Shariff Faleel
Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of British Columbia
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolShariff Faleel is a Postdoctoral Fellow and HCI/AI researcher with a decade of experience building intuitive interaction systems for AR/VR, aiming to replace smartphones with more natural interfaces. He completed a PhD at UBC after Masters work in human-computer interaction and has led projects spanning deep learning, gesture-based interaction, embedded vision systems, and MLOps. His academic work produced multiple publications and open-source tools, and he has industry experience prototyping production-ready demos and patents at Huawei. Known for combining rigorous user studies with practical engineering, he was a finalist in UBC-Okanagan’s 3MT competition and has supervised students across multidisciplinary immersive-application courses. Outside the lab he describes himself wryly as wanting to “create skynet (minus the genocidal tendencies),” reflecting a playful ambition to push AI-forward while keeping human-centered values front and center.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Human compu, Master's degree Human compu at University of ManitobaBachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at University of PeradeniyaHigh School, High School at St.Anthony's College KandyEngineer's Degree Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Engineering, Engineer's Degree Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Engineering at College of Engineering,Institute of Engineers SrilankaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at The University of British Columbia
Tamil, English, Sinhalese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
python10
command-line-interface10
model-management10
prompt-engineering10
deep-learning10
gpu10
backend10
mlmodel10
calculator10
chatgpt10
video-processing10
mlflow10
emacs10
llmops10
ai10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
ahmed-shariff/org-ql
Jun 2021 - Apr 2025
An Org-mode query language, including search commands and saved views
Contributions:21 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 10 months
emacsqueryorg-modequery-language
ahmed-shariff/mlpipeline
Dec 2017 - Apr 2022
Contributions:187 commits, 99 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 5 months
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