Expert Details
OCR, Offline/Online Handwriting Recognition, Face,Text,Object Detection/Recognition,
ID: 726968
California, USA
- I am a computer scientist. I am an expert at building computer based face recognition system. I am not a face recognition expert myself.
- Architect and designer of most successful handwriting recognition engines known in industry covering several languages and scripts including: English, Various European languages, Chinese & other East Asian Languages, Arabic and Russian
- Experience in building small footprint handwriting recognition engines for embedded systems
- Extensive experience in OCR technology
- Developed several commercial OCR engines for Latin Based, Arabic, Chinese & Hindi scripts
- Extensive experience in building very high accuracy customized OCR engines
- 17 Patents in the areas of OCR, Handwriting Recognition
- 12 publications in areas of Machine Learning, Handwriting Recognition and OCR
- Extensive experience of Neural Networks and their applications in production level software
- Extensive experience in other machine learning technologies: SVMs, Graphical Models, Decision Trees and industrial applications
- Experience in post OCR text processing and retrieval techniques
- Experience in face, text and general object detection and recognition methodologies and their industrial applications
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 1999 | Degree: MSc | Subject: Computer Science | Institution: University of Washington |
| Year: 1992 | Degree: MSc | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: Cairo University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2007 to 2009 | Employer: Google Inc | Title: Staff Software Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2007 | Employer: Microsoft Corp | Title: Software Architect | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1995 to 1997 | Employer: Contact Innovations | Title: R&D Lead Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Arabic | |
| French |
Fields of Expertise
artificial neural network, character recognition technology, handwriting recognition software, intelligent character recognition technology, learning machine, neural network software, neural networking, optical character recognition technology, pattern recognition, pen-based computing, signature analysis, text retrieval, machine learning, handwriting, machine vision, computer vision