Curriculum vitae                                                                                  

 

Name:

Dr. Asif Hassan Syed

 

Contact no:

+966544894526 (Rabigh, Saudi Arabia),

+966543297704 (Home-Rabigh); +91-9835546128 (Residence-India)

Email id:

shassan1@kau.edu.sa; asif_srmcbt@yahoo.com

Address of Correspondence:

Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, P.O Box 344, Rabigh 21911, Saudi Arabia.

Permanent Address:

Syed Asif Hassan, S/o, Syed Zubair Alam, H.No. 43008, Road No. 2, Old Purliya Road, Zakir Nagar (West), Mango, Jamshedpur-831012, Jharkhand, India

Academic Qualification:

 

Degree:

PhD

Field:

Biophysics and Biotechnology

Year of passing:

12th November, 2011

Name of institute:

Indian Institute of Technology – Roorkee

Place:

Roorkee, India

Specialization

Molecular Biology and Biophysics

 

 

Degree:

Master of Science

Field:

Biotechnology

Year of passing:

2005

Name of College/University:

Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute

(Deemed University)

Place:

Chennai, India

Marks/percentage obtained

76 % (1st Class with Distinction)

Specialization

Cancer biology and Diagnosis

 

 

Degree:

Bachelor of Science

Field:

Microbiology

Year of passing:

2003

Name of institute:

The New College, Madras University

Place:

Chennai, India

Marks/percentage:

61.5 %, 1st Class

 

 

 

Work Experience:

 

Promoted to Associate professor at the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology at Rabigh, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (23rd June, 2020 and continuing till date).

Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology at Rabigh, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (14th September, 2012 to 22nd June 2020).

Direct DBT Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Institute of Life Science, Hyderabad Central University, India from Jan 2012 to August 2012.

Scientific Officer to carry out research work in the scheme entitled "Search for therapeutic agents of herbal origin to target diabetes and cancer" sponsored by G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (GBPIHED), at IIT Roorkee from November 2009-november 2010.

Teaching Faculty at Indian Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Dr. Zakir Husain Institute and taught subjects namely Biophysics, Chemistry and Genetics to the students of undergraduate and post graduate studying Biotechnology, for a semester from 1st August 2011 to 24-12-2011.

Guest faculty at the Department of Biochemistry, Patna University and taught the portion of Biophysics and Instrumentation to students of M.Sc Biochemistry from July 2011 to December 2011.

 

 

Teaching responsibility

 

Under graduate courses at King Abdulaziz University (KAU)

Computer Organization, Computer Architecture, Software Project management, Software Risk Assessment, Principles of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Introduction to Bioinformatics and Selected Topics in Bioinformatics (Topics of Machine Learning).

Current Administrative Responsibility:

Core member of ABET/NCAA accreditation Committee, FCITR, King Abdul Aziz University.

 

Area of Interest

1. Machine Learning

2. Computational Biology

 

 

Academic award:

DSR Research Paper Award from King Abdulaziz University for the paper “A qualitative and Quantitative Assay to study DNA/Drug Interaction based on sequence Selective Inhibition of Restriction Endonucleases, in the year 2012.

Availed DBT Post-Doctoral Research Associateship in Biotechnology and Life Sciences 2011 (Under Prof. Seyed E Hasnain) funded by DBT-IISC Bangalore.

Qualified I.C.M.R (Indian Council of Medical Research Examination) held in Jul’05 for a JRF position in ICMR funded project.

Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) held on Feb’05 with a percentile of 99.18 (All India Rank-53).

Awarded a fellowship as Scientific Officer to carry out research work in the scheme entitled “Search for therapeutic agents of herbal origin to target diabetes and cancer” sponsored by (GBPIHED), Almora for a period of one year (2009-2010) at IIT Roorkee.

Bagged Louis Pasteur Memorial Award for the best outgoing student for the year 2003 by the Department of Microbiology-The New College Chennai-Madras University, India.

Received proficiency certificate for excellent performance during academic year (2000-03) during B.Sc.

Awarded the Best Inmate Award for the session 2002-2003 from The New College Hostel, Chennai, India.

 

 

Publications in International Peer Reviewed Journals

  1. Asif Hassan Syed, Shakeel Ahmad. A survey on sentiment analysis in Urdu: A resource-poor language, Egyptian Informatics Journal, 15th May 2020.
  2. Asif Hassan Syed, and Tabrej Khan "A Supervised Classifier based Chemoinformatics Model to Predict inhibitors essential for sexual reproduction and transmission of the P. falciparum parasite into mosquitoes" International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences Volume 6, Issue 10 (October 2019), Pages: 62-72.
  3. Asif Hassan Syed, Computational approaches to identify novel drug-like immunomodulators against multiple sclerosis, International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 4(April 2019), Pages: 33-44.
  4. Sheikh Muhammad Saqib , Shakeel Ahmad , Asif Hassan Syed , Tariq Naeem , Fahad Mazaed Alotaibi Grouping of Aspects into Relevant Category Based on WordNet Definitions, International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, VOL.19 No.2, February 2019.
  5. Sheikh Muhammad Saqib, Fazal Masud Kundi, Asif Hassan Syed, Semi Supervised Method for Detection of Ambiguous Word and Creation of Sense: Using WordNet. International journal of advanced computer science and applications, 9, (11), 2018.
  6. T Khan, SA Hassan, Application of machine learning based random forest regressor in image dehazing. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science 9 (1), 2018.
  7. SA Hassan, A Hassan, T Khan, Machine Learning Method to Screen Inhibitors of Virulent Transcription Regulator of Salmonella Typhi. International journal of advanced computer science and applications 9 (2), 248-257, 2018.
  8. Syed Asif Hassan and Tabrej Khan, A Machine Learning Model to Predict the Onset of Alzheimer Disease Using Potential Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF). International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 8, No. 12, 2017.
  9. Syed Asif Hassan and Tabrej Khan, Machine Learning Based Predictive Model for Screening Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transcriptional Regulatory Protein Inhibitors from High-Throughput Screening Dataset. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 8, No. 12, 2017.
  10. Syed Asif Hassan and Tabrej Khan, A Proposed Prototype of E-Pharmacy Web Application for the consumers of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science, Volume 8 Issue (Nov-Dec 2017).
  11. Syed Asif Hassan and Tabrej Khan, Implementation of a Conflict-Free Examination Scheduling System (ESS) in Academic Institutions. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science, Volume 8 Issue (Nov-Dec 2017).
  12. Syed Asif Hassan and Iftekhar Aslam Tayubi, Computational approaches to identify a derivative of Galardin as an inhibitor of mycobacterial peptide Deformylase. VAWKUM Transactions on Computer Sciences, Volume 12, Number 2, March-April, 2017.
  13. Syed Asif Hassan and Ahmed Hamza Usman, An Improved Machine Learning Approach to Enhance the Predictive Accuracy for Screening Potential Active USP1/UAF1 Inhibitors. (IJACSA) International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2017. Digital Object Identifier (DOI):10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080421.
  14. Syed Asif Hassan and Tabrej Khan, SHPIS: A Database of Medicinal Plants from Saudi Arabia, (IJACSA) International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 8, No. 5, 2017, Digital Object Identifier (DOI) :10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080507.
  15. Syed Asif Hassan, Tabrej Khan, Arshad Hashmi, Computational Approach to Design Antagonists of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Lipoprotein Lprg (RV1411C) Protein. VAWKUM Transactions on Computer Sciences, Volume 10, Number 2, July-August, 2016. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.21015/vtcs.v10i2.443.
  16. Syed Asif Hassan, Comparative Computational Analysis of a Putative Transcriptional Regulator Map_PRSO3010 and its implications in the Pathogenesis of Crohn’s and Johne’s diseases. VAWKUM Transactions on Computer Sciences, Volume 11, Number 1, September-October, 2016. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.21015/vtcs.v11i1.442.
  17. Tabrej Khan, Asif Hassan Syed, Arshad Hashmi, An E-Commerce based Web Portal to Support Customize Clothes for Obese People, VFAST Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume 10, Number 2, July-August , 2016, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.21015/vtse.v10i2.444.
  18. Hassan SA. In silico approach to identify the role of a putative protein MAP1138c in the virulence of Johne’s disease. Genes and genomics. Genes Genom (2015) 37:327–338. DOI: 10.1007/s13258-014-0258-x. (ISI-Impact Factor 0.565).
  19. Hassan SA et al. Restriction Inhibition Assay: A Qualitative and Quantitative Method to Screen Sequence Specific DNA Binder from Herbal Plants. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research February 2014; 13 (2): 000-000. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjpr.v13i2.16 (ISI- Impact factor 0.495).
  20. Hassan SA et al. A Qualitative and Quantitative Assay to Study DNA/Drug Interaction based on the Sequence Selective Inhibition of Restriction Endonucleases. Trop J Pharm Res. 2012; 11(5): 721-727. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjpr.v11i5.4. (ISI- Impact factor 0.495).
  21. Hassan SA et al. Aqueous Bark Extract of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum: A Potential Therapeutic Agent for Streptozotocin Induced Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) rats. Trop J Pharm Res. June 2012; 13 (3):429-435. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjpr.v11i3.12. (ISI- Impact factor 0.495).

 

 

Publication in International Conferences
  1. A Saudi Herbal Database: An Approach for Organizing the Rich Herbal Resource of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Syed Asif Hassan, Tabrej Khan has been accepted for poster presentation as well as inclusion in the conference proceedings of the ICITSAD 2017: 19th International Conference on Information Technology Systems, Analysis and Design to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during January, 30-31, 2017. Available from: https://waset.org/abstracts/62874.

     

  2. E-Pharmacy: An e-Commerce Approach for Buying Medicine Online in Saudi Arabia by Syed Asif Hassan, Tabrej Khan, Ibrahim Manssor Al Najar, Mohammed Nasser has been accepted for poster presentation as well as inclusion in the conference proceedings of the ICITSAD 2017:19th International Conference on Information Technology Systems, Analysis and Design to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during January, 30-31, 2017. Available from: http://waset.org/abstracts/62855.

     

  3. A Computational Approach to Screen Antagonist’s Molecule against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lipoprotein LprG (Rv1411c) by Syed Asif Hassan, Tabrej Khan has been accepted for poster presentation as well as inclusion in the conference proceedings of the ICBCB 2017: 19th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology to be held in Dubai, UAE during February, 26-27, 2017. Available from: https://waset.org/abstracts/63194.

     

  4. Computational Approach to Identify Novel Chemotherapeutic Agents against Multiple Sclerosis by Syed Asif Hassan, Tabrej Khan has been accepted for poster presentation as well as inclusion in the conference proceedings of the ICBCB 2017: 19th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology to be held in Dubai, UAE during February, 26-27, 2017. Available from: http://waset.org/abstracts/63196.

     

  5. Aqueous Extract of Picrorrhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth: A Potent Inhibitor of Human Topoisomerases by Syed Asif Hassan, Ritu Barthwal has been accepted for oral presentation as well as inclusion in the conference proceedings of the ICNPDD 2017: 19th International Conference on Natural Products and Drug Discovery to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during February, 12-13, 2017. Available from: https://waset.org/abstracts/65175.

     

  6. A Machine Learning-Based Model to Screen Anti-tuberculosis Compound Targeted against LprG Lipoprotein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Syed Asif Hassan, Syed Atif Hassan has been accepted for oral presentation as well as inclusion in the conference proceedings of the ICCSMLCS 2017: 19th International Conference on Computer Science, Machine Learning and Computational Statistics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during February, 23-24, 2017. Available from: https://waset.org/abstracts/65730.

     

  7. Prediction of Music Track Popularity: A Machine Learning Approach by Syed Atif Hassan, Luv Mehta, Syed Asif Hassan has been accepted for oral presentation as well as inclusion in the conference proceedings of the ICECML 2017: 19th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation and Machine Learning to be held in Paris, France during February, 23-24, 2017. Available from: https://waset.org/abstracts/mathematical-and-computational-sciences/65509.

     

  8. Hassan SA et al. In silico physiochemical and structural characterization of a putative ORF MAP0591 and its implication in the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in ruminants and humans. 3rd International Genomic Medicine Conference (3rd IGMC 2015). Available from: BMC Genomics 201617 (Suppl 6):487 DOI:10.1186/s12864-016-2858-0. (ISI- Impact Factor 4.04).

     

  9. Hassan SA et al. Identification of the toxic and virulence nature of MAP1138c protein of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. 3rd International Genomic Medicine Conference (3rd IGMC 2015). Available from: BMC Genomics2016 17 (Suppl 6):487 DOI:10.1186/s12864-016-2858-0. (ISI- Impact Factor 4.04).

     

  10. Hassan SA P97 Identification of drug lead molecule against vp35 protein of Ebola virus: AnIn-Silicoapproach. 3rd International Genomic Medicine Conference (3rd IGMC 2015). Available from: BMC Genomics2016 17 (Suppl 6):487 DOI:10.1186/s12864-016-2858-0. (ISI- Impact Factor 4.04).

     

  11. Hassan SA P98 An approach to personalized medicine from SNP-calling through disease analysis using whole exome-sequencing of three sub-continental populations. 3rd International Genomic Medicine Conference (3rd IGMC 2015). Available from: BMC Genomics201617 (Suppl 6):487 DOI:10.1186/s12864-016-2858-0. (ISI- Impact Factor 4.04).

     

  12. Hassan SA et al. In silico characterization of a putative ORF-MAP1138c of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) with its implications in virulence. 2nd International Genomic Medicine Conference (2nd IGMC 2015). Available from: BMC Genomics 2014, 15(Suppl 2):P14. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-S2-P14. (ISI- Impact Factor 4.04).

 

 

Funded Research Projects from King Abdulaziz University (KAU)
  1. An in silico Approach to characterize the virulence nature of the putative ORF-MAP1138c of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and elucidate its role in the evasion of cell mediated immune response within host macrophages. Funded By DSR (10,000 Saudi Rial), Jeddah, King Abdulaziz University (KAU). Completed December 2014 {Grant Number (830-263-D1435)}.
  2. In silico approach to identify virulence factors of Johne’s and Crohn’s disease and their putative inhibitors. Funded by DSR (10,000 Saudi Rial), Jeddah King Abdulaziz University (KAU). Accepted November 2015 (ongoing) {Grant Number (830 - 714 - D1435)}.
  3. In silico approach to design antagonists for Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoprotein LprG (Rv1411c). Funded by DSR (10,000 Saudi Rial), Jeddah King Abdulaziz University (KAU). Accepted November 2015 (on going) {Grant Number (830-1009-D1435)}.
  4. In silico Approach to Identify Novel Disease Modifying Compounds for Multiple Sclerosis. Funded by DSR (35000 SR) Jeddah King Abdulaziz University (KAU). Accepted November 2016 (completed) {Grant no. G-87-830-37}.
  5. A Machine Learning based web application for assessing the risks of Type 2 Diabetes in Saudi Arabia. Funded by DSR (25000 SR) Jeddah King Abdulaziz University (KAU). Accepted June 2018 (Ongoing) {Grant no. G-87-830-39}.

Supervisory role for Under Graduate student at KAU:

Eight Under Graduate projects (12 graduate students):

 

  1. Characterizing the putative ORFs (MAP1138c, MAP 0010c and MAP 3968) of Mycobacterium avium sub species paratuberculosis.(Completed)

     

  2. Characterizing the putative ORFs (MAP 2643c, MAP 1775 and MAP 1718c) of Mycobacterium avium sub species paratuberculosis.(Completed).

     

  3. Comparative In silico genomic and proteomic analysis of PE/PPE multigene family of proteins between Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Completed)

     

  4. In silico approach to design antagonists for Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoprotein LprG (Rv1411c). (completed)

     

  5. In silico Approach to Identify Novel Disease Modifying Compounds for Multiple Sclerosis. (Completed)

     

  6. In silico functional and structural characterization of a putative proteinMAP0591 (Completed)

     

  7. E-pharmacy- An E-commerce approach for buying medicine online in Saudi Arabia (completed)

     

  8. An online Application for the Predicting the Risk of Type 2 diabetes in Saudi Arabia (completed).

 

 

 

Extracurricular/social activities:

 

  1. Awarded for the establishment of Bioinformatics Lab in the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, and Saudi Arabia, Nov 2013.

     

  2. Hostel President and member of the Prestigious Student Affair Council (SAC) of IIT Roorkee during academic year 2007-2008.

     

  3. Certificate of appreciation for the contribution in Cognizance 2006 (Technical Feast), as a Convener of the Department of Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee.

 

 

 

Training attained at KAU

 

  1. Two day advanced training Course “In the Application of the NCAAA national Qualifications Framework to Teaching, Learning and Assessment” conducted by International Continuing Professional Development Program 26-27 March 2017.

     

  2. One day Training program “Six steps Approach For Effective Student Assessment” held in 15th of April 2014 organized by Center for Teaching & Learning Development”, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

 

 

 

Membership of Educational Body

1. Member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG) and a member of following societies:

  1. The IAENG Society of Bioinformatics
  2. The IAENG Society of Computer Science
  3. The IAENG Society of Data Mining

 

2. Scientific and Technical Committee & Editorial Review Board on Computer and Information Engineering from 22nd December 2016 till date (World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology).

3. Scientific and Technical Committee & Editorial Review Board on Biotechnology and Bioengineering from 22nd December 2016 till date (World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology).

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Referees: 

 

  1. Professor Seyed E Hasnain,

    School of Biological Sciences
    Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD)
    Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016, India
    Tel # :(+91) 11-2659-7522(Office, Direct)
    Fax# :(+91) 11-2659-7530
    Res# :(+91) 11-29244177
    Email :seh@bioschool.iitd.ac.in; sehiitd@gmail.com

  2. Professor Dr. Partha Roy
    Department of Biotechnology
    Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee(IITR)
    Roorkee - 247 667, Uttarakhand, India
    E mail: paroyfbs@iitr.ernet.in; parthar@hotmail.com
    Phone: 91 1332 285686 (Office)
    91 1332 285291 (Residence)
    Fax:91 1332 273560

 
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