I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Computer Vision Department at the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI). My research focuses on the intersection of multimodal deep learning and trustworthy AI. I received my PhD in Computer Vision from MBZUAI in 2025 and I was kindly advised by Prof. Fahad Khan and Prof. Salman Khan. Before joining MBZUAI, I was a Research Associate at the ITU. I received my B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from ITU and UET, respectively.
Asif Hanif
Postdoctoral Researcher, MBZUAINews
- July 2025 I have joined Prof. Yaqub's BioMedia Lab as a Postdoctoral Researcher at MBZUAI.
- April 2025 Successfully defended my PhD thesis.
- Aug 2021 Started my PhD at MBZUAI.
Research
Trustworthy AI
My most of the research focuses on the development of trustworthy AI techniques to ensure the safety and reliability of AI systems.
Test-Time Adaptation & Prompt Learning
I am also interested in the development of test-time adaptation and prompt learning techniques to improve the performance of AI systems at test time.
Selected Publications
Following is the list of selected publications. Please visit my Google Scholar profile for the full list.
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TrojanWave: Exploiting Prompt Learning for Stealthy Backdoor Attacks on Large Audio-Language Models
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Noise is an Efficient Learner for Zero-Shot Vision-Language Models
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BAPLe: Backdoor Attacks on Medical Foundational Models using Prompt Learning
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PALM: Few-Shot Prompt Learning for Audio Language Models
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Frequency Domain Adversarial Training for Robust Volumetric Medical Segmentation
Education
Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), Abu Dhabi, UAE
Information Technology University (ITU), Lahore, Pakistan
University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan
Research Experience
Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), UAE
Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), UAE
Information Technology University (ITU), Pakistan
Information Technology University (ITU), Pakistan
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan
Teaching
I have served as a teaching assistant for the following courses:
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Advanced Topics in Vision and Language
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Advanced Topics in Vision and Language
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Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
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Deep Learning
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Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
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Machine Learning
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Signals and Systems
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Electromagnetic Field Theory
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Topics in RF Sensing
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Topics in RF Sensing
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Computer Organization and Assembly Language
Service
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Training / Mentoring
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Conference/Journal Reviewing
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Organizing / Leadership
Contact
Email is the best way to reach me. I welcome collaboration inquiries and student supervision.
- Email: asif DOT hanif AT mbzuai DOT ac DOT ae
- Office: 1B Building, Computer Vision Department, MBZUAI