DAC Student Spotlight: Omer Zulfiqar
After graduating from Virginia Tech in December 2018 with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and a minor in computer science, Omer Zulfiqar moved to northern Virginia to be closer to his family. He was also in close proximity to the university’s location in the greater Washington, D.C. area.g
In Fall 2019, he began pursuing a master’s degree in computer science and once again, chose Virginia Tech, this time at the Falls Church campus.
“Virginia Tech is a world renowned university in the field and at the Discovery Analytics Center I am able to work on interdisciplinary collaborations guided by incredible faculty, like my advisor Dr. Chang-Tien Lu, who are doing some amazing research work in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data mining,” Zulfiqar said.