CV

PhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science · Wichita State University

Contact Information

Name Muhammad Tehmasib Ali Tashfeen
Professional Title PhD Candidate · Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email mxalitashfeen@shockers.wichita.edu

Experience

  • 2023 - present

    Wichita, Kansas, USA

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Wichita State University — Software Analysis & Intelligence Laboratory (NSF-supported)
    • Advisor: Dr. Zhiyong Shan
    • Designed and led construction of a large-scale, manually validated dataset of memory leaks in Android Java applications (650+ open-source projects)
    • Built static-analysis tooling on the Soot framework to detect bug patterns and security violations in Android Java applications
    • Pioneered the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) for software bug detection, integrating LLM-based reasoning with classical program analysis
    • Leveraged the NSF Expanse HPC cluster (Slurm, GPU jobs) for large-scale model training and evaluation
    • Mentors junior graduate and undergraduate researchers; contributes to paper writing, experimental design, and reproducibility
  • 2023 - 2023

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    Senior Consultant, Technology Risk
    Ernst & Young Ford Rhodes
    • Led cybersecurity audit for PTCL and Ufone, assessing data centers, network security, and Security Operations Centers (SOC)
    • Evaluated security controls, incident-response mechanisms, and risk-management practices against industry standards
  • 2020 - 2023

    Lahore, Pakistan

    Information Systems Auditor
    The Bank of Punjab
    • Conducted security audits across 100+ banking applications to identify vulnerabilities and ensure regulatory compliance
    • Authored quarterly Information Security Assurance reports for the Board of Governors with executive risk heat maps and remediation timelines
  • 2020 - 2020

    Lahore, Pakistan

    Executive Engineer
    Iron Bridge Systems
    • Implemented network and infrastructure security solutions (Firewalls, SIEM, WAF, endpoint protection), reducing security incidents by 90% at client premises
  • 2026 - 2026

    Wichita, Kansas, USA

    Graduate Teaching Assistant — Advanced Algorithms/Analysis (CS 721)
    Wichita State University, School of Computing
    • Tuesday / Thursday 14:00 · Section 23280
    • Supported graduate-level instruction in algorithm design and analysis; held office hours, led recitations, graded homework and exams
  • 2026 - 2026

    Wichita, Kansas, USA

    Graduate Teaching Assistant — Introduction to Programming (CS 211)
    Wichita State University, School of Computing
    • Tuesday / Thursday 09:30 · Section 23251
    • Conducted weekly lab sessions, delivered code reviews, and provided structured feedback to undergraduate students

Education

  • 2023 - 2027

    Wichita, Kansas, USA

    PhD
    Wichita State University
    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    • GPA: 3.70 / 4.00
    • Dissertation (in progress): “LLM-Assisted Static Analysis for Android Application Leak Detection”
    • Advisor: Dr. Zhiyong Shan, Software Analysis and Intelligence Laboratory (NSF-supported)
    • Research focus: AI for software/mobile security, static program analysis, LLM-assisted vulnerability detection, side-channel attacks in SDNs
  • 2015 - 2019

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    BS
    National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES)
    Electrical Engineering
    • CGPA: 3.41 / 4.00
    • Senior Design Project: “IoT-Based Smart Metering System”
    • Dean’s List — Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018

Honors and Awards

  • 2025
    Young Researcher Award
    3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends & Innovation (ICETI 2025)

    Awarded for exceptional dedication and promise in research; presented for outstanding early-career achievements. Proceedings published by Springer, Information Systems Engineering and Management series (vol. 86).

  • 2025
    Research Excellence Award
    3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends & Innovation (ICETI 2025)

    Recognized for high quality, originality, and impactful contribution to Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Emerging Technologies. Proceedings published by Springer (vol. 86).

Professional Service

Journal Reviewer: Iraqi Journal of Information and Communication Technology (IJICT), 2026. Manuscript (double-anonymous): "mTON-IoT: A Modified Dataset Engineering for Multifactor Authentication with Comparative Study Based RL and ML."
Conference Service: Participant and contributor, 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends & Innovation (ICETI 2025)
Professional Membership: Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Skills

Program Analysis: Soot (static analysis, IR transformation, call-graph construction), FlowDroid (taint analysis), bytecode-level instrumentation, memory-leak and bug-pattern detection
Mobile & Android Security: Android internals (Dalvik bytecode, manifest & permission model), APK analysis, large-scale OSS Android dataset construction and validation
Network & Systems Security: Software-Defined Networks (SDNs), side-channel attacks and mitigations, security control assessment, Firewalls / SIEM / WAF
Machine Learning & LLMs: PyTorch, scikit-learn, XGBoost, Hugging Face Transformers, OpenAI API, Anthropic API, prompt engineering, LLM-assisted code analysis
Programming: Python, Java (Android, Soot), Bash; reading-level: C/C++, SQL
Research Computing: NSF ACCESS / Expanse HPC (Slurm, GPU jobs), Linux, Git/GitHub, LaTeX, Docker