Nishant Kumar
Research Scientist at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Top SchoolNishant Kumar is a research scientist with 8 years of experience applying state-of-the-art deep learning and computer vision techniques to medical and industrial problems, currently working at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon. He completed a PhD in Artificial Intelligence at TU Dresden where his projects spanned inverse current tomography, neurosurgical imaging fusion, and outlier-aware object detection with publications at CVPR and AAAI. Skilled in Python, R, MATLAB and C++, he has practical experience building end-to-end pipelines from FPGA-optimized inference to clinical AR visualizations for surgical guidance. Earlier roles include data engineering and ML systems at HCL and Samsung, where he accelerated reporting pipelines and deployed SVM-based classifiers for web content. His work blends rigorous statistical modeling (Bayesian MCMC, MRFs) with modern invertible and fusion neural networks, reflecting a rare mix of theory, applied research, and production-minded implementation. Based in Geesthacht, Germany, he contributes to open research via GitHub and Google Scholar while bridging academia and industry collaborations.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Program in Business Management Business Management, Certificate Program in Business Management Business Management at IIT Bombay - Shailesh J. Mehta School of ManagementSummer School for Machine Learning with Applications in Natural and Life Sciences (ML4NATURE) Mathematics and Computer Science, Summer School for Machine Learning with Applications in Natural and Life Sciences (ML4NATURE) Mathematics and Computer Science at Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Artificial Intelligence at Technische Universität DresdenBachelor of Technology (BTech) Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Electronics and Communication Engineering at Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute
English, German, Hindi
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (4)
kernel3
cuda2
gpu1
autodiff1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nish03/FunFuseAn
Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:133 commits, 139 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
nish03/FuseVis
Jun 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:35 commits, 47 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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