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Hey there! I'm Misbah

ML Research Assistant at geotrans lab logoGeoTrans Labs

I'm a 3rd Year Computer Engineering Student. I live and breathe programming.

I am also a
Full Stack Developer AI/ML Glazer Casual Day Trader Gym Bro Swimmer Performative Male
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I’m a third-year Computer/Software Engineering student at University of Alberta, currently a ML Research Assistant at GeoTrans LabsGeoTrans Labs. Previously, I built production software as a Software Engineer Intern at VSF HoldingsVSF Holdings, completed my SWE (AI/ML-focused) Residency at HeadstarterHeadstarter, and wrapped up my role as an AI Student Ambassador at Intel CorporationIntel Corporation. I’m interested in full-stack or backend/systems engineering roles where I can build and ship at scale. I’m eager to break into banks or big tech companies serving millions—if not billions—of users. I’m currently searching for an 8-month co-op starting Winter 2026, and I’m open to longer terms when the fit is right.
My skillset spans languages like Python logo Python, TypeScript logo TypeScript, JavaScript logo JavaScript, C logo C/C++ logo C++, and shells things together with Bash logo Bash. I craft the client-side with HTML5 logo HTML, CSS3 logo CSS, and ship polished interfaces in React, Next.js, and rapidly iterate with Tailwind. On the backend, I spin up services in Node.js, Express.js, and fabricate APIs with FastAPI logo FastAPI. Data lives in PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Supabase, and Firebase, with plenty of monitoring and testing sprinkled in.

🔗 This is my SWE resume — reach out if you’d like my AI/ML or Fintech versions: download it here.
When I’m not LOCKED IN, you’ll probably catch me at a cat café 🐱, rating every matcha latte I can find 🍵, registering for Hackathons I won't attend, lifting at the gym 🏋️‍♂️, or doomscrolling in my room doomscrolling logo.

My Work Experience

 GeoTrans Labs, University of Alberta logo GeoTrans Labs, University of Alberta

Sep 2025 - Present


ML Engineer Research Assistant

Working with grad researchers on AI/ML for winter transportation — geospatial + vision modeling, fast inference, and backend-first pipelines. Optimizing ONNX (Swin Transformer) models (31s → sub-5s/144 imgs), building FastAPI/Firebase/Cloud Run services, and prototyping LangChain + Gemini for multimodal RAG. Handling traffic/weather data preprocessing in PyTorch and wiring up mapping + time-series dashboards for real-time use.

Swin Transformer
 Intel logo Intel

May 2025 - Sep 2025


AI Student Ambassador

Leveraging Intel’s AI Analytics Toolkit and Developer Cloud to build, optimize, and deploy machine learning models. Focused on accelerating data workflows with tools like Modin, scikit-learn, and XGBoost, while fine-tuning models for performance and pushing production-ready pipelines to Hugging Face.

ModinscikitXGBoostIntel® Tiber™ AI Studio
 VSF Holdings logo VSF Holdings

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025


Software Engineer Intern

Collaborating directly with VSF’s executive team to design and develop the company’s flagship full-stack website — the primary public face for investors, partners, and stakeholders. Responsible for architecting and implementing both frontend and backend systems from scratch, with a focus on clean, modern, UI/UX. Integrated CRM onboarding flows, investor signup, and CMS features using a robust, scalable React/Next.js + FastAPI stack. Delivered mobile-responsive, production-ready components and handled weekly stakeholder check-ins, feature planning, and Figma prototyping.

FastAPI
 Headstarter logo Headstarter

May 2025 - Aug 2025


Software Engineer Resident

As a Software Engineering Resident at Headstarter, I’m building 14+ full-stack and AI/ML projects focused on deploying real-world tools. My work spans LLM chaining, hyperparameter tuning, and fine-tuning over 10+ models, all with production-ready pipelines. I’ve contributed to both Python-based backends and TypeScript frontends, and have been mentored by engineers from Google, Tesla, and Two Sigma.

FastAPILLMsXGBoost
 AlbertaSAT logo AlbertaSAT

Oct 2024 – Jan 2025


Software Engineer Member

Built Rust-based subsystem simulations to test CubeSat behavior before hardware integration. Collaborated with engineers to validate systems for a 2026 satellite launch.

SimulationCubeSatSystems Engineering
 Computer Engineering Club, University of Alberta logo Computer Engineering Club, University of Alberta

Sep 2024 – Present


Vice President External

Currently serving as VP External, leading industry outreach, coordinating cross-club collaborations, and securing sponsorships for major events like Aether, HackED, and HackED Beta. Spearheading development of the Aether website (https://aether.compeclub.com/) and driving student-industry engagement through panels, networking nights, and hackathons. Previously served as Junior Executive for the 2024–25 term, representing second-year Computer Engineering students and leading outreach efforts that brought in multiple confirmed sponsors for the club’s flagship initiatives.

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My Projects

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This Website!

My very own portfolio website!

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Winter Road Surface Monitoring

Analyzing winter road grip conditions as a GeoTrans Lab undergraduate research assistant.

SvelteKitLeafletApache EChartsFirestoreFastAPI
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PostureGuard AI

Real-time posture monitoring and analysis using AI-powered pose detection, built during Hack The North 2025.

shadcn/uiMediaPipe Tasks VisionWebAssembly
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Property Recommendation System

AI-powered property recommendation system for real estate appraisals

XGBoostSHAPStreamlitFuzzyWuzzyGeopyPandasRegex
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Brain Tumor Classification

Classifying brain tumors in MRI scans using advanced deep learning, with a Streamlit web app and Xception transfer learning.

TensorFlowKerasStreamlitNumPyPandasMatplotlib
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Customer AI Voice Assistant

An intelligent system that powers automated customer service interactions through AI-driven conversations

Socket.io
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Multimodal Video Analysis

Multimodal video assistant powered by Gemini — ever wish your video could answer back? Now it can

FastAPIGemini APIyoutube-transcript-apiOpenCV
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Reddit Stock Sentiment Analyzer

A Python-based tool that analyzes Reddit posts and comments to gauge stock sentiment, correlating social sentiment with market data for trend insights.

PRAWyfinanceNLTKTextBlobscikit-learnFlaskmatplotlibseaborn
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Insurance Claims Automation

AI-driven medical form automation system that extracts data from referral packages and fills Prior Authorization PDFs in under 2 minutes

Google Gemini APIPyMuPDFData-mappingMistral OCR
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PlayMG

EMG-based gesture control interface using the Bioamp EXG Pill and Arduino. Maps forearm muscle contractions to keyboard actions with real-time signal processing and peak detection algorithms

C++ArduinoSignal ProcessingEMGMatplotlibScipy
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Tuesday.com

AI-powered project management platform built during HackED 2025

EJSAxiosdotenvTogetherAI
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Summarizely

Your Python-based AI sidekick: Gemini does the heavy lifting, then pushes polished summaries into Docs

StreamlitGoogle Gemini APIGoogle Docs API
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Spotify Album Finder

A web app to search artists and explore their full album discography using the Spotify Web API.

Spotify Web APIFetch API
Check out my GitHub repositories!