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Basics
| Name | Ayesh Abu Lehyeh |
| Label | PhD Researcher | Computer Vision & Machine Learning |
| ayesh.abulehyeh@uvm.edu | |
| Phone | (802) 829-1976 |
| Url | https://AyeshAbuLehyeh.github.io/ |
| Summary | PhD researcher at the University of Vermont specializing in computer vision and machine learning for geolocalization. My work focuses on fine-grained and reliable geolocalization from visual and sensor data, emphasizing uncertainty-aware modeling, cross-view reasoning, and robustness under real-world constraints. |
Work
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2023.09 - Present Graduate Research Assistant (PhD Researcher)
University of Vermont
Doctoral research in computer vision–based geolocalization, spanning sensor networks, indoor positioning, and large-scale visual geolocalization from images.
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Research theme: geolocalization using visual and sensor data with an emphasis on robustness, uncertainty modeling, and deployability
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GPS-free outdoor sensor network geolocalization: designed a spatio-temporal learning framework using Graph Neural Networks and BiLSTMs to localize large-scale IoT sensor networks from noisy radio range measurements; achieved meter-level accuracy and published the results in a peer-reviewed IoT journal — Paper
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Reliable indoor geolocalization: developed a GNN-based regression model for indoor positioning and integrated conformal prediction to produce statistically valid confidence regions with calibrated uncertainty guarantees; demonstrated empirical coverage closely matching target confidence levels — Project
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Visual geolocalization under severe appearance changes: studied robustness under weather, illumination, and seasonal shifts; extended the Sample4Geo baseline with improved training strategies and robustness-oriented evaluation — Code
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Efficient fine-grained cross-view geolocalization: designed an efficient framework aligning ground-level and satellite imagery by decoupling heavy visual encoding from fast geometric refinement; achieved sub-meter accuracy with significantly reduced inference cost; currently under review at a top-tier computer vision venue — Project
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Ongoing research on vision-language models for geolocalization: exploring semantic and spatial reasoning using VLMs, including prompt engineering and parameter-efficient fine-tuning (LoRA).
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All research implemented primarily in PyTorch and PyTorch Geometric, with extensive experimentation, ablation studies, and reproducibility practices
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2021.10 - 2023.08 Senior Data Analyst
Orange Jordan
Data-driven performance analysis and automation for large-scale telecom services.
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Led nationwide service performance analysis using large-scale operational telecom datasets
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Designed and deployed automated analytics pipelines using Python, SQL, Pandas, and NumPy to analyze service KPIs
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Managed and analyzed data generated by software-based service testing robots to detect performance degradation
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Developed automated Python-based alerting systems to trigger alarms when KPIs deviated from defined thresholds
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Built real-time monitoring and executive dashboards using Power BI, Tableau, and Grafana
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Led agile automation initiatives that reduced repetitive manual reporting and improved operational efficiency
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Collaborated closely with engineering and operations teams to enable data-driven service optimization
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2019.05 - 2021.10 Radio Frequency Engineer
Orange Jordan
Radio network planning, optimization, and performance analysis for cellular systems.
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Worked on planning and optimization of large-scale 4G and 5G radio access networks
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Analyzed RF measurements, drive-test data, and network KPIs to identify coverage, capacity, and interference issues
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Supported radio network optimization using industry-standard RF planning and monitoring tools
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Developed strong intuition for wireless propagation, noisy measurements, and real-world system constraints
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Skills
| Core Research Expertise | |
| Geolocalization | |
| Cross-View Image Matching | |
| Fine-Grained Image Geolocalization | |
| Uncertainty-Aware Learning | |
| Geospatial Reasoning and Understanding |
| Machine Learning & Computer Vision | |
| Deep Learning (CNNs, RNNs, Transformers) | |
| Representation Learning | |
| Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) | |
| Sequence Models (GRU, BiLSTM) | |
| Conformal Prediction |
| Tools & Frameworks | |
| Python | |
| C++ | |
| MATLAB | |
| PyTorch | |
| PyTorch Geometric | |
| NumPy | |
| Pandas | |
| Scikit-learn | |
| Linux |
| Data & Visualization | |
| SQL | |
| Python | |
| Power BI | |
| Tableau | |
| Grafana | |
| Matplotlib |
Education
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2023.09 - Present Burlington, Vermont, USA
PhD
University of Vermont
Computer Science
PhD researcher specializing in computer vision and geolocalization, with a focus on uncertainty-aware learning and cross-view visual reasoning.
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Research focus: visual geolocalization, cross-view image understanding, uncertainty modeling
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Graduate coursework: Advanced Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Data Mining, Data Science, Advanced Algorithm Design
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2014.09 - 2019.02 Amman, Jordan
BSc
University of Jordan
Electrical Engineering
Strong foundation in signal processing, wireless communications, and applied mathematics, with early exposure to distributed systems and algorithm design.
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Coursework: Signals & Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Wireless Communications, Probability & Statistics
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Graduated with honors
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Graduation Project — Design of a Channel Management System for Cognitive Radio:
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Designed a fully distributed channel management framework enabling cognitive users to dynamically access spectrum while satisfying heterogeneous QoS requirements
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Developed novel channel allocation and coordination algorithms implemented in C++
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Used MATLAB for system-level simulation, performance evaluation, and visualization of network behavior
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Certificates
| Power BI for Business Workshop | ||
| OZ Training & Consulting |
| Introduction to Natural Language Processing | ||
| Analytics Vidhya |
| Introduction to IoT | ||
| Cisco Networking Academy |
| Machine Learning Specialization | ||
| Stanford University / Coursera |
| Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate | ||
| Google (Coursera) |
Languages
| Arabic | |
| Native |
| English | |
| Fluent |
Interests
| Computer Vision & Machine Learning | |
| Visual Geolocalization | |
| Cross-View Reasoning | |
| Uncertainty Modeling | |
| Vision-Language Models | |
| Generative Models |
References
| Professor Safwan Wshah | |
| Advisor — safwan.wshah@uvm.edu |
| Professor Anastassia Gharib | |
| agharib@aus.edu |