About the Symposium

The Dhanani School Undergraduate Research Symposium (DURS) is an annual academic initiative that provides undergraduate students a platform to showcase their research work, innovations, and scholarly contributions. The symposium encourages knowledge-sharing, interdisciplinary collaboration, and intellectual engagement among students, faculty, and industry experts.

Symposium Date

21st May, 2026 (Thursday) | 09.00 AM - 6.00 PM

Keynote title:To be Announced

Symposium stream:
Research Across Disciplines: Undergraduate Inquiry in Science, Engineering, and Society

Symposium sub-streams:

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Applications of AI for societal challenges

AI for transforming healthcare, education, agriculture, and banking

AI in bioinformatics

Deep learning innovations and applications

Natural language processing & computer vision

Generative AI & LLMs

AI bias, fairness, and accountability

Ethics in AI-generated content: Deepfakes and beyond

Computational Social Science & Humanities

Digital humanities: Text analysis, archiving, and visualization

Computational social science: Modeling social behaviors and networks

AI and ethics in society: Bias, fairness, and accountability

Human-centered AI and cultural analytics

Data-driven research in history, linguistics, and anthropology

Social network analysis: Examining relationships, influence, and community structures

Sustainable Technologies for Climate and Health

Renewable energy and efficient systems for sustainability

Technological advancements for health and climate resilience

Smart grids and energy management

Systems Thinking and One Health

Bioethics and gene editing

Robotics and Emerging Technologies

Latest developments in robotics technology

Applications of autonomous systems and wearable devices

Virtual reality & augmented reality (VR/AR) for immersive user experiences

Bionics

Cryptography and blockchain

Cybersecurity in IoT

Cloud computing

Important Dates

Abstract Submission

Symposium committee members

Dr. Saleha Raza

Dr. Saleha Raza

Interim Assistant Dean, Dhanani School of Science and Engineering; Program Director and Associate Professor, Computer Science

Dr. Faisal Alvi

Dr. Faisal Alvi

Assistant Program Director and Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Hamood Ur Rehman

Hamood Ur Rehman

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hadiqa Maqsood

Hadiqa Maqsood

Faculty Director, Dean's Fellowship Program & Assistant Professor, Integrated Sciences & Mathematics

Zafar Iqbal

Zafar Iqbal

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Nida Naeem

Nida Naeem

Deputy Manager, Computer Science

Bushraa Yousuf

Bushraa Yousuf

Research Assistant, Computer Science

Zeeshan Nafees

Zeeshan Nafees

Senior Research Associate, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Riza Siddiqui

Riza Siddiqui

Research Assistant, iSciM

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support