Faculty Usman Zabit

Usman Zabit

HOD Institute of Applied Electronics & Computing (IAEC-EE)
  • School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • 0090852122
Summary

Dr. Usman Zabit did his PhD in Microwaves, Electro-Magnetics, and Optoelectronics (MEMO) at the Laboratory of Optoelectronics for Embedded Systems, INPT, University of Toulouse, France in 2010. He did his Masters in MEMO (Specialization in Optoelectronics) from INPT, France in 2006 and completed B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (with Honors) in 2001 from UET Taxila, Pakistan. After his PhD, he was awarded 3 year funding by French National Agency for Research to pursue Post-Doctoral research. He then worked on the design of real-time embedded sensors using laser diode based optical feedback interferometry at LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France. He has published 60+ international peer-reviewed journal- and conference-papers with a Cumulative Impact Factor of > 100. Furthermore, his research has led to International Patents, published in France, 38 European Union Countries and USA. He worked as Associate Professor (Nov 2012 to August 2017) and Head of Department (July 2013 to August 2017) of Electrical Engineering at Riphah International University, Islamabad. He was a member of National Curriculum Review Committee (NCRC) for Electrical Engineering, HEC, 2017. He has also contributed as an external member of Board of Studies (BoS) of Department of Photonic Engineering, GIKI, Swabi and of BoS of Department of Electronic Engineering, UET Taxila. He also continues to contribute as expert program evaluator (PEV) for Electrical engineering under the umbrella of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). He was selected as Invited Professor, INP Toulouse, France 2018 by Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (INPT) for the academic year 2018. He is HEC Approved PhD Supervisor, Pakistan, and is a Senior Member of IEEE USA, and Lifetime Member of PEC Pakistan.

Academic Background
PhD (Opto-Electronics) Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse October 01, 2006 - July 20, 2010
Honours and Awards
Best Thesis Prize Doctoral School G.E.E.T, Univ of Toulouse, France March 17, 2011
Leopold Escande Prize Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France October 13, 2011
Euro Mechatronics Award European Mechatronics Meeting June 02, 2010
INP Innovation Award Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France October 11, 2012
Publications
Direct Estimation of the Optical Feedback Factor C from the Amplitude of the Optical Feedback Interferometric Signal August 01, 2023 O. Bernal, H. C. Seat, Usman Zabit, F. Surre, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT - Volume: 72, Article Number:7006207
Integration of Zero Crossing Method in a Non-Uniform Sampling System using Optical Feedback Interferometry July 01, 2023 Hajira S. Bazaz, Mohaimen M. Fatimah, Layba Asim, Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume: 23, Issue: 13, Page(s): 14397-14405
Augmentation-Assisted Robust Fringe Detection on Unseen Experimental Signals Applied to Optical Feedback Interferometry Using a Deep Network March 15, 2023 Sumair Saeed Khurshid, Wajahat Hussain, Usman Zabit, Olivier Bernal, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement - Volume 72, Article Number 2508110
Fringe Detection and Displacement Sensing for Variable Optical Feedback-Based Self-Mixing Interferometry by Using Deep Neural Networks December 01, 2022 Asra Abid Siddiqui, Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, Sensors - Volume 22, Issue 24, Article Number 9831
Real-time Adaptive Spectral Filter based Parasitic Vibration Cancellation in Self-Mixing Laser Sensor Signals November 01, 2021 Muhammad Naveed, Usman Zabit , IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 21, No. 21, Pages 24371-24378
PH‐RLS: A parallel hybrid recursive least square algorithm for self‐mixing interferometric laser sensor October 01, 2021 Zohaib A Khan, Tassadaq Hussain, Usman Zabit, Muhammad Usman, Eduard Ayguade, IET Optoelectronics - Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 239-247
Implementation of a high-accuracy phase unwrapping algorithm using parallel-hybrid programming approach for displacement sensing using self-mixing interferometry September 01, 2021 Tassadaq Hussain, Saqib Amin, Usman Zabit , Eduard Ayguadé, The Journal of Supercomputing - Volume 77, Pages 9433–9453
Nanometric Vibration Sensing using Spectral Processing of Laser Self-Mixing Feedback Phase August 15, 2021 Nauman Ali, Usman Zabit , Olivier D. Bernal, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 21, No.16, Pages 17766-17774
Variable Optical Feedback Based Behavioral Model of a Self-Mixing Laser Sensor August 01, 2021 Usman Haider, Usman Zabit , Olivier D. Bernal, IEEE Sensors Journal - vol. 21, no. 15, pp. 16568-16575
Toward an Estimation of the Optical Feedback Factor C on the Fly for Displacement Sensing May 19, 2021 Olivier D. Bernal, Usman Zabit , Francis Jayat, Thierry Bosch, Sensors - Volume 21(10), Article Number 3528
Sparsity Promoting Frequency Sampling Method for Estimation of Displacement and Self-Mixing Interferometry Parameters May 01, 2021 Junaid Iqbal Khan, Usman Zabit, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 21, Issue 9, Pages 10587-10594
On Two Fourier Transform-Based Methods for Estimation of Displacement and Parameters of Self-Mixing Interferometry Over Major Optical Feedback Regimes May 01, 2021 Junaid Iqbal Khan, Usman Zabit, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 21, Issue 9, Pages 10610-10617
Deformation Method of Self-Mixing Laser Sensor’s Feedback Phase for Estimation of Optical Feedback Coupling Factor and Displacement March 15, 2021 Junaid Iqbal Khan, Usman Zabit, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 7490-7497
Multi-modal fringe detection for self-mixing interferometry based vibration sensor December 20, 2020 Muhammad Usman, Usman Zabit , Syed Asad Alam, Applied Optics - Volume 59, Issue 36, Pages 11342-11350
Adaptive Estimation and Reduction of Noises Affecting a Self-Mixing Interferometric Laser Sensor September 01, 2020 Zohaib A. Khan, Usman Zabit , Olivier D Bernal, Tassadaq Hussain, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 20, Issue 17, Pages 9806-9815
High Resolution Laser Self-Mixing Displacement Sensor Under Large Variation in Optical Feedback and Speckle August 15, 2020 Saqib Amin, Usman Zabit, Olivier D Bernal, Tassadaq Hussain, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 20, Issue 16, Pages 9140-9147
Sub-λ/2 Displacement Sensor With Nanometric Precision Based on Optical Feedback Interferometry Used as a Non-Uniform Event-Based Sampling System May 15, 2020 Olivier D Bernal, Usman Zabit, Francis Jayat, Thierry Bosch, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 20, No. 10, Pages 5195-5203
Fault Detection and Localization for Overhead 11-kV Distribution Lines With Magnetic Measurements May 01, 2020 Muhammad Kazim, Khawaja Arsalan Habib, Usman Zabit, Qi Huang, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement - Volume 69, Issue 5, Pages 2028-2038
Blind identification of occurrence of multi-modality in laser-feedback-based self-mixing sensor January 01, 2020 Muhammad Usman, Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, Gulistan Raja, Chinese Optics Letters - Vol. 18, Issue 1, Article No.11201
Detection of Multimodal Fringes for Self-Mixing-Based Vibration Measurement January 01, 2020 Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Usman, Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, Olivier D. Bernal, Gulistan Raja, Gulistan Raja, Thierry Bosch, Thierry Bosch, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement - Vol. 69, No.1, Pages 258-267
Self-Mixing Interferometric Signal Enhancement Using Generative Adversarial Network for Laser Metric Sensing Applications December 16, 2019 Imran Ahmed, Imran Ahmed, Usman Zabit, Ahmad Salman, IEEE Access - Volume 7, Pages 179002-179009
Spectral Processing of Self-Mixing Interferometric Signal Phase for Improved Vibration Sensing under Weak- and Moderate-Feedback Regime December 01, 2019 Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, Saqib Amin, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Arsalan Habib Khawaja , Thierry Bosch, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume: 19, Issue: 23, Pages 11151-11158
A High Performance Real-time Interferometry Sensor System Architecture February 01, 2019 Tassadaq Hussain , Saqib Amin, Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, Thierry Bosch, Microprocessors and Microsystems - Volume 64, Pages 23-33
Automatic Detection of Multi-modality in Self-Mixing Interferometer November 15, 2018 Usman Zabit, Khadija Shaheen, Maryam Naveed, Olivier D. Bernal, Thierry Bosch, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 18, Issue 22, Pages 9195-9202
Hardware implementation and comparison of displacement retrieval algorithms for a laser diode-based optical feedback interferometric sensor July 27, 2018 Ghazi REHMAN , Usman Zabit, Muhammad Obaid ULLAH, Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences - Vol. 26, No. 4, Pages:1820-1832
Analysis and Implementation of a Direct Phase Unwrapping Method for Displacement Measurement Using Self-Mixing Interferometry November 15, 2017 Ayesha Ehtesham, Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, Gulistan Raja, Thierry Bosch, IEEE Sensors Journal - NULL
All Analog Processing of Speckle Affected Self-Mixing Interferometric Signals September 15, 2017 Asra A. Siddiqui, Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, Gulistan Raja, Thierry Bosch, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 17, Issue 18, Pages 5892-5899
Adaptive Cancellation of Parasitic Vibrations Affecting a Self-Mixing Interferometric Laser Sensor February 01, 2017 Zohaib Ahmad Khan, Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, Muhammad Obaid Ullah, Thierry Bosch, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurements - Volume 66, Issue 2, Pages 332-339
Robust Detection of Non-Regular Interferometric Fringes From a Self-Mixing Displacement Sensor Using Bi-Wavelet Transform November 15, 2016 Olivier D. Bernal, Han Cheng Seat, Usman Zabit, Frédéric Surre, Thierry Bosch, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 16, Issue 22, Pages 7903-7910
Robust Method of Stabilization of Optical Feedback Regime by Using Adaptive Optics for a Self-Mixing Micro-Interferometer Laser Displacement Sensor July 31, 2015 Olivier D. Bernal, Usman Zabit, Thierry Bosch, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics - Volume 21, Issue 4, Article Number 5300108
Classification of Laser Self-Mixing Interferometric Signal under Moderate Feedback February 01, 2014 Olivier D. Bernal, Usman Zabit, Thierry Bosch, Applied Optics - Volume 53, No. 4, Pages 702-708
Study of Laser Feedback Phase Under Self-Mixing Leading to Improved Phase Unwrapping for Vibration Sensing December 01, 2013 Olivier D. Bernal, Usman Zabit, Thierry Bosch, IEEE Sensors Journal - vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 4962-4971
Design and analysis of an embedded accelerometer coupled self-mixing laser displacement sensor June 01, 2013 Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, Thierry Bosch, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 2200-2207
Self-Mixing Laser Sensor for Large Displacements: Signal Recovery in the Presence of Speckle February 01, 2013 Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, Thierry Bosch, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 824-831
MEMS accelerometer embedded in a self-mixing displacement sensor for parasitic vibration compensation March 01, 2011 Usman Zabit, Olivier D. Bernal, Thierry Bosch, Francis Bony, Optics Letters - Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages 612-614
Adaptive self-mixing vibrometer based on a liquid lens April 15, 2010 Usman Zabit, R. Atashkhooei, Thierry Bosch, S. Royo, F. Bony, A. D. Rakic, Optics Letters - Volume 35, Issue 8, Pages 1278-1280
A Self-mixing Displacement Sensor with Fringe-loss Compensation for Harmonic Vibrations March 15, 2010 Usman Zabit, Francis Bony, Thierry Bosch, Aleksandar D. Rakic, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters - Volume 22, Issue 6, Pages 410-412
Adaptive Transition Detection Algorithm for a Self-Mixing Displacement Sensor December 01, 2009 Usman Zabit, Thierry Bosch, F. Bony, IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume 9, Issue 12, Pages 1879-1886
Conferences
Non-Uniform Sampling Theory applied to FM Channel Optical Feedback Interferometry for Displacement Sensors October 30, 2022 - November 02, 2022 O. Bernal, H. C. Seat, C. Deleau, T. Bosch, F. Surre, Usman Zabit, Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
Towards Integrated Optical Feedback FM-to-AM Conversion in Silicon Nitride for Displacement Sensing Applications October 30, 2022 - November 02, 2022 C. Deleau, T. Apiphatnaphakul, H. C. Seat, F. Surre, Usman Zabit, F. Carcenac, Pierre-François Calmon, T. Bosch, O. Bernal, Conference, SENSORS 2022
Non-Uniform Sampling Theory applied to Optical Feedback Interferometry for Displacement Sensors May 25, 2020 - May 28, 2020 Usman Zabit, Usman Zabit, Olivier D Bernal, T. Niakan , A. Raghubanshi, F. Jayat, T. Bosch, IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)
Detection of Self-Mixing Interferometric Fringes of a Laser Sensor Using Matched Filter September 03, 2017 - September 06, 2017 M. Akmal, Usman Zabit, O. Bernal, Thierry Bosch, 31st Eurosensors Conference, Paris, France
Associate Professor Riphah International University November 30, 2012 - September 06, 2017
Post-Doctoral Research Engineer INPT, LAAS-CNRS September 01, 2010 - December 31, 2012
Lecturer INP Toulouse September 01, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Teaching Assistant INP Toulouse October 01, 2006 - August 31, 2009
Assistant Div Engineer PTCL December 31, 2002 - May 23, 2005
Assistant Manager NESCOM July 01, 2002 - December 31, 2002
Apprentice Engineer FFC January 01, 2002 - June 30, 2002