[Nomination] Muhammad Rebaal #73
Description
Select one:
- I am nominating myself for the PyTorch Ambassador Program.
- I am nominating someone else to become a PyTorch Ambassador.
Please confirm that the nominee meets the following requirements:
- The nominee is 18 years of age or older.
- The nominee agrees to abide by the PyTorch Code of Conduct.
- The nominee agrees to comply with the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy.
- The nominee meets at least one of the qualifications listed in the PyTorch Ambassador Program Requirements.
Nominee Name
Muhammad Rebaal
Nominee Email
Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle
Muhammad-Rebaal
(Optional) Organization / Affiliation
Karachi University , Google Developer Groups , Microsoft , ZerOwl
City, State/Province, Country
Karachi , Sindh , Pakistan
Your Name
Muhammad Rebaal
Your Email (Optional)
How has the nominee contributed to PyTorch?
- An active contributor to PyTorch repositories (e.g., commits, PRs, discussions).
- A speaker at PyTorch events or workshops.
- A PyTorch user group organizer or meetup host.
- A researcher or educator using PyTorch in academic work or training.
- An active leader in the PyTorch community with at least one year of experience in:
- Organizing events (virtual/in-person).
- Speaking at AI/ML conferences.
- Mentoring others in PyTorch.
- Creating technical content (e.g., blogs, videos, tutorials).
🏆 How Would the Nominee Contribute as an Ambassador?
I am a Machine Learning Engineer and Software Engineer with 2+ years of industry experience. Additionally, I’m the Community Head Organizer of GDGoC-UoK (Google Developer Groups On Campus at the University of Karachi), and an open-source contributor with a strong commitment to using AI to build, educate, and scale responsible innovation. My journey has also included those impacted by opportunities enabled by community, technical contribution, and responding to real-world AI challenges.
Community Leadership & Developer Empowerment
As the Google Developer Groups On Campus (GDGoC) Lead at the University of Karachi and a β-MLSA Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador, I'm proud to have:
- Organized 30+ workshops, including 10+ on specific AI/ML-focused topics. I have also presented a 1-Day Bootcamp on Generative AI, and organized events at my university focusing on Leadership skills and community building.
- Presented talks to 100+ students on PyTorch, Generative AI, cloud technologies, and deep learning.
- Mentored beginner and intermediate learners using project-based sessions, utilizing growing AI technology.
- As a community builder, I not only teach the students myself but also bring opportunities to people through collaboration with worldwide corporations (Folio3) and learning providers (DataCamp).
As a PyTorch Ambassador, I will be extending this work by:
- Hosting a monthly PyTorch bootcamp and hackathons (both virtual and in-person)
- Creating regional mentorship programs for students and early-career ML developers
- Creating open-source starter kits for the PyTorch ecosystem
Technical Knowledge Sharing
My knowledge-sharing initiatives will also consist of deconstructing difficult PyTorch concepts into a series of tutorials that provide an application-based learning experience. I will:
- Create blog posts and YouTube tutorials on things like mastering PyTorch, debugging models, fine-tuning open-source LLMs, RAG architectures, and TorchScript optimizations
- Develop open-source templates that leverage PyTorch with FastAPI and Next.js to easily create streamlined AI prototypes
- Run "From Zero to Model" guided challenges for beginner ML enthusiasts
Open-Source Contributions
My involvement with multiple open-source initiatives, such as Skore (probabl.ai), included tasks like documentation development and bug and logic fixes. I deprecated outdated Plotly usage and enhanced feature handling, simultaneously adding scikit-learn metrics, along with contributions to AiiDA, FreeCodeCamp, Certego, QuTiP, and pvlib through bug fixes, documentation updates, and enhancements.
Vision for PyTorch Ambassadorship
As an ambassador, I hope to:
- Scale usage of PyTorch in underrepresented communities, specifically South Asia
- Connect gaps between academia and industry by demonstrating how Pytorch can provide the engine needed to power real-world research (e.g., scientific ML)
- Create communities that focus on open learning, reproducibility, and inclusion in innovation.Any additional details you'd like to share?
References for the above Information :
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-rebaal-34936616a/
GDGoC-UoK Site : https://gdg.community.dev/gdg-on-campus-university-of-karachi-karachi-pakistan/
MLSA Site : https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-US/studentambassadors/profile/7c13946d-9bf0-4ec9-bf86-936baabd8ac6