Qaim Hassan Abbas
Senior Data Scientist
"What good is having a belly if there's no fire in it. wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to
work" - Simon Sinek
I am constantly in pursuit of refining my skills in the guidance of great mentors in order to pave my path
towards a successful venture.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Data Scientist
HyperNym
04/2019 - Present
PK
Achievements/Tasks
• Leading the team of B Data Engineers and Data Science
Aspirants.
• Successfully Delivered Social Media Analysis for PTCL Fb &
Twitter using Advanced NLP, Churn Prediction Model to identify
PTCL Broadband churners & TemlP Alarms. Battery Outage
and power Backup analysis for predicting Network Outage
using AI.
• Designing Architecture and Implementation strategy for 7
more Data Science use cases for PTCL including Root Cause
Analysis, Al Marketing & Offers. Network problem prognosis,
prescriptive ticketing resolution etc.
Contact; Shehryar Sabir - +92 336 674-00-47
Data Scientist, Al Lead and Researcher
AuditXPRT
O1/2019 - 03/2019
AuditXPRT is a UK based fintech startup with solutions related to audit and
compliance using Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.
Achievements/ Tasks
• Architected the Al methodologies to be implemented,
mentored team and review of the code base.
Contact Zeeshan Anwar, CTO
Team Lead Data Scientist - Cognitive
Computing & Arti6cial Intelligence
IBM - Italic SPA Pakistan
06|2018 - 12\2018
Pakistan
Achievements / Tasks
• Designed the architecture and strategy for Knowledge
representation in the form of Graph Database and Identified
potential use cases.
• Researched & created architecture on the Implementation of
Knowledge graph using Open Source Tools.
• Derived and implemented Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
on IBM Netcool and Tivoli Enterprise Portal and Monitoring
Services.
• Implemented Reinforcement Learning methodology for
dynamic monitoring and ticket management atop Netcool
Environment in order to reduce false alerts.
• Developed Flask APls for Data Compliance audit,
implementing Advanced NLP, NLU & Deep Learning
techniques, to enforce correct data forwarding, routing,
processing and storage, reducing Garbage data deposits.
• Worked on 3 projects and 5 PQCs for clients like the State of
Ohio, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America. Managed a Team of
14 employees, including 6 Al research interns, 4 Jr. Data
Scientists, full stack developer and infrastructure
administrators.
Contact; Khawaja Saad Farooq - Khawaja Saad farooq@ibm.com
SKILLS & COMPETENCES
• Machine Learning: Image Proc, Signal Proc, Al, Tensor Flow
• Data Science with Python
Islamabad,
• Deep Learning. ANN, CNN, RNN, Seq2Seq & Attention
Models, DMN
• The Q&A Technologies behind Watson, Cognitive
Computing
• Natural Language Understanding & Processing
• DeepQ & Reinforcement Learning
• Data Science: Predictive Analysis, Quantitative & Qualitative
Analysis
• Chatbots: Dynamic Context Switching Chatbots
• IBM Cloud: Watson APIs, Blockchain NodeRed
• Hadoop Programming, Administration & Data Access
• IoT: MATLAB, Verilog, Assembly, Ardulno
COURSES
Cognitive Computing - Question Answering Technologies Behind IBM
Watson (03/2017 - Present)
IBM Watson Academy
London, UK
• 5 Key dimensions of Jeopardy.
• Watson Architecture - Deep QA (Massively Parallel Probabilistic Evidence-
based Architecture), TyCor (Type Coercion), Type of Data. NER (Named
Entity Recognizer).
• Semantic Integration & Machine Learning - Interoperability of Analytics
over Unstructured data. Scaling out
• NLP Stack - Lexical Answer Type (LAT), Recognize Textual Entailment (LTE)
• UIMA (Unstructured Information Management Architecture) - UIMA-AS,
Candidate Answer Search (CAS), Wat son Error Analysis Tool (WEAT)
• Structured Knowledge - Lexical Type of question, Sources for TyCor, Spatial
and Temporal Knowledge, Evidence Diffusion, Analogous Problem,
Context Merging Candidates.
Islamabad.
• TyCor Framework - Entity Disambiguation & Matching (EDM), Predictive
Disambiguation & Matching (PDM), Type Retrieval/Recognition (TR), Type
Alignment (TA)
• Domain Adaptation Methodology - Data Extraction, Content Adaptation,
Training Adaptation, Functional Adaptation.
• Distributional Semantics - Syntagmatic Relations, Paradigmatic Relations,
Alternate Dimensionality Reduction (LDA), Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA),
Distributional Similarity, JoBim Text.
• Watson Knowledge Studio
IBM Certified Application Developer - Cloud Platform
(11/2016 - Present)
IBM
• Successfully demonstrated experience using the IBM Bluemix Platform for
planning and implementing cloud ready applications, enhancing cloud
application using managed services. and using DevOps services and
tools to manage applications
Big Data Foundations - Level 2 (02/2017 - Present)
IBM
• This badge earner understands the big data ecosystem and Hadoop
commands and operations to work with big data.
• Foundational knowledge around Spark and its operations including RODS,
DataFrames, and the various libraries associated with the Spark Core
(MLlib, Spark SQL, Spark Streaming. GraphX)
WORK EXPERIENCE COURSES
Data Scientist, IBM Cloud & Watson Expert Hadoop Foundations - Level 2 (02\2017 - Present)
IBM
IBM - Deutsch/and GmbH • Understands how to implement MapReduce jobs within a
06/20/7 - 05/2018 Islamabad Yarn enabled cluster.
Achievements / Tasks • Able to use a number of tools to move data within the
• Designed Data Science Models for processing and predictive Hadoop cluster and can use Hive to store and query data
analysis of Machine Logs for Enterprise Machine Health check.
• Implemented Rapid Automated Keyword Extraction for Blockchain Essential for Developers (01/ 2017 - Present)
classifying observations and mapping recommendations for
the Recommendation Virtual Architect.
IBM
• Understanding of Blockchain & HyperLedger. The badge
• Developed NLP Classifiers for automatic routing of tickets
earner has experience using the IBM Blockchain service on
based on Observations/Issues in Unstructured Text
Bluemix and experience in developing and deploying
(Automated Recommendations in future).
chaincode to a blockchain network
• Developed 4 Dynamic Virtual Agents with sentiment analysis
for answering various technical queries based on the context
of situation and tone of the user and switch multiple contexts
for natural conversation flow automatically. SOFT SKILLS
• Developed scripts for cleansing, processing and extracting of
only useful information from unstructured text using various • Leadership
NLP techniques and Rapid Automated Keyword Extraction. • Team & Time Management
• Communication
• Implemented Semantic Text Analytics and Automated Entities, • Sales & Negotiation
Keywords & concepts Separation and Extraction. • Inter-cultural Interaction
Contact," Klaus Koenig - kkoenig@de./bm.com - • Debating
Modhusoodanan Madhavan - madhu.k.m@In.ibm.com • Public Speaking and Presentation
• Self-Motivation
• Creativity
Data Scientist & SNA Specialist • Responsibility
IBM - Italia SPA Pakistan • Problem Solving
• Expectation Management
04/2017 - 06|2017
• Teamwork
Achievements//Tasks • Decisiveness
• Strategized Group analysis, Diffusion analysis and a combined • Conflict Resolution
approach for analyzing interaction among customers and
identification of Potential Churners.
• Analyzed Social Interaction for classification and segmentation
of disseminating leaders. authority leaders, influencers and EDUCATION
core members among the customers for go-to actions.
• Used Sentiment Analysis techniques on digital communications Bachelors, Computer Engineering
such as email, blogs, tweets, and forum posts to identify users (Specialization in DIP, DSP. Al & ML)
reaction for certain products, services and their satisfaction
level about the service provider. College Of E&ME, NUST
• Implemented Warning System for Customer Retention, based
on Machine Learning & Al-based "early warnings", using Social
Network Analysis. PROMINENT INDUSTRY PROJECT
• Predicted personality characteristics, needs and values
smart_med.ai - Automated Knowledge Graph creation on
through the written text to understand customers~ habits and
preferences on an individual level, and at scale using Social
Published Medical Literature (10/2018 - Present)
Media public feeds and profiles. using AI and advanced NLU techniques to automatically generate a
Knowledge graph of the published medical literature extracting tumors,
• Extracted 16 Key Personality types for Understanding
severity, symptoms, indications, cures, remedial measures for CVDs to
individual customers for segmentation, personalized product
old Medical experts in prognosis and diagnosis.
recommendations, and highly targeted messaging.
Contact Nouman Shah - nshah@pkibm.com
Adverts.ai - An advanced Al & DS service provider in State-of-the-
Cloud Professional. Watson & Al advocate. Al Art solutions: Advanced TV Viewership & Media detection and
Analysis. (12/ 2018 - Present)
Developer
using Deep learning and A/ to detect channel viewership with content
IBM - Middle East analysis, scenario analysis advertisement detection, people detection in the
OB/2016 - 03/2017 Karachi/ Islamabad, Pakistan
current scene to calculate viewership value of the channel, which leads to
cost/min value of ads.
Tasks / Achievements
• Developed python application for CV content analysis using
Watson Personality insight and AlchemyAPi, comparing
Adverts.ai - Advanced Personalized Advertising Content
entities with JD.
presentation (03/2017 - Present)
• Designed Tone analyzing candy machine using python,
using advanced image recognition and A/ for personality features
Arduino and audio input, with Web UI using Python Flask.
extraction (Age, skin color, eye color, hair color, apparel detection, brands
• Delivered sessions on IBM Watson, Cognitive, IBM Cloud, detection If any) of the passersby in a shopping mall personalized
Design Thinking. advertising content Display.
• Earned more than 25 certifications.
https://www.youracclaim.com/user/qaim-hassan-abbas
Contact. Shariq Rehman (SWG Manager) - shariq.rehman@pk.ibm.com -
Jennifer Stammers - jstammers@ae.ibm.com
IBM PROJECTS DELIVERED
Reinforcement Looming for Dynamic threshold management
- Morgan Stanley
Successfully won a project from Morgan Stanley based on o POC
for Actionable and Non-actionable ticket management using AI &
Reinforcement Learning.
Process Monitoring and Compliance Audit - Argentina
Using Advanced Spanish & English NLP, NLU techniques and
Deep Learning Algorithms, we delivered Flask based API
platform for Data Compliance Audit.
Knowledge Graph Research and Strategy
Researched & Technically evaluated multiple techniques, open
source algorithms and research papers in order to create an
elaborative architecture.
Advanced Clustering and Classification on Unlabeled Dote -
State of Ohio
Using RAKE, Fosttext, Glove, Sen2Vec and progressive Clustering
like OPTICS in order to pseudo label data for training of
unlabeled classification.
Dote Science - Technical Health-check as a Service
Classifiers for accurate identification and Routing of Tickets and
proposed recommendations
Dote Science - Analyses of Data & NLU
Using NLP and NLU techniques, correct identification of data and
predictive, qualitative & quantitative analysis
Segmentation of Customers based on SNA - Vodafone Qatar
ML classification models for initial clustering of customers based
on their social interactions
Classification of Influencers. authority leaders, disseminating
leaders and core members among customer dote - Vodafone
Qatar
Classification models using Advanced NLU techniques on Social
network profile data and Segmentation dusters for more
accurate results
Semantic Text Analytics & Dote Process Automation
Python Scripts for automation of the process of identification &
extraction of Keywords, Concepts and Entities for Visual Analysis
Natural Language Processing, Understanding & Analyses
Cleansing & Processing of Unstructured data in Machine logs into
workable formats and text analysis using RAKE and n-grams
User End Chatbot - Vodafone Qatar
A dynamically context switching and retaining chatbot far
o
natural human-machine interaction for activation and
deactivation of Add-on Services
Internal Support Chatbot - Etisalat
A dynamically context switching chatbot Using demographic and
hardware data for identification of hardware and network
problems
PROMINENT INDUSTRY PROJECT
Adverts.ai - Advanced Quantitative, Qualitative and Predictive
analysis of the provided data enriching it with news, weather and
social media data. (06/2017 - 12/2017)
Advanced Data Science Analysis~ including quantitative analysis of
temporal and spatial data enriched with the weather news data and
Social media data. Moreover, Qualitative analysis, sentiment analysis and
review bias detection of the data.
VRET (Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy) (01/ 2016 - 07/2016)
Fear and phobia treatment using systematic desensitization methodology
for exposure therapy in Virtual Reality /t's a smartphone-based application
(android, IDs) designed using unity3d, mayo, android SDK
PROMINENT ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Artificial Intelligence (2015 - 2016)
• Automated Music Genre Classification and Heuristic Puzzle Solver in
python
Image/Signal Processing using OpenCV and NumPy in
Python (2014 - 2015)
• Automated Number Plate Recognition | Image minimalization |
Text to Speech using glottal synthesis model I Hand gesture
recognition
Digital Communication (DC) (2016 - 2016)
• Transmitter & Receiver for radio Transmission in
MATLAB
Honors & Awards
Manager Choice Award (09/2018 - Present)
IBM
• Exceptional performance and leadership award for outstanding
employees
chosen by the project manager.
IBM Mentor (06/2018 - Present)
IBM
• Officially Mentored 10 Data Science and Al Aspirants (IBM Badges
Approved)
Official Badges Acquired (07/ 2016 - Present)
IBM & Other Issuing Authorities
• Acquired over 25 badges for Learning and implementation. Currently
pursuing Reinforcement Learning and Deep NLU courses on Udemy,
Coursera and Telcom Industry Experience course form internal IBM
program.
INTERESTS
Physical Fitness | Quantum Physics Quantum Computing | Site
Seeing | Hiking Football | Non-Fictional Books | Boxing | Maui
Thai | Pencil & Charcoal Sketching | Science & Technology
Journals