Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing

MURAD ALI

*.***.*******@*****.*** +1-778-***-**** LinkedIn: muradalisamnani

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming : Python, MATLAB, R, C/C++, Java, PHP

Data Analytics : Python (TensorFlow, Keras, Pandas, SciPy, Scikit-learn, NLTK), R, Tableau, Weka, MATLAB Databases : MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, QGIS, ArcGIS

EDUCATION

M.Sc. Computing Science - Simon Fraser University, Canada Expected Graduation: Apr 2019 CGPA: 3.81

B.Sc. Computer Science - FAST-National University, Pakistan May 2014 CGPA: 3.34

Relevant Courses: Machine Learning, Computational Vision, Natural Language Processing, Data Mining, Data Warehousing, Algorithms, Bioinformatics, Graph Theory, Software Engineering WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant (Python) - Simon Fraser University, Canada May 2016 - Present

• Conducted Python labs/tutorials and graded students Project Mentor (NLP) - AI4ALL, Simon Fraser University, Canada May 2018 - June 2018

• Mentored six 11th grade AI scholars to build their first NLP program for sentiment analysis on live twitter streams Software Engineer (Data Science) - NexDegree, Pakistan Jun 2014 - Aug 2015

• Provided spatial analytics to Far-East Asian government, using GIS, demographic, voter and infrastructure data, to build insights that established a better direction in urban development

• Implemented a model that detects appliance level activities of a household from an analog electric signal using time series analysis and FFT, with a mean accuracy of 93% while minimizing the false positives

• Developed an unsupervised model for analyzing traffic congestion using granular car and freight position data that significantly improved the route planning for a transport application

• Generated analytical reports for system fault detection and usage summaries which played a major role in the optimization of a telecommunication project

• Performed EDA and developed a regression model for a real state client, resulting in improved school ratings Software Developer Intern (Java) - Suffa Innovation Labs, Pakistan Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

• Implemented an algorithm to transliterate Perso-Arabic scripts in Java ACADEMIC PROJECTS

• Implemented and evaluated performance of models (KNN, SVM and CNN (AlexNet)) and descriptors (Harris, SIFT and SURF) for scene recognition over SUN Image Database for 15 classes (scenes), using Python (TensorFlow), MATLAB, and TensorBoard (for visualization). Achieved the highest accuracy of 98.58% with AlexNet.

• Developed an augmented reality prototype that masks a video over another video, using MATLAB

• Performed an investigative study of machine translation evaluation metrics such as BLEU, METEOR, ROGUE and RIBES, using Python (NLTK)

• Investigated the effectiveness of the feature extraction techniques and classifiers used in Brain Computer Interface for predicting L/R hand movement from Electroencephalography (EEG) signals using MATLAB AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

• Honorable Mention, HackBD 2016, BuildDirect - Canada o For creating a Visual Search and Recommendation Engine on top of Google Vision API, BuildDirect Product and 3D Model APIs

• Inter/Intra University Programming Competitions - Pakistan o The Coders Cup 2013 (Winner)

o SPARC 2013 (Runners Up)

o FAST TECH 2012 (Runners Up)

o SPARC 2012 (Winner)

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