Summary
Academic Background
PhD
(Computer Science) Universität Kaiserslautern
August 06, 2014 - May 20, 2020
Honours and Awards
Publications
Boundary-Consistent Ordinal Regression for wheat yield prediction using UAV-based multispectral time-series data
May 29, 2026
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture - Volume 246, Article Number 111665
Phenology-aware in-season crop yield estimation through UAV multispectral imagery and deep neural networks
January 01, 2026
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture - Volume:240, Article Number 111210
Advancing Spatiotemporal Orthophoto Registration in UAV-based Crop Breeding Experiments Leveraging Field Geometric Features
November 03, 2025
PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science - Pages 1-26
LSSF-Net: Lightweight segmentation with self-awareness, spatial attention, and focal modulation
December 01, 2024
Artificial Intelligence In Medicine - Volume 158, Article Number 103012
Unlocking plant secrets: A systematic review of 3D imaging in plant phenotyping techniques
July 01, 2024
Computers and electronics in agriculture - Volume 222, Article Number 109033
PakVehicle-ReID: a multi-perspective benchmark for vehicle re-identification in unconstrained urban road environment
November 09, 2023
Multimedia Tools and Applications - Pages 1-16
CGA-Net: channel-wise gated attention network for improved super-resolution in remote sensing imagery
October 24, 2023
Machine Vision and Applications - Volume 34, Issue 6, Article Number 128
Conferences
Bridging Performance and Efficiency: Distilling Vision Transformers for Remote Sensing
December 17, 2025 - December 18, 2025
Nabeel Ahmed Khan, Zuhair Zafar, Karsten Berns, Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Muhammad Dawood Rizwan,
5th IEEE International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2, 2025)
Semi-Supervised Contrastive Representation Learning for Sunflower Phenology Estimation
November 18, 2025 - November 19, 2025
Saleha Zainab Fatima, Munazza Raees Butt, Usama Athar, Muhammad Daud Abdullah Asif, Zuhair Zafar, Haris Khurshid, Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Karsten Berns,
2025 20th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET)
Few-Shot Multilingual Coreference Resolution Using Long-Context Large Language Models
November 09, 2025 - November 11, 2025
SEEMAB LATIF, Zuhair Zafar, Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Moiz Sajid,
Eighth Workshop on Computational Models of Reference, Anaphora and Coreference (CRAC 2025)
AgriFormer: Advancing 3D LiDAR-based Biomass Prediction through Hierarchical Feature Learning
October 19, 2025 - October 22, 2025
Karsten Berns, Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Zuhair Zafar, Faareh Ahmed, Malik Shahzaib Khan, Abdul Wahab,
22nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications
Combining UAV Multispectral Data & Crop Morphological Features for Sunflower Oil Content Estimation
August 03, 2025 - August 08, 2025
Karsten Berns, Hasan Ali Khattak, Zuhair Zafar, Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Muhammad Ali, Usama Athar,
IGARSS 2025 - 2025 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Sunflower Lodging Detection and Monitoring Through UAV-Based Multispectral Data
May 07, 2025 - May 08, 2025
Usama Athar, Muhammad Ali, Zuhair Zafar, Haris Khurshid, Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Karsten Berns,
International Conference on Innovation in Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things, AIIT 2025
Merging UAV-Derived Metrics with Crop Physiology to Estimate Sunflower Yield
December 09, 2024 - December 10, 2024
Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Zuhair Zafar, Usama Athar, Muhammad Ali, Haris Khurshid, Karsten Berns,
2024 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)
Analyzing Phenological Progression in Wheat Genotypes Through UAV Multispectral Imagery
November 19, 2024 - November 20, 2024
Usama Athar, Zuhair Zafar, Karsten Berns, Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Muhammad Ali,
19th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2024)
Water Stress Diagnosis in Rainfed Wheat Through UAV Multispectral Imagery and IoT Data
November 19, 2024 - November 20, 2024
Muhammad Ali, Usama Athar, Zuhair Zafar, Karsten Berns, Muhammad Moazam Fraz,
19th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2024)
Bridging the Resolution Gap in Remote Sensing: A Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Real-World Single Image Super-Resolution
October 22, 2024 - October 23, 2024
Usama A Shami, Bostan Khan, Zuhair Zafar, Muhammad Moazam Fraz,
4th International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
Enhancing Cotton Crop Mapping in Pakistan: Integrating Transfer and Active Learning with Remote Sensing Technologies
October 22, 2024 - October 23, 2024
Noor Us Sabah, Zuhair Zafar, Fahaf Ahmed Satti, Karsten Berns, Muhammad Moazam Fraz,
4th International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
Deciphering Crop Dynamics: Leveraging Field Geometry for Precise Image Registration and Enhanced Insights
August 26, 2024 - August 30, 2024
Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Z. Mahmood, Muhammad Salman Akhtar, Karsten Berns, M. Fayyaz, Zuhair Zafar, Usama Aleem Shami,
International Conference on Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN 2024)
SPOTifying the Sentinel-2 Imagery: Harnessing the Power of Attention in Real World Single Image Super-Resolution
August 26, 2024 - August 28, 2024
Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Zuhair Zafar, Nazia Perwaiz, Bostan Khan, Usama Aleem Shami,
International Conference on Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN 2024)
Multi-year monitoring of wheat phenology and effect of climate change in the south Asian region using Sentinel-2 NDVI time series analysis
September 03, 2023 - September 07, 2023
Vaneeza Mehmood, Asad Imtiaz Malik, Zuhair Zafar, Muhammad Shahzad, Karsten Berns, Muhammad Moazam Fraz,
Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XXIX
Time Series-Based Active Labeling Framework For Curating A Multispectral Sentinel 2 Imagery Dataset For Crop Type Mapping
July 16, 2023 - July 21, 2023
Vaneeza Mehmood, Ramesha Murtaza, Dr. Zuhair Zafar, Dr. Muhammad Shahzad, Prof. Dr. Karsten Berns, Dr. Muhammad Moazam Fraz,
2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Crop Type Classification using Multi-temporal Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery: A Deep Semantic Segmentation Approach
March 03, 2023 - March 05, 2023
Asim Hameed Khan, Zuhair Zafar, Muhammad Shahzad, Karsten Berns, Muhammad Moazam Fraz,
2023 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry, ICRAI 2023
Analysis of Vegetation Indices in the Cotton Crop in South Asia region using UAV Imagery
November 29, 2022 - November 30, 2022
Noor us Sabah, Muhammad Usama, Zuhair Zafar, Muhammad Shahzad, Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Karsten Berns,
2022 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET)
Recognition of Faces Wearing Masks Using Skip Connection Based Dense Units Augmented With Self Restrained Triplet Loss
October 21, 2022 - October 22, 2022
Muhammad Aasharib Nawshad, Zuhair Zafar, Muhammad Moazam Fraz,
2022 24th International Multitopic Conference (INMIC)
Extraction of Rice Phenological Metrics Using Temporally Correlated Multispectral Drone Imagery
October 19, 2022 - October 21, 2022
Dawood Wasif, M Q Khan, R Murtaza, M Z Ahmad, Zuhair Zafar, Muhammad Shahzad, Karsten Berns, Muhammad Moazam Fraz,
16th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology and Internet-Based Systems, SITIS 2022
Paralinguistic Cues in Speech to Adapt Robot Behavior in Human-Robot Interaction
August 21, 2022 - August 24, 2022
Ashita Ashok, Jakub Pawlak, Sarwar Hussain Paplu, Dr. Zuhair Zafar, Prof. Dr. Karsten Berns,
IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
Personality Traits Assessment using P.A.D. Emotional Space in Human-robot Interaction
February 08, 2021 - February 10, 2021
Dr. Zuhair Zafar, Ashita Ashok, Prof. Karsten Berns,
5th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction Theory and Applications - HUCAPP 2021
Senior Researcher
Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern
March 01, 2019 - June 15, 2020
Teaching Assistant
Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern
April 04, 2016 - June 15, 2020
PhD Researcher
Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern
February 15, 2015 - July 31, 2017
Research Assistant
Lahore University of Management Sciences, LUMS
April 01, 2013 - June 30, 2013
Teaching Assistant
Lahore University of Management Sciences, LUMS
January 01, 2013 - May 31, 2013