Dr. Muhammad Usman Maqbool BHUTTA

Roboticist | Entrepreneur
Worked: 🇺🇸 🇵🇰 🇭🇰 🇨🇭
I’m interested in: Visual Place Recognition, Multi-Agent SLAM, Collaborative 3D Mapping, Autonomous Robotics, AR/VR, Startups.
PhD in Robotics and AI (HKUST,🇭🇰), MPhil in Image Processing and Communication (QAU,🇵🇰), M.Sc. in Electronics (QAU,🇵🇰) and B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics (BZU,🇵🇰).

Awards

INTERNATIONAL

July, 2021	Educational Technology Innovation: Gold Award and Pedagogical Innovation: Silver Award, The Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo, CUHK, 2021, Hong Kong
July, 2018	Best Student Paper Finalist Award, IEEE Int. Conf. on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems, Tianjin, China
May, 2018	Best Proposal Audience Award, Campus Challenge - Transportation, HKUST HKUST, HK
Nov, 2017	Best Mapper Award, Robotics and Multi-Perception Lab, HKUST Shenzhen, China
May, 2017	Completion Award, The Graduate Teaching Assistant Training, HKUST HKUST, HK
Dec, 2016	Best External Award, Robotics and Multi-Perception Lab, HKUST Shenzhen, China
Nov, 2016	Completion Award, Author Workshop, Elsevier Publishing Campus HKUST, HK

DOMESTIC

Aug 2016	Won Chief Minister Marit Scholarship (CCMS) scholarship award by Punjab Government (PEEF), Pakistan for pursuing my PhD studies at HKUST, HK
Sep 2013	Participant, Painting for peace (Pakistan-India-Afghanistan) event, a part of the Harmony initiative Islamabad, PK
Apr 2013	Participant, Case Spark in business plan competition Islamabad, PK
Apr 2013	Participant, Case EPICA Islamabad, PK
Apr 2013	Participant, How to be a Better Playwright Workshop by PNCA and US Embassay Pakistan Islamabad, PK
Oct 2012	Participant, Punjab Youth Festival Lahore, PK
Oct 2011	Participant, Int’l Youth Conference and Festival Islamabad, PK
Sep 2011	Participant, Asian Youth Conference and Peace Festival Lahore, PK
Apr 2011	Completion Award, Acting and Directing Theater Workshop by PNCA and US Embassay Pakistan Islamabad, PK
Dec 2011	Participant, National Drama Festival Islamabad, PK
Dec 2010	Instuctor of short Course, PHP Web Development’ at the Department of Electronics, QAU Islamabad, PK
Apr 2013	Completion Award, Running River Rafting course by Adventure Foundation of Pakistan Mansehra, PK
Apr 2013	Completion Award, Paragliding course by QAU Adventure Club Islamabad, PK
Dec 2008	Award of Honor, Finance Secretary of Electronics Student Society (ESS) at QAU Islamabad, PK