Zahid Asghar – Blog

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AI NEEDS YOU: A THOUGHT-PROVOKING EXPLORATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Verity Herding’s AI Needs You offers a thought-provoking and comprehensive exploration of the rapid advancements and complex ethical dilemmas presented by artificial…

Export and Import Trends in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis

In this post, I will examine India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh exports and imports from 1980 to 2023. Exports are a crucial indicator of a country’s competitiveness…

Future jobs and universities

World has been changing very fast due to the digital revolution and other technological changes. Covid-19 disruption has accelerated the pace of penetration of digital…

Harnessing Data Analytics for Effective Governance in Pakistan: A Support, Not a Substitute

Harnessing Data Analytics for Effective Governance in Pakistan: A Support, Not a Substitute

How to be an effective teacher

Please find my talk on How to be an effective teacher at Muzaffarabad for college teachers.

Mental Junk Food: Bullshit Superspreader

What is mental junk food? How does it spread misinformation/disinformation? What skills are required to spot and call bullshit? These are important questions for all of us…

Mixed methods research (HSF fellows)

My talk on Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis for Political

Political stability and youth bulge

Whether a young population is a boon or a bane for a society depends on a number of factors, including the level of economic development, the quality of governance, and the…

Propensity Score Matching for Causal Inference

Causal inference is a critical aspect of research in fields such as economics, public health, and social sciences. One of the primary challenges in causal inference is…

Spicing Up Data Science: A Delicious Blend of Analytics and Gourmet Delights

In this analysis, we used the Indian Food 101 dataset from Kaggle (Prabhavalkar 2023).I will this data rathat I call it subcontinent Food dataset, using from very basics of…

Understanding and minimizing nonsense in digital world

Please find my talk on Understand and minimizing nonsense in digital world at IPRI data science workshop by [atomcamp](https://atomcamp.com)

Virtual Learning: A WayForward for Higher Education

Pakistani universities were mainly launched as teaching institutions like many colleges in the United States in the 19^th century. There were limited research programs.…