Suicide & Emotions: Two things we never talk about. | Sulaiman Dawood | TEDxNUSTKarachi

Sulaiman will talk about the stigma of suicide and how it inspired him to create Pakistan's First Urdu Speech Emotion Database - FUSED

Sulaiman Dawood is an engineering student with a keen interest in law, religion, psychology and medicine.

Apart from teaching, he works as a human rights activist to promote racial harmony, and fights actively against sexual abuse and suicide, in the socially suppressive atmosphere of Pakistan. His debut novella,‘White Lies’ from The Pinnacle of Deception’ series is partly inspired by the hardships he has faced in his life, more specifically his years of battling depression, abuse and PTSD.

Language has always been one of Sulaiman’s greatest assets. Born in Karachi, he was raised among a family of teachers. He started writing at an early age.

Sulaiman has also developed FUSED – First Urdu Speech Emotion Database. A set of threshold values for basic emotions elicited in Urdu. He is currently leading the project with a team of dedicated professionals.
Sulaiman loves to travel and spends his leisure hours watching anime. He is an active member of the MMORPG ‘League of Legend
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