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📌 Now

• Building: Pixel Alchemy Studio (desktop image stylisation)
• Writing: All About LLMs series on Dev.to
• Learning: Advanced React patterns, Flask + async workers, Bedrock/Claude tooling
• Community: AWS Community Builder (ML) – Year 5, mentoring local devs

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🧐 About Me

• 🎓 Master’s in Computer Science (Software Engineering track) at Sapienza University of Rome (Matricola 2047419)

  • Current thesis: Real-Time Weed Detection on-the-go Using Computer Vision and Lightweight Deep Learning over Smartphones (Precision Farming)
  • Focus: Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Model Compression, Mobile Deployment

• 🎓 Bachelor’s in Computer Systems Engineering from Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET) Jamshoro, Pakistan — Class of 2020 (F-16 batch)

• 💼 Former Research Fellow at SISSA — working on AI/ML applications

• 🚀 AWS Community Builder (Machine Learning category) — currently in my 5th year in the program

  • Founder of AWS User Group Karachi
  • Mentor, speaker, and active in the global AWS community

• 🌍 Open Source Contributor — React, Django, Flask, TensorFlow/Keras projects, and custom ML pipelines

• ✍️ Technical Writer / Blogger

  • Writing detailed articles on AWS, Machine Learning, LLMs, Knowledge Graphs, and Web Development on Dev.to
  • Series: All About LLMs, Smart Image Tagging on AWS, Graph Neural Networks & Knowledge Graphs on AWS

• 🛠️ Technical Skills:

  • Frontend: React.js, React Native, Tailwind, Bootstrap
  • Backend: Flask, Django, Node.js
  • Databases: Firebase, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
  • DevOps & Cloud: AWS (SageMaker, Lambda, Step Functions, Textract, Bedrock), Docker, GitHub Actions
  • ML/DL: TensorFlow/Keras, PyTorch, Computer Vision, NLP, Ensemble Methods

• 🏆 Community & Leadership Roles:

  • Former Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador (MLSA)
  • Former Treasurer, IEEE WIE Karachi Section
  • Former Chairperson, ACM MUET Student Chapter
  • Former Chairperson, IEEE Computer Society MUET Jamshoro
  • Former GitKraken Ambassador
  • Former Rotaract 3271 Co-Chair
  • Former Volunteer for Special Olympics Berlin 2023
  • Former SOS Village Volunteer
  • and more

• 🌙 Fun fact: My name is on NASA’s Perseverance Rover 🚀👽

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🛠 Developer Tools / Skills

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🧰 Toolbox (Daily Drivers)

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🎯 Project Showcases

• 🔐 SecureEntry — Dual-authentication intrusion alarm (Face + Voice)
  ➜ Repo: mursalfk/secureentry_flask

• 🌱 Pixel Alchemy Studio — A desktop app for one-click, cinematic image stylisation — from Cyberpunk neon nights to Ghibli watercolours, Mughal miniatures, and Hand-Painted vibes. Batch it, tweak it, preview it.
  ➜ Repo: mursalfk/Pixel-Alchemy-Studio

• 📷 ASL CV based GUI — Real-time ASL letter prediction using computer vision. This GUI, powered by Mediapipe and a pre-trained model, interprets hand gestures for enhanced communication with the hearing-impaired. Features include a user-friendly interface, ASL reference guide, and real-time prediction. Demo video and contributors' LinkedIn profiles included.
  ➜ Repo: mursalfk/asl_cv_gui

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📝 Latest Posts

• WSL2 TensorFlow GPU Setup – RTX 4060 + Ubuntu 22.04 + CUDA 12.2 + cuDNN
• Smart Image Tagging on AWS - The Finale
• Level Up Your Auto-Tagging Pipeline on AWS
• Auto-Tag Images on AWS using Amazon Rekognition + Lambda + S3
• Introduction | Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) & Knowledge Graphs on AWS

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🎓 Certifications & Programs

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📫 Reach Me

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