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Singapore

Singapore, Sg

Doing AI Engineering and Research work in the research institute of ARTC (Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre) in the department of Intelligent Product Verification under the supervision of Dr. Yuan Miaolong

Singapore, Sg

Conducting AI research and engineering at IHPC (Institute of High Performance Computing) in the department of SCC (Social and Cognitive Computing) under the supervision of Dr Paritosh Parmar

In my role as CTO, I spearhead the technology strategies that drive our company's innovation and growth. My responsibilities include:• Crafting and executing technology strategies aligned with our vision• Overseeing platform development to ensure seamless, scalable, and production-ready solutions• Managing stakeholder relations and fostering strategic partnerships• Leading discussions with potential partners to expand our technological ecosystem• Carefully managing technology budgets and resource allocation to maximize cost-efficiency and impactOfficially Incorporated April 2024

I oversee all aspects of our operations, from team management and product development to talent acquisition and stakeholder relations. My role involves:• Leading a high-performing cross-functional team, overseeing product management, talent acquisition, and all aspects of daily operations.• Managing successful pilot deployments of our platform at universities and high schools across the US, ensuring seamless execution.• Making strategic executive decisions to guide the company's growth and innovation.• Driving product strategy and ensuring alignment with market needs• Fostering strong relationships with key stakeholders, driving mutually beneficial outcomes.Achievements:• Secured pre-seed grant of 8k USD• Partnered with the University of Pennsylvania and garnered interest from multiple investors• Play-tested product with students from UPenn

- Responsible for creation of MVP for arranged pilot sessions with universities and high school- Handled full-stack development, Devops and database management as well as integration of generative AI technology

Singapore, Sg

Conducted research at IHPC SCC as an AI Research Intern on a project titled, “Teaching AI To Think Like Humans” developing a dataset for visual reasoning and benchmarking a VQA (Visual Question Answering) model and two other visual reasoning research projects under Dr Paritosh Parmar.Published a paper that got accepted as a poster to NeurIPS 2024

Singapore, Sg

Working in the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) Visual Intelligence as a Student Researcher- Developed, tested and analysed two methods of detecting blurred images- Cleaned and modified datasets for testing and training purposes (e.g. gaussian blurring images, reformatting images)- Researched different edge operators and developed feature engineering paired SVM model for classification task- Tested various CNN architectures for optimized performance on this specific problem (e.g MobileNetV2)- Made detailed reports on developments in research every week and presented report to supervisor (worked with numbers and graphs)

Singapore, Sg

Supported the Customer Success Team in an emerging Ed-Tech Startup- Worked on self-help articles on the official website for users- Helped with tech support, assisting users with difficulties using the website- Created product demonstration videos for users to learn about different functionalities of the website- Webscraped data from websites, preprocessed the data and exported it to an excel file

Diploma In Applied Ai And Analytics

Nanodegree, Ai Programming With Python

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