About me! I am a researcher and an academician. Currently, a Ph.D. candidate at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Tutoring undergrade/graduate students at Macquarie University, along with working as causal diploma teacher in Macquarie University College, Australia. I have received Masters degree in Computer Science from National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan with the major in Evolutionary Computations.

Research Interests. My research interests are Evolutionary Algorithms, Hyper-heuristics, Combinatorial Optimization, Search Heuristics, Multi- and Many-Objective Algorithms, Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning.

Recent Publications

See my Google Scholar, Scopus, ORCID, and ResearchGate for the complete publication list.

Journal/Conference Papers

• Solving Many-objective Optimization Problems using Selection Hyper-heuristics.
  A. A. Anwar, G. Liu, X. Zhang
  ICAART 2024 (Scitepress) , 2024.
• Reinforcement Learning based Hyper-heuristics for Many-objective Pickup and Delivery Problem.
  A. A. Anwar, X. Zhang
  ICDM 2023 (A*) (IEEE), 2023.
• A Preference-based Indicator Selection Hyper-heuristic for Optimization Problems.
  A. A. Anwar, I. Younas, G. Liu, X. Zhang
  ADMA 2023 (LNCS), 2023.
• A Cricket-based Hyper-heuristic Algorithm for Many-objective Optimization Problems.
  A. A. Anwar, I. Younas, G. Liu, A. Beheshti, X. Zhang
  ADMA 2022 (LNCS), 2022.
• A survey of Semantic Web (Web 3.0), its applications, challenges, future and its relation with internet of things (IoT).
  A. A. Anwar
  Web Intelligence, 2022.
• Bio-inspired motivational architecture for autonomous robots using glucose and insulin theories.
  A. S. Khan, A. A. Anwar, K. Azeem
  Evolutionary Intelligence, 2020.
• Many-objective BAT algorithm.
  U. Perwaiz, I. Younas, A. A. Anwar
  PLOS ONE, 2020.
• Optimization of Many Objective Pickup and Delivery Problem with Delay Time of Vehicle Using Memetic Decomposition Based Evolutionary Algorithm.
  A. A. Anwar, I. Younas
  International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 2020.

Research/ Professional Experience

Casual Diploma Teacher at Macquarie University College, NSW, Australia:

• Introduction to Computer Programming - WCOM1000 (July 2023 – Current)
• Fundamentals of Computer Science - WCOM1010 (Dec 2022 – Current)

Sessional Academics at Macquarie University (School of Computing), NSW, Australia:

• Senior Teaching Assistant - Fundamentals of Computer Science - COMP6010 (July 2022 – Current)
• Senior Teaching Assistant - Fundamentals of Computer Science - COMP1010 (Feb 2023 – Current)

Exam Supervisor at Macquarie University (School of Computing), NSW, Australia:

• Zoom/ On campus invigilation (Sept 2022 – Current)

Casual Research Assistant at Macquarie University (School of Computing), NSW, Australia:

• Evolutionary Computations (April 2023 – Nov 2023)

Visiting Lecturer at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan:

• Web Programming (Aug 2018 – Dec 2018)

Lecturer at The University of Lahore, Pakistan (Sep 2018 – March 2022):

• Introduction to Computer Programming
• Programming Fundamentals
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Design and analysis of algorithms
• Object Oriented Programming

Lecturer at Lahore Leads University, Lahore, Pakistan (Feb 2018 – Sep 2018):

• Introduction to Computer Programming
• Programming Fundamentals
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Design and analysis of algorithms
• Object Oriented Programming

Teaching Assistant at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan (Feb 2016 – Dec 2017):

• Programming Fundamentals
• Object Oriented Programming
• Computer Organization and Assembly Language

Research Student at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan:

• Evolutionary Computations (Aug 2015 – Jan 2018)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from Macquarie University (School of Computing), Sydney, Australia (2021 – Ongoing)
• Masters of Science (Computer Science) from National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan (2015 – 2018)
• Bachelor of Sciences in Software Engineering from Punjab University College of Information Technology, Pakistan (2011 – 2015)

Honors & Awards

• Awarded full scholarship from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia for Ph.D. studies
• Awarded Certificate and Shield at Soft-Expo, Lahore, Pakistan in 2015, for the work in Bachelor of Sciences in Software Engineering (Final year project)

Computing Skills

• Languages: C, C++, C#, Java, Python, Processing, LaTeX, SQL
• Tool/Platforms: Android Studio, Unity 3D, Wit.AI, MOEA Framework, Jmetal, CodeRunner
• Web Development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, ajax, .net Framework
• Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, Android, MAC
• Design: Adobe Photoshop
• Misc.: MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, Rational Rose, End Note

Services & Memberships

Conference Organizing Committee

• ADMA 2024

• WFAR 2019

• ICACS 2019

Conference/ Journal Reviewer

• DSAA 2023

• OR Spectrum

• Cluster Computing

Member

• Data Science Research Lab at Macquarie University, Australia (July 2021 – Current)

• S2MILE Research Lab at Macquarie University, Australia (July 2021 – Current)

• Accreditation Committee at University of Lahore, Pakistan (Sep 2018 – March 2022)

• Secretary of Final Year Projects Committee at University of Lahore, Pakistan (Sep 2018 – March 2022)

• Talent Hunt Committee at University of Lahore, Pakistan (Sep 2018 – March 2022)

• Events and Conference Organizing Committee at University of Lahore, Pakistan (Sep 2018 – March 2022)

Projects Supervision

Bachelors

• University Chatbot (Bleep Bloop): Maheen Sajid, Hamza Khalid, Mohsin Ijaz – 2022
• Predictive and Priority based Electoral System: Muhammad Rizwan Tayyab, Zahid Noor, Abdullah Iqbal – 2022
• NutriHealth: Syed Ali Murtaza Bukhari, Shahmeer Arif – 2022
• Lambo Taxi: Talal Ahmad, Sufian Zulfiqar – 2022
• WhatsApp Search: Aiza Bint-e-farooq, Tooba Saeed, Rafia Zafar – 2022
• Transformers: Haider Wasim, Muqadam Chaudhry, Abdul Ahad – 2022
• Licentious Racers: Qasim Shakeel – 2022
• Chatbot for Restaurant: Ahsan Farooq, Hussnain Afzal – 2021
• John Wick: Alina Khan, Muhammad Abdullah, Ali Pervaiz – 2021
• Archiworld: Ghasiqa Batool, Saad Naveed – 2021
• Animal Health Care: Mehreen Ishtiaq, Fatima Ejaz, Ahmed Mujtaba – 2020