Research

Computer vision and reliable AI systems

Full-stack AI engineer and researcher in computer vision, multimodal deepfake forensics, and PEFT/LoRA. This page collects current research interests, publications and presentations, and ongoing work.

Research interests

The research agenda connects visual understanding, multimodal forensics, and efficient adaptation of foundation models.

  • Computer vision
  • Multimodal deepfake and multimedia forensics
  • Parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT / LoRA)
  • Open-vocabulary transparent-object semantic segmentation

Publications and presentations

Research outputs currently documented in the portfolio.

Accepted and presented · IBCAST 2026

“DIWA-Net: Dual-Stream Multimodal Deepfake Detection with Parameter-Efficient Adaptation”

Dual-stream multimodal deepfake detection with DINOv2, Wav2Vec 2.0, and LoRA. Open-set evaluation on MAVOS-DD; accepted and presented at IBCAST 2026.

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Ongoing research

Current ongoing work; results and publication details are not yet documented here.

Ongoing research

Open-Vocabulary Transparent Object Segmentation

Ongoing research on open-vocabulary semantic segmentation for transparent objects, using parameter-efficient fine-tuning.

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Selected research projects

Concise summaries are drawn directly from the project case studies.

DIWA-Net

AI/ML

Dual-stream multimodal deepfake detection with DINOv2, Wav2Vec 2.0, and LoRA. Open-set evaluation on MAVOS-DD; accepted and presented at IBCAST 2026.

Year
2026
Role
Thesis lead
Stack
PyTorch, DINOv2, Wav2Vec 2.0, LoRA, PEFT, Hugging Face
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Open-Vocabulary Transparent Object Segmentation

AI/ML

Ongoing research on open-vocabulary semantic segmentation for transparent objects, using parameter-efficient fine-tuning.

Year
2026
Role
Research, in progress
Stack
PyTorch, PEFT, LoRA, Computer Vision
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Education and mentorship

Academic context for the research work, including the thesis supervision documented in the education record.

Sep 2022 – Jun 2026

Bachelor's in Computer Science

University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila

Earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a CGPA of 3.70/4.00 (September 2022–June 2026). Final-year thesis: DIWA-Net — dual-stream multimodal deepfake detection with DINOv2, Wav2Vec 2.0, and LoRA; accepted and presented at IBCAST 2026. Supervised by Dr. Rabbia Mahum (UET Taxila; Researcher at KFUPM). Relevant coursework includes Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Data Structures and Algorithms, Databases, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Probability and Statistics, and Linear Algebra. IELTS Academic 7.5.

Academic CV

Education, experience, and technical background in a downloadable format.

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