🔠 Bangla Language and NLP (BNLP) Wing

In our IPE curriculum, the dept. offer various courses spanning ergonomics, human factors engineering, behavior studies, psychology, and more. We've identified a considerable opportunity for multidisciplinary research by integrating these disciplines with AI or computer-related domains, particularly in HCI with AI. Surprisingly, there has been limited activity in this field in Bangladesh. Given the rapid growth of human-computer interaction (HCI), we have collectively decided to explore and advance in this area with AI.
Our works are focused on:

Wing Members


Azmine Toushik Wasi

Azmine Toushik Wasi

IPE, SUST

Rafia Islam

Mst. Rafia Islam

Law, IUB

Sheikh Ayatur Rahman

Sheikh Ayatur Rahman

CSE, BRACU

Wahid Faisal

Wahid Faisal

IPE, SUST

Siddhant Gupta

Siddhant Gupta

IE, IIT Roorkee

Tawfia Yeasmin

Tawfia Yeasmin

CSE, NU

Sadia Tasnim Meem

Sadia Tasnim Meem

SWE, SUST

Publications

  1. Preserving Cultural Identity with Context-Aware Translation Through Multi-Agent AI Systems
    Mahfuz Ahmed Anik, Abdur Rahman, Azmine Toushik Wasi, Md Manjurul Ahsan
    NAACL 2025 Workshop on Language Models for Underserved Communities â–ª Accepted â–ª CIOL Winter ML Bootcamp â–ª NLP

  2. Eureka-CIOL@DravidianLangTech 2025: Using Customized BERTs for Sentiment Analysis of Tamil Political Comments
    Enjamamul Haque Eram, Anisha Ahmed, Sabrina Afroz Mitu, Azmine Toushik Wasi
    NAACL 2025 | DravidianLangTech-2025 â–ª Accepted â–ª CIOL Winter ML Bootcamp â–ª NLP

  3. Akatsuki-CIOL@DravidianLangTech 2025: Ensemble-Based Approach Using Pre-Trained Models for Fake News Detection in Dravidian Languages
    Mahfuz Ahmed Anik, Md. Iqramul Hoque, Wahid Faisal, Azmine Toushik Wasi, Md Manjurul Ahsan
    NAACL 2025 | DravidianLangTech-2025 â–ª Accepted â–ª CIOL Winter ML Bootcamp â–ª NLP

  4. NLPopsCIOL@DravidianLangTech 2025: Classification of Abusive Tamil and Malayalam Text Targeting Women Using Pre-trained Models
    Abdullah Al Nahian, Mst Rafia Islam, Azmine Toushik Wasi, Md Manjurul Ahsan
    NAACL 2025 | DravidianLangTech-2025 â–ª Accepted â–ª CIOL Winter ML Bootcamp â–ª NLP

  5. MysticCIOL@DravidianLangTech 2025: A Hybrid Framework for Sentiment Analysis in Tamil and Tulu Using Fine-Tuned SBERT Embeddings and Custom MLP Architectures
    Minhaz Chowdhury, Arnab Laskar, Taj Ahmad, Azmine Toushik Wasi
    NAACL 2025 | DravidianLangTech-2025 â–ª Accepted â–ª CIOL Winter ML Bootcamp â–ª NLP

  6. Towards Culturally Inclusive Knowledge Dissemination Using AI Agents
    Mahfuz Ahmed Anik, Abdur Rahman, Azmine Toushik Wasi, Md Manjurul Ahsan
    AAAI 2025 Workshop on Social Impact of AI: Research, Diversity, and Inclusion Frameworks â–ª Accepted â–ª HCI â–ª NLP

  7. Multilingual Hate Speech Detection and Target Identification in Devanagari-Scripted Languages
    Siddhant Gupta, Siddh Singhal, and Azmine Toushik Wasi
    COLING'25 CHiPSAL Workshop â–ª Accepted â–ª NLP

  8. Explainable Identification of Hate Speech towards Islam using Graph Neural Networks
    Azmine Toushik Wasi
    EMNLP'24 NLP for Positive Impact Workshop â–ª NeurIPS'23 Muslims in ML Workshop â–ª Accepted â–ª Oral â–ª GNN â–ª XAI
    [arXiv] â–ª [OpenReview]

  9. HRGraph: Leveraging LLMs for HR Data Knowledge Graphs with Information Propagation-based Job Recommendation
    Azmine Toushik Wasi
    ACL'24 Knowledge Graphs and LLM Workshop â–ª Accepted â–ª GNN â–ª KG
    [ACL Anthology] [Video]

  10. RoBERTa Ensemble for Identifying Children’s Medical Disorders in English Tweets
    Azmine Toushik Wasi, Sheikh Ayatur Rahman
    ACL'24 Social Media for Health Workshop â–ª Accepted â–ª NLP
    [ACL Anthology]

  11. Analyzing Social Anxiety Effects through Context-Aware Transfer Learning on Reddit Data
    Sheikh Ayatur Rahman, Azmine Toushik Wasi
    ACL'24 Social Media for Health Workshop â–ª Accepted â–ª NLP
    [ACL Anthology]

  12. Exploring Large Language Model Systems Design Perspective Using Cognitive Ergonomics
    Azmine Toushik Wasi
    ICML'24 LLMs and Cognition Workshop â–ª Accepted â–ª HCI â–ª HMAI
    [arXiv]

  13. Exploring Bengali Religious Dialect Biases in Large Language Models with Evaluation Perspectives
    Azmine Toushik Wasi, Raima Islam, Mst Rafia Islam, Taki Hasan Rafi, Dong-Kyu Chae
    CHI'24 HEAL Workshop â–ª Accepted â–ª HCI â–ª HMAI
    [arXiv]

  14. LLMs as Writing Assistants: Exploring Perspectives on Sense of Ownership and Reasoning
    Azmine Toushik Wasi, Mst Rafia Islam, Raima Islam
    CHI'24 In2Writing Workshop â–ª Accepted â–ª HCI â–ª HMAI
    [arXiv]

  15. Ink and Individuality: Crafting a Personalised Narrative in the Age of LLMs
    Azmine Toushik Wasi, Raima Islam, Mst Rafia Islam
    CHI'24 In2Writing Workshop â–ª Accepted â–ª HCI â–ª HMAI
    [arXiv]

  16. ধরণী (Dhoroni): A Novel Multi-Perspective Bangla Climate Change and Environmental News Dataset
    Azmine Toushik Wasi, Wahid Faisal, Abdur Rahman, and Taj Ahmad
    In Review â–ª Climate AI â–ª BNLP