I am currently a penultimate-year Computer Science and Mathematics student at NYU Abu Dhabi and a Student Research Assistant at the eBrain Lab and the SANAD Lab.

I'm passionate about AI security, computer vision, deep learning, and applied machine learning research. I have a strong drive for exploring cutting-edge technologies and solving complex problems through first-principle thinking.

When I'm not coding or conducting research, you'll find me organizing cultural events, leading meditation sessions, or watching tech-related content to fuel my curiosity.

Currently, I'm focused on:

• LLM Security & Robustness — Investigating jailbreak techniques, vulnerabilities, and defense mechanisms in large language models, detecting and Measuring Prompt Injection Attacks in Cryptocurrency Token Metadata Targeting AI Trading Systems
• Climate Data Analysis — Analyzing large-scale climate datasets (CMIP6 & ERA5) to study temperature trends over the Arabian Peninsula
• Computer Vision — Exploring object detection, tracking, and transformer-based architectures like DETR
• Deep Learning — Building neural networks from scratch and fine-tuning state-of-the-art models

• I love exploring new technologies and building innovative solutions
• Passionate about AI security, computer vision, and climate science
• Continuous learner — always diving deep into new research papers and technologies
• Community builder — organizing cultural events and creating inclusive spaces

• LLM Jailbreak Security Research — Investigating security vulnerabilities and defense mechanisms for safer AI systems
• Climate Data Analysis using CMIP6 & ERA5 — Analyzing large-scale climate datasets using Python, xarray, and HPC systems

• Bipartite Object Matching on VIRAT Frame Pairs — Implementing bipartite matching algorithms for object tracking across video frames
• CNN from Scratch & ResNet Fine-Tuning — Built CNNs from first principles with custom backpropagation
• Moving Object Detection using DETR — Transformer-based object detection in video sequences

• SwapBay — Full-stack item trading platform with authentication and messaging
• Locify — Location-based application developed at Princeton Hackathon

Languages: Python, C/C++, Javascript, HTML, CSS Tools: Git, Docker, VS Code, PyCharm, HPC environments
Libraries: PyTorch, pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, xarray

• 📧 Email: hbm9834@nyu.edu
• 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hailemariam-mersha)
• 🐙 GitHub: github.com/HailemariamMersha
• 🌐 Portfolio: HailemariamMersha.github.io/portfolio

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs