Conferences, Workshops & Guest Sessions
The EH-DS Lab has organized and co-organized multiple national and international scientific events in collaboration with IEEE, WWF, SUPARCO, Arbisoft, IWMI, LUMS, TenX AI, and industry leaders. Below is the complete record of events conducted.
2026 Events
"From Classroom to Industry: Real World Sustainability Practices at Sapphire"
Year
2026
Venue
NUCES FAST, Lahore Campus
Key Speakers:
Shaheer Munawar
Group Head Sustainability, Sapphire
Saad Chaudhary
Manager Green Procurement & Innovation, Sapphire
Organizer: Prof. Dr. Saman Shahid, FAST-NUCES Lahore Campus
2025 Events
"Data Science for Environment & Sustainability"
Date
13th February, 2025 @ 10:00 AM
Venue
FAST-NUCES, Lahore
Speakers & Topics:
Dr. Mian Muhammad Awais— LUMS, Lahore
AI & Data Science for Environment & Sustainability
Dr. Zubair Khalid— LUMS, Lahore
Climate Modelling and the Need of Data for Tackling Climate Challenges
Dr. Muhammad Waseem— Director, SUPARCO RESOLVE
Satellite-Based Remote Sensing Data for Sustainability
Mr. Adnan Yousaf Kazi— COO, TenX AI
AI in ESG (Environment, Sustainability & Governance)
Dr. Saman Shahid— FAST-NUCES, Lahore
IoT-Based Environmental Monitoring – Data Driven Approach
Organized by: Prof. Dr. Saman Shahid | Contact: saman.shahid@lhr.nu.edu.pk
"Sustainable Business Strategies"
A guest speaker session bringing industry leaders in sustainability to share real-world practices and strategies with students and researchers.
Speakers:
Waseem Irshad
Tangent Technologies
Carlotta Dentico
National Institute of Oceanography & Applied Geophysics, Italy
2024 Events
"The Implementation of MLOps"
Conducted in collaboration with Arbisoft. Covered the full ML lifecycle — from model development to production deployment, monitoring, and retraining pipelines.
Instructors:
Mr. Umer Khalid & Mr. Tayyab Nasir (Arbisoft)
"Monitoring Atmosphere"
Organized in collaboration with SUPARCO, Lahore. Focused on satellite-based atmospheric data retrieval, air quality assessment, and real-time monitoring using remote sensing tools.
"Sustainable Agriculture & Water Management"
Webinar organized in collaboration with IWMI (International Water Management Institute). Covered data-driven approaches to sustainable agriculture, irrigation optimization, and water resource management.
Summer Internship Program (EH-DS Lab)
Open to MS & BS students (5th–8th semester) from NUCES FAST. Students worked as Environmental Data Analysts on real-world research projects involving atmospheric data, satellite imagery, and ML models.
Mentors:
- Dr. Arshad Ali (Sustainable Agriculture)
- Dr. Munazza Saeed (Green Products)
- Mr. Shoaib Shafique (General Manager SUPARCO)
2023 Events
IEEE Symposium on Eco-Intelligence (IEEE-EI 2023)
Date
Thursday, 27 April 2023
Venue
FAST-NUCES, Lahore
Organized by:
Organized in collaboration with:
Symposium Themes:
Theme: "Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Issues — AI for EI"
EDS Course Student Projects (2023)
As part of the Environmental Data Science (EDS) elective course introduced by Prof. Dr. Saman Shahid, students completed the following data science projects:
SUPARCO Internship Milestones
Lab internees completed the following SUPARCO projects under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Saman Shahid:
Implementation of Algorithm for Retrieval of Aerosol from Satellite Data and Comparison with MODIS Standard Aerosol Product
Implementation of Algorithm for Retrieval of Thermal Anomalies from Satellite Data and Comparison with Standard MODIS Product
Dr. Saman Shahid served as Consultant for the project: 'Development of TCP Accelerator for GEO Satellite Communication' — Funded by RESOLVE-SUPARCO, Lahore, Pakistan
Picture Gallery
IEEE Eco-Intelligence Symposium 2023
Data Science for Environment Workshop 2025
MLOps Workshop with Arbisoft
SUPARCO Lab Visit
Guest Speaker Session
Summer Internship Program 2024