Research Fellow
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS)
Kaiserslautern, Germany
B.S. Computer Science, LUMS (2025)
I am an AI researcher and Computer Science graduate focused on the intersection of Machine Learning, Scientific AI, and Computational Biology. My research experience includes LLMs, speech technologies for low-resource languages, benchmark development, molecular property prediction, and generative models for drug discovery.
Currently, I am a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) in Kaiserslautern, Germany, exploring Agentic Systems and Scientific AI. Previously, at DFKI, I worked on bioinformatics and state-space modeling techniques for molecular representation learning.
I am driven by the goal of leveraging AI to advance science, healthcare, and multilingual technologies. My work includes PakBBQ and Pak3H, first author publications at the EMNLP Main Conference in 2025 and 2026. In this line of work, I curate human verified dataset benchmarks for low resource communities and study how AI models behave across languages, cultures, and social contexts. My current work focuses on self evolving scientific hypothesis generation through agentic workflows for inverse molecular design.
MolScientist: Agentic Inverse Molecular Design With Scientific Experience (First Author)
Under Review
PakDecept: Benchmarking LLM Deception in Urdu (First Author)
Under Review
IRTIQA: Evolving in English, Evaluated in Urdu — Does Agent Self-Evolution Transfer Across Languages? (First Author)
Committed, ARR
Rethinking the Architecture of Chemical Language Models: ADMET Property Prediction with State Space Models
Under Review
Pak3H: Evaluating the Cost of Cultural Mismatch in LLM Alignment with a Human-Contextualized Urdu Benchmark (First Author)
EMNLP 2026 · Main Conference, Oral Presentation
PakBBQ: A Culturally Adapted Bias Benchmark for QA (First Author)
EMNLP 2025 · Main Conference, Core: A*
November 2026
Presented Pak3H at EMNLP 2026 (Oral Presentation)
August 2026
Pak3H accepted at EMNLP 2026 Main Conference and selected for oral presentation
June 2026
Joined the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) as a Research Fellow
February 2026
Started collaboration with the SocialNLP Lab, Macquarie University, Australia
November 2025
PakBBQ accepted at EMNLP 2025 Main Conference (Core: A*)
June 2025
Started as Research Assistant at DFKI Germany
May 2025
Graduated from LUMS with B.S. in Computer Science
January 2025
Appointed as Teaching Assistant for CS5302 Foundations of Generative AI
January 2025
Appointed as Teaching Assistant for AI600 Machine Learning (MS in AI)
September 2024
Appointed as Teaching Assistant for CS535 Machine Learning
September 2023
Joined AI in Healthcare Initiative (AIHI) as a Research Assistant
September 2023
Joined Center for Speech and Language Technologies (CSaLT) as a Research Assistant
September 2023
Appointed as Teaching Assistant for CS100 Computational Problem Solving
Teaching Assistant – AI600 Machine Learning (MS in AI)
LUMS
Teaching Assistant – CS5302 Foundations of Generative AI
LUMS
Teaching Assistant – CS535 Machine Learning
LUMS
Teaching Assistant – CS100 Computational Problem Solving
LUMS
Culturally adapted QA benchmark for multilingual LLM bias evaluation. 17,180 examples in Urdu/English across 8 bias categories.
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Confidence-aware knowledge distillation achieving balanced shape/texture bias. Improved OOD generalization on vision models.
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Evaluating LLMs in Sindhi, Pashto, and Urdu. Bias and jailbreak testing on lightweight transformers.
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AWS-based platform for stock analysis. S3, Lambda, ECS, Postgres with LLM-powered chatbot.
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End-to-end AI chatbot for EDA and data cleaning. Fine-tuned GPT-3.5, deployed on Hugging Face.
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2D platformer in Unity with 10+ levels. Hand-drawn pixel art, dynamic lighting, puzzle mechanics.
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