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Scientific Computing · Automatic Differentiation · Machine Learning
Doctoral researcher in Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University, completing the doctoral examination process.
Researcher and software engineer working across numerical methods, efficient machine learning, and high-performance scientific software.
My work bridges scientific computing, automatic differentiation, and machine learning. I develop derivative-based methods for understanding neural networks, implement them in C++ and Python, and evaluate them through reproducible GPU and HPC workflows.
Doctoral work in scientific computing on interval adjoints, automatic differentiation, sensitivity analysis, and efficient neural networks. Thesis submitted; degree not yet awarded.
C++ and Python research implementations · PyTorch pruning experiments · GPU/HPC and Slurm workflows · Reproducible experiment pipelines
University teaching in computer science.
Advanced Object-Oriented Programming
Taught core undergraduate computer-science subjects.
Data Structures · Artificial Intelligence · Database
Teaching across theoretical computer science, security, and data systems.
Theory of Automata · Information Security · Database
Developed and maintained database-backed business software and reports.
Oracle Report Builder · Oracle Form Builder · Oracle RDBMS · SQL and PL/SQL
Worked on Oracle-based forms and operational reporting software.
Oracle Report Builder · Oracle Form Builder
Degree pursued: Dr. rer. nat. · Thesis submitted · Primary supervisor: Prof. Dr. Uwe Naumann
Lahore, Pakistan
Bahawalpur, Pakistan
C++ · Python · SQL · PL/SQL · Bash · LaTeX · HTML/CSS
PyTorch · TensorFlow / Keras · Automatic differentiation · Neural-network pruning · Scientific ML · Numerical methods · Sensitivity analysis
dco/c++ · Tangent / forward mode · Adjoint / reverse mode · Higher-order derivatives · Interval arithmetic · Boost interval
Linux · Slurm · GPU computing · Multi-GPU experiments · Job arrays · Experiment automation · Git / GitHub
ONNX · tf2onnx · onnx-sim · Reproducibility pipelines · Experiment logging · Scientific debugging
Sher Afghan · Uwe Naumann
Computational Science — ICCS 2020
Neil Kichler · Sher Afghan · Uwe Naumann
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference (PASC24)
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