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Ahmar Ali
Open-source Developer


CS student at FAST-NUCES with a passion for ML and Web dev.

A dev who loves to build things that matter; solving real problems through code.

Currently, building OFR and OCR open-source platforms on GitHub

Islamabad, Pakistan · FAST-NUCES '27
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0Semesters @ FAST
0Internships
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01 · Experience

Where I've Worked

Internships and open-source contributions that shaped my workflow.

Open Source Developer
GitHub — OFR & OCR Platforms
Apr 2025 – Present
📍 Remote · Open-Source
  • Built OFR — a platform for FAST students to save and share academic resources, serving a community of 1600+ members.
  • Built OCR — an open-source CS learning hub for 600+ members, with automated GitHub Actions collaboration workflows.
  • Collaborated with developers on the Palestine-Bleeds open-source website using React and Node.js.
Software Engineering Fellow
HeadStarter.ai
Jul – Aug 2024
📍 Remote, USA
  • Participated in a competitive fellowship focused on building production-grade software projects.
  • Networked with experienced industry professionals and mentors in the tech space.
C++ Developer Intern
CodeAlpha
Jul – Aug 2024
📍 Remote, India
  • Worked on Cipher — a desktop C++ application for file encryption and decryption using the RayLib library.
Research Team Member
Colab-NU — FAST-NUCES
Sep 2023 – Jun 2024
📍 On-Campus, Islamabad
  • Delivered regular documentation and presentations on CS topics including Dijkstra's Algorithm.
  • Collaborated with teammates and reported weekly research progress to faculty mentors.
02 · Education

Academic Journey

Consistent rigorous practice from day one!

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FAST-NUCES — Islamabad
BSCS · Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
2023 – 2027
🥇 Gold Medal — Fall 2023 🥉 Bronze Medal — Spring 2024 ★ Dean's List — Fall 2023 & Spring 2024
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Beacon House School System
A-Levels · Computer Science
2021 – 2023 · Islamabad
03 · Projects

Things I've Built

From GPU-accelerated computer vision to multiplayer arcade games — each project was a new obsession.

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KLT Image Feature Tracker — HPC Optimization
Achieved a 4× speedup on a KLT (Kanade–Lucas–Tomasi) feature tracker using CUDA programming and OpenACC directives. Profiled bottlenecks systematically and parallelised the compute-heavy sections on GPU. Semester project for High Performance Computing with GPUs course.
CUDA OpenACC HPC Computer Vision Python Profiling
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OFR — Open-source FAST Repository OSS
A student resource platform for FAST-NUCES. Built with vanilla JS and GitHub Actions for automated collaboration. Serves 1600+ active members.
Vanilla JS GitHub Actions Open Source Software Community Platform
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OCR — Open-source CS Repository OSS
An open-source platform making CS learning accessible to everyone. Automated collaboration via GitHub Actions. 600+ members and growing.
Vanilla JS GitHub Actions Open Source Software Community Platform
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Palestine-Bleeds Website OSS
An awareness website built and deployed as open-source. Collaborated remotely with two other developers to improve the UI.
React.js Node.js Tailwind CSS Open Source Software
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Rent-Ease — Property Platform
A property rental and buying platform with a full JavaFX front-end and Java back-end. Streamlines the renting workflow. Semester project for Software Design & Analysis.
JavaFX Java Desktop App OOP
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Xonix — Arcade Multiplayer Game
A fully playable arcade multiplayer game built in C++ with SFML. Implemented using custom Data Structures and Algorithms. Semester project for CS2001 DSA course.
C++ SFML Game Dev Data Structures
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Cipher — File Encryption App
A desktop GUI application for encrypting and decrypting files. Built during the CodeAlpha internship using C++ and RayLib.
C++ RayLib Desktop App Cryptography
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Brute — Plagiarism Detection
A plagiarism detection tool written in plain C language. Built as a Programming Fundamentals semester project in the first semester of BSCS.
C Algorithms Text Analysis
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Tic Tac Toe — Mulitplayer
Developed with following OOP principles in C++ and RayLib fro the GUI. Semester project for the OOP course of BSCS.
C++ RayLib OOP
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Task-It — To-Do List App
A C++ and RayLib task management application. Worked on it during the C++ developer internship at CodeAlpha.
C++ RayLib Productivity
04 · Skills

Tech Stack

From low-level CUDA kernels to React frontends:

AI / ML & HPC
Python Machine Learning HPC with GPUs CUDA OpenACC
Web Development
SQL JavaScript React.js Node.js HTML5 Tailwind CSS Jekyll
Systems & C/C++
C C++ Java / JavaFX SFML RayLib Linux OS Cisco and wireshark
Tools & Workflow
GitHub GitHub Actions Git Jupyter Notebook Project Management Community Outreach Video Editing
05 · Continuous Learning

Always Growing

Enrolled courses and completed certifications:

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Mastering Data Structures & Algorithms — C & C++
Udemy · Completed
Certified
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Machine Learning Specialization (Andrew Ng)
Coursera · DeepLearning.AI
Enrolled
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The Complete Full-Stack Web Development Bootcamp
Udemy · Dr. Angela Yu
Enrolled
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The Complete Python Bootcamp: Zero to Hero
Udemy · Jose Portilla
Enrolled
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Machine Learning A–Z: AI, Python & R + ChatGPT
Udemy · 2025 Edition
Enrolled
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Clustering & Unsupervised Learning in Python
Udemy
Enrolled
06 · Beyond Code

When I'm Not Coding

Striking a nice balance between open-ssource projects, uni-work, calisthenics, dawah on YouTube and off-road adventures on the Himalayas is really difficult!

🌙 Dawah 🤸 Calisthenics 🏍 Biking 🏕 Off-road Adventures 🏃 Jogging 🥾 Hiking 🏊 Swimming 🏓 Table Tennis 🌱 Gardening

"Let's build something remarkable."

I am always open to work or collaborate towards open-source projects, feel free to hit me up a message at any time.

github.com/Ahmar004 LinkedIn [email protected]

Thank you for visiting! :)