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Sunnyvale, CA, US

Redwood City, California, United States

Incoming Summer 2025

San Jose, California, United States

• Automated audio data pipeline using Python and AWS, streamlining annotation, cleaning, and ML dataset generation for Roku’s voice models, reducing training data preparation time by 80%
• Integrated an algorithm to pre-process Mozilla Open Voice datasets and remove gender age biases using Python and AWS CLI, into voice data augmentation pipeline reducing model false accept rates by 25%
• Engineered a C++ application with TensorFlow Lite to benchmark inference times on Roku player models, optimizing performance analysis across diverse load scenarios and accelerating hardware testing cycles by 25%
• Architected and documented a Node.js API backend for the internal audio campaign tool, enabling programmatic data management, and deployed on AWS, increasing processed audio data volume by 200%

Los Angeles, California, United States

Collaborated with a team of 5 students to integrate Adversarial Inverse Reinforcement Learning techniques with existing models, improving overall agent robustnessImplemented Physics-Informed Neural Networks to solve complex partial differential equations, achieving a 20% reduction in error rates compared to traditional numerical methods

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Led a series of 12 weekly interactive workshops for 40+ undergraduate students in Data Science, achieving a 95% positive feedback rate on teaching methods and clarity of explanationsMentored and guided 5+ graduate students in Machine Learning, providing feedback and support that catalyzed a 30% improvement in scores over the semester

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

• Designed a distributed algorithm in Python using PyTorch to train 10+ models, tune hyperparameters through Bayesian optimization, reducing inference time by 90%
• Designed data scraping frameworks with JavaScript as backend and HTML as frontend for over 20 online data sources to enhance data quality
• Implemented a C++ backend, harnessing priority queue and stack data structures to revamp call prioritization and for a contact center client, achieving a 13\% reduction in average handle time
• Engineered unit tests in Java for APIs of over 10 deployed algorithms following Agile and Scrum principles

Islāmābād, Pakistan

• Applied hypothesis testing and deep learning algorithms (CNNs, LSTMs) on AWS queried data to achieve a 10% increase in fraud detection for an e-commerce website
• Coordinated collaboration efforts with development teams to improve a time-series model, boosting customer traffic prediction accuracy and driving a 5% increase in average sales during non-seasonal sale discounts
• Performed feature engineering and data pruning with SQL using correlation analysis and domain expertise on large Oracle datasets, reducing training data by 90%

Master'S Degree, Computer Science, 3.8/4.0

Courses: 1. Analysis of Algorithms 2. Database Systems 3. Foundations of Artificial Intelligence 4. Introduction to Programming Systems.

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics, 3.86/4.0 (High Distinction)

Minor in Computer Science Relevant Courses: 1. Introduction to Computing 2. Introduction to Programming 3. Data Structures and Algorithms.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Dropped Out

A Level, Pre-Engineering, 4 A*