Muhammad Ali Tahir
HOD Department Of RS & GIS
- Institute of Geographical Information Systems
- 051874112
Summary
Dr. Ali Tahir received his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Computing and Information Systems in 2004 from Oxford Brookes University and subsequently a Masters degree in Geographical Information Science (GIS) from University of Nottingham in 2006. He completed his PhD in Geoinformatics from the School of Computer Science and Informatics at University College Dublin, Ireland. He has also completed his postdoctorate at the Geo-Environmental Research Centre, School of Engineering, Cardiff University. Dr. Ali has won multiple local and international funding’s from various agencies such as Survey of Pakistan, UN FAO, REDD+ MOCC, Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan, Plan International, UN WOMEN, UNICEF, WWF and Conservation Somalia. His research interests include Geoinformatics, Human-Computer Interaction, Geospatial Big Data, Volunteered Geographic Information and Geovisualization. He has been actively working with local and international industry and delivered many R & D solutions for real estate, improved water and sanitation, forest management, air quality monitoring and GIS ERP Integration.
Academic Background
PhD
(Geoinformatics) University College Dublin
September 21, 2009 - April 30, 2013
Honours and Awards
Publications
Public Adoption of Smart Transportation: A Technology Acceptance Model
September 01, 2025
Journal of Urban Planning and Development - Volume 151, Issue 3, Article Number 04025022
Deep neural network for crop classification using multitemporal data: A case study of Sialkot, Pakistan
December 01, 2024
Journal of Pure and Applied Agriculture - Volume 9(2), Pages 95-108
Urban development and the loss of natural streams leads to increased flooding
June 04, 2024
Discover Cities - Volume 1, Article Number 9
Google Analytics for User-Centered Design: A Case Study in Open And Distance e-Learning
October 27, 2023
International Journal on Open and Distance e-Learning - Volume 9(1), Pages 1-14
TinyLFU-based semi-stream cache join for near-real-time data warehousing
October 01, 2022
Soft Computing - Volume 26, Issue 20, Pages 11091-11103
A Map-Based Recommendation System and House Price Prediction Model for Real Estate
March 07, 2022
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information - Volume 11, Issue 3, Article Number 178
Analysis of Factors Affecting Adoption of Volunteered Geographic Information in the Context of National Spatial Data Infrastructure
February 08, 2022
International Journal of Geo-Information - Volume 11, Issue 2, Article Number 120
Wind farms selection using geospatial technologies and energy generation capacity in Gwadar
November 01, 2021
Energy Reports - Volume 7, Pages 5857-5870, November 2021
Fuel Consumption Monitoring through COPERT Model—A Case Study for Urban Sustainability
October 21, 2021
Sustainability - Volume 13(21), Article Number 11614
Assessment of Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping of WASA Tube Wells for Irrigation in Quetta Valley Aquifer
October 14, 2021
Energies - Volume 14(20), Article Number 6676
Trends of Aerosol Optical Thickness Using VIIRS S-NPP During Fog Episodes in Pakistan and India
February 11, 2021
Atmosphere - Volume 12(2), Article Number 242
Mitigating Urban Visual Pollution through a Multistakeholder Spatial Decision Support System to Optimize Locational Potential of Billboards
February 01, 2021
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information - Volume 10(2), Article Number 60
Future Location Prediction for Emergency Vehicles Using Big Data: A Case Study of Healthcare Engineering
November 28, 2020
Journal of Healthcare Engineering - Volume 2020, Article ID 6641571, 11 pages
Evaluating a Workflow Tool for Simplifying Scenario Planning with the Online WhatIf? Planning Support System
November 26, 2020
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information - Volume 9(12), Article Number 706
A Survey for the Ranking of Trajectory Prediction Algorithms on Ubiquitous Wireless Sensors
November 13, 2020
Sensors - Volume 20(22), Article Number 6495
Reply Using Past Replies-A Deep Learning-Based E-Mail Client
August 20, 2020
Electronics - Volume 9(9), Article Number 1353
Interpreting rescue vehicle patterns using geovisual analytics for spatiotemporal resource allocation
July 14, 2020
Arabian Journal of Geosciences - Volume 13, Article Number 660
Pixel-Based Classification of Hyperspectral Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks
June 01, 2019
PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science - Volume: 87 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 33-45
Allocation of Tutors and Study Centers in Distance Learning Using Geospatial Technologies
May 01, 2018
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information - NULL
Using T-Drive and BerlinMod in Parallel SECONDO for Performance Evaluation of Geospatial Big Data Processing
May 05, 2017
Book on Spatial Data Handling in Big Data Era - Pages 3-19
Quality Assessment of Volunteered Geographic Information for Educational Planning
March 01, 2017
Book on Volunteered Geographic Information and the Future of Geospatial Data - Chapter 5, Pages 76-96
Interpreting map usage patterns using geovisual analytics and spatio-temporal clustering
August 03, 2015
International Journal of Digital Earth - Volume 8, Issue 8, Pages 599-622, Special Issue SI
A Geovisual Analytics Approach for Mouse Movement Analysis
January 06, 2014
International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management - Vol.6, No.4, Pages 315-332
A Comparison of Open Source Geospatial Technologies for Web Mapping
October 31, 2011
International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology - Vol.6 (4), Pages 354-374
Conferences
An Evaluation of Existing Models of Smart Cities Development Around the World
November 05, 2023 - November 06, 2023
Aqsa Mehmood, Muhammad Ali Tahir, Hafiz Syed Hamid Arshad, Salman Atif, Ejaz Hussain, Gavin Mcardle, Michela Bertolotto,
Conference Proceedings, Cape Town South Africa November 06-07, 2023
Development of Predictive Model for Student Learning Outcomes based on Spatial Learning Analytics of Open and Distance Learning students
September 28, 2023 - September 30, 2023
Hajrah Amir, Kamran Mir, Ali Tahir, Salman Atif, Arham Muslim,
The 36th Asian Association of Open Universities Annual Conference- AAOU 2023 Istanbul, Türkiye
Towards Real Estate Analytics using Map Personalisation
May 07, 2020 - May 09, 2020
Mariam Mubarak, Kamran Khalid, Fizza Waqar, Muhammad Ali Tahir, Gavin McArdle, Ibraheem Haneef, Michela Bertolotto,
6th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management
Application of the Online WhatIf? Planning Support System in Peri-urban Spatial Planning; Case study of Muzaffargarh, Pakistan
April 02, 2019 - April 04, 2019
Qadeer ul Hussnain, Abdul Waheed, Abbas Anjum, Malik Asghar Naeem, Khydija Wakil, Ali Tahir, Christopher Pettit, Ejaz Hussain,
CORP 2019
A Planning support system to Aid Spatial Planning in Pakistan
July 11, 2017 - July 14, 2017
Muhammad Qadeer Ul Hussnain, A Waheed, Khydija Wakil, Ali Tahir, Christopher J. Pettit, C. Pelizaro, J A Jabbar,
15th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM 2017)
A planning support system to optimize approval of private housing development projects
April 13, 2016 - April 14, 2016
Abdul Waheed, Muhammad Ali Tahir, Muhammad Qadeer ul Hussnain, K Waki,
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Comparing Close Destination and Route-Based Similarity Metrics for the Analysis of Map User Trajectories
April 04, 2013 - April 05, 2013
Muhammad Ali Tahir , Gavin McArdle, Michela Bertolotto,
International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems W2GIS 2013
A multi-layer data representation of trajectories in social networks based on points of interest
October 29, 2012 - November 02, 2012
R. B. Braga, Ali Tahir, Michela Bertolotto, Hervé Martin,
Proceedings of the twelfth international workshop on Web information and data management
Spatio-temporal clustering of movement data: an application to trajectories generated by Human-Computer Interaction
July 16, 2012 - July 18, 2012
Gavin McArdle, Muhammad Ali Tahir, Michela Bertolotto,
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Identifying Specific Spatial Tasks through Clustering and Geovisual Analysis
June 15, 2012 - December 17, 2012
Muhammad Ali Tahir, Gavin McArdle, Michela Bertolotto,
20th International Conference on Geoinformatics
Visualising user interaction history to identify Web map usage patterns
August 08, 2011 - August 12, 2011
Muhammad Ali Tahir , Gavin McArdle, Michela Bertolotto,
AGILE 2011
An Open-Source Web Architecture for Adaptive Location-Based Services
May 26, 2010 - May 28, 2010
Gavin McArdle, Andrea Ballatore, Ali Tahir, Michela Bertolotto,
14th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (SDH)
Collaborative Filtering - A Group Profiling Algorithm for Personalisation in a Spatial Recommender System
March 17, 2010 - March 19, 2010
Ali Tahir, Gavin McArdle, Michela Bertolotto, Andrea Ballatore,
Geoinformatik
AP
NUST
July 01, 2008 - February 02, 2022