Information Technology University (ITU) is hosting the 9th International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) 2017 from 16th to 19th November this year. The four-day conference will be held at Avari Hotel in Lahore. ICTD is the world’s premier …Continue reading
ITU Scientometrics Lab Director Wins Global Award
Dr Saeed Ul Hassan, the director of Scientometrics Lab at Information Technology University, has won the Global Eugene Garfield Honorable Mention Award for Innovation in Citation Analysis. The award is given out by Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property and Science business …Continue reading
PlanX Set to Host Fintech Conference
A Fintech Conference, organised by PlanX Technology Accelerator of the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), will be held on Thursday, September 21. The conference aims to highlight the challenges faced by Fintech startups in Pakistan and propose solutions for the entrepreneurial ecosystem of …Continue reading
TEDxITU 2017 Concludes
TEDxITU concluded on a high note on Saturday, with more than 300 participants at the conference. The second chapter of TEDxITU was organised at Arfa Software Technology Park. This year’s theme was ‘Afraad Ke Hathon Main Hai.’ The day-long event was supported by …Continue reading
TEDxITU: Afraad Ke Hathon Main Hai
Information Technology University (ITU) will host the second chapter of TEDxITU on Saturday at Arfa Software Technology Park. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Afraad Ke Hathon Main Hai.’ Speakers at TEDxITU will include veteran Coke Studio artist Ali Hamza, TED …Continue reading
5-Week Summer Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Launched
The MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Pakistan and Information Technology University have launched a five-week summer bootcamp for young entrepreneurs to refine their skills and help them develop innovative ideas. The camp started on July 11 and will end on August 10. A …Continue reading
Data Science Lab Director Awarded World Bank Grant
Information Technology University (ITU) faculty member and Data Science Lab Director Dr Faisal Kamiran has won a World Bank innovation award for his research on the identification of hotspots for harassment of women in public transport. His team has been awarded $100,000 …Continue reading
There’s a New Ranking System for Universities in Muslim Countries
ITU scientist develops ranking system that compare around 450 institutes of higher learning in 30 Muslim majority countries. Thousands of Pakistanis apply to universities in North America and Western Europe for higher education. Most applicants aren’t in a position to afford tuition …Continue reading
ITU and edX Sign MOU for Pakistan’s “First Digital University”
Lahore’s Information Technology University (ITU) and edX, the global education platform founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to integrate edX courses into their degree programs. The MOU was signed …Continue reading
Pakistani Researchers Develop a Calligraphy-Based Urdu Font for the Internet
Native speakers of the Urdu language instinctively know that the language is read from right to left but the numerical values mentioned within an Urdu sentence are read from left to right. To the untrained eye, however, the Urdu language has a …Continue reading
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