Toward World Models for Epidemiology
Z. Memon, Y. Su, C.K. Thomas, W. Saad, L. Zhao, N. Ramakrishnan (2026). Toward World Models for Epidemiology. ICLR 2026 Workshop on World Models.
CV
Education
- Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)
- M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
- B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012
Work experience
- Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
- GitHub University
- Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
- Supervisor: The Users
- Fall 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Merging pull requests
- Supervisor: Professor Hub
- Summer 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Tagging issues
- Supervisor: Professor Git
Skills
- Skill 1
- Skill 2
- Sub-skill 2.1
- Sub-skill 2.2
- Sub-skill 2.3
- Skill 3
Publications
LUMINA: Foundation Models for Topology Transferable ACOPF
Li, Y., Memon, Z., Jin, H., Fenu, S., Song, K., Sharma, S.B., Gasana, P., Kim, H., Zhao, L., Kim, K. (2026). LUMINA: Foundation Models for Topology Transferable ACOPF. ICLR Workshop on Foundation Models for Science.
On the Fundamental Limits of LLMs at Scale
Mohsin, M.A., Umer, M., Bilal, A., Memon, Z., Qadir, M.I., Bhattacharya, S., et al. (2025). On the Fundamental Limits of LLMs at Scale. Preprint.
Deep Causal Generative Models with Property Control
Q. Zhao, S. Wang, Z. Memon, Y. Qiao, G. Bai, B. Pan, Z. Qin, L. Zhao (2025). Deep Causal Generative Models with Property Control. Preprint.
Deep Identification of Propagation Trees
Z. Memon, C. Ling, R. Kong, V. Seshagiri, A. Zufle, L. Zhao (2025). Deep Identification of Propagation Trees. Preprint.
LLM-Informed Discrete Prompt Optimization
Z. Memon, M. Arham, A. Ul-Hasan, F. Shafait (2024). LLM-Informed Discrete Prompt Optimization. ICML 2024 Workshop on LLMs and Cognition.
Content-aware Urdu handwriting generation
Z. Memon, A. Ul-Hasan, F. Shafait (2023). Content-aware Urdu handwriting generation. ICDAR.
Talks
Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK
Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley, CA, USA
Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, CA, USA
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems