Sharif University of Technology
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering
GPA: 19.72 / 20 · Ranked 5th among 201 students
Selected coursework
Asal Meskin
I study Computer Engineering at Sharif University of Technology. My research interests include trustworthy AI, natural language processing, multimodal reasoning, and computer vision.
Current
Summer@EPFL · MLBIO
Degree
B.Sc. Computer Engineering
GPA
19.72 / 20
Rank
5th of 201 students
Education
Research Interests
Trustworthy AI
Model reliability, faithful explanations, confidence expression, interpretability, and reasoning evaluation.
Natural Language Processing
Large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, educational NLP, and language-based reasoning.
Multimodal Reasoning
Vision-language models, visual puzzle solving, image-to-phrase reasoning, and multimodal benchmarks.
Computer Vision
Visual representation learning, image understanding, spatial data, and vision-based evaluation.
Publications
Quantifying Faithful Confidence Expression in Large Reasoning Models
Areeb Gani*, Asal Meskin*, G.K.M. Liu*, Arman Cohan
Under review at NeurIPS 2026
Eye-Q: A Multilingual Benchmark for Visual Word Puzzle Solving and Image-to-Phrase Reasoning
Ali Najar, Alireza Mirrokni, Asal Meskin*, Arshia Izadyari*, Sadegh Mohammadian*, Amir Homayoon Sharifizade*, Mobin Bagherian, Ehsaneddin Asgari
FIRE: Faithful Interpretable Recommendation Explanations
S.M.F. Sani, Asal Meskin*, Mohammad Amanlou*, Hamid R. Rabiee
Hydra: Dual Exponentiated Memory for Multivariate Time Series Analysis
Asal Meskin*, Alireza Mirrokni*, Ali Najar*, Ali Behrouz
Research Experience
EPFL · MLBIOSummer Research Internship
Spatial Tissue Reconstruction
Working on machine-learning methods for spatial and single-cell biological data through the Summer@EPFL program.
Supervisor: Dr. Maria Brbic
Yale University · NLP LabResearch Internship
Faithful Confidence in Large Reasoning Models
Studied whether confidence expressed by reasoning models faithfully reflects correctness and reasoning reliability.
Remote · Supervisor: Dr. Arman Cohan
Qatar Computing Research InstituteResearch Internship
Eye-Q: Visual Word Puzzle and Image-to-Phrase Reasoning
Contributed to a multilingual benchmark for visual word puzzle solving and image-to-phrase reasoning.
Remote · Supervisor: Dr. Asgari
Qatar Computing Research InstituteResearch Internship
Geological Task Taxonomy for Foundation Models
Developing a taxonomy and benchmark for geological and map-related foundation-model tasks.
Remote · Supervisor: Dr. Asgari
EPFL · ML4EDSummer Research Internship
NLP for Reflective Writing Support
Investigated retrieval-augmented generation and topic modeling for educational tools supporting students’ reflective writing.
Supervisor: Dr. Tanja Käser
Selected Honors
Summer@EPFLMLBIO Research Intern · 2026
Summer@EPFLML4ED Research Intern · 2025
Top 0.01%Rank 13 · National Entrance Exam . Mathematics and Physics Track
Top 0.03%Rank 50 · National Entrance Exam . Foreign Languages Track
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