Osman Mian
Guest Researcher at Lamarr Institute
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolOsman Mian is a researcher and engineer with 12 years of experience at the intersection of causal discovery, privacy-preserving federated methods, and robust machine learning, currently a Guest Researcher at Lamarr Institute and a Postdoctoral Researcher at IKIM in Germany. He has a PhD in Computer Science from Universität des Saarlandes and a strong track record at CISPA and industry labs, translating theoretical causal inference (Algorithmic Markov Condition, MDL) into practical algorithms. Osman blends hands-on systems skills—Docker sandboxing, secure backend and DevOps work on projects like compilebox—with deep ML research, having explored AI explainability for few-shot behavior at Amazon. He focuses on making causal methods applicable in real-world, privacy-sensitive settings under mild assumptions, and is comfortable moving between GPU/CUDA implementations, image processing, and distributed/privacy-aware algorithm design. Notably, his background spans both academic publications and production-focused tooling, enabling reproducible, secure deployments of research prototypes.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
A Levels, Mathematics and Computer Science, A Levels, Mathematics and Computer Science at Foundation Public SchoolO levels (Sciences), Pre-Engineering, O levels (Sciences), Pre-Engineering at Happy Home SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Universität des SaarlandesBachelor of Science(BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science(BS), Computer Science at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
Github Skills (9)
bash10
docker10
nodejs10
expressjs10
dockers10
apidoc9
api9
cicd8
javascript7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
remoteinterview/compilebox
Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
Compile and run user-submitted code in a docker based sandbox.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:22 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Osman primarily focused on enhancing the project's infrastructure and backend functionality. Their contributions included refactoring the Docker environment, implementing security measures like brute-force protection, and introducing stdin support for improved code execution. They also worked on the core compilation logic and corrected errors in the build process. Furthermore, the user made modifications to the application's API and configuration, demonstrating a strong understanding of the project's operational aspects and runtime behavior.
dockersandboxremote-build
osman-mian/weka-dtw
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:2 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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