Published multiple papers in top-tier conferences and journals such as NeurIPS, EMNLP, and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology; awarded the prestigious NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship; organized a workshop at NeurIPS 2025.
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo, working with Prof. Krzysztof Czarnecki at the WISE Lab. Prior work includes developing end-to-end deep learning and inverse reinforcement learning-based models for multimodal, context-aware, and interaction-aware motion forecasting, as well as extracting efficient driver embeddings from driving time series using scalable representation learning techniques.
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa, supervised by Prof. Azzedine Boukerche. Dissertation focused on driving behavior analysis and prediction for safe autonomous vehicles.
Background
Research Interest: To develop trustworthy, interactive, and scalable models that integrate computer vision and natural language to enhance perception, understanding, reasoning, and decision-making in autonomous systems like autonomous vehicles. Specialties: Multimodal large language models, computer vision, robotics, machine learning, explainable AI, and reinforcement learning.
Miscellany
Contact: mnasraza AT gmail DOT com; Links to LinkedIn, ResearchGate, and personal website provided; Passionate about advancing the field of autonomous driving.