Personal mode

Off the clock.

Senior at KAIST, majoring in computer science with a second major in bio and brain engineering. I read philosophy, speak six languages, and would rather be outside than at a desk when the work is done.

Portrait of Mesum Asghar

Outlets

Where the writing goes.

Short form

X

@mexumsays5

Notes, arguments, and whatever is in progress that week.

Open

Essays

Medium

@whoismesumasghar

Longer write-ups when a system or a paper is worth explaining in plain language.

Open

Letters

Substack

meesum.substack.com

The slower version. Ideas I want to keep, not just post.

Open

Asides

Threads

@meesum__nn

The looser thread. Same person, less of a feed.

Open

In person

A few things that stick.

01

KAIST

A senior majoring in computer science, with a second major in bio and brain engineering.

02

What I read

I have a thing for books. Philosophy and metaphysics, especially Friedrich Nietzsche, and the idea of making the world a better place.

03

Six languages

Burushaski, Shina, Urdu, Hindi, English, and Korean.

Outside of class

  • Hiking
  • Running
  • Football
  • Working out
  • Golf
  • Solo travel
  • Reading
  • Vibe coding

Academic

Labs and interests.

Roles

Research Intern at KAIST Data Strategy Lab. Data Annotator at KAIST Multimodal AI Lab.

Interests

Research interests include data engineering and data-centric AI, machine learning and AI, agentic AI, large language models (LLMs), AI safety, human–AI collaboration, deep agents, super agents, and agent harnesses.