Zaheer Abbas
Research Engineer at Google DeepMind
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolZaheer Abbas is a research engineer with 11 years of experience at the intersection of reinforcement learning, large language models (including work with Gemini-class models), and real-time code intelligence, currently contributing to DeepMind in Montreal. He combines academic rigor from an MS in Computer Science (University of Alberta) and hands-on research internships at EPFL with production-facing engineering from earlier industry roles. Zaheer focuses on making AI systems learn and adapt in real time, bridging ideas from RL and LLMs to practical code-AI applications. Outside of research, he brings an unexpected hands-on perspective as an enthusiastic bee farmer, reflecting a practical, systems-oriented curiosity that informs his experimental approach.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of AlbertaBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)Higher Secondary School Certificate Pre-Engineering, Higher Secondary School Certificate Pre-Engineering at Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Karachi
English, Urdu
Github Skills (51)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
zaheerabbas1988/Azure-in-bullet-points
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
☁️ Azure summary in bullet points
Contributions:9 pushes in 3 days
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zaheerabbas1988/bash-webhook_listener-Zabbix
Jun 2023 - Jun 2023
Contributions:5 pushes in 2 days
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