I am a Teaching Specialist in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota, as well as a PhD student in the DMLSys (Distributed ML and Systems) Lab under Ali Anwar .

My ongoing research focuses on Distributed Systems for Federated Learning and Large Language Models. Currently, my teaching focus is on introductory-level computer science and systems courses.

I hold M.S. and B.S. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota (UMN).

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