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‣ Implemented a mass attendance monitoring system for a primary school using computer vision paradigms that can detect 20+ faces in a single frame. Optimised, containerised and deployed the API on our server using Gunicorn WSGI.‣ Developed an object counting algorithm that uses YOLOV8 architecture to detect, count and tally invoice at industrial inventories.‣ Set up Nginx reverse proxy configuration on the company's server to achieve load balancing, concurrency and security‣ Developed a student information system as a Saas model for educational institutions.

‣ Part of the founding team for this AI - integrated application with 150000 USD in funding under the Microsoft for startups program focusing on the unique value proposition of connecting travellers across the world using a swipe based recommendation algorithm.‣ Integrated P2P and group chat functionality into the application for using Azure’s communication service API.‣ Designed and programmed the company’s landing website using ReactJS.

‣ Reseaching enhancements on NLP models for low resource african languages utilized by 165K+ users.‣ This work is part of the Data Science For Social Impact Lab of the university

‣ Completed 80+ hours of intensive training in MERN technology with mini projects.‣ Created a client and server side customer support system using MERN stack and deployed the production for live use.

‣ Completed 60 hours of intensive training in Data preprocessing, Data visualization, Machine learning, Deep learning and Flask.‣ Engineered a transfer learning model that detects infections from chest X-rays using MobilNetV2 along with Flask API routing into a user-end website promising a classification accuracy of 94%.‣ Carried out user research and implemented agile software planning.

‣ Lead a proactive 60 member team of web developers contributing to various IEEE organised events and projects. Interviewed and recruited members from over 600 applicants.‣ Managed development for the club’s website that comprises a member database, client-server interaction and a dynamic user interface.

‣ Trained to attain expertise in full-stack development utilizing Python and Java programming languages. ‣ Implemented clean and structured coding practices while working on two mini projects.‣ Emphasised training on developing optimal and efficient code.

‣ Beta testing - Tested the various app releases and their features, provide feedback and discuss. recommendations.‣ User Research & UI Prototype : Lead a team of 10 students to narrow down on a problem statement in the context of the existing app, understand problems faced by the target audience and drilling down into the associated behaviour traits/habits.‣ Agile engineering - Brainstormed and iterated on a solution to solve the problem, user validation, UI wireframing and prototyping, documenting and presenting the findings.