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A generalist guided by curiosity of the unknown, of the lost knowledge of mundane, and of human err.
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The reference globe becomes a sharper, coordinate-driven map: AI governance in Washington and U.S.-China policy, South Asia risk analysis, Pakistan field programs, and comparative governance work across Nordic and European frameworks.
Qualitative process tracing and lobbying-data analysis on how corporate actors such as Nvidia and Google function as co-securitizers in U.S.-China AI export-control architecture.
Completed a comprehensive AI policy program involving research, writing, policy analysis, and participation in AI and Democratic Values index work.
Research and training across compute governance, responsible scaling, energy security, sovereign AI, regulatory design, and frontier AI policy.
Produced intelligence-led briefs on Bangladesh, cybersecurity, 5G, dual-use technology, medical AI compliance, and regional defense modernization pathways.
Built a waterborne pathogen early-warning news intelligence engine that extracted, translated, geocoded, and served outbreak signals through a FastAPI and Leaflet stack.
Built a cyber-physical correlation engine for defense and critical-infrastructure decision-making in an OpenAI x Meta national security hackathon context.
Built a playable semiconductor supply-chain game from first idea to browser prototype with frontier models in 40 minutes, then refined it through testing, replay design, and a six-stage learning campaign.
Washington money-mapping case study that connects Think Tanks DC funding transparency to the RDL public-record lobbying pipeline, with confidence metadata, release documentation, and an animated evidence-map surface.
Founded and scaled education, relief, digital-literacy, and community programming through Daadras, including Project Salam and field partnerships in Pakistan.
Independent researcher at Johns Hopkins University's SNF Agora Institute. Projects included e-waste policy analysis across U.S. and Nordic regulatory frameworks and AI governance research under the institute's democratic accountability mandate.
Designed an AI application program for teaching and learning in a Pennsylvania public school district — covering pedagogy integration, teacher training pathways, and district-level AI policy frameworks for responsible adoption.
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I am available for research, prototypes, writing, and analysis around compute policy, infrastructure risk, and institutional design.
mumerzafer@gmail.com