PhD Student · Computer Science · Georgia State University

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ML researcher working on medical imaging and human trajectory prediction.

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Medical Imaging · Human Motion Prediction·Python · PyTorch · Deep Learning

Research

PhD

Original work in medical imaging and human motion prediction.

Medical Imaging · PhD ResearchIn Progress

Brain Tumor Inpainting

Deep learning system for synthesizing healthy brain tissue from tumor-affected MRI scans. Given only a corrupted scan, the model infers what the underlying anatomy should look like — supporting non-invasive assessment and surgical planning without requiring paired healthy images.

Details

  • Multi-modal MRI input (T1, T1ce, T2, FLAIR modalities)
  • Trained and evaluated on BraTS 2023 Adult Glioma dataset
  • Evaluated using masked PSNR — the BraTS 2023 winner protocol

Masked PSNR

23.41 dB

SSIM

0.93

LPIPS

0.08

Dataset

BraTS 2023

PyTorchMedical ImagingDeep LearningPython
Human Motion · PhD ResearchIn Progress

Multi-Agent Trajectory Prediction

Deep learning model for predicting multiple plausible future trajectories for agents in crowded scenes, conditioned on observed motion history and neighboring agent behavior. Evaluated on standard autonomous driving and pedestrian simulation benchmarks.

Details

  • Benchmarked on ETH / UCY pedestrian prediction datasets
  • Probabilistic output — K diverse future trajectories per agent
  • Supports up to 20 neighboring agents per scene

Metric

minADE / minFDE

Samples

K = 20

Benchmark

ETH / UCY

Horizon

8 obs → 12 pred

PyTorchTrajectory PredictionDeep LearningPython

Projects

Applied engineering and data science across NLP, computer vision, and systems.

xFPL

Dec 2025

Fantasy Football · Full-Stack App

Solo-built AI-powered Fantasy Premier League management system with squad building (£100M budget), captain system, head-to-head leagues, and live gameweek simulation. AI transfer recommender scores candidates by recent form, fixture difficulty rating (FDR), and points-per-million value.

2nd Best Project · Graduate Category · DB Systems, Fall 2025

FastAPINext.jsPostgreSQLSupabasePython

LingoScape

Nov 2024

Multi-Modal Translation Platform

Full-stack multilingual platform supporting 15 languages with real-time speech-to-text, text translation, text-to-speech, and video conferencing. Built with a 5-person team — placed 2nd among 28 teams at the GSU CS demo competition.

2nd / 28 teams · <500ms latency

Node.jsExpressSupabaseWeb Speech APIPostgreSQL

Brain Tumor Detection

Jul 2024

Object Detection · RetinaNet

Trained RetinaNet (ResNet-50 + FPN) on 1,229 brain MRI scans using Detectron2. Achieved state-of-the-art detection accuracy across multiple IoU thresholds on Google Colab Pro with A100 GPUs.

94% mAP @ IoU 0.5 · 91% @ IoU 0.75

PythonPyTorchDetectron2RetinaNetGoogle Colab

US Airline Sentiment Analysis

Jul 2023

NLP · Twitter Feedback

Sentiment classifier for airline customer feedback using logistic regression on 14,640 tweets. Expanded feature dimensionality from 8.5K to 61K via TF-IDF and n-gram preprocessing.

78.9% accuracy · 84% precision on negatives

PythonScikit-LearnTF-IDFLogistic Regression

Student Hostel Price Prediction

2022

Undergraduate Research · KNUST

First-ever ML study of the KNUST student hostel market. Manually collected 500 responses from 70 hostels and trained regression and neural network models to predict room prices from location, amenities, and proximity features.

R² > 0.75 · 77%+ accuracy across all models

MATLABRidge RegressionNeural NetworkSurvey Data

Experience

Three years of teaching and mentoring, staying in close contact with 6 students.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Theory Foundations of Computer Science

Georgia State University

Jan 2025 – May 2025
  • Evaluated assignments for over 70 students, providing personalized feedback and guidance.
  • Led weekly lab sessions to reinforce core concepts in computability, complexity, and formal languages.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Foundations of Data Science

Georgia State University

Aug 2024 – Dec 2024
  • Evaluated data science assignments for over 55 students with detailed, individualized feedback.
  • Led weekly office hours mentoring students in Python and data visualization — average homework scores rose from 88.9% to 96.7%.

Graduate Lab Assistant

Elementary Statistics

Georgia State University

Aug 2022 – Jul 2024
  • Visualized statistical concepts to help over 200 students build intuition for key ideas.
  • Documented common challenges and effective teaching strategies, contributing to an 8% improvement in student performance.

Awards & Skills

Recognition

2nd Place — CS Demo Competition

Led a 5-person team to build LingoScape, a multi-modal language translation app, placing 2nd among 28 teams.

Top Graduate Lab Assistant

Selected as top performer among 15 Graduate Lab Assistants for outstanding student mentorship at Commons Math Lab.

Willey M. Suttle Math Award

Recipient of the departmental award for academic excellence in mathematics.

Technical Skills

Languages & Tools

PythonPostgreSQLPyTorchGitGitHubLaTeX

Machine Learning

ML AlgorithmsDeep LearningNLPComputer VisionFeature EngineeringData Preprocessing

Data & Visualization

Scikit-LearnMatplotlibSeabornStatistical ModelingSupabase

About

I'm a Computer Science PhD student at Georgia State University, where I also hold an MS in Mathematics & Computer Science (GPA 3.81, Scientific Computing track). My current research focuses on two problems: synthesizing healthy brain tissue from tumor-affected MRI scans, and predicting plausible future trajectories for agents in crowded scenes. Both sit at the intersection of deep learning and real-world perception, and both are works in progress toward publication.

Before the PhD, I developed a strong foundation in statistical modeling, NLP, and computer vision through graduate coursework and independent projects — from RetinaNet-based tumor detection (94% mAP) to logistic regression sentiment analysis on 14K+ tweets to the first ML study of student hostel pricing at KNUST, Ghana. That last project, which I led as an undergrad, taught me that the hardest part of applied ML is often the data — we manually collected 500 survey responses across 70 hostels.

I've spent three years teaching and mentoring — staying in close contact with 6 students across statistics, data science, and CS theory — and that work has shaped how I think about research communication. I write code and papers with the same goal: make the idea clear enough that someone else can build on it. I'm looking for research collaborations, internships, and roles in ML engineering or applied AI where that combination of rigor and clarity is valued.

Program

PhD · Computer Science

School

Georgia State

Expected

May 2030

GPA

3.81 (MS)

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Contact

Open to research collaborations, internships, and full-time ML/AI roles.