• Awarded a full scholarship to pursue a PhD under Dr. Terrance E. Boult after excelling in master's thesis.
• Conducted three years of research in AI, Machine Learning (ML), and Computer Vision (CV), focusing on novelty problems as a part of the SAIL-ON program (DARPA).
• Developed an open-world, person re-identification framework, and image classification methods for novelty, collaborating with multi-institutions including Kitware Inc., University of Maryland, and University of Notre Dame.
• Developed novel theoretical frameworks for image classification in open-world settings and built a benchmark dataset for the SVO problem with more than 1.5 million images, leading to a publication as a chapter in a book in Springer Nature Switzerland.

• Delivered lectures, guided student research projects, and supported coursework in AI, ML, and CV.
• Assisted students with GPU servers, TensorFlow/PyTorch frameworks, and CUDA.
• Resolved debugging issues and gave presentations on core AI, ML, and CV concepts.
• Classes: Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Computational Linguistics, and Computer Science Research.

• Administered and maintained the department's GPU servers used for high-level classes and faculty research labs in AI, ML, and ANNs.
• Assisted students by creating user accounts, providing setup instructions, and offering technical support to ensure efficient use of computing resources for advanced coursework and research.

Supervised and mentored undergraduate students from various universities who were accepted into the summer REU internship program at UCCS. These students worked on research projects involving AI, ML, CV, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Open World Learning, and Software Engineering.

Research projects:

• Generating accident report for reasoning using VLLM from Dashcam Video (Accepted at ICCVW25)
• Drug Repurposing Using Deep Embedded Clustering and Graph Neural Networks (Accepted at ICMLA25)
• Connecting the Dots: Graph-Based Discovery of Risky Objects in Autonomous Driving Scenarios (Paper under review)
• Behavioral Trust-Aware FedAvg: A Novel Aggregation Strategy for Federated Learning (Paper under review)

• Led engineering teams in deploying VSAT and microwave communication systems, installing 185 VSAT units across military bases.
• Provided internet services for oil companies including ExxonMobil, Marathon, Shell, and BP.
• Gained expertise in TDMA/SCPC links, F-SONA laser systems, and wireless modem ASICs.
• Collaborated with Siemens on a synchronization project that improved cellular service by 6%.

• Maintained and enhanced the company website (PHP, JavaScript, CSS, WordPress).
• Developed an offline archival system using PHP, jQuery, and MySQL.
• Managed OS/software updates, performed system diagnostics, and oversaw hardware and network installations and repairs.