Research Assistant | Oct. 2024 – Current
Multimodal Intelligence Laboratory, The Education University of Hong Kong
- Embodied AI
- Natural language robot manipulation
- Under Dr. Fu Hong
AI Engineer | Jul. 2024 – Aug.2024
Keweya Education Technology Limited – HKSTP Incubatee
- Review and analysis of research papers
- Study of diffusion models, and app development
LLM Researcher | Jun. 2024 – Jul. 2024
READily Limited – HKSTP Incubatee
- Research paper review and implementation
- Training and finetuning large language models
Training Coordinator | Mar. 2024
Kids4Kids Hong Kong
- Volunteer work
- Workshop planning and video editing
Teaching Assistant | Sep. 2020 – May. 2021
Beaconhouse College Program
- Teaching classes
- 1-1 student sessions
Language
- English: Native level fluency
- Mandarin: Basic proficiency
- Urdu: Fluent
Programming
Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face (transformers, diffusers, datasets, tokenizers, peft, accelerate, etc), fastai, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-Learn, Gradio, Quarto, Jupyter, nbdev
3D Computer Graphics
Blender
Teaching
I know how to succinctly convey concepts in an engaging manner that makes sense. I don’t read a speech from PPT slides.
Artificial Intelligence (fast.ai)
Self-learning since April 2022.
- Trained an LLM in 1.5 months that could output Cantonese lyrics that were constrained by the desired 6-9 Cantonese tones.
- Reimplemented the DiffEdit research paper. Edit portions of an image via text only.
- Reimplementing the PyTorch library myself.
- Making back propagation an inherently easy topic to grasp.
- Optimizing algorithms to run quicker on a GPU.
Feb. 21st 2025 – Meet Salman Naqvi: the bright spark in AI and EdTech | See what the university’s written about me!
Dec. 27, 2024 – Featured among “The EdUHK Rising Stars” | See the university’s mini documentary on me!
Jun. 12, 2024 – Study Award from Hong Kong SAR Government | Hong Kong SAR Government Scholarship Fund Reaching Out Award
Dec. 7, 2023 — Invited Speaker at the Advanced Study Institute (ASI) Online Symposium | The Education University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University
Apr. 2023 – Nov. 2023 — Co-lead Online Study Group | fast.ai Course Part 2: From Deep Learning Foundations to Stable Diffusion | Discord
Mar. 17, 2023 — Study Scholarship Offer from Kyoto University of Advanced Sciences, Kyoto, Japan | KUAS-E Scholarship
Feb. 24, 2023 — Study Scholarship Offer from The Eduation University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China | EdUHK Full Entrance Scholarship
Sep. 2022 – Mar. 2023 — Completed fast.ai Course Part 1: Practical Deep Learning for Coders
Jan. 17, 2023 — Placed in Top 12% of Contestants in Data Science Competition | Playground Series Season 3, EP2 | Tabular Classification with a Stroke Prediction Dataset | Kaggle
Sep. 2020 – May 2021 — Physics Teaching Assistant | Beaconhouse College Program Potohar Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
Sep. 2020 – May 2021 — Mathematics Teaching Assistant | Beaconhouse College Program Potohar Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
Jan. 2020 — Concert Marketing – Raised $8,400 |Beaconhouse College Program Potohar Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
Aug. 2019 — Received 100% Scholarship for A-Level Program | Beaconhouse College Program Potohar Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
2018 — Bronze Medal – Honorable Distinction Award | 15th International Kangaroo Linguistic Contest, Islamabad, Pakistan
Currently studying BSc (Honors) in Artificial Intelligence and Educational Technology at The Education University of Hong Kong.
IELTS – 8.5/9.0
Middle School and High School – CAIE IGCSE
Primary and Middle School – IB Primary and Middle Years Program
