His research interests include Virtual & Augmented reality Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Networks, and Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D).

Dr. Ibrahim holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Imperial College London, United Kingdom, and has been a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. He also got an opportunity to visit the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA as a visiting research scientist in the Spring 2020. He was named Imperial Global Fellow in July 2017. 

His research interests include Spatial Computing (AR/VR/MR), Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Networks, and Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). He actively publishes in top conferences and journals in these areas. He had been on the Technical Program Committee for the ICTD 2019 and was an organizer for the Pakistan-ICTD 2013, Pakistan-ICTD 2014. His research received widespread international media coverage at the following news outlets: Reuters, Dailymail, Voice of America, Gulf News, Malaymailonline, Japan Today, and News Asia.