Research Showcase

3D Perception · Embodied AI · Efficient Edge Deployment

Technical Expertise

Programming & Engineering
Python (PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace) 95%
TensorRT, ONNX, INT8/FP16 Quantization 92%
NVIDIA Jetson / CUDA / Edge Deployment 90%
FPGA Design (Verilog, SystemVerilog, HLS) 88%
Research & Specialization
3D Perception & BEV Architectures 95%
Multi-Sensor Fusion (Camera, LiDAR, Radar, IMU) 92%
Vision-Language-Action Models 88%
Federated Learning & Differential Privacy 85%

Research Focus Areas

3D Autonomous Perception

Multi-camera BEV architectures, monocular depth estimation, transformer-based 3D object detection, and multi-sensor fusion for autonomous driving. Deployed on NVIDIA Jetson Orin in sub-30 ms.

VLA Models & Embodied AI

Vision-Language-Action models for grounded robot autonomy, knowledge distillation for edge VLA deployment, and closed-loop VLA policy validation in Isaac Sim and CARLA.

Efficient Edge AI

PTQ/QAT INT8–FP16 quantization, TensorRT/ONNX deployment, knowledge distillation, and LoRA/PEFT for real-time AI inference on NVIDIA Jetson Orin under tight power budgets.

Featured Publications

ADP-QFed: Privacy-Preserving Quantized Federated Learning

Omer Tariq, M. Bilal, D. Han

Adaptive differential privacy + quantized federated learning for distributed edge intelligence.

IEEE IoT Journal — IF 8.9 2025

NanoMST: Hardware-Aware Multiscale Transformer for TinyML

Omer Tariq, D. Han

298K-param transformer — 4.7× compute reduction over LSTM, real-time on embedded hardware.

IEEE IoT Journal — IF 8.9 2025

DeepILS: Domain-Invariant Inertial Localization System

Omer Tariq, B. Dastagir, M. Bilal, D. Han

Sub-meter accuracy across diverse environments without environment-specific retraining.

IEEE IoT Journal — IF 8.9 2025

Professional Journey

Research Scientist — Embodied AI & 3D Perception

Neubility, Seoul (Aug 2025 – Present)

Multi-camera 3D perception; 8× inference speedup via TensorRT INT8/FP16; VLA policy validation in Isaac Sim & CARLA.

Machine Learning Engineer

Monitra, UK (Feb 2025 – Sep 2025)

15% robustness gain + 8× throughput; Azure Kubernetes MLOps pipeline; diffusion-model data augmentation.

Ph.D. Candidate

KAIST, South Korea (Aug 2021 – Jun 2025)

DeepILS, NanoMST, ConvXformer; multi-camera Vision Transformer for BEV detection at 25 FPS; FPGA SLAM accelerator.

Senior Manager — SoC & AI Accelerators

NECOP, Pakistan (Apr 2019 – May 2022)

SoC/RTL verification (SystemVerilog/UVM); tape-out on first silicon pass for custom AI accelerator designs.

Assistant Manager — Satellite Systems

SUPARCO, Pakistan (Oct 2014 – Apr 2019)

Radiation-tolerant FPGA DSP systems; AI-accelerated image compression; Distinguished Service Award (2018).

Professional Certifications

Machine Learning

Stanford University (Coursera)

2020
Op-Amp Layout Design (180nm BCD)

LUMS, Pakistan

2021
Control of Mobile Robots

Georgia Tech (Coursera)

2013
SoC Verification

Udemy

2021
Digital Signal Processing

EPFL (Coursera)

2013
Advanced Computer Networks

University of Washington (Coursera)

2013