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Engr. Dr. Umar Mahmud, P. E

Assistant Professor

Department of Software Engineering

Foundation University Islamabad

Engr. Dr. Umar Mahmud P. E. is a software engineer who has 15+ years of experience as an instructor in the fields of computer science and software engineering. He has a PhD degree in computer science from FUI. He has an MS degree in Computer Software Engineering as well as a BE in Computer Software from NUST. His research area is Power Awareness, Context Awareness, IoT/IoE, and Software Design and Architecture. He has 20+ publications and his h-index and i-10 index are 10 and 11 respectively. He has written 2 technical books. He is a member of the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). He also has 10+ patents filed in IPO Pakistan.
He is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Software Engineering, FUI. He has recently established a startup Futureaware Tech (http://futureaware.tech/) in 2022 that specializes in IoT, AI, ML, and web products.

  1. U. Mahmud, and S. Hussain, ‘A Business Intelligence Bases System for Forecasting Used Vehicle Trading in Pakistan Using Markov Chain (BISFVT)’, 156/2024, filed on 18 Mar 2024, IPO Pakistan.
  2. U. Mahmud, S. Hussain, and K. Shahzad, ‘A Markov Chain Based, Context-Aware Psychotherapeutic-Music Recommender System for Commuters (CAPeRS)’, 665/2023, filed on 18 Oct 2023, IPO Pakistan.
  3. U. Mahmud, and S. Hussain, ‘An Energy Conserving and Privacy Preserving Smart Healthcare System’, 631/2023, filed on 21 Sep 2023, IPO Pakistan.
  4. U. Mahmud, and S. Hussain, ‘A Flow Model and Metric to Measure the Complexity of A Question Paper Using Bloom's Taxonomy’, 588/2023, filed on 04 Sep 2023, IPO Pakistan.
  5. U. Mahmud, and S. Hussain, ‘An AloT-Based Smart Health Assistant for Gravida and Fetal Care (ASHA)’, 589/2023, filed on 04 Sep 2023, IPO Pakistan.
  6. U. Mahmud, and S. Hussain, ‘A Distributed Algorithm for Activity Classification of Friend Spaces in Smart Environments’, 70/2023, filed on 01 Feb 2023, IPO Pakistan.
  7. U. Mahmud, and S. Hussain, ‘A Mathematical Model of Friend Spaces in Smart Environments’, 71/2023, filed on 01 Feb 2023, IPO Pakistan.
  8. U. Mahmud, and S. Hussain, ‘An Algorithm for Energy Conserving Context Aware System’, 683/2022, filed on 14 Oct 2022, IPO Pakistan.
  9. U. Mahmud, and S. Hussain, ‘A Framework for Power Constrained Context Awareness’, 648/2022, filed on 03 Oct 2022, IPO Pakistan.
  10. U. Mahmud, and S. Hussain, ‘A Philosophical Inspired Mathematical Framework of Context’, 565/2022, filed on 19 Aug 2022, IPO Pakistan.

  1. U. Mahmud, S. Hussain, S. Farooqui, N. A. Malik, and I. K. Toure, 'A Synergy of Distinct Contexts in AIoT-Based Smart Environments for Waste Collection in Urban Centers, Journal of Engineering, vol. 2025, pp. 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1155/je/4304586
  2. U. Mahmud, S. Hussain, K. Shahzad, S. Iffet, N. A. Malik, and I. K. Toure, ‘A Context-Aware, Psychotherapeutic Music Recommender System for Commuters’, Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, vol. 2025, pp. 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1155/hbe2/4080027
  3. U. Mahmud, S. Hussain, and T. Karamat, ‘Towards an Intelligent Energy Conservation Approach for Context-Aware Systems in Smart Environments’, Frontiers in Computer Science, vol. 6, pp. 1-16, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2024.1525382
  4. U. Mahmud and S. Hussain, ‘Augmenting Context with Power Information for Green Context-Awareness in Smart Environments’, Frontiers in Computer Science, vol. 6, pp. 1-20, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2024.1365500
  5. S. Hussain, H. Anwaar, K. Sultan, U. Mahmud, S. Farooqui, T. Karamat, I.K. Toure, ‘Mitigating Software Vulnerabilities through Secure Software Development with a Policy-Driven Waterfall Model’, Journal of Engineering, vol. 2024, pp. 1-15, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9962691
  6. U. Mahmud, S. Hussain, A. Sarwar, I.K. Toure, ‘A Distributed Emergency Vehicle Transit System Using Artificial Intelligence of Things (DEVeTS-AIoT)’, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2022, pp. 1-12, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9654858
  7. U. Mahmud, S. Hussain, I.K. Toure, ‘Gathering Contextual Data with Power Information Using Smartphones in Internet of Everything’, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2022, pp.1-14 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4445751
  8. S. Hussain, U. Mahmud, S. Yang, ‘Car e-Talk: An IoT-enabled Cloud-Assisted Smart Fleet Maintenance System’, in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 12, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2020.2986342
  9. U. Mahmud, S. Hussain and S. Yang, ‘Power Profiling of Context Aware Systems: A Contemporary Analysis and Framework for Power Conservation’, in Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2018, pp.1-15, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1347967
  10. U. Mahmud, ‘UML based Model of a Context Aware System’, in International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAPUC), 7(1), pp. 1-16, January 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJAPUC.2015010101
  11. U. Mahmud, N.A. Malik, B. Rauf, K.A. Bhatti, and H. Afzal, ‘QoS Aware Wavelength Assignment in Wavelength Division Multiplexing Based Optical Networks’, in International Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Engineering (IJMSE), 6(1), pp. 23-37, January 2015.
  12. U. Mahmud and N.A. Malik, ‘Flow and Threat Model of a Context Aware System’, in International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAPUC), 6(2), pp. 60-72, April 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijapuc.2014040105
  13. U. Mahmud and M.Y. Javed, ‘Context Inference Engine (CiE): Inferring Context’, in International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAPUC), 4(3), pp. 13-41, September 2012.
  14. U. Mahmud, U. Farooq, M.Y. Javed, and N.A. Malik, ‘Representing and Organizing Contextual Data in Context Aware Environments’, in Journal of Computing, 3 (4), pp. 61-67, March 2012.
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  16. N. A. Malik, M. Y. Javed, and U. Mahmud, ‘Context- Aware Threat Modelling and History Management in Pervasive Environment’, in Pakistan Journal of Science (PJS), 3 (61), pp. 148-152, September 2009.
  17. N. A. Malik, M. Y. Javed, and U. Mahmud, ‘Estimating User Preferences by Managing Contextual History in Context Aware Systems’, in Special Issue on Systems, Science and Applications of Journal of Software (JoS), 6 (4), pp. 571-576, August 2009. doi: 10.4304//jsw.4.6.571-576

  1. U. Mahmud and S. Hussain, ‘The Design Saga A Handbook for Computing Students on UML-Based Software Product Design’, 1st ed., Lulu, ISBN 978-1-3049-9245-1, 23 Oct 2023
  2. U. Mahmud, ‘Context Aware Paradigm for Pervasive Computing Environments: A study of context aware systems and implementation’, LAMBERT Academic Publishing ISBN 978-3-8465-8968-7, April 2012.

  1. U. Mahmud, S. Hussain, A.J. Malik, S. Farooqui, N.A. Malik, ‘Realizing IoE for Smart Service Delivery: Case of Museum Tour Guide’, in Smart Systems Design, Applications, and Challenges. Chapter 10, pp. 186-215, February 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2112-0.ch010
  2. U. Mahmud, ‘Organizing Contextual Data in Context Aware Systems: A Review’, in Handbook of Research on Human-Computer Interfaces, Developments and Applications. Chapter 11, pp. 273-303, June 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0435-1.ch011
  3. U. Mahmud and M.Y. Javed, ‘Context Inference Engine (CiE): Classifying Activity of Context Using Minkowski Distance and Standard Deviation-Based Ranks’, in Systems and Software Development, Modeling, and Analysis: New Perspectives and Methodologies. Chapter 3, pp. 65-112, May 2014.

  1. S. Hussain, U. Mahmud, and M. A. Iqbal, ‘A Data-Driven Business Intelligence System for Energy Companies’, in proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Computing & Emerging Technologies (ICCET 2026), Lahore, Pakistan, 08-09 December 2025, pp. 1-6.
  2. U. Mahmud, ‘A Business Intelligence System for Used Vehicle Trading (BIS-VeT)’, in proceedings of FUSST International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering (FICSE 2024), Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 26-27 September 2024, pp. 1-6.
  3. U. Mahmud and S. Hussain, ‘Measuring Energy Consumption of Insertion Sort to Establish Energy Consumption Dependency on Execution Time and Memory Allocation’, in proceedings of International Conference on Future Trends in Smart Communities (ICFTSC), Kuching, Malaysia, 1-2 December 2022, pp. 247-250, https://doi.org/10.1109/ICFTSC57269.2022.10039867
  4. N. A. Malik, U. Mahmud and M. Y. Javed, ‘Threat Modelling in Pervasive Computing Paradigm’, in proceedings of 2nd IEEE International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS 2008), Tangier, Morocco, 1, pp. 500-504, 5-7 November 2008.
  5. U. Mahmud, N. Iltaf, A. Rehman and F. Kamran, ‘Context-Aware Paradigm for a Pervasive Computing Environment (CAPP)’, in proceedings of WWW/Internet 2007, Villa Real, Portugal, 1, pp. 337-346, 5-8 October 2007.
  6. N. A. Malik, U. Mahmud and M. Y. Javed, ‘Future Challenges in Context Aware Computing’, in proceedings of WWW/Internet 2007, Villa Real, Portugal, 2, pp. 306-310, 5-8 October 2007.
  7. U. Mahmud, N. Iltaf and F. Kamran, ‘Context Congregator: Gathering Contextual Information in CAPP’, in proceedings of 5th Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 07), Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 134-141, 17-18 December 2007.
  8. N. Iltaf, U. Mahmud and F. Kamran, ‘Security and Trust Enforcement in Pervasive Computing Environments (STEP)’, in proceedings of IEEE HONET 2006, Charlotte, NC/USA 2, pp. 1-5, 6-8 September 2006.

  • Compiler Construction
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Organization and Assembly Language
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing
  • Operations Research
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Simulation and Modelling
  • Business Process Engineering
  • Introduction to Soft Computing
  • Software Design and Architecture
  • Distributed Systems
  • Computer Graphics
  • System Programming
  • Computer Programming
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Digital Logic Design
  • Theory of Automata and Formal Languages
  • Software Requirements Engineering
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Software Engineering Process
  • Object Oriented Software Engineering
  • Software Project Management

  • Theory of Programming Languages
  • Advanced Computer Architecture

  • PMPG (Spring 2025 - onwards)
  • Coordinator FUSVE (Fall 2025 - onwards)
  • Manager QEC - (Fall 2015 - Fall 2024)

  • Founder and Director Futureaware.tech