Deep Learning Researcher and Algorithm Design Engineer Sept 2018 - Present
Iowa State University (Biocentury Research Farm)
- Developed semi-supervised algorithm that predict and quantify mass of material from images.
- Implemented a VAE to process image data in an unsupervised fashion to characterize image content.
- Designed a dynamic algorithm that handles gradient computation in batches to account for memory limitations.
- Designed a complete scheme for background subtraction to process image data.
- Developed a smoothing technique to smooth predictions for a regression problem.
- Developed custom design and application centric DNN architectures.
- Processed and analyzed image-based and tabular datasets.
DAQ and Data Management Specialist and Instrumentation Engineer 2017 - March 2019
Iowa State University (Biocentury Research Farm)
- Designed and implemented NI-DAQ systems to acquire/log massive volumes of data (~ 42MB/s).
- Designed and implemented LabVIEW based user friendly graphical user interfaces.
- Processed and analyzed image-based datasets and other tabular datasets.
- Designed and instrumented automation systems incorporated various sensors (Acoustics, Accelerometers, Laser, Temp and Ultrasonic-CAN based, Pressure, Contamination-RS485 based, Speed, Thermocouples).
- Implemented different communication schemes (wired, wireless) and communication protos.
- Designed and implemented cellular and email-based alert and reporting system as well as system handler to perform automatic system update, data transformation, and reporting at certain time daily.
- Wrote Matlab and python scripts for data manipulation, transfer and cold storage.
Research Assistant 2017 - 2019
- Monitored Laboratorys in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Electrical Circuits - EE230 , problem solving in C/C++ - CprE185, introduction to C programming - SE185)
- Delivered in class lectures and assisted in homeworks and Exam grading