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Dr. Amber Baig

Experienced academic leader, researcher, and educator with over 24 years of experience in higher education, currently serving as Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Computer Science at Isra University. Skilled in academic administration, curriculum development, Outcome-Based Education (OBE), accreditation processes, faculty mentoring, and strategic planning. Possesses extensive teaching and research experience at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels in areas including Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing, Intelligent Systems, and Software Engineering.
Actively involved in scholarly research with numerous publications in HEC-recognized and Scopus-indexed journals. Demonstrated ability to lead academic quality enhancement initiatives, supervise postgraduate research, and promote innovation in teaching and learning practices. Committed to contributing to institutional development, research excellence, and student success through effective leadership, collaborative engagement, and continuous professional growth.

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Professor & Chairperson, Department of Computer Science

 

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Isra University, Hyderabad (Feb 2021)
  • M.Phil in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Isra University, Hyderabad (Dec 2012)
  • M.Sc. in Computer Science, Institute of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Hyderabad (1999 / 2000)
  • B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science, Institute of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Hyderabad (1998)
  • Chairperson, Computer Science, Isra University, Hyderabad (13 March 2024 to date)
    • Led a cross-functional team, driving curriculum updates, faculty development, budget management, industry partnerships, student engagement, and research initiatives.
  • Associate Professor, Computer Science, Isra University, Hyderabad (3 January 2022 to date)
    • Delivered academic instruction at graduate and postgraduate levels, developed curricula, provided academic advisement, supervised MS theses and final-year projects, and oversaw QEC initiatives for the department.
  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Isra University, Hyderabad (12 November 2009 to 2 January 2022)
    • Taught graduate and postgraduate Computer Science courses, designed curricula and lab exercises, advised undergraduates, supervised graduate projects, and led QEC/NCEAC accreditation activities.
  • Lecturer, Computer Science, Isra University, Hyderabad (7 June 2003 to 11 November 2009)
  • Teaching Assistant, Computer Science, Isra University, Hyderabad (7 June 2001 to 6 June 2003)
  • Subject Teacher, Isra Higher Secondary School, Qasimabad, Hyderabad (23 October 2000 – 31 May 2001)

  1. “Review of Peer Feedback in Collaborative Tutoring Systems”, Sehrish Abrejo, Shahnawaz Talpur, Amber Baig, Mutee-u Rahman, Ahsanullah Baloch, Saad K. and Baloch. Published in International Journal of Innovations in Science & Technology (IJIST), Vol. 6 Issue. 1, (Feb 2024). HEC Recognized “Y” Category Journal.
  2. “Efficient Optimization of Adaptive Transmission Range in Manets to Maximize the Packet Delivery Ratio”, Shadia S. Baloch, Kainat Soomro, Suhni Abbasi, Sehrish Abrejo, Amber Baig, and Saad K. Baloch. Published in International Journal of Innovations in Science & Technology (IJIST), Vol. 5 Issue. 3, (Sep 2023). HEC Recognized “Y” Category Journal.
  3. “Hints-based Approach for UML Class Diagrams”, Sehrish Abrejo, Amber Baig, Adnan Asghar Ali, Mutee U Rahman & Aqsa Khoso. Published in IJCSNS International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, VOL.23 No.7, (July 2023). HEC Recognized “Y” Category Journal.
  4. “UML-ITS Usability Evaluation of Intelligent Tutoring System”, Sehrish Abrejo, Amber Baig, Mutee U Rahman & Adnan Asghar. Published in IJCSNS International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, VOL.23 No.3, (March 2023). HEC Recognized “Y” Category Journal.
  5. “Effects of collaboration on students’ learning using Intelligent Tutoring System”, Sehrish Abrejo, Amber Baig, Shadia S. Baloch, Mutee-U-Rahman. Published in International Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering Research, Volume 10, No. 8 (August 2022).
  6. “Learning from Peer Mistakes: Collaborative UML-Based ITS with Peer Feedback Evaluation”, Sehrish Abrejo, Hameedullah Kazi, Mutee U. Rahman, Ahsanullah Baloch and Amber Baig. Published in Computers, Volume 11, No.3, 30, (February 2022). HEC Recognized “X” Category Journal.
  7. “Bootstrapping Dependency Treebank of Urdu Noisy Text”, Amber Baig, Mutee U Rahman, Sehrish Abrejo, Sirajuddin Qureshi, Saima Tunio and Shadia S. Baloch. Published in International Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering Research, Volume 9, No. 8 (August 2021). HEC Recognized “Y” Category Journal.
  8. “Towards Silver Standard Dependency Treebank of Urdu Tweets”, Amber Baig, Mutee U Rahman, Sirajuddin Qureshi, Saima Tunio, Sehrish Abrejo and Shadia S. Baloch. Published in International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, Volume 10, No. 3 (May-June 2021). HEC Recognized “Y” Category Journal
  9. “Sindhi Stemmer using Affix Removal Method”, Ambreen A. Sattar, Suhni Abbasi, Mutee U Rahman, Amber Baig and Masroor Nizamani. Published in International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, Volume 10, No. 3 (May-June 2021). HEC Recognized “Y” Category Journal.
  10. “Performance Comparison of Bootstrapped Statistical Taggers on Urdu Tweets”, Amber Baig, Mutee U Rahman, Sehrish Abrejo, Khalid H Mohamadani, Ahsanullah Baloch. Published in International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 11, Issue 7 (July 2021).
  11. “Universal Dependencies for Urdu Noisy Text”, Amber Baig, Mutee U Rahman, Adbul Salam Shah and Suhni Abbasi. Published in International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering Volume 10, No. 3 (May-June 2021). HEC Recognized “Y” Category Journal.
  12. “Developing a POS Tagged Corpus of Urdu Tweets”, Amber Baig, Mutee U Rahman, Hameedullah Kazi and Ahsanullah Baloch. Published in Computers, Volume 9, No.4, 90, (November 2020). HEC Recognized “X” Category Journal.
  13. “On-the-fly sub key generation for Blow Fish Cryptographic Algorithm” M. Muneeb Memon, Amber Baig, Asadullah Shah, Muhammad Iqbal Bhatti, published in IEEEP New Horizons Journal, Vol 56, April-June 2007, pp 41-44.
  14. “A Study of Software Protection Techniques” Jan Muhammad Memon, Asma Khan, Amber Baig, Asadullah Shah. Published in T. Sobh(ed), Innovations & Advanced Techniques in Computer & Information Sciences & Engineering, pp 249-253. © 2007 Springer.
  15. “Towards Ontology Based Urdu Information Extraction” Amber Baig & Mutee U Rahman, presented in 3rd International Conference on Computer & emerging Technologies (ICCET 2013) held on March 5-7, 2013, at Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur MIRS, Sindh.
  16. “Spoken Urdu Language Measures of Perceptual Sensitivities” Amber Baig, Asadullah Shah, Muhammad Iqbal Bhatti, presented in Shaikh Ayez International Conference on Language & Literature held on 10th January 2007 in University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
  17. Design of Peer Feedback Evaluation in Intelligent Tutoring Systems. (Under Review in “International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)”, X Category).
  18. Development of Game-based Learning for Sindhi Alphabets. (Under Review in “International Journal of Technology and Design Education (ITDE)”, W Category).
  19. Indoor Single User Optimal Parameter Prediction using Deep Neural Network, and Bat Algorithm for Automation of User Parameters in Smart Homes. (Under Review in “Applied System Innovation”, Y Category).
  20. Student Acceptance of Moodle in University Classrooms. (In progress).
  21. A Hybrid Approach for Named Entity Recognition in Urdu. (In progress).
  22. Study of Game Based Learning in Introductory Programming Courses. (In progress). 
  23. Towards a Mobile Game Based Learning Approach to foster Computational Thinking of Novice Programmers. (In progress).