Bryar Shareef is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). His research interests are in machine learning and artificial intelligence, with a focus on computer vision and image processing, data analytics, and multimodal deep learning. He is particularly interested in vision language models and agentic AI systems for reasoning, decision support, and human centered applications. His work is interdisciplinary and includes collaborations that connect AI methods with applications in healthcare, with growing interest in bioinformatics.