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Published inSep 2023
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Imran Ahmad
Imran Ahmad
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Imran Ahmad

Imran Ahmad has been a part of cutting-edge research about algorithms and machine learning for many years. He completed his PhD in 2010, in which he proposed a new linear programming-based algorithm that can be used to optimally assign resources in a large-scale cloud computing environment. In 2017, Imran developed a real-time analytics framework named StreamSensing. He has since authored multiple research papers that use StreamSensing to process multimedia data for various machine learning algorithms. Imran is currently working at Advanced Analytics Solution Center (A2SC) at the Canadian Federal Government as a data scientist. He is using machine learning algorithms for critical use cases. Imran is a visiting professor at Carleton University, Ottawa. He has also been teaching for Google and Learning Tree for the last few years.
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Using transfer learning

Throughout the years, countless organizations, research entities, and contributors within the open-source community have meticulously built sophisticated models for general use cases. These models, often trained with vast amounts of data, have been optimized over years of hard work and are suited for various applications, such as:

  • Detecting objects in videos or images
  • Transcribing audio
  • Analyzing sentiment in text

When initiating the training of a new ML model, it’s worth questioning, rather than starting from a blank slate, whether we can modify an already established, pre-trained model to suit our needs. Put simply, could we leverage the learning of existing models to tailor a custom model that addresses our specific needs? Such an approach, known as transfer learning, can provide several advantages:

  • It gives a head start to our model training.
  • It potentially enhances the quality of our model by utilizing...
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Imran Ahmad

Imran Ahmad has been a part of cutting-edge research about algorithms and machine learning for many years. He completed his PhD in 2010, in which he proposed a new linear programming-based algorithm that can be used to optimally assign resources in a large-scale cloud computing environment. In 2017, Imran developed a real-time analytics framework named StreamSensing. He has since authored multiple research papers that use StreamSensing to process multimedia data for various machine learning algorithms. Imran is currently working at Advanced Analytics Solution Center (A2SC) at the Canadian Federal Government as a data scientist. He is using machine learning algorithms for critical use cases. Imran is a visiting professor at Carleton University, Ottawa. He has also been teaching for Google and Learning Tree for the last few years.
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