class Researcher:
name = "Shaista Shabbir"
role = "Research Associate"
location = "Dortmund, Germany 🇩🇪"
institutes = ["TU Dortmund University",
"Lamarr Institute for ML & AI"]
chair = "Virtual Machining (VM)"
research = [
"Industrial AI & Machining Stability",
"Chatter Detection & Acoustic Monitoring",
"Explainable ML (XAI) & Trustworthy AI",
"AI-Powered Peer Review (ResearchOS)",
"Immigrant Tech & Civic AI (Navigate Germany)",
"NLP & Civil Event Detection (A.L.E.R.T)",
]
education = {
"MSCS": "Virtual University of Pakistan",
"MA Education": "AIOU Islamabad",
"BSCS 🥇": "University of AJK — Gold Medal · CGPA 3.98",
}
awards = [
"🏆 DAAD Fully Funded Scholarship",
"🏆 HEC Overseas Scholarship",
"🏆 Faculty Development Program (Overseas)",
"🥇 Gold Medal BSCS — 1st Position",
"🏸 3× Badminton Champion",
]| Project | Description | Stack | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📚 ResearchOS | AI peer review platform — claims, reproducibility, Claude AI | Next.js · FastAPI | 🌐 Live |
| 🌍 Navigate Germany | Multilingual immigrant guide — 10 languages, RTL support | Vanilla JS · i18n | 🌐 Live |
| 🔔 A.L.E.R.T | Civil event detection & geolocation — Hamburg, NLP | BERT · RoBERTa · Streamlit | 🌐 App |
| 🔐 RepoGuardian-XAI | Explainable privacy auditor for AI-generated code | Python 8000 · NetworkX | GitHub |
| 🔬 PrivExplain-KG | Privacy auditor for SHAP/LIME explanations | Python · SHAP | GitHub |
| 🌐 Disaster Chatbot | Real-time disaster intelligence | FastAPI · LangGraph | GitHub |
| 🍭 Sweet Crush | Match-3 puzzle game — 100 levels, PWA | JavaScript | ▶ Play |
2012 ── BSCS @ UMSIT Kotli AJK ─────────────── 🥇 Gold Medal · CGPA 3.98
2016 ── ALSK FYP · Permanent Lecturer (CS)
2017 ── MSCS @ Virtual University of Pakistan
2019 ── Computer Lecturer @ University of Kotli AJK
2020 ── MA Education @ AIOU Islamabad
2022 ── Research Assistant @ HITeC / University of Hamburg
2025 ── Research Associate @ TU Dortmund · Lamarr Institute ◄── NOW
| Status | Title | Domain |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 In Progress | AudioIno: Machining Stability Platform | Industrial AI |
| 🟡 In Progress | Acoustic Monitoring for CNC Milling | Signal Processing |
| 🟡 In Progress | A.L.E.R.T: Civil Event Detection (Hamburg) | NLP · BERT · RoBERTa |
| 📄 Manuscript | Quality Assurance in Software Dev | SQA · IEEE 730 |
| 🏅 | Award |
|---|---|
| 🥇 | Gold Medal BSCS — 1st Position · University of AJK · 2016 |
| 🎓 | DAAD Fully Funded Scholarship · 2022 |
| 🎓 | HEC Overseas Scholarship |
| 🎓 | Faculty Development Program (Overseas) |
| 🏸 | Badminton Champion — 3× Consecutive · UMSIT · 2012–2016 |
| Language | Level |
|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 German | B2 — Professional |
| 🇬🇧 English | C2 — Full professional |
| 🇵🇰 Urdu / Punjabi / Hindi | Native / Fluent |
⚡ Research Associate · TU Dortmund · Lamarr Institute · Industrial AI · Machining Intelligence