Faculty Zamir Hussain

Zamir Hussain

Associate Professor
  • School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences
  • 5190855739
Summary

I am engaged in undergraduate, graduate teaching and research in NUST. I am doing research in applied statistics in general and estimation of extreme events in particular.

Academic Background
PhD (Applied Statistics) BZU, Multan January 15, 2005 - October 22, 2012
Honours and Awards
Publications
Discovering promising drug candidates for Parkinson’s disease: integrating miRNA and DEG analysis with molecular dynamics and MMPBSA February 19, 2025 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design - Volume:39, Issue:1, Article Number 8
A comparative analysis of L-moments, maximum likelihood, and maximum product of spacing methods for the four-parameter kappa distribution in extreme value analysis January 02, 2025 Scientific Reports - Vol: 15, Article number: 164, Pages:15
Quality, safety, and microbiological assessment of loose market milk and antibiotic resistance analysis of Escherichia coli isolates in different areas of Faisalabad, Pakistan July 06, 2024 International Dairy Journal - Volume 154, Article Number 105936
Modeling of flood extremes using regional frequency analysis of sites of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan December 01, 2021 Journal of Flood Risk Management - Volume14, Issue 4, Article Number e12751
Long non-coding RNAs and their targets as potential biomarkers in breast cancer September 01, 2021 IET Systems Biology - Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 137-147
Statistical modeling for analyzing grain yield of durum wheat under rainfed conditions in Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan June 28, 2021 Brazilian Journal of Biology - Volume 82, Article Number e240199
Integrated analysis of microarray and RNA-Seq data for the identification of Hub genes and networks involved in the pancreatic cancer June 23, 2021 Frontiers in Genetics - Volume 12, Article Number 663787
A Computational Systems Analyses to Identify Biomarkers and Mechanistic Link in Psoriasis and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma June 18, 2021 Frontiers in Immunology - Volume 12, Article Number 662528
Frequency analysis of annual maximum rainfall series of fifteen meteorological observatories of Sindh, Pakistan April 20, 2021 Arabian Journal of Geosciences - Volume 14, Issue 9, Article Number 749
Effects of L-Moments, Maximum Likelihood and Maximum Product of Spacing Estimation Methods in Using Pearson Type-3 Distribution for Modeling Extreme Values March 19, 2021 Water Resources Management - Volume 35, Pages 1415–1431
Regional Flood Frequency Analysis, using L-moments, Artificial Neural Networks and OLS Regression, of Various Sites of Khyberpakhtunkhwa, Pakistan February 15, 2021 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research - Volume 19(1), Pages 471-489
Design and Optimization of a Diffuser for a Horizontal Axis Hydrokinetic Turbine using Computational Fluid Dynamics based Surrogate Modelling April 20, 2020 Mechanika - Volume 26(2), Pages 161-170
Bayesian Estimation of Gumbel Type-II Distribution under Type-II Censoring with Medical Applications March 26, 2020 Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine - Volume 2020, Article ID 1876073, 11 pages
Rainfall Frequency Analysis using Frechet and Log-Logistic Distributions of Sites of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan December 20, 2019 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research - Vol.17(6), Pages 13607-13623
MicroRNAs and their target mRNAs as Potential Biomarkers among Smokers and Non-Smokers with Lung Adenocarcinoma April 01, 2019 IET Systems Biology - Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 69-76
A comparison of quadratic regression and artificial neural networks for the estimation of quantiles at ungauged sites in regional frequency analysis March 29, 2019 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research - Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 6937-6959
Bayesian Analysis of Three-Parameter Frechet Distribution with Medical Applications March 12, 2019 Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine - Volume 2019, Article ID 9089856, 8 pages
Influences on Freshman Attitudes toward Engineering: Lessons from a Case Study of a Major Engineering University in Pakistan January 01, 2017 International Journal of Engineering Education - Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 596-609,
Estimation of flood quantiles at gauged and ungauged sites of the four major rivers of Punjab, Pakistan November 09, 2016 Natural Hazards - Volume: 86 Issue: 1 Pages: 107-123
Application of Regional Rainfall Frequency Analysis on Seven Sites of Sindh, Pakistan September 19, 2016 KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Print - Volume: 21 Issue: 5 Pages: 1812-1819
Bayesian Estimation of Exponentiated Pareto Distribution September 01, 2016 Pakistan Journal of Statistics - Volume 32, Issue 5, Pages 349-370
Application of the Regional Flood Frequency Analysis to the Upper and Lower Basins of the Indus River, Pakistan September 01, 2011 Water Resources Management - Volume 25, Issue 11, Pages 2797-2822
Regional Frequency Analysis of the Seven Sites of Punjab, Pakistan, Using L-moments. August 01, 2009 Water Resources Management - Volume: 23 Issue: 10 Pages: 1917-1933
Conferences
Quantitative evaluation of Security and Privacy perceptions in online social networks: A case study January 10, 2017 - January 14, 2017 Asma Bibi, Zamir Hussain, Fawad Khan, Adnan Maqsood, 2017 14th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST)
Shape optimization of non-linear swept ceiling fan blades through RANS simulations and Response Surface Methods January 13, 2015 - January 17, 2015 Ehsan Adeeb, Adnan Maqsood, Ammar Mushtaq, Zamir Hussain, 2015 12th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST)
Lecturer (BPS- 17) Pakistan Institute of Development Economics January 11, 2010 - October 10, 2013