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Modar Alfadly

PhD Student; Computer Science (Computer Vision)

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Biography

I’m a PhD student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), pursuing to advance artificial intelligence via understanding deep neural networks. I am part of the Image and Video Understanding Laboratory (IVUL) in the Visual Computing Center (VCC), advised by Bernard Ghanem. I received my MSc degree in Computer Science from KAUST, and my undergraduate degree form King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Software Engineering. I am a curious scholar with an appetite for learning. I want to understand the world around me and be at the forefront of the unknown. Fully dedicated to fulfilling my duty of passing on knowledge to future generations.

Interests

  • Machine Learning
  • Computer Vision
  • Computer Graphics

Education

  • MSc in Computer Science, 2017

    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

  • BSc in Software Engineering, 2016

    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

News

[2019-01-29] Gave a one hour talk on Pointwise CNNs in an IVUL's group meeting
[2018-12-18] Gave a one hour talk on Scan2Mesh in an IVUL's group meeting
[2018-12-13] Passed the qualifying exam for the Computer Science PhD program
[2018-10-31] One oral paper ( VQA models' robustness ) accepted to AAAI19
[2018-10-02] Gave a two hours talk on Capsule Networks in an IVUL's group meeting
[2018-08-08] Volunteered as an orientation leader to help new KAUST students
[2018-08-06] Gave a two hours hands-on PyTorch Tutorial in an IVUL's group meeting
[2018-07-31] Volunteered to manage and be in charge of the IVUL's website
[2018-06-18] Attended CVPR18 to present my oral paper with Adel Bibi
[2018-06-10] Started my PhD degree at KAUST with Bernard Ghanem
[2018-03-25] Awarded KAUST Fellowship with full tuition support for a PhD degree
~ The beginning of my PhD program ~
[2018-05-28] A VQA paper was accepted to the Visual Dialog Workshop in CVPR18
[2018-04-12] Successfully defended my Master’s thesis in front of the committee
[2018-03-14] Submitted a paper ( DNNs' Robustness ) to ECCV18 which was rejected
[2018-03-06] One oral paper ( Gaussian Network Moments ) accepted to CVPR18
[2018-01-28] Became the TA for the computer vision course by Bernard Ghanem
[2017-12-15] Graduated from KAUST with an MSc in Computer Science
[2017-06-22] Gave a talk on Understanding DNNs in an IVUL's group meeting
[2017-05-29] One paper ( VQABQ ) accepted to the 2nd VQA workshop in CVPR17
[2017-05-02] Began using Shaheen II , the super computer, for the 2nd VQA challenge
[2017-03-23] Gave a two hours talk on Transfer Learning in an IVUL's group meeting
[2017-03-17] Submitted one paper ( VQABQ ) to ICCV17 which was later rejected
[2017-01-07] Attended the Winter Enrichment Program WEP 2017 at KAUST
[2016-11-03] Completed the Coursera-Stanford course on Machine Learning
[2016-08-25] Volunteered for the Back to School Project in Thuwal and Qadimah
[2016-08-21] Started my Master's degree at KAUST and joined IVUL 's research group
[2016-07-10] Awarded KAUST Fellowship with full tuition support for an MS degree
~ The beginning of my master's program ~
[2016-05-24] Graduated from KFUPM with a BSc in Software Engineering
[2016-05-04] Successfully presented my senior capstone project
[2016-03-02] Placed 2nd in the second TechBench - KFUPM Hackathon 2.0
[2016-02-19] Placed 1st to solve all the problems in the first NC3 conference
[2016-02-06] Completed a short course on Reverse Engineering with Sami Zhioua
[2016-01-03] Became a member of KFUPM 's delegation to Malaysia and Singapore
[2015-11-04] Initiated the Self-Learning series as the VP of the CS club at KFUPM
[2015-10-01] Placed 1st in the first TechBench - KFUPM Hackathon 1.0
[2015-06-14] Started my summer internship at KAUST with Markus Hadwiger
[2015-04-20] Participated in the 4th Business Plan Competition of the EI in KFUPM
[2013-09-14] Completed a short course on Ethical Hacking with Sami Zhioua
[2011-09-10] Started my Bachelor's degree at KFUPM aiming to be an academic
~ The beginning of my Bachelor's program ~

Skills

Python

Pytorch

CUDA

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Research Intern

Facebook Reality Labs (FRL)

Jun 2019 – Oct 2019 Redmond, WA, USA
Active Learning using Uncertainty Predictions for Semantic Segmentation
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant

KAUST

Jan 2019 – May 2019 Saudi Arabia

EE 354: Introduction to Computer Vision (PhD-level course)
Responsibilities include:

  • Deep Learning hands-on tutorials
  • Teaching some lectures
  • Grading assignments
  • Office hours
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant

KAUST

Jan 2018 – May 2018 Saudi Arabia

EE 354: Introduction to Computer Vision (PhD-level course)
Responsibilities include:

  • Teaching some lectures
  • Grading assignments
  • Office hours
 
 
 
 
 

Deep Learning Consultant

Mozn Systems

Aug 2017 – Aug 2018 Saudi Arabia
 
 
 
 
 

Summer Intern

KAUST

Jun 2014 – Sep 2014 Saudi Arabia
Symmetric Iterative Skeletonization of 3D Brain Neurons with CUDA

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