Assistant Professor of Aligarh Muslim University, India
Dr. Sayyed Usman Ahmed is a dedicated academic and researcher in the field of computer engineering, specializing in artificial intelligence and legal reasoning. He has been recognized for his contributions with awards such as the Best Paper Award (2022-23) and the Visvesvaraya Part-Time PhD Fellowship (2018-19). His teaching and research continue to inspire and shape the next generation of engineers and technologists.
Publication profile
Education
Dr. Sayyed Usman Ahmed holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India, where he conducted research on “Decision Intelligence in Augmentation of Legal Reasoning” under the supervision of Prof. Nesar Ahmad. His thesis was submitted on March 6, 2024. He earned his M.Tech in Computer Engineering from Rajasthan Technical University (2012-2014) with a thesis on evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of code reading techniques, supervised by Dr. Rajendra Purohit. He completed his B.Tech in Computer Engineering from AMU (2003-2007), with a project on fingerprint detection systems under the guidance of Prof. M. Sarosh Umar and Prof. Syed Atiqur Rahman.
Dr. Ahmed has extensive experience in academia and industry. He is currently an Assistant Professor at AMU, teaching courses in software engineering, data structures, information security, and programming labs. He has also served as a Deputy Head of the Information Technology department at Jodhpur Institute of Engineering and Technology, where he contributed significantly to teaching, course development, and departmental administration. In the industry, he has worked as an Application Software Engineer at Computer Science Corporation, focusing on software maintenance, bug fixes, and enhancements. Additionally, he has served in various capacities at the Computer Centre of AMU, including roles as a Programmer and Technical Consultant.
Research focus
Dr. Ahmed’s research interests encompass artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, and decision intelligence. He has published extensively in journals and conferences, focusing on areas such as sentiment analysis, depression detection from social media posts, rumor-free social networks, and news article summarization. His recent research includes a framework for legal case brief generation using natural language processing and smart contract generation through NLP and blockchain.
1. Ahmad, T., Ahamad, M., Ahmed, S. U., Ahmad, N. (2022) Short question-answers
assessment using lexical and semantic similarity based features, Journal of Discrete
Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography, 25:7, 2057-2067, DOI:
10.1080/09720529.2022.2133245 [ESCI & Scopus]
2. Ahmed, S. U., Ahmad, T., Ahmad, N. (2022). Sentiment Analysis Techniques for
Depression Detection from Micro-Blogging Social Media Post. NueroQuantology
DOI: 10.14704/NQ.2022.20.12.NQ77265 [Scopus]
3. Ahmad, T., Ahmed, S. U., Ali, S. O., & Khan, R. (2020). Beginning with exploring the
way for rumor free social networks. Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, 23(2),
231-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/09720510.2020.1724623 [Web of Science]
4. Ahmad, T., Ahmed, S. U., Ahmad, N., Aziz, A., Mukul, L. (2020). News Article
Summarization: Analysis and Experiments on Basic Extractive Algorithms. International
Journal of Grid and Distributed Computing, 13(2), 2366 – 2379. [Web of Science]
5. Ahmed, S. U. (2018). Monitoring Unscheduled Leaves using IVR. Global Journal of
Computer Science and Technology, 18(1), 7–9. [Peer-reviewed]
6. Ahmed, S. U., & Purohit, R. (2014). Evaluating Efficiency and Effectiveness of Code
Reading Technique with an Emphasis on Enhancing Software Quality. International
Journal of Computer Applications, 2, 32-36. [Peer-reviewed]
7. Ahmed, S. U., Azmi, M. A., Badgujar, C., (2014). How to design and test safety critical
software systems. International Journal of Advances in Computer Science and Technology,
3(1), 19-22. [Peer-reviewed]
8. Ahmed, S. U., Sahare, S. A., & Ahmed, A. (2013). Automatic test case generation using
collaboration UML diagrams. World Journal of Science and Technology. 2, [Peerreviewed]
9. Ahmed, S. U., & Azmi, M. A. (2013). A Novel Model Based Testing (MBT) approach for
Automatic Test Case Generation. International Journal of Advanced Research in
Computer Science, 4(11), 81-83. [Peer-reviewed]
Journal Publications (Under Review)
1. Ahmed, S. U., Ahmed, N., Ahmad, T. (2023) A Rhetorical Role Relatedness (RRR)
framework for Legal Case Brief Generation Natural Language Processing Journal
(Elsevier, Submitted)
