Research Engineer Intern

Neurala

May 2018 - December 2018
Internship_Report


Internship Timeline

Implemented transfer learning, pre-training, training neural networks, device testing (using Android Studio) and crafting new architectures for tasks including video segmentation, semantic/instance segmentation, object detection, and classification.

Designed and debugged a unified training pipeline in Python for TensorFlow (TF Slim), Keras, MXNet, and Caffe frameworks.

Deployed semantic segmentation model in specialized embedded hardware with compression techniques as well as preparing model by optimizing neural networks to run efficiently on edge device for the World’s leading non-US based mobile company.

Improved and benchmarked a novel one-shot-learning method for object detection and segmentation using python, GluonCV.

Generated nearly 200k images with synthetic data generation technique using MATLAB and Brainbuilder image tagging tool.

Improved the quality of image and video processing for scientific development using computer vision techniques of customer facing technology demos and contractual deliveries.


Reviews



Anatoli Gorchet: (Co-Founder and CTO)

”Courage and desire to try new things. Sherlock Holmes was so successful primarily because he had a wast array of past cases to draw upon, this will come with experience naturally, just keep doing and learning. I’d recommend you to go beyond backpropagation in neural network theory. I think the main reason for miscommunications we had came from me not explaining clearly enough and you not asking clarifying questions. Ask more! Good production outcome! ”

Abhishek Gaur: (Deep Learning Engineer)

”Keen learner, patient, and asks good questions. Wanting to do more than is possible in the given time frame (not particularly a bad thing). Just need a bit more organizational skills! I’d recommend you to try and focus on getting a bit more organized. I’m super happy with how you did during the entire co-op so just knit picking, no major flaw that I noticed. Overall Motivated individual and great team player.”

Matt Luciw: (Research Scientist)

”I believe you’re competent, interested in and sometimes having fun with the work, energetic, quick to volunteer to do necessary tasks. I’d recommend you to work on organizing/leading your own projects because you’ll have to do that someday, probably. Over the internship your communication skills got a lot better, I would recommend to keep working on it. Overall It was a Great job. It’s been a pleasure.”

Jeff Rodny: (Senior Research Scientist)

”Very good internship! Sometimes we forget you’re not full time here. Quick learner, open to new ideas, ability to apply oneself.”


Michael Bishop: (Senior Software Engineer)

”Ability to solve problems. I very much enjoyed working with you!”

Jeremy Wurbs: (Deep Learning Researcher)

”I think you work very well in a team, coordinating with others to accomplish a larger task. I think coming into the projects you did, which were quite complex and storied, can be quite difficult, but I think you’ve done quite well to catch on quickly and started to be productive after a very short period of time for each project. There is a world of knowledge to know, especially in deep learning. But I think it’s a new field that we’re all trying to learn, so we’ll all be learning for some time to come. Programming skills, paper reading skills, presentation skills, team leading skills – they’re all useful and development naturally. It was always very easy and pleasant to work with you, and working on larger goals seemed to break into individual tasks smoothly and efficiently.”

Santiago Olivera: (Lead CI Engineer)

”Good at making polls and fancy GUI/slides. I’d recommend going deep enough to be able to customize dev tools. Keep doing what you are doing!”


Aditya Gupta: (Deep Learning Engineer)

”Very persistent and keen on learning. I’d recommend to analyze the problem with more depth before coming to conclusion. I would love to have you as a team mate, it’s always very fun to discuss things with you.”

Daniel Glasser: (VP of Client Operations)

”You show diligence in completing work, you don’t let ambiguity or uncertainty stop you from getting things done. From the perspective of a project manager, communication is key. Progress updates, summaries, details about what is accomplished and what work remains are always helpful. I see you have a strong work ethic and have demonstrated your ability to contribute to team efforts in a meaningful way. My only suggestion would be that as you progress in your career, look for opportunities to take the lead and set the pace for others around you.”

Crystal Typermass: (AI Marketing Director)

”Execution - you do what you say, very hard worker, humble, kind, a pleasure to work with. Willingness to learn, great attitude, in addition to being a fantastic engineer - great marketing person too.”


Vesa Tormanen: (VP of Engineering)

”Very energetic and flexible!”