Course Personnel:

Course developed and delivered by: Dr. Ahsan Abdullah

EDUCATION:

PhD Computer      

Ttitle “Data Mining Using the Crossing Minimization Paradigm” UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING, Scotland, UK 

MSc Computer Science

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, USA

MSc Computer Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, USA

BSc Electrical (electronics) Engineering, with Honors

UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, Lahore, Pakistan

EXPERIENCE:

Sep. 2008- to date

FAST National University of Computers & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad

Prof. & Head Center for Agro-Informatics Research

Sep 98- Aug 2000 Asst. Prof. of Computer Sciences & Manager Student Affairs

Founding Member, Fauji Foundation Institute of Management & Computer Sciences, Rawalpindi (now Foundation University)

Apr 98-Sep 98 Manager Marketing

Systems Research Private Limited, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Feb 92-Apr 98 Manager MIS

Founding Member, National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Course Structure:

Data Warehousing is a 3 credit hours course, and three lectures will be delivered in a week. Total assignments/quizzes can vary and their details are provided in course calendar. In order to complete this course successfully, student have to spend at least 2 hours for each lecture. Spare 3-4 hours to solve assignment.

Study Approach:

General Consideration before starting:

Time Management, Scheduling and setting goals, Creating a to-do list, Prioritizing tasks, Developing self-discipline, Reading critically, Taking notes from a text book

To succeed in submitting your assignment/report you must:

• Organize your time so that you complete your task on time.

• Writing up is likely to take longer than you think, therefore leave a quarter or a third of the total time for that task.

• Establish milestones so that you know whether or not you are on target month by month and week by week;

• Foresee difficulties like computer crash, printer/internet problem etc and allow time for them.

Group Study:

Some Guidelines

It is generally recognized that people can accomplish more by sharing their skills and resources than by working alone.

Here are a few pointers for setting up a study group:

Select people who seem to share your desire to reach your academic goals.

Limit your group to four to six people.

Consider following principles for group study:

• Question each other on the material assigned

• Take turns "teaching" each other the material.

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Course Assessment/Grading Scheme:

Course assessment/Grading scheme is available under the tab of Grading Scheme in Course Website window of VU-LMS.

Click here to view the grading scheme of CS614.