About

Biography

I am a third-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Clemson University and a Graduate Research Assistant in the TigerSec Lab. My research focuses on trustworthy and secure AI for autonomous systems, with interests spanning vision-language models, adversarial machine learning, autonomous-vehicle perception, and automotive privacy.

I completed my M.S. in Computer Science at Clemson University in 2024, after beginning the program in 2022, and I hold a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Sirjan University of Technology.

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Clemson University
August 2024 – Present
Expected 2027

M.S. in Computer Science

Clemson University
August 2022 – May 2024

B.S. in Computer Engineering

Sirjan University of Technology
September 2015 – August 2019

Research & Industry Experience

Graduate Research Assistant — TigerSec Lab, Clemson University

June 2023 – Present

Research on adversarial robustness, vision-language models, autonomous-vehicle perception, and safety-critical AI systems.

AI Researcher — BMW Group Ph.D. Collaboration

January 2025 – August 2026

Developed edge-ready vision-language models and evaluation pipelines for sequential vehicle inspection.

Graduate Research Assistant — DriveLab, Clemson University

August 2022 – June 2023

Developed adaptive user-interface systems and integrated cloud-trained models.