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ruhmahashmi/README.md
// cs + ai · drexel · philly · from pakistan with love 🇵🇰

Ruhma Hashmi.

Building AI that actually helps people learn, work, and decide better.
Research Developer @ Drexel CCI  ·  Data AI & Analytics Co-op @ True Search

Philly Codefest 2nd Place · 90+ teams  |  3× Published researcher  |  $274K awarded





⭐ NOW BUILDING

⭐ FLAGSHIP PROJECT

AILA — Intelligent Lecturing Assistant

Full-stack AI system automating high-quality MCQ generation from lecture slides via RAG + Knowledge Graph pipelines. KG-based approach outperforms standard generation by 5% accuracy across 450+ evaluated questions.

React Next.js FastAPI LlamaIndex Gemini SQLite

View AILA

CO-OP · TRUE SEARCH

Data AI & Analytics

Automated Similar Company Match tool, Slack→Sheets recruiting pipelines, Domo BI dashboards (55 Salesforce-backed cards), and human-in-the-loop data quality workflows.

n8n Domo Snowflake SQL Gemini API


🔥 MORE PROJECTS

🥈 GreenPrompts

Chrome extension optimizing AI prompts for energy efficiency. Philly Codefest 2nd Place among 90+ teams.

Node.js Gemini API Chrome APIs

Devpost

🧠 rInsight

Real-time Reddit mental health dashboard. NLP topic modeling + Gemini AI maps r/Drexel crisis signals to campus resources.

React Flask Praw Gemini AI

📅 8AM Scheduler

Personalized timetable generator for Drexel students with real-time conflict validation + PDF/calendar exports.

Flask HTML/CSS/JS SQLite

👉 See pinned repos below or portfolio site for live demos!


📄 PUBLICATIONS

2026 · SIGCSE Technical Symposium (Accepted)

"Scaling Retrieval Practice with LLMs: Improving MCQ Quality through Knowledge Graphs" R. Hashmi, Y. An — outperformed raw generation across 15 quality criteria

Nov 2025 · IEEE Big Data 2025

"Rate-Distortion Guided KG Construction from Lecture Notes Using Gromov-Wasserstein Optimal Transport" R. Hashmi, Y. An, et al. — arXiv:2511.14595

Jul 2025 · arXiv

"Enhancing Student Learning with LLM-Generated Retrieval Practice Questions" R. Hashmi, Y. An, et al. — arXiv:2507.0562916% knowledge retention increase in 60-student study


🏆 HONORS & AWARDS

$264K
Global Scholars
Drexel · Full Ride

$4K
WICT STEM
Scholarship

$3.5K
STAR Scholar &
Velay Fellow

$1K
Research
Mini-Grant

🥈 $500
Philly Codefest
90+ teams


📊 GITHUB STATS

Ruhma's GitHub Stats   Top Languages

GitHub Streak


🐍 CONTRIBUTION SNAKE

snake gif


🛠 TECH STACK

Languages Python JavaScript Java C SQL HTML5 CSS3

Frameworks React Next.js FastAPI Flask Node.js Tailwind

AI / ML Gemini LlamaIndex RAG KnowledgeGraphs NLP

Data & Tools Snowflake Domo n8n PostgreSQL Git


// painter · photographer · researcher · builder
// open to: AI/ML · SWE · research roles · 2026 & beyond

"Ship code, publish papers, paint something beautiful."


Portfolio Flickr Instagram

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  1. AILA AILA Public

    An Intelligent Lecturing Assistant

    JavaScript 2

  2. Banking-System-with-Test-Driven-Development-TDD Banking-System-with-Test-Driven-Development-TDD Public

    Java

  3. 8-AM 8-AM Public

    HTML

  4. GreenPrompt GreenPrompt Public

    JavaScript

  5. portfolio portfolio Public

    HTML

  6. rInsight rInsight Public

    Python