Irfana Aslam
AI Engineer · Python Developer · Machine Learning Researcher
Profile
5+Years experience
42Projects shipped
IF 4.5Published research
above 98%Thesis model accuracy
450+Lessons delivered
Experience
Founder & AI Engineer, BitWithBite2024, Present
bitwithbite.com & pulsegivers.org · Lahore, Pakistan
- Designed and built BitWithBite AVS, a 39-module, ~9,900-line Python virtual production engine on Blender that converts a text prompt into a rendered, subtitled and scored film, 29 films produced end-to-end at zero API cost
- Architected the full AVS pipeline: local-LLM script generation, character casting, JSON scene graph, automated cinematography and lighting, neural TTS, headless batch rendering and FFmpeg assembly
- Built an AI EdTech platform with RAG-based assistant, LLM mentor chat, adaptive skill trees, coding challenges and career roadmaps, full-stack, from PHP REST APIs and MySQL to JWT multi-role auth
- Shipped 8+ production AI tools running on local models, eliminating recurring API spend entirely
- Own hosting, deployment, security, SEO and feature development independently across both platforms
Freelance Python Developer & AI EngineerMay 2024, Aug 2026
Upwork · Remote, Worldwide
- Delivered 6+ client projects across AI/ML, data analysis and web development with consistent 5-star ratings
- Took over a stalled architectural research pipeline (AI-CAD) that arrived as a partial handover and rebuilt it into a working 54-module sketch-to-energy system. Traced the original failure through its run logs, then re-architected it with validated stage contracts, a 28-check test suite and reproducible run provenance
- Built deep learning object detection systems (TensorFlow/Keras) served through Flask REST APIs
- Developed real-time competitor pricing intelligence dashboards and COVID-19 forecasting tools (Prophet, sentiment analysis) in Streamlit
- Implemented ML-driven production planning optimisation for manufacturing clients
Data AnalystJan 2023, Dec 2024
Scout Talent Inc · Remote, Canada
- Analysed large datasets with Python (Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib) to produce actionable business insights
- Built data cleaning and preprocessing pipelines ensuring data quality at scale
- Created interactive dashboards for stakeholder reporting and applied ML models for trend prediction
- Automated data collection and reporting workflows, materially reducing manual effort
Website DeveloperJan 2020, Oct 2024
Ambleside Consulting Inc · Remote, United States
- Designed and delivered 30+ responsive websites with strong cross-device performance
- Built server-side logic and databases in PHP and MySQL; customised WordPress CMS
- Applied SEO best practices across all delivered properties
Python Tutor & Programming Instructor2024, Present
Preply · Remote, Worldwide
- Delivered 450+ lessons and 445+ hours of live instruction in Python, AI, ML and computer science
- Mentored 59 students from complete beginners to intermediate developers, with individualised learning plans
- Designed curriculum and practical coding exercises adapted to each student's goals; maintained a 100% response rate
Police Communication OfficerNov 2024, Present
Punjab Safe City Authorities · Lahore, Pakistan
- Real-time monitoring of surveillance systems and live CCTV feeds for public safety operations
- GIS mapping for incident localisation; incident logging and protocol compliance documentation
Research & Publications
Design and Assessment of a Novel In Silico Approach for Developing a Next-Generation Multi-Epitope Universal Vaccine Targeting Coronaviruses.
Rasheed MA, Raza S, Alonazi WB, Ashraf MA, Navid MT, Aslam I, Iqbal MN, Rahman SU, Riaz MI.
Microorganisms 2023, 11(9):2282 · Impact Factor 4.5 · DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11092282
Contribution: experimentation and data generation; manuscript drafting and revision.
MS Thesis, Fabric Defect Detection using Deep Learning (COMSATS University Islamabad, July 2023)
Supervisor: Dr. Muhammad Shoaib. Built a synthetic dataset generator producing 100,000 labelled images across 10 defect
classes, then trained a custom CNN achieving above 98% accuracy, outperforming SVM, Random Forest
and a baseline CNN.
Research interests: computer vision and anomaly detection · generative data synthesis · large language models and retrieval-augmented generation · generative 3D and automated cinematography · single-view 3D reconstruction · building performance simulation and multi-objective design optimisation · multi-agent LLM systems · efficient AI for low-resource hardware.
Selected Projects
BitWithBite AVS, AI Virtual Production Studio
Offline AI production pipeline on Blender + Python. Prompt → script → casting → scene graph → cinematography → neural voiceover → headless render → edit, subtitle, score → multi-format export. 39 modules, 29 films produced, $0 API cost, CPU-only.
Python · Blender (bpy) · Ollama · Streamlit · FFmpeg · Piper TTS
BitWithBite AI Assistant, production RAG system
Retrieval-augmented support agent that crawls the site nightly, processes PDFs and markdown, retrieves via FAISS vector search and answers with source citations. Runs entirely on local models.
Python · FastAPI · LangChain · FAISS · Ollama · Docker
AI Resume Analyzer & Career Coach
Parses PDF/DOCX resumes, extracts 300+ technical skills, runs ATS compatibility checks and semantic scoring, then generates cover letters, learning roadmaps and interview preparation via local LLMs.
Python · FastAPI · spaCy · sentence-transformers · Ollama
Coding Challenges, Judge & Interview Prep Platform
Gamified Python practice platform with a real server-side judge that runs submissions against test cases under a hard-enforced execution timeout and a code-safety pre-check, a step-through debugger that traces real interpreter execution, an AI code reviewer, a skill tree, career roadmaps and mock interviews.
PHP · Python (proc_open, sys.settrace) · CodeMirror · Gemini
AI-CAD, Sketch-to-Energy Building Design System
A seven-stage pipeline that takes a hand-drawn building sketch and returns a simulated building. It retrieves similar CAD drawings, estimates depth, reconstructs the form in 3D, voxelises it into a storey-by-storey model, writes an EnergyPlus thermal model and ranks the options on a Pareto front. 54 modules with a 28-check test suite. Each stage has a research backend and a dependency-free fallback, so it runs on any machine. On a 288-image, 12-category benchmark it scores 0.934 Precision@1 and 0.613 mAP, and carries five sketches end to end in 2.6 seconds each on CPU. Mesh validation caught and repaired broken geometry in 3 of those 5 reconstructions. The same building evaluated across five climates ranges from 64 to 123 kWh/m²·yr.
Python · PySide6 · trimesh · NumPy/SciPy · EnergyPlus IDF · NSGA-II · Building performance simulation
Fine Crack Detection, U-Net Segmentation
Pixel-level segmentation of hairline cracks for structural inspection. Trained from scratch on a synthetic labelled dataset; achieved 0.785 Dice / 0.658 IoU / 0.858 recall on a held-out test split, trained entirely on CPU in 36 minutes.
Python · PyTorch · U-Net · BCE+Dice loss · Semantic segmentation
Real-Time Vehicle Detection & Tracking
Classical CV pipeline, MOG2 background subtraction with contour filtering and a Euclidean-distance multi-object ID tracker. Processed 900 frames of 1280×720 traffic footage at 30fps with no training and no GPU.
Python · OpenCV · Background subtraction · Multi-object tracking
Competitor Pricing Intelligence Dashboard
Live e-commerce price scraping across 29 product categories with Pandas processing, six interactive Plotly views, a Value Score ranking system, auto-generated insights and CSV/Excel export.
Python · Streamlit · BeautifulSoup · Pandas · Plotly
COVID-19 Analytics & Forecasting Dashboard
Dynamic KPIs, Prophet-based forecasting, vaccination tracking and RSS news sentiment analysis with country comparison and export.
Python · Streamlit · Prophet · VADER · Plotly
Technical Skills
AI / LLMsLLMs · RAG · LangChain · FAISS · Ollama · sentence-transformers · prompt engineering · AI agents
Machine LearningTensorFlow · Keras · Scikit-learn · CNNs · Prophet · model evaluation & benchmarking
Computer VisionOpenCV · YOLOv5 · CNN architectures · image preprocessing · template matching
LanguagesPython · JavaScript · PHP · SQL · C++ · Java · R · C#
Backend / WebFastAPI · Flask · Django · REST APIs · MySQL · HTML5 · CSS3 · React · WordPress
3D & GraphicsBlender · Blender Python (bpy) · headless rendering · FFmpeg · virtual production pipelines
DataPandas · NumPy · Matplotlib · Plotly · Streamlit · dashboards · data pipelines
ToolsDocker · Git · Linux · cPanel · LaTeX
ResearchLiterature review · experimental design · scientific writing · bioinformatics · BioPython
Education
MS Computer Science
COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal
2021 – 2023 · CGPA 3.25 / 4.0
BS Bioinformatics
COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal
2017 – 2021 · CGPA 2.7 / 4.0
Awards & Languages
PEEF Scholarship (2015)
Punjab Educational Endowment Fund, Government of Pakistan
EHSAAS Scholarship (2019)
Government of Pakistan, academic excellence
eHunar, Hunarmand Kamyab Jawan
Digital skills scholarship, Government of Pakistan
Languages
Urdu, Native · English, C1 Proficient (all four skills)
Leadership
Management Head, CFAS, COMSATS University Islamabad
Certifications
Python Essentials 1 & 2 (Cisco/PCEP) · Machine Learning & Data Science · Building AI Agents · HackerRank Python, Problem Solving, Software Engineer
Irfana Aslam, CV · AI Engineer
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