Ahmed Safdar

Electrical Engineer specializing in Generative AI, Computer Vision, and Embedded Systems.

Based in: Lahore, PakistanMost recently: Research Intern - Control Systems, Graduate Research Complex, NUST

A NUST Electrical Engineering graduate with expertise in building hybrid RAG systems and deploying real-time YOLOv8 models on edge hardware. He bridges the gap between advanced LLM engineering and robust control systems, backed by co-authored research in Sliding Mode Control.

Experience

Research Intern - Control Systems

Graduate Research Complex, NUSTinternshipJun 2025 – Sep 2025

Summary

Modeled bone cancer tumour dynamics and designed a Sliding Mode Controller (SMC) to robustly regulate drug dosage against model uncertainties; validated via Lyapunov stability analysis and MATLAB/Simulink simulation. Co-authored research paper currently under peer review.

What I did

Interning as a backend engineer at FlyRank, with plans to expand into frontend development.
Designed a Sliding Mode Controller to regulate drug dosage for bone cancer tumor dynamics.
Working on a FastAPI backend with Python.

Sliding Mode Controller (SMC)MATLABSimulinkLyapunov stability analysisRMSEITAEFastAPI

Skills

Technical

Python

RAG

Hybrid Retrieval (dense + BM25)

MATLAB

YOLOv8

NVIDIA Jetson Nano

Object Detection

Simulink

Sliding Mode Control (SMC)

OpenCV

TensorRT

CNNs

Vector Databases (ChromaDB)

Prompt Engineering

LLM APIs (Groq/Llama, Anthropic)

TensorFlow

Keras

PyTorch

HuggingFace Transformers

Transfer Learning

PID

Lyapunov Analysis

STM32

Arduino

Embedded C

GPIO

PWM

H-Bridge

Real-time Hardware Control

Git

Streamlit

scikit-learn

C++

Proteus

LTspice

Image Segmentation

BART

AutoCAD

Verilog

VHDL

Quartus

LabVIEW

RMSE

FastAPI

Fine-tuning

ROUGE

F1 Score

Manual Calibration

ITAE

Languages

German

Projects

Library Management System

personal

Developed a library management system as part of an Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) course.

C++

Olive Yield Detection Using Computer Vision & Edge Computing

Lead Developeracademic

Trained a YOLOv8 object detection model on a custom labelled olive dataset, achieving robust detection across varying lighting, occlusion, and foliage density conditions. Deployed on NVIDIA Jetson Nano using TensorRT optimisation for real-time on-site inference, eliminating cloud dependency and reducing latency; built a full capture-to-count pipeline producing per-tree yield estimates for precision agriculture decisions.

YOLOv8TensorRTNVIDIA Jetson NanoOpenCVPythonGitHub: https://github.com/ahmedsafdar3-cloud/Olive-Yield-Detection

Farm Advisor - Hybrid RAG Agricultural Advisory System

personal

Built a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system fusing dense embeddings and BM25 keyword search via Reciprocal Rank Fusion, achieving 100% Hit@4 and 0.906 MRR on a custom 15-question evaluation set. Deployed as an interactive Streamlit chat application with cited, grounded answers and a resilient multi-backend design (graceful fallback across embedding and LLM providers).

PythonChromaDBBM25Sentence-TransformersGroq/LlamaStreamlitGitHub: https://github.com/ahmedsafdar3-cloud/Farm-AdvisorRAG

Text Summarisation using BART

personal

Fine-tuned BART for abstractive summarization; built an end-to-end tokenization and inference pipeline evaluated with ROUGE-1/2/L, demonstrating measurable gains over extractive baselines.

PythonHuggingFace TransformersPyTorchROUGE

Dog Breed Identification

personal

Trained a CNN with transfer learning to classify 120+ dog breeds; applied data augmentation to improve generalization on a multi-class classification task.

PythonTensorFlowKerasCNNsTransfer Learning

Home Automation (STM32)

personal

GPIO/relay control.

STM32GPIORelay Control

DC Motor Control via PWM

personal

Closed-loop H-Bridge control.

PWMH-BridgeEmbedded C

Robotic Arm

personal

Multi-axis joystick-driven servo control.

Servo MotorsArduinoJoystickPotentiometers

Text Summarization tool using BERT

personal

Developed a text summarization tool using BERT during a deep learning course and built a custom interface for it.

BERTStreamlit

Education

BSc Electrical Engineering

NUST SEECS, IslamabadElectrical Engineering2022 – 2026

Thesis. Olive Yield Detection Using Computer Vision & Edge Computing

Coursework

Machine LearningEmbedded SystemsControl SystemsDigital Signal ProcessingComputer VisionCommunication SystemsElectrical Machines

Recognition

Certifications

Microsoft SC-900 Security Fundamentals

Microsoft

Machine Learning with Python

Zero to Mastery

German Language A1

Not Specified

Patents & publications

Sliding Mode Control (SMC) for Bone Cancer Tumour Dynamics

research paper2025

Research paper currently under peer review regarding robust regulation of drug dosage against model uncertainties.

Social impact & activities

Organizer

Ramadan Food-Distribution Drivesorganizer

Organized and personally funded Ramadan food-distribution drives for underprivileged families.

Volunteer Teacher

Local Orphanagesvolunteer

Donated to local orphanages and taught computer literacy workshops.

Registered Blood Donor

Blood Donationdonor

Registered blood donor.

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