Software Engineer Assistant

Syed Zain Masood

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Orlando, FL 32826 Email: abpnnb@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, FL USA

PhD in Computer Science (Major GPA: 3.88) Aug 2006 - Dec 2012

Masters in Computer Science (Major GPA: 3.90) Aug 2006 - Aug 2008

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan

BSc (Honors) in Computer Science & Mathematics (Major GPA: 3.55) Sept 2001 - Jun 2005

WORK EXPERIENCE

Academia:

University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, FL USA

Graduate Research Assistant Jan 2007 - Dec 2012

Involved in constructing and evaluating learning frameworks with the help of inference

methods and optimization techniques. Projects include Action/Gesture Localization and

Recognition, Face Recognition, Shadow Detection, Pixel Saturation Removal.

Graduate Teaching Assistant Aug 2006 - May 2012

Lecturing/grading for Complexity Theory, Discrete Mathematics, Operating Systems,

Numerical Calculus, Data Structures and Programming in C.

Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Teaching Assistant Sept 2004 - Jun 2005

Grading for Ordinary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra

Industry:

Kitware, Inc., Clifton Park, NY USA

Computer Vision Research Intern Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

Worked on devising improved methods on localization and recognition of actions for

the VIRAT public dataset.

Siemens Power Generation Inc., Orlando, FL USA

Software Engineer Intern Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

Helped port Siemens Integrated Design Environment (SID) to multiple platforms.

Applied unit conversion and tested them with new compiler.

Palmchip Pakistan Pvt Ltd, Lahore, Pakistan

Software Engineer Jul 2005 - Aug 2006

Worked on a protocol analyzer tool to detect malicious behavior for LAN protocols.

Developed and documented the XDMCP, X11, FTP and WinReg protocol plug-ins

PROJECTS

Graduate:

Latency Reduction for Gesture Recognition using Microsoft Kinect sensor.

Developed a logistic regression learning mechanism using Matlab and C aimed at improving gaming experience

with Microsoft Kinect by reducing latency in recognizing gestures based on skeletal representation of body poses.

Action Localization and Recognition.

Implemented a soft-max probabilistic method followed by SVM classification using Matlab and C for automatically

determining the location of the action in a given video sequence and recognizing the action with high accuracy.

Action Recognition in Complex Environments.

Analyzed and suggested improvements using Matlab for recognizing actions performed in complex backgrounds.

Detecting Shadows in Monochromatic Images.

Proposed and implemented a CRF learning framework using Matlab for detecting shadows in monochromatic

images using both shadow variant and invariant cues.

Pixel Saturation Removal in Images.

Developed a MRF model using Matlab for estimating correct responses of over-exposed saturated pixels in an image

using color channel ratios and responses of unsaturated neighboring pixels.

Recognizing People using Social Networks.

Proposed and implemented a learning framework using Matlab and C to highlight the importance social network

information for recognizing people in photographs.

Content Based Copy Detection.

Developed an algorithm in OpenCV for detecting picture-in-picture video content for the TRECVID 2008 challenge.

Undergraduate:

Face Expression Changer:

Created tool using C/C++ and Matlab for changing facial expression in images and videos

Smashback Game

A single player game developed in OpenGL, similar to the on-line game: http://www.smashback.com

Car Rental System

Developed a Java based system for on-line scheduling and booking of vehicles.

Automated Adaptive Testing

Created an automated testing application in Java, similar to Educational Testing Service (ETS) for GRE.

Hospital Management System

Developed a system in Java for scheduling doctor/nurse duties, maintain patient histories records and manage

inventory stock of hospital pharmacy.

Cricket Manager Game

Created a Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) based cricket game that simulated matches between two sides.

RELATED SKILLS

Languages C/C++, Java, Matlab, Python, OpenCV, OpenGL.

Software MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Access, Oracle, OpenOffice, Latex.

Systems Windows (95, 98, XP, Vista, 7), Linux (Ubuntu).

PUBLICATIONS

Exploring the Trade-off Between Accuracy and Observational Latency when Recognizing Actions.

S. Z. Masood, C. Ellis, M. F. Tappen, J. J. LaViola Jr. and R. Sukthankar.

International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), 2012.

Measuring and Reducing Latency when Recognizing Actions.

S. Z. Masood, C. Ellis, A. Nagaraja, M. F. Tappen, J. J. LaViola Jr. and R. Sukthankar.

Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops, 2011.

Correcting Cuboid Corruption for Action Recognition in Complex Environments.

S. Z. Masood, A. Nagaraja, N. Khan, J. Zhu, and M. F. Tappen.

Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops, 2011.

Learning to Recognize Shadows in Monochromatic Natural Images.

J. Zhu, K. Samuel, S. Z. Masood and M. F. Tappen.

Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2010.

Automatic Correction of Saturated Regions in Photographs using Cross-Channel Correlation.

S. Z. Masood, J. Zhu and M. F. Tappen.

Computer Graphics Forum (CGF), The International Journal of the Eurographics Association, 2009.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Placed on the Dean s Honor List (GPA above 3.60). Sept 2001 July 2002

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