Available for internships & collaborations

Maliha Ehsan

CS Researcher & Developer  ·  UMT Lahore

I study Computer Science at the University of Management and Technology, Pakistan. My work sits at the intersection of machine learning, explainable AI, satellite imagery analysis, and industrial fault diagnosis. I build things that are accurate and interpretable.

Lahore, Pakistan B.S. CS · UMT · 2023–2027 Flutter Intern · Big Brains

"The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight."

— Carly Fiorina

About

I'm a CS undergraduate at the University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore, actively working across deep learning, explainable AI, and geospatial ML. Currently a Research Assistant on two concurrent projects and a Flutter App Developer intern at Big Brains. Also an Experienced Student at Stanford's Code in Place program.

I care about building AI systems that don't just perform — they can be understood by the humans who deploy them. Interpretability-first, rigorous evaluation, readable code.

Tech Stack

PythonC++JavaSQLDart/FlutterHTML/CSSBashPyTorchTensorFlowScikit-learnLightGBMHugging FaceOpenCVSHAPGrad-CAMMATLABGitW&BAzurePower BIR

Skills

ML & AI

CNNsRNN/LSTMTransformersGANsXAILLM Fine-tuningFederated Learning

Computer Vision

SegmentationYOLOGrad-CAMSatellite ImageryObject Detection

NLP & LLMs

LLaMAPEFTSemantic SearchUrdu NLPSpeech Recognition

Research & Product

Systematic ReviewMendeleySWOTHCI / UsabilityProduct Mgmt

Projects

Human Settlement Detection · Satellite Imagery

CNN segmentation pipeline detecting informal settlements from high-res satellite imagery across heterogeneous urban morphologies. Ongoing research at UMT — results being prepared for dissemination.

PyTorchCNN SegmentationGeospatial MLResearch
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Adaptive Fault Diagnosis · Industrial Sensors

LightGBM pipeline optimized with EO-SSA (Elite Opposite Sparrow Search Algorithm) and CAMLLE dimensionality reduction for drift-aware fault classification in non-stationary industrial sensor data.

LightGBMSHAPEO-SSACAMLLEXAI
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Urdu Fake News Detection System

Built in 48hrs at TECHVERSE AI Hackathon 2025. Accepts speech, English, and Roman Urdu — cross-references official news sources — returns result in under 4 seconds. Winner certificate issued by UMT Techverse.

NLPSpeech RecognitionLLM IntegrationUrdu
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Resume Matching · LLaMA Fine-Tuning

Fine-tuned LLaMA on recruitment data using parameter-efficient methods to match resumes by semantic relevance rather than keyword overlap, bridging the recruiter–candidate language gap.

LLaMAPEFTHugging FaceSemantic Similarity
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Smart Van Scheduling · CSP Solver

AI scheduling system for vans, drivers, and delivery times using Backtracking, AC-3, MRV, Degree Heuristic, LCV, Forward Checking, Constraint Propagation, and Min-Conflicts. Produces conflict-free optimal schedules.

PythonCSPAC-3Backtracking
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Voice Control Home Automation

End-to-end voice-controlled automation with Arduino Uno, Bluetooth HC-05, and an Android app. 90% recognition accuracy, sub-2-second response time, designed with hardware safety protocols.

ArduinoBluetoothAndroidIoT
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Cyberattack Prediction · Network Traffic

ML pipeline for early-stage cyberattack prediction from network traffic using Random Forest and XGBoost with feature importance analysis to flag anomalous patterns before critical system compromise.

Random ForestXGBoostNetwork SecurityFeature Engineering
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Research

Settlement Detection from Satellite Imagery

Mar 2026 – Present  ·  UMT  ·  Supervisor: Dr. Tayaba Anjum

Automated detection of informal human settlements where conventional mapping fails across heterogeneous morphologies. CNN-based segmentation with geospatial preprocessing and benchmarking under distribution shift. Preparing for dissemination.

Adaptive & Explainable Fault Diagnosis in Industrial Sensor Systems

Dec 2025 – Feb 2026  ·  UMT  ·  Supervisor: Dr. Abdul Hameed

Drift-aware classification in high-dimensional industrial sensor data. LightGBM optimized via EO-SSA; CAMLLE dimensionality reduction preserves inter-class discriminability under distributional shift. Preparing for peer-reviewed submission.

GitHub Contributions github.com/malihae ↗
Maliha Ehsan GitHub contributions

Experience

Aug 2026 – Present

Flutter App Developer

Big Brains · Internship · Remote

Developing Flutter-based mobile applications as part of an internship team.

Mar 2026 – Present

Research Assistant — Satellite Imagery

UMT · Dr. Tayaba Anjum

  • CNN-based segmentation for human settlement detection from high-resolution satellite data
  • Data preprocessing pipelines, model training, and architectural benchmarking under distribution shift

Dec 2025 – Feb 2026

Research Assistant — Fault Diagnosis

UMT · Dr. Abdul Hameed

  • LightGBM + EO-SSA hyperparameter optimization; CAMLLE supervised dimensionality reduction
  • Drift-aware fault classification in high-dimensional non-stationary sensor data

Aug 2025 – Present

Graphic & eBook Designer

TeacherOn.com · Freelance · Remote

Creating visual identities and engaging layouts for diverse clients' digital publications.

Mar 2026 – Present

Experienced Student

Stanford University · Code in Place · Remote

Invited to Stanford's flagship distance-learning program — Python, computational thinking, software design. Full curriculum, certificate, and TA support.

Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

Youth Innovation Competitor

L'Oréal Brandstorm 2025 · Remote

Applied project management and SWOT analysis to develop a youth innovation proposal.

Licenses & Certifications

2026

Product Management Job Simulation

Forage Academy · ID: 6a723ccb125ca4556ef7a6e1

Aug 2026Verify ↗

Google AI Essentials

Google · ID: 499P3H3TF8KE

Aug 2026Verify ↗

Automate Workflow with GitHub Actions

Microsoft Azure

Jul 2026

Make the Sale: E-Commerce Stores

Google · ID: YE2EKK86HNHX

Jul 2026Verify ↗

AI Fluency Framework & Foundations

Anthropic · ID: cus89gq5kuj5

Jun 2026Verify ↗

Claude 101

Anthropic · ID: xmbooffw4ot9

Jun 2026Verify ↗

AI Fluency for Students

Anthropic Education

Jun 2026

Behavioural Science: Policy & Environment

ESCAP

Jun 2026

Discover Data Analysis

Microsoft Azure

May 2026

I&T Seminars 2026

Nestlé · ID: d7226e96-1609-4428-a347-92ce6229fb73

Entrepreneurship Training

Nestlé YEP Academy

Mar 2026

MATLAB Onramp

MathWorks

Feb 2026

Data Analytics Essentials

Cisco Networking Academy

Jan 2026
2025

TECHVERSE AI Hackathon 2025

UMT Techverse · Urdu Fake News Detection

Jun 2025

Get Started with Power BI

Microsoft Azure

May 2025
Other

TensorFlow Developer Certificate

Google

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Introduction to AI

Google

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Education

University of Management and Technology (UMT)

B.S. Computer Science · Grade: A

Lahore, Pakistan · 2023 – 2027

AI, DSA, Linear Algebra, Software Engineering, ML, Computer Vision, NLP, HCI, OS, Deep Learning

Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)

Research Training Program

Lahore, Pakistan · Jun 2026 – Jul 2026

Citations Manager (Mendeley), Systematic Retrieval, Data Visualization with R

Lahore College for Women University

Pre-Engineering

Lahore, Pakistan · Sep 2021 – Mar 2023

Unique High School for Girls

Matriculation, Science · Grade: A+

Lahore, Pakistan · Sep 2019 – Aug 2021

Contact

Open to research collaborations, internship opportunities, and conversations about AI that matters.