Ashir Rashid
Deep Learning Research Assistant at New York University Abu Dhabi
Computer Science at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)
United Arab Emirates
Experience
New York University Abu Dhabi
Deep Learning Research Assistant
May 2023 - Present
Studied Neural Network models architectures Trained and Optimized multiple Neural Networks on different datasets Read research papers to understand quantization algorithms Extended the HAQ open source code base with custom quantization algorithm implementations
Gantom Lighting & Controls
Full Stack Engineer
January 2022 - July 2023
Developed an accessible interactive web application using Godot Game Engine at the front-end and Django (Python) at the backend for a lighting company. Iterated on the UI/UX design with a UI/UX designer using Figma, accounting for user feedback. Deployed the application on Google App Engine on Google Cloud Platform. Collaborated with marketing, engineering, software development, and UI/UX design teams on Asana and Github. Designed and deployed a Firestore database.
Education
Computer Science
New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)
Graduating in 2026
Certificates & Badges
No certificates or badges added
Projects
Personal Project
A web crawler scraping data from multiple pages of a query result
Programmatically Generated Mathematical Animations
•https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRNfozL7PusunzPs23TUXwgPersonal Project
Published python-generated mathematics animations using the ManimCE animation engine
Personal Project
Algorithm for a lightning effect in games
Personal Project
A published 2D game with shaders and physics
Personal Project
Flashcard app using the Notion API
Personal Project
A published board game with AI using the Minimax algorithm
Languages
English
Professional
Urdu
Native
Skills
Python
PyTorch
Django
Developing Backend
Google Cloud
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