Wazeer Zulfikar
Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWazeer Zulfikar is a research-driven machine learning engineer and PhD student at MIT with a decade of hands-on experience across industry and academic labs, currently contributing to the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab. He blends deep learning, computer vision and audio ML expertise from roles at Optimus Ride, Ubicept, Samsung SDIC, and a student researcher stint at Google DeepMind. His background includes early neuroinformatics and brain-research experience at the McGovern Institute and INCF, reflecting a long-standing interest in bridging neuroscience and AI. A BITS Pilani alum who also completed a Kaggle-backed ML Nanodegree, he is driven by the goal of emulating the human brain and brings both production-focused perception engineering and exploratory research skills. US citizenship and Cambridge-based positioning make him readily available for roles across the U.S. Beyond typical research credentials, he combines creative technologist instincts with product-aware engineering—having moved between prototyping environments and deployed perception systems.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMachine Learning Nanodegree, Co-Created by Kaggle, Machine Learning Nanodegree, Co-Created by Kaggle at Udacity
Hindi, Tamil, English
Github Skills (58)
pytorch10
python10
data-science10
statistics10
machine-learning10
ml10
audio10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
deep-neural-networks10
natural-language-processing10
scikit-learn10
neural-network10
nlp10
data-analysis10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
wazeerzulfikar/BITS-F312
Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic - BITS Goa
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
fuzzy-logicneural-network
wazeerzulfikar/mri-deface-detector
Jun 2018 - Nov 2018
Deface Detector for MRI images
Contributions:113 commits, 2 PRs, 93 pushes in 5 months
mri-imagesobject-detectioncomputer-visiondetectormri
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