Dr. Muhammad Shahid Iqbal Malik

Dr. Muhammad Shahid Iqbal Malik

Associate Professor

Biography

Twenty-two Years of career in Academia and Industry. I started my career as an Embedded Systems Software Engineer in 2002 and served more than 12 Years in HVAC Industry, where i had a track record of R & D in designing Embedded Systems, Customized Software Modules for Air-Conditioner Systems. In 2015, I joined academia, served 4 Years as a Lecturer, and then more than 3 Years as an Assistant Professor. After that, I completed Postdoc Fellowship from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. Currently, I am working as an Associate Professor at PAF-IAST, Haripur Pakistan. I completed my PhD in Computer Science in April 2018 and have 10+ years of experience in teaching and supervision at BS, MS, and PhD levels. I have published several articles in reputed International Journals and Conferences and delivered talks at AIST 2023, DAMDID 2023, and ICBDCM 2024, 2025 conferences. In short, I believe that teaching, research, and industry collaborations are non-separable parts of an academic career. I am enthusiastic about advancing the intellectual development of my students to their best and using research for solving real-life problems through industry collaborations.

Professional Appointments

  • Associate Professor, School of Computing Sciences, PAF-IAST Jul-2025 To to date
  • Associate Professor, HITEC University, Taxila Rawalpindi, Pakistan 02-2024 To 07-2025
  • Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, National Research University, HSE, Moscow Russia, 10-2022 To 01-2024

Education

  • Postdoc Fellowship, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia 2024
  • PhD. Computer Science, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan 2018

Publications

High Performance Explainable Threatening Speech Detection System for under-resource languages. Sponsorship (Competitive): Co-PI, 4 Millions Rubbles, National Research University, HSE, Moscow Russia (2022 – 2024)

Research Interests

  • Agentic AI, Multilingual and Multimodal AI, NLP, XAI

Awards & Prizes

  • Awarded PhD Scholarship under HEC Pakistan Indigenous PhD program 2014
  • Secured 1st position in MS International Islamic University 2011