Researcher
2017 - 2021German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)- Co-supervised bachelor's and master's projects and thesis.
- Created deep learning systems for automated fault detection in the industry (mainly anomaly detection).
- Developed table detection and structure recognition systems (mostly published as research papers).
- Demystified deep learning models for time-series analysis through visualization.
- Created adversarial examples and defenses for time-series and visual modalities.
Technologies: Python, CUDA, TensorFlow, PyTorchResearcher
2019 - 2019NVIDIA Research- Developed a principled approach towards defending against attacks through better understanding the root cause of the vulnerability of deep learning models against adversarial attacks.
- Employed alternate visual image representations inspired by the 3D human visual system to enhance adversarial robustness.
- Defined large-scale deep learning benchmarks with efficient data loading pipelines.
- Created attention models and weakly-supervised object localization.
Technologies: CUDA, PyTorch, PythonTechnical Project Lead
2016 - 2017RheinMain University of Applied Sciences (HS-RM)- Served as the technical project lead for FibeVid project (fish biodiversity estimation by low-cost non-destructive video-based sampling).
- Developed a deep learning-based segmentation system for real-time monocular object detection and tracking.
- Led fish classification using cross-layer pooling of deep CNN.
Technologies: CUDA, TensorFlow, C++, PythonResearch Assistant
2015 - 2016TUKL-NUST Research \& Development Center (SEECS, NUST)- Performed document detection and analysis using OpenCV and Tesseract - ICDAR SmartDoc competition 2015 (7th Position).
- Provided document detection and classification using convolutional and LSTM networks.
- Detected and segmented objects using convolutional neural networks.
- Contributed to fish detection and classification using classical computer vision approaches coupled with deep learning.
Technologies: TensorFlow, C++, Python
Muhammad Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui
Machine Learning Developer in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Member since April 6, 2020
Shoaib is part of the machine learning group at the University of Cambridge as a PhD student. Shoaib has worked on various machine learning (ML) algorithms. Most of these ideas have been published in leading journals and conferences. With his novel research background, he is extremely up-to-date with the recent papers and research going on around the world in ML; this demonstrates Shoaib's capability to integrate cutting-edge research into production.
Muhammad is now available for hire
Portfolio
- German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)Python, CUDA, TensorFlow, PyTorch
- NVIDIA ResearchCUDA, PyTorch, Python
- RheinMain University of Applied Sciences (HS-RM)CUDA, TensorFlow, C++, Python
Experience
- JavaScript 5 years
- Image Processing 5 years
- Python 5 years
- Machine Learning 5 years
- Deep Learning 4 years
- Computer Vision 3 years
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) 3 years
- PyTorch 3 years
Availability
Full-time
Preferred Environment
CUDA, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Linux
The most amazing...
...algorithm that I worked on is regarding data cleansing.
Employment
Experience
- Cross-Layer Pooling of CNN Activationshttps://github.com/shoaibahmed/CrossLayerPooling
Cross-layer pooling algorithm (Liu et al. 2015) in C++ (using OpenCV and Caffe) and Python (using TensorFlow). The code uses a pretrained ResNet-152 network for its initialization. Refer to the paper for more details on ResNet (He et al. 2015) [https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.03385] and [https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.7466] for details on the cross-pooling method.
- FCN in TensorFlowhttps://github.com/shoaibahmed/FCN-TensorFlow
One of my first implementations of FCN using TensorFlow. Used the most powerful base model of Inception ResNet v2 at that time. The project received some attention on GitHub at that time when there was a dearth of good FCN implementations using TF.
- TorchBrainhttps://github.com/shoaibahmed/torchbrain
Implemented a computational model of the natural emergence of pooling layers in the for visual recognition between the retina and the LGN during the development of the human brain. The project was based on a NeurIPS-19 paper on this topic.
- Deep SVDDhttps://github.com/lukasruff/Deep-SVDD-PyTorch
A deep anomaly detection method inspired by the support vector data description (SVDD) where the feature projection using kernel methods was replaced by a deep network initially trained as an auto-encoder.
Skills
Languages
Java, Python, C++, C, C#, JavaScriptLibraries/APIs
NumPy, PyTorch, OpenCV, TensorFlowPlatforms
Linux, CUDA, Amazon Web Services (AWS)Other
Image Recognition, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Image Processing, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision Algorithms, Computer Vision, Time Series, Convex Optimization, Lambda Functions, Diffusion Models, Stable Diffusion, ControlNet, 3DTools
JupyterParadigms
Distributed Computing
Education
- PhD in Information Engineering2022 - 2023University of Cambridge - Cambridge, UK
- Master of Science Degree in Computer Science (Intelligent Systems)2017 - 2021TU Kaiserslautern - Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science2012 - 2016National University of Sciences and Technology - Islamabad, Pakistan
Certifications
- Machine LearningOCTOBER 2016 - PRESENTCoursera
- Machine Learning: ClassificationAPRIL 2016 - PRESENTCoursera
- Machine Learning: RegressionJANUARY 2016 - PRESENTCoursera
- Introduction to Game DevelopmentDECEMBER 2015 - PRESENTCoursera
- Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study ApproachOCTOBER 2015 - PRESENTCoursera
