Huzaifa Naseer

EDUCATION

Academic background, in order.

Formal study across computer science foundations, systems thinking, and problem solving.

Dec 2021 - Jul 2025

National Institute of Technology Srinagar

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science

GPA
8.2/10
  • Studied core computer science with strong exposure to electronics, digital systems, computer architecture, operating systems, algorithms, AI, and scalability-oriented system design.
  • Built a strong mathematical foundation through calculus, multivariable calculus, probability, statistics, and quantitative reasoning used across machine learning, systems, and analytical problem solving.
  • Worked through core subjects spanning data structures, databases, networks, system design, backend development, and low-level computing fundamentals.
  • Built a strong academic foundation across backend web development, problem solving, and production-facing engineering fundamentals.
  • Graduated with a GPA of 8.2.
Projects during this degree

dnsresolver

Jun 13, 2024

A DNS resolver project exploring how name resolution works below the application layer. It reflects my interest in networking internals, protocol behavior, and building systems that interact directly with foundational internet mechanisms.

Sierpinski Triangle

Feb 15, 2024

A recursive fractal project implementing the Sierpinski Triangle. It tied together mathematical thinking, recursion, visualization, and algorithmic reasoning in a compact but expressive way.

NES

Feb 9, 2024

An emulator-oriented project centered around the Nintendo Entertainment System. Building it pushed me deeper into architecture-level reasoning, instruction flow, and the kind of hardware-software boundaries that connect directly with computer architecture study.

HexDmp

Feb 6, 2024

A command-line hex dump utility for inspecting file contents in hexadecimal and ASCII form. This project strengthened my understanding of binary data, low-level file inspection, and tooling-oriented systems development.

Mandelbrot

Sep 16, 2023

An implementation of the Mandelbrot fractal focused on mathematical visualization and iterative rendering. It was part of my broader interest in computation-heavy graphics and translating mathematical patterns into executable programs.

MoonlightOS

Jun 20, 2023

A low-level operating systems project built during my bachelor’s work to explore kernel concepts, system structure, and machine-level execution. It helped deepen my understanding of OS design, memory boundaries, and core systems programming ideas.

Nov 2006 - Nov 2019

Tyndale Biscoe School

High School, Science

GPA
9.2/10
  • Completed schooling in the science track with a strong focus on Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Computers.
  • JEE Main: 99 percentile (Aug 2021).
  • JEE Advanced: CRL 8426 (Oct 2021).

RESEARCH WORK

Research work and academic exploration.

Research PaperNational Institute of Technology Srinagar and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Distillation from an Ensemble of Pruned Networks

  • This work studies knowledge distillation through the lens of model pruning, asking whether a student model can learn more effectively from an ensemble of pruned teachers instead of a single teacher network.
  • The paper combines ideas from pruning, ensembling, and knowledge distillation to improve student-model robustness, generalization, and final accuracy while still targeting lightweight deployment.
  • It is motivated by practical machine learning settings where efficient models are needed for constrained environments such as mobile, embedded, and edge systems.
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