Last Updated: October 10, 2025

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The content represents original work, scholarly contributions, and professional outputs created by Umar Ruhi and collaborators. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, modification, or commercial use of any materials from this website is strictly prohibited without express written permission.

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• Training or fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Generative AI systems (text, image, audio, video, or multimodal)
• Machine learning algorithms and neural networks
• Automated content analysis, extraction, or summarization systems
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• Transfer learning or knowledge distillation processes
• Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems
• Any form of computational analysis intended to replicate, simulate, or generate similar content

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Some content, such as publications, may be hosted on external platforms (academic journals, conference proceedings, institutional repositories). Access to and use of such content is governed by the respective platform's terms of service and applicable licenses.

Research publications, papers, and academic works referenced on this website may be subject to separate copyright agreements with publishers, conference organizers, or co-authors. Where applicable, published works are subject to the terms of their respective publication venues.

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• Reading course descriptions and research programs
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However, no one should submit any content from this website as their own work. Academic integrity policies apply, and plagiarism is a serious violation of academic standards.

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