ABRAR ABIR
connecting dots & crossing lines
Research: an NLP course pulled me into shared tasks (ArabicNLP ‘24, CLEF ‘24). One thing led to another. A QNRF-funded CMUQ × QU collaboration on automated essay scoring for Arabic, a new dataset (EACL ‘26).
Development: a full-stack app for the Genomics Data Science Core at Sidra Medicine - presented at SARF ‘26. Building responsible software on top of fragmented, high-stakes data (especially when the outputs feed straight into precision medicine) is what makes it … ‘fun’.
Uptime: Among other things, I’m (currently) curious about bio-inspired ML architectures, AI for formal verification, and mechanistic interpretability for LLMs. It’s less of a systematic study and more of a chaotic + fun part of self-discovery journey.
Downtime: lettering, chess or hanging out in the arxiv.
As usual: open to collaborating on over-ambitious projects, discussing nearly-impossible ideas, or connecting over almost-thoughtful conversations.