Dr. Kyaw Kyaw Htike @ Ali Abdul Ghafur


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Personal Info

Work Experience

Education

  1. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
    • Areas: Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science.
    • Institution: School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
    • Scholarship awarded: Fully-Funded International Research Scholarship (from UK).
    • Thesis title: “Domain adaptation for pedestrian detection”.
    • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. David C. Hogg (Professor of Artificial Intelligence in the School of Computing and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at University of Leeds).
    • Examiners:
      • Prof. Dr. James Ferryman, University of Reading, UK.
      • Dr. Andy Bulpitt, University of Leeds, UK.
  2. Bachelor of (Computer) Engineering  (Honors)
    • Area: Computer & Information
    • CGPA: 3.889 (out of 4.0)
    • Institution: Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia.
    • Awards:
      • First Class Honors.
      • Graduation award sponsored by Shell (oil and gas company) Malaysia.
      • Best Student (Academic) graduation award for Bachelor of Engineering (Computer & Information).
      • Best Student (Software Systems) graduation award for the department of Computer Engineering.
      • Recipient of IIUM Academic Excellence Scholarship.
      • Recipient of Rector’s Academic Excellence award for Department of Engineering.
      • Dean’s List in Department of Computer Engineering for every semester.
      • Best Poster Award for Final Year Project in Computer & Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, FYP Poster Exhibition.
  3. Cambridge GCE A-levels
    • Institution: Sunway University College, Malaysia
    • Subjects taken: Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry.
    • Grades Obtained: ‘A’ in all subjects.
  4. Cambridge IGCSE
    • Institution: International Islamic School (IIS), Malaysia
    • Subjects taken: Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English.
    • Grades Obtained: ‘A’ in all subjects.

Expertise

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Programming Languages
  3. Selected Past Experience with Solutions, Technologies, Frameworks & Tools
  4. Details & Other Information

Overview

Programming Languages

Other Selected Past Experience with Solutions, Technologies, Frameworks & Tools

Details & Other Information

For details and/or other information, you may communicate with me for latest CV, etc.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

Below is a collection of links to some of the (old) publications that can be found archived on the Internet. Kindly note that this page may not be updated with any of my latest (or other) publications. Moreover, if the work deliverables or outputs are of commercial nature (e.g. products and services), publications may not be relevant.

List of Subjects Taught

Note: This might be long time ago.

  1. Computer Vision (master’s level, UK)
  2. Artificial Intelligence (undergraduate level, UK)
  3. Intelligent Systems (undergraduate level, Malaysia)
  4. Network Security Design (undergraduate level, Malaysia)
  5. Programming Paradigms [with Prolog] (undergraduate level, Malaysia)
  6. Operating Systems (undergraduate level, Malaysia)
  7. Database Systems (undergraduate level, Malaysia)
  8. Networking (undergraduate level, Malaysia)
  9. Database Management Systems (undergraduate level, Malaysia)
  10. Data Structures and Algorithms (undergraduate level, Malaysia)
  11. Operating Systems and Networks (diploma level, Malaysia)

Links to Selected GitHub Repositories

Below is a collection of some of the (possibly old/obsolete) GitHub repositories. Only some of the non-work-related materials done at out-of-office hours are in the public github repositories. Work-related algorithms and source code for projects at work, and most other personal projects cannot be revealed due to confidential nature.

  1. Non-maxima-suppression-for-object-detection-in-Cpp-and-Java
  2. A-modular-sliding-window-object-detector-training-and-detection-system-in-Java
  3. Multi-scale-sliding-window-HOG-Feature-Extraction-for-Object-Detection-Using-OpenCV-and-Piotr-Dollar
  4. Data_Processing_driven_Qt_GUI
  5. Custom-Backup-Important-Files-in-PC
  6. Embedding-Python-interpreter-in-C-using-pybind11
  7. Automate_cython_compilation_windows_MSVC2017_custom_project
  8. Pure_cpp_sliding_window_object_detector_train_apply
  9. Test_Transpile_scikitlearn_model_to_C
  10. Single_Hidden_Layer_Neural_Network_Forward_Propagation_in_C
  11. Generate_Visual_Cpp_Property_Sheets_and_DllPaths
  12. Generate_and_visualize_multiscale_sliding_windows_on_image
  13. generate_face_detector_train_data_dlibCompatible
  14. Extract_Dlib_Feats_From_Image_Directory_Recursively
  15. Automatic_Generate_pureCppProject_bindings
  16. Auto_Generate_PyQt_GUI_Project_Skeleton_code
  17. Auto_Generate_CFFI_signatures_GUI
  18. Single-file-useful-Windows-automation-scripts-in-Python
  19. Wrapping-stb-single-file-public-domain-C-libraries-for-Java-image-reading-writing-and-resizing
  20. Java-image-video-and-webcam-IO-through-integrating-Java-matrix-class-and-OpenCV
  21. Minimal-offline-personal-blog-engine-using-Python-Flask-and-SQLite
  22. Automatic-Excel-and-HTML-timetable-generation-from-structured-text
  23. Manipulating-hardlinks-in-Windows-using-Python
  24. Java-matrix-class
  25. Library-to-enhance-Cpp-built-in-vector-class
  26. file-IO-utility-library-for-Cpp
  27. Cpp-wrapper-classes-for-MATLAB-Engine
  28. Image-recognition-dataset-annotation-system-in-Cpp
  29. A-Cpp-library-for-object-detector-training-and-detection
  30. Generic-Matrix-Header-Manipulator-in-Java
  31. AILIB-JNI-wrapping-of-popular-Computer-Vision-and-Machine-Learning-Cpp-libraries
  32. 2D-scatter-plot-using-JavaFX
  33. Java-utility-library-for-Java-standard-libraries
  34. Type-conversions-between-OpenCV-and-Matk-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  35. Type-conversions-between-MATLAB-and-Matk-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  36. Type-conversions-between-Eigen-and-Matk-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  37. Type-conversions-between-Armadillo-and-Matk-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  38. Type-conversions-between-OpenCV-and-QT-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  39. Type-conversions-between-OpenCV-and-Eigen-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  40. Type-conversions-between-OpenCV-and-Armadillo-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  41. Type-conversions-between-MATLAB-and-OpenCV-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  42. Type-conversions-between-MATLAB-and-Eigen-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  43. Type-conversions-between-MATLAB-and-Armadillo-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  44. Type-conversions-between-Dlib-and-OpenCV-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  45. Type-conversions-between-Dlib-and-Eigen-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  46. Type-conversions-between-Dlib-and-Armadillo-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  47. Type-conversions-between-Armadillo-and-Eigen-Cpp-matrix-libraries
  48. Standalone-and-portable-Cpp11-matrix-library
  49. Kyaw-Kyaw-Htike.github.io
  50. Header-only-modern-Cpp-tools-for-high-level-implementation-of-Java-Native-Interfaces
  51. Comprehensive-pure-Java-matrix-classes-for-Computer-Vision-Machine-Learning-and-AI-applications
  52. Java-utility-library-for-OpenCV-Java-API
  53. Java-API-for-Histograms-of-Oriented-Gradients-C-code
  54. weakly-supervised-training-pedestrian-detector

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