Faculty
Dr. Saif Ur Rehman
Assistant Professor

(HEC Approved Supervisor)


Ph.D, MS, MCS (Gold Medalist)
University Institute of Information Technology
Phone : 051-9292195  
Cell : 03435802355  
Fax :
Email : [email protected], [email protected]
Address : University Institute of Information Technology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
Work Experience : 20 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Mining
  • Graph Mining
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Total Publications : 61
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. Rana, M. R. R., Nawaz, A., Rehman, S. U., Abid, M. A., Garayevi, M., & Kajanova, J. (2025). BERT-BiGRU-Senti-GCN: An Advanced NLP Framework for Analyzing Customer Sentiments in E-Commerce. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 18(1), 21. HEC Recognized Journal, Category W, Indexed in Thomson Reuters Master Journal List, Impact Factor: 2.7.

    2. Iqbal, M., Haider, S. T., Shoukat, R. S., Rehman, S. U., Mahmood, K., Villar, S. G., ... & Ashraf, I. (2025). Canned Apple Fruit Freshness Detection Using Hybrid Convolutional Neural Network and Transfer Learning. Journal of Food Quality, 2025(1), 8522400. HEC Recognized Journal, Category W, Indexed in Thomson Reuters Master Journal List, Impact Factor: 2.6.

    3. Ali, T., Rehman, S. U., Ali, S., Mahmood, K., Obregon, S. A., Iglesias, R. C., ... & Ashraf, I. (2024). Smart agriculture: utilizing machine learning and deep learning for drought stress identification in crops. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1-16. HEC Recognized Journal, Category W, Indexed in Thomson Reuters Master Journal List, Impact Factor: 3.9

    4. Haider, S. T., Ge, W., Li, J., Rehman, S. U., Imran, A., Sharaf, M., & Haider, S. M. (2024). An Ensemble Machine Learning Framework for Cotton Crop Yield Prediction Using Weather Parameters: A Case Study of Pakistan. IEEE Access.HEC Recognized Journal, Category W, Indexed in Thomson Reuters Master Journal List, Impact Factor: 3.4

    5. Kanwal, T., Rehman, S. U., Ali, T., Mahmood, K., Villar, S. G., Lopez, L. A. D., & Ashraf, I. (2023). An Intelligent Dual-Axis Solar Tracking System for Remote Weather Monitoring in the Agricultural Field. Agriculture, 13(8), 1600. HEC Recognized Journal, Category W, Indexed in Thomson Reuters Master Journal List, Impact Factor: 3.6

    6. Asad, R., Rehman, S. U., Imran, A., Li, J., Almuhaimeed, A., & Alzahrani, A. (2023). Computer-Aided Early Melanoma Brain-Tumor Detection Using Deep-Learning Approach. Biomedicines, 11(1), 184. HEC Recognized Journal, Category W, Thomson Reuters Master Journal List, Impact Factor: 4.7

    7. Kanwal, B., Rehman, S. U., Imran, A., Shaukat, R. S., Li, J., Alzahrani, A., & Alarfaj, F. K. (2023). Opinion Mining from Online Travel Reviews: An Exploratory Investigation on Pakistan Major Online Travel Services Using Natural Language Processing. IEEE Access, 11, 29934-29945. HEC Recognized Journal, Category W, Indexed in Thomson Reuters Master Journal List, Impact Factor: 3.9.

    8. Asad, R., Rehman, S. U., Imran, A., Li, J., Almuhaimeed, A., & Alzahrani, A. (2023). Computer-Aided Early Melanoma Brain-Tumor Detection Using Deep-Learning Approach. Biomedicines, 11(1), 184. HEC Recognized Journal, Category W, Thomson Reuters Master Journal List, Impact Factor: 4.7

    9. Hafeez, A., Ali, T., Nawaz, A., ur Rehman, S., Imran, A., Alsulami, A. A., & Alqahtani, A. (2023). Addressing Imbalance Problem for Multi Label Classification of Scholarly Articles. IEEE Access. . HEC Recognized Journal, Category W, Indexed in Thomson Reuters Master Journal List, Impact Factor: 3.9

    10. Shaheen, M., Ur Rehman, S., & Ghaffar, F. (2021). Correlation and congruence modulo based clustering technique and its application in energy classification. Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, 100561. HEC Recognized Category Journal and Indexed In Thomson Reuters Master Journal List Impact Factor: 3.8

    Awards & Honors
    1. Gold Medalist in MCS, Institute of Computing and Information Technology, Gomal University, D.I.Khan

    2. 3rd Position in BSc (Computer Science), Gomal University, D.I.Khan

    3. Awarded Cash Prize consecutively on Research Publication from Vice Chancellor PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 2020-2021 & 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025

    4. Certificate of Appreciation from Worthy Vice Chancellor on Organizing IT Exhibition during the Silver Jubilee Celebrations held from 22nd to 27th November 2021.

    5. Received a Certificate of Appreciation from Institute of Higher Education Quality and Assessment, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 2015.

    6. Awarded with honorarium at PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, by the Registrar's office of the University (June 2012).