Machine Learning Engineer  ·  Georgia Tech  ·  NUST

HUZAIFAH WASIM

Machine learning engineer — generative AI, reinforcement learning, and robotics.

0 GPA at Georgia Tech
0+ Projects
0 Publications

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Smart Garbage Bin

Edge-deployed waste classifier: MobileNet v2 retrained on custom garbage data, integrated with a deep RL agent, and explained with LIME — all running on Jetson Nano.

  • Jetson Nano
  • TensorFlow
  • MobileNet v2
  • OpenAI Gym
  • +1

Scalable RISC-V Multicore Processor

Custom 32-bit RISC-V core integrated into the OpenPiton multicore framework with set-associative caches and AXI-4 interconnect, deployed on a Genesys2 FPGA.

  • Xilinx Vivado
  • OpenPiton
  • FPGA
  • RISC-V
  • +1

APF + DQN for TurtleBot3 Navigation

Seeded a DQN with an Artificial Potential Field controller to dramatically cut training time for autonomous robot navigation in Gazebo.

  • ROS
  • TensorFlow
  • Python
  • Gazebo

SLAM + DQN for TurtleBot3 Navigation

Fused simultaneous localization and mapping with a Deep Q-Network to give a TurtleBot3 both spatial awareness and learned navigation policy.

  • ROS
  • TensorFlow
  • SLAM
  • Deep Q-Network
  • +1

Fine-tuned French GPT-3 Chatbot

A web app for fine-tuned French language generation with GPT-3, letting users retrain the model on their own datasets.

  • OpenAI API
  • GPT-3
  • Flask
  • Python

Predictive Object Tracking

Kalman filter-based object tracker that predicts future positions in real time — built as a navigation primitive for autonomous vehicles.

  • Python
  • Computer Vision
  • Kalman Filter
  • State Estimation

Speech Recognition on Edge

Hybrid HMM/GMM speech recognition model built for edge deployment on FPGAs — custom architecture, no cloud dependency.

  • Kaldi
  • HMM
  • GMM
  • FPGA
  • +1

Sign Language Translation with OAK-D

Real-time sign language translation using the OAK-D depth camera — recognized as a finalist in the OpenCV AI Competition 2021.

  • OpenCV
  • OAK-D
  • DepthAI
  • Computer Vision

Robot Localization with Particle Filters

Particle filter with a custom fuzzing algorithm for robust autonomous vehicle localization across uncertain map conditions.

  • Python
  • Particle Filters
  • Probabilistic Inference

Robot Path Planning

A* search and Value Iteration implemented for autonomous warehouse robot navigation — optimal paths, minimal compute.

  • Python
  • A* Search
  • Value Iteration
  • Dynamic Programming

Short-term Residential Load Forecasting

Benchmarked Transformers, LSTMs, and RL agents for household energy consumption forecasting — comparing architectures head-to-head on real load data.

  • TensorFlow
  • Transformers
  • LSTM
  • Deep Q-Network

Quadcopter PID Controller

Designed and tuned a PID controller for stable quadcopter flight — classical control, precisely calibrated.

  • Python
  • Control Systems
  • PID
  • Robotics

Task Scheduling in Cloud Computing

Topological sort-based scheduler for cloud computing workflows — correctly stages and executes dependent tasks across distributed pipelines.

  • Python
  • Topological Sort
  • Graph Algorithms

Optimal Seam Finding

Dynamic programming algorithm for content-aware image resizing — finds minimal-energy seams so cropped images keep their visual proportions.

  • Python
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Image Processing

CpG Island Detection in DNA Sequences

Modified max-subarray algorithm that locates CpG nucleotide islands in mammalian DNA — a divide-and-conquer solution to a bioinformatics search problem.

  • Python
  • Divide and Conquer
  • Bioinformatics

Publication

PoPETs 2021 Peer-reviewed

A First Look at Private Communications in Video Games using Visual Features

A. Wajid, N. Kamal, M. Sharjeel, R. M. Sheikh, H. B. Wasim, M. H. Ali, W. Hussain, F. Zaffar. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2021(3), pp. 433–452.

An end-to-end ML study of covert communication channels inside video games — from data labeling and feature engineering through model training and evaluation.

Trajectory

Experience.

Graduate Research Assistant

2025

Georgia Institute of Technology · Shenzhen, China

Urban mobility optimization with predictive ML — +15% prediction accuracy, and SUMO simulation models 30% faster without losing fidelity.

Machine Learning Engineer

2024

Adept Technology Solutions · Islamabad, Pakistan

Built AI for ASCEND, a synthetic-data platform (+25% data quality). Led a full refactor with CI/CD on AWS, cutting deploys from hours to under 15 minutes.

Research Assistant

2020–24

Robotics & Machine Intelligence Lab (ROMI), NUST · Islamabad, Pakistan

Co-authored a PoPETs 2021 paper, and built a full computer-vision stack for surveillance coverage optimization (+20% detection).

Research Intern

2020–21

TUKL-NCAI Deep Learning Lab · Islamabad, Pakistan

Generative and predictive models — Transformers, LSTMs, GANs, Deep Q-Networks — applied to residential load forecasting.

Toolkit

Skills.

Languages

  • Python
  • Java
  • C
  • C++
  • Bash
  • MATLAB
  • SQL

ML / DL

  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • Scikit-Learn
  • Stable-Baselines3
  • Optuna
  • Hugging Face

Reinforcement Learning

  • Gymnasium
  • OpenSpiel
  • Deep Q-Networks
  • Stable Baselines

CV & Robotics

  • OpenCV
  • ROS / ROS2
  • Gazebo
  • SLAM
  • Kalman / Particle Filters
  • OAK-D

GenAI & NLP

  • LLMs
  • RAG
  • Graph RAG
  • LangChain
  • Graphiti
  • Sentence-BERT
  • spaCy
  • MCP

Data & Databases

  • NumPy
  • Pandas
  • PySpark
  • Neo4j
  • PostgreSQL
  • ChromaDB
  • FAISS

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • FastAPI
  • Pydantic

Hardware & Formal

  • Jetson Nano
  • FPGAs (Vivado)
  • Storm
  • perf
  • Valgrind

Academics

Education.

2024–2026

M.S. Computer Science — Machine Learning

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

GPA 4.0 / 4.0 · Specialization in Machine Learning

2018–2022

B.E. Electrical Engineering

National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)

Islamabad, Pakistan

Elected AI specialization stream

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