Muhammad Kamran has started his doctorate program in the winter, 2019. His research focuses on object detection, instance segmentation, and building footprint extraction.
Projects:
Kamran is part of Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Urban Mobility (ISSUM) funded by the Ontario Research Fund, York University, University of Waterloo, and private sector partners (Esri Canada, Fugro Roadware, Miovision, Mircom, Teledyne Optech, Exascale Solutions, Trans-Plan). [Details]
Publications:
K Zhao, M Kamran, G Sohn, “Boundary Regularized Building Footprint Extraction From Satellite Images Using Deep Neural Network,” in 2020 XXIV (ISPRS), 30-01 SEP. 2020
Education:
Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Earth and Space Sciences, York University, Canada
Master of Sciences (MS), Information Technology, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan
Bachelor of Science (BS), Information and Communication System Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan
2019 – Present
2014 – 2016
2009 – 2014
Experience:
Research:
Graduate Research Assistant, GeoICT/ AUSMLab, York University Canada
Jan, 2019 – Present
Teaching:
Teaching Assistant, York University, Canada
Lecturer, Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology, Pakistan.
Jan, 2019 – Present
Dec, 2016 – Oct, 2018
Professional:
Solution Provisioning Engineer, IT Consulting & Services, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Feb, 2016 – Oct, 2016
Publications (5)
2025
- Kamran, M., Sheikholeslami, M. M., and Sohn, G. (2025). PolyAttractNet: Graph-Based Polygonal Segmentation of Building Footprints Using Attraction Field Maps. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.
- Kamran, M., Sheikholeslami, M. M., Wichmann, A., and Sohn, G. (2025). Transformer Based Building Boundary Reconstruction using Attraction Field Maps. arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.17038.
2024
- Sheikholeslami, M. M., Kamran, M., Wichmann, A., and Sohn, G. (2024). CornerRegNet: Building Segmentation from Overhead Imagery Using Oriented Corners in Deep Networks. IGARSS 2024, 4642-4647.
- Sheikholeslami, M. M., Kamran, M., Wichmann, A., and Sohn, G. (2024). Enhancing Polygonal Building Segmentation via Oriented Corners. arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.12256.
2020
- Zhao, K., Kamran, M., and Sohn, G. (2020). Boundary Regularized Building Footprint Extraction from Satellite Images Using Deep Neural Network. arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.13176.