Adnan Ahmed is an OMSCS student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, specializing in Artificial Intelligence, and a researcher in the Design Intelligence Lab on the VERA team. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University and currently works as a Software Engineer at Bank of America. His research interests lie at the intersection of cognitive engineering and AI, with a focus on self-explanation and metacognitive processes in intelligent systems. Outside of his academic and professional work, he enjoys playing basketball and traveling.