Hi, This is Kaleab, an AI enthusiast and a graduate student of BME Data Science at Johns Hopkins University. Before joining Hopkins, I graduated with a triple degree from the Erasmus Mundus Master's Joint Program in Image Processing and Computer Vision. I have worked as an Assistant Lecturer at Addis Ababa University, which is the top and largest university in Ethiopia. Next, I have worked as a Research Assistant at VPU Lab, Autonomous University of Madrid. I have also worked as a Research Associate at TU Graz Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision to do my master’s thesis on ‘Continual Lifelong learning on Autonomous Vehicles’ under the supervision of Prof. Horst Bischof.

My research interests are in Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Modern Machine Learning. I am most excited when working on pioneering research projects. I am fascinated by impactful research projects, but I am also keen to make contributions that advances the state of the art in machine learning and computer vision while being applicable to other research areas. Today, my journey has led me to my passion: to work on cutting edge applications of computer vision and machine learning in numerous application areas. I'm deeply interested in the fields of Computer Vision, Deep Learning, machine autonomy and product development.

I'm extremely enthusiastic about AI and its power to make our world a better place to live. I want to contribute my part on this captivating and wonderful scientific field working to solve the open problems in Computer Vision and Machine Learning so as to build autonomous systems that can "see" and reason.

Experience and Education

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Python

C++

Matlab

Java

PHP

Libraries

keras

opencv

opengl

Tensorflow

PCL

sklearn

Tools

pytorch

blender

Android

xilinx

unity

IPCV Coursework

Computer Vision

Machine Learning

Augmented Reality

Deep Learning

Probability & Statistical Inference

IT Management

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NeuroData, JHU

Research Assistant

Baltimore, MD
- Working under the supervision of Prof. Joshua T. Vogelstein on a state-of-the-art framework called progressive learning that realizes backward and forward knowledge transfer by improving performance on both past and future tasks in a variety of simulated and real data scenarios in decision forests and deep networks.
TU Graz Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision

Research Associate

Graz, Austria
- We investigated CNN based methods for the task of continual lifelong learning for autonomous vehicles learning problems, particularly monocular depth estimation.
The Cornell, Maryland, Max Planck Pre-doctoral Research School

Emerging Research Trends in Computer Science

Saarbrücken, Germany
- Learnt about cutting-edge research in computer science including computer systems, heterogeneous architectures, machine learning and teaching, data visualization, security and privacy, formal methods, and programming language design.
- Exposed to state-of-the-art research in computer science, have the opportunity to interact one-on-one with internationally leading scientists from three of the foremost academic institutions in research and higher learning in the US and in Europe
VPU Lab, Autonomous University of Madrid

Research Intern

Madrid, Spain
- Worked on a tool for the automatic generation of ground-truth data for object detection of Google Street View images.
- A multi-projection variant of YOLO detector for Equirectangular Panorama, specifically Google Street View images.
Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary

MSc in Computer Science Engineering, Honours
Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain

MSc in Image Processing and Computer Vision, Honours
University of Bordeaux, France

MSc in Computer Science, mention très bien
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Assistant Lecturer

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Develop own teaching materials, methods and approaches taking into account established or agreed practices where necessary.
- Set and mark assignments and set examination questions as well as assessing the work and progress of students by reference to defined criteria and provide constructive feedback to students.
- Supervise student projects under guidance and supervision.
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

BSc in Computer Science, Very Great Distinction

Bachelor's Thesis Title: ’An Autonomous Traffic Management System’

Mr. Kinfu worked on state-of-the-art lifelong learning and unsupervised domain adaptation techniques for autonomous vehicles under my supervision. He demonstrated the ability to work independently with great creativity and enthusiasm. He then wrote his thesis, which is clear, concise, and interesting to read. He proved to be a capable and motivated researcher with all the necessary qualities.
Prof. Dr. Horst Bischof - Professor and Vice Rector @ TU Graz, Austria and Treasurer @ European Computer Vision Association.

I supervised Mr. Kinfu on a research project entitled '3D Shape Prediction from a single image using deep learning'. The project consist of the realization of a state-of-the-art method. He was very participating and he showed great competences to work in the topic. His qualities made his project a very successful one.
Prof. Pascal DESBARATS - Directeur adjoint EDMI de la spécialité Informatique. Resp. Master informatique parcours IPCV, France

Kinfu attended my classes at PPCU, which he fulfilled with an excellent grade, moreover he was among the few students who obtained an offered mark. He was also exceptionally motivated and was successful in getting Excellent marks in all other courses. I also had the opportunity to check his research works and I can confirm that they are excellent contributions to the very competitive R&D field.
Dr Csaba Benedek - Associate Professor @ Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Hungary.

Kaleab has demonstrated very good programming skills, including the ability to work with different programming frameworks and code versioning tools. He has shown a high level of organization, and capabilities to work in a research team, actively proposing creative solutions in our weekly follow-up meetings.
Dr. Pablo Carballeira Lopez - Assistant Professor @ Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.

Mr. Kinfu displayed an outstanding analytical skills and a strong ability to grasp complex ideas with ease. He is a skilful programmer with strong initiative. He proved to be diligent and systematic and was able to solve any given task in the scheduled time. Mr. Kinfu obtained deep insights on selected state-of-the-art image and video analysis techniques and developed effective research abilities.
Dr Marcos Escudero Viñolo - Assistant Professor @ Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.

Over the years, I have had the pleasure of watching this young man blossom into a focused, self-assured scholar who aspires to be a great innovator and researcher.
Amsale Zelalem, PhD Candidate @ University of Twente, Netherlands & Lecturer @ Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Kaleab showed innovation, excellent programming skills, and good skills of market needs assessment to develop an application that has very good promise.
Tewodros Mebrahtu, Director @ Ethiopian ICT Center of Excellence