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AI/ML Research Scientist, Fulbright Scholar, 9+ Publications and Patent(s),
26+ Projects, 20+ years of experience.

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Introduction

Dr. Shams, Syed is a leading scientist in field of Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, computer vision and Image processing having developed several innovative hardware and software solutions for the additive manufecturing, automotive industry, robotics and Engineering solutions. Dr. Syed is renowned for his research, contributions, and publications in algorithm optimizations, graoh theory, and natural language processing.

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Dr. Syed has led and/or founded several startups in the artificial intelligence (AI) space. He is currently the co-founder and CTO/CIO of Artificially Digital. Prior to Artificially Digital, Dr. Syed served as AI/ML Consultant at GetSpiffy, Inc., where he led the research and development of the EasyTread Project (patent pending). Prior to GetSpiffy, Inc., he served as Chief Technology Officer for ERS Inc. where he oversaw the development of Custom CRM Applications, in house mass SMS Marketing solutions and mobile applicaitons for Android and iOS devices. Prior to ERS, Inc. Dr. Syed served as Chief of Data Science, ZVerse Inc. where he oversaw the. At Zverse, Dr. Syed served as a Chief Technology Officer. Where he led the core technology research and development of company's flagship SAAS based B2B/B2C Layr® Platform levraging powerful AI/M. Earlier, Dr. Syed co-founded ANILOGIX (Pvt) Ltd, a technology company, focused on the development of 3D interactive applications. Apart from indusrty enagments, Dr. Syed also served as an adjunct faculty member at SZABIST where he taught grauduate level cources in Artificial Intelligence and Advanced AI Programming. Dr. Syed holds a BS, a Masters (with distinction), and a PhD in computer science from University of South Carolina.He has published sevral (9+) academic conference papers and white papers. He also holds one patent (Patent file. 53723-03/62308630).

Projects

EasyTread Project: Hardware/Software solution utilizing advanced AI/ML and computer vision technology, allowing clients to analyze tire tread patterns of multiple vehicles in a fleet. This solution ultimately enabled the client to accurately predict the lifespan of a tire minimizing car downtime and potential lost revenue.
Custom CRM Application Platform
3DIQ: A ML-based design time prediction component for the LAYR Platform.
3D Printable Terrain GIS application for LAYR Platform.
Autonomous 2D to 3D Object Synthesis for LAYR. (Patent file. 53723-03/62308630)
Mizzu Brick Replica Application for LAYR Platform.
Real-time Predictive cost estimation of 3D models for LAYR.
LAYR Platform using (AMP C++, Angular, MVC, SQL Server, IIS, ASP.Net, C#).
ZVCMS Content Management System for the 3D Printing industry using (Ajax, MVC, SQL Server, IIS, ASP.Net, C#). Cloud-based Restful API for Machine Learning Algorithms, 3D Model file format Conversion, Mesh Fixing, Mesh Stats, and Volume Computations

Publications

"Dynamic maneuverability through voluntary morphosis in a four-legged robot"
Conference: Farrukh Iqbal Sheik, Shams-ul-haq Syed, DOI: 10.1109/RAM.2013.6758558 Conference: 2013 6th International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM); 2013

"Autonomous Real Time Traffic Monitoring And Data Analysis"
Conference: Shams-ul-haq Syed, Int. Conf. on Image Pprocessing, Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, pp. 248-252, 2012

"Asymptotic Analysis of SIMD Optimized DFT based EXON Prediction Algorithm for DNA Sequences"
Conference: Syed Shams-ul-Haq, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology - BIOCOMP , pp. 315-322, 2010

"Supervised DAG Based Data Mining Model for DNA Sequence Analysis and Pattern Discovery "
Conference: Shams-ul-haq Syed, Nadeem Muhammad, Int. Conf. on Data Mining - DMIN , pp. 171-177, 2009

"Guided Web Content Mining Approach for Automated Meta-Rule Extraction and Information Retrieval"
Conference: Muhammad Nadeem, Syed Shams-ul-haq, Int. Conf. on Data Mining - DMIN , pp. 619-625, 2008

"Ontology based web mining model for Machine Concept Learning and Automatic Content Categorization"
Conference: Syed Shams-ul-haq, Muhammad Nadeem, 11th National Research Conference 2008, SZABIST, May 10, Karachi, Pakistan.

"Guided Web Mining techniques for auto categorization and Information summarization"
Syed Shams-ul-haq, Muhammad Nadeem, 10th National Research Conference 2007, SZABIST, May 20, Karachi, Pakistan.

"SIMD Optimized framework for Gene Prediction in DNA Sequence"
A novel superscalar framework to serve as potential platform for implementation of fast gene prediction algorithms is presented. The framework pushes the processor to its limits by making use of short vector SIMD instructions to achieve maximum parallelism for processing the genomic data.
Syed Shams-ul-haq, SZABIST Research, May 2008

"Real Time Dynamic Lighting and Shadowing Techniques for Complex Geometric Scenes"
This paper presents a pixel space based approach that uses screen space to perform lighting and shadowing in virtual world. It allows addition of many dynamic lights in a scene and produce realistic soft shadows of complex geometric objects.
Syed Shams-ul-haq, Technology whitepaper, Anilogix Research, May 2005

education

2014 - 2023

Ph.D in Computer Ccience

University of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Research dissertation focused on Graph Theory, vertex connectivity problem, 3D object synthesis using machine learning and parallel performence modeling.

2010 - 2014

Master of computer engineering

university of south carolina

columbia, south carolina, USA

Masters degree with ditinction, concentration on software engineering.

2007 - 2009

Master of science

SZABIST

karachi, Pakistan

Maters of science with ditinction, concentration on bioinformatics.

experience

  • 2023 - Present

    CIO / CTO

    Artificially Digital LLC

    Durham, NC, USA

    AI Startup company focusing leveraging genartive AI for end to end marketing solutions.

  • 2022 - 2023

    AI/ML Consultant

    GetSpiffy, Inc.

    Durham, NC, USA

    Worked on AI/ML based solution for measuring Treads

    2022 - 2023

    AI/ML Consultant

  • 2019 - 2022

    Chief Technology Officer

    ERS, Inc.

    Florence, SC, USA

    member of the executive leadership team of 200+ employees, headed the IT Department and oversaw the development of Custom CRM Applications and Technology. Increased annual revenue from $1.2M to $24M growth leveraging new in‐house developed integrated CRM Applications, web portal, and Mobile Apps for Apple and Android.

  • 2014 - 2019

    Chief Technology Officer

    ZVerse, Inc.

    Columbia, SC, USA

    Led the cutting‐edge state of art machine learning research and development. The original architect of the company’s automated AI/ML‐based B2B/B2C Layr® Platform. Headed the core technology research and development, company raised $3.5 million in funding based on Dr. Syed's patent‐pending research and Most Innovative Company in the State of South Carolina 2016

    2014 - 2019

    CTO / Chief of Data Science

  • 2003 - 2010

    CTO/COO

    Anilogix, Inc.

    Columbia, SC, USA

    Co‐Founder and Responsible for Operations, Product development and cost estimation, Technical directions, Management of teams, and Heading Technology R&D..

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