Talks and Guest Lectures
- Dec 13, 2021: Conducted a workshop on "Machine Learning: Decision Trees - Part 2" in collaboration with ADDO AI.
- Nov 02, 2021: Guest lecture on "The internet of the Orals" at the Cornell University, Ithaca, NY in the class of Computing and Global Development taught by Aditya Vashistha.
- Oct 25, 2021: Conducted a workshop on "Machine Learning: Decision Trees - PART 1" in collaboration with ADDO AI.
- Oct 04, 2021: Conducted a workshop on "Machine Learning: K Nearest Neighbors" in collaboration with ADDO AI.
- Aug 30, 2021: Conducted a workshop on "Machine Learning: Artificial Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines" in collaboration with ADDO AI.
- August 17 - 21, 2021: Guest lecture on "Reaching Underserved Communities" at the International Summer School on ICT for Sustainability, Lorentz Center, Leiden, the Netherlands followed by an hour of Q/A.
- Jul 26, 2021: Conducted a workshop on "Machine Learning: Artificial Neural Networks" in collaboration with ADDO AI.
- Jun 25, 2021: Guest lecture on "The internet of the Orals" at the University of Maryland in the class of "Global Health Messages: Understanding Exposure and Impact" taught by Sacha Ahmad. (YouTube link).
- Jun 28, 2021: Conducted a workshop on "Machine Learning: Discriminative Models" in collaboration with ADDO AI.
- Feb 26, 2021: Expert Interview on "Digital Literacy" at Google Inc..
- May 24, 2021: Conducted a workshop on "Machine Learning: Generative Models" in collaboration with ADDO AI.
- Apr 12, 2021: Guest speaker in the panel (of two) discussion in Dr. Fahad Dogar's class on "Computing for Developing Regions" at Tufts University, USA.
- Mar 31, 2021: Guest Lecture on "The internet of the Orals" in the ICTD class Dr. Jay Chen at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Mar 18, 2021: Guest Lecture on "The internet of the Orals" in the HCI class Dr. Dipanjan Chakraborty at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani), Hyderabad Campus.
- Jul 09, 2020: Invited talk on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, at Standard Chartered Bank, Pakistan. The talk was attended by 97 participants from SCB.
- Jul 01, 2020: Invited talk on Viral Spread of COVID-19 Information using an IVR Social Platform, at Google, Mountain View, CA, USA. The talk was attended remotely by 50 participants from various Google teams around the world.
- Mar 06, 2020: Invited talk on Speech over simple phones: The internet of the Orals, at the DICE-IET 2020 conference at the COMSATS University, Lahore.
- Jan 27, 28, 2020: Invited panel discussion in the class of Needs Assessment and Usability Evaluation at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
- Nov 17, 2019: Invited keynote address on Speech over simple phones: The internet of the Orals, at the ICICT 2019 conference at the Institute of Business Management (IBA), Karachi.
- May 10, 2019: Invited talk on Speech over simple phones: The internet of the Orals, at the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences of Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
- Apr 21, 2019: Invited colloquium talk on Speech over simple phones: The internet of the Orals, at the Computer Science Department of New York University, Abu Dhabi (NYU-AD).
- Apr 18, 2019: Invited guest lecture on Speech over simple phones: The internet of the Orals, at the Computer Science Department of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
- Apr 14, 2019: Invited seminar lecture on Speech over simple phones: The internet of the Orals, at the Computer Science Department of Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar (CMU-Q).
- Feb 25, 2019: Guest Lecture on Viral Entertainment as a Vehicle for Disseminating Development Services, to the Human-Computer Interfacing class at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
- Jun 29, 2018: Invited talk at UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development: Voices of the Global South, EPFL-Tech4Dev on Speech-based Telephone Services for Development.
- Apr 24, 2018: Paper presentation at CHI 2018 on Baang: A Viral Speech-based Social Platform for Under-Connected Populations.
- Dec 18, 2017: Guest lecture on Speech and Natural Language Processing: An Introduction, at University of Management and Technology, Lahore for BS CS students of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning courses.
- Nov 18, 2017: Penalist on a penal discussion on Urdu Language and Information Technology, at Faiz International Festival, Lahore. Other penalists included Dr. Sarmad Hussain, Mr. Musharaf Ali Farouqi and Prof. Kamran Malik. The penal was moderated by Dr. Umar Saif.
- Jan 08, 2017: Keynote talk on use of Speech-based Social Media to provide social connectivity among low-literate and visually impaired masses, at Assistive Communication Technology Event by Riphah International University.
- Nov 17, 2016: Invited talk on Speech-based Social Media at the 6th International Conference on Language & Technology (CLT'16), UET, Lahore.
- Oct 28, 2016: Guest Lecture on Morphological Parsing and Stemming at Kinnaird College for Women for BS and MPhil students of Applied Linguistics.
- Jun 04, 2016: Paper presentation at ICTD 2016 on Viral Spread via Entertainment and Voice-Messaging Among Telephone Users in India
- May 12, 2016: Invited talk at Google and Youtube, Mountain View, CA, USA on Virality of mobile-based, speech services and dissemination of development-related information to low-literate masses.
- Apr 29, 2016: Invited talk on ICT4D and research opportunities at ITU, at FAST National University, Lahore, Pakistan.
- Feb 03, 2016: Remote guest lecture on Viral Entertainment as a Vehicle for Disseminating Development Services delivered to the faculty of College of Aeronautical Engineering (NUST), Risalpur, Pakistan.
- Nov 23, 2015: Guest Lecture on Viral Entertainment as a Vehicle for Disseminating Development Services, to the undergraduate Human Computer Interfacing class at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
- Oct 27, 2015: Invited talk on Multi-Modal Interfaces and Channels for Access of Local Language Content at the Workshop on Facilitating Local Language Content Access and Generation using Human Language Technologies at KICS, UET arranged by Center for Language Engineering (CLE).
Conferences
- Associate Chair for the “Specific Application Areas” subcommittee of the Program Committee for CHI 2021-22
- Reviewer for ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) 2020
- Associate Chair for the “Specific Application Areas” subcommittee of the Program Committee for CHI 2019
- Technical Program Committee (papers) member for ICTD2016-20
- Technical Program Committee (papers) member for COMPASS 2018-20
- Scientific Committee member for the 12th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC) 2020
- Program Committee Chair for Short Papers (Notes) for ICTD 2017
- Reviewer for Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing (TALLIP)
- Reviewer for ACM User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2019 conference
- Reviewer for ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) 2019
- Reviewer for CHI 2015 – 2018
- Reviewer for DIS 2019
- Reviewer for CSCW 2019
- Reviewer for UIST 2019
- Technical Program Committee (papers and posters) member for ACM DEV2015-16
- Organized ICTD 2017 in Pakistan at ITU, Lahore. ICTD is the flagship conference in the domain of Information and Communication Technologies for Development
- Member of Board of Studies of Department of Applied Linguistics at Kinnaird College for Women University
- External Evaluator for MPhil theses in Applied Linguistics at Kinnaird College for Women University (2018-19)
- Publication Chair and Technical Program Committee member for CLT2016
- Faculty Advisor to the SOFTEC student society of FAST-NU. Supervised the SOFTEC 2008 and 2009 events. SOFTEC (SOFTware Exhibition & Competition) is the largest student-arranged IT extravaganza in Pakistan
- Faculty Co-Advisor to the Interface society of FAST-NU, which publishes the annual university magazine
- Faculty Advisor to the DRAM@F society (dramatic society) of FAST-NU. The society arranged the annual drama festival 2008 under my supervision
- Faculty Advisor to the CREATIVE society of FAST-NU, which arranges academic and recreational student events