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Hi, my name is

Muhammad Bilal Ashiq

AI, ML & Software Engineer

About Me

Here's a brief introduction about myself and my skills.

Muhammad Bilal Ashiq

Who am I?

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I am a passionate software engineer and researcher with a deep focus on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Currently, I specialize in building intelligent, data-driven systems, training deep learning neural architectures, and developing robust, full-scale software applications that solve complex, real-world problems.

With experience spanning from AI/ML development (including RAG diagnostics and transformer chatbots) to core software engineering, I combine solid system design practices with cutting-edge academic AI research. I am dedicated to writing clean, high-performance, and maintainable code that bridges the gap between state-of-the-art AI models and user-centric applications.

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Artificial Intelligence

Designing deep learning models, transformers, and NLP pipelines

Machine Learning

Building data pipelines, model training, and analytical reasoning

Software Development

End-to-end full-stack architectures and clean software systems

Problem Solving

Formulating elegant solutions to high-complexity technical problems

My Experience

My professional journey and work experience.

COLABS - Technology Incubator

July 01, 2026 - Aug 13, 2026

Rocket Intern

  • Supporting the team in employee engagement, HR operations, recruitment coordination, and culture-building initiatives across COLABS.
  • Applying technology and AI automation to streamline HR workflows, improve communication, and enhance overall department efficiency.

FAST NUCES - National University

Aug 10, 2025 - Dec 10, 2025

Research Assistant

  • Junior Software Engineer - Research Assistant for a 4-month paid project. Developed ML data pipelines for processing LIGO/Virgo gravitational-wave datasets using Python within a team.
  • Integrated TensorFlow and PyTorch models for signal analysis, classification, and ML-driven gravitational-wave analytics.

National Incubation Center NICF

June 01, 2025 - Aug 18, 2025

AI Intern

  • Onsite internship at NICF, developing backend services using FastAPI for Whatsopify, a WhatsApp Chrome Extension focused on automation workflows.
  • Implemented chatbot and OCR-based functionalities to support customer interaction and text extraction features.

AMNESTY International - FAST Chapter

June 01, 2025 - July 16, 2026

President

  • Leading the AMNESTY International chapter at FAST NUCES. Organizing awareness campaigns and events.
  • Advocating for human rights and social justice. Collaborating with other student organizations and community partners.

entracloud (Pvt.) Ltd. IT Company

July 01, 2024 - Jan 01, 2026

Leader & Supervisor

  • Responsible for all technology-based matters of the company.
  • Managing programming, development, and graphic design teams. Overseeing technical strategy and implementation.
  • Leading technology innovation and digital transformation initiatives.

FAST NUCES, National University

Aug 21, 2023 - July 10, 2026

Teaching Assistant

  • Information Security
  • Business Math-II
  • Theory of Automata
  • Numerical Computing
  • Linear Algebra
  • Calculus and Analytical Geometry
  • Technical and Business Writin

LUMS NOP (Seasonal)

Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

National Outreach Program Scholar

  • SAT Score - 1260 / 1600
  • Selected for the prestigious LUMS NOP from a competitive national applicant pool.
  • Completed intensive training in Mathematics, SAT, and analytical English.
  • Strengthened logical reasoning, exam strategies, and problem-solving through structured mentorship.
Academic Timeline

Education

A visual timeline of the institutions, foundations, and milestones that shaped my engineering journey.

FAST National University logo
2022 - 2026

BSCS

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

FAST NUCES
FAST university campus

FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

Computer science training centered on AI systems, scalable software, databases, and modern web engineering.

Focus AI, systems, software design
Strength Problem solving at scale
Outcome Engineering discipline
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2021 - 2022

BSIT

Information Technology

QAU, Islamabad
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Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

IT fundamentals with an early emphasis on programming, digital systems, and technical problem solving.

Key Result GPA: 3.91
Built Programming confidence
Shift From interest to practice
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2019 - 2021

FSc. Pre-Engineering

Science Group

BISE D.G.K
College campus building

Govt. Graduate Degree Boys College, Chowk Azam

A strong pre-engineering phase built on mathematics, physics, chemistry, and disciplined study habits.

Result 90% marks
Core Subjects Math, Physics, Chemistry
Learning Quantitative reasoning
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2017 - 2019

Matriculation - Science

Science Group

BISE D.G.K
School building and students

Millat Public High School, Chowk Azam

The starting point of my academic journey, where discipline, consistency, and science fundamentals took root.

Result 96.6% marks
Achievement Distinction in science
Value Consistency and focus

Featured Projects

A collection of systems I have engineered across Artificial Intelligence, Full-Stack Web Development, and Cybersecurity.

Comfort Studio UK - Furniture Store

Comfort Studio UK - Furniture Store

Full-stack e-commerce web app for UK client, with responsive UI, SEO optimization, secure authentication, admin dashboard, and order management.

Next.js Supabase TypeScript Firebase PostgreSQL Freelance
Career ProServe - Recruitment Platform

Career ProServe - Recruitment & B2B Platform

Developed a full-stack corporate/executive recruitment platform for CEO/Founder of company, featuring job postings, future jobs, training management, mystery shopper services, admin dashboard, role-based access, and CSV/Excel reporting.

Next.js Cloudinary PostgreSQL Supabase Freelance
Mashoor Fabrics Clothing Store

Mashoor Fabrics - E-Commerce Store

Built a full-scale online clothing store (paid freelance project) with catalog, shopping cart, checkout, and order tracking. Integrated payment options, real-time inventory management, and custom SEO optimizations.

WordPress WooCommerce E-Commerce Freelance Project SEO
NeuroHire - AI Hiring System

NeuroHire - AI based Proctoring System

AI-powered hiring system with automated job posting, CV parsing, and candidate scoring. Includes online test with webcam head and eye detection and job training post-hiring.

MERN Next.js Python (AI) Computer Vision CV Parsing
NeuroSecure

NeuroSecure

An AI-powered physical privacy protection system using Python, OpenCV, YOLO, and MediaPipe to detect shoulder surfing and unauthorized screen viewing in real time.

Python OpenCV YOLO MediaPipe Real-Time AI
ViewToVerse

ViewToVerse - Image Captioning

A Seq2Seq image captioning system using ResNet50 feature extraction. Deployed LSTM decoder trained on Flickr30k dataset, achieving BLEU-4 score of 0.64.

PyTorch ResNet50 LSTM Seq2Seq Flickr30k
Urdu Conversational Chatbot

Urdu Conversational Chatbot

Built a Transformer-based Urdu chatbot with preprocessing and modeling for low-resource NLP. Trained in PyTorch and deployed with RTL support using Gradio on Hugging Face Spaces.

Multi-Head Attention Transformer PyTorch Gradio Hugging Face
RAG Diagnostic Reasoning

RAG for Diagnostic Reasoning

A RAG-based diagnostic system on clinical notes using the MIMIC-IV-Ext-Direct dataset. Integrated FAISS-powered search with a Flan-T5 model and deployed via Gradio interface.

RAG FAISS Flan-T5 Gradio MIMIC-IV
Phishing Hunter

Phishing Hunter – AI and Security

Developed an Information Security project using GPT-2 to classify URLs as benign, defacement, or phishing. Fine-tuned model with custom tokenization and tokens for accurate URL classification.

GPT-2 NLP URL Classification Security
Food Point Figma Prototype

Food Point Front-End

Designed a user-friendly and modern food ordering application prototype in Figma with a clean layout, intuitive navigation, and beautiful interface elements.

Figma UI/UX Design Prototyping Wireframing
Technical Expertise

TECHNICAL SKILLS

A categorized showcase of my technical stack spanning AI/ML engineering, full-stack systems, databases, and modern developer tools.

Languages

Python
Java
C++
C#
JavaScript

Backend

Flask
Spring Boot
SQLAlchemy
Node.js

Frontend

React.js
Next.js
HTML
CSS
WordPress

Databases

MongoDB
PostgreSQL
SQLite

Tools

Git
Docker
Linux
n8n
Figma
Canva
Gradio
Google Colab
Firebase
Supabase

Volunteering

Community leadership and social impact initiatives.

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Team Lead

entracloud

April 2024 & 2025

Attended JOB-FAIR-2025 as a Guest/Company Partner representing Entracloud at FAST-NUCES CFD. Collaborated with university organizers to support fresh tech talent.

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Head of Palestine Desk

FAST NUCES CFD

April 2025

Organized and managed the PALESTINE GHAZA donations drive during DAIRA-25. Raised community awareness and successfully collected charity funds for relief.

Certifications & Awards

Professional credentials, honors, and competitive achievements demonstrating specialized skills.

Professional Certifications

Verified Freelancer

Pakistan Software Export Board - PSEB

June 2026

Verified Freelancer certified by Pakistan Software Export Board, demonstrating professional freelancing skills and industry credibility.

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Git & GitHub

Google & Coursera

2025

Certified in advanced version control, repository management, branch merging workflows, and standard team collaboration practices.

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Deep Learning Specialization

Udemy

2025

Deep-dive training in Neural Networks, Backpropagation optimization, CNNs for computer vision, and LSTM/RNN architectures.

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Python and Flask

Udemy

2025

Mastered full-stack development using Flask, SQL/SQLAlchemy database models, RESTful API design, and user authentication.

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Machine Learning Foundations

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

April 2025

Explored core ML models, math fundamentals, feature engineering, and cloud deployment pipelines utilizing Amazon SageMaker.

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WordPress Website Development

Digiskills

December 2023

3-month extensive program focusing on custom themes, page builders, WooCommerce setups, and SEO optimization.

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Awards & Competition Honors

Winner
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1st Position - Idea Competition

FAST-NUCES

Secured first place for presenting and pitching "NeuroSecure" — a real-time AI privacy system leveraging OpenCV, YOLO, and MediaPipe to block shoulder-surfing threats.

Dean List of Honors
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Dean List of Honors

FAST-NUCES

Got a CGPA of 3.6+ in my last semester, consistently ranking among the top students in my class.

3rd Place

3rd Position - Vine-a-thon Hackathon

Google Developers Group (GDG)

Ranked third place in the Google Developer Students Competition for rapid prototype design and software engineering innovation.

Round II

Round II Qualifier - ICPC 2026

International Collegiate Programming Contest

Successfully advanced to the second regional round of the prestigious global algorithmic problem-solving competition.

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Location

Lahore, Pakistan

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