Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) · Chicago, Illinois
Exchange Program
University of Chicago · Chicago, Illinois
Data Science & Machine Learning
BS, Electrical Engineering; Minor in Computer Science
Sorbonne University, Faculty of Science and Engineering · Paris, France
Experience
IDEAL Summer Research
Northwestern University · Evanston, Illinois
Research under Prof. Ermin Wei on mixed-autonomy systems, game theory, and single-agent poisoning attacks in multi-agent learning environments using deep learning.
Research and Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Chicago · Chicago, Illinois
Research Assistant under Prof. A. Enis Cetin on wildfire prediction with U-Nets. Teaching Assistant for ECE 115 labs, Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Software Engineer & Software Engineering Team Lead
Abissnet · Tirana, Albania
Developed a custom internal AI agent trained on proprietary company data using a vector database.
Research Intern - Spectral Analysis on FPGA
Paris Observatory | PSL · Paris, France
Worked on Python-based FFT signal processing on Red Pitaya for weak astrophysical signal detection.
Selected Projects
AI Agent for Murlan (Self-Play Reinforcement Learning)
Designed a reinforcement learning environment and trained a self-play PPO agent with a policy-value network and legal-action masking for a multi-agent Albanian card game.
Unveiling Regional Dynamics: Balkan Countries in 2023
University of Chicago · PCA, k-means, unsupervised learning
Used unsupervised learning techniques to profile Balkan countries based on their characteristics.
Heart Rate Monitor Circuit
Sorbonne University · OrCAD PSpice, Raspberry Pi
Simulated analog and digital circuit blocks, then acquired and processed circuit data to estimate BPM.
Skills & Languages
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Pandas
Python, C, Java, Assembly, SQL, R, MATLAB/Simulink
Analog and digital electronics, PCB design, KiCad, ADC/DAC, Arduino, VHDL, FPGA, AutoCAD, OrCAD PSpice
English, French, Albanian