about me

Contact Information

Name Muhammad Junaid Ali Asif Raja
Professional Title Machine Learning Researcher
Email muhammadjunaidaliasifraja@gmail.com

Professional Summary

Machine Learning Researcher designing intelligent neural surrogates for nonlinear and fractional-order dynamical systems. 30 publications across 24 WoS Core Collection journals (h-index 9, 200+ Google Scholar citations). Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society member (top 2% of graduate master’s students).

Education

  • 2024 - Present

    Yunlin, Taiwan

    Direct PhD (Masters to PhD)
    National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
    Computer Science and Information Engineering
    • Selected for Direct PhD program (Sept 2025)
    • Supervisor: Prof. Chuan-Yu Chang
    • Research: Machine Learning, Scientific Computing, Deep Learning Optimization
  • 2019 - 2023

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    Bachelors
    National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
    Electrical Engineering (Embedded Systems and Artificial Intelligence)
    • School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS)
    • Advisors: Prof. Faisal Shafait, Prof. Adnan Ul-Hasan
    • Affiliated with TUKL-DLL Lab, NCAI
    • FYP: 3D Point Clouds on Embedded Platforms – published as HLS4PC (SAMOS 2025)

Awards

  • 2025
    Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society Member
    Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China

    Top 2% of graduate master’s students. Recognizes outstanding scholastic achievement and moral conduct.

  • 2025
    Direct PhD Selection
    National Yunlin University of Science and Technology

    Selected for Direct PhD program based on research output and academic performance.

Skills

Expertise: PyTorch
Proficient: MATLAB, C++
Learning: JAX, Julia, Lean

Research Collaborators

  • Prof. Chuan-Yu Chang

    PhD supervisor. National Yunlin University of Science and Technology. MIPL Lab

  • Prof. Muhammad Asif Zahoor Raja

    Research mentor. National Yunlin University of Science and Technology. Google Scholar

  • Prof. Adiqa Kausar Kiani

    Future Technology Research Center, YunTech. Google Scholar

  • Prof. Chi-Min Shu

    Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, YunTech. Google Scholar

  • Dr. Naveed Ishtiaq Chaudhary

    Future Technology Research Center, YunTech. Google Scholar

  • Dr. Zeshan Aslam Khan

    International Graduate School of AI, YunTech. Google Scholar

  • Dr. Muhammad Shoaib

    AI Center, Yuan Ze University. Google Scholar

  • Dr. Zaheer Masood

    Capital University of Science and Technology. Google Scholar

Research Team

Languages

Urdu : Native
English : Professional
Spanish : Conversational (rusty; 800-day Duolingo streak now broken)
Mandarin Chinese : Basic survival (picked up passively in Taiwan)

Interests

League of Legends: Semi-professional mid-laner (Yasuo OTP)
VALORANT: Former top IGL on Pakistan's competitive scene -- in-game tag efreet#pain
Fortnite: Ranked among Pakistan's top players
Chess: Casual player (pretty meh, honestly)
Reading: Currently chipping away at Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment; Tolstoy on deck, Voracious reader across my research topics
Touch Typing: 100+ WPM on average