Mohamed Deraz Nasr

ML researcher + engineer interested in embodied/physical AI, robotics, neural graphics, inference & distributed systems.

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology

M.Sc. in Computer Science· GPA 3.9 · Jan 2026 – Dec 2027

University of Ottawa

B.Sc. in Software Engineering · GPA 3.7 · Sep 2020 – May 2025

Publications

One Lens, Many Worlds: A Capability-Typed Interface for World-Model Interpretability

arXiv · 2026 · Paper

Affinity Map: Few-Shot Protein Family Classification via Prototypical Networks

Zenodo · 2026 · Paper · Code

Experience

Qualia · Copenhagen, Denmark · Jun 2026 – Present

Research Engineer Intern

OpenVINO (Intel), Google Summer of Code · Remote · May 2026 - Present

Machine Learning Systems Engineer

Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, Georgia · Jan 2026 – Present

Graduate Researcher

University of Ottawa · Ottawa, Canada · Sep 2024 – Dec 2024

Undergraduate Researcher

Shopify · Ottawa, Canada · Jan 2025 – Apr 2025

Machine Learning Engineer Intern

March Networks · Ottawa, Canada · Jan 2023 – Apr 2023

Systems Engineer Intern

Extracurriculars

UOBionics

Allonstride Exoskeleton · Software Developer · Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

Projects