ZAINAB HAIDER

ZAINAB HAIDER

Class of 2025
BS Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics

Aspiration Statement

"Work as a software engineer specializing in AI."

Core Skills

  • Github, Nodejs, Python, Pytorch, React

Academic Awards / Achievements

  • Presidents List 2024, 2023, 2022 Deans List Spring 2024, 2023, 2022 Deans List Fall 2024, 2023, 2022 High Academic Achievement Scholarship Fall 2024, Spring 2023

Experience

Internship / Volunteer Work

  • MERN Stack Developer Intern, 10Pearls (June August 2024) Research Assistant STRP I, Habib University (June August 2024)

Publications / Creative Projects

  • Final Year Research Project - Alif - An Urdu generative pretrained language model Data Analysis Across Boundaries project with Dr. Saleha Raza during STRP-I Summer 2024

Final Year Project

Project Title

Alif - An Urdu Generative Pre-Trained Language Model

Description

Pre-trained a language model from scratch entirely on Urdu data, the model will offer inference in Urdu. The aim is to provide the same performance in Urdu using a relatively small model as compared to large state of the art model. This will provide an alternative to large memory and compute resources.