I'm Irfan!
I graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York with a bachelor's degree in computer science. I've been fortunate to have had a lot of experience in a slew of different areas, from design and software engineering to research and pedagogy. That notwithstanding, I'm always looking for new opportunities to learn and grow!
I'm interested in wide range of things (aren't we all!) but right now, I'm interested in stochastic processes and stochastic modeling of systems. I've found applications of this when working on computational projects in population genetics, such as my involvement in a project studying transmission in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB).
I'm also just interested in the development of better computational methods and tools in general. Particularly, the use of the latest AI methods, whether it LLMs or GANs or any other thing, has intrigued me and I'm interested in modeling domain-specific problems such that these methods can be employed to solve them.
I'm also interested in computer architecture and systems programming, particularly in hardware acceleration of algorithms. Recently, I've taken interest in parallel computing as I use CUDA in a novel analysis in the aforementioned MTB project.
Some of my other interests include artificial intelligence, linguistics, and the geographic region of Southeast Asia, with which I engaged through my affiliation with Cornell's Southeast Asia Program (SEAP).
Check me out on LinkedIn to see all my experiences!
I am now a Management Trainee at Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), an investment company based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I'm excited to see where life takes me next, and though I am no longer enrolled in formal education, I always enjoy learning along the way.
If I find myself having extra daylight sometimes, I like to go running, do photography, learn new languages, tend to my plants, and cook+bake for my house. Let's be in touch, and thank you for getting acquainted with me!