🎓 BS Artificial Intelligence - University of Management & Technology, Lahore (2022–2026) 🔬 ML Engineer | Computer Vision Researcher | Robotics Enthusiast 📄 Published: "Vision-only deep learning baseline for Meme-based humor classification" NBC 2026, Namal University (Track: Technology & Innovation · Abstract ID: T4.02) 📍 Lahore, Pakistan | Applying for MS in AI
- Medical Image Analysis & Clinical AI (Diabetic Retinopathy, Healthcare Systems)
- Multimodal & Vision-only Learning (CLIP, ResNet, Transfer Learning)
- Explainable AI in Healthcare (SHAP, Interpretability)
- Autonomous Systems & Robotics (ROS, Embedded AI)
Vision-only deep learning baseline for Meme-based humor classification Hamza Maqsood - University of Management and Technology, Lahore 📘 Published in: Namal Business Conference 2026 Abstract Book (NBC 2026) 🏷️ Track: Technology and Innovation | Abstract ID: T4.02 🔑 Keywords: Visual Humor Classification · Meme Analysis · CNN · ResNet18 · Image-Based Learning 🔗 View in Abstract Book
A deep learning framework for visual humor classification using fine-tuned ResNet18. Vision-only approach using ImageNet transfer learning addresses a gap where prior research focused on text or multimodal methods.
| Project | Domain | Highlight |
|---|---|---|
| Diabetic Retinopathy Detection | Medical CV | 95.95% val accuracy · MobileNetV2 · 7-class severity grading |
| CLIP Visual Semantic Similarity | Multimodal AI | 91.9% accuracy · Hard Negative Sampling · Focal Loss |
| IoT Healthcare Security | Security + XAI | SHAP Explainability · Ensemble Learning |
| Smart Email Agent | NLP | TF-IDF · Logistic Regression · Chainlit UI |
- Robotic Arm Prototype - designed and built with Arduino + servo control
- Autonomous Systems - sensor integration with Raspberry Pi
- ROS (Robot Operating System) - hands-on robotics middleware experience
- Edge AI - ML inference deployment on embedded hardware
Languages: Python · C++ ML/DL: TensorFlow · PyTorch · Scikit-learn · OpenCV Architectures: ResNet18 · MobileNetV2 · CLIP · CNN NLP: NLTK · TF-IDF · Transformers Robotics: ROS · Arduino · Raspberry Pi Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (Certified) · Microsoft Azure AI Services Tools: Jupyter · Git · SHAP · Chainlit
- 🏆 Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect (Nov 2024)
- ☁️ Develop NLP Solutions with Azure AI Services - Microsoft (Jan 2025)
- 🤖 Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders - IBM (May 2024)
- 🤖 NLP Building Chatbots using AI - Udemy (Jan 2024)
- 📝 How to write a research paper - Coursera (Jan 2025)
- 💻 Research Paper Presentation - NBC(April 2026)
- 📈 Writing High-Quality Impact Factor Papers - NUM (April 2026)
💡 Building at the intersection of AI, Healthcare, and Robotics. Published researcher. Open to MS programs, remote ML roles, and research collaborations.