9!t i& (e solve the same #roblem (ith the ne!ral net(or$ s%stems" it onl% re-!ires an e.ort once (hen (e (ill train the s%stem &or the sit!ation" b!t once the s%stems got trained it becomes intelligent and it (ill (or$ more -!ic$l% and rob!stl% &or a set o& #roblem &or (hich the normal statistical techni-!es still P a g e | F re-!ires lot o& time and e.orts. 0 > Project Title: Ada#tive 4mage Enhancement Engr. :a(ad H!ssain (=ect!rer Description: /his #ro5ect intends to enhance the conventional image enhancement techni-!e. @e !se the method o& 3nshar# mas$ing &or the contrast enhancement on an image. G!r a##roach em#lo%s an ada#tive flter that controls the contrib!tion o& the shar#ening #ath in s!ch a (a% that contrast enhancement occ!rs in high detail areas and little or no image shar#ening occ!rs in smooth areas. /his #ro5ect fnds it a##lication in most o& the image #rocessing a##lication" li$e &ace recognition" ob5ect or target trac$ing" sec!rit% s%stems etc. 0 ? Project Title: E*ercise )im!lator. Engr. Jamil Lhan (=ect!rer Description: E*ercise )im!lator is mi*t!re o& com#!ter vision and gra#hics. it ta$es real time data o& #erson to be monitored b% com#!ter via camera and #rod!ce an artifcial character o& real ob5ect !sing sim#le gra#hics algoEs. observe the e*ercise session o& #erson and hel#s to correct mista$es b% #erson d!ring e*ercise. 0 B Project Title: =ocalized Hand(riting Decognition )%stem. Engr. Jamil Lhan (=ect!rer Description: =ocalized hand (riting recognition s%stem (e recognize the al#habets based on &eat!res e*tracted !sing di# algos. Add more (eights to (eights #rod!ced b% this e*tracted &eat!res to achieve better res!lts. 0 F Project Title: Virt!al /ennis Pla%er. Engr. Jamil Lhan (=ect!rer Description: /his #ro5ect (ill e*#lore the interactions bet(een virt!al characters and real #h%sical ob5ects b% creating a tennis co!rt in (hich a virt!al character interacts (ith real ob5ects. 1 C Project Title: 4m#lementation o& JPE6 0CCC. Engr. Jamil Lhan (=ect!rer Description: /his #ro5ect (ill enhance the st!dent learning in feld o& image com#ression. 1 1 Project Title: )M) Home )ec!rit% )%stem' 6)M 9ased Engr. )ana Mia&at (=ect!rer Description: /he #ro5ect is aimed at develo#ing the sec!rit% o& Home against 4ntr!ders " 6as =ea$ and :ire . 4n an% o& the above three cases an% one met (hile %o! are o!t o& %o!r home than the device sends )M) to the emergenc% no P a g e | 1C #rovided to it./he #ro5ect needs $no(ledge o& BC<1 microcontroller and mobile comm!nication" ho( the% are inter&aced to each other and A/ (Attention commands set !sed in comm!nication. 1 0 Project Title: Digital Par$ing )%stem Engr. )ana Mia&at (=ect!rer Description: D:4D based digital #ar$ing s%stem" !ses D:4D tags to allo( entrance to #ar$ing lot. /hen &!rther it (ill be chec$ed b% com#!terized s%stem (hether s#ace available &or car #ar$ing or not. /hen based on the decision car is allo(ed to enter. 1 1 Project Title: Digital EC6 )%stem Engr. )ana Mia&at (=ect!rer Description: 4t is ver% !se&!l #ro5ect to vis!alize the EC6 o& h!man being (itho!t !sing messed !# (ired s%stem. 4n this #ro5ect a sensor is !sed that (ill sense the light #assed thro!gh %o!r fnger and de#ending on the intensit% o& light it is decided (hether it is o*%genated or deo*%genated. /hen this sensed in&ormation (ill be &or(arded to :ilter and then digitized in&ormation (ill be sent to PC thro!gh serial #ort to vie( the data. 1 2 Project Title' Detecting and Preventing DI)CP Engr. Mariam )ha&-at (=ect!rer Description: 4n this #ro5ectN the st!dents are re-!ired to accom#lish &ollo(ing goals' "mplementin# D$S servers Separatin# internal an e%ternal D$S servers &estrict 'one trans(ers to aut)ori'e evices &estrict D*namic D$S upates +)enever possi,le. &emove unnecessar* services runnin# on D$S servers -)ere possi,le. use eicate applications instea o( multi-purpose servers. 1 < Project Title: H%brid Do!ting Protocol 4m#lementation o& @ireless mesh Iet(or$s Engr. Mariam )ha&-at (=ect!rer Description: 4m#lementation o& a h%brid ro!ting #rotocol o& (ireless mesh net(or$s. /he st!dents (ill be res#onsible to develo# their o(n ro!ting #rotocolN b% st!d%ing the best reactive and the best #roactive ro!ting #rotocol and a&ter st!d%ing thatN develo#ing the #rotocol b% em#lo%ing the P a g e | 11 advantages o& both o& them" th!s avoiding the dra(bac$s o& both the #roactive and reactive #rotocols 1 > Project Title: Door E*traction 3sing :eat!re E*traction Engr. Mariam )ha&-at (=ect!rer Description: Door detection is one #art o& a conceived a!tomatic navigation s%stem. A method o& e*tracting door &eat!res in an image (ill be im#lemented in Matlab to e*tract door location &rom a set o& random still images. 1 ? Project Title: Em!lation o& Coo#eration Comm!nication )%stem on D)P 9oard Engr. 3mbreen )abir (=ect!rer Description: A comm!nication environment (ith m!lti#le transmitters and m!lti#le receivers is inherentl% a com#etitive environment. /he advantages o& m!lti#le7in#!t m!lti#le7o!t#!t (M4MG s%stems have been (idel% ac$no(ledgedN to the e*tent that certain transmit diversit% methods have been incor#orated into (ireless standards. Altho!gh transmit diversit% is clearl% advantageo!s on a cell!lar base station" it ma% not be #ractical &or other scenarios. )#ecifcall%" d!e to size" cost" or hard(are limitations" a (ireless agent ma% not be able to s!##ort m!lti#le transmit antennas. /o enhance s%stem reliabilit% and #er&ormance in reso!rce7 limited (ireless net(or$s" a ne( class o& methods called coo#erative comm!nication enables single antenna mobiles in a m!lti7!ser environment to share their antennas and generate a virt!al m!lti#le7antenna transmitter that allo(s them to achieve transmit diversit% and hence establish a reliable lin$ &or comm!nication. 9% ma$ing !se o& a basic three node s%stem and single ta# Da%leigh channel" #er&ormance com#arison (o!ld be carried o!t o& the three coo#erative #rotocols (Am#li&% and :or(ard" Detect and :or(ard" Decode and :or(ard. /heir res!lts based on bit error c!rves (o!ld be com#ared (ith )4)G s%stem &or detailed #er&ormance anal%sis. )im!lations (o!ld be done in MA/=A9. Moreover the comm!nication model can also be im#lemented on D)P Lit in real time &or more realistic anal%sis 1 Project Title: /he Digital Coo$boo$ Engr. 3mbreen )abir (=ect!rer Description: /his #ro5ect (o!ld consist o& designing and im#lementing a digital coo$boo$ &or !se in a P a g e | 10 B $itchen,resta!rant environment. /his s%stem (ill #rovide a convenient and eas% to !se inter&ace that an% #erson #re#aring a meal can &ollo(. /hro!gh the !se o& a to!ch screen the !ser (ill be able to in#!t commands directl% b% sim#l% !sing an eas% to &ollo( gra#hical !ser inter&ace (634. /he s%stem (ill also be ca#able o& receiving sim#le voice commands s!ch as Ie*t" Previo!s" etc. to #rovide hands7&ree o#eration d!ring meal #re#aration. As an added &eat!re" the s%stem (ill be ca#able o& reading the reci#e o!t lo!d to the !ser to #rovide added convenience. /ime #ermitting the s%stem (ill com#rise o& vario!s &eat!res s!ch as a calendar" time,date" timer" and 3)9 e*#ansion. 1 F Project Title: Car /rac$ing )%stem b% )M) Engr. 3mbreen )abir (=ect!rer Description: /his s%stem is !ses t(o #hone handsetsN one hidden in the car and the other (ith o(ner o& the car. Gnce a car is stolen" then the o(ner !ses the second handset to tal$ to the car. Ao! can listen in to the carN locate the #osition o& the car b% 6P)" iss!e commands to the car to sto#. /he rest o& the comm!nication bet(een the #hones is based on the e*isting #hone net(or$. /he same #ro5ect can be e*tended to trac$ing o& an% general merchandise or control o& s%stems s!ch as a##liances at home !sing a #hone (hile %o! are a(a%. :or instance" %o! can o#en a door to %o!r visitors (hile %o! are a(a%. 2 C Project Title: Per&ormance Anal%sis o& /!rbo Codes Decoding Algorithms. Engr. :atima Iaseem (=ect!rer Description: 4t is d!e to their e*ce#tional #er&ormance that t!rbo codes are being acce#ted as 16PP standard in #ersonal comm!nications. A #er&ormance com#arison o& t!rbo decoding" =og7 MAP and Ma*7=og7MAP algorithms co!ld be benefcial &or the fnal %ear st!dents to !nderstand their im#ortance and a##lications (ell. /!rbo codes is the most ada#table error coding scheme !sed to ada#t to the var%ing Oos (O!alit% o& )ervice re-!irement .Hence there is a need to anal%ze the #er&ormance o& /!rbo codes decoding algorithms b% var%ing all the #arameters (hich can be made ada#table. /he #er&ormance o& /!rbo code is eval!ated in terms o& bit error rate (9ED vers!s signal to noise ratio ()ID and res!lts are generated,eval!ated thro!gh Matlab so&t(are. P a g e | 11 2 1 Project Title: Ie( A!thentication and Le% Agreement Protocol &or 16PP Engr. :atima Iaseem (=ect!rer Description: /he c!rrent 16PP a!thentication and $e% agreement #rotocol (ALA has some shortcomings s!ch as the band(idth cons!m#tion bet(een visitor serving net(or$ and home net(or$" the dela% time that inc!rred &rom generated a!thentication vector in home net(or$" (aste o& storage s#ace in V=D to store a!thentication vectors and the management o& se-!ence n!mber (hich needed &or s%nchronization bet(een mobile station and its home net(or$. A ne( #rotocol can be #ro#osed as an e*tension &or the 16PP ALA to eliminate the 16PP ALA shortcomings. 4t can be sim!lated on matlab 2 0 Project Title: :ace Decognition /echni-!es Engr. :atima Iaseem (=ect!rer Description: :ace recognition !sing com#!ter image #rocessing has al(a%s been one o& the most challenging #roblems over the #ast &e( %ears. :ace recognition techni-!es have a h!ge variet% o& a##lications s!ch as #ersonal identifcation or com#arison &rom &aces in a database. /he di+c!lt% o& s!ccess&!l &ace recognition comes &rom the di.erences o& a &ace #ict!re ta$en &rom the same #erson. @e can fnd di.erences o& lightN e%es" mo!th or nose motionN and size. /here&ore" the -!alit% o& a &ace recognition algorithm de#ends on ho( acc!rate it isN this can be meas!red as a #ercentage o& correct recognitions. )t!dents can em#lo%ee line edge ma##ing to im#lement &ace recognition !sing matlab. 2 1 Project Title: )mart Cart Engr. Iaveed 9loach (=ect!rer Description: 4n toda%8s technolog%" man% com#anies are develo#ing #rod!cts that ens!re convenience to(ard all #eo#le. Gne o& the conveniences that involved (ill be #roviding (ith ne( and eas% sho##ing e*#erience. @ith a #roblem o& (aiting in a long -!e!e to chec$7o!t the sho##ing items" ne( technolog% m!st be im#lemented to #rovide lo(est dela% time. )mart )ho##ing Cart" a s%stem that allo(s &aster chec$7o!t. A device that consists o& an =CD screen" a barcode reader" micro#rocessor" a (ireless card" 9l!etooth" and a #ortable batter% (ill be im#lemented on the sho##ing cart. /he !ser (o!ld scan the 3niversal Prod!ct Code (3PC that contains on the sho##ing item !sing the barcode reader. /he barcode in&ormation (ill be stored into a com#!ter8s memor%" and chec$ed against a database &rom (hich it (o!ld P a g e | 12 retrieve the a##ro#riate in&ormation. A so&t(are #ac$age (ill lin$ !# the device (ith the database and 9l!etooth device. 4t (ill also enable the micro#rocessor to calc!late the total #rice &or all scanned items" and dis#la% it on the =CD screen. 4& the c!stomer is read% to ma$e a #a%ment" he (o!ld #ass the cart thro!gh the cashier. 2 2 Project Title: :ace Decognition based )!rveillance )%stem . Engr. Iaveed 9loach (=ect!rer Description: :ace recognition is an im#ortant #art o& toda%8s emerging biometrics and video s!rveillance mar$ets. As &ace recognition algorithms move &rom research labs to real (orld #rod!ct" #o(er cons!m#tion and cost become critical iss!es" and D)P7based im#lementations become more attractive. Also" a!tomatic #ersonal identifcation s%stem sho!ld meet the conHicting d!al re-!irements o& acc!rac% and res#onse time. 4n addition" it also sho!ld be !ser7&riendl%. 4n this s%stem #ersons entering the b!ilding are recognized and registered in the database. 2 < Project Title: Hard(are 4m#lementation o& )mart Mirror &or eas% )ho##ing Engr. Iaveed 9loach (=ect!rer Description: )mart Mirror is act!all% a to!ch screen thatEs #ositioned in a store or dressing room. Clothes" tagged (ith D:4D tags" are #ic$ed !# b% the Psmart mirrorP and the item is then #aired (ith a n!mber o& other clothing o#tions o. the rac$s to com#lete the loo$. /he #rocess is similar to online sho##ing (hen a c!stomer clic$s on a selection and is given other items that the% might also li$e. 2 > Project Title: D:4D based Children /rac$ing )cheme. Engr. Iaveed 9loach (=ect!rer Description: D:4D7based children trac$ing (DEAC/ scheme &or hel#ing locate missing children in large am!sement #ar$s and other #!blic ven!es. /he scheme is characterized b% coo#eration among D:4D readers" storage nodes and control center" (hich are strategicall% de#lo%ed across the am!sement #ar$" as (ell as em#lo%ees and visitors in the #ar$. @hen a #assive D:4D tag" #h%sicall% attached on a child" a##roaches an D:4D reader" the reader (ill #rocess the tag in&ormation" and then &or(ard the in&ormation to a storage node thro!gh a #oc$et s(itched net(or$ &ormed b% em#lo%ees and visitors in the #ar$. =ater" (hen locating a lost child is re-!ested" the s%stem is able to trac$ the missing child b% -!er%ing the tag in&ormation stored in storage nodes. Detailed sec!rit% anal%sis sho(s that the #ro#osed DEAC/ scheme achieves child8s identit% #rivac%" !nli$able location #rivac% and &or(ard sec!rit%. Project Title: D:4D )%stem &or Asset,4nventor% Management. Engr. Iaveed 9loach P a g e | 1< 2 ? (=ect!rer Description: Asset management s%stem !sing technologies o& Dadio :re-!enc% 4dentifcation (D:4D" @eb 6eogra#hic 4n&ormation )%stem (@eb64) and )hort Message )ervice ()M) &or intelligent management o& assets. /he #ro#osed method trac$s and monitors the changes o& locations o& the assets and sho(s their stat!ses on a geogra#hical ma#" #reventing the loss o& assets d!e to !nclear reasons. /he movement o& assets can be a!tomaticall% identifed !sing the D:4D techni-!e. /he corres#onding data are trans&erred b% the 6)M mod!le in real time" enabling the s#atial in&ormation o& assets to be dis#la%ed on an electronic geogra#hical ma# !sing @eb64). /he #ro#osed method also &acilitates a!tomated notifcation o& asset movement and mal&!nction alarm thro!gh )M). Preliminar% e*#eriments sho( that the #ro#osed method can im#rove in&ormation availabilit% o& assets and red!ce asset management cost dramaticall%. 2 B Project Title: D:4D based Asset Management. Engr. A&shan Jamil (=ect!rer Description: Asset management is a #roblem &aced b% almost all com#anies and instit!tions. Com#anies need to $ee# trac$ o& their costl% assets li$e =a#to#" PDA" vehicles etc. @hen !sing D:4D based asset management ever% asset (ill be tagged. 4& an asset is being removed &rom the store the reader at the store door mar$s its entr% o!t and the #erson (ho is ta$ing this o!t. 4& an%one tries to ta$e it o!t (itho!t the !s!al #roced!re o& chec$ing o!t it (ill be detected o!tside and alarm (ill ring. 2 F Project Title: A!tomated Meter Deading. Engr. A&shan Jamil (=ect!rer Description: 4t is a tedio!s 5ob to meas!re the meter reading o& all c!stomers" ma% it be electricit%" (ater or gas. )omeone m!st be em#lo%ed to go to each client installation and then ta$e the reading on a boo$. /hen all the collected data m!st be entered into a com#!ter &or #rocessing. AMD is the sol!tion to this #roblem. AMD or a!tomated meter reading is a!tomating the meter reading #rocess b% some means. Here (e are s!ggesting a sol!tion in (hich (e !se a 6)M modem to comm!nicate the meter reading b% either 6PD) or )M). /he server identifes the meter b% reading the sender 4d &rom (here the data or the )M) is coming. /he server can #re#are the bill a!tomaticall% b% loo$ing at the #revio!s meter readings. As an additional &acilit% the server can send the bill as )M) to each c!stomer. < Project Title: 9iometric )mart Card Polling )%stem. Engr. A&shan Jamil P a g e | 1> C (=ect!rer Description: /he main ob5ective o& o!r #ro5ect is to render !ser inter&ace s%stem (ith eas% (a% o& voting s%stem and also in addition to that it #rovides sa&e and sec!red s%stem th!s b% #reventing !na!thorized #erson to cast the vote. /he #ro5ect involves fnger #rint sensor to a!thenticate !ser" D:4D card to identi&% !ser and dis#la% in&ormation to !ser !sing =CD dis#la%. /he in&ormation abo!t !ser casting the vote is stored in EEPDGM and also to retrieve the data &or #rocessing the votes. /he entire #rocess o& comm!nication bet(een the each device is done b% microcontroller (hich does mani#!lation data (hich is &ed into it. /he main theme o& this #ro5ect is to !se e*isting A/M as voting machines (ith sec!red voting s%stem. Each A/M machine (ill additionall% be ftted (ith a fnger #rint sensor and D:4D reader. D!ring the voting #eriod the !ser has to #lace D:4D card near the reader" the micro controller (ill identi&% and dis#la% the in&ormation abo!t the !ser !sing =CD " and as$ him to a!thenticate the !ser b% #lacing his fnger in the fnger #rint sensor. A list (ill be dis#la%ed in the =CD" indicating the n!mber o& candidates contesting in the #oll. /he !ser has to cast his vote b% #ressing corres#onding n!mber o& a candidate. A&ter the voting the =CD (ill dis#la% the s!ccess&!l casting o& vote. @hen ever the !ser tr% to cast the second time" the =CD (ill dis#la% a (arning message in&orming that the vote is alread% casted. < 1 Project Title: Designing ; 4m#lementing an 4ntelligent 9l!etooth Enabled Dobot Car. Engr. @a-ar Ahmad ( =ect!rer CPED Description: /his #ro5ect aims to design and im#lement an intelligent 9l!etooth7enabled robot car. /he robot car (ill be (irelessl% remote controlled via 9l!etooth. 4n addition" a com#arative anal%sis o& the di.erent $inds o& sensors" (hich are !se&!l in robot cars" (ill be #rovided. P a g e | 1? < 0 Project Title: Design o& an MP1 Portable Pla%er 3sing a Cool D!nner CP=D Engr. @a-ar Ahmad ( =ect!rer CPED Description: MP1 #ortable #la%ers are the trend in m!sic7 listening technolog%. /hese #la%ers do not incl!de an% mechanical movements" thereb% ma$ing them ideal &or listening to m!sic d!ring an% t%#e o& activit%. MP1 is a digital com#ression techni-!e based on MPE6 =a%er 1 (hich stores m!sic in a lot less s#ace than c!rrent CD technolog%. )o&t(are is readil% available to create MP1 fles &rom an e*isting CD" and the !ser can then do(nload these fles into a #ortable MP1 #la%er to be en5o%ed in almost an% environment. As (ith an% #ortable" batter%7o#erated device" #o(er dissi#ation m!st be minimized. /he CoolD!nnerQ series is a &amil% o& advanced 1V and <V com#le* #rogrammable logic devices (CP=Ds (ith e*tremel% lo( #o(er dissi#ation (hich ma$es them ideal &or this a##lication. < 1 Project Title: 4m#lementation o& Gbstacle avoidance and Migbee Control &!nctions &or Gmni Directional Dobot Engr. @a-ar Ahmad ( =ect!rer CPED Description: 9ased on :P6A (feld #rogrammable gate arra%" this #ro5ect (ill #resents the obstacle avoiding and Mig9ee (ireless control &!nctions &or omni directional mobile robot. 9% !sing !ltrasonic transd!cers" the embedded controller (ill receive the obstacle distance signals" and then calc!lates the control signals to drive three omni directional (heels DC motors (hich set !# on mobile robot. Gn the other hand" thro!gh the onboard D)7010 #ort" the controller as (ell as receives the control signals &rom remote PC via Mig9ee (ireless comm!nication. /he gra#hical h!man machine inter&ace (ill be #rogrammed b% Vis!al 9asic so&t(are at PC #artN s!ch as the &!nctions o& mobile robot remote control and messages transmission are dis#la%ed on screen. /he e*#eriment res!lts (ill #rovide the :P6A im#lementation techni-!es &or control omni directional mobile robotN (ill also e*tend the Mig9ee (ireless comm!nication techni-!es into the intelligent robot research feld. < 2 Project Title: Providing 6ro!# /o!r 6!ide b% D:4Ds and @ireless )ensor Iet(or$s Engr. @a-ar Ahmad ( =ect!rer CPED Description: /his #ro5ect #ro#oses a ne( a##lication &rame(or$ &or gro!# to!r g!iding services based on D:4Ds and (ireless sensor net(or$s. @e consider a sensing feld mi*ed (ith m!lti#le inde#endent to!rist gro!#s" each (ith a leader and several members. Members o& a gro!# (ill &ollo( P a g e | 1B the moving #ath o& their leader" b!t ma% occasionall% roam aro!nd randoml% on their o(n interests. )ensor nodes have to trac$ leaders8 locations and maintain g!iding #aths &rom members to leaders. A member ma% in-!ire (here his,her leader is" and a leader ma% RrecallS his,her members. @e #ro#ose a &easible sol!tion to s!ch an a##lication b% !sing e*isting technologies and o.7the7shel& com#onents. A gro!# g!iding #rotocol (ill be #resented. /he design (ill enable the reliable gro!# g!iding at lo( cost and lo( tra+c load. < < Project Title: Hand Positioned Mo!se. Engr. @a-ar Ahmad ( =ect!rer CPED Description: /his #ro5ect attem#ts to have a di.erent a##roach o& no( a #erson !ses a mo!se to interact (ith his or her com#!ter. A glove is to be designed and (orn on the hand o& a com#!ter o#erator to #rovide a mo!se &!nction &or a com#!ter. 4nstead o& !sing =ED sensors and ball trac$ers" a #air o& accelerometer sensors is mo!nted on the fngerN each o& the sensors is !sed to detect a negative or #ositive direction along the located orientation line o& the fnger. /he a##arat!s senses the direction o& the com#!ter o#eratorEs bod% and transmits corres#onding commands to the com#!ter to move the c!rsor in the video dis#la% in a corres#onding direction. 4n addition" this invention o& the hand #ositioned mo!se is ideal &or #la%ing com#!ter games and interacting (ith services s!ch as (eb /V. /his #ro5ect (ill involve both hard(are and so&t(are com#onents. /he hard(are design incl!des schematic dra(ingN #art selection and circ!it la%o!t and the #rogramming incl!des the learning o& the Machine,Assembl% lang!age and the !se o& com#ilers &or micro controllers. < > Project Title: Digital Design and :P6A 4m#lementation o& a @ireless Video )!rveillance )%stem Engr. @a-ar Ahmad ( =ect!rer CPED Description: /he #roblem (ith conventional sec!rit% s%stems toda% is that the% are mostl% (ired" meaning the sec!rit% station m!st be #laced (ithin a f*ed distance &rom the camera. /his !s!all% means that the sec!rit% camera m!st be #laced in a f*ed location beca!se it is di+c!lt to move a (ire embedded in the (all or ceiling o& a b!ilding. 4n order to #rovide more He*ibilit%" this #ro5ect aims to im#lement a (ireless sec!rit% s%stem (here image data is P a g e | 1F sent (irelessl% to a receiver station and dis#la%ed on the screen. Ho(ever" in a (ireless s%stem (here the trans&er rate is more restrictive than a (ired s%stem" the in&ormation m!st be condensed in some &orm. < ? Project Title: :P6A Design and im#lementation o& the D) Decoder. Engr. Ioshina 4sha-!e (=ab Engineer Description: /his #ro5ect #resents :P6A and V=)4 im#lementations o& an B7bit error correcting (0C?"1B? Deed7 )olomon (D) decoder architect!re ./he decoder (ill !se the E!clidian algorithm &or the solving o& the $e% e-!ation &or the error7locator #ol%nomial" T(*" and error7val!e #ol%nomial" U(*. /he D) decoder (ill be im#lemented on a Vilin* Virte* :P6A chi# . < B Project Title: De!sable 4P Core &or :EC code. Engr. Ioshina 4sha-!e (=ab Engineer Description: :or(ard Error Correcting code li$e Viterbi is a ne( class o& code that can achieve e*ce#tional error #er&ormance and energ% e+cienc% at lo( signal7to7noise ratio. /hese codes achieve a near7)hannon limit #er&ormance. /he Viterbi7Algorithm is a basic #art o& the coding and mod!lation method o& the digital data transmission. < F Project Title: High )#eed =ossless Data Com#ression. Engr. Ioshina 4sha-!e (=ab Engineer Description: /his #ro5ect re#resents a se-!ential algorithm (=z1 that com#resses strings o& binar% b%tes o& variable length into a f*ed length com#ressed &ormat. /he t(o im#ortant ste#s in the algorithm are string #arsing and coding. /he ma5or (or$ in data com#ression is the red!ction o& re#eated strings o& incoming data into com#act code (ords. > C Project Title: Hashed based fle encr%#tion s%stem &or local area net(or$s Engr. Domana )hazadi (=ab Engineer Description: /he (ides#read !se o& local area net(or$s (ithin commercial organizations has raised concerns abo!t the confdentialit% o& in&ormation carried b% s!ch net(or$s. /he #rovision o& data #rivac% ideall% re-!ires dedicated encr%#tion chi#s !sed in con5!nction (ith access control and a!thorization mechanisms. /he availabilit% o& lo(7cost P a g e | 0C encr%#tion chi#s is several %ears o." b!t ho( can data be #rotected in the short termW /his #ro5ect describes an e*#erimental #ro5ect to investigate and #rove the &easibilit% o& lo(7cost so&t(are7based encr%#tion s!itable &or local area net(or$s. > 1 Project Title: Design and 4m#lementation o& Deconfg!rable )ec!rit% Hash Algorithms 9ased on :P6A. Engr. Domana )hazadi (=ab Engineer Description: /oda%" sec!rit% is a to#ic (hich attac$s the great interest o& researchers. Man% encr%#tion algorithms have been investigated" and develo#ed in the last %ears. Hash &!nctions are im#ortant sec!rit% #rimitives !sed &or a!thentication and data integrit%. /he reconfg!rable cr%#togra#hic chi# is an integrated circ!it that is designed b% means o& the method o& reconfg!rable architect!re" and is !sed &or encr%#tion and decr%#tion. 4t can im#lement man% di.erent ci#her algorithms He*ibl% and -!ic$l%" and be !sed in man% felds. /his (or$ is related to hash &!nctions :P6A im#lementation. :ive di.erent hash &!nctions )HA71" )HA7 002" )HA70<>" )HA71B2 and )HA7<10 are st!died. A reconfg!rable architect!re is #ro#osed &or the im#lementation o& all o& them in the same hard(are mod!le. > 0 Project Title: E+cient 3ser A!thentication and Le% Management &or Peer7to7Peer =ive )treaming )%stems Engr. Domana )hazadi (=ab Engineer Description: @ireless comm!nication s%stems are !nder heav% investigations b% the research comm!nit%" es#eciall% since the #ast decade. Man% #o#!lar a##lications over the (ireless comm!nication net(or$s have emerged recentl% incl!ding" cell!lar tele#hon%" )M)" MM)" (eb bro(sing and video con&erencing" to name a &e(. Comm!nication over (ireless channel" ho(ever" is inherentl% #rone to transmission errors. Additionall% e.orts have also been made to sec!re the (ireless transmission" !sing cr%#togra#h% as a #rominent tool. 4n this #ro5ect (e introd!ce a novel method (hich combines cr%#togra#h% and error correction together i.e. (e !tilize the methods &or data sec!rit% as a tool &or the detection and correction o& transmission errors. /o s!##ort P a g e | 01 o!r research" (e #rovide sim!lation res!lts obtained !sing this method (hich (e call as Joint Channel Coding and Cr%#togra#h%. Joint Channel Coding and Cr%#togra#h% is an e*tension o& so&t in#!t decr%#tion (ith &eedbac$" (hich is !sed &or im#rovement o& channel decoding o& sec!red messages. Des!lts o& sim!lations o& Joint Channel Coding and Cr%#togra#h% are com#ared to res!lts o& convol!tion coding (ith the same coding rate. 4n this (a%" Joint Channel Coding and Cr%#togra#h% brings a coding gain o& C.?0 d9" (hile &!lflling sec!rit% re-!irements at the same time.