Usman Farrokh Niaz

Usman Farrokh Niaz is a Senior Research Scientist at Derq since May 2019, specializing in computer vision, image processing, machine learning, and data fusion to enhance road safety. Prior to this, Usman served as a Senior Data Scientist at American Family Insurance from January 2017 to May 2019, focusing on applying advanced machine learning and deep learning methods for business decision-making, alongside building Natural Language Processing pipelines. Earlier roles include a Deep Learning Consultant/Data Scientist at American Family Insurance, Assistant Professor at FAST-NUCES where Usman co-founded the ReVeaL lab, and Research Engineer at Université Pierre et Marie Curie with expertise in visual recognition and object detection. Academic qualifications include a Ph.D. in Computer Vision from EURECOM, a Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence from Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from PIEAS.