Summary
Shairoz Sohail is a Senior Data Scientist with a decade of experience applying AI to remote sensing, defense, and robotics perception problems, currently advancing autonomy and perception at NASA JPL. He combines deep research in visual object detection, tracking, 3D reconstruction and self-supervised learning with hands-on delivery of production ML for geospatial and defense clients at Esri and Booz Allen. Comfortable across modalities, he has built models for imagery, volumetric point clouds and time-series risk prediction, and has a strong engineering background shipping distributed analytics at scale. Known for exploring visual attention and 3D generative models, he bridges theoretical research and operational deployment—translating novel methods into robust systems for high-consequence applications.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate - High Performance Leadership, Business Administration and Management, General, Certificate - High Performance Leadership, Business Administration and Management, General at Cornell University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Distinction, Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Distinction at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Associate’s Degree, 4.0/4.0, Associate’s Degree, 4.0/4.0 at Parkland College
English, Spanish, Urdu