Edison Mucllari

Office: *** Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Ph.D. in Mathematics May 2024

RESEARCH AREA: Deep Learning

University of Tirana Tirana, Albania

Master of Science in Mathematics July 2018

MASTER THESiS: “Factorization of numbers and its applications in asymmetric cryptography” University of Tirana Tirana, Albania

Bachelor in Mathematics July 2016

Research Focus

Natural Language Processing, SupervisedLearning, Drug Design, Molecular Prediction, Optimal Transport & Numerical Analysis

Deep Learning (DL) Experience

University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Graduate Research Assistant in Department of Mathematics Summer 2020 Present

• Explored the behaviour of language models, specifically the Gated Recurrent Units (GRU) architecture, and ana lyzed the gradient impact during the training process

• Proposed the usage of orthogonal matrices topreventexplodinggradientproblemsandenhancelong termmem ory,where the employed Neumann series based Scaled Cayley transformation speed up training and achieve sig nificant improvement over many traditional language models

• Introduced Neumann Cayley Orthogonal Gated Recurrent Units (NC GRU) as the cells building the AutoEncoder to enable the creation of neural fingerprints, where the proposed architecture results in a more stable training, reliable molecular fingerprints and extensive numerical experiments show that NC GRU AutoEncoder is a state of the art framework in many molecular prediction benchmarks

• Implemented a Machine Learning technique that can predict the best time to extubate a preterm baby that need mechanical ventilation in their early days of life considering that extubation failure happens quite often and the babies are required to be reintubated

Projects and Publications

1. Edison Mucllari, Vasily Zadorozhnyy, Cole Pospisil, Duc Nguyen, Qiang Ye. Orthogonal Gated Recurrent Unit 2. Edison with Neumann Cayley Mucllari,Vasily Transformation Zadorozhnyy,Unit. Qiang Preprint Ye, Duc arXiv:Nguyen. 2208.Novel 06496 Molecular (* equal contribution Representations ) using Neumann 3. CayleyOrthogonalGatedRecurrentUnits.Chenyu Zhao, Edison Mucllari, Yosef Wirian, Inprocessofsubmittingtoabiomedicaljournal,Qiang Ye, Qiang Cheng. A Deep Learning approach 2022(* equal by applying contribution) lan guage models to extubation readiness tasks (in progress) Participation and Presentations

DL Talks

• Applied Math Seminar, University of Kentucky March 2022 TiTLE: Cayley Orthogonal Gated Recurrent Units and its application in Bio molecular data DECEMBER 17, 2022 1

Summer Schools and Workshops

• University of Oxford (Online) August 7 10, 2022 / June 27 29, 2022 Oxford Machine Learning Summer School, ML x Health

• Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (Online) May 31 June 2, 2022 Workshop on Software and Applications of Numerical Nonlinear Algebra Computer Skills

Programming Languages PYTHON, C, C++, BASH, HTML/CSS Mathematical and Statistical Softwares Matlab, Mathematica, LaTeX, R ML and DL libraries NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, SciPy, CuPy, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras Teaching Experience

University of Kenctucky Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Instructor and Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2019 Present

• Instructed 15 undergraduate students in an intensive group studying approach to the standard calculus sequence and spent extra time each week with three problem solving workshops emphasizing collaborative learnings and working closely with a motivated group of students with assistance from an undergraduate assistant

• Supervised the teaching methods of other graduate teaching assistants and provided feedbacks cultivating more effective pedagogy practices

• Designed the curriculum, prepared the lectures for the daily intensive summer class, helped to develop content such as writing or proofreading weekly quizzes, and actively checking in to make sure the students progress is going well

• Provided assistance to undergraduate students in person and/or online based on student need to answer ques tions or provide time to make up assignments resulting in students showing better understanding of the course material as demonstrated by improved quiz scores each week Leadership Activities

University of Kenctucky Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Leadership Activities

Treasurer of the UKY chapter of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) September 2022 May 2023 Secretary of the SIAM UKY Chapter September 2021 May 2022 Graduate Student Colloquium Coordinator at the University of Kentucky Spring 2022 Peer Mentor of a Graduate Student at the University of Kentucky Fall 2022 DECEMBER 17, 2022 2

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