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Many roles,
one fabric.

I move between research, teaching, software engineering, open source, and technical leadership.

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RESEARCH / ROLE 01

Systems & AI Researcher

UW–Madison · LUMS2024—Present

I study how emerging systems perform in practice—from finding security and reliability failures in agent-written software to evaluating expert-grounded health tools and generative video reconstruction.

Agentic Software ReliabilityTrusted CI · UW–Madison · NSF cybersecurity research
Designing Around StigmaHuman-Centered LLMs for Menstrual Health · ACM CHI 2026
VIDER Video ReconstructionLUMS · Generative video systems research

TA / ROLE 02

Teaching & Leadership

UW–Madison · LUMSAcross multiple courses

I have led teaching teams and supported students across institutions, combining instruction and mentorship with the engineering behind course delivery.

CS 220 · Data Science ProgrammingUW–Madison · Head Teaching Assistant
CS 382 · Network Centric ComputingLUMS · Head Teaching Assistant

SWE / ROLE 03

Software Engineer

Awaaz-e-Sehat2024—2025

I build dependable health software for real clinical environments, connecting mobile workflows, AI services, and production infrastructure.

Awaaz-e-SehatResearch software engineering · Health AI

OSS / ROLE 04

Open-source Contributor

Five upstream codebasesExternal contributions

I work inside established codebases, collaborate with maintainers, and ship focused improvements that become part of tools other people use.

uutils ptxCommand-line utility
NVIDIA Sirius DBGPU database
Google Gemini CLIDeveloper tooling
CodeGraphContextCode intelligence · MCP
DeepEvalLLM evaluation

BUILD / ROLE 05

Open-source Builder

Three open-source projectsIndependent work

I build and maintain open-source tools, from the initial design and implementation to releases and ongoing improvements.

TextishServe Textual applications over SSH
BookSwitchKeyboard-first browser extension
Slack AI Course BotGemini-powered course assistant

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