Nashit Saleem
Available for opportunities

Teaching machines
to see, learn and understand

I'm Nashit, an AI engineer and researcher based in Türkiye.
I build vision and deep learning systems, from research to production.

PyTorch TensorFlow OpenCV YOLO11 ByteTrack UNet RAFT-Stereo FastAPI Docker
Curated work

Featured Case Studies

Computer vision and deep learning, from research to production

Research · 2025 – Present

Non-destructive tomato sizing with stereo vision

  • YOLOv10 ripeness detection, 85.2% mAP@0.5
  • ChArUco stereo depth, per-fruit growth tracking
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stereo_sizing · raft-stereo
tomato Ø from 3D points Left image (RGB) Disparity → depth near far
Research · 2025 – Present

Water-stress sensing from an ordinary RGB camera

  • Leaf temperature ordering from RGB, thermal as teacher only
  • 0.764 °C error vs 1.143 °C floor on unseen plants
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pairwise_stress · rgb_only
Warmer Mixed Cooler
Independent clients · 2025 – Present

CCTV analytics on on-prem GPUs

  • YOLO11 and ByteTrack over RTSP streams
  • Runs as a Python service on the client's own GPUs
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yolo11 + bytetrack · rtsp
car · id 3 car · id 12 person · id 7
Independent clients · 2025 – Present

Drone orthomosaic pipeline

  • Epipolar-geometry matching of overlapping photos
  • One clean top-down map, saved to S3
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orthomosaic · epipolar matching
saved to S3 Overlapping photos, matched Orthomosaic (top-down map)
Upwork client project

Real-time computer vision for game automation

  • Reads the screen in real time with OpenCV
  • 95% accuracy detecting cursor and objects
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opencv · screen_capture
enemy loot cursor capture → detect → plan path → act
Upwork client project

Portrait background removal for custom QR codes

  • Automatic portrait background removal
  • 98% scan success with a face in the code
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portrait_to_qr · computer_vision
background removed Portrait, background removed Branded QR code, still scannable
UET Taxila · 2022 – 2023

Speech recognition and synchronised video generation

  • Editing cut from ~5 hours to 5 minutes
  • Basis of a peer-reviewed ICoDT2 paper (2024)
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forced_alignment · video_gen
00:0000:0300:05 00:0800:1100:14 Audio → forced alignment → timed segments → rendered video
Research and publications

Papers and Ongoing Research

Peer-reviewed work and papers currently in preparation

Published · 2024

Automation of Quranic Content Creation by Leveraging Speech Recognition

In preparation · 2026

Yield Estimation and Prediction Models for Smart Greenhouses

In preparation · 2026

Non-destructive Tomato Sizing: A Three-Model Comparison

My services

Diverse Services To Meet Needs

From first prototype to a model running in production

Computer Vision Systems

Detection, tracking and stereo-vision pipelines with YOLO11, ByteTrack and OpenCV.

Detection Segmentation Stereo Depth Tracking Time-Series Speech NLP Forecasting

Deep Learning Model Development

CNNs, UNet, LSTM and TSMixer models built, evaluated and compared on your own data.

Model→FastAPI→Docker→Kubernetes→CI/CD

Deployment and Serving

Python services containerised for on-prem GPU hardware or the cloud, with GitHub Actions CI/CD.

Data→Model→Paper

Applied Research

Experiment design, evaluation and write-ups, from grant-funded projects to journal papers.

Journey

Where I've Studied and Worked

A short timeline of research and engineering

Experience

SoftDevJan 2024 – Jun 2026
Lead AI & Backend Engineer · Remote

Led engineering at an AI automation studio serving clients in the US, UK and Pakistan, delivering voice AI, RAG systems, computer vision pipelines and workflow automation.

Elunic2024 – Aug 2026
AI & Automation Engineer · Remote

Quality assurance and technical report review on the eluna industrial software platform.

Huawei TechnologiesOct – Nov 2023
FBB-IP Engineer (internship) · Islamabad

Configured and maintained FBB-IP network equipment and troubleshot connectivity issues in a live telecom environment.

Education

Gebze Technical UniversityOct 2025 – Jul 2027
MS, Artificial Intelligence

Thesis on hybrid AI architectures for smart greenhouses, within the TÜBİTAK 1071 bilateral R&D project. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Yusuf Sinan Akgül.

University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila2019 – 2023
BS, Electrical (Communication) Engineering

Final-year project on AI-based recognition and synchronisation of Quranic text with audio. Applied ML projects in medical imaging, including knee osteoarthritis grading and melanoma detection.

About me

Know who am I

My journey in few words

I'm an AI engineer and researcher working on computer vision and deep learning for smart greenhouses, as part of an MS in Artificial Intelligence at Gebze Technical University. I studied Electrical Engineering at UET Taxila, and I've led AI and backend engineering at SoftDev, an automation studio serving clients in the US, UK and Pakistan.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Are you available for new projects?

Yes. I take on a limited number of computer vision and deep learning projects alongside my MS research. Send me a short description and we can find out if it's a good fit.

Which frameworks and tools do you work with?

PyTorch and TensorFlow for training, OpenCV for classical vision and stereo geometry, YOLO11 with ByteTrack for detection and tracking, UNet for segmentation, and FastAPI with Docker for serving.

Do you work on agriculture and research problems?

Yes. My main research is computer vision for greenhouse crops: fruit sizing from stereo imagery, water-stress sensing from RGB cameras and yield estimation, supported by a TÜBİTAK-funded project.

Can you deploy models to on-prem hardware?

Yes. I've packaged vision pipelines as Python services for on-prem GPU hardware, reading RTSP camera streams and storing results in S3-compatible storage, shipped with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD.