Assistant Professor & Researcher

Dr. Ali Ghulam

Information Technology Centre
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam

Specializing in Human Disease Pathway Network Modeling, Biological Pathway Databases Discovery based on AI, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning. Author of 31+ SCI and 05+ ESCI high-impact research articles.

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Dr. Ali Ghulam
105.259
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1100
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21% (20)
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based on 93 most cited papers in the last 10 years
Dr. Ali Ghulam

About Me

A passionate researcher dedicated to advancing Bioinformatics and AI.

I am Dr. Ghulam Ali, holding a Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering) in Computer Software and Theory from Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China (2020), awarded under the prestigious CSC Full Scholarship.

Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the Information Technology Centre, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, my research focuses on human disease pathway network modeling and biological pathway databases discovery powered by Artificial Intelligence.

I have authored extensive work on the Prediction of Pathway Related Protein, Drug and Disease Association based on Complex Networks, AI, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning — publishing over 31 SCI articles and 05 ESCI articles in high-impact journals.

86+
Articles Published
31+
SCI Articles
44+
National Articles
6+
Years Experience
Ph.D.
From China

Research & Projects

Current focus on AI, Bioinformatics, and Precision Agriculture.

Present Research Work

Presently working on human protein sequences using machine learning. As the volume and accessibility of Bioinformatics data increases, ML plays a crucial role in diagnosis, structuring, normalizing, and analyzing biological data. Focus areas include precision diagnosis using genomic sequencing, early-stage cancer detection, and advanced cardiac visualization with custom ML/DL models.

Current Research Projects

  • AI-PBTR-Lab: Artificial Intelligence and Precision Biomedicine Technologies Research Lab.
  • Mango Crop Disease: Prediction of Mango Crop of Sindh Based on ML algorithms and IoT.
  • MCDP-MLA: Multiple Crops Disease Prediction Based on Machine Learning Approaches.
  • PDD-UDL: Plants Disease Detection Based on Using Deep Learning.
  • PAAMO-AI: Precision Agriculture and Automation in Mango Orchards using AI (Under Writing).

Research Skills & Tools

Data Science & Bioinformatics
Python Ecosystem NumPy / SciPy Pandas / Matplotlib Seaborn / NetworkX PyRWR / PyGad DNA Sequence Extraction Protein Sequence Extraction Data Visualization
Programming & Software
Python / R / Matlab PyTorch / Spyder MySQL / Oracle / SQL Server PHP / ASP / JSP WordPress / Joomla Linux / Windows Server

Research Publications

Impact Factor: 105.259 | 31+ SCI Articles

75 Research Publications
  • Talpur, F., Brohi, K., Chandio, A. A., Korejo, I. A., Ghulam, A., Brohi, I. A., & Ali, N. I. (2026). Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization and Ensemble Learning Model of DDoS Attacks Detection. Array, 101047.
  • Shafi, H., Ghulam, A., Talpur, M. S. H., Sajjad, H., Maher, Z. A., Buriro, R. A., & Sikander, R. (2026). TRANSWALKCOTNET: A Swin Transformer And Deepwalk-Based Cross-Attention Fusion Framework For Cotton Plant Disease Identification Hybrid Graph+ Transformer Model. Genetics and Molecular Research. (Scopus / HEC Index, Category - X). Scopus / HEC Index, Category - X
  • Muhammad Zeeshan Ashraf, Rabia Kamal, Ali Ghulam, "AI-Powered Numerical Methods: Transforming Mathematical Problem-Solving". (2026). Journal of Engineering and Computational Intelligence Review, 4(1), 25-33. <https://jecir.com/index.php/jecir/article/view/41> (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Ali Ghulam, Sikander Rahu, et., al., "Bt-Trans Acp: A Binary Tree-Growth Transformer With Hybrid Deep Learning For Anticancer Peptide Prediction". Frontier in Medical and Health Research, vol. 4, no. 5, May 2026, pp. 38-50, <https://fmhr.net/index.php/fmhr/article/view/2793>. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Mujeebu Rehman, Qinghua Liu, Muhammad Javed Bhutto, Ali Ghulam, Teerath Kumar, (2026). "Integrating Evolutionary and Compositional Features with ML and DL for Robust and Interpretable Druggable Protein Prediction", Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design Volume 40, article number 168 (2026) -Springer Nature, Q2; (SCIE, IF：3.1, HEC Index, Category - W). SCIE, IF：3.1, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Shafi, H., Ghulam, A., Talpur, M. S. H., & Sikander, R. (2026). Transformer-Based Cotton Plant Disease Detecting: Comparative Study to Deep Learning and Machine Learning, Gongcheng Kexue Yu Jishu/Advanced Engineering Science, Journal ID: AES-23-03-2026-934, Volume - 58, Issue - 02. (Scopus Category - X) Scopus Category - X
  • Shafi, H., Ghulam, A., Talpur, M. S. H., & Sikander, R. (2026). Heterogeneous Network Framework for Predicting Novel Disease--Plant Associations Using Random Walk with Restart (RWR). AgriEngineering, 8(3), 113. (SCIE， IF：3.0, HEC Index, Category - W). SCIE， IF：3.0, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Ali Ghulam, Tarique Ali, Rahu Sikander, Farman Ali, Atef Masmoudi, Raed Alsini, An Explainable Deep Learning Model for Clathrin Protein Prediction Using a DCT-Enhanced Position-Specific Scoring Matrix, Current Drug Targets; Volume 27, Issue, Year (2026), e13894501400875. DOI: 10.2174/0113894501400875251113072024 (SCIE， IF：2.05, HEC Index, Category - W). SCIE， IF：2.05, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Ghulam, A., Rehman, M., Fida, H., Zhao, P. Y., Noroze, R., Qi, Y. C., & Yu, X. L. (2026). AMP-CapsNet: a multi-view feature fusion approach for antimicrobial peptide prediction using capsule networks. Genomics & Informatics. (SCI， IF 1.36 (2026) HEC Index, Category - W).
  • Sikander, R., Ghulam, A., Rehman, M., Shafi, H., Hussain, D., Hussain, S. "Accurate Antifreeze Protein Prediction Using a LightGBM-Based Model". (2026). Annual Methodological Archive Research Review, 4(2), 1-14. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Shafi, H., Ghulam, A., Talpur, S. H., Sikander, R., Ali, A., Jabeen, N., ... & Iskandar, Y. (2025). A Comprehensive Review of Complex Network Methods for Cotton Plant Disease Detection. Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Robotic Applications, 16(1).
  • Rehman, M., Liu, Q., Javed, M., Ghulam, A., & Kumar, T. (2025). Integrating Evolutionary and Compositional Features with ML and DL for Robust and Interpretable Druggable Protein Prediction. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design (SCI， Journal Impact Factor: 3.1 (2024)).
  • Rehman, M., Liu, Q., Ghulam, A., Ahmad, T., Khan, J., Hussain, D., & Gu, Y. H. (2025). ELM-APDPs: An Explainable Ensemble Learning Method for Accurate Prediction of Druggable Proteins. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 145(1), 779. (SCI， IF：2.05, HEC Index, Category - W). SCI， IF：2.05, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Din, Amad Ud, Rehan Muhammad, Shahban Ali, Ajab Khan, Shahzaib Shah, Qaiser Ali Sultan, Ali Ghulam, Sohaib Hafeez, and Muhammad Bilal. "Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems 4.0: Machine Learning And Data Engineering Synergies For Intelligent, Scalable, And Sustainable Food Production And Food Science Innovation." Spectrum of Engineering Sciences 3, no. 9 (2025): 1344-1375. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Rahu, S., Ghulam, A., Brohi, T. A., Ahmed, A., Rehman, M., & Noor, H. (2025). Prediction Of Vesicular Transport Proteins From Sequence Data with Gru-Based Deep Learning Models. Spectrum of Engineering Sciences, 3(9), 861-873. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Abbas, M., Ali, F., Rahu, S., Shafi, H., Brohi, T. A., & Ghulam, A. (2025). A Deep Learning Framework For Space Weather Prediction: Leveraging Two-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network For Sunspot Forecasting. Spectrum of Engineering Sciences, 3(8), 159-166. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Channar, N. A., Koondhar, M. Y., Shaikh, S., Issani, F. N., Dahri, N. N., Maher, Z. A., & Ghulam, A. (2025). A Review On Edge Ai For Low-Latency Health Monitoring In Wearable Iot Devices: Challenges And Future Directions. Spectrum of Engineering Sciences, 3(7), 1424-1435. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Sikander1a, R., Bawany1b, N. Z., Ghulam, A., Rehman, M., & Farruhbek, R. (2025). Identification Of Hemagglutinin Using Sequence Information Machine Learning Lightgbm. Journal of Medical & Health Sciences Review, 2(3). (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Akbar, S. A. A. S., Korejo, I. A., Laghari, G., Brohi, K., & Ghulam, A. (2025). A Review on Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Prediction Approches Based on Machine Learning and Evolutionary Algorithms. VAWKUM Transactions on Computer Sciences, 13(1), 140-160. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Israr, M., Haider, S. A., Ahmed, M., Idrees, A., Khan, H. S. A., & Ghulam, A. (2025). Design and Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Solar-Wind Systems for Off-Grid Electrification: Analyzing Energy Reliability, StorageOptimization, and Cost-Benefit Trade-offs in Remote and Rural. Global Research Journal of Natural Science and Technology, 3(2). (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Ghulam, A., TARIQUE, A., TAHA, H., NIDA, J., TAIYABA, Q., MUJEEB, U. R., ... & SULTAN, A. (2025). An Explainable Phosphorylation Peptide Associated With Sars-Cov-2 Infection Employing A 2d Convolutional Neural Network (2dcnn). Physical Education, Health And Social Sciences Учредители: Wisdom Education & Research Hub, 3(1), 23-46. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • HUSSAIN, Z., SIDRA, B., KHAN, A., SHAHEEN, R., ASIF, M., & GHULAM, A. (2025). Comparative Evaluation of Elisa, Pcr, And Ns1 Antigen Detection For Dengue Virus Diagnosis. INSIGHTS-JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION Учредители: Health and Research Insights, 3(1), 574-580. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Khan, I., Arif, M., Ghulam, A., Albaradei, S., Thafar, M. A., & Worachartcheewan, A. (2025). Improved in Silico Identification of Protein‐Protein Interactions Using Deep Learning Approach. IET Systems Biology, 19(1), e70008. (SCI， IF：1.9). SCI， IF：1.9
  • Khan, I., Arif, M., Ghulam, A., Albaradei, S., Thafar, M. A., & Worachartcheewan, A. (2025). Improved in Silico Identification of Protein‐Protein Interactions Using Deep Learning Approach. IET Systems Biology, 19(1), e70008. (SCI， IF：1.9). SCI， IF：1.9
  • Ghulam, A., Arif, M., Unar, A., A. Thafar, M., Albaradei, S., & Worachartcheewan, A. (2025). StackAHTPs: An explainable antihypertensive peptides identifier based on heterogeneous features and stacked learning approach. IET Systems Biology, 19(1), e70002. (SCI， IF：1.9). SCI， IF：1.9
  • Ghulam, A., Ali, T., Hussain, T., Jabeen, N., Qureshi, T., ur Rehman, M., ... & Ahmed, S. An explainable phosphorylation peptide associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection employing a 2D Convolutional Neural Network (2DCNN), SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEW ARCHIVES ISSN Print: 3006-4694.
  • Rahu, S., Ghulam, A., Tahseen, S., Baloch, A. K., & Baloch, A. R. (2024). 2DCNN_CLA: Accurate prediction of Clathrin proteins using hyperparameter optimization in deep learning and DDE profiles. VAWKUM Transactions on Computer Sciences, 12(1), 163-179. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Sikander, R., Rehman, M., Brohi, T. A., Ahmed, A., Ghulam, A., & Ahmed, S. (2024). An Explainable Identifier of iGHBPs Peptides Based on Deep PSSM Features and Learning Approaches. Insights-Journal of Health and Rehabilitation, 2(2 (Health & Allied)), 571-579. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Kausar, F. N., Subhani, M. A., Mansoor, S., Abid, N., Osama, M., Ghulam, A., & Khan, S. (2024). Effect Of Students\'intellectual Ability On Students'motivation Toward Learning At University Level. Insights-Journal of Life and Social Sciences, 2(1), 45-53. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Siddiqui, M. A., Niazi, M. M., Qureshi, M. D. A., Arshad, A. H., Ejaz, A., & Ghulam, A. (2024). Implementation Of Natural Language Processing (Nlp) In Ehr Systems To Improve Clinical Documentation. Insights-Journal of Health and Rehabilitation, 2(2 (Health & Rehab)), 394-399. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Afzal, M. T., Sana, A., Khan, S. A., Ghulam, A., Kashif, M. U. R., & Jan, R. (2024). Telemedicine And Its Effect On Chronic Disease Management In Remote Communities. Insights-Journal of Health and Rehabilitation, 2(2 (Health & Rehab)), 355-361. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Rahu, M. U. R., Liu, Q., & Ghulam, A.,. Accurate Prediction of Monkeypox Disease Cases by Analyzing Symptoms with Ensemble Learning Boosting Methods and Using ML Techniques. Available at SSRN 4978187. (SCI，preprint). SCI，preprint
  • Maher, Z. A., Ghulam, A., Koondhar, M. Y., Mahar, I. A., & Hyder, M. (2024). Security Based SCURM Process (SUBSCRUM) For Secure Agile Development. VFAST Transactions on Software Engineering, 12(3), 138-146. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Muhammad Arif, Saleh Musleh, Ali Ghulam, Huma Fida, Yasser Alqahtani, Tanvir Alam, "StackDPPred: Multiclass prediction of defensin peptides using stacked ensemble learning with optimized features", Methods, Volume 230, 2024, Pages 129-139, ISSN 1046-2023, <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2024.08.001>. (SCI， IF：4.02, HJRS Index, Category - W). SCI， IF：4.02, HJRS Index, Category - W
  • Arif, Muhammad, Ge Fang, Ali Ghulam, Saleh Musleh, and Tanvir Alam. "DPI_CDF: druggable protein identifier using cascade deep forest." BMC bioinformatics 25, no. 1 (2024): 1-18. (SCI， IF：3.09, HEC Index, Category - W). SCI， IF：3.09, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Talpur, Fauzia, Imtiaz Ali Korejo, Aftab Ahmed Chandio, Ali Ghulam, and Mir Sajjad Hussain Talpur. "ML-Based Detection of DDoS Attacks Using Evolutionary Algorithms Optimization." Sensors 24, no. 5 (2024): 1672. (, HEC Index, Category - W). , HEC Index, Category - W
  • Ghulam, Ali, and Mujeebu Rehman. "Assessment of Performance of Machine Learning Classification Techniques for Monkey Pox Disease Detection: Monkey Pox Disease Detection." Journal of Innovative Intelligent Computing and Emerging Technologies (JIICET) 1, no. 01 (2024): 1-7.
  • Memon, Mukhtiar, Suhni Abbasi, Ali Ghulam, and Habibullah Magsi. "AiDHealth: An AI-enabled Digital Health Framework for Connected Health and Personal Health Monitoring." (2023).
  • Sikander, Rahu, Ali Ghulam, Jawad Hassan, Laiba Rehman, Nida Jabeen, and Natasha Iqbal. "Identification of cancerlectin proteins using hyperparameter optimization in deep learning and DDE profiles." Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology 42, no. 4 (2023): 28-40. (WoS: Yes, HEC Index, Category - X). WoS: Yes, HEC Index, Category - X
  • Magsi, Arif Hussain, Leanna Vidya Yovita, Ali Ghulam, Ghulam Muhammad, and Zulfiqar Ali. "A Content Poisoning Attack Detection and Prevention System in Vehicular Named Data Networking." Sustainability 15, no. 14 (2023): 10931. (SCI， IF：3.889, HEC Index, Category - W). SCI， IF：3.889, HEC Index, Category - W
  • A.H. Magsi, A. Ghulam, S. Memon, K. Javeed, M. Alhussein et al., "A machine learning-based attacks detection and prevention system in vehicular named data networking," Computers, Materials and Continua (Accepted: 13-06-2023) (SCI 2022, IF：3.9, HEC Index, Category - W) SCI 2022, IF：3.9, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Hassan, Jawad, Muhammad Kamran Abid, Ali Ghulam, Muhammad Salman Fakhar, and Muhammad Asif. "A Survey on Blockchain-based Intrusion Detection Systems for IoT." VAWKUM Transactions on Computer Sciences, (2023), (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Ghulam, Ali, Zar Nawab Khan Swati, Farman Ali, Saima Tunio, Nida Jabeen, and Natasha Iqbal. "DeepImmuno-PSSM: Identification of Immunoglobulin based on Deep learning and PSSM-Profiles." (2023). ." VFAST Transactions on Software Engineering., Vol 11, No 1 (2023) (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Qureshi, R., Asad, M., Tunio, S., Qureshi, S., Ahmed, M., & Ghulam, A "A Survey on Security Issues and Attacks of Fog Computing." VFAST Transactions on Software Engineering., Vol 11, No 1 (2023) (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Zar Nawab Khan Swati, Ali Ghulam, Muhammad Sohail, Jawad Usman Arshed, Rahu Sikander, Muhammad Shahid Malik, Nauman khan. "XGboost-Ampy: Identification of AMPylation Protein Function Prediction Using Machine Learning" VAWKUM Transactions on Computer Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 2., pp.83-95, 2022. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Sikander, Rahu, Ali Ghulam, Zar Nawab Khan Swat, and Jawad Usman Arshed. "AOPs-XGBoost: Machine learning Model for the prediction of Antioxidant Proteins properties of peptides." VAWKUM Transactions on Computer Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 2., pp: 73-82, 2022. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Jawad Hassan, Kaleem Razzaq Malik, Ghulam Irtaza, Ali Ghulam, Ashfaq Ahmad "Disease Identification using Deep Learning in Agriculture: A Case Study of Cotton Plant", December 2022, VFAST Transactions on Software Engineering 10(4):104-115. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Rahu, S., Ghulam, A., Farman, A., Talpur, D. B., Talpur, M. S. H., Saba, E., ... & Tunio, S. (2022). Ubi-Xgb: Identification of Ubiquitin Proteins Using Machine Learning Model. Journal of Mountain Area Research, 8, 14-26 (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Ghulam, A, et al. "Identifying Molecular Functions of Dynein Motor Proteins Using Extreme Gradient Boosting Algorithm With Machine Learning." Journal of Mountain Area Research, 8 (2022): 1-13. (HEC Index, Category - Y) HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Dani Bux Talpur\, Ali. Ghulam, et al. Accurate prediction of Snare Protein Sequence using Machine Learning, Bioscience Research, 2022 19(3): 1414-1422 (ESCI, HEC Index, Category - Y) ESCI, HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Sikander, R., Arif, M., Ali. Ghulam, Worachartcheewan, A., Thafar, M. A., & Habib, S. (2022). Identification of the ubiquitin--proteasome pathway domain by hyperparameter optimization based on a 2D convolutional neural network. Frontiers in Genetics, 1908. (SCI 2022, IF：4.772, HEC Index, Category - W). SCI 2022, IF：4.772, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Chanihoon, G. Q., Afridi, H. I., Unar, A., Talpur, F. N., Kolach, H. B., Nassani, R., ... & Chandio, A. U. R. (2022). Selenium and Mercury Concentrations in Biological Samples from patients with COVID-19. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 127038. (SCI 2022, IF：3.995, HEC Index, Category - W). SCI 2022, IF：3.995, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Rahu Sikander\, Ali Ghulam, Mujeeb -ur- Rehman. " Identifying Disease Genes based on Machine Learning approaches for Classification (2022). VAWKUM Transactions on Computer Sciences, Vol. 10(1)- (January-June, 2022,. Pp: 42-51. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Ghulam, Ali, Rahu Sikander, and Farman Ali. "AI and Machine Learning-based practices in various domains: A Survey." (2022). VAWKUM Transactions on Computer Sciences, Vol. 10(1)- (January-June, 2022,. Pp: 21-41. (HEC Index, Category - Y). HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Ali. Ghulam, et al. "ACP-2DCNN: Deep learning-based model for improving prediction of anticancer peptides using two-dimensional convolutional neural network." Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, Volume 226, 15 July 2022, 104589. (SCI 2022, IF：4.175, HEC Index, Category - W). SCI 2022, IF：4.175, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Sikander, R., Ali. Ghulam, & Ali, F. XGB-DrugPred: computational prediction of druggable proteins using eXtreme gradient boosting and optimized features set. Sci Rep 12, 5505 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09484-3 (SCI， IF：4.996, HEC Index, Category - W). SCI， IF：4.996, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Ali. Ghulam, et al., 2022., "Accurate prediction of immunoglobulin proteins using machine learning model," Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, Volume 29, 2022, 100885, <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2022.100885>. (Scopus, HEC Index, Category - Y). Scopus, HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Ali. Ghulam, Xiujuan Lei, Yuchen Zhang, Zhenqiang Wu, "Human drug-pathway association prediction based on network consistency projection", Computational Biology and Chemistry, Volume 97, 2022, 107624. (SCI，中科院大类三区， IF：3.737, WoS-SCI, HEC Index, Category - Y) SCI，中科院大类三区， IF：3.737, WoS-SCI, HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Ali, F., Ali. Ghulam., Maher, Z. A., Khan, M. A., Khan, S. A., & Hongya, W. (2021). Deep-PCL: A deep learning model for prediction of cancerlectins and non cancerlectins using optimized integrated features. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, 104484. (SCI，2021 IF：4.175, HEC Index, Category - W). SCI，2021 IF：4.175, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Sikander R, Wang Y, Ali. Ghulam and Wu X (2021) Identification of Enzymes-specific Protein Domain Based on DDE, and Convolutional Neural Network. Front. Genet. 12:759384. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.759384 (SCI 2022, IF：4.772, HEC Index, Category - W). SCI 2022, IF：4.772, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Ali, F., Akbar, S., Ali. Ghulam, Maher, Z. A., Unar, A., & Talpur, D. B. (2021). AFP-CMBPred: Computational identification of antifreeze proteins by extending consensus sequences into multi-blocks evolutionary information. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 105006. (SCI，2020 IF：6.698, HEC Index, Category - W). SCI，2020 IF：6.698, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Sikander, Rahu, Ali. Ghulam, and Zar Nawab Khan Swati,"2DCNNT3: Sequence Prediction based on 2DCNN for secret effector based bacterial Type III, "Bioscience Research, 2021 volume 18(4):2574-2584 (ESCI, HEC Index, Category - Y) ESCI, HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Shahrukh Khan, Ali. Ghulam, et al., 2021., "Effect of different growing media on emergence and growing of Cassia glauca L.", Bioscience Research, 2021 volume 18(3): 2483-2489 (ESCI, HEC Index, Category - Y) ESCI, HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Ali. Ghulam, Xiujuan Lei,et al. 2021, "Identification of Novel Protein Sequencing SARS CoV-2 Coronavirus Using Machine Learning" Bioscience Research, 2021 18(SI-1): 47-58. (ESCI, HEC Index, Category - Y) ESCI, HEC Index, Category - Y
  • Ali. Ghulam, Xiujuan Lei, Y. Zhang, S. Cheng and M. Guo, "Identification of Pathway-Specific Protein Domain by Incorporating Hyperparameter Optimization Based on 2D Convolutional Neural Network," in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 180140-180155, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3027887. (SCI，中科院大类二区，2020IF：3.476, HEC Index, Category - W) SCI，中科院大类二区，2020IF：3.476, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Ali. Ghulam, Xiujuan Lei, Yuchen Zhang, Zhenqiang Wu. Pathway-specific Protein Domains (PSPD) Discrimination by Using a Hybrid Feature Space Based on Deep Neural Network (DNN). Algorithms for Molecular Biology (SCI，中科院大类四区，2019IF：1.706, Peer Review Process) SCI，中科院大类四区，2019IF：1.706, Peer Review Process
  • Ali Ghulam, Xiujuan Lei, Min Guo, Chen Bian. Disease-pathway Association Prediction Based on Random Walks with Restart and PageRank. IEEE Access, Apr.13, 2020, 8(1): 72021-72038 (SCI，中科院大类二区，2020IF：3.476, HEC Index, Category - W) SCI，中科院大类二区，2020IF：3.476, HEC Index, Category - W
  • Ali Ghulam, Xiujuan Lei\, Min Guo and Chen Bian, "[Comprehensive Analysis of Features and Annotations of Pathway Databases]{.underline}", Current Bioinformatics (2020) 15: 803. (SCI，中科院大类二区，2019, IF: 4.850, Category - X ) SCI，中科院大类二区，2019, IF: 4.850, Category - X
  • Ali Ghulam, Xiujuan Lei, Min Guo, Chen Bian. A Review of Pathway Databases and Related Methods Analysis. Current Bioinformatics, 2020, 15: 380-396 (SCI，中科院大类四区，2019, IF: 4.850, Category - X) SCI，中科院大类四区，2019, IF: 4.850, Category - X
  • Ghulam, Ali, et al. "On-Page Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Techniques Model: A Use Case Scenario of a Business Entity Website." International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET) (2017): 5.
  • Rahu, Ali Ghulam, et al. "Extending Off-Page Search Engine Optimization (Seo) Techniques Based on Google Seo Techniques Model." Science International 28.5 (2016).
  • Maher, Zulfikar Ahmed, Asadullah Shah, Humaiz Shaikh, Ghulam Ali Rahu, Pinial Khan Butt, Shahmurad Chandio, and Saima Shaikh. "A methodology for modeling and analysis of secure systems using security patterns and mitigation use cases." In 2018 7th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE), pp. 268-273. IEEE, 2018.
  • MAHER, Z., MALIK, A.,Ghulam, G., SHAIKH, S., BUTT, P., MAHAR, I., & SHAIKH, H. (2018). A Metadata Architecture over cloud for enabling knowledge support for SMEs. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series), 50(3D), 110-115. (HEC Index, Category - W) HEC Index, Category - W
  • Sikander Rahu, Ali Ghulam, "Proposed Study Six 6 Core Component of IOT (Part-3)" International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology, Volume 6, Issue III, Pages, 2806-2811. March 2018/3.
  • Sikander Rahu, Ali Ghulam, Wu Zhen Qiang, and M. H. Depar. "CMS Model Subjective Quality Evaluation VIA Crowdsourcing." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology, Volume 6 Issue I, Pages, 292-303. January 2018.

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Guiding the next generation of researchers.

Ph.D. Supervision

  • Main: Hina Shafi (PhD-2K23-IT-02) - "Predicting cotton plant disease associations using complex networks"
  • Main: Nazir Ahmed Marri (Ph.D. 2k23-IT-06)
  • Co-Sup: Syed Akbar Ali Shah (Univ. of Sindh)
  • Co-Sup: Saima Shaik (PhD-2K23-IT-08) - "Evolutionary framework for software defect prediction..."

MS / MSAI Supervision

  • Aarifa Khatoon: "Identification of various crop disease detection based on hybrid features..."
  • Tarique Ali: "Prediction of chronic diseases utilizing two heterogeneous pipelines..."
  • Hazrat Noor: "An explainable approach for detecting of DDOS attacks..."
  • Co-Sup: Rana Ehtsham Ul Haq - "Machine learning-based traffic recognition..."
  • Co-Sup: Abdul Waheed - "Prediction of student performance using decision support system"

Thesis Evaluations (External Examiner)

Ph.D. Evaluations
  • Dr. A.H.S. Bukhari (PG Centre of ICT, Univ. of Sindh)
  • Institute of Mathematics & Computer Science (Univ. of Sindh)
MS / M.Phil Evaluations (KIU Gilgit - Jan 2026)
  • Kumail Abbas: "Interpretable Machine Learning: Bridging the Gap..."
  • Rehmat Ali: "Enhancing Aspect Based Text Generation using Deep Learning"
  • Rashid ud Din: "A Comparison of the Data Traffic... via Edge Computing"
  • Zaheer Abbas: "Cockpit and White Noise Cancellation Headphones"
  • Syed Saqib Hussain: "Hybrid Cnn-Transformer Model For Alzheimer's..."
  • Junaid Abbas Qazalbash: "Improving Cyber Defense Decision Making..."

Peer Journal Reviewer & Advisory Board

Frontiers in Genetics Informatics in Medicine Unlocked RADS J. of Computer Science Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua Journal of Cheminformatics Scientific Reports The Protein Journal (Springer) BMC Infectious Diseases Discover Applied Sciences Current Protein & Peptide Science Current Drug Targets Advisory Board: AxisJHRS

Professional Experience

A journey of academic and technical excellence.

April 2023 - Present

Assistant Professor

Information Technology Centre, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam.

Teaching Bioinformatics, AI, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, and Computational Professional Practices. SAU-UMS Team Lead.

Nov 2022 - April 2023

Lecturer

Information Technology Centre, SAU Tandojam.

Teaching specialization in Bioinformatics, AI, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning.

July 2007 - Oct 2022

Webmaster / Web Developer

Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam.

Website Development, Graphics Designing, WordPress, Joomla, SEO, PHP, MySQL, Apache Tomcat, IIS Server.

2008 - Present

Senior Web Developer / Team Lead

Ora-Tech System Karachi.

Designed and developed web sites for 30 Govt Departments and 23 Districts of Sindh. Portal administration and team leadership.

May 2005 - May 2006

Assistant System Developer

Alpha Insurance Company Ltd, Karachi.

Visual Studio.Net 2003, Oracle 9i, Crystal Report 10. Under Writing System, Motor/Marine/Fire Departments policies.

Education & Certifications

Academic background and continuous learning.

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering) 2017 - 2020
    Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China. (CSC Full Scholarship)
    Thesis: "Prediction of Pathway Related Protein, Drug and Disease Association Based on Complex Network and Deep Learning"
  • M.Phil (Computer Science)
    Institute of Computer Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro. (Specialization: SEO)
  • Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS-HONS) 2005
    Institute of Computer Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
  • F. Sc. (Pre-Medical) 1999
    Govt Sarwari Islamia Degree College Halla, Sindh.
  • Matriculation 1997
    Govt. High School Sabu Rahu, Distt. Nawabshah, Sindh.

Diplomas & Certifications

  • CIT: Computer Academy, Hyderabad (2002)
  • DIT: AI Soft, Hyderabad (2002-2003)
  • WordPress Test: Certified Developer (Score: 2.75, 67%)
  • Joomla 1.5 Test: Certified (Score: 2.50, 24%)
  • SQL Server & Azure: Microsoft Data Platform Training (HEC, 2016)
  • IT Management: TESP, HEC, IBA Karachi (2015)
  • Basic Chinese Language (BCL-II): Confucius Institute, Karachi (2014-2015)

Courses Taught

Artificial Intelligence
ITC-606
Advanced AI
AI-717
Foundational Math & AI
AI-720
Bioinformatics
ITC-501
Graph Theory
CS-503
Computational Practices
ITC-604
Fundamental Programming
CS-303
OOP (CS & SE)
Batches

Honors & Awards

  • CSC Full Scholarship (2017-2020)
    China Govt Scholarship Council for Doctoral Degree.
  • All Pakistan Website Competition
    3rd Position, Presidential Iqbal Awards.
  • Award of Prime Minister of Pakistan
    Shield for 3rd position in 2nd Multimedia Website Dev Competition, Iqbal Academy Lahore.

Focal Person Assignments

  • SAU-UMS Team Lead (University Management System) 2025-2026
  • Focal Person (DLSEI) HEC Pakistan (2025-2026)
  • Focal Person (Office 365) HEC
  • Coursera License via HEC's portal

Committees & Memberships

  • UI GreenMetric World University Ranking 2026
  • IT Team, Undergraduate Admission 2025-26
  • Technical Program Committee (ICDDSC-2025)
  • Chair Publicity / Social Media
  • University Admissions Entry Test Management
  • Final Year Project Display Committee
  • SAU Official Website Dev Committee

Get In Touch

Feel free to reach out for collaborations, research discussions, or academic inquiries.

Phone
0300-3219350
Official Email
garahu@sau.edu.pk
Personal Email
ali.rahu@gmail.com
Office Address
ITC, SAU Tandojam
Sindh, Pakistan

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References

Dr. Mir Sajjad Hussain Talpur
Professor

Information Technology Centre
SAU, Tandojam

Dr. Zulfikar Ahmed Maher
Assistant Professor

Information Technology Centre
SAU, Tandojam