CV
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Basics
Name | Areeb Shah Mohammed |
Label | Doctoral Student |
Areeb.Shah-Mohammed @ uibk.ac.at | |
Phone | (+43) 512507 - 53984 |
Url | https://www.areebsm.in |
Summary | Doctoral student at the math department of the Universität Innsbruck, interested in (applied) category theory in general and categorical probability in particular. |
Work
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2022 - Present Innsbruck, Austria
Researcher in Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, Universität Innsbruck
Employed as a member of the research staff funded by FWF P 35992-N during the course of my doctoral study.
Education
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2022 - Present Innsbruck, Austria
PhD
Universität Innsbruck
Mathematics
- PhD study on the topic of Markov categories and their applications under the supervision of Dr. Tobias Fritz.
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2020 - 2022 Regensburg, Germany
M.Sc.
Universität Regensburg
Mathematics
- Took courses in various fields of mathematics, focusing on category theory, homotopy theory, logic, and algebraic geometry.
- Completed a thesis on the topic of higher semiadditivity under the supervision of Dr. Denis‑Charles Cisinski.
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2017 - 2020 Chennai, India
BSc (Honours)
Chennai Mathematical Institute
Mathematics and Computer Science
- An undergraduate course in mathematics and computer science, with a wide foundation on algebra, analysis, algorithms, the theory of computation, and programming.
- Additional final year electives focusing on algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, logic, and type theory.
Publications
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27 March 2025 Empirical Measures and Strong Laws of Large Numbers in Categorical Probability
preprint
We axiomatize the notion of empirical measure in the context of categorical probability and prove a strong law of large numbers for it.
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26 January 2024 Hidden Markov Models and the Bayes Filter in Categorical Probability
preprint
We use Markov categories to develop generalizations of the theory of Markov chains and hidden Markov models in an abstract setting.
Talks
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4 June 2025 University of Florida
Partializations of Markov categories
Applied Category Theory 2025
Delivered a talk on a formulation of a category of partial stochastic maps particularly suitable for categorical probability.
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27 February 2025 CMI
Bayesian Filtering and Smoothing in Markov categories
Chennai Mathematical Institute Seminar
Delivered a talk on formulating Bayesian filtering, smoothing and associated algorithms in Markov categories.
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1 August 2023 University of Maryland
Hidden Markov Models and the Bayes Filter in Categorical Probability
Applied Category Theory 2023
Delivered a talk on formulating hidden Markov models and Bayesian filtering in Markov categories.
Awards
- 2020
CMI Medal of Excellence
Chennai Mathematical Institute
The CMI medal of excellence is awarded in recognition of outstanding performance in the National Undergraduate Programme in Mathematics and Computer Science.
- 2020
ANU Future Research Talent Award
Australian National University
The FRT is a competitive and prestigious program that attracts the very best international students from high-quality Indian institutions and provides them exposure to ANU research in the Science, Health, Medicine and Computer Science disciplines.
- Summer 2019
SN Bose Scholars Program
SERB, DST, IUSSTF, WINStep Forward
The Science and Engineering Board, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum and WINStep Forward have partnered to develop a student exchange program between premier institutions in India and the United States.
- 2017
KVPY Fellowship
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana is a National Program of Fellowship in Basic Sciences, awarded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Volunteer
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2024.04.19 Organiser
Náboj
Náboj is an international mathematical competition designed for teams of five high‑school students that represent their schools.
- Organising Náboj 2024 at the Universität Innsbruck.
Skills
Mathematics | |
category theory | |
probability theory | |
homotopy theory |
Computer Science | |
programming | |
algorithms | |
data structures |
LaTeX | |
typesetting | |
document preparation |
Python | |
programming | |
scripting |
Haskell | |
programming | |
functional |
GNU Octave | |
programming | |
numerical analysis |
Java | |
programming | |
object oriented |
C | |
programming | |
low level |
Lua | |
programming | |
scripting |
HTML | |
web-dev | |
markup |
BASH | |
shell | |
scripting |
Markdown | |
markup | |
documentation |
Git | |
version control | |
collaboration |
Docker | |
containerization | |
virtualization |
GNU Make | |
build automation | |
scripting |
Jupyter | |
notebook | |
data science |
Languages
English | |
TOEFL 2019: 119/120 |
German | |
B2 |
Hindi | |
Tamil | |
Interests
Mathematics | |
category theory | |
probability | |
homotopy theory | |
applied mathematics |
Computer Science | |
type theory | |
functional programming | |
logic | |
denotational semantics |