Dr. Arif Butt

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Dr. Muhammad Arif Butt

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Dr. Muhammad Arif Butt

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Assistant Professor,
Department of Data Science,
University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam (New) Campus, Lahore, Pakistan.
Website: http://arifbutt.me
Email: arif@pucit.edu.pk & arifpucit@gmail.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnWithArif/playlists
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7045-7618
Office Telephone: +92-(0)42-111-923-923 Extension: 133
Cell. Phone: +92-(0)321-4456454

(Updated: Dec 01, 2023)

Summary

  • Dr. Muhammad Arif Butt is an Assistant Professor at University of the Punjab, since 2008.
  • His academic, teaching, administrative and entrepreneurial experience span over 32 years.
  • He has served as In-Charge /Principal of the largest constituent College of University of the Punjab having 185
    faculty and staff members and a student body of over 2500.
  • As Chief Security Officer planned and executed security to over 45000 on-campus students and 7000 employees
    located at 5 campuses of the University having a total area of 1800 acres.
  • Annual funds management of over 300 million.
  • CEO of a startup having 30+ employees and corporate management of over 20 million per year.
  • 1st position and University Gold Medal both in undergraduate and graduate degrees.
  • Served in the Armed Forces of Pakistan as an officer and has the honor of serving as an Instructor at the School of
    Infantry and Tactics Quetta – a prestigious training institute of Pakistan Army.

Academic Qualification

ExaminationsInstitutionsYearDivision
PhD (CS)University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan20191st
MPhil (CS)University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan20091st (Gold Medal)
MSc (CS)University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan20051st (Gold Medal)
GraduationPakistan Military Academy Kakul19891st
IntermediateGovt. Science College Lahore19861st
MatriculationDon BosCo High School Lahore19851st

Experience / Employment History

2020 – to date

Assistant Professor – Department of Data Science – University of the Punjab – Lahore – Pakistan
2018 – 2020Worked as Incharge/Principal Punjab University College of Information Technology. University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan
2008 – 2018Assistant Professor – Punjab University College of Information Technology. University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan
2005 – 2008Lecturer – Punjab University College of Information Technology. University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan
2002 – 2005Project Manager Star Solutionz Lahore Pakistan
2000 – 2002Project Manager Gates College of Computer Science & Software Engineering Lahore
1989 – 2000Served at different field staff and instructional appointments in Pakistan Army

 

Awards / Achievements

  • University gold medal in MPhil (Computer Science) from Punjab University College of Information Technology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
  • University gold medal in MSc (Computer Science) from Punjab University College of Information Technology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Ranked among the top three best teachers throughout the teaching carrier at Punjab University College of Information Technology, University of the Punjab
  • Over 200 highly ranked/viewed video lectures on six different subjects available on YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnWithArif/playlists
  • During the stay in uniform, have the honor to serve in the snowy mountains of Kashmir and Siachin
  • During the stay in uniform, served as instructor at School of Infantry & Tactics Quetta, Pakistan

 

Research & Publications

Books

  1. A. Butt (2010), Taxonomy of IDS: Intrusion Detection using System Call Sequence, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, ISBN: 3639294092

Journal Articles

  1.  S. A. Khan, M. Abdullah, W. Iqbal, M. A. Butt, “Efficient Job Placement using Two-way Offloading Technique over Fog-Cloud Architectures”, Cluster Computing, 2022, Cluster Computing doi: 10.1007/s10586-022-03750-9 (ISSN 1386-7857, HEC W Category)

  2.  S. A. Khan, M. Abdullah, W. Iqbal, M. A. Butt, F. Bukhari and S. -U. Hassan, “Automatic Migration- Enabled Dynamic Resource Management for Containerized Workload”, IEEE Systems Journal, 2022, doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2022.3204748 (ISSN 1937-9234, HEC W Category)

  3. M. A. Butt, Z. Ajmal, Z. I. Khan, M. Idrees, Y. Javed, , “An In-Depth Survey of Bypassing Buffer Overflow Mitgation Techniques”, Appl. Sci., vol. 12, no. 13, pp. 1-30, 2022 (I.F 2.838, HEC W Category)
  4. M. A. Butt, M. Idrees, and Muhammad Saleem Raza, “Designing Fuzzy Logic Controller for UNIX Fuzzy find Command”, VFAST Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 10, no. 2, pp 17-26. 2022, ISSN 2411-6246 (HEC Y Category)
  5. H. R. Ahmad, M. Idrees, A. Ahmad, M. A. Butt, S. Shahzad, M. Shahzad, “Unification of Programming Languages”, Webology, ISSN 1735-188X, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 423-457, 2022 (HEC Y Category)
  6. A. Sohail, M. I. Tariq, S. Ali, M. A. Butt, M. Ismail, and F. Ahmad, “Diabetic Patient’s Behavior Observation on Social Media Using Active Surveillance”, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-219297 vol. Pre-press, pp. 1-16, 2022 (HEC X Category)
  7. M. Idrees, M. A. Butt, and A. Ahmad, “Unification of Programming Languages, A Step Towards Visual Programming”, International Journal of Next-Generation Computing, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 507-517, 2021 (HEC Y Category)
  8. M. Idrees, A. Ahmad, M. A. Butt, and H. M. Danish, “Controlling PowerPoint using Hand Gestures in Python”, Webology, ISSN 1735-188X, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 1372-1388, 2021 (HEC Y Category)
  9. A. Sohail, A. Haseeb, M. Rehman, D. D. Dominic, and M. A. Butt, “An Intelligent Graph Edit DistanceBased Approach for Finding Business Process Similarities”, Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 3603-3618, 2021 (I.F 4.89, HEC W Category)
  10. A. Ahmad, M. Idrees, M. A. Butt, and H. M. Danish, “BBVPL: A Block-Based Visual Programming Language Built on Google’s Blockly”, International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 2524-2532, 2021 (HEC Y Category)
  11. A. Sohail, D. D. Dominic, M. Hijji, and M. A. Butt, “Competency Driven Resource Evaluation Method for Business Process Intelligence”, Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 1141-1157, 2021 (I.F 4.89, HEC W Category)
  12. S. Habib, A. Ashraf, M. A. Butt, and M. Ahmad, “Medical Diagnosis Based on Single-valued Neutrosophic Information”, Neutrosophic Sets and Systems, vol. 42, pp. 302-323, 2021 (HEC Y Category)
  13. M. Akram, G. Ali, A. Butt, and J. C. R. Alcantud, “Novel MCGDM Analysis under m-Polar Fuzzy Soft Expert Sets”, Neural Computing and Applications, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-021-05850-w, pp. 1-24, 2021 (I.F 4.774, HEC W Category)
  14. G. Shahzadi, G. Muhiuddin, A. Butt, and A. Ashraf, “Hamacher Interactive Hybrid Weighted Averaging Operators under Fermatean Fuzzy Numbers”, Journal of Mathematics, vol. 2021, pp. 1-17, 2021 (I.F 0.712, HEC Y Category)
  15. A. Ashraf and M. A. Butt, “Extension of TOPSIS Method under Single-Valued Neutrosophic N-Soft Environment”, Neutrosophic Sets and Systems, vol. 41, pp. 286-303, 2021 (HEC Y category)
  16. N. Tahir, M. Asif, S. Ahmad, M. Sheraz, A. Malik, H. Aljuaid, A. Butt, and M. Rehman “FNG-IE: an improved graph-based method for keyword extraction from scholarly big-data”, PeerJ Computer Science, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.389, pp. 1-24, 2021 (I.F 3.091, HEC W Category)
  17. M. Akram, G. Shahzadi, A. Butt and F. Karaaslan, “A hybrid decision making method based on q-rung orthopair fuzzy soft Information”, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-202336, pp. 1-16, 2021 (I.F 1.851, HEC W Category)
  18. A. Sohail, K. Shahzad, P. D. Dominic, A. Butt, M. Arif and M. I. Tariq, “On Computing the Suitability of Non-Human Resources for Business Process Analysis”, Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 67, no. 1, 2021 (I.F 4.89, HEC W Category)
  19. S. Habib, S. Wardat, A. Butt, M. Akram, F. Smarandache, “A Neutrosophic Clinical Decision-making System for Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Analysis”, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, ISSN 1875- 8967, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 7807-7829, 2020 (IF 1.851, HEC W Category)
  20. A. Butt and M. Akram, “A new intuitionistic fuzzy rule-based decision-making system for an operating system process scheduler”, SpringerPlus/SpringerOpen, vol.5, no. 1, pp. 1-17, 2016 (IF 1.130, HEC W Category)
  21. A. Butt and M. Akram, “A novel fuzzy decision-making system for CPU scheduling algorithm”, Neural Computing and Applications, ISSN 0941-0643, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 1927-1939, 2016 (I.F. 4.774, HEC W Category)
  22. M. Akram, S. Shahzad, A. Butt, and A. Khaliq, “Intuitionistic Fuzzy Logic Control for Heater Fans”, Mathematics in Computer Science, ISSN 1661-8289, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 367-378, 2013 (I.F. 0.76, HEC W Category)

Research Supervision

PhD Candidates under Supervision

  1. PHDCSF16M005 – Muhammad Saad, “Adaptive Heterogeneous Resource Allocation of Containerized Infrastructure”
  2. PHDDSF22M002 – Muhammad Saleem Raza

Graduate (PhD) Thesis Supervised

  1. PHDCSF16M005 – Muhammad Saad, “Adaptive Heterogeneous Resource Allocation of Containerize Infrastructure”

Graduate (MPhil) Thesis Supervised

  1. MSCSF19M024 – Muhammad Ali Tariq, Fuzzification of Virtualized Resources in Cloud computing
  2. MSCSF19M015 – Zarafshan Ajmal, “A Survey on By-passing x86-64 Buffer Over Flow Mitigation Techniques”
  3. MSGSF16M013 – Muhammad Mubeen Maroof, “Fuzzy GIS Based Impart of Climate Charge on Agriculture Drought”
  4. MSGSF17M011– Muhammad Nasir, “Assessment of urban Gentrification in engulfed villages of Lahore using GIS: A Case study of Gohawa Village”
  5. MSCSF06M005 – Muhammad Saleem Raza, “Applying Fuzzy Decision-Making Models in Memory Management of Operating Systems”

Undergraduate (BS/MSc) Thesis/Projects Supervised

  1. Najam-ul-Saqib, “GraphQL in Scope: An In-Depth Approach on How GraphQL APIs Can Be Exploited”. 2020-2021
  2. Amina Saif, Hadia Shafiq, “Elxion of Network Analysis, Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Exploitation”. 2020-21
  3. Huzaifa Khalid, Qurat-ul-Ain, “An In-depth Discussion on Stack Smashing via Buffer Overflow: Bypassing Mitigation Techniques on ARM, MIPS, x86-64”. 2020-21
  4. Najam-ud-Din, Abdul Hanan, Muhammad Harris, Muteeb Ahmed, “Silk OS: A Linux Distribution”, June, 2020.
  5. Sami Masood, Maryam Saif, Ahtisham, Komal Shahzadi, Samam Raza, “A survey on Open Source Teaching Operating System and Linux Loadable Kernel Modules”, June 2020.
  6. Ayesha Amer, Sameen Mehtab, Raveeha Kamran, Zain Rizwan, Zeeshan Tariq, “Survey and Exploitation of Computer System Vulnerabilities and By-passing Buffer Overflow”, June 2020
  7. . Talha Hanif, Faisal, Jahanzeb Khan, “IOT Based Irrigation and Fertilization system with Decision Support”, June 2019
  8. Muhammad Anas, Hamza Habib, Mutasim, Zain-ul-Abidin, Syed Uzair, “Fuzzified Vision Based Real Time Embedded Entrance Control System”, June 2019
  9. Waqas, Nabeela, Nabeel, Umer, “Teachers Book, A mobile App”, June 2018
  10. Adeel, Waqar, Farooq, “A Survey on Network and Web Security Infrastructures, Vulnerabilities and Intrusion Detection System”, June 2018
  11. Sana, Tehreem, Mariam, “PUCIT: IOT Based Smart Campus with Andorid Control”, June 2018
  12. Muhammad Mohsin, Anas, Abdullah Waheed, “The Virtual Guardian”, June 2018
  13. Asab Bashir, Ayaz Khalid, Haider Ali, Abdul Rehman, Adil Farhan, “Design of Campus Versioning System (CVS)”, June 2017
  14. Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Danish, “Accessing and Enhancing IT Infrastructure of an Organization”, June 2017

Services

National Level

Member of the Senate, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Pakistan

Member

Interviewing panel of Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) Pakistan

Subject Specialist

Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) Government of the Punjab

IT Advisor

University Level

Member Selection Board – University of the Punjab LahoreSubject Specialist
Board of Faculty of ScienceMember
Academic CouncilMember
PU Convocation CommitteeMember
Chief Security OfficerAll Campuses
Board of Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (D/8591 dated 26/08/2021)Member

Department Level

Incharge/Principal – PUCIT–
Departmental Doctoral Program CommitteeMember
Departmental Tenure Review Committee (DTRC)Member
Departmental Purchase CommitteeChairman
Board of StudiesMember
Program Team for Self-Assessment Report (QEC)Chairman
Financial Aid CommitteeMember
Disciplinary CommitteeChairman
Graduate Admission CommitteeChairman
Undergraduate Admission CommitteeChairman
Degree Coordinator (Computer Science)–
Unfair Means CommitteeMember
Domain Head Operating System and Computer ArchitectureChairman
College CouncilMember
Sports SocietyChairman
Security Committee PUCIT Old CampusChairman
Dress Code CommitteeChairman

Courses Taught

Graduate level courses

CodeCourse Title
CS-525Advanced Operating Systems
CS534Advanced Computer Architecture
DS-522Tools and Techniques for Data Science *
DS-751Advance Machine Learning *                   

Undergraduate courses

CodeCourse Title
CS-325Operating Systems *
CS-321System Programming *
CMP-120Digital Logic Design
CMP-223Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming *
CMP-100Introduction to Computing
CMP-330Practical Inter-networking with UNIX TCP/IP *
CMP-140Programming Fundamentals with C/C++

* Developed Courses with Practical Hands on Labs

References

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akram

Chairman Department of Mathematics,
University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam (New) Campus,
Lahore,
Pakistan.
Email: makram@pucit.edu.pk, makrammath@yahoo.com
Cell. Phone: +92-(0)333-4510258

Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar

Vice Chancellor,
University of Engineering & Technology,
Lahore,
Pakistan.
Email: vc@uet.edu.pk
Cell. Phone: +92-(0)300-4172637

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