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Muhammad Arshad Awan

@muhammadarshadawan

Assistant Professor at Allama Iqbal Open University researching Urdu NLP and smartphone-based activity recognition.

Pakistan
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At Allama Iqbal Open University, I research natural language processing for Urdu and Arabic, alongside human activity recognition using smartphone sensors. My work includes an adaptive human activity recognition system using smartphone accelerometer data.

I’ve published research on Urdu Quranic NLP, including semantic search, translation, sentiment analysis, and question answering. I’ve also worked on human activity recognition using smartphone and wearable sensor data.

At Allama Iqbal Open University, I teach computer science courses including machine learning, deep learning, programming, and database management. I’ve also supervised research theses on activity recognition, healthcare monitoring, and language technologies.

My research interests include context-aware healthcare systems and semantic-enabled information integration for smart homes and cities. I’m especially interested in Urdu and Arabic language technologies, ontology-based activity recognition, and assistive technologies.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lecturer

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

Mar 2004 - May 2004 (2 months)

Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, teaching computer science courses.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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AWS

Generative AI with Large Language Models, Artificial Intelligence

2026 - 2026

Generative AI with Large Language Models, an online non-credit course authorized by AWS & DeepLearning.AI and offered through Coursera.

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Mercor

Introduction to Agents, Artificial Intelligence

2026 - 2026

Introduction to Agents, an online non-credit course authorized by Mercor.

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DeepLearning.AI

Knowledge Graphs for RAG, Artificial Intelligence

2026 - 2026

Knowledge Graphs for RAG, an online non-credit course authorized by DeepLearning.AI and offered through Coursera.

DeepLearning.AI logoDE

DeepLearning.AI

AI Python for Beginners, Computer Science

2026 - 2026

AI Python for Beginners, an online non-credit course authorized by DeepLearning.AI and offered through Coursera.

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edureka!

Advanced Tokenization and Sentiment Analysis, Natural Language Processing

2026 - 2026

Advanced Tokenization and Sentiment Analysis, an online non-credit course authorized by edureka! and offered through Coursera.

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DeepLearning.AI

Advanced Learning Algorithms, Machine Learning

2026 - 2026

Advanced Learning Algorithms, an online non-credit course authorized by DeepLearning.AI & Stanford|ONLINE and offered through Coursera.

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DeepLearning.AI

Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification, Machine Learning

2026 - 2026

Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification, an online non-credit course authorized by DeepLearning.AI & Stanford|ONLINE and offered through Coursera.

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Packt

AI Enhancement with Knowledge Graphs - Mastering RAG Systems, Artificial Intelligence

2025 - 2025

AI Enhancement with Knowledge Graphs - Mastering RAG Systems, an online non-credit course authorized by Packt and offered through Coursera.

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DeepLearning.AI

AI For Everyone, Artificial Intelligence

2025 - 2025

AI For Everyone, an online non-credit course authorized by DeepLearning.AI and offered through Coursera.

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Google Cloud

Introduction to Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence

2024 - 2024

Introduction to Generative AI, an online non-credit course authorized by Google Cloud and offered through Coursera.

BI

Baseerah Institute

LISAN-UL-QURAN, Islamic Education

2023 - 2023

LISAN-UL-QURAN course instructed by Amir Sohail Sb, organized by Baseerah Institute (Islamic Education with Modern Approach), Chaklala Campus, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

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Allama Iqbal Open University

Training Workshop, Natural Language Processing

2022 - 2022

One-week international training workshop on Natural Language Processing (NLP) organized by Center for Languages and Translation Studies & ORIC, AIOU, Islamabad, in collaboration with Kohsar University, Murree.

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Yonsei University

Ph.D., Computer Science

2010 - 2015

Grade: CGPA: 4.10/4.30

Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea. Dissertation on adaptive human activity recognition using smartphone accelerometer, with a CGPA of 4.10/4.30.

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Higher Education Commission

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Education

2009 - 2009

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Advanced Specified Course for MT-FPDP Alumni organized by the Learning Innovation Division, Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Allama Iqbal Open University

M.S., Computer Science

2005 - 2009

Grade: 79% (635/800)

M.S. in Computer Science from Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Thesis on semantic search and retrieval system for learning objects through open source, with a percentage of 79%.

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Quaid-i-Azam University

M.Sc., Computer Science

1999 - 2002

Grade: 62% (1855/3000)

M.Sc. in Computer Science from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Thesis on an SVG editor, with a percentage of 62%.

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University of the Punjab

B.Sc., Mathematics and Physics

1995 - 1998

Grade: 51% (411/800)

B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics from the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, with a percentage of 51%.

FE

Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education

Higher Secondary School Certificate, Pre-Engineering

1993 - 1995

Grade: 72% (792/1100)

Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) in Pre-Engineering from the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad, Pakistan, with a percentage of 72%.

FE

Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education

Secondary School Certificate, Science

1991 - 1993

Grade: 84% (718/850)

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) in Science from the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad, Pakistan, with a percentage of 84%.

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DeepLearning.AI

Generative AI for Everyone, Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI for Everyone, an online non-credit course authorized by DeepLearning.AI and offered through Coursera.

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DeepLearning.AI

Unsupervised Learning, Recommenders, Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning

2026 - 2026

Unsupervised Learning, Recommenders, Reinforcement Learning, an online non-credit course authorized by DeepLearning.AI & Stanford|ONLINE and offered through Coursera.

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edureka!

Natural Language Processing Essentials, Natural Language Processing

2026 - 2026

Natural Language Processing Essentials, an online non-credit course authorized by edureka! and offered through Coursera.

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DeepLearning.AI

Machine Learning Specialization, Machine Learning

Machine Learning Specialization, an online non-credit course authorized by DeepLearning.AI & Stanford|ONLINE and offered through Coursera.

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IBM

Generative AI: Introduction and Applications, Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI: Introduction and Applications, an online non-credit course authorized by IBM and offered through Coursera.

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Khalifa University

Arabic for Beginners: Arabic Alphabet and Phonology, Arabic Language

Arabic for Beginners: Arabic Alphabet and Phonology, an online non-credit course authorized by Khalifa University and offered through Coursera.

edureka! logoED

edureka!

Neural Models and Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing

2026 - 2026

Neural Models and Machine Translation, an online non-credit course authorized by edureka! and offered through Coursera.

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Google

Start Writing Prompts like a Pro, Prompt Engineering

2026 - 2026

Start Writing Prompts like a Pro, an online non-credit course authorized by Google and offered through Coursera.

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Google

Speed Up Data Analysis and Presentation Building, Data Analysis

2026 - 2026

Speed Up Data Analysis and Presentation Building, an online non-credit course authorized by Google and offered through Coursera.

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Higher Education Commission

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Education

2006 - 2006

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 7th Faculty Development Program organized by the Learning Innovation Division, Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Google

Design Prompts for Everyday Work Tasks, Prompt Engineering

Design Prompts for Everyday Work Tasks, an online non-credit course authorized by Google and offered through Coursera.

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Google

Use AI as a Creative or Expert Partner, Artificial Intelligence

Use AI as a Creative or Expert Partner, an online non-credit course authorized by Google and offered through Coursera.

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Google

Google Prompting Essentials, Prompt Engineering

Google Prompting Essentials, an online non-credit course authorized by Google and offered through Coursera.

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Google for Education

Google Certified Educator Level 1, Education

Google Certified Educator Level 1, an online non-credit course authorized by Google for Education and offered through Google.

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edureka!

Mastering NLP: Tokenization, Sentiment Analysis & Neural MT, Natural Language Processing

Mastering NLP: Tokenization, Sentiment Analysis & Neural MT, an online non-credit course authorized by edureka! and offered through Coursera.

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LangChain

LangChain for LLM Application Development, Artificial Intelligence

2026 - 2026

LangChain for LLM Application Development, an online non-credit course authorized by LangChain & DeepLearning.AI & Stanford|ONLINE and offered through Coursera.

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