Dr. Ibrar Hussain is a Professor/Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology, Research Fellow at the Shinawatra University, Thailand, Former Acting-Dean, the Faculty of Engineering & Technology at the University of Lahore where he has been since 2015. He received an MS in Information Management (Information Retrieval) from Queen Mary, University of London, UK. Later, he received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Zhejiang University, P.R. China, ranked Top 50 Universities of the world. He has around 20 years of teaching, research, and information system development experience in computer science while working in different roles in the academic sectors of Pakistan. His research interest lies in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Human-Computer Interaction,  Ubiquitous Computing, Accessibility, and Location based Services. He is currently working on developing intelligent systems that improve the human condition. He also worked on the improvement of auditory feedback for non-graphical user interfaces with the use of non-speech sound. He authored several papers published in high-impact factor journals and premier conferences. As of 2024, Google Scholar reports 1200+ citations to his work. His paper published in Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) [Elsevier] 2015 received the Best Paper Award in 2018. He is a senior member of IEEE, member of EAI, and ICAD.