Niccolas Ramos Ramirez

About Me

I will receive my BSc degree in Electrical Engineering at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, Peru, in 2024. I am currently in a research internship at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Dr. Milad Nazarahari at the IDEA Lab. To see more detailed information about me please visit my LinkedIn and GitHub pages.

Research Interests

• Machine Learning 

• Computer Vision 

• Human Motion Analysis 

• Human Computer Interaction

• Neuro & Robotic Rehabilitation Technologies

• Wearable and Control Systems

Projects

• During my B.Sc., I did several projects on Signal Processing, Image Processing, Wearable Technology, and Machine Learning (ML). My main achievements and involvements include Object Detection and Segmentation, Diabetic Disease Detection and Classification, the development of a Support Vector Machine (SVM) for efficient card recognition, and the creation of a wearable system to aid in posture correction, and blending hardware and software solutions.

• I have also used Deep Learning applications that implement Yolo and OpenPose for accurate face recognition and real-time human body detection and tracking.

• My bachelor's Project was the implementation of an electromechanical system to control microscope samples to automate the image acquisition process.  

Awards

• Holder of the Honorary Scholarship, Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, Peru (2017).

• Ranked top tenth among 500+ students of BSc in Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, University Peruvian of Applied Sciences, Peru (2023).

• Fellowship to be part of the Huawei International Program "Seeds for the Future" ICT Talent Training Program (2022).

• Accepted to the International Course Cybersecurity of the Internet of Things at the University of Technology, Poznan (2023).

• Intern at Empathic Computing Lab (ECL) research laboratory at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia, and the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand (2023).

• Winner of the ELAP Scholarship by the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) and Global Affairs Canada to be an intern at the University of Alberta (2023-2024).