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).

I teach mostly introductory level computer science courses, most recently

• CSCI 4061: Introduction to Operating Systems, Spring 2025
• CSCI 1133: Introduction to Programing Principles, Fall 2021, Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025.
• CSCI 1135: Exploring Computer Science Exercises in Python, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, and Spring 2024
• CSCI 1913: Introduction to Algorithms, Data Structures, and Program Development, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024.
• CSCI 2915: Teaching Methods in Computer Science, Fall 2023

I am a PhD student in the DMLSys (Distributed ML and Systems) Lab, under Ali Anwar. With a focus on Distributed Systems for Federated Learning and Large Language Models.

• Khan, A. F.¹, Fountain, S. ¹, Abdelmoniem, A. M., Butt, A. R., & Anwar, A. (2025). FLStore: Efficient Federated Learning Storage for non-training workloads. MLSys 2025 https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.00323
• Ahmad Faraz Khan, Azal Ahmad Khan, Ahmed M. Abdelmoniem, Samuel Fountain, Ali R. Butt, and Ali Anwar. 2024. FLOAT: Federated Learning Optimizations with Automated Tuning. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth European Conference on Computer Systems (EuroSys ’24), Association for Computing Machinery, , Athens, Greece, , 200–218. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3627703.3650081