Fazal Mittu
19 year old AI/ML enthusiast based in the Bay Area
Featured Projects
FineZip
My first research paper as a part of BAIR where we created a novel, SOTA LLM-based lossless text compressor
Jan 2024 - Present
HuggingFace, LLaMa 2/3, GPT2, PyTorch
Companion
Building voice controlled web automation software. Full end to end agent capable of purchasing items, booking appointments, etc.
Oct 2024 - Present
GPT-4o, Selenium, VAPI, React, Pinecone
Curate IQ
Working on a tool that allows researchers to stay up to date with current research in their subject area. Essentially a feed for new papers catered to a researcher's interests.
Jun 2024 - Oct 2024
GPT4, Pinecone, arXiv, React, SupaBase
ML From Scratch
Building neural networks, encoder/decoder transformers, and decoder-only transformers using pure Numpy and PyTorch. Wrote a detailed, beginner-friendly guide to transformers to go along with fully annotated code.
Nov 2023 - Aug 2024
PyTorch, NumPy
Chess Position Analyzer
A system that can take an image of a real chess board, detect pieces, identify locations, and analyze the position. Uses Canny Edge Detection and a self-created Hough Transform to locate the board in the image.
Sep 2022 - Nov 2022
PyTorch, OpenCV, YOLOv7 Object Detection
Smart Sprinkler
An automated system that uses YOLOv3 object detection to find patches in a lawn and aim a real sprinkler at them to save water. The sprinkler uses high torque motors for dual axis rotation controlled by an Arduino.
Aug 2020 - Apr 2021
Tensorflow, Arduino, YOLOv3 Object Detection
Typing Glove
A glove with a flex sensor connected to an Arduino that uses a neural network to learn a user's hand gestures. It maps their finger movements to alphanumeric keys, allowing for keyboardless typing.
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
Tensorflow, Arduino, Neural Network
Goal Line Technology System
An Arduino controlled system that used an array of ultrasonic sensors to detect where/when a soccer ball crossed the goal line with 95% accuracy. Used an ESP32 to deliver a text message to the referee whenever a goal was scored.
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
Arduino, ESP32
Other Projects
Twitter Thread Generator
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
A tool that scrapes the latest news articles, stores them to a database, and uses GPT-3 to write in depth threads to post on Twitter.
Stock Price Predictor
Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
An LSTM model trained on historical stock data to predict future AAPL prices.
Wordzal
Mar 2022 - Apr 2022
A more challenging version of Wordle where you are only given the number of letters in each category (absent, misplaced, correct). User is also given 8 tries and an interactive keyboard.
FER Music Recommender
Apr 2021 - Sep 2021
An app that takes a picture of a person's face, classifies their emotion, and then recommends them a song based on their mood. Uses vgg16 for expression recognition and LSTMs for music classification.
Betting DApp
Nov 2021 - Feb 2022
A decentralized app on the Ethereum blockchain that allowed users to bet ETH on sporting events. Contracts built with Solidity and deployed on Rinkeby Test Network.
Experience
BetterBrain
Jan 2023 - Now
BetterBrain is an AI copilot for data teams that connects to their various data sources and allows for natural language queries to the data. My main job is to create integrations for different data sources. Most notably I have created and end-to-end integration for PDFs that parses structured and unstructured data as well as a smart web crawler.
Python, Langchain, OpenAPI, GPT, Table Transformers
Infinity Capital
May 2022 - Jan 2023
Infinity Capital is a hedge fund that focuses on using optimized computer algorithms and strategies using machine learning to make trades in the stock market. My roles include managing stock/news data and fine-tuning pre-trained LLMs such as BERT, GPT, and MPNet to create unique trading strategies.
Tensorflow, AWS, SQL, BERT, Sentence-Transformers
Minthouse
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022
Minthouse is an NFT agency, founded in Singapore, helping other businesses & individuals design, launch & maintain high-standard NFT projects. My roles included creating scripts to randomly generate NFTs, writing ERC1155 and ERC721 smart contracts, and integrating the contracts with websites.
Solidity, Python, JS, HTML, CSS
Everi
May 2021 - Jul 2021
Everi is a platform for professionals to connect with practitioners across their company, discipline, and industry to build an interest-based network. I developed an end-to-end solution to revamp the notifications users receive. I created an HTML template and used Handlebars to inject it with unique parameters.
HTML, TS, Handlebars.js, AWS SES/Lambda, Serverless
United Nations
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
The UN's goals are to maintain international peace and security, to protect human rights, and to promote social and economic development. I work alongside the UN to tackle climate change in Delhi, India by preventing crop burning. Our three-pronged plan consists of collecting crop residue, converting it to biofuel, and then paying farmers for their efforts by selling that biofuel.
The Knowledge Society
Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
TKS is a 10-month accelerator, developed by CEOs and global leaders and designed to replicate the learning environment and culture of Silicon Valley. TKS taught me how to tackle real-world challenges and develop foundational mindsets necessary for making a significant impact on the world. TKS paved the way for many of my future projects and dramatically shifted my worldview.
Visionary Hub
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
Visionary Hub is a platform built for young writers to express their passion and knowledge of technology and relevant topics in today’s world. I founded the platform and edited hundreds of articles about AI, Cancer, BCIs, Nanotechnology, and more. At its peak, Visionary Hub amassed over 8k monthly page views and had 100+ active writers.
SFHS Machine Learning Club
Dec 2020- May 2023
I started a machine learning club at my high school that invited students of all skill levels. The club was initially split into 2 teams; beginner and advanced. In the beginner section, I took on the role of a teacher and conveyed complex ML concepts in a simple manner. The advanced team focused on brainstorming ideas and then applying ML algorithms/knowledge to build unique, intricate projects.
Noble Endeavor
Mar 2021 - Now
Noble Endeavor Family Charity is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization I conceived and developed to support those who are unable to facilitate simple needs that many of us take for granted. We completed our first campaign in May where we raised $5000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Our second campaign is currently underway and we are nearing our goal of $5000 for Shriners Hospitals for Children. Our third campaign is coming up soon and aims to raise funds for Sankara Nethralaya Eye Hospital in Chennai, India.