About
Did my Masters and Phd in computer science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.. Now, working as a senior data scientist at the Metropolitan council of Twin cities.
- I'd like to solve the problems in Natual Language Processing and Computer Vision mainly using deep learning.
- I think about the ways to improve the representational capacity of deep model for textual and image data.
- Sometimes, I contemplate the question "are the statistical models based on neural networks alone, enough for general AI? or should we bring the natural evolution into the mix?". Haven't found the answer yet, obviously.
- Follows Machester United.
- I'd like to think myself as a spiritual person. Have read and followed Osho in the past.
- In January 2024, I attended a 10-day vipassana meditation course in Pecatonica, Illinois.
- This year, I've set up a reading challenge on goodreads to read at least 25 books but I'm very far behind on completing it.
- I am a novice piano and ukulele player.
- Couple of years back, I started doing some travel vlogging. I haven't made vidoes lately though.
This list should say who I'm in a nutshell. This list might keep on changing, however.(last edited on Sep 8, 2024)
Resume
Please find my full resume here
Sumary
Binay Dahal
Ph.D. in computer science, working in the field of AI, especially deep learning. My research projects have tried to explore the new facets in computer vision and natural language understanding .
- Minneapolis, MN
- dabinay@gmail.com
Education
PhD, Computer Science
2018 - 2021
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Deep learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Neuroevolution
MS, Computer Science
2016 - 2018
University of Nevada, Las Vegas,NV
Computational Geometry
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering
2009 - 2013
Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Notable Publications
Using deep learning for short text understanding
Binay Dahal & Justin Zhan
2017
Journal of Big data
USRRM:Pairwise Ranking and Scoring Images Using Its Aesthetic Quality
Binay Dahal & Justin Zhan
2019
IEEE Access
AutoEncoded Domains with Mean Activation for DGA botnet detection
Binay Dahal & Yoohwan Kim
2019
12th International Conference on Global Security, Safety and Saustainability
Effective mutation and Recombination for evolving convolutional networks
Binay Dahal & Justin Zhan
2020
3rd International Conference on Applications of Intelligent Systems
Research
I'm working on a personal project to do a text summarization for Nepali language. This includes curation of a supervised dataset and fine-tuning of an LLM.
My google scholar profile
Hobbies
- Travel and vlog
- Piano and ukulele
- Sports: Football(not American)
- Sports: Tennis
- Reading fiction and non-fiction
- Playing 8 ball on a friday night
Vlogging
Goto my youtube channel
Reading
- Guns, germs and steel
- The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
- SPQR: A history of ancient Rome
- Lincoln Highway
- A gentleman from Moscow
- The girl with a dragon tattoo series
I update my progress on Goodreads. Click here to view my goodreads profile.
Blog
Access my blog here
Contact
Location:
Minneapolis, MN
Email:
email-me@binaydahal.com