Irfana Aslam
AI Engineer · Python Developer · Machine Learning Researcher
Profile
5+Years experience
40Projects 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 — Present
Upwork · Remote, Worldwide
- Delivered 6+ client projects across AI/ML, data analysis and web development with consistent 5-star ratings
- Rebuilt a stalled architectural research pipeline (AI-CAD) from a partial handover into a working 54-module sketch-to-energy system — diagnosed the original failure from 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
AI-CAD — Sketch-to-Energy Building Design System
Seven-stage pipeline turning a hand-drawn massing sketch into an analysable building: CAD retrieval → monocular depth → single-view 3D reconstruction → voxel massing → EnergyPlus IDF generation → multi-objective optimisation. 54 modules, 28-check test suite; every stage carries both a research backend and a dependency-free fallback so it runs anywhere. Measured on a 288-image, 12-category benchmark: Precision@1 0.934, mAP 0.613 (leave-one-out) and 5/5 sketches carried end to end at 2.6 s each, CPU-only. Mesh-validity gating caught and repaired non-manifold geometry in 3 of 5 reconstructions; NSGA-II Pareto fronts replace single-score ranking; the same massing evaluated across five climates spans 64 → 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
Full portfolio, case studies & live demos: bitwithbite.com/irfana.html