Hi 👋
I'm Muhammad Taha. I’m currently
a senior year undergraduate student studying Computer Science at
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
I'm generally interested in Systems and also have experience working in Applied Machine Learning. Currently, I'm working in the exciting areas of:
• Cloud Control Plane Reliability| August 2022-Dec 2022 |
Head Teaching AssistantCS 582: Distributed SystemsInstructor: Prof. Zafar Ayyub QaziI am assisting Dr. Zafar Ayyub Qazi in the graduate level course, CS 582: Distributed Systems in Fall Semester 2022. My responsibilities include, grading programming assignments, answering queries on piazza, conducting tutorials & office hours, and helping with the quizzes |
| June 2022-Present | Undergraduate Research InternxLab, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAdvisors: Prof. Tianyin Xu, Prof. Owolabi LegunsonWe are working on improving the reliability of cloud control planes by developing automatic testing techniques for operators in cluster management systems |
| May 2022-Present |
Undergraduate Research InternNetworks and Systems Group (NSG), LUMSAdvisors: Prof. Ihsan Ayyub Qazi, Prof. Zafar Ayyub Qazi, Prof. Agha Ali RazaWe are working on improving the federated optimization process in heterogenous networks by leveraging model pruning and adaptive model serving to reduce the impact of statistical and system heterogeneity on model performance |
| August 2021-May 2022 |
Research AssistantCenter for Speech and Language Technologies (CSaLT), LUMSAdvisor: Prof. Agha Ali RazaWe worked to create an optical character recognition engine for Urdu Language as a component of a real-time Urdu text to speech software and deployed it on the web |
I enjoy chess (Mikhail Tal is my fav player of all time)