Welcome! 💻

Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day. - Great Expectations (72)

I am a computer scientist, researcher, student, and frog enthusiast. Simultaneously, I am a second-year CS PhD student at Stanford University advised by Zakir Durumeric and funded by the Stanford Graduate Fellowship. Before joining Stanford, I was at LUMS (BS ‘23). My research mainly focuses on Internet measurements, censorship, and privacy/security. I am currently interested in how much of the internet is encrypted, and censorship circumvention.

At LUMS, I worked under the supervision of Ihsan Ayyub Qazi, Zafar Ayyub Qazi and Zartash Afzal Uzmi on efficient means to debloat websites & software.

Publications

Talks

  • A Framework for Improving Web Affordability and Inclusiveness
    • SIGCOMM ‘23, September 2023, Columbia University, NY, USA [Slides]
    • UW CHANGE Seminar, November 2023, Virtual, University of Washington, USA [Slides]
    • IAB BIAS Workshop, January 2024, Virtual [Slides]
  • A First Look at Public Service Websites from the Affordability Lens
    • TheWebConf ‘23, May 2023, UT Austin, TX, USA [Slides]

Awards

Teaching

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, LUMS
    • CS678/EE678: Topics in Internet Research (Spring 2023)
    • CS334/EE334: Principles and Techniques of Data Science (Fall 2022)
    • CS3812: Introduction to Blockchain: Technology and Applications (Spring 2022)
    • CS471/EE471/CS573: Computer Networks: Principles & Practices (Fall 2021)

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