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Mustafa Anis Hussain
AI researcher and MComp student at the National University of Singapore
About
I am a Masters student at the National University of Singapore pursuing a Masters in Computer Science,
after completing my bachelors in Computer Engineering. My interests sit between systems, machine learning,
reasoning, planning, and post-training of language models.
I am currently working at the Scalable AI Lab under Prof. Lu Yao, focusing on post-training LLMs into
specialized knowledge-aware agents and building concrete benchmarks for measuring reasoning behavior.
I am open to AI engineering roles beginning in early 2027, specifically in LLM post-training,
memory systems, and evaluation and benchmarking.
Projects
Selected Work
Paper · Deep Research Agents
DecomposeR
Planner-centric RL for deep research using typed DAG plans and structure-aware reward. DecomposeR-8B improves over open baselines by 5.1–8.0 points on long-form benchmarks.
open
Paper · Memory Agents
Towards Autonomous Memory Agents
U-Mem studies memory agents that actively acquire, validate, and curate knowledge through cost-aware
escalation and semantic-aware exploration, improving QA and reasoning benchmarks.
open
Open Source · Multimodal RL
ScreenHighlighterRL
Teaching small vision-language models to highlight what matters on your screen. 2B and 4B models, SFT + GRPO, a Chrome extension and 300 interactive test comparisons.
read
Benchmark · LLM Spatial Planning
RushHourEval
A 450-puzzle Rush Hour benchmark across 3x3, 4x4, and 5x5 grids, with puzzle images, text prompts,
solution validation, and model performance tables.
open
Benchmark · Visual Route Choice
RouteBenchSG
A Singapore OSM visual route-choice benchmark where VLMs inspect colored candidate driving routes and
identify the shortest route without using a routing API at inference time.
open
Experience
Work Experience
- Built and trained ML models for ECG classification using deep learning architectures.
- Implemented attention mechanisms, positional embeddings, and transformer blocks for time-series medical data.
- Engineered data processing pipelines with wavelet-based signal denoising.
- Built an end-to-end ML pipeline using Kedro, Neptune, and TensorBoard.
- Built interactive 3D sensor data visualization software using React, Three.js, Django, and GraphQL.
- Implemented frame-by-frame animation, rotation controls, and 3D visualization features.
- Developed ROS pipelines for live motion tracking with multiple LiDAR sensors.
- Deployed applications on AWS using S3, EC2, and Elastic Beanstalk.
- Compared LoRaWAN, Zigbee, and Bluetooth for real-time data acquisition.
- Conducted experimental studies on resistive wave probes for commercial ocean basin applications.
- Prepared operation documentation and risk assessments.
Education
Education
- Thesis-track MComp advised by Prof. Lu Yao at the Scalable AI Lab.
- Research focus: post-training LLMs to create specialized knowledge-aware agents.
- Graduated with Honours (Distinction).
- Member of NUS IEEE Student Branch and Cricket Team.
- Accepted into the National Overseas College entrepreneurship programme.
- Gifted Education scholarship recipient.
- Captain of Cricket Team and Deputy Head of Moor House.