Cyber Security Department

MUET Jamshoro

Shahzaib Khalid

Shahzaib Khalid

Communication Systems Engineer & AI/ML Researcher

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro

B.E, M.E (MUET)

Communication Systems Engineer (M.E., CGPA 3.86) with published research in deep learning for medical image classification and hands-on work in AI-driven automation, networking and IoT.

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3.86

M.E. CGPA, First Division

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1

Peer-Reviewed Journal Paper

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3+

Years in AI / ML Freelance Work

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PKR 700K

Competitive Funding Secured

👤About

Shahzaib Khalid is a Telecommunication and Communication Systems Engineer with an M.E. in Communication Systems and Networks from Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, completed in 2022 with a CGPA of 3.86/4.0 (First Division). He served as Class Representative during his master's and Vice Class Representative during his bachelor's.

His M.E. thesis, "COVID-19 Diagnosis from CXR Images through an Ensemble of Machine Learning Models", applied transfer learning and ensemble classifiers to chest X-ray datasets and was published in the International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security (IJCSNS). His B.E. final year project was a drone-based swarm robotics system, for which he led a four-member team and secured PKR 100,000 in funding from the MUET Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center.

Since 2022 he has worked on machine learning research and large-language-model automation projects for clients in the United States, and in 2022 he completed a field traineeship with the National Highway Authority involving optical fibre installation. He has also built an AI-powered VAT auditing platform on Google Firebase Studio.

🎓Education

2022

Master of Engineering, Communication Systems and Networks

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro

Thesis: COVID-19 Diagnosis from CXR Images through an Ensemble of Machine Learning Models

CGPA: 3.86 / 4.0 (First Division)

2018

Bachelor of Engineering, Telecommunication

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro

Thesis: Final Year Project: Drone-Based Swarm Robotics (Team Lead)

CGPA: 3.41 / 4.0

💼Professional Experience

Apr 2023 – Nov 2025

Freelance AI/LLM Solutions Contributor

Tuff Digital Marketing, North Carolina, USA (remote)

Jun 2022 – Apr 2023

Freelance ML Research & Development Contributor

Rapstack, Texas, USA (remote)

Dec 2021 – May 2022

Trainee Engineer

National Highway Authority (NHA), Chitral

Dec 2016 – Jan 2017

Internee, Broadcast Engineering

Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad

📚Publications

2022

COVID-19 Diagnosis from CXR Images through Pre-trained Deep Visual Embeddings

Khalid, S., et al. — International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security (IJCSNS), Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 175–181

🏆Presentations & Achievements

  • 2018PKR 100,000 research funding for the final year project, MUET Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center.
  • 20174th prize and PKR 600,000 seed funding, Student Start-up Business Competition (SSBC), MUET Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center.

📜Certifications

  • ✔Neural Networks and Deep Learning, DeepLearning.AI / Coursera
  • ✔Structuring Machine Learning Projects, DeepLearning.AI / Coursera
  • ✔Introduction to IoT and Embedded Systems, UC Irvine / Coursera
  • ✔Fundamentals of Project Management & Planning, University of Virginia / Coursera
  • ✔Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies & Skills, University of Michigan / Coursera
  • ✔Microsoft Office Specialist: Word 2016
  • ✔Optical Fiber Workshop and Arduino Fundamentals Workshop, MUET (3 days each)

⚙️Technical Skills

Python C++ MATLAB Deep Learning Computer Vision Transfer Learning TensorFlow PyTorch scikit-learn Prompt Engineering & LLMs Network Security Fundamentals IoT Security Cisco & Huawei Networking Optical Fiber Systems Arduino LaTeX Google Firebase