Introduction

Hello, I am a Computer Science grad student at The Pennsylvania State University (WE ARE!).

Previosuly, I was at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST-Pakistan). I completed my Bachelors in Computer Science there, and moved to the US immediately. Moving to a completely new country exposes you to a ton of challenges and difficulties, but I couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunities I get everyday.

Currently, I am occupied with coursework, projects, and finding an internship for Summer 2022. I am interested in Software Engineering positions, and I am open to relocation.

Hit me up if you have an exciting opportunity!

What am I doing currently?

Developing a Thread Migrator for my Operating Systems course. [Technologies: C/C++]
Learning how to cook (One of the most difficult things I have ever done, haha).

Work/Internship Experience

Research Assistant @ Deep Learning Lab [Mar 2020 - Jun 2021]

Improved Deep SVDD [framework by Lukas Ruff] for anomaly detection using One Class Classification.
Modified the pre-training and post-training of autoencoders for better results in benchmark anomaly datasets [CIFAR, MNIST, FMNIST].
Introduced a novel three prong technique for detecting outliers in various datasets. [Technologies: Python; pytorch]
View on Github

Research Assistant @ CYPHYNETS [Jun 2019-Sept 2019]

Worked on automating crop classification using geotechnical data from Google Earth Engine.
Utilized CNNs (VGG-16) for accurate classification of crops.
I worked on this project during my Sophomore year, and it recently got published. Have a look at it!

Teaching Assistant; Course: CMPSC 131-Programming and Computation [Aug 2021-Present]

CMPSC-131 has 850 students, and I am responsible for 300.
Conducting weekly recitations for 5 sections. Additionally, grading and conducting office hours.

Projects

Multi-threaded Web-crawler [C++]

Devised a novel Linux-based web-crawler using priority queues for ordering searched words and URLs.
Introduced parallelism by using multiple threads for queue traversal.
View on Github

Reliable UDP [C/C++]

Imitated the benefits of TCP by adding sequence numbers and selective repeat for reducing packet loss.
View on Github

Red Black Tree [C++]

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Piano Tiles using Object Oriented Programming [Java]

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Lawyers Management System [Web]

Non-Technical Work Experience

During the four years of my undergrad, I worked with multiple organizations as a freelancer. Following is a summary of my work experience:

Managed marketing of 30-40 crypto companies each month (social media, web content, and Telegram groups).
Critiqued new crypto initiatives and wrote blog pieces on them.
Edited and written whitepapers for crypto projects.

Technical Copywriter @ Wordsmiths, Inc. [Jan 2020-Sept 2020]

Marketing and Intern @ Cykiq, National Sciences and Technology Park [Aug 2018-Dec 2018]

Marketing Intern @ SIMSIM Finca [Sept 2018-Nov 2018]

Technical Writer @ Arfa Software Technology Park [Jun 2018-Aug 2018]

Education

The Pennsylvania State University
Fall’21

National University of Sciences and Technology
CGPA: 3.58/4.00 Graduated: 2021

Tools/Technologies

Languages: C/C++, Python, Java, JavaScript
Libraries: NumPy, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras, scikit-learn, OpenCV
Tools/Frameworks: Google Earth Engine, MySQL, NodeJS, Ajax, React-native, ReactJS

I lOVE

ANIMALS!
Fun Fact: I have a cat named Trignometry back home. Look at my little spoiled brat.

In the US, my roommate has a cat and A SNAKE!
Working out and eating clean
Sketching and art
Psychology