Azfar Adib
Azfar Adib is a doctoral candidate in Concordia’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He holds a Master of Business Administration in marketing and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. Azfar has more than eight years of professional experience in the telecommunications sector. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Azfar regularly promotes constructive aspects of technology through writing, public speaking and community engagement.
Sessions in which Azfar Adib participates
Wednesday 12 February, 2025
The Digital Governance Council (DGC) is a member-driven, not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering trust in the responsible design, architecture, and management of digital technologies in Canada. By bringing together diverse stakeholders, the DGC ensures that digital standards address technical, ethical, and policy considerations while reflecting societal needs and aligning with international best practices. In this session, a guest speaker from the DGC will outline the step-by-step ...
In this session, doctoral candidates (and Concordia Public Scholars) Rana Ali Adeeb and Azfar Adib combine their expertise to explore the multifaceted challenges of deepfakes. Rana will delve into the drivers behind fake news dissemination, while Azfar will discuss innovative technologies to combat deepfake-related issues. Participants will gain insights into the psychological aspects of misinformation spread and learn about cutting-edge technologies for user authentication and content verifi...
Sessions in which Azfar Adib attends
Tuesday 11 February, 2025
eConcordia's Chief Academic Officer, Anik de St-Hilaire; Concordia's University Librarian, Amy Buckland; and Associate Professor in Concordia's Department of Communication Studies, Fenwick McKelvey. Join us to learn more about the Digital Skill-Share Days event, how you can benefit from this collaborative learning environment, and what this exchange of ideas can bring to your daily w...
The best growth comes from curiosity and a commitment to lifelong learning. This session is all about embracing the power of learning, whether through small daily habits, creative problem-solving, or peer collaboration. Discover how our presenters are fostering continuous growth and how you can, too.
Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest difference. This lightning round is a treasure trove of quick wins and clever hacks. Presenters will share their go-to tools, time-saving techniques, and best practices that can streamline your workday and elevate your skills.
In a world where the future often feels uncertain, it’s time to shift the narrative. This lightning round features presenters who envision the future as a place of possibility, collaboration, and optimism. Join us to explore their fresh perspectives and find hope in tomorrow’s opportunities.
Wednesday 12 February, 2025
While generative AI offers significant opportunities for learning, many Gen-AI applications tend to overpromise, particularly in the context of math and problem-solving courses. Some platforms provide inaccurate solutions, others offer correct answers without enough explanations, and some deliver responses that are not aligned with the student's level of understanding. The Math Learning Specialist and Peer Tutors at Concordia explored the development of a Gen-AI prototype that ai...
This presentation explores how Generative AI (GenAI ) is reshaping education by transforming content like quizzes, alt-text, images, and narration. Through live demonstrations, we will showcase these tools in action and discuss practical ways to incorporate them into your work. We’ll also dive into some critical considerations, like biases, AI hallucinations, intellectual property issues, cheating, over-reliance on technology, and data privacy. By the end of this session, you’ll ...
Can AI assist faculty with writing objective (multiple choice) questions? If it can, can it do so in the recommended criterion-referenced way? What is the quality of the resulting questions? Can this reduce work for the instructor?In this session for instructors and pedagogical counsellors, we present the case study of one pilot project: a learning assessment in an undergraduate course. We describe the approvals received for the effort, then demonstrate the tools used to generate test ...
This session features a live demonstration of the new Learning Glass studio in H405:00. The self-serve concept enables faculty and staff to book the studio for creating class videos at their convenience. For their first session, a technician provides guidance on operating the system, after which users can book time slots online for future sessions. The studio includes a large 8-by-5-foot glass panel for drawing text, diagrams, and calculations. Users simply turn on the system, insert a USB st...
This session is an introduction to Padlet's new Sandbox tool – designed as a replacement for Google’s Jamboard, which was a popular digital whiteboard for online collaboration that is no longer available. We’ll ‘play’ in Sandbox and then discuss possibilities and limitations with the platform.
In this session, we will use an open-source software that allows you to download and run large language models locally on standard computers. The software has a graphical interface to interact with the models without any coding, making this accessible to everyone in our community.We will learn to privately engage with open-source foundational models, such as Llama and Phi-3, and use them to interact with our own documents without sending any information to a cloud service. As we do the...
OpenRefine is a powerful, free tool that simplifies working with messy data. During this workshop, attendees will learn how OpenRefine can be used to clean and normalize data sets, reorder columns, filter data, and transform data sets into different file types.
Although some futurists predict that AI will replace jobs, more predict that people will work along side AI as AI becomes more integrated into our daily work processes. This case study explores how the team that produced the eConcordia course, Introduction to Training and Development (EDUC 240) worked alongside AI to produce the course.Specifically, we used AI to assist with a number of tasks:To produce various segments of scenarios, which helped to introduce learning conte...