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Laraib Zafar

@laraibzafar

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I'm a data scientist building production AI systems across NLP, computer vision, and federated learning.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to grow in AI/ML engineering through hands-on work with large-scale training, transformer-based sequence modeling, production AI systems, and applied research.

I've built ONIX, a production meeting-intelligence platform with multilingual transcription, real-time analytics, and a context-aware RAG chatbot for live and archived meeting knowledge. The platform combines Python, Next.js, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, WebSockets, AssemblyAI, and Docker.

I'm currently researching FedProto-US at PUCIT, integrating ProtoPNet, Vision Transformers, LoRA, and federated learning for explainable PCOS detection from ultrasound imagery. I've also developed AI voice, biometric authentication, facial emotion recognition, and clinical prediction systems, while teaching Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures & Algorithms to over 160 students.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Backend AI Engineering Intern

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Flyrank

Jul 2026 - Present (1 month)

Working on Python-based backend systems as part of Flyrank's AI engineering team.

Python

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Research Assistant

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Punjab University College of Information Technology

May 2026 - Present (3 months)

Conducting supervised research on federated prototype learning for explainable medical imaging, integrating ProtoPNet with Vision Transformers and benchmarking against FedAvg/FedProx.

PyTorch Vision Transformer FedAvg FedProx Swin Transformer