Electrical engineer with experience in programming, optics and AI
Elite Masters in Advanced Optical Technologies
Specialization in Deep Learning
Friedrich Alexander University - Germany
BS in Electrical Engineering - LUMS
Exchange student at University of Southern Indiana,
United States
Mar 2022 - Present Thorlabs GmbH - Software Engineer
Jan 2020 – Mar 2022 Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen – Student Research Assistant
Involved in various projects concerning Deep Learning and compression
Oct 2019 – Dec 2019 University of Ottawa, Canada – Visiting Student Research Scholar
Dec 2017 - Dec 2020 Max Planck Institute for Light, Erlangen - Student Research Assistant
Carried out research projects involving photonic crystal fibers
Oct 2018 – Mar 2019 Robert Bosch GmbH, Nuremburg – Student Assistant in International
Production Network
Dec 2017 – Dec 2019 SPIE Friedrich Alexander University chapter - President
Aug 2016 - Dec 2016 Lahore University of Management Sciences - Teaching Assistant
Microcontroller and interfacing course
Sep 2015 - Nov 2015 Patchwork Central, United States - Volunteer
Sep 2014 - Jan 2015 Lahore University of Management Sciences - Teaching Assistant
Engineering laboratory course
Jun 2013 - Aug 2013 Lahore University of Management Sciences – Intern
Jul 2020 – March 2021 Domain adaptation for stereo depth estimation using Deep Neural Networks
MS thesis topic.
Jul 2020 – Present Evaluation of impact of training data compression on Deep Neural Networks
Jul 2019 – Jul 2020 Whispering gallery mode spectroscopy for non-invasive characterization of
hollow-core fibers
Jan 2016 – Mar 2017 A MEMS and Agile Optics-Based Variable Optical Power Splitter.
Apr 2016 – May 2016 Content Based Image and Video Retrieval.
Aug 2016 – Dec 2016 Optics Lab Set-up at University of Southern Indiana.
Sep 2012 - May 2017 National Outreach Program (NOP) scholarship – (approx. 30,000 USD)
Aug 2015 – Dec 2015 UGRAD Global Exchange Program scholarship – (approx. 15,000 USD)
Sep 2010 – Sep 2012 Lahore Board Merit Scholarship
2011 National Physics Talent
Aug 2022 M. Shahzeb Khan Gul, Hamid Suleman, Michel Bätz, Joachim Keinert. “Stereo Image
Compression Using Recurrent Neural Network.” ICPR 2022 (26th International Conference
on Pattern Recognition).
Mar 2022 M. Shahzeb Khan Gul, Hamid Suleman, Michel Bätz, Joachim Keinert. “RNNSC: Recurrent Neural Network-Based Stereo Compression using Image and State Warping.”
DCC 2022, Poster Session.
Jul 2021 Hamid Suleman, Akram Hajebifard, Choloong Hahn, Anthony Olivieri and Pierre Berini.
"Plasmonic heptamer-arranged nanoholes in a gold film on the end-facet of a photonic
crystal fibre." Optics Letters.
Jan 2021 Hajebifard, Akram, Choloong Hahn, Jaspreet Walia, Hamid Suleman, Fabio Variola, Arnaud
Weck, and Pierre Berini. "Fano resonances in nanohole oligomers in a gold film." Journal of
Applied Physics 129, no. 3 (2021): 033103.
Jan 2019 Reza, Syed Azer, Tariq Shamim Khwaja, and Hamid Suleman. "A dual-mode variable optical
power splitter using a Digital Spatial Light Modulator and a variable focus lens." Journal of
Optical Fiber Technology 47 (2019): 118-125.
Jun 2017 Khwaja, Tariq S., Hamid Suleman, and Syed Azer Reza. "A MEMS and agile optics- based dual-mode variable optical power splitter with no moving parts." Digital Optical Technologies 2017. Vol. 10335. International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), 2017.
Programming I am proficient in writing programs in C, C++, Matlab and Python (+Tensorflow and
Pytorch framework). Proficient in using version-control systems (SVN, Git) as well.
Modeling/Design I am proficient in modeling with Cadence, Proteus, PTC - Creo, and Simulink
Office I am proficient in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Project.
Native Urdu and Punjabi
Level C2 English and Hindi
Level A2 German