GIS and Remote Sensing Specialist
Resume:
OBJECTIVE
Always seeking opportunities to develop new products that improve the lives of others.
Possess tenacity for solving difficult problems while focusing on quality and service. Strives for the highest level of personal integrity on all jobs. Daily seeks higher levels of understanding in multiple subjects. Live by checklists and calendars, seven days a week. Looking for a challenging, respectable and responsible assignments in the field of GIS & REMOTE SENSING, which form out my personal and professional growth and helps me to contribute effectively to the organizational growth. AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Award / Scholarship Awarding Agency Year
Merit Scholarship during MS RS & GISc IST, Islamabad, Pakistan 2015 Travel Grant to attend workshop on Applications of Remote Sensing in Forestry at SUPARCO, Pakistan
ISNET, Pakistan 2014
Merit Scholarship during BSc (Hons) Punjab University, Pakistan 2012 ACADEMICS
Year Degree CGPA / % Board / University
2013-2016* MS in Remote Sensing & GISc 3.58 / 4.0
Institute of Space Technology,
Islamabad, Pakistan
2008-2012 BSc (Hons) in Geography 3.63 / 4.0
University of the Punjab, Lahore,
Pakistan
2006-2008
Intermediate in Computer
Science
66%
Board of Intermediate and Secondary
Education, Lahore
2002-2004 Matriculation in Science 50%
Board of Intermediate and Secondary
Education, Lahore
KEY EXPERTISE
1. Processing SAR data
2. Processing Time Series Data
3. Mathematical Modeling / Algorithm Development
4. Processing satellite data using MATLAB
5. Integration of ground data with Satellite Imagery 6. Developing customized solutions using programming language 7. Developing web based GIS Maps
8. Spatial data visualization and analysis using web APIs RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Current Research Activities:
1. Regional Forest Above-Ground Biomass Estimation using ALOS PALSAR for Khayar Khola watershed, Chitwan District, Nepal and Chichawatni Irrigated Plantation, Sahiwal District, Pakistan. (MS Thesis, in progress)
SHAHBAZ BAIG
Citizenship: Pakistani
Email: *******.******@*****.***
Contact: +92-322-******* / +92-51-556****
Previous Research Activities:
Emergency Response Network for Road Incidence and Automatic Spatial Database Management.
(Term Project)
Crop yield estimation using MODIS NDVI product – A case study of Toba Take Singh District of Punjab, Pakistan (Term Project)
Hotspot Site Suitability Analysis for Future Urbanization using MCDA, A case study of Lahore District of Punjab. (BSc Hons Thesis)
Land Cover Change Assessment and trend analysis using satellite imagery of Lahore District, Punjab from 1990-2011.(Term Project)
Demographic Survey Report at Banda Khair Ali Khan, District Abbottabad: KPK (2012) (Demographic Survey)
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Scientific Papers Under Review
1. Baig, S., Mehmood, H., Waqar., M. M., Javed, S. (2015). “Hotspot Suitability Analysis for Future Urbanization for Lahore District using MCDA”. (Submitted) 2. Javed, S., Ali, A., Rani, R., Adnan, M., Baig, S. (2015) “Influence Analysis of Minerals on Drinking Water Quality around River Jhelum”. (Submitted)
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Designation Institute /
Organization
Duration Responsibilities
GIS Specialist
GeoSpatial Intelligence
Co. (GSI) General Head
Quarters, Rawalpindi,
Pakistan
01 Jan 2013 to to-
date
Raster Analysis, Vector
Analysis, Network Analysis,
Satellite and Aerial Image
Interpretation, Data
Management, Web based
Mapping, Spatial data
visualization
GIS Assistant
Urban Unit, Lahore,
Pakistan
01 November, 2012
to 31st December,
2012
Vector Data Preparation and
Management for a project of
Punjab Spatial Data
Infrastructure.
GIS Assistant
Jers Engineering
Consultancy, Lahore,
Pakistan
04 October 2012 to
07 December 2012
Consultant for GIS based
Utilities data preparation and
management
Research Assistant
and Web Developer
National University of
Space and Technology,
Islamabad
01 February 2011
to 31st March 2012
Web based Research Group
Development and helping out
in proposal writing for
different Geo-Spatial Projects
TRAINING COURSES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Sr.
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Training Course Date Attended Institute / Organization 1
Workshop on Forest Above Ground
Biomass Estimation using Synthetic
Aperture Radar in Synergy with other
Methods
13-14 May, 2015 Institute of Space Technology,
Islamabad, Pakistan
2
Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS
in Forestry
18-22 Aug, 2014 SUPARCO, Pakistan
3
Use of Remote Sensing for Carbon Stock
Assessment – A Climate Change
Detection
12 November,
2012
University of the Punjab,
Pakistan
3 Diploma in GIS and Map Surfer
13 July, 2009 to 11
August, 2009
University of the Punjab,
Pakistan
4
Workshop on Global Positioning System
(GPS)
03 November
2012
University of the Punjab,
Pakistan
5
Web Application Developer Program
(PHP & MySQL)
19 Feb, 2011 to 11
June, 2011
eVenture Solution, Pakistan
6
Use of Remote Sensing for Carbon Stock
Assessment – A Climate Change
Mitigation
12 November,
2012
University of the Punjab, Lahore,
Pakistan
7 Learning ArcGIS Spatial Analyst 24 July, 2011 ESRI Virtual Campus 8
Introduction to ArcGIS 9 Geostatistical
Analyst
19 July, 2011 ESRI Virtual Campus
9
Getting Started with GIS (for ArcGIS 9.2-
9.3)
10 July, 2011 ESRI Virtual Campus
10 Getting Started with GIS (for ArcGIS 10) 07 August 2011 ESRI Virtual Campus 11 GIS for Humanitarian Mine Action 15 July, 2011 ESRI Virtual Campus 12 Editing in ArcGIS Desktop 10 08 August, 2011 ESRI Virtual Campus 13
Basics of Geographic Coordinate Systems
(for ArcGIS 10)
20 July, 2011 ESRI Virtual Campus
14 ArcGIS Data Interoperability Basics 18 July, 2011 ESRI Virtual Campus 15
Exploring Spatial Patterns in Your Data
Using ArcGIS 10
22 August, 2011 ESRI Virtual Campus
16 Working with ArcPad 7 25 August, 2011 ESRI Virtual Campus 17 DOS & Windows
15 April, 2004 -
14 May, 2004
Science Museum
COMPUTER SKILLS
Sentinel-1 Toolbox, ASF MapReady, SARScape, Erdas Imagine 2014, Surfer 7, ENVI 5.0, Ecognition 8.7, ArcGIS 10.3, ArcGIS Server 10.2.2, PostgreSQL, & PostGIS. Global Mapper, Quantum GIS, GeoServer
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, D3, Open Layers, Leaflet, Mapbox, CartodB, MATLAB 2014, R
MS-Office 2013, Adobe Photoshop, Camtesia Studio, Dreamweaver
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