Leadership
Our Founding
Mentors.
Industry researchers from the world's leading AI labs, guiding Pakistan's next generation of talent. Not advisors — hands-on co-builders who review code, challenge assumptions, and shape research direction.
Dr. Majid Riaz
Rende, Calabria, Italy
PhD | AI & ML Specialist | Brain Computing
Researcher at the SPEME Lab, University of Calabria. Specialist in Brain Computing, Wearable Technologies, Affective Computing, and Emotional Intelligence. Active contributor to international AI research and IEEE.
Education
Ph.D. Computer Engineering — University of Calabria
M.S. Computer Engineering — UET Taxila
MD Youshuf Khan Rakib
Changsha, Hunan, China
M.Sc | Deep Learning | Bioinformatics | Medical Imaging
AI Researcher at Central South University focusing on Drug Discovery, Computer Vision, and AI for Healthcare. Published in Bioinformatics (OUP) and PLOS ONE. Mentor at DeepLearning.AI.
Education
M.S. Computer Science — Central South University
B.S. Computer Science — Southwest Univ of Science & Tech
Sean Kalbaugh
San Francisco, USA
Teleoperator — Meta · ex-OpenAI
Research and robotics background spanning Meta, OpenAI, Physical Intelligence, and The Bot Company. Brings hands-on AI systems experience to guide Afrium's research tracks.
Motasem A. Karasneh
Amman, Jordan
AI & Data Engineer · Cognitive Services Specialist
8+ years in Telecom and IT. Specializing in Azure AI Services, OpenAI integration, and cognitive services. Passionate about simplifying tech, mentorship, and knowledge sharing across the AI community.
Education
M.S. Data Science — Princess Sumaya University for Technology
B.S. Telecommunications Engineering — Yarmouk University
Prof. Chaoning Zhang
Sichuan, China
Full Professor of CS @ UESTC · World's Top 2% Scientist
Directs an AI research lab at UESTC working on LLMs, Computer Vision, and Vision-Language Models. ~100 papers in top venues (CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR). 5600+ citations, H-index 38. Creator of MobileSAM.
Education
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (AI & ML) — KAIST
M.S. Electrical Engineering — Harbin Institute of Technology
Ahsan Fiaz
Islamabad, Pakistan
Deep Learning Architect & Medical AI Specialist — IST
Pioneering cutting-edge deep learning architectures for clinical environments. Specialist in advanced medical image segmentation, AI-driven diagnostics, and mobile health integration. Published author at ICIDA (Springer) and Principal Investigator bridging the gap between theoretical AI models and deployable medical devices.
Education
M.S. Computer Science — COMSATS University Islamabad
B.S. Computer Science — Arid Agriculture University
Dr. Abdul Kabir Khan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Computational Physicist & AI-Astrophysics Researcher — IST
Leading interdisciplinary research at the intersection of theoretical nuclear astrophysics and advanced computational modeling. Leveraging data-driven approaches and complex simulations to solve fundamental problems in Nuclear Energy Density Functional theory, nucleosynthesis, and stellar evolution mechanisms.
Education
Ph.D. Theoretical & Mathematical Physics — GIK Institute
M.S. Theoretical Nuclear Physics — GIK Institute
More Founding Mentors — Announcing Soon
We are in active discussions with researchers from ETH Zurich, EPFL, IBM Research, and OpenAI. Their profiles will be added here as mentorship agreements are confirmed.
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