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Ammar Ali

AI Engineer

I build simple, reliable AI systems for health and human performance.

Resume

About

AI/ML Engineer & MedTech Innovator

5
Years Experience
7
Techical Positions
8
Open Source Repos
3
Leadership Roles

Neurotechnology

BCI • Neural signals • Assistive tech

Medical AI

Imaging • Diagnostics • Clinical AI

Systems

Pipelines • Real-time • Cloud

Skills

AI, Data & ML

PyTorch
TensorFlow
Scikit-Learn
OpenCV
LangChain
Pinecone
Ray
Databricks
Spark

Languages & Backend

C++
C#
Python
JavaScript
HTML5
CSS3
FastAPI
Flask
Node.js
PostgreSQL
MongoDB

Cloud & DevOps

AWS
Azure
GCP
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
GH Actions

Neurotech, Robotics & Tools

ROS
Unity
MNE
OpenBCI
Arduino
Raspberry Pi
Git
GitHub
VS Code
PyCharm
Jupyter
Linux

Certifications

Google Cloud ML Engineer AWS AI Engineer Certificate in Data Science Coursera Machine Learning

Projects

MindWave

MindWave

A VR neurofeedback system using real-time EEG data to help users improve attentional control.

Python Unity VR UDP EEG MNE-Python PyTorch ROS
Code Demo
Neural Signal Decoder

Neural Signal Decoder

A deep learning pipeline that classifies motor imagery from EEG signals with 94% accuracy for BCI applications.

EEG TensorFlow U-Net ROS 2
Code Demo
Reduce-Reuse-Recycle

Reduce-Reuse-Recycle

A smart waste bin that uses a YOLO-V8 model to automatically identify and sort recyclable materials.

YOLO-V8 Python Computer Vision Raspberry Pi IoT LangChain
Code Demo
Kalman Filter Cursor Tracker

Kalman Filter Cursor Tracker

A predictive cursor tracking system using a Kalman Filter to enhance human-computer interaction for accessibility.

Python OpenCV Kalman Filter OBS
Code Demo
Medical Image Segmentation

Medical Image Segmentation

Retinal-layer segmentation on the Duke SD-OCT dataset: preprocessing → UNet/ViT-hybrid → post-hoc uncertainty maps.

PyTorch U-Net MRI ViT-hybrid TorchScript AWS SAM DeepLab
Code Demo
FHIR ETL service

FHIR ETL service

Gets EHR bundles, de-identify PHI, load to a Postgres-backed FHIR server with automated Unit tests for HIPAA “safe-harbor” compliance.

Python PostgreSQL FHIR Unit Tests HIPAA Synthea FastAPI Docker AWS
Code Demo

Experience

Professional Experience

Data + AI Engineer Intern

RoyalCyber Naperville, IL
2025 - Present

Developed an agentic AI voice assistant for real‑time calling, scheduling, and CRM integration.

Multi‑modal Agentic AI + RAG on Bedrock
Built MCP servers for Healthcare and Law Domains
Integrated with Clio, Square, and Epic EHR and CRM tools
Built a custom LLM for the agentic voice assistant
AWS Microsoft Azure Model Context Protocol (MCP) Python JavaScript/TypeScript MongoDB/DynamoDB Node.js FastAPI LangChain/LangGraph

Project Manager

NeuroTech, UIUC Champaign, IL
2023 - 2025

Head of Signal Processing and AI. Developed a VR neurofeedback system using real‑time EEG data to help users improve attentional control.

Trained SVM, CNN, GNN & LSTM models
Real‑time ICA/PCA + classifiers
Large‑scale EEG processing
Led 2 engineering teams simultaneously
Python Scikit-learn PyTorch MNE-Python OpenBCI Arduino Raspberry Pi ROS Unity C# UDP EEG

Software Engineer

Disruption Lab at Gies Champaign, IL
2022 - 2024

Built software for research and data products using AI and immersive tech.

Built a OpenAI chatbot for DSRS
Blockchain auditing with ZKPs; faster digital asset validation
VR data visualization in Unity for high‑dimensional datasets
30% improvement in diagnostic accuracy
Python Javascript OpenAI LangGraph LangChain FAISS Unity Circom Snark.js Streamlit

Education

B.S. Brain & Cognitive Science, Computer Science

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Neural Engineering 2022 - 2025

Computer Information Systems

College of Dupage

Transferred to UIUC 2020 - 2022

Certifications

AWS AI Engineer 2025
Computational Neuroscience 2025
Certificate in Data Science 2024

Get In Touch

I'm always looking to collab and learn

Let's Connect!

Email

ammar.neuroai@gmail.com

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/aali02

Location

Chicago, IL