Performance Analysis of 3D Mesh Simplification Algorithms: QEM vs. Vertex Clustering on CAD and Organic ModelsNEW
Ahnaf An Nafee
CS700 — Research Methodology in Computer Science, Course Project 2025
PhD StudentAI & 3D Graphics
Ahnaf An Nafee
PhD Student @ GMU DCXR Lab · Ex-CTO
I work at the intersection of AI and 3D computer graphics in the DCXR Lab with Dr. Craig Yu — building systems that change how we create and inhabit immersive digital worlds. Before grad school, I led engineering as CTO of a tech startup.
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Apr 26, 2026
Building a Local LLM-Powered Hybrid OCR Engine
How I built a privacy-first, fully offline OCR pipeline that pairs Surya's layout detection with local Vision Language Models (OlmOCR, GLM-OCR, Qwen3-VL) and a Needleman-Wunsch aligner — turning handwriting, forms, and scanned PDFs into pixel-perfect searchable documents on your own laptop.
OCRLLMVision Language Models
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Teaching
Courses I've helped run as a TA / GTA.
- George Mason UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant
- Spring 2026 · Fall 2025CS 211Object-Oriented Programming
Java fundamentals: classes, inheritance, polymorphism, generics, and event-driven GUI programming.
- Drexel UniversityTeaching Assistant
- Spring 2021–22CS 503Systems Basics
C programming, the Unix environment, OS fundamentals, threads, and socket networking.
- Winter 2021–22CS 171Computer Programming I
Introduction to Python: problem decomposition, control flow, and core data structures.
- Winter 2021–22CS 172Computer Programming II
Object-oriented design and interactive graphics in Python (PyGame).
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software
Bookworm
📚 Bookworm is a mobile-targeted website where book lovers can search and store books they have read in their library
software
PostScript Preview
💻 PostScript Preview is an extension that helps to preview EPS and PS files in Visual Studio Code
