Muhammad Saad Amin

Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
01/04/2025 – Current
  • Conduct applied research on the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Software Project Management (SPM)
  • Design and evaluate GenAI-based systems to support various SPM tasks
  • Develop systematic literature reviews (SLRs) to explore existing applications of LLMs in SPM and identify research gaps
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to build and assess AI-driven decision support systems
  • Design data collection and evaluation frameworks tailored to PMBoK knowledge areas and GenAI capabilities
  • Publish findings in peer-reviewed conferences and journals within the fields of software engineering and artificial intelligence
  • Engage with industry partners to align academic research with practical SPM challenges and GenAI adoption trends
Researcher (Assegni di Ricerca)
The University of Turin
Turin, Italy
01/07/2024 – 31/03/2025
  • Lead research on perspective-taking capabilities in Large Language Models (LLMs) for enhanced decision-making
  • Design and implement novel LLM architectures that effectively incorporate multiple perspectives in reasoning processes
  • Develop and evaluate methodologies to assess perspective-taking capabilities
  • Create specialized datasets for training and testing
  • Optimize model performance for multi-perspective reasoning scenarios
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams
  • Mentor junior researchers
  • Contribute to scholarly publications in high-impact venues
  • Develop evaluation frameworks to measure perspective understanding and decision quality
  • Ensure practical applicability of research outcomes
PhD Scholar
The University of Turin
Turin, Italy
01/11/2021 – 30/06/2024
  • Conducted novel research in semantic processing
  • Developed and evaluated language models for parsing and generation tasks
  • Developed novel cross-task evaluation measures
  • Developed reversible pipeline approaches to identify error dynamics in semantic processing
  • Collaborated on diverse research projects
  • Mentored junior researchers and co-supervised research projects
  • Engaged in academic networking
Lecturer
University of Sialkot
Sialkot, Pakistan
05/11/2020 – 31/10/2021
  • Preparing and delivering lectures, tutorials, workshops, and seminars
  • Developing curricula and course material that can be used across several platforms
  • Collaborating with other academics and lecturers to improve teaching methods and expand the knowledge base
  • Setting and grading assignments, tests, and exams
  • Conducting research, and writing papers, proposals, journal articles, and books
  • Attending and participating in meetings, conferences, and other events in and outside of the institution
  • Participating in training opportunities and initiatives at the institution
  • Providing support to students and other colleagues
  • Staying current by reading widely and producing published work in the field
Lab Engineer
The University of Lahore
Lahore, Pakistan
15/02/2018 – 24/11/2020
  • Design and conduct labs as per departmental requirements
  • The operation, maintenance, and inventory management of lab equipment and consumables
  • Preparation and grading of laboratory and other exams
  • Selection and upgrading of lab equipment as required

Education and Training

PhD in Computer Science
University of Turin
Turin, Italy
01/11/2021 – 30/06/2024

Thesis: Advancing Multilingual DRS-based Semantic Parsing and Generation: A Framework for Data Transformation, Robust Evaluation, and Task Reversibility

  • Exploring data augmentation and data delexicalization techniques applicable to structured input representations
  • Utilization of novel Super Sense approach in the development of semantically correct and contextually similar data
  • Development of the first semantic resource for Urdu, a low-resource language
  • Developing lexical, grammatical, and named-entity-based augmentation techniques
  • Improving LLMs' generalization power through augmentation for neural semantic parsing and generation tasks
  • Exploiting task reversibility of DRS parsing and generation, and analyzing challenges and insights from a multi-lingual perspective
Erasmus+ Traineeship
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
01/09/2023 – 29/02/2024

Project: Urdu Semantic Processing: Corpus Creation, Parsing and Generation

  • Developed Urdu Meaning Bank (UMB), the first semantic resource for Urdu
  • Implementing lexical, grammatical, and named-entity-based augmentation approaches on UMB
  • Enhancing LLMs' generalization power through augmentation for Urdu semantic parsing and generation tasks
Master of Science in Computer Engineering
The University of Lahore
Lahore, Pakistan
01/09/2018 – 09/10/2020

Final Grade: 3.83/4.00

Thesis: Sign Language Recognition using Machine Learning

  • Developed a smart sensor-based prototype to capture sign gestures
  • Developed sign language datasets for alphabets, numbers, and alphanumeric characters
  • Applied statistical Machine Learning-based and Neural Network-based models on the dataset for sign gesture classification
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
University of Engineering & Technology Taxila
Taxila, Pakistan
10/10/2013 – 31/07/2017

Final Grade: 3.53/4.00

Research Projects

Generative AI applied to Large Scale Agile Software Development

This project conducts applied research on integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into Software Project Management (SPM) by designing and evaluating GenAI-based systems to support core SPM tasks.

Perspective-taking LLMs for Inclusive Decision Making

Leveraged Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance social impact by improving decision-making processes, considering user information from various perspectives.

Evaluating Structural and Linguistic Quality in DRS-based Parsing and Generation through Bidirectional Evaluation

Traditional metrics often miss structural and linguistic fidelity, so we introduce two bidirectional evaluation methodologies, Pars-Gen and Gen-Pars, for comprehensive DRS-based system assessment for semantic and structural assessments.

Exploiting Task Reversibility of DRS Parsing and Generation

Semantic parsing and text generation with DRS are reversible but error-prone. We leverage this reversibility to investigate error propagation and explore error correction through innovative pipeline approaches from multi-lingual perspective.

Improving Semantic Parsing and Text Generation through Multi-Faceted Multi-Lingual Data Augmentation

A novel approach of augmenting formal meaning representation (DRS) through Named Entity (PER, GPE), Lexical (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs), and Grammatical (tense) augmentation strategies for semantic processing. Furthermore, the utilization of data augmentation for semantic parsing and text generation for English, Italian, and Urdu.

Urdu Semantic Processing: Corpus Creation, Parsing and Generation

Development of the first Semantic Resource for Urdu and its utilization for neural semantic parsing and generation tasks with the adaptation of data augmentation.

Improving DRS-to-Text Generation through Delexicalization and Data Augmentation

Investigated data delexicalization techniques to improve model generalization, addressing the challenge of heavily integrating lexical entities with external DRS resources, and emphasizing structural sequences over lexical knowledge.

Data Augmentation for DRS-to-Text generation using Super Senses

A novel approach of using Super Senses to perform data augmentation based on the lexical categories of nouns, resulting in four flavors of augmentation. e.g., lexical substitutions through inside/outside context and with/without supersenses.

Sign Language Recognition using Machine Learning

Developed a smart sensor-based data glove prototype for capturing alphabetical and numerical sign postures. Generated datasets and utilized neural networks for classifying static sign gestures.

Publications

2025
Semantic Processing for Urdu: Corpus Creation, Parsing, and Generation
Muhammad Saad Amin, Xiao Zhang, Luca Anselma, Alessandro Mazzei, and Johan Bos
Language Resources & Evaluation (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10579-025-09819-2
2025
Evaluating Structural and Linguistic Quality in Urdu DRS Parsing and Generation through Bidirectional Evaluation
Muhammad Saad Amin, Luca Anselma, and Alessandro Mazzei
IndoNLP: The First Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Languages, co-located with COLING 2025. https://aclanthology.org/2025.indonlp-1.4/
2025
Exploiting Task Reversibility of DRS Parsing and Generation: Challenges and Insights from Multi-lingual Perspective
Muhammad Saad Amin, Luca Anselma, and Alessandro Mazzei
The First Workshop on Language Models for Low-Resource Languages, co-located with COLING 2025. https://aclanthology.org/2025.loreslm-1.22/
2024
Improving DRS-to-Text Generation through Delexicalization and Data Augmentation
Muhammad Saad Amin, Luca Anselma, Alessandro Mazzei
Natural Language Processing and Information Systems. NLDB 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14762. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70239-6_9
2024
Exploring Data Augmentation in Neural DRS-to-Text Generation
Muhammad Saad Amin, Luca Anselma, and Alessandro Mazzei
Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers), pages 2164–2178, St. Julian's, Malta. Association for Computational Linguistics. https://aclanthology.org/2024.eacl-long.132/
2024
Data Augmentation for Low-Resource Italian NLP: Enhancing Semantic Processing with DRS
Muhammad Saad Amin, Luca Anselma, and Alessandro Mazzei
Proceedings of the Tenth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it 2024). https://clic2024.ilc.cnr.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/5_main_long.pdf
2023
Machine learning algorithms distinguish discrete digital emotional fingerprints for web pages related to back pain
Davide Caldo, Silvia Bologna, Luana Conte, Muhammad Saad Amin, Luca Anselma, Valerio Basile, Md Murad Hossain, Alessandro Mazzei, Paolo Heritier, Riccardo Ferracini, Elizaveta Kon, and Giorgio De Nunzio
Scientific Reports 13, 4654 (2023)
2023
Assistive Data Glove for Isolated Static Postures Recognition in American Sign Language Using Neural Network
Muhammad Saad Amin, Syed Tahir Hussain Rizvi, Alessandro Mazzei, and Luca Anselma
Electronics. 2023; 12 (8):1904
2023
Analysis of Machine Learning Based Imputation of Missing Data
Syed Tahir Hussain Rizvi, Muhammad Yasir Latif, Muhammad Saad Amin, Achraf Jabeur Telmoudi, and Nasir Ali Shah
Cybernetics and Systems. 2023
2023
Evaluation of machine learning techniques for hypertension risk prediction based on medical data in Bangladesh
Asadullah, Murad Hossain, Sabrina Rahaman, Muhammad Saad Amin, Mst. Sharmin Akter Sumy, Yasin Ali Parh, and Mohammad Amzad Hossain
Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. 2023; 31 (3):1794-1802
2022
Towards data augmentation for drs-to-text generation
Muhammad Saad Amin, Alessandro Mazzei, and Luca Anselma
CEUR Workshop Proceedings 3287, 141-152
2022
The Role of Activation Function in Neural NER for a Large Semantically Annotated Corpus
Muhammad Saad Amin, Luca Anselma, and Alessandro Mazzei
2022 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical, Control, and Telecommunication Engineering (ETECTE)
2022
Sign Gesture Classification and Recognition Using Machine Learning
Muhammad Saad Amin and Syed Tahir Hussain Rizvi
Cybernetics and Systems. 2022; 54 (5):1-15
2022
A Comparative Review on Applications of Different Sensors for Sign Language Recognition
Muhammad Saad Amin, Syed Tahir Hussain Rizvi, and Murad Hossain
Journal of Imaging. 2022; 8 (4):98
2022
PREDICTION OF DEPRESSION USING MACHINE LEARNING TOOLS TAKING CONSIDERATION OF OVERSAMPLING
Murad Hossain, Asadullah, Mohammad Amzad Hossain, and Muhammad Saad Amin
Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine. 2022; 22 (2): 244-253
2021
An Autonomous Follow Me Platform for Carrying and Moving Objects
Muhammad Saad Amin, Syed Tahir Hussain Rizvi, Sameer Malik, Muhammad Awais Yousaf, and Sadaf Mehmood
KIET Journal of Computing and Information Sciences. 2021; 4 (2):18-18
2021
Smart Wheelchair- An Implementation of Voice and Android Controlled System
Muhammad Saad Amin, Syed Tahir Hussain Rizvi, Sameer Malik, Zaid Bin Faheem, and Ammar Liaqat
2021 International Conference on Digital Technologies (ICoDT). DOI: 10.1109/ICoDT252288.2021.9441532
2021
IoT Based Monitoring and Control in Smart Farming
Muhammad Saad Amin, Syed Tahir Hussain Rizvi, Umair Iftikhar, Sameer Malik, and Zaid Bin Faheem
2021 International Conference on Digital Technologies (ICoDT)
2021
Image Watermarking Approach Using LSB and Laplacian Filter
N Imran, S Hameed, Z Hafeez, Z Faheem, M Waseem, U Latif, and Muhammad Saad Amin
Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2021; 2129 (1)
2020
Alphabetical Gesture Recognition of American Sign Language using E-Voice Smart Glove
Muhammad Saad Amin, Muhammad Talha Amin, Muhammad Yasir Latif, Ali Asghar Jathol, Nisar Ahmed, and Muhammad Irtaza Nawaz Tarar
2020 23rd International Multitopic Conference (INMIC). DOI: 10.1109/INMIC50486.2020.9318185
2025
Understanding Public Emotion on Twitter: A Sentiment Analysis of Turkey-Syria Earthquake Responses
Md. Murad Hossain, Muhammad Saad Amin, Fatema Khairunnasa, and Syed Tahir Hussain Rizvi
Accepted for publication at Informatica
2025
Improving Semantic Parsing and Text Generation through Multi-Faceted Data Augmentation
Muhammad Saad Amin, Luca Anselma, and Alessandro Mazzei
Submitted to IEEE Access
2025
PeRAG: Multi-Modal Perspective-Oriented Verbalization with RAG for Inclusive Decision Making
Muhammad Saad Amin, Horacio Jesús Jarquín Vásquez, Franco Sansonetti, Simona Lo Giudice, Valerio Basile, and Viviana Patti
Submitted to CLiC-IT 2025

Courses Instructed

Laboratories Instructed

Digital Skills

Natural Language Processing

Semantic Parsing Text Generation NLU Data Augmentation

Machine Learning

Deep Learning Neural Networks LLMs Model Evaluation

Data Science

Data Preprocessing Data Visualization Data Cleaning Data Extraction

Awards & Honors

Italian Ministry Scholarship
University of Turin
Nov 2021
Erasmus+ Traineeship
University of Turin and University of Groningen
Sep 2023
2nd Position in MS Computer Engineering
University of Lahore
Oct 2020
District Position Holder in SSC
BISE Gujranwala
Jun 2013

Memberships & Networks

Languages

English
C1 – Advanced
Urdu
Native
Punjabi
Native

References

  1. Dr. Luca Anselma – Department of Computer Science, University of Turin | Email: luca.anselma@unito.it
  2. Dr. Alessandro Mazzei – Department of Computer Science, University of Turin | Email: alessandro.mazzei@unito.it