Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lubna Aziz is an accomplished AI and MLOps Engineer, Researcher, and Academic Leader with over fifteen years of multidisciplinary experience in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and higher education leadership, currently serving as Assistant Professor and Head of Artificial Intelligence at Iqra University, Karachi. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and has earned dual Gold Medals in both her MS and BS in Computer Engineering from BUITEMS, reflecting her consistent record of academic excellence. Her professional expertise spans AI model development, scalable ML pipeline automation, MLOps deployment, Explainable AI, Computer Vision, and Generative AI, integrating research-driven innovation with real-world engineering impact. Dr. Aziz has designed and led AI curricula, supervised numerous student projects, and directed institutional initiatives aligned with HEC, NCEAC, and ABET accreditation standards. Her research advances Computer Vision, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Explainable AI (XAI) with applications across healthcare, finance, and creative AI, focusing on interpretable, multimodal, and human-centric intelligent systems. She has contributed to IEEE Access, Nature Scientific Reports, Springer, and MDPI journals, with publications exploring object detection, medical imaging, energy optimization, multimodal AI, and generative modeling. As an active reviewer for leading international journals and a keynote and technical chair for major AI and engineering conferences, she has significantly shaped discourse in emerging technologies. Her research projects include AI-driven healthcare diagnostics, cardiovascular risk modeling, and LLM intelligence benchmarking, funded by HEC, NIH, and the Royal Academy of Engineering UK. Known for her academic leadership, technical depth, and commitment to inclusive innovation, Lubna Aziz continues to bridge the gap between AI research and practical deployment, fostering the next generation of intelligent systems and ethical AI solutions.
Featured Publications:
Deebani, W., Aziz, L., Alawad, W. M., Alahmari, L. A., Al‐Ahmary, K. M., Alqurashi, Y., & Alwabel, A. S. A. (2025). Advancing electronic noses with transformers: Real‐time classification of hazardous odors and food freshness. Journal of Food Science.
Aziz, L., Adil, H., & Sarwar, R. (2025). Artificial sensing: AI-driven electronic nose for real-time gas leak detection and food spoilage monitoring. Sir Syed University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology.
Deebani, W., Aziz, L., Aziz, A., Basri, W. S., Alawad, W. M., & Althubiti, S. A. (2025). Synergistic transfer learning and adversarial networks for breast cancer diagnosis: Benign vs. invasive classification. Scientific Reports.
Aziz, L., Salam, M. S. B. H., Sheikh, U. U., Khan, S., Ayub, H., & Ayub, S. (2021). Multi-level refinement feature pyramid network for scale imbalance object detection. IEEE Access.
Arfeen, Z. A., Sheikh, U. U., Azam, M. K., Hassan, R., Shehzad, H. M. F., Ashraf, S., Abdullah, M. P., & Aziz, L. (2021). A comprehensive review of modern trends in optimization techniques applied to hybrid microgrid systems. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience.
Aziz, L., Salam, M. S. B. H., Sheikh, U. U., & Ayub, S. (2020). Exploring deep learning-based architecture, strategies, applications and current trends in generic object detection: A comprehensive review. IEEE Access.