Hi! I'm Arash :)
Welcome to my personal website!
My name is Arash Ahmadi. I'm currently a PhD student at the University Of Oklahoma working at InquireLab in electrical and computer engineering. In my studies, I'm focusing on the utilization of Large Language Models (LLMs) in different domains, and also working on the interpretability side of them.
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Recent News
May 28, 2026 · Publication
New paper published in Expert Systems with Applications
April 15, 2026 · Milestone
Successfully defended my master's thesis
April 7, 2026 · Community
LLM Engineering Club officially approved at OU
January 2026 · Conference
Presented at AIAA SciTech 2026 in Orlando
November 18, 2025 · Award
Awarded two travel grants for SciTech 2026
More on the InquireLab news page.
Academic Background
I completed my bachelors at The University Of Kurdistan with a GPA of 3.89/4. For my final project, Ipublished a paper about designing an efficient algorithm for solving the Yin-Yang puzzle.
Then I got accepted to a direct PhD position at OU! Since then I've defended my master's thesis (April 2026) and published 7 papers and preprints, including a journal paper in Expert Systems with Applications and a paper I presented at AIAA SciTech 2026 in Orlando. You can see all of them on my google scholar.
I also founded the LLM Engineering Club at OU, a registered student org for hands-on LLM engineering.
My Custom Tools
Things I build outside of research, free for anyone to use.
web app · research
Yin Yang Puzzle Explorer
The original puzzle viewer plus a new exact solution explorer with live calculations, symmetry controls, and the search rules from my paper.
web app · live
Scenic Routes
Finds the most beautiful driving route instead of the fastest one, scored by greenery, water, landmarks and quiet streets from OpenStreetMap data. Runs fully in your browser.
open source · research
MCP Bridge
A lightweight, LLM-agnostic RESTful proxy for Model Context Protocol servers.
open source
Freesia
AI voice dictation for Windows. Speak freely, write beautifully.
open source
KairoMirror
A polished Windows GUI for scrcpy, with app launching, mirroring, audio, and virtual camera support.
open source
Maze Creator for Overwatch
Build your own mazes and play them inside Overwatch.
Blog posts
Welcome to my blog section, where I will share interesting works, my thoughts, and other similar topics.
See all blog postsMy Interests
Sanandaj, early 2000s
I'm really interested in trying new things. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, and I want to become a better person every day :)
I also like watching movies, playing video games, writing an interactive story, walking at nights, the list goes on and on...
My goal is to have a good impact to the scientific community and make this world a better and happy place
I will gradually update my personal website to introduce my projects and talk more about myself, but for now, thank you for your time to read what I wrote ❤️
Hi! I'm Arash :)
Welcome to my personal website!
I'm currently a PhD student at the University Of Oklahoma working at InquireLab in electrical and computer engineering. In my studies, I'm focusing on the utilization of Large Language Models (LLMs) in different domains, and also working on the interpretability side of them.
Scroll to see more!
Recent News
May 28, 2026 · Publication
New paper published in Expert Systems with Applications
Our paper on automated HFACS classification for aviation safety (fine-tuning Llama-3.1 8B with Group Relative Policy Optimization and a multi-component reward system) is out in ESWA (vol. 329).
April 15, 2026 · Milestone
Successfully defended my master's thesis
“Search-Based Reward Function Optimization for LLM Reasoning via Reinforcement Learning”: a framework for improving LLM reasoning through adaptive, search-driven reward design. On to the rest of the Ph.D.!
April 7, 2026 · Community
LLM Engineering Club officially approved at OU
The club I founded is now a registered student organization: hands-on LLM engineering, study groups, responsible-AI discussions, and workshops with cluster access for local model training.
January 2026 · Conference
Presented at AIAA SciTech 2026 in Orlando
I presented “LLM-Powered HFACS Analysis of ASRS Narratives via MCP Bridge” in the Student Paper Competition at one of the largest aerospace research forums.
November 18, 2025 · Award
Awarded two travel grants for SciTech 2026
Grateful to receive the Robberson Travel Grant and a Gallogly College of Engineering Graduate Student Travel Award in support of presenting our aviation-safety work.
More on the InquireLab news page.
Academic Background
I completed my bachelors at The University Of Kurdistan with a GPA of 3.89/4. For my final project, Ipublished a paper about designing an efficient algorithm for solving the Yin-Yang puzzle.
Then I got accepted to a direct PhD position at OU! Since then I've defended my master's thesis (April 2026) and published 7 papers and preprints, including a journal paper in Expert Systems with Applications and a paper I presented at AIAA SciTech 2026 in Orlando. You can see all of them on my google scholar.
I also founded the LLM Engineering Club at OU, a registered student org for hands-on LLM engineering.
My Custom Tools
Things I build outside of research, free for anyone to use.
web app · research
Yin Yang Puzzle Explorer
The original puzzle viewer plus a new exact solution explorer with live calculations, symmetry controls, and the search rules from my paper.
web app · live
Scenic Routes
Finds the most beautiful driving route instead of the fastest one, scored by greenery, water, landmarks and quiet streets from OpenStreetMap data. Runs fully in your browser.
open source · research
MCP Bridge
A lightweight, LLM-agnostic RESTful proxy for Model Context Protocol servers.
open source
Freesia
AI voice dictation for Windows. Speak freely, write beautifully.
open source
KairoMirror
A polished Windows GUI for scrcpy, with app launching, mirroring, audio, and virtual camera support.
open source
Maze Creator for Overwatch
Build your own mazes and play them inside Overwatch.
Blog posts
Welcome to my blog section, where I will share interesting works, my thoughts, and other similar topics.
See all blog postsMy Interests
Sanandaj, early 2000s
I'm really interested in trying new things. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, and I want to become a better person every day :)
I also like watching movies, playing video games, writing an interactive story, walking at nights, the list goes on and on...
My goal is to have a good impact to the scientific community and make this world a better and happy place
I will gradually update my personal website to introduce my projects and talk more about myself, but for now, thank you for your time to read what I wrote ❤️