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Zeeshan Ahmed
Technical University of Vienna

Mr. Zeeshan Ahmed, 26 years old, have on record more than 24 years of education and more than 6 years of professional experience of working within different multinational organizations in the field of Computer Science with emphasis on software engineering of database, human computer interaction, distributed, MES / ERP and interactive complex systems, furthermore also have more than three years experience of teaching as lecturer and supervising research thesis to graduate and undergraduate students in different institutes and universities.

According to my interests, educational back ground and profession, I prefer working in Software Engineering (SE) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) domains, especially in Information engineering & Processing, Natural & Machine Language Processing, Product Life Cycle Management, Product Line Architectures, Measurement Analysis, Machine Learning, Multi Agent System (MAS), Intelligent Machine Interface Design, Semantic Modelling and Knowledge engineering.

Moreover I am the author of more than 70 International research publications as solo & first author, winner of more than 40 distinctions/awards/prizes and participant in more than 100 International research events.




University Distinctions


1.Completed PhD Course work with 100 Percent result (A Grade in all subjects).

2.Completed 4 Years PhD Course and Research Work in 1 year.

3.Completed MS Computer Science with Major Intelligent Software Systems 1.5 Years (3 Semesters) course work in 4 Months (1 Semester).

4.Completed MS Computer Science with Software Engineering 2 Years course work in 1 Year.

5.Completed BS Computer Science 4 Years (12 Semester) graduation program in 2.8 Years (8 Semesters).




Research Distinctions

1.Produced 67 international research papers & presentations as SOLO and First Author during PhD Research Work including International Conferences, Workshops, Journals and Seminars, (Pre-PhD Defense and 3 more expected as Near / Post-PhD Defense) , Vienna, Austria 2007-09



2.Produced highest research publications in Mechanical Engineering Informatics and Virtual Product Development Division (MIVP), Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna), Vienna Austria as First Author in Year 2009
Engineering Informatics and Virtual Product Development Division (MIVP), Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna), Vienna Austria as First Author in Year 2008

3.Produced highest research publications in Mechanical Engineering Informatics and Virtual Product Development Division (MIVP), Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna), Vienna Austria as First Author in Year 2007




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#52 Posted by VRV

"Criminal bent of mind of Mo is no different from the criminal bent of mind of Krishna who used deception to kill Aswatthaama, Dhuryodhana, Bhishma - the mighty phalanx of Kaurava army."

You are being unfair again. Although in a war it is kill or get killed situation, Krishna never used any deception. Please do not miquote for deception.

It is unfair to compare one thing with the other. Whe we refer to Krishna, we are talking about "Dharma Yuddha"

As for Krishna, he was a great diplomat and a strategist. But never will you be able to quote an instance where his wickedness is established.

Let me attempt to clear your doubts regarding vanquishing of Ashvatthama, Bhishma and Duryodhana.

Ashvatthama and Hanuman are said to be without death viz "chiranjeevi".

You must have meant his father Drona. It is like this.

Drona was the Guru of all the Pandavas and Kauravas and there was nothing Pandavas knew and Drona did not know about the warfare. Around the time Drona was getting too difficult for Pandavas, an elephant with the same name i.e. Ashvatthama was killed in the warfield. Krishna's strategy
came into play. This news was given vide prominence viz "Ashwatthamo Hatho Gato" meaning Ashvatthama is dead. Krishna did not say Drona's son Ashvatthama was killed. Ostensibly, he was referring to the elephant. Was there anything wrong? Drona thought they were referring to his son had been killed and lost interest in his life and put down his weapon. War was on and he fell to the arrows of Arjuna.

Duryodhana was a wicked man. He deserved to die. But his mother Gandhari would not rise from her infatuation for him. She summoned him to appear before her without any clothes. She wanted to expend her shakti that she had gathered by binding her eyes through her life after marriage, to make her son's body hard as Vajra (diamond). Krishna saw through this and taunted Duryodhana saying "being a full man, and the Crown Prince, how would you go before anybody stark naked?" Duryodhan felt ashamed and wore a banana leaf around his waist and the covered area of his body remained fragile. Krishna was fighting for the Pandavas as per agreement and advised Bhima to aim at his groins.

Bhishma was invincible. Draupadi's brother, Pradhyumna, owing to a curse, had been converted into a eunuch. Krishna advised Arjuna to make Pradhyumna face Bhishma. Nothing abnormal. Pradhyumna was also a prince and a warrior in spite of his present form. However, Bhishma felt it humiliating to fight a eunuch. He threw up his weapons and refused to offer a fight. He fell to Pradhyumna's arrows.

@64 Eklavya

"vaikibs, could you explain that, please. Thanks."

The theory goes like this. Muslims feel that their identity is under threat by an exploding cultural invasion due to modernity and westernization. The originators of this culture and technology are not Muslims, so they feel that this is alien. Once this feeling sinks in, they will oppose everything modern just for the sake of preserving their identity. These effects are visible most amongst the immigrant and educated Muslim population in the west.

In fact, such a zeal to preserve identity can be traced even in Indian Hindu diaspora, who indulge in traditions such as reading vedas, or learning classical music or dance more than they do ini India.

The problem with Muslims is that the rise and pinnacle of their culture happened with Islam. So it becomes very difficult to differentiate religion from culture. This is not true for Hindus who have more ancient and diverse traditions.

When people "cling" on to culture or language, it is okay. But when they cling on to religion, then it is more difficult to achieve religious and societal reform which are necessary for the society to transition into modernity.

#51 Posted by nkg

"Ram was not perfect personality. Valmiki never tried to create such a hero"

Unhun. Rama was a perfect personality. He was called "MARYADA PURUSHOTTAM". Every action of Rama pass the test of legitimacy. Be it quitting the palace to honour the words of his father or killing VALI even though VALI was stronger than Sugriva and Rama could have convinced him to help find Sita. Ramayana is not what it reads. It is what it teaches. Let us be proud!!

#51 Posted by nkg
Re: # 48
nb...
"gopis were his collegues and friends, during his teen"

nkg, some more correction. Illustrations in Puranas suggest that Krishna had seen "NINE" vasanta ritus. Vasanta Ritu occurs only once in a year. Guess his age?

49 Posted by VRV

"I mean to say that no religious figure is perfect"

Perhaps you are generalising the whole matter. There used to be MAHASABHAS in the past to discuss the right or wrong points of the hindu scriptures. All the sabhas would end with a consensus. If you are an Indian, you are lucky to have so many learned people to remove your misconceptions. You can argue with them, the way I do, convince them or get convinced. If you see NT Rama Rao (ex telugu hero) chasing the 'gopis' of his daughters' age, it is quite likely that you too succumb to this misconception. I won't call this your fault.

If you are proud of your indian heritage, I would urge you to desist from giving non existant fodder to the waiting india-baiters. Unlike other scriptures, vedic scriptures are always open to scrutiny. You will not be beheaded for criticising it.

#41 and #45

My knowledge of Rama is that he performed his "Raja dharma" when confronted by a lowly launderman about the honour of Sita. While he sent Sita to jungle, he tormented himself to an extent that he slept on the floor throughout his remaining life and rejected all the comforts associated with the king's status. This he did to keep himself at the same level of frugal existence which Sita would have lived. Please remember, Sita was the queen of Ayodhya and was equally responsible keeping the honour of the throne. She never complained to anybody about the treatment meted out to her, and always adored Rama. Rama did not marry again and even while performing Ashvamedha yagnya, had the idol of Sita at the place of the queen.

Krishna had only two wives and Satyabhama and Rukmani were their names. While referring to the women under his protection, he is referred to as PATI which means 'the master' or the 'saviour'. Obviously, Rashtra Pati does not mean the husband of the nation.

There is no mention of the marriage of Krishna to anyone other than the two mentioned above.

While on the subject, I feel I should present my two cents vis-vis the misunderstandings about his 'romance' in Vrindavan. Krishna was just 9 years when he left Vrindavan and never visited that place again. Radha was much elder to him and all the gopis were fascinated by the virtues of this 'miracle child' If it was anything related to the romance that we consider, each gopi would not have urged the other one to accompany her to where Krishna was playing flute.

nkg, I would have been happy if you had come out with this.

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20090220&fname=shoaib&sid=1

Shoaib, Well Done.

Matloob bhai, probably vakibs is not a Muslim, and mistakes Islam for just a 'religion' like any other. But it will be good to hear what he meant, or him tell us of a period when Muslims did not 'cling' to their religion.

Re: # 63
Stale and stinking rollie pollie laddu, ab tou halwai bhee tujhay kachray mein phaink they ga.

Re: # 64
Thats a news, if Muslims are clinging to their religion then they are doing exactly they are expected to do to be identified as Muslims.
Pre or Post colonial does not and should not have any bearing on Muslims to cling to their religion, I hope Allah SWT recognizes you as a credible and legitimate witness to your statement about clinging and all of us Muslims shall enter Jannah inshaAllah.

"Muslims are clinging on to their religion more so than other cultures because they are more insecure in the post-colonial world."

vaikibs, could you explain that, please. Thanks.

(the way I see it, Muslims 'clung' their religion and identity in pre-colonial world, in the colonial world, and in the post-colonial world. The day Muslims stop 'clinging' to religion and political identity, there will be no Islam left at all. But could you still explain what you meant. How is post-colonial world hurting/helping/relevant to Muslims more than to anybody else? Thanks)

Get lost hatred-filled Laddu!

"Islamic Jihad: A Legacy of Forced Conversion, Imperialism and Slavery"

by MA Khan


Released last week

MA Khan’s Preface

I was born and brought up in a conservative Muslim society. After graduating in India, I moved to the West for furthering my education. Despite my conservative Muslim background, I grew up with a liberal outlook. In my school and university days, my closest friends were Hindus and Sikhs: I felt more comfortable with them as they were more liberal, easy-going and humble with fewer religious scruples. I had wholly given up religious rituals by the time I completed my university studies: they just didn’t attract me.

When 9/11 occurred, I had lived in a liberal society for over a decade. I had become consciously convinced that religious rituals—prayers, fasting, pilgrimage—were all meaningless. I should be rewarded, I felt, for working hard, and intelligently, not for aping some wasteful rituals, which brings good to nobody. Non-Muslims were my best friends; shocking my Muslim peers, I ate haraam (prohibited) foods, drank alcohol (in moderation).

Despite the kind of a liberal person I had become, let me be honest that I was not excluded from those Muslims who felt that the 9/11 attacks were justified, although I felt those perished in it died undeserving deaths. Muslim societies universally portray America as a mortal enemy of Islam, particularly for its stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict. America’s mindless support for Israel has been causing terrible oppression and untold sufferings to Palestinian Muslims. There was, undoubtedly, an overriding sense of justification for the 9/11 attacks amongst Muslims; it gave the unjust superpower a bloody nose: I, so little a Muslim, thought that way too.

Weird as it may sound, I still believed in Islam. I thought the terrorists, acting in the name of Islam, were misguided. After 9/11, I slowly started reading about Islam: Quran, Sunnah and Prophet Muhammad’s biographies; I hadn’t read them in the thirty-five years of my life. I was shocked. I had been told all my life that Prophet Muhammad was the ideal human being: most merciful and just; that Islam is the most peaceful religion; and I believed it. But the Quran reads like a manifesto of open-ended war against non-Muslims for converting them or for subjugating them into horribly degraded dhimmi subjects. In his prophetic career, especially during the critical last ten years, Prophet Muhammad was anything but what a peace-loving, merciful and just person stands for.

My curiosity grew. Over the past years, I have done extensively research on Islamic theology as well as on Islamic history: from Prophet Muhammad to modern times. It has been a harrowing tale of forced conversion, brutal imperialism and devastating slavery. It’s a saga of great human tragedy—all in the name of Islamic holy war or Jihad, the foundational creed of Islam. This tragic tale is the subject of this book.
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Obviously, there is a great deal of disagreement or denial about this extremist discourse of Jihad.

Yet, it is undeniable that, out of misconception or not, the violent Islamist groups—with their unquestioned belief that they are fighting in the cause of Allah—will continue unleashing violence and terrorism against innocent men, women and children in the years and decades to come, causing incalculable damage and destruction to human life and society. Indisputably, Muslims are now a substantial and established group in almost every nation in the world. Due to high birth-rates amongst Muslims, their continued influx from the overpopulated Islamic world and decline of the native population, they may become, according to current demographic trends, the dominant religious group in many Western countries by the middle of this century. If the current tide of ascendant violent radicalism continues to thrive amongst Muslims, the stability of the tolerant, civilized world may face peril in the not-too-distant future. To secure the stability of the modernist, secular-democratic and progressive future of the world, nations must work unitedly for countering the ideology and activities of these radical Islamist groups, using both military and ideological means.

As violent Islamists wreak havoc around the world, more so in Islamic countries, understanding the ‘true meaning’ of Jihad, their central cause, is of central importance for both Muslims and non-Muslims in order to devise effective counter-measures against them. Without understanding what Jihad truly means, it is impossible for authorities and the people to devise effective remedies against the growing violent trend in the name of Jihad amongst Muslims.

This book is a small effort to give readers an idea of what Jihad truly means. It goes through the life of Prophet Muhammad as he progressively received revelation from the Islamic God (Allah) as contained in the Muslim holy book, the Quran. It will examine when and under what circumstances, Allah introduced the concept of Jihad into Islamic doctrines. It will demonstrate—based on the Quran, authentic prophetic traditions, and original biographies of Prophet Muhammad—how the Prophet of Islam had applied the doctrine of Jihad as he founded the Islamic creed during the last twenty-three years of his life (610–632 CE). Having thus made a sense of the religious foundation and prophetic model of Jihad, it will examine how this prototypical model of Jihad was perpetuated by Muslims through the ages of Islamic domination.

It is worth noting beforehand that, in putting Allah’s doctrine of Jihad into practice at the birth of Islam, Prophet Muhammad had established three major models of Jihadi actions:

1.

Use of violence for the propagation of Islam,
2.

Islamic imperialism,
3.

Islamic slavery

The historical accounts of these legacies of Jihad will be discussed in separate chapters in this book.

oye yar shohaib, where is the anal stuff this time?

i think getting water etc for muhallas is politically a peace of cake..in mubai even a municipal corporator can do that. shivsena mainly wins its election by getting water for slums. my opinion is new zuggis are better at it since they dont have entrenched dadas whose business it is to bring the tanker water and make money etc. more established muhallas are kept backward by its dadas. unfortunately the mussalman only muhallas are doubly dependent on its dadas due to security reasons as compared to other muhallas.

so its an entwined chicken-egg issue..security fear makes ghettos, dependence on dadas is more, dadas want to have an insecure populance to live-off and so have little interest in truely resolving issues. in fact, the dada benefits by raising irrelevent issues like falisteen or getting offended at boisterous ganesh procession.

so the cycle has to be broken..only way i can see is by insisting on non-dada security. not easily possible.

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