I am an Applied AI Engineer and Researcher with a strong foundation in Geodesy & Geomatics Engineering from the University of Tehran. I bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and production-ready implementations.
My technical domain covers Computer Vision, Speech & Audio Processing, and Applied Machine Learning/MLOps. Beyond model development, I specialize in diving into SOTA literature, conducting deep technical research, synthesizing findings into actionable engineering reports, and curating domain-specific datasets.
- Computer Vision & Image Processing: Image Classification, Facial Emotion Recognition, Satellite/Geospatial Data Analysis.
- Speech & Audio Processing: Speech-To-Text (STT) pipelines, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Speaker Diarization & Identification, Text-to-Speech (TTS) pipelines.
- MLOps & Engineering: PyTorch, MLflow (Tracking & Registry), Docker, Hydra Configs, FastAPI, DVC, Git/GitLab, Linux, SQL.
- Data Engineering & Curation: Large-scale Speech/Audio Dataset Design & Pipeline Curation, Custom Image Dataset Building & Preprocessing.
- Research & Communication: Literature Review, Benchmarking SOTA Models, Technical Report Writing, Solution Presentation.
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π Facial Emotion Recognition - MLOps Pipeline
- Focus: MLOps Infrastructure & Best Practices (rather than pure accuracy optimization).
- Highlights: Production-grade workflow using PyTorch, Hydra for dynamic configuration management, MLflow for experiment tracking and model registry, and Dockerized containerization.
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π°οΈ EuroSAT Land Cover Classification
- Description: Land use and land cover classification on satellite imagery using PyTorch, Hydra configs, MLflow, and Docker deployment.
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π©Ί HAM10000 Skin Lesion Analysis
- Description: Dermatoscopic image classification incorporating custom PyTorch DataLoaders and class imbalance handling strategies.
- M.Sc. in Surveying Engineering (Geodesy) β University of Tehran (2018 β 2022)
- B.Sc. in Surveying Engineering β Faculty of Surveying, NGO (2012 β 2016)
- Email: z.manafi72@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahra-manafi/)
- Location: Tehran, Iran