Arbish Akram

I completed my PhD in the Department of Computer Science at the University of the Punjab (PUCIT), advised by Dr. Nazar Khan. I am currently serving as a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Government College University (GCU), Lahore.
My research interests are in computer vision, machine learning, deep learning and image processing.

arbishakram [at] gcu [dot] edu [dot] pk / arbishakram [at] gmail [dot] com

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Teaching

Programming Fundamentals	Spring 25, Spring 26
Object Oriented Programming	Spring 25, Fall 25
Intro to Computer Vision	Fall 25

Research

	RegGAN: Improving Generative Adversarial Network Generalization for Facial Expression Synthesis Arbish Akram, Nazar Khan and Arif Mahmood Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP, 2026). [Paper] [arXiv] [Code] [Bibtex]
	LSRF: Localized and Sparse Receptive Fields for Linear Facial Expression Synthesis based on Global Face Context Arbish Akram and Nazar Khan Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP, 2023). [Paper] [SharedIt] [Code] [Bibtex]
	SARGAN: Spatial Attention-based Residuals for Facial Expression Manipulation Arbish Akram and Nazar Khan IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT, 2023). [Paper] [arXiv] [Code] [Bibtex]
	US-GAN: On the importance of Ultimate Skip Connection for Facial Expression Synthesis Arbish Akram and Nazar Khan Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP, 2023). [Paper] [SharedIt] [arXiv] [Code] [Bibtex]
	Pixel-based Facial Expression Synthesis Arbish Akram and Nazar Khan 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2021). [Paper] [arXiv] [Slides] [Poster] [Bibtex]
	OrthoGAN: Visualizing teeth after Orthodontics treatment using Generative Models Arbish Akram and Nazar Khan [Preprint] [Bibtex]
	Masked Linear Regression for Learning Local Receptive Fields for Facial Expression Synthesis Nazar Khan, Arbish Akram, Arif Mahmood, Sania Ashraf and Kashif Murtaza International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV, 2020). [Paper] [arXiv] [Slides] [Code] [Bibtex]
	Life Savior: An Integrated Emergency Response System Arbish Akram, Maria Anjum, Mariam Rehman, Hafsah Bukhary, Hifza Amir and Rafia Qaisar 8th International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT, 2017). [Paper] [Bibtex]