Firoj Paudel

Hello, I'm Firoj 👋

Fellowship.AI Graduate 3+ Research Papers Speech Engineer CUDA Developer
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About

I'm Firoj Paudel (aka FirozSama), a CS undergrad from Kathmandu, Nepal, with a deep passion for Machine Learning and AI Agents.

Education

Currently pursuing Computer Science in Kathmandu. Fellowship.AI Graduate.

Research

Author of multiple papers on LLMs, edge computing, and medical AI.

Passion

Eager to learn math, solve challenges, and build AI agents that matter.

Skills

Languages

Python C / C++ JavaScript CUDA HTML5 CSS3 R

ML / AI

TensorFlow PyTorch LangChain LangGraph NLP NumPy Pandas

Web & Tools

Flask FastAPI SQL Git Docker Hugging Face Hugging Face Hugging Face

Projects

A collection of projects covering NLP, Computer Vision, and AI Agents.

Fine-tuned Chatbot

Completed

Streamlit app using BART-base fine-tuned on Bitext customer support dataset, backed by SQLite3.

PythonStreamlitBART-baseSQLite3
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Web Agent

Completed

Web agent built from scratch using Hugging Face smolAgents, hosted on Hugging Face Spaces.

PythonsmolAgentsHF Spaces
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Brain Tumor Detection

Completed

CNN-based project for brain tumor detection from medical images.

PythonCNNTensorFlowPyTorch
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Ecolog

Hackathon

Collaborative tech solution to prevent forest fires and poaching.

PythonTeam Project
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NeuroNav

Prototype

EEG-based wheelchair control prototype using brain signals.

PythonEEGHardware
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arXiv Summarizer

Completed

Flask web app to summarize research papers with LaTeX equation output.

PythonFlaskNLPLaTeX
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Interactive Web Agent

Private

Fellowship.AI major project. GUI-based web agent.

PythonWeb AgentGUI
Confidential

Research & Publications

Exploring the frontiers of Language Models and Edge Computing.

2025

Thinking About Thinking: SAGE-nano's Inverse Reasoning for Self-Aware Language Models

B Jha, F Paudel, U Puri, Z Yuting, C Donghyuk, W Junhao

arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.00092
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2025

Fragile Mastery: Are Domain-Specific Trade-Offs Undermining On-Device Language Models?

B Jha, F Paudel

arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.22698
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2025

LoRA-Enhanced PaliGemma for Efficient Visual Question Answering in Gastrointestinal Imaging

PK Jha, F Paudel, D Jha

MediaEval 2025 (Peer Reviewed)
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Experience

2025 - Present

Speech Engineer

Wiseyak

Working on speech recognition and processing technologies.

2025 - Present

Co-Founder & Chief Research Officer

SAGEA

Leading research initiatives in AI and edge computing for the startup.

2025 - Present

Research Scientist

NeuraGuard

Contributing to research and development in AI-driven security solutions.

2025

Data Science Fellow

Fellowship.AI

Graduated as a fellow. Developed an interactive GUI-based web agent.

2025

Co-Lead

MBMC IdeaX 2025

Co-leading the hackathon, managing and coordinating all teams.

2024

General Manager

MBMC IdeaX 2024

Managed and coordinated both organizing and participating teams.

Get in Touch

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, collaborations, or just having a chat about tech.

Location

Kathmandu, Nepal