Shahid Siddiqui
Riyadh
Summary
A seasoned professional with a dynamic blend of experiences spanning entrepreneurship, research, software development and academia. An AI enthusiast and hobbyist passionate about converting video data into actionable insights and analytics that truly add value to businesses.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Applied AI Researcher
Government Of Saudi Arabia
2022.09 - Current
- Developed and deployed facial recognition system for Saudi National Database, surpassing several commercial baselines in terms of accuracy and saving millions of Saudi Riyals in annual subscriptions.
- Developed and deployed video based attendance system on embedded Nvidia Jetson Orin.
CEO and Founder LvisionAI
Self Employed
2022.09 - Current
- Leading a team of AI engineers and embedded developers for computer vision based surveillance and analytics applications for edge/cloud hybrid settings.
- Managing partnerships and strategic business relationships.
CEO and Co-founder DLISION
Self Employed
2019.01 - 2022.09
- Led a team of computer scientists, electrical engineers and software developers in developing computer vision applications for clients in the US, Canada, Europe, and Gulf.
Researcher
KIOS Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus
2019.02 - 2022.08
- Conducted research on Neural Architecture Search (NAS) solutions for embedded computer vision and deep learning applications.
Software Developer
Deep Learning Analytical Solutions
2018.02 - 2019.01
- Developed custom CNNs, RNNs and hybrid models for computer vision and natural language processing tasks such as object detection and text summarization.
Lecturer
HITEC University
2017.02 - 2018.01
- Led a team of 5 students and won a grant for machine learning research projects.
- Taught Introduction to C++ course.
Mentor Self Driving Car Nanodegree
Udacity
2017.01 - 2017.07
- Mentored 50+ Self Driving Car NanoDegree students.
Lab Engineer
HITEC University
2015.09 - 2017.01
- Contributed to several mobile robotics projects, and programming projects for C/C++, and Python.
- Developed content and wrote 11 laboratory manuals for computer science and engineering courses.
Lab Coordinator
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
2014.08 - 2015.08
- Conducted laboratory tutorials for FPGA/Verilog, DSP/C++ 6713 and AVR/C microcontrollers.
Education
Ph.D. - Computer Engineering
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Republic Of Cyprus12.2024
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
Center For Advanced Studies in Engineering
Islamabad, Pakistan05.2016
Skills
- Computer Vision, Deep/Machine Learning, Optimization Theory and Algorithm Design
- Python, C, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Linux, Docker
Publications
- S. Siddiqui, C. Kyrkou and T. Theocharides, "True Rank Guided Efficient Neural Architecture Search" (Accepted at CAIP 2023).
- A. Ignatov et al., "Fast and Accurate Quantized Camera Scene Detection on Smartphones, Mobile AI 2021 Challenge: Report," 2021 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW), 2021.
- S. Siddiqui, C. Kyrkou and T. Theocharides, "Operation and Topology Aware Fast Differentiable Architecture Search," 2020 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), 2021, pp. 9666-9673, doi: 10.1109/ICPR48806.2021.9412285.
Certification
- Self Driving Car Nanodegree, Udacity
- Deep Learning Nanodegree, Udacity
Timeline
Applied AI Researcher
Government Of Saudi Arabia
2022.09 - Current
CEO and Founder LvisionAI
Self Employed
2022.09 - Current
Researcher
KIOS Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus
2019.02 - 2022.08
CEO and Co-founder DLISION
Self Employed
2019.01 - 2022.09
Software Developer
Deep Learning Analytical Solutions
2018.02 - 2019.01
Lecturer
HITEC University
2017.02 - 2018.01
Mentor Self Driving Car Nanodegree
Udacity
2017.01 - 2017.07
Lab Engineer
HITEC University
2015.09 - 2017.01
Lab Coordinator
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
2014.08 - 2015.08
Ph.D. - Computer Engineering
University of Cyprus
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
Center For Advanced Studies in Engineering