Aarish Maqsood account profile

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Aarish Maqsood

Highlights

IBM Machine Learning_logo

IBM IBM Machine Learning Professional Certificate

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IBM IBM AI Developer Professional Certificate

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Google Cloud Generative AI Leader Professional Certificate

Highlights

IBM Machine Learning_logo

IBM IBM Machine Learning Professional Certificate

IBM AI Developer_logo

IBM IBM AI Developer Professional Certificate

Generative AI Leader_logo

Google Cloud Generative AI Leader Professional Certificate

Work preferences

Desired roles

Data Scientist

Experience

Work history

Senior Research Officer – Artificial Intelligence & Data Science at IWM International

(March 2025 - Present)

- Designed a custom regression framework with advanced feature engineering, improving evapotranspiration (ET) prediction accuracy. - Built a unified multi-crop ET pipeline that consistently outperformed individual crop models. - Integrated open-source raster and spatial datasets to extract climate indicators for agricultural and hydrological analysis. - Developed a scalable Hugging Face LLM pipeline to generate localized predictions, ensuring broader usability and long-term scalability.

Data Scientist - Freelance at Upwork

(October 2019 - March 2025)

- Designed AI solutions for healthcare diagnostics, improving accuracy and enabling earlier detection. - Built real-time people-counting and crowd management systems and financial forecasting/optimization models. - Developed deep learning pipelines and advanced audio-visual generation models deployed on AWS. - Delivered interactive analytics platforms for climate-energy and mobility insights. - Automated workflows with VBA macros and optimized business processes, achieving improved efficiency.

Machine Learning Engineer at Quantum Edge AI

(October 2023 - March 2025)

- Developed stacked ML models to forecast stock prices over multiple horizons, achieving low RMSE and reliable predictive accuracy. - Built and deployed a scalable AWS pipeline delivering real-time trading insights within seconds. - Enabled profitable trading strategies by providing actionable signals that reduced risk exposure and improved entry/exit timing. - Built and deployed a scalable AWS pipeline delivering real-time trading insights within seconds, ensuring high operational efficiency.

Education

Credentials

Bahauddin Zakariya University

Master's degree in Engineering, graduated January 2023 (Grade: 3.95)

December 2020 - January 2023

Bahauddin Zakariya University

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, graduated August 2020 (Grade: 3.80)

November 2016 - August 2020

IBM Machine Learning_logo

IBM IBM Machine Learning Professional Certificate

Category: Machine Learning
Category: Machine Learning Algorithms
Category: Human Learning
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Applied Machine Learning

Completed February 2026

Courses

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IBM · Course

Machine Learning with Python

Category: Regression
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Algorithms
Category: Human Learning
Category: Python Programming

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Completed February 2026

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IBM · Course

Machine Learning Capstone

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Machine Learning Algorithms
Category: Deep Learning
Category: Feature Engineering
Category: Applied Machine Learning

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Completed February 2026

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IBM · Course

Unsupervised Machine Learning

Category: Linear Algebra
Category: Feature Engineering
Category: Machine Learning Algorithms
Category: Applied Machine Learning
Category: Human Learning

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Completed February 2026