The fragility of the financial system can have dire economic consequences is one of the key learnings from the Global Financial Crisis (2007-09). The impact of the crisis was exacerbated due to the interconnectedness of financial institutions and international financial markets. Monitoring the fragility of the financial system, referred to as systemic risk in financial…
1. VA Lab at PNEC-NUST established in August 2016 is focusing on providing indigenous and state-of-the-art Computer Vision- and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based automated video content analysis solutions. The solutions are being customized to provide on-demand services as well. VA Lab is also a partner lab of National Center of Big Data and Cloud Computing (NCBC)….
Electric vehicles (EVs) are at the core of clean transportation envisaged for a sustainable future. As more people switch to electric vehicles in the developed world, publicly available electric vehicle charging points have become a common sight in the city centers, as seen in Figure 1. Electrification of the transportation sector can play a vital…
A technology that has had a significant impact on organizations, large and small, is cloud computing. Numerous case studies have thrown light on how the cloud has revolutionized airlines, healthcare, banking, education, etc. Fundamentally, the cloud is the availability of resources (infrastructure, platform, software) that are provisioned via the internet. For the startup and enterprise,…
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are considered the most reliable energy storage system with high energy and power density. LIBs have already captured the electronics market and are used in cell phones, laptops, gadgets, etc., with long cycle life. However, the demand for LIBs is increasing rapidly especially towards electric vehicles (EVs) where high energy and power…
There is an exponential growth in mobile data in recent times due to large number of registered users and their demand for high quality multimedia content. To cater for this ever-growing data requirement, mobile communication networks are being evolved into fifth generation of systems (5G) which is expected to provide 5-50 Gbps of data rates….
