ML scientist with 8 years of experience and fine artist.
I build production-ready ML pipelines for art, media and industry.
→ Available for freelance consulting and research collaborations.
Current Work
Independent ML Consultant — Oct 2022 – Present
Consulting for companies, startups and artists on AI/ML solutions. I work on both traditional ML/AI projects (computer vision, deployment, MLOps) and creative AI applications (generative models, art installations, creative tooling).
Creative Clients: ebb.global (GenAI Lead), Neil Beloufa, Hermès, Gérard Garouste, Alain Guiraudie, Luma Arles
Technical Expertise
Generative AI & Image Models
- Diffusion models: Stable Diffusion, SDXL, Flux, fine-tuning (LoRA, adapters)
- ControlNets, IP-Adapter, T2I-Adapter
- Dataset curation, augmentation, synthetic data generation
- Custom model training, aesthetic fine-tuning, distillation
- Video generation: frame interpolation, temporal consistency, AnimateDiff
- ComfyUI workflows, custom nodes
Machine Learning
- PyTorch, Tensorflow, Transformers, Diffusers
- GANs, VAEs, diffusion models
- Object detection, segmentation, tracking, anomaly detection
- Foundation models: SAM, DINO, CLIP
- OOD detection, preprocessing pipelines, industrial deployment
- Uncertainty quantification, model evaluation, experiment tracking
- Weights & Biases, MLflow
Creative AI & Interactive Systems
- Interactive installations, realtime AI systems
- AR/VR integration, generative art, audiovisual synthesis
LLMs & NLP
- Model fine-tuning, PEFT (LoRA, QLoRA), instruction tuning
- RAG systems, vector databases, embedding models
- Prompt engineering, agentic workflows, function calling
- LangChain
MLOps & Cloud
- Docker, Kubernetes, serverless deployment
- AWS (SageMaker, Lambda, EC2), GCP, Modal, Replicate
- Model serving (FastAPI, TorchServe), monitoring, CI/CD
- GPU optimization, batch inference
Programming & Tooling
- Python, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, C/C++, CUDA
- Git, Docker, ComfyUI, Hugging Face ecosystem
Web Development
- JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js
- Full-stack development
Professional Experience
Willows AI — ML Engineer/Scientist (Oct 2022 – April 2023)
• Co-led R&D of vision models for anomaly detection in manufacturing. Significantly improved model robustness for out-of-distribution settings.
Element AI, Montréal — ML Engineer/Scientist (March 2018 – Oct 2020)
• Performed industrial AI research.
Education
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris — Master of Fine Arts (2022 – Present)
Mila - Quebec AI Institute — Ph.D. in Computer Science (2020)
Supervisor: Hugo Larochelle (Google Brain). Left to pursue artistic practice.
University of Bristol — MEng Computer Science (2013 – 2017)
First Class Honours (4.0 GPA). Research with Dr. Carl Henrik Ek on probabilistic ML and creative AI.
✨ contact@imanmalik.com ✨
Paris, France • +33 7 72 38 69 36