Current Interests:

Medical imaging, biomedical image processing, image processing and computer vision applications in Computed Tomography, algorithms development for image reconstruction in Computed Tomography (CT), Signal Processing and (general purpose) GP-GPU application in Computed Tomography.

Current research:

• Efficient algorithm for enhancing low-dose CT reconstruction using morphological operations and re-projection
• Efficient Novel Algorithm for ill-posed Inverse Problems in the fields of Bio-Medical Imaging

Education:

• Ph.D. 2013- Present, (Electrical Engineering- Majors: Communication)
  Pakistan Navy Engineering College, NUST, Karachi
  Thesis: Efficient Novel Algorithm for ill-posed Inverse Problems in the fields of Bio-Medical Imaging
  Advised by Cdr. Dr. Tariq Mairaj PN
  
  
• M.S. 2011, Telecommunication Engineering (Gold Medalist)
  IQRA University, Main Campus, Karachi
  Thesis: An Efficient Regularized NLMF Algorithm
  Advised by Dr. M. Moinuddin
  
  
• B.E. 2008, Electronic Engineering
  IQRA University, Main Campus, Karachi
  

Teaching (Website):

www.umartalha.weebly.com

Publications:

• Umar Talha, Mir Asif, Sheraz Mohani and Jahanzeb Ahmad, “Body Area Networks (BANs), An Overview with Smart Sensors based Telemedical Monitoring System”, International Journal of Computer Applications, Volume 84 - Number 8, pages: 20-23, December 2013. ISBN : 973-93-80879-28-3
• Syed Hassan Ahmed, Syed Muhammad Umar Talha, and Aamir Khan, “Performance Evaluation of DVB-T Based OFDM over Wireless Communication Channels”, IMECS 2012, Hong Kong, March, 2012.
• Syed Muhammad Umar Talha, Syed Sheraz Mohani, Syed Hassan Ahmad, “Design for an Irrigation and Monitoring System of an Automated Dam”, IMECS 2012, Hong Kong, March, 2012.
• Mansoor Ebrahim, Syed Muhammad Umar Talha, Jahanzeb Ahmad, “Modeling Virus Propagation in Pure Peer-to-Peer Networks”, FIT 2010, Dec. 2010
• Jahanzeb Ahmad, Kamran Raza, Mansoor Ebrahim, S. M. Umar Talha, “Efficient FPGA based Reconfigurable Huffman Decoder design for JPEG image decoder”, FIT 2009, Dec. 2009
• Syed Muhammad Umar Talha, Hammad Hassan, M. Moinuddin, “An efficient regularized NLMF algorithm”, first draft submitted.
• Umar Talha, Ali Asghar, Hadi Ameen, Hammad Hussain, “Efficient Advance Encryption Standard (AES) Implementation on FPGA Using Xilinx System Generator” , first draft submitted.
• Umar Talha, Waleed bin Yousuf, Omer Zia, Tariq MAIRAJ, “Efficient Algorithm for Enhancing Low-Dose CT Reconstruction Using Morphological Operations and Re-Projection”, under write-up phase