Research Interests

Signal Processing

Image Processing

Robotics

Soft Computing

Ultrasonic Nondestructive

Medical Informatics

 

Funded Research

Innovative Robot for LNG Tank Inspection (2009-2012) National Priority Research Program (NPRP) Qatar.

Innovative Non-contact Industrial Inspection System (2008-10) National Priority Research Program (NPRP) Qatar.     

Crawler Robot for automated Ultrasonic inspection of metallic sheets (2008-2009) Qatar University

LEGO Swarm Robots for Localization and Mapping (2008-09) Qatar University.

Internet-Based Home Surveillance System (2008-09) Qatar University.

 

Undergraduate Research Program (UREP) of Qatar National research Fund (QNRF)

PC-Based Mobile Dexterous robot (2006-08)

PC-Based Surveillance Helicopter (2006-08)

Intelligent Blind-spot Sensing system for automobiles (2006-08)

Positron Beam System Automation (2007-08)

Fuzzy autonomous surveillance blimp (2008-09)

Intelligent Alarm Management System (2007-08)

Arabic Speech Controlled Wheelchair (2008-09)

 

 

Previous Projects

 

Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

Wearable Foetal Monitor for Early Warning of Foetal Distress (2006-07) Arab Science & Technology Foundation, Sharjah-UAE.          

Fuzzy Expert System for Gas Pipeline inspection (2005-2007) Qatar University

 

Tulane University, New Orleans, USA

Louisiana Board of Reagents Research Competitiveness Support Grant (2002-2005).

 

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Fault Detection and diagnosis (SABIC-1997-98)

Ultrasonic NDT Algorithms (SABIC-1997-98)

Ultrasonic NDT Algorithms and Experiments (KACST-1996-99)

GA Based Harmonic Estimation for Petrochemical Industries (SABIC-1998-99)

 

Pakistan Council for Scientific & Industrial Research ( PCSIR ) Karachi, Pakistan.

Intelligent Process Controller in Networking Environment. (1992-94)

 

N.E.D. University of Engineering & Technology Karachi, Pakistan.

Testing Assistant April 93-June 95

Conducted Impulse testing of electrical equipment insulation up to 125kV for Siemens, AEG, J & P, and utility companies in Pakistan. Developed the network link for the main panel with PC, Printer, and mass storage media.

 

Publications

 

Book

Digital Image Processing: An Algorithmic Approach with MATLAB. CRC Publication Co. Ltd. USA, October 2009.

 

Journal Papers

 

  1. Shamim, S., Qidwai, U., Enam, A., “Fuzzy Logic in Neurosurgery: Predicting poor outcomes after lumbar disc surgery in 501 consecutive patients”, Accepted for publication in Journal of Surgical Neurology, July 2009.
  2. Qidwai, U., “Autonomous Corrosion Detection in Gas pipelines: A Hybrid-Fuzzy Classifier Approach using Ultrasonic Nondestructive-Evaluation Protocols”, Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferromagnetics, and Frequency Control, December 2009.

3.      Qidwai, U. “Infrared Image Enhancement using H∞ bounds for surveillance applications”, Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, March 2008.

4.      Qidwai, U., “A LAMP-LEGO experience of motivating minority students to study Engineering”, ACM-SIGCSE Vol. 39, No. 4, December 2007, pp. 41-44.

5.      Qidwai, U., and Raquib, F., “Fuzzy MRI Analyzer: A perception-based methodology to quantify human observation”, Engineering Journal, Qatar University, Vol. 19, pp. 59-68, 2006.

6.      Belkhouch, F., Gocan, I., and Qidwai, U., “Chaotic gray-level image transformation”, Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2005.

7.      Yang, C., Kim, Y., Qidwai, U., and Wilson, A., “Related Strength Properties of 3D Fabrics”, Textile Research Journal, Vol. 74, No. 7, pp. 634-639, 2004.

8.      Qidwai, U., and Bettayeb, M., “Genetic Algorithm Based Harmonic Estimation”, IEEE Transactions on Power System Delivery, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 377-382, April 2003.

9.      Ray, M., and Qidwai, U., “Reduced-Dimensional Radial Basis Neural Network for Monitoring Haemodialysis”, Haemodialysis International, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 2003.

10.  Qidwai, U., and Chen, C. H., “2D-H∞-Based Deconvolution for Image Enhancement with Applications to Ultrasonic NDE”, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 157-159, May 2002.

11.  Qidwai, U., and Chen, C. H., “Recent trends in 2D blind deconvolution for nondestructive evaluation”, Tamkang Journal of Science and Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 49-58, March 2002.

12.  Qidwai, U., and Chen, C. H., “Blind- H∞ deconvolution for ultrasonic C-scans: 1-D approach”, Journal of NDE, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 40-46, June 2001.

13.  Qidwai, U., and Chen, C. H., “Blind Enhancement for Ultrasonic C-Scans using Recursive 2-D H∞-Based State Estimation and Filtering”, “INSIGHT”, Journal of British Institute of Nondestructive Testing, Vol. 44, No. 11, November 2000.

14.  Qidwai, U., and Bettayeb, M., “An Improved Electronic Scheme for Harmonic Elimination”, Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 1B, April 2000, pp. 15-30.

15.  Qidwai, U., Costa, A. H., and Chen, C. H., “Detection of Ultrasonic NDE signals using Time-Frequency Analysis”, “INSIGHT”; Journal of British Institute of Nondestructive Testing, Vol. 41, No. 11, November 1999, pp. 700-703.

16.  Qidwai, U., and Bettayeb, M., “A New Flux-Based Scheme for Harmonic Elimination”, Electric Machines and Power Systems, Vol. 27, No. 9, pp. 955-966, 1999.

17.  Qidwai, U., and Bettayeb, M., “Recursive Estimation of Power System Harmonics”, Electric Power System Research, Vol. 47, pp. 143-152, 1998.

18.  Qidwai, U., and Bettayeb, M., “A new robust scheme for harmonic elimination”, Electric Power System Research, Vol. 43, pp. 45-51, 1997.

 

 

Conference Papers:

 

  1. Qidwai, U., and Maqbool, M., “Image Deconvolution for Enhancing IR images in order to Detect Defects in Metallic Plates”, To be presented at IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Ajman-UAE, December 2009.
  2. Qidwai, U., and Bettayeb, M., “Fuzzy Time Frequency Classifier for NDT Applications”, To be presented at IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Ajman-UAE, December 2009.
  3. Qidwai, U., and Malluhi, Q., “Finding trends in historical traffic data: an Image Processing approach”, 13th Gulf Engineering Forum, Kuwait, October 2009.
  4. Qidwai, U., “Fuzzy Blind-Spot Scanner for Automobiles”, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ISIEA), October 2009, Malaysia.
  5. Qidwai, U., “Laser-Ultrasound and related Mathematical modeling with Applications to NDT”, 1st International Conference on Aerospace Science & Engineering, August 2009, Pakistan.
  6. Qidwai, U., “Soft Guidance of Robots: A Fuzzy Approach”, 1st International Conference on Aerospace Science & Engineering, August 2009, Pakistan.

7.      Qidwai, U., and Maqbool, M., “On hybrid-Fuzzy classifier design: an empirical modeling scenario for corrosion detection in Gas pipelines”, to be presented at 6th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA-08), April 2008, Doha, Qatar.

8.      Qidwai, U., Bettayeb, M., and Yamani, A., “Defect Deconvolution using 4th order Statistics for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing”, IEEE ICSPC-07, Dubai, November 2007.

9.      Qidwai, U., Shamim, S., Raquib, F., and Ather, M., “Failed back-surgery syndrome prediction using Fuzzy inference System”, IEEE ICSPC-07, Dubai, November 2007.

10.  Qidwai, U., Bettayeb, M., and Yamani, A., “Defect Deconvolution using 3rd order Statistics for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing” IEEE ISSPA-07, Sharjah, February 2007.

11.  Qidwai, U., Maqbool, M., and Jamil, M., “Fuzzy Mapping of Human Heuristics for Defect Classification in gas pipelines using Ultrasonic NDE”, IEEE ISSPA-07, Sharjah, February 2007.

12.  Qidwai, U., “Fuzzy Expert System for defect identification in gas pipelines using ultrasonic NDE”, International Bhurban Conference on Applied Science and Technology, Bhurban, Pakistan, January 2007.

13.  Qidwai, U., Maqbool, M., and Al-Fantazi, A., “Fuzzy classifier for corrosion detection in Gas pipelines using ultrasonic pulses”, 25th Egyptian Corrosion Conference, Ein El-Sukhna, Egypt, December 2006.

14.  Belkhouche, F., Singh, B., Qidwai, U., Rastgoufard, P., and Belkhouche, B., “On the approximation of the state equations of  nonlinear permanent magnet synchronous motors”, Proceedings of IEEE ISIE 2006, Montreal (Canada) - July 9 to 13, 2006.

15.  Qidwai, U., “Motivating students to study Engineering: a Lego-LAMP experience”, 4th International Forum on Engineering Education (IFEE), Sharjah, U.A.E., April, 2006.

16.  Qidwai, O., Haider, T., and Qidwai, U., “Multi-membership Fuzzy Time-Critical routing”, International Conference on Computer & Communication Engineering, Malaysia, May 2006.

17.  Wong, C., and Qidwai, U., “Intelligent Surround Sensing using Fuzzy Inference System (ISSFIS)”, 4th IEEE International Conference on Sensors, Irvine, California, USA, Oct 31-Nov 1, 2005.

18.  Wong, C., and Qidwai, U., “Intelligent Sensor network for Obstacle Avoidance Strategy (ISOAS)”, 4th IEEE International Conference on Sensors, Irvine, California, USA, Oct 31-Nov 1, 2005.

19.  Reasor, J., Wong, C., and Qidwai, U., “Towards a GPS-based autonomous vehicle”, 62nd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Dallas-USA, September 2005.

20.  Iqbal, R., and Qidwai, U., “Component-based Fuzzy Geometrical configuration classifier”, North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS), Michigan-USA, June 2005.

21.  Qidwai, U., and Reasor, J., “Improved GPS-based navigation for autonomous robotic vehicle”, International Bhurban Conference on Applied Science and Technology, Bhurban, Pakistan, June 2005.

22.  Iqbal, R., and Qidwai, U., “Boosted Human-centric Hybrid Classifier”, 43rd ACM Southeastern Conference, Kennesaw, Georgia, March 2005.

23.  Qidwai, U., “LMS-based enhancement for IR-images with applications to surveillance”, Annual Symposium of SPIE/IS&T; Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems IV, San Jose, California, January 2005.

24.  Qidwai, U., and Qidwai, O., “IR image enhancement using Recursive Weighted Least Square Estimator”, IEEE SCONEST, Karachi, Pakistan, December 2004.

25.  Iqbal, R., and Qidwai, U., “On the Selection of Fuzzy Classifiers Using AdaBoost”, IEEE SCONEST, Karachi, Pakistan, December 2004.

26.  Wong, C., and Qidwai, U., “Vehicle collision avoidance system (VCAS)”, IEEE Sensors 2004, October 24-27 2004.

27.  Qidwai, U., and Curtis, H., “EWS for Macular degeneration”, IEEE e-Tech, Karachi, Pakistan, August 2004, pp. 121-125.

28.  Belkhouche, F., Qidwai, U., Gokcen, I., and Joachim, D., “Binary Image Transformation Using Two-Dimensional Chaotic Maps”, IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition, August 2004, pp. 823-826.

29.  Qidwai, U., and Bettayeb, M., “Deconvolution of Ultrasonic NDT signals using N4SID algorithm for defect identification”, 10th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Sharjah, U.A.E, December 2003.

30.  Ray, M., and Qidwai, U., “Artificial intelligence approach to determine minimum dose of haemodialysis”, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Portland, Oregon, July 2003.

31.  Ray, M., and Qidwai, U., “Machine Learning in Medicine: Calculating the minimum dose of Haemodialysis using Neural Networks”, IEEE Region 5 Technical Conference, New Orleans, April 2003, pp 23-27.

32.  Belkhouche, F., and Qidwai, U., “Binary Image coding using 1D chaotic maps”, IEEE Region 5 Technical Conference, New Orleans, April 2003, pp. 39-42.

33.  Ray, M., and Qidwai, U., “Reduced Dimensional Radial basis neural network for monitoring haemodialysis”, Annual Dialysis Conference, 9th International Symposium of Haemodialysis, Seattle, March 2003.

34.  Belkhouche, F., and Qidwai, U., “Image encoding using chaotic maps and strange attractors”, Proceedings of SPIE/IS&T; Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems II, Vol. 5014, Santa Clara, California, January 2003, pp. 1-8.

35.  Qidwai, U., and Chen, C. H., “Recent trends in 2D blind deconvolution for nondestructive evaluation”, IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition, August 2002, pp. 989-992.

36.  Qidwai, U., and Chen, C. H., “C-scan enhancement using recursive subspace deconvolution”, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 615, No. 1, May 25, 2002, pp. 655-661.

37.  Qidwai, U., and Gottlieb, S., “An efficient hole-filling algorithm for C-scan enhancement”, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 615, No. 1, May 25, 2002, pp. 662-669.

38.  Qidwai, U., and Chen, C. H., “Blind Image Restoration for Ultrasonic C-Scan using Constrained 4th order cumulants”, ASME Congress, New York, November 2001.

39.  Qidwai, U., and Chen, C. H., “Blind Image Restoration for Ultrasonic C-Scan using Constrained 2D-HOS”, Proceedings IEEE ICASSP, Utah, May 2001, No. 6, pp. 3405-3408.

40.  Qidwai, U., and Chen, C. H., “Hybrid 2D H∞-Based Blind Enhancement for Ultrasonic C-Scans”, Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of British Institute of Non Destructive Testing, Buxton, England, pp. 137-142, September 2000.

41.  Qidwai, U., and Chen, C. H., “Blind Image-Deconvolution for Ultrasonic C-Scans”, RQNDE, Iowa, July 2000.

42.  Yamani, A., Bettayeb, M., and Qidwai, U., “High resolution Impulse response extraction for defect classification”, 6th International conference on Composites Engineering, Orlando, pp. 911 -912, 1999.

43.  Qidwai, U., Bettayeb, M., Yamani, A., and Chen, C. H., “GUI-Based Toolbox in MATLAB for Ultrasonic NDE Defect Identification”, RQNDE, Proceedings Vol. 19A, July 1999, pp. 757-764.

44.  Qidwai, U., Costa, A. H., and Chen, C. H., “Time-Frequency-Based Defect Identification and Classification for Ultrasonic NDE Signals”, RQNDE, Proceedings Vol. 19A, July 1999, pp. 717-724.

45.  Qidwai, U., and Chen, C. H., “H∞ Deconvolution for defect identification for Ultrasonic NDE signals”, Review of the progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (RQNDE), Proceedings Vol. 18A, pp. 719-725, Utah, July 1998.

46.  Qidwai, U., and Bettayeb, M., “An overview of advanced control technologies in process industry”, Technical Exchange Workshop for Arabian-American Oil Company ARAMCO), Saudi Arabia, 1998.

47.  Qidwai, U., “A new micro stepping technique for stepper motors”, IEEE student symposium, Bahrain, May 1996. Distinction: Best Paper Award.

48.  Qidwai, U., and Bari, I., “An Intelligent process controller in Networking Environment”, IEEEP Student Symposium, Karachi, 1993. Distinction: Silver medal.