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Dr. Kamran Khowaja

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  • Professor, Department of Computer Science, Isra University, Hyderabad Campus, Pakistan (10 February 2025 – present)
  • Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction (Computer Science)                       [2012-2017] 

University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia

  • M.Sc., Computer Science                                                                               [2004 - 2006]

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand

  • M.C.S. – Information Networks                                                                    [2001 - 2003]

 Isra University, Pakistan

  • B.C.S. (Hon)                                                                                                [1998 - 2001]

Isra University, Pakistan

  • Professor, Department of Computer Science, Isra University, Hyderabad, Pakistan (2012 – 2017; 2004 – 2006; 2001 – 2003; 1998 – 2001; 2025 – present)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Hyderabad, Pakistan (31 Dec. 2021 – 5 February 2025)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Isra University, Pakistan (6 Feb. 2018 – 30 Nov. 2020)
  • Post Doc, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar (Jul. 2006 – 31 Dec. 2017)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Isra University, Pakistan (Nov. 2009 – Sep. 2018)
  • Honorary Lecturer and Dissertation Supervisor, University of Liverpool online, United Kingdom (Nov. 2010 – May 2011)
  • Visiting Faculty Research Assistant, Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), USA (22 Dec. 2017 – 3 Jan. 2022)
  • Programmer, Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Software (ACECOMS), AIT, Thailand (May 2005 – May 2006)
  • Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Isra University, Pakistan (Nov. 2003 – Jun. 2006; Mar. 2001 – Oct. 2003)
  • Student Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Isra University, Pakistan

•Lohana, A., Ghulamani, S., Khowaja, K., & Bhatti, A. K. (2025). A Comparative Analysis Of ChatGPT Vs Gemini As Code Generation Tools. International Journal of Information Systems and Computer Technologies, 4(2), 61–77. https://doi.org/10.58325/ijisct.004.02.00112

•Bahameish, M., Khowaja, K., Abdelaal, Y., & Al-Thani, D. (2025). Pathways to learning: exploring the impact of augmented reality on vocabulary development in children with autism spectrum disorder. Interactive Learning Environments, 1-24.

•Qureshi, M. A., Ghulmani, S., Thartori, V., Shah, A., Khowaja, K. (2023). Applied Gamification to Enhance Customer Loyalty for Fintech Industry. 2023 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS), 25-27 October 2023, Manama, Bahrain.

•Qazi, A., Ghulmani, S., Thartori, V., Siraje, S., Shah, A., Khowaja, K. (2023). 3D Hologram in Education to Enhance the Learning Power of Students. 2023 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS), 25-27 October 2023, Manama, Bahrain.

•SIDDIQUI, A. G., KHOWAJA, K., GHULAMANI, S., & SHAH, A. (2023). INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY WITH SCIENCE IN STEM EDUCATION FOR K-12 STUDENTS. Journal of Information Systems and Digital Technologies, 5(2), 142–154. Retrieved from https://journals.iium.edu.my/kict/index.php/jisdt/article/view/386

•Khowaja, K., Syed, W. W., Singh, M., Taheri, S., Chagoury, O., Al-Thani, D., Aupetit, M., A Participatory Design Approach to Develop Visualization of Wearable Actigraphy Data for Health Care Professionals: Case Study in Qatar. JMIR Hum Factors. 2022 Apr 8;9(2):e25880. doi: 10.2196/25880. PMID: 35394442; PMCID: PMC9034423. (ISI Journal with IF=27)

•Khowaja K., Al-Thani D., Abdelaal Y., Hassan A.O., Mou Y.A., Hijab M.H. (2021) Towards the Mixed-Reality Platform for the Learning of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Case Study in Qatar. In: Fang X. (eds) HCI in Games: Serious and Immersive Games. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12790. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77414-1_24

•Abbasi, S., Kazi, H., Kazi, A. W., Khowaja, K., & Baloch, A. (2021). Gauge Object Oriented Programming in Student’s Learning Performance, Normalized Learning Gains and Perceived Motivation with Serious Games. Information, 12(3), 101.

• Banire, B., Al-Thani, D., Qaraqe, M., Khowaja, K., Mansoor, B. (2020). The Effects of Visual Stimuli on Attention in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Eye-Tracking Study. IEEE Access. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3045042. (ISI Journal with IF=4.098)

• Khowaja, K., & Al-Thani, D. (2020). New Checklist for the Heuristic Evaluation of mHealth Apps (HE4EH): Development and Usability Study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8(10), e20353.

• Khowaja K., Al-Thani D., Hassan A.O., Shah A., Salim S.S. (2020) Mobile Augmented Reality App for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to Learn Vocabulary (MARVoc): From the Requirement Gathering to Its Initial Evaluation. In: Fang X. (eds) HCI in Games. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12211. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50164-8_31

• Khowaja, K., Banire, B., Al-Thani, D., Sqalli, M. T., Aqle, A., Shah, A., & Salim, S. S. (2020). Augmented reality for learning of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): A systematic review. IEEE Access. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2986608. (ISI Journal with IF=4.098)

• Aqle, A., Khowaja, K., & Al-Thani, D. (2020). Preliminary Evaluation of Interactive Search Engine Interface for Visually Impaired Users. IEEE Access, 8, 45061-45070. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2977593. (ISI Journal with IF=4.098)

• Ghulamani, S., Shah, A., Khowaja, K. (2020). Review of Components from Frameworks and Models for DGBL for History Based Courses. University of Sindh Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 4(1), 9-16. Retrieved from https://sujo.usindh.edu.pk/index.php/USJICT/article/view/638

• Khowaja, K., Banire, B., Al-Thani, D., Shah, A., Salim, S. S. (2019). Use of augmented reality for social communication skills in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): A systematic review. 2019 IEEE 6th International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS), 20-21 December 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• Banire, B., Khowaja, K., Mansoor, B., Qaraqe, M., & Al Thani, D. (2020). Reality-Based Technologies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Recommendation for Food Intake Intervention. In M. M. Essa & M. W. Qoronfleh (Eds.), Personalized Food Intervention and Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder Management (pp. 679-693). Cham: Springer International Publishing

• Khowaja, K., & Salim, S. S. (2019). A framework to design vocabulary-based serious games for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Universal Access in the Information Society. doi:10.1007/s10209-019-00689- 4. (ISI journal with IF=1.118)

• Khowaja K., Al-Thani D., Aqle A., Banire B. (2019) Accessibility or Usability of the User Interfaces for Visually Impaired Users? A Comparative Study. In: Antona M., Stephanidis C. (eds) Universal Access in HumanComputer Interaction. Theory, Methods and Tools. HCII 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11572. Springer, Cham

• Banire, B. O., Al-Thani, D., Makki, M., Qaraqe, M., Anand, K., Connor, O., Khowaja, K., Mansoor, B. (2019). Attention Assessment: Evaluation of Facial Expressions of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In: Antona M., Stephanidis C. (eds) Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Multimodality and Assistive Environments. HCII 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11573. Springer, Cham

• Khowaja, K., Salim, S. S., Asemi, A., Ghulamani, S., Shah, A. (2019). A systematic review of modalities in computer-based interventions (CBIs) for language comprehension and decoding skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Universal Access in the Information Society. doi:10.1007/s10209-019-00646-1.

• Khowaja, K., Salim, S. S., Al-Thani, D. (2018). Components to design serious games for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to learn vocabulary. 2018 IEEE 5th International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS), 22-23 November 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.

• Mujtaba, G., Shuib, L., Idris, N., Hoo, W. L., Raj, R. G., Khowaja, K., Shaikh, K., Nweke, H. F. (2019). Clinical text classification research trends: Systematic literature review and open issues. Expert Systems with Applications, 116, 494-520. (ISI Journal with IF=3.928)

• Khowaja, K., Al-Thani, D. Salim, S. S. (2018). Vocabulary learning of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): from the development to an evaluation of serious game prototype. 12th European Conference on Games Based Learning, 4 - 5 October 2018, Sophia Antipolis, France 

• Khowaja, K. and Salim, S. S. (2018). Serious game for children with autism to learn vocabulary - an experimental evaluation. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. (ISI journal with IF=1.259)

• Ghulamani, S., Shah, A., Khowaja, K. (2017). Development of a game for History Course of Secondary School Students. Paper presented at 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS) 2017.

• Abbasi, S., Kazi, H., and Khowaja, K. (2017). A systematic Review of Effects on Learning Object Oriented Programming through Serious Games and Programming Approaches. Paper presented at 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS) 2017.

• Khowaja, K., Salim, S. S., & Asemi, A. (2015). Heuristics to Evaluate Interactive Systems for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). PLoS ONE, 10(7), e0132187. (ISI, TIER 1 JOURNAL with IF=3.234)

• Shah, A., Khowaja, K., & Shah, A. S. (2015). A Model for Handling Overloading of Literature Review Process for Social Science. Paper presented at the International Conference on Advanced Research in Business and Social Sciences 2015.

• Khowaja, K., & Salim, S. S. (2014). Design Components for Serious Games of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Paper presented at the International Symposium on Simulation and Serious Games 2014.

• Khowaja, K., & Salim, S. S. (2013). A systematic review of strategies and computer-based intervention (CBI) for reading comprehension of children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7(9), 1111-1121. (ISI, TIER 1 JOURNAL with IF=2.959)

• Bhatti, A., Bhatti, M. I., Khowaja, K., & Shah, A. (2011). Command based line following robot using RF technology. Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Technology Research, 1(1), 25-35.

• Uddin, M., Khowaja, K., & Rehman, A. A. (2010). Dynamic Multi-Layer Signature Based Intrusion Detection System Using Mobile Agents. International Journal Of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA), 2(4), 129- 141.

• Noorani, R. N., Ansari, A., Khowaja, K., & Shah, A. (2008). Analysis of MANET routing protocols under TCP vegas with mobility consideration. Paper presented at the International Multi Topic Conference.

• Memon, J. A., Khowaja, K., & Kazi, H. (2008). Evaluation of steganography for Urdu/Arabic text. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 4(3), 232-237.

• Abrejo, S., Shah, A., Khowaja, K., & Ansari, A. (2007). Analysis of MANET Routing Protocols using Scenario Based Mobility Models. Paper presented at the First International Conference on Computer, Control and Communication.

• Khawaja, S., Shah, A., & Khowaja, K. (2007). Alternate paradigm for navigating the WWW through zoomable user interface Advances and innovations in systems, computing sciences and software engineering (pp. 417- 420): Springer Netherlands.

• Khowaja, K., & Guha, S. (2007). Visual agent programming (VAP): an interactive system to program animated agents. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Human interface: Part I, Beijing, China.

  • Best Paper Award at the 2018 IEEE 5th International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS), Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Best Paper Presentation Award at the PostGraduate Research Excellence Symposium (PGReS) 2014.
  • Runner-up in the University of Malaya Three Minute Thesis (UM3MT) competition (2014).
  • HEC Travel Grant to present at the 12th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCI) 2007, Beijing, China.
  • Full Fellowship Award to present at the 7th Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) Camp 2005, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Special Prize and First Prize in software competitions for "Electronic Chatting and Conferencing" at Isra University events (2000).