Reality Is Stranger Than Fiction

Reality Is Stranger Than Fiction

About The Seminar

The seminar will focus on the present landscape of IT-based technologies such as IoT, AI, Blockchain, Metaverse, and industry 4.0 and their future prospects leading to singularity and transcendence. Starting from the fiction of Asimov, Orwell and Huxley, the seminar will give an overall view of comparing their predictions with present-day advancements. The seminar will also provide an overview of the research activities being carried out in the Digital Disruption Lab at PIEAS Pakistan.

Dr. Irfan Ul Haq serves as principal scientist at the Pakistan Institute of engineering and applied sciences ( PIEAS), Islamabad. He received his Ph.D. in large-scale distributed systems from the University of Vienna, Austria, in 2010. He leads the Digital Disruption Lab at PIEAS, closely collaborating with the ICT industry. His research interests include Blockchain technology and Big Data Analytics. His recent research is focused on intelligent transportation systems, autonomous vehicles and smart contracts.

About The Speaker

Professor Dr. Irfan Ul Haq

Professor Dr. Irfan Ul Haq serves as principal scientist at the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad. He received his Ph.D. in large-scale distributed systems from the University of Vienna, Austria, in 2010. He leads the Digital Disruption Lab at PIEAS, closely collaborating with the ICT industry. His research interests include Blockchain technology and Big Data Analytics. His recent research is focused on intelligent transportation systems, autonomous vehicles and smart contracts.


Date and Venue

Date: 15 JUN 2022

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