Hi

I’m Arief, an Indonesian living in the US, previously in Canada.

Experience

  • Applied Scientist II at Amazon, 2023 - Now
  • Tech Lead - AI/ML at General Motors, 2021 - 2023
  • Senior AI Scientist at General Motors, 2019 - 2020
  • AI Scientist at General Motors, 2018
  • Machine Learning Engineer at Cognitech, 2016 - 2018
  • Research/Teaching Assistant at University of Waterloo, 2014 - 2018
  • Research Assistant at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 2010 - 2013
  • Graduate Development Trainee at Freeport mining company, 2008
  • Intern at Telekomunikasi Indonesia, 2007

Education

  • PhD, Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • MSc, Control Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
  • BEng, Physics Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Awards

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2021 Best Paper Award
  • Faculty of Engineering Awards, UW, 2016
  • Graduate Research Studentship, UW, 2014 - 2018
  • International Doctoral Student Award, UW, 2014 - 2018
  • Full Graduate Scholarship, KFUPM, 2010 - 2013

Skills

  • Python: Pandas, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Scikit-Learn, Dash, Dask, PySpark
  • Machine Learning: Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Time-Series, Statistical Analysis
  • Tools: Azure, AWS, SQL

Professional Activities

  • Talks
    • Service Defection Risk Modelling, GM AI/ML Summit
    • Duplicate Bug Reports Detection, GM Q3 Analytics Forum
    • The role of AI in EV, Ruang Bincang Energi: The Future of Electric Vehicle (EV) Technology
    • Tackling Bias in AI, GM Innovation Team Meeting
    • Big-Data-Based Intelligent Transportation Systems for Smart Mobility Application, CPAMI Graduate Seminar Series
    • Big-Data-Generated Traffic Flow Prediction Using Deep Learning and Dempster-Shafer Theory, World Congress on Computational Intelligence
  • Reviewer
    • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems.
    • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics.
    • International Journal of Robotics and Automation.
    • Control and Intelligent Systems Journal.
    • International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition.