Saeid Taleghani

Saeid Taleghani

Remote Sensing Expert

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Machine Learning Engineer

  • Education

    • K. N. Toosi University of Technology

      2014 - 2016
      Master's degree ENGINEERING
    • University of Waterloo

      2018 - 2023
      Doctor of Philosophy Remote Sensing, Intelligent Artificial, Computer Vision PhD

      Activities and Societies: PhD in Systems Design Engineering | Researcher in Deep Learning, Machine Learning, and Image Processing. Throughout my academic journey, I have focused on leveraging deep learning and machine learning techniques to develop innovative solutions for image processing challenges in remote sensing field. I have experience with popular machine learning algorithms and methodologies such as CNNs and Transformers.

    • Arak University of Technology

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor of Science - BS Surveying Engineering Graduate
  • Experience

    • Rayan Naqsheh Consulting Engineers

      Nov 2016 - Sept 2018
      Remote Sensing Expert

      • Preprocessing aerial and satellite images.• Producing orthogonal images for drawing two-dimensional maps.• Producing 3D models using sequence images for drawing objects in 3D form.• Working in Research and Development department.

    • University of Waterloo

      Apr 2019 - Jul 2023

      - Designed a conditional random field (CRF) model to detect oil spill candidates by utilizing spatial information and statistical properties of compact polarimetric SAR data.- Designed a feature similarity by considering the polarimetric properties of compact polarimetric SAR data.- Evaluated three well-known optimization methods so that the resulting CRF model can be tailored to the characteristics of compact polarimetric SAR data.- Outperformed conventional Markov random field and CRF models. Show less

      • PhD in Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo

        Sept 2018 - Jul 2023
      • Research Project: Designing a New Vision Transformer to Classify Land Covers

        Mar 2022 - Mar 2023
      • Research Project: Region-Based CNN Sea Ice Classification

        Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
      • Research Project: Oil Spill Candidate Detection

        Apr 2019 - Mar 2021
    • NextGen Environmental Research Inc.

      Sept 2023 - Aug 2024
      Machine Learning Engineer

      1- Coded end-to-end machine learning projects, overseeing data preprocessing, model training, and controlling performance of the trained model for real-world lake ice hazard and flood detection applications.2- Developed and executed data collection plans including ground truth generation, normalization, and transformation.3- Trained and evaluated ML models on unstructured data and assessed the performance of various models through quantitative and qualitative comparisons to achieve optimal results.4- Leveraged distributed GPU computing frameworks (PyTorch lightning) to accelerate convergence and enhance efficiency, reducing training times by up to 50% while enabling large-scale, complex model training.5- Deployed models and workflows on a high-performance local server, leveraging GitHub for version control and server-side execution.6- Created comprehensive reports and visualizations using tools such as Matplotlib and Seaborn to illustrate key performance metrics and communicated data insights, model performance, and project outcomes through technical presentations. Show less

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