I am a PhD student in the Personal Health Informatics program at Northeastern University’s College of Computer and Information Science, advised by Professor Rupal Patel. A native of Lahore, Pakistan, I received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in Pakistan. I was a co-founder for Pakistan’s first and largest mobile social network, smsall.pk. While in Pakistan, also developed a telephone-based social platform to provide health literacy in populations with a low literacy rate, and developed epidemic outbreak prediction systems for the flu in the United States, and dengue fever in Pakistan
Now continuing my education at Northeastern, my research includes artificial intelligence, human-centered computing, machine learning, and personal health informatics. I would like to develop assistive technology that would allow individuals with neuro-motor disorders such as Parkinson’s disease to increase their communication abilities.
Part of team to design, develop and evaluate speech tools to improve communication abilities for individuals with dysarthria
Provided technology support for a user study to collect accelerometer data to evaluate the impact of various accelerometer sensors on activity recognition
Led a large team of graduate and undergraduate researcher pursuing research for developing world technologies. Actively participated in design and development of a telephone-based social platform to provide health literacy in populations with a low literacy rate, and an epidemic outbreak prediction systems for the flu.
Worked on various projects aiming to solve problems in developing work technologies for distance education, epidemic outbreak prediction, improving large data stream management.
Pursued research in financial mathematics to understand and predict market trends
Launched Pakistan's first and largest cellphone social network in Pakistan. Developed the backend and sms delivery system.Technologies:Java, mysql, php
Consulted for UK government funded IT systems to automate all processes of city government in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Technologies:VB.net, C#, SqlServer, PostGreSQL
Worked on operational research systems for investment system and human resource management. Technologies:VB.net, C#, Vb6
Mobile Application Development, Teaching Assistant, Northeastern University - (Fall 2013)
Empirical Research Methods - at Northeastern University - (Summer 2013)
Mobile Application Development, Teaching Assistant, Northeastern University - (Spring 2013)
Advanced Operating Systems, Teaching Assistant, LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) - (Fall Semester 2011)
Computing for the Developing World, Teaching Assistant, LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) - (Spring 2008)
This was three-way course on "Computing for the Developing-world" with University of Washington (CSEP 590B) and Microsoft Research, and was broadcast live between three sites.
Advanced IT Skills Development Course, Head Teaching Assistant, LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) - (Spring 2008)
Advanced IT Skills Development Course, Head Teaching Assistant, LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) - (Fall 2007)
Advanced IT Skills Development Course was a 2 month (360 Hours) course structured around hands-on industry-style projects, involving teamwork and exposure to real development tools and development methodologies. This course was funded by PITB - Punjab IT Board and was held at LUMS - Lahore University of Management Sciences
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Teaching Assistant, LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) - (Autumn 2008)
Operating Systems, Teaching Assistant, LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) - (Autumn 2007)
Distributed Systems, Teaching Assistant, LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) - (Winter 2007)
Operating Systems, Teaching Assistant, LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) - (Autumn 2006)
Calculus I (included Matlab), Teaching Assistant, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences - (Fall Semester 2006)
Calculus II (included Matlab), Teaching Assistant, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences - (Spring Semester 2006)
Calculus I (included Matlab), Teaching Assistant, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences - (Fall Semester 2005)
Mansoor Pervaiz, Rupal Patel, In journal on technology & persons with disabilities, 2015
Mansoor Pervaiz, Rupal Patel, In proceedings of the 16th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility. ACM, 2014
Agha Ali Raza, Farhan-ul-Haq, Zain Tariq, Mansoor Pervaiz, Samia Razaq, Umar Saif, Roni Rosenfeld, In proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI Best Paper Award
Fahad Pervaiz, Mansoor Pervaiz, Nabeel Abdur Rehman, Umar Saif, In Journal for Medical Internet Research (JMIR) J Med Internet Res 2012;14(5):e125
Agha Ali Raza, Mansoor Pervaiz, Samia Razaq, Christina Milo, Guy Alaster, Jahanzeb Sherwani, Umar Saif, Roni Rosenfeld In International conference on information and communication technologies and development (ICTD) , 2012
Richard Anderson, Ruth Anderson, Natalie Linnel, Mansoor Pervaiz, Umar Saif, Fred Videon, In Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2009
Feb 2016, Improving speech interventions through personalized mHealth, Talk at NUCare, Northeastern University, Boston MA
May 2015, Re-envisioning health care and speech interventions through wearable devices, Invited talk at Boston Accessibility, Cambridge MA
Mar 2015, Speech modification development on Google Glass for people with neuromotor disorders, Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference, San Diego CA
Oct 2014, Use of Smart Devices to motivate speech behavior change, Invited Talk at NYMedTalks, New York Medical College, Valhala NY
Oct 2014, SpeechOmeter: Heads-up Speech Monitoring to Improve Speech Clarity, ACM ASSETS 2014, Rochester NY
Oct 2014, SpeechOmeter: Heads-up Monitoring to Improve Speech Clarity, Invited presentation at Empower, Washington D.C.
Apr 2014, MIST: A Google Glass application for ubiquitous speech monitoring, RISE, Northeastern University, Boston MA
Nov 2013, Using wearable technology to improve speech training, Invited talk at Mathworks, Natick MA
Nov 2013, User Interface design for Mobile phones, Guest lecture for Empirical Research Methods, Northeastern University, Boston MA