Yousaf is a Research Staff Member at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. He received PhD and M.S degrees in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy NY, in 2011 and 2014 respectively. He received his undergarduate degree in Information Technology from National University of Sciences and Technology(NUST) Pakistan. He has worked as researcher for various research programs such as the ITA (International Technology Alliance): Collaboration among industry and academia of US and UK, ARL Social Cognitive Network Academic Research Center (SCNARC), Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) at CERN, Geneva Switzerland and the Blue Brain Project at EPFL, Lausanne Switzerland.