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I am a first-year graduate student in Princeton University’s MSE Computer Science program, advised by Professor Peter Henderson. Prior to graduate school, I spent three years at Bloomberg Law, where I worked on both traditional ML models and LLMs for applications in the legal domain. Before that, I completed my Bachelors in Computer Science from Princeton University, advised by Professor Elad Hazan with a minor in Values and Public Life (thematic focus on Theories of Social and Political Justice). I am originally from Islamabad, Pakistan but did my last two years of high school at UWC Red Cross Nordic, in a tiny town by a magnificent fjord on the west coast of Norway.

My research interests lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence, law, normative political theory, and public policy. I am particularly interested in understanding the normative, regulatory and technical foundations required to uphold justice, accountability, and democratic values in the era of foundation models and to ensure that major developments in AI truly serve the public good. In alignment with these goals, my technical research focuses on designing reliable and responsible AI systems for high-stakes applications, particularly in law and education.

Outside of work, I am always down for an outdoor adventure - whether it’s backpacking on suspiciously unmarked trails, cycling along unplanned routes, or wandering aimlessly through the woods. Over the past couple of years, I’ve gotten hooked to Brazilian jiu-jitsu and been attempting (somewhat unsuccessfully) to learn the sitar.

Below are some fun things I did during my undergrad years.

Papers

Technical

• Learning To Breathe: Physics v. ML-based Lung Simulations for Control of Medical Ventilators, 2021. Advised by Professor Elad Hazan. Cited by Suo et al. (2021).

• Multi-dimensional Rewards are Unnecessary in Deterministic Environments, 2020. Advised by Professor Tom Griffiths.

• Effect of introducing context on the temporal dynamics of an ECoG based semantic encoding model, 2020. Advised by Professor Uri Hasson.

• Spatial representations of similarity between countries, 2020. Advised by Professor Tom Griffiths.

• Elevation, Aspect and Slope Do Not Effect the Rate of Vegetation Recovery Following a Wildfire, 2019. Advised by Professor Adam Maloof and Professor Amanda Irwin Wilkins.

Non-Technical

• Mera Jism Kiski Marzi? An Ethnographic Understanding of the Aurat (Women’s) March in Pakistan, 2021. Advised by Professor Stephen Macedo.

• The Racist Liberal Humanist: Black Plasticity and the Self/Other dialectic in Jordan Peele’s Get Out, 2018. Advised by Professor Marina Fedosik.

Presentations

Technical

• Learning To Breathe: Physics v. ML-based Lung Simulations for Control of Medical Ventilators. 2021. Senior Thesis Presentation.

• A fire happened - now what? Determining the effect of topographical factors on rate of post-wildfire recovery. 2019. Final Course Presentation for GEO/WRI 201. Also presented at Princeton Research Day 2019.

Non-Technical

• Mera Jism Kiski Marzi? An Ethnographic Understanding of the Aurat (Women’s) March in Pakistan, 2021. Presented at the Values and Public Life Student Conference 2021, organized by the Princeton Center for Human Values.

• The Racist Liberal Humanist: Black Plasticity and the Self/Other dialectic in Jordan Peele’s Get Out, 2018. Presented at the Mary W. George Research Conference.

Some Writings in Philosophy

• Amoral Actions: A Defense of Kant’s Account of Moral Content. A defense of Kant’s account of moral content in response to Schiller.

• On Lying to Liars and Birthday Surprises. A defense of Kant’s perfect duty not to lie in response to Mahon.

• What it is like to Believe. A response to the problem of introspection.

• Marx and Rousseau on Private Property. An argument against Marx and in favor of Roussaeu.

Teaching Experience

• Princeton University, Graduate Assistant Instructor:

  • COS 324: Introduction to Machine Learning. Spring 2025.

  • COS 333 Advanced Programming Techniques. Fall 2024.

• Inspirit AI: Course Instructor for the AI Scholars Program. 06/2022 – 09/2022.

• Ashinaga: Education Intern/English Teacher. 06/2018 – 08/2018

• Shree Mangal Dvip Boarding School: Science and Math Teacher. 08/2017-12/2017