Ertaza
Manzoor

AI engineer building intelligent systems at the intersection of computer vision, deep learning, and NLP. Based in the UK.

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01 Projects

001

Breast Cancer Cell MoA Classification

ResNet50 transfer learning model trained on the BBBC021 dataset to classify 5 mechanism-of-action classes in cancer cell microscopy images. Includes Grad-CAM visual explainability and is fully deployed on Streamlit Cloud with auto model loading from Hugging Face.

PyTorch ResNet50 Grad-CAM Hugging Face Streamlit Transfer Learning

87.34%Accuracy

0.88Macro F1

5MoA classes

Live app GitHub Hugging Face

002

Sentiment Analysis Dashboard

NLP dashboard powered by Cardiff NLP's twitter-roberta-base-sentiment-latest model. Supports single text and batch CSV analysis with real-time confidence scores, interactive Plotly visualisations, and a polished modern UI.

Transformers RoBERTa Plotly Streamlit HuggingFace NLP

RoBERTaModel

BatchCSV support

LiveDeployed

Live app GitHub

003

Object Detection App

Real-time object detection web app using YOLOv8n capable of detecting 80 different object classes from uploaded images. Features bounding boxes with confidence scores, NMS support, an interactive results table, and a Plotly bar chart — all wrapped in a dark modern UI.

YOLOv8 PyTorch OpenCV Streamlit Plotly COCO Dataset

80Object classes

YOLOv8nModel

NMSDedup support

LiveDeployed

Live app GitHub

02 Skills

Languages

Python
SQL
Bash
HTML / CSS

Deep Learning

PyTorch
Transformers
Transfer Learning
Grad-CAM / XAI

Tools & Platforms

Hugging Face
Streamlit
YOLOv8 / Ultralytics
Git / GitHub
WSL2 / Linux

AI Domains

Computer Vision
NLP / Sentiment
Object Detection
Image Classification
Vision-Language Models

03 Experience

AI Intern

RESOLVE — Research Solutions and Ventures · NSTP, NUST, Islamabad

Built an AI-powered document validation system using the Qwen-VL Vision-Language Model. Worked under the supervision of Dr. Usman Qayyum, Director of AI.

Jan 2026

Crew Trainer

McDonald's · United Kingdom

Responsible for training new crew members, maintaining operational standards, and leading shifts. Developed strong communication and team leadership skills alongside my studies.

Feb 2023 – Present

BSc Artificial Intelligence

Anglia Ruskin University · Cambridge

Final year project: Cancer Cell MoA Classification using ResNet50 transfer learning

Graduated 2026

ErtazaManzoor

Ertaza
Manzoor