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I'm Van Binh

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Full-Stack Machine Learning Engineer

Senior Computer Engineering undergraduate at NUS specializing in full data science and engineering lifecycle. A knowledge-sharing advocate having experience shipping machine learning and software solutions for startups across Asia and Europe.


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Qualification

  Education Experience

  • Software Engineer, Machine Learning Intern

    Vebits (Singapore)

    Train and quantize ResNet-50 and YOLOv7 models with ByteTrack for image classification, object detection and tracking

    Build real-time video streaming system (1080p resolution at 30fps) integrating machine learning inference on Rockchip and Qualcomm SoC with hardware-accelerated codecs using GStreamer, multiprocessing, and pipelining in Python

    Create Python binding for C++ Snapdragon kernel libraries, streamlining development cycle for on-chip machine learning systems, bringing down inference time by 25 times compared to pure Python implementation

    Deliver tools for camera calibration, image orthogonalization, image stitching, distance, and depth estimations with OpenCV, speeding up internal image processing workflow by 55%

    1/2024 - now

  • Data Science Intern

    Science Feedback (Paris)

    Developed web domain credibility ranking models with graph neural networks adopting PyTorch and NetworkX, set up end-to-end ML pipeline, deployed models in production (making prediction for > 1 million domains) using FastAPI

    Established data infrastructure (data warehouse, computation, orchestration) on Azure Cloud Services, enhancing data security, quality, and integrity, improving efficiency of data and software teams, and fastening ML life cycle by 40%

    Increased efficiency of social media data scraping process by 30% through customization of open-source tools

    2 - 8/2023

  • Research Assistant

    National University of Singapore

    Analysed tradeoffs in learning algorithms for spiking fully connected and convolutional neural networks

    Framed architecture and wrote assembly instructions for spiking neural network hardware accelerators on FPGA

    1 - 12/2022

  • Teaching Assistant

    National University of Singapore

    Named on the Honor List of Student Tutors

    IT5003 - Data Structure and Algorithms

    Conducted classes of ~20 Master students

    Reviewed related concepts and techniques, showcased live coding in Python

    CS2102 - Database Systems

    Facilitated the teaching and discussion of Relational Algebra, Entity-Relationship model, SQL, PostgreSQL, and Database Normalization techniques

    Marked and gave feedback on database design and implementation project

    CG2111A - Engineering Principles and Practice

    Provided consultations during lab sessions, grade lab reports

    Related topics: bare-metal programming, communication protocols, Lidar, SLAM, power management

    2021 - 2022

  • Machine Learning Engineer Intern

    Neuron Mobility (Singapore)

    Trained and deployed ML models for scooter parking image classification on AWS SageMaker achieving more than 95% accuracy, detecting bad parking behaviours with 0.98 precision, enhancing user experience, and saving US$200,000 annually

    Proposed and coded backend for an in-house annotation platform utilizing Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL, streamlining collaboration between ML and data annotation teams, leading to time savings of 5+ hours per week

    Performed experiments with RK1808 neural processing unit (NPU) for on-chip surface detection task on scooters

    5 - 8/2022

  • Research Assistant

    Edison Physics Laboratory (Hanoi)

    Designed, developed and tested experimental Physics models

    Conducted coaching sessions for students participating in Vietnam National Physics Olympiads

    2019 - 2020

  • Sportswriter

    Phutbugio.vn (Hanoi)

    Wrote football match reports and analysis

    Reported football related news

    2018 - 2019

  • National University of Singapore

    Bachelor of Computer Engineering

    Minors in Management and Data Engineering

    GPA: 4.91/5.0

    Dean's List in all 4 eligible semesters

    Transcript

    2020 - now

  • NUS Overseas Colleges

    NOC Paris Batch 1

    Participated in entrepreneurship program at Université PSL

    1 - 7/2023

  • Hanoi University of Science and Technology

    Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

    2019 - 2020

  • Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted

    Major in Physics

    2016 - 2019

Skills

Programming Languages

  • Python
  • C/C++
  • Java
  • RISC Assembly
  • Rust

AI / Machine Learning

  • scikit-learn
  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • MLflow

Database / Data Processing

  • RDBMS
  • PostgreSQL
  • Hadoop
  • Spark

Hardware

  • FPGA Programming (Verilog, HLS)
  • ARM-based microcontroller
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Arduino

Web Development

  • FastAPI
  • Django
  • Django REST Framework
  • HTML/CSS/JavaScript

Others

  • Git, GitHub
  • Docker
  • Azure/AWS Cloud Services
  • Airflow

Projects

Alex

Tele-operated vehicle with search and rescue functions using Raspberry Pi, Arduino Uno, ROS, and Lidar

Quora Question Pairs

Duplicate question detection and generative language models using RNN, BERT family LLMs, MLP, and transformers

ActiveNUS

Web-based application promotes time management techniques and study methods using Django and VueJS

Laser Tag++

AR shooting game with on-chip motion detection model and game engine running on Avnet Ultra96-V2 board

DisneyLang

Discord bot with NLP-related functionalities built with Natural Language Toolkit

FPGA Project

Sight and Sound Entertainment system using Verilog and Digilent Basys 3 Board

mBot

Autonomous robot that can solve a maze, detect and process data from the environment using Arduino Uno

CLICK

All-in-one desktop app for managing modules, tracking food consumption, time scheduling, and journaling

RTOS Project

Semi-automated car with light and sound functions based on Keil RTX real-time OS running on KL25Z board

Awards

Bronze Medal - European Physics Olympiad

6/2019

Deans' List - NUS

12/2021 | 5/2022 | 12/2022 | 12/2023

Champions - Vietnam National AWS DeepRacer League

12/2019

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