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Adnan Bashir (also known as DJ Aadi) is a Pakistani-American data scientist, machine learning engineer, and electronic music DJ and producer. He is recognized for his work in real-time data stream analysis, anomaly detection, and for releasing several electronic music mixes under the name DJ Aadi on SoundCloud.

Early life and education

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Adnan Bashir was born in Pakistan. He earned a B.E. in Electronics Engineering from the National University of Science & Technology (NUST), Pakistan in 2012. He later moved to the United States, completing an M.S. (2016) and Ph.D. (expected 2025) in Computer Science at the University of New Mexico, with a focus on machine learning and real-time anomaly detection.

Career

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Bashir is the Lead Data Steward at the Department of Workforce Solutions, State of New Mexico, where he designed and launched the DRIFT platform, integrating anomaly detection and compliance for large-scale data streams. At the University of New Mexico, he serves as a machine learning engineer and data scientist, leading projects in real-time change detection, time-series anomaly detection, and smart grid data management. His work includes the development of frameworks such as DRUM (for regime shift detection in data streams) and research on explainable AI for time-series analysis.

He has also worked as a QA and business analyst at FireEye (now Trellix), focusing on malware analysis and quality assurance for cybersecurity products.

Research and publications

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Bashir has co-authored several academic publications, including:

  • "Real Time Detection of Regime Shifts in Multivariate Data Streams" (DAWAK 2023)
  • "Girasol: A Sky Imaging and Global Solar Irradiance Dataset" (Data In Brief 2021)
  • "Presidential Elections in Ecuador: Bot Presence in Twitter" (ICEDEG 2019)
  • "Infect-me-not: A User-Centric and Site-Centric Study of Web-based Malware" (IFIP 2016)

Music career

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Under the stage name DJ Aadi, Bashir produces and performs electronic music, primarily in the tech house and techno genres. His mixtapes and DJ sets, including "Mixtape 1 (2021)" and "Mixtape 3 (2021)," are available on SoundCloud.

Skills and technologies

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  • Programming: Python, Java, C#, Scala, Bash, LATEX
  • Machine learning and data science: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Scikit-learn, PySpark, SciPy, Statsmodels, Pandas
  • Cloud & DevOps: AWS, GCP, Azure, Databricks, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, Slurm
  • Visualization & monitoring: Grafana, InfluxDB, Matplotlib

Awards and fellowships

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  • Open Technology Fund (OTF) Fellow at Radio Free Asia and University of New Mexico (2016–2017)
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