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Muhammad Ishfaq Hussain
| Full Name | Muhammad Ishfaq Hussain |
| Emails | ishfaq.gist@gmail.com; ishfaqhussain@gm.gist.ac.kr |
| Residency | Permanent residency in the Republic of Korea |
| Date of Birth | 12 Dec 1988 |
| Languages | English, Korean |
Education
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2018 – Aug 2023 Ph.D., Machine Learning & Computer Vision
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Republic of Korea - Thesis: Predictive Modelling Through Data Fusion for Autonomous Driving Systems
- Collaboration: GIST–MIT joint research collaboration
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2014 – 2016 M.S., Computer Software Engineering
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan - Thesis: LSTM Neural Nodes for Spatio-temporal Analysis
Experience
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Aug 2025 – Present Postdoctoral Research Fellow — AI Convergence Department
GIST, Gwangju, Republic of Korea - Research in AI/ML and computer vision at GIST.
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Jul 2024 – Aug 2025 Postdoctoral Research Fellow — Large-Scale AI Research Group
KISTI, Republic of Korea - Division of National Science & Technology Data.
- Situation awareness and decision support algorithms using large-scale AI (Visual LLM/VLM).
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Sep 2023 – Jul 2024 Postdoctoral Research Fellow — School of EECS
GIST, Gwangju, Republic of Korea -
2018 – Aug 2023 Research Assistant
GIST, Gwangju, Republic of Korea -
2019 – 2021 Teaching Assistant
GIST, Gwangju, Republic of Korea -
2013 – 2014 Software Developer
Gumption Technologies, Pakistan
Open Source Projects
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— GitHub
- GitHub is listed on the CV header (add your GitHub URL here).
Honors and Awards
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2025 - Keynote Speaker — “AI for Fire and Investigation with recent trends,” Busan Fire and Investigation, Republic of Korea
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2024 - Excellence Paper Award — Korea Next Generation Computing Society
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2022 - EECS Outstanding Research Performance (1st Prize) — GIST
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2021 - Outstanding Paper Award — Korea Software Congress (KSC)
- Research Assistant Scholarship — GIST
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2018 - Korean Government Scholarship (Ph.D.) — GIST
Academic Interests
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AI & Machine Learning
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning
- Vision-Language models (VLM / Visual LLM)
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Computer Vision, Robotics, and Systems
- Computer Vision
- Robotics and Automation
- Multi-spectral sensor fusion
- Digital twins
Other Interests
- Hobbies: (Learning new things)