Hello, World. I'm

Ira Oliver Fernando.

Electronics Engineer Deep Learning Enthusiast

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I am an Electronics Engineering graduate from the Philippines. Greatly interested in Deep Learning and its applications. A graduate of Udacity's Deep Learning Nanodegree. Lucky to be chosen as one of the 300 Spartans of the Pytorch Udacity Scholarship. I am currently experimenting with deploying Deep Learning models to web applications. Actively looking for opportunities in the field of Deep Learning and AI.

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  • Fullname: Ira Oliver Fernando
  • Birth Date: June 3, 1994
  • Job: Technology Consultant
  • Email: iraoliverfernando@gmail.com

Skills

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Tensorflow
  • Pandas
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More of my credentials.

Work Experience

Technology Consultant

May 2017 - May 2019

DXC Technology

Works as operational support for the PLM team of a consumer goods company:

  • Responsible for responding to incidents affecting the applications of the client related to their PLM/R&D department.
  • Liaise between different internal and external teams and the client to provide resolution to incidents.
  • Perform other job related duties or request as assigned.

Trainee

January 2015 - April 2015

Philippine Airlines

Trained at Philippine Airlines as Systems Support Personnel. Assisted in responding to tickets and incidents concerning the networking and systems equipment under the Pasay Base Complex.

  • Handling of issues concerning Structured Cabling and Voice Lines.
  • Resolving computer issues for staff.
  • Performed inventory documentation and repair of IT equipment.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

2010 - 2016

De La Salle University

B.S. Electronics Engineering
Studied Electronic Systems design, Wireless Communications, Broadcasting and Data Communication. Thesis paper on Wireless Charging System for KILOBOTs. The thesis aimed to provide a working charging platform for the small swarm robots for recharging on long persistence missions.

Courses

PyTorch Nanodegree Scholarship

February 2019 - May 2019

Udacity

Completed the Pytorch Deep Learning Nanodegree on a full scholarship. Built Deep Learning projects on PyTorch. Gained experience in deploying a production-ready model via Amazon SageMaker.

Facebook AI PyTorch Scholarship Challenge

November 2018 - January 2019

Udacity

A competitive program focusing on Deep Learning models for PyTorch. One of 300 scholars chosen out of 10,000 challengers for a scholarship to a Nanodegree program sponsored by Facebook.
Volunteer student mentor in the later portion of the challenge to help another co-challenger complete the program and answer questions on the materials.

Deep Learning Nanodegree

July 2018 - October 2018

Udacity

Enrolled in Udacity's Deep Learning Nanodegree. Got introduced to Neural Networks and its current applications. Finished projects like Bike-sharing demand forecasting, Dog-breed classification, TV script generation, Random Face generation. Also got introduced to Deep Reinforcement Learning and created a control system for a Quadcopter using RL.

Projects

Things that I have completed

Take a look at some projects that I have worked on during the past year. Most of these were projects I have created under the Deep Learning Nanodegree from Udacity. Some of these are pet projects that I have done to reinforce some concepts I have learned so far.

Where to find me

2471 Leon Guinto St.
Malate, Manila
1004 Philippines

Email Me At

iraoliverfernando@gmail.com

Call Me At

Mobile: (+63) 905 516 3733