CV
Here, you'll find a comprehensive record of my academic and professional trajectory, from my early education and work in industry to my current research in visual perception. My CV reflects both the breadth of skills I've developed and the depth of focus I've cultivated in the field of Computer Vision and Machine learning
Basics
| Name | Nicholas Ikechukwu |
| Label | CS PhD Student |
| ncholas@bu.edu | |
| Phone | (617) 353-8919 (BU CS) |
| Url | https://www.bu.edu/cs/profiles/nicholas-ikechukwu/ |
| Summary | CS PhD student at Boston University working at the intersection of computer vision, machine learning, and robotics, with a focus on long-term visual perception for autonomous systems |
Education
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2024.09 - Present Boston, MA, USA
PhD in Computer Vison & Machine Learning
Boston University
Dept. of Computer Science
- Principles of Machine Learning
- Image and Video Computing (Computer Vision)
- Formal Methods in Software Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
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2016.09 - 2021.12 Umudike, Nigeria
Bachelor of Engineering
Michael Okpara University
Dept. of Computer Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics
- Software Engineering
- Data Structures & Algorithms
- Networking
- Digital Systems Design
- Linear Algebra
- Statistics for Science and Engineering
Work
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2025.01 - Present AI Teaching Fellow
Boston University
Teaching at CS Laboratory, Conducting Office Hours, Grading
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Reinforcement Learning
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2021.06 - 2024.07 Software Engineer
Tech1M recruitment intelligence platform
Tech1M is a recruitment intelligence platform leveraging AI and data analytics to simplify global talent acquisition with Human-AI Augmentation systems. With AI serving as a co-pilot for users and recruiters
- Artificial Intelligence
- Software as a Service
- Intelligent Recruitment
Awards
- 2024.09.01
Dean's Fellowship
BU Dean of College of Arts and Sciences
Boston University GRS Dean’s Fellowship for Exceptional Newly-admitted PhD students
- 2023.11.23
Valedictorian Award
Vice Chancellor, MOUAU
Best Graduating Student and Valedictorian at the 11th Convocation of Michael Okpara University
- 2023.11.23
MOUAU Alumni Award
Alumni, MOUAU
University Prize for Overall Best Graduating Student - First Degree, Michael Okpara University
- 2023.11.23
Dean's Award
CEET Dean, MOUAU
College of Engineering, Dean’s Award for Best Engineering Graduating Student from the Michael Okpara University
Publications
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2026.01.20 Integrating Quantum Computing and Machine Learning in 6G Networks
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
A thorough examination of the latest advancements in the field of fusing QC and ML to cater to the requirements of 6G technology.
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2025.5.27 Right side up? disentangling orientation understanding in mllms with fine-grained multi-axis perception tasks
arXiv
We introduce DORI (Discriminative Orientation Reasoning Intelligence), a comprehensive benchmark establishing object orientation perception as a primary evaluation target. DORI assesses four dimensions of orientation comprehension: frontal alignment, rotational transformations, relative directional relationships, and canonical orientation understanding.
Skills
| AI & ML Engineering | |
| Pytorch | |
| Python | |
| Java | |
| Typescript | |
| React | |
| Detectron |
Languages
| English | |
| Fluent |
| Igbo | |
| Intermediate |
Interests
| Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Robotics | ||||||
| Visual Perception | ||||||
| Query-based Vison Models | ||||||
| Continual Panoptic Segmentation | ||||||
| Robot Learning | ||||||
| Robotic Vision | ||||||
References
| Bryan A. Plummer | |
| Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Boston University and a core faculty member of the Artificial Intelligence Research (AIR) initiative at the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering |
| Deepti Ghadiyaram | |
| Assistant Professor at Boston University in the Department of Computer Science . I am also an Affiliated Faculty with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences and an academic collaborator with Runway. |
Projects
- 2021.06 - 2024.07
Tech1M Intelligent Recruitment Platform
Tech1M is a recruitment intelligence platform leveraging AI and data analytics to simplify global talent acquisition with Human-AI Augmentation systems. With AI serving as a co-pilot for users and recruiters
- Artificial Intelligence
- Software as a Service
- Intelligent Recruitment