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Graduate Research Assistant

Wichita State University — Software Analysis & Intelligence Laboratory (NSF-supported)

• Advisor: Dr. Zhiyong Shan
• Designed and implemented LeakScope, a Soot-based framework that translates Android lifecycle obligations into rules for detecting memory-retention and resource-management patterns in compiled applications
• Evaluated the framework on 627 open-source Android apps, flagging 485 apps in the reported study; compared app-level detection coverage with Android Lint, SpotBugs, and Infer
• Constructed 3,152 prompt-response examples and developed LoRA fine-tuning pipelines for CodeLlama, Llama-3, and StarCoder2, evaluated against GPT-4o; produced research software and benchmark data
• Leveraged the NSF ACCESS / Expanse HPC cluster (Slurm, GPU jobs) for large-scale model training and evaluation
• Lead ongoing work on context-aware fine-tuning of open-source language models for Android anti-pattern detection, with a manuscript in preparation
• Mentors junior graduate and undergraduate researchers; contributes to paper writing, experimental design, and reproducibility

Research Mentor

Wichita State University — Software Analysis & Intelligence Laboratory

• Mentored one undergraduate student researcher and one junior PhD student on static program analysis, empirical software engineering methods, and evaluation workflows
• Supervised ground-truth defect labeling, code inspection criteria, and inter-rater quality control procedures for Android lifecycle memory-retention benchmarks
• Mentorship directly supported the student’s research contributions, resulting in their co-authorship on the LeakScope manuscript in preparation for MobiSys 2027

Senior Consultant, Technology Risk

Ernst & Young Ford Rhodes

• Led cybersecurity audits for Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL) and Ufone, assessing data centers, network security, and SOC operations
• Evaluated security controls and Zero Trust principles; translated findings into prioritized remediation roadmaps
• Prepared executive-facing audit observations connecting infrastructure weaknesses to operational risk and security-control maturity

Information Systems Auditor

The Bank of Punjab

• Conducted security audits across critical banking systems and evaluated 100+ applications for vulnerabilities and regulatory compliance
• Prepared quarterly Information Security Assurance reports for the Board of Governors, including risk heat maps and remediation timelines
• Assessed access control, change management, incident response readiness, and application security controls under State Bank of Pakistan governance requirements and PCI DSS

Executive Engineer

Iron Bridge Systems

• Deployed and configured enterprise security infrastructure including firewalls, SIEM, WAF, and endpoint protection for client environments
• Validated client-facing security controls for monitoring, prevention, and incident response readiness across multiple engagements

Graduate Teaching Assistant — Advanced Algorithms/Analysis (CS 721)

Wichita State University, School of Computing

• Tuesday / Thursday 14:00 · Section 23280
• Supported instruction in algorithm design, asymptotic complexity, divide-and-conquer, dynamic programming, graph algorithms, and NP-completeness; evaluated coursework and examinations

Graduate Teaching Assistant — Introduction to Programming (CS 211)

Wichita State University, School of Computing

• Tuesday / Thursday 09:30 · Section 23251
• Led two weekly C++ lab sessions covering control flow, functions, data structures, modular design, and object-oriented programming; supported grading and student communication
• Guest instruction (Spring 2026): delivered lectures on cross-platform C++ development, installation, and deployment across Windows, macOS, and Linux

PhD

Wichita State University

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

• Dissertation (in progress): “Automated Detection of Android Lifecycle Anti-Patterns: From Static Analysis to Fine-Tuned Large Language Models”
• Advisor: Dr. Zhiyong Shan, Software Analysis and Intelligence Laboratory (NSF-supported)
• Research focus: AI-assisted software engineering, static program analysis, Android application reliability and security, domain adaptation of code language models, empirical software engineering

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

Award for Excellence in Research & Innovation

AIEYS Excellence Recognition Award 2026, AI-Explain You Science

Awarded September 30, 2026.

Research Excellence Award — Excellence in Research and Innovation

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Multimodal Robotics and Drones (ACMRD 2026) & 10th International CoSiM Conference, Uelzen and Berlin, Germany

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).

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).

Jayne and Glenn Milburn Fellowship

Wichita State University Graduate School

2026–2027 — $400 graduate fellowship awarded based on academic eligibility and financial need.

ISSRE 2026 Travel Funding

Wichita State University Student Government Association

Approved allocation of $1,500, subject to reimbursement requirements, to present at the 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026).

Student Travel Grant

17th Central Area Networking and Security Workshop (CANSec 2024)

Awarded travel support to present research on SDN side-channel vulnerabilities at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.