Nasir Naveed is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the Virtual University of Pakistan. He earned his degree from the Institute of Web Science and Technologies, University of Koblenz, Germany, in 2013. His current research focuses on applying machine learning techniques to leverage textual content for searching within Linked Open Data, as well as developing scalable methods for Big Data analysis and Data Science. Previously, he has worked on the temporal analysis of social media content from popular social networks using machine learning and information retrieval techniques.