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Md Norul Gofran

Hi, I'm Md Norul Gofran

ML & Production AI Engineer | M.Sc. Data Science Graduate | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Experience

Professional Experience

NOV 2024 — JUL 2025

Student Researcher

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co KG | Herzogenaurach, Germany

  • Designed and benchmarked RL controllers (AC, SAC, TD3) for industrial Vapor-Compression Cycle systems
  • Achieved 15% energy efficiency improvement with TD3 agent over traditional PID control
  • Authored comparative analysis thesis on adaptive HVAC-R control using model-free RL
JAN 2021 — MAY 2022

Junior Software Engineer

DataSoft Systems Bangladesh Limited | Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Developed scalable backend microservices (Django/FastAPI) for IoT-based Industrial Monitoring & Connected Vehicle Solutions
  • Contributed to "Smart Traffic Solution" pilot using OpenCV for vehicle density detection
  • Engineered automated anomaly detection pipelines using scikit-learn and PostgreSQL
OCT 2020 — DEC 2020

Intern in R&D Team

Trust Bank Limited | Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Developed a customer churn prediction model using Random Forest & XGBoost
  • Built interactive financial analytics dashboard using Tableau
Education

Academic Background

OCT 2022 — JUL 2025

M.Sc. in Data Science

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | Erlangen, Germany

  • Thesis: Comparative Analysis of RL-Based Adaptive Control for HVAC-R Systems
  • Focus: Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision
AUG 2016 — OCT 2020

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering

Gujarat Technological University | Ahmedabad, India

  • Foundation in algorithms, data structures, computer architecture, and networking
  • Capstone: Smart Irrigation System using IoT sensors and cloud analytics
Skills

Technical Skills & Tools

Technologies and frameworks I work with across ML, engineering, and deployment

Languages

Python JavaScript TypeScript MATLAB SQL

Deep Learning & GenAI

PyTorch LangChain RAG sentence-transformers OpenCV

RL & Machine Learning

DQN SAC TD3 Actor-Critic scikit-learn NumPy Pandas

Backend & MLOps

Flask Express.js REST APIs Celery Docker Git GitHub Actions AWS Sentry

Databases & Vector Stores

PostgreSQL SQLite Redis ChromaDB FAISS

Frontend and Mobile

React React Native Tailwind CSS

Natural Languages

English (C1 Fluent) Deutsch (B1 Intermediate)

Featured Projects

A selection of my recent work in machine learning and data science

AutoFlow – AI Agent Platform

SaaS Automation

Built a production-scale AI decision system handling real-time requests across multiple tenants. Deployed ML pipeline with Redis caching, Celery task queues, and PostgreSQL.

Python Flask LangChain ChromaDB Celery Redis

AuroraWatch Pro

Mobile App

Developed a cross-platform mobile app visualizing real-time NOAA space weather data. Implemented 7-day forecasting, push notifications, and subscription management.

React Capacitor TypeScript Mapbox GL RevenueCat

QGAN-MNIST Synthesis

Quantum ML

Implemented hybrid Quantum-Classical GAN with Parameterized Quantum Circuit (PQC). generating 4x4 and 16x16 digit images using GPU-accelerated quantum simulation.

PyTorch Quantum Computing GAN Python SciPy

Spotify RL Recommender

Deep RL

Developed DQN-based sequential decision system that learns optimal recommendations in real-time. Implemented experience replay and ε-greedy exploration for balancing exploration vs exploitation.

Python PyTorch NumPy Pandas DQN

Route Planning for Visually Impaired

Computer Vision

Developed AI-powered navigation system combining GPS routing with real-time sidewalk detection. Trained DeepLabv3+ (ResNet50) semantic segmentation on Cityscapes and Mapillary datasets.

Python PyTorch DeepLabv3+ OpenCV Valhalla API

Bangla Fast RAG

AI / NLP

A fast and efficient Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system designed specifically for the Bengali language, leveraging modern LLMs and vector search.

Python LangChain RAG LLM