Shahid Afridi

AI Engineer and Researcher with a background in machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, and intelligent systems. Experienced in designing and evaluating RAG-based systems, multi-agent AI pipelines, and deep learning applications, with a focus on AI reliability, hallucination analysis, and human-AI collaboration. Interested in developing trustworthy, context-aware AI systems that combine machine learning and generative models to support intelligent decision-making in real-world environments.

AI Engineer - Nangita - United States (Remote)

(2025-05)

• Designed and evaluated RAG-based AI systems for academic question answering and document generation tasks.
• Built an AI SaaS platform supporting chatbot deployment using self-hosted LLMs through vLLM.
• Improved response quality and reliability through prompt engineering and systematic model evaluation.
• Managed end-to-end development, testing, deployment, and performance assessment of AI applications.

Academic Research Intern - Central University of Haryana

(2025-01 - 2025-05)

• Developed a CNN-based deep learning model for Alzheimer's disease detection using MRI imaging data.
• Applied preprocessing techniques and SMOTE-based balancing methods to improve model robustness.
• Evaluated model performance using Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-Score, and AUC metrics.
• Developed a Streamlit-based clinical decision-support application for prediction and reporting.

RAG-based AI System Evaluation - Independent

(2024-11 - 2025-01)

• Designed an evaluation framework to study hallucination behaviour in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems.
• Evaluated over 100 LLM-generated responses across factual correctness, hallucination severity, and refusal behaviour.
• Investigated performance trade-offs between standalone LLMs and retrieval-enhanced architectures.
• Focused on improving reliability and trustworthiness in AI-assisted decision-support environments.

Master of Science (M.Sc.) - Computer Science - Central University of Rajasthan (2023-09 - 2025-05)

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) - Computer Science - Aryabhatta Knowledge University (2020-09 - 2023-06)