Kulin Patel

Machine Learning Researcher | Lecturer | Generative AI

Machine Learning Researcher | Lecturer | Generative AI

Machine Learning Researcher | Lecturer | Generative AI

Machine Learning Researcher | Lecturer | Generative AI

Kulin Patel

Education

Master’s in Data Science with specialization in Deep Learning and LLMs

University of Maryland,
Baltimore County

GPA: 4.0
2022 – 2024

Master’s in Data Science with specialization in Deep Learning and LLMs

University of Maryland,
Baltimore County

GPA: 4.0
Aug 2022 – May 2024

Graduate Tutor and Grader for the class of Introduction to Deep Learning

Coursework
Large Language Models(LLM), Introduction to Deep Learning, Introduction to Machine Learning, Big Data Processing, Practical AI, Data Management, Data Analysis, Ethical & Legal Issues in Data Science.

In Practical AI course, I also worked with Nvidia’s Jetson Orin Nano and JetBot AI Robot Kit to implement latest ML models through Dockers.

Publication

Efficient Deep Learning Models for Facial Expression Recognition (FER) using Transformers

  • Developed efficient Transformer-based computer vision algorithm for Facial Expression Recognition (FER).
  • Achieved competitive accuracy while maintaining computational efficiency, distinguishing from top-tier large models.
  • Presented paper at IEEE BSN hosted at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge! Link
  • Extended the work across diverse massive datasets achieving state of the art results.

Work Experience

ML | AI | Computer Vision | Natural Language Processing

Jan 2023 – Currently Working

Machine Learning Researcher

Sensorimotor Control Laboratory, UMBC – A Lab specialized in Brain-Machine interface

• Designed and developed machine learning models; efficiently managed model versions using MLflow for testing and validation
• Co-authored paper on efficient transformers algorithm for facial expression recognition.
• Leveraged Transformers-based algorithm for EEG, boosting accuracy by 32%, with tailored multi-sequence input for transformer encoder
• Engineered emotion-based speed control for a robotic arm, showcasing seamless human-robot collaboration.

Jan 2023 – Currently Working
March 2022 – Sept 2022

Machine Learning Engineer

WebOccult Technology, India – A Software development company

Text-to-Image search

• Developed a pipeline for images text-to-image search, enabling efficient querying of a million-image dataset via text input
• Integrated Object Detection, Color Analysis, OCR (Optical Character Recognition), Vector Similarity, improving search and retrieval accuracy
• Utilized NLP (Natural Language Processing) techniques including keyword extraction and text cleaning.

Real-Time Hand and Body Pose Detection for Interactive Gaming
• Integrated and implemented real-time detection of hand and body pose to Unity game engine with Python API endpoint.
• Enabled depth estimation using OpenCV AI Kit (OAK-D camera), resulting in performance improvement.

March 2022 – Sept 2022
Sep 2021 – Aug 2022

Adjunct Lecturer – Machine Learning

Bath Spa University, U.A.E.
• Taught two full-credit courses, covering fundamentals of machine learning, computer vision and Python programming.
• Graduate students applied their knowledge to real-world problems and develop their own projects.

Sep 2021 – Aug 2022
July 2021 – Mar 2022

Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Doctor on Click, SingaporeProvides remote healthcare

• Implemented image segmentation with deep learning for Traditional Chinese Medicine with an accuracy of 0.95 IoU.
• Resulted in a web app for the doctors to get the segmented tongue image and the diagnosis of the patient.

July 2021 – Mar 2022
Mar 2019 – Mar 2021

Instructor, Python

Akshar CompuSoft Education Center, India

• Taught fundamentals of Python, data science, machine learning, and provided individualized mentorship to students.

Mar 2019 – Mar 2021

Projects

ML | AI | Computer Vision | Natural Language Processing

TL-GAN (Transparent Latent Space Generative Adversarial Network)

  • Programmed TL GAN to better understand the latent space and improve control over GAN-generated features.
  • Controlled human face features with the linear model and visualized the latent space with the multi-label classifier.

Song Lyrics Generator with Large Language Model(LLM)

robot learning in library
  • Created a song lyrics generator capable of producing pop and rap lyrics from a limited dataset.
  • Leveraged transfer learning on OpenAI’s GPT-2 (small) with 124M parameters to develop the model.

Real-time writing on live web-camera screen

Kulin Patel showing his work on Real-time writing on live web-camera screen
  • Developed a real-time interactive system enabling touchless handwriting on live web-camera screens through advanced hand tracking technology.
  • The project gained viral success on LinkedIn with 2.5 million views. Post link.
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