Ather Abbas
Postdoctoral Researcher at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia
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Top SchoolAther Abbas is a postdoctoral researcher with nine years of experience applying machine learning and deep learning to environmental challenges, currently based at KAUST. He develops predictive models for streamflow, surface water quality, wastewater treatment processes (adsorption, photocatalysis, anaerobic digestion), and weather forecasting, bridging domain science and data-driven methods. His work blends hydrology and environmental engineering with software tool development to make data science accessible to environmental researchers. Previously he built numerical models for geological processes and held a postdoc at UNIST focused on AI-driven environmental solutions, reflecting a rare mix of geosciences and advanced ML. Colleagues describe him as someone who turns complex physical processes into interpretable, deployable models that researchers can actually use in the field.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
postdoc, Hydrology and Water Resources Science, postdoc, Hydrology and Water Resources Science at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Master of Science (M.Sc.), Hydrogeology, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Hydrogeology at George August University of GoettingenDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
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Github Skills (101)
python10
lime10
prophet10
deep-learning10
uncertainty10
dtw10
ml10
lightgbm10
neural-network10
data-science10
ensemble-learning10
tensorflow10
loss10
pytorch10
temporal10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
AtrCheema/AI4Water
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
framework for developing machine (and deep) learning models for structured data
Contributions:6 releases, 1472 commits, 57 PRs in 2 years 6 months
pytorchdtwdevelopingstructureddeep-learning
AtrCheema/my_entertainment_collection
Oct 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:40 commits, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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