Recent News
Present. Focused on learning new concepts, tools, and projects while staying current with the latest advancements across the globe in AI.
March 2025. Began collaborative TTS dataset creation project for Kashmiri. Also published an English TTS Dataset.
February 2025. Joined the ACL community and began participating in peer discussions on trending multilingual models and tokenization strategies.
December 2024. Worked on research paper titled "AI-driven Web TV: Frameworks and Applications" exploring intelligent content delivery systems.
November 2024. Participated in international virtual hackathons including HackForGood and AI4Languages.
August 2024. Initiated research and first academic consultation with professors at Kashmir University for recovering locked Kashmiri InPage data into Unicode format.
April 2024. Completed Aspire Leaders Program mentored by Harvard faculty, focused on innovation and leadership in underserved regions.
January 2024. Launched Urdu News Dataset to support sentiment and summarization tasks.
Talks & Projects
June 2025. Presented the Unicode Restoration plan for InPage Kashmiri data at a KU departmental roundtable meeting with local researchers and archivists.
February 2025. Started working on multilingual dictionaries (Kashmiri, Urdu, Persian) with open licensing on Hugging Face.
October 2024. Released OCR-ready 40K Kashmiri Image-Text Dataset to support document digitization efforts.
May 2024. Developed a simple Hugging Face space to demo Kashmiri Text Classification and OCR APIs.
Programs & Certifications
July 2025. Completed Microsoft Certified: AI Fundamentals and IBM's Data Science Certificate.
March 2024. Completed Aspire Leaders Program under Harvard mentorship.
February 2024. Finished Coursera courses in AI for Everyone and Natural Language Processing.
Fun & Community
June 2025. Participated in online AI art competitions and explored generative voice cloning for Kashmiri poetry recitation.
October 2024. Organized a local "Tech Meme Fest" and AI-based Kahoot quiz event to engage learners in a fun way.
May 2024. Held a community session on "AI for Local Languages" in collaboration with tech enthusiasts.
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