Leading Language Engineer of Pakistan Prof.Dr. Sarmad Hussain in PTV Program کسب کمال with Imran Mir

Prof.Dr. Sarmad Hussain (Pride Of Performance) is one of the pioneers of Computational Linguistics & speech Processing in Urdu & other regional languages of Pakistan. He holds the IDRC Research Chair in Multilingual Computing,
Professor and Head,
Center for Language Engineering ,
Al-Khwarizmi Institute of Computer Science (www.kics.edu.pk)
University of Engineering and Technology (www.uet.edu.pk)
Lahore, Pakistan.
Achievements:
Acheivments:
Judge, Young Researcher Award for Computer Science, Higher Education Commission, 2017.
Judge, Young Researcher Award for Computer Science, Higher Education Commission, 2016.
Keynote Speaker, ICLAP 2015 (www.iclap.org/ICLAP2015/).
ICANN Fellowship, ICANN Prague Meeting, 2012.
ICANN Fellowship, ICANN Nairobi Meeting, 2010.
IDRC Grant to attend Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt, 2009.
ICANN Fellowship, ICANN Cairo Meeting, 2008.
ICANN Grant, ICANN Dubai Meeting, 2008.
ICANN Fellowship, ICANN Delhi Meeting 2008.
IDRC Grant to attend Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007.
Digital Pioneer, IDRC Canada 2005 (www.idrc.ca/IMAGES/ICT4D/PanAs....
Gold Medal for Research Development, FAST-National University, Pakistan 2005.
National Free and Open Source Software Award 2005, FOSSAC, Lahore, Pakistan
Dr. M. N Azam Prize for Computer Science (Software), Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Government of Pakistan, 2002.
Judge, NCR National IT Excellence Awards 2004, nominated by Ministry of IT, Govt. of Pakistan.
Nominated Member, Urdu & Regional Language Software Development Forum (URLSDF), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of Pakistan. 2001.
Performance Award for the Best Section Lead, CresSoft, Lahore. 2000.
Graduate School Fellowship, Northwestern University. 1993-1997.
British Commonwealth Scholarship, Cambridge University. 1992-1993.

[@pakeezasultan5514]

Dr Sarmad, you have done a great job for all who read and write URDU

[@nadirdurrani2439]

The span of this interview does not do justice to the amount of contributions and services Sarmad Sb has. Without him not people in Pakistan would not have known about NLP, one of the most exciting areas of Artificial Intelligence