Resume - Sheikh A Mannan

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Colorado State University

PhD Computer Science / January 2021 - December 2025 (Expected)

CGPA: 4.00/4.00

Relevant Courses: Intro to Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Intro to Distributed Systems, Big Data, Software Product and Process Evaluation, AI/ML Product Management.

Lahore University of Management Sciences

B.S Computer Science / 2016 - 2020

CGPA: 3.28 / 4.00

Relevant Courses: Distributed Systems, Networks Security, Software Engineering, Programming Languages, Network Centric Computing, Advanced Programming, Algorithms, Data Structures.

Experience

SIGNAL Lab @ CSU

Graduate Research Assistant / January 2022 - Present

Employed ML techniques to research potential AI aids to help human pilots maintain balance and prevent unrecoverable losses of control in aerospace conditions that lead to spatial disorientation.
Published 4 papers in domains of embodiment, machine translation, low-resource language modelling, and human computer interaction (COLING 2022, (Dis)embodiment ACL 2022, HCII 2023, ACL 2023).

Colorado State University

Graduate Teaching Assistant / January 2021 - Present

Courses: CS214 Intro to Software Development, CS314 Software Engineering & CS455 Intro to Distributed Systems.
Mentored students in a semester-long project involving test-driven development of a full-stack web application using a Scrum-based methodology.
Held office hours and recitations to assist students in understanding course content through programming assignments, and quizzes, and facilitated grading through creation of automated scripts.
Maintained GitHub Action workflows and web servers as part of DevOps for the Software Engineering course of 140+ students

Freelance Software Developer

Self-employed / June 2020 - December 2020

Developed full-stack mobile and web applications using react.js, node.js, and flutter to for client based on their requirements and use-cases.
Led the development of a cross-platform mobile application for a food-delivery service; implemented real-time deliver tracking and performed a complete UI overhaul for the platform. The app, Dryvar Foods is available on the Apple App store and Google Play Store and has more than 5,000+ downloads.

Medialogic Pakistan Pvt Ltd.

Data Scientist / August 2020 - November 2020

Provided insights on behavioral patterns in television viewership and extrapolated demographic labels via a probabilistic model onto a 60% larger unlabelled dataset from Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL), the national telecommunication company in Pakistan, for improved television viewership ratings.

Lahore University of Management Sciences

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant / January 2019 - May 2020

Courses - CS473 Networks Security, CS310 Algorithms, CS200 Intro to Programming.
Created labs, programming, and written assignments to increase the understanding of 3 courses and held regular office hours to assist students in understanding course content and assignments.
Implemented automated grading scripts for all (4) assignments for the Algorithms course to reduce checking time and maintain consistency.

Technical Skills

Languages

Python
Java
JavaScript
Typescript
Golang
C/C++

Development

Flutter
Node.js
Next.js
React.js
Firebase
Wordpress
junit
jest

Tools

Git
GitHub Actions
Selenium
Postman
Code Climate
Zenhub
Scrum
VS Code

Data Modelling

Pandas
Numpy
PyTorch
Pytorch-lightning
TensorFlow
Hugging Face
Scikit‑Learn
Gymnasium
Stable-baselines3
Seaborn
Matplotlib

Big Data

MapReduce
Apache Spark
Apache Storm
Hadoop
Horovod

Interests

Video Gaming, Football (soccer), Tennis, Swimming, Hiking, Formula 1

Awards

Graduation with merit from Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
Winner of 23rd edition of SOFTEC 2019 Programming Competition, Pakistan
Runner Up of IEEE LUMS Coding Guru Programming Competition 2019, Pakistan