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Thura Aung
Lab member of Language Understanding Laboratory. Participating in several open-source AI projects. Interested in the research area of Computer Science (CS), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Linguistics. Enthusiastic, responsible, and committed to working on time with dedication.
E-mail: thuraaung.ai.mdy@gmail.com || CV || LinkedIn || Github || Projects
Education
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Latkrabang, Thailand
Bachelor of Engineering (Software Engineering International Program)
Duration: 2023 - 2026 (Expected)
Technological University (Kyaukse), Myanmar
Bachelor of Engineering (Information Technology Engineering)
Duration: 2017 - 2022
The Conqueror Academy of Education
Myanmar Government Matriculation Examination Training
Duration: 2014 - 2017 (Grades 8, 9, and 10)
Experiences
Language Understanding Laboratory, Myanmar Remote, Part-time
Research Assistant
Duration: January 2022 - Present.
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors Remote, Part-time
Beta Student Ambassador [PROFILE] [CERTIFICATE]
Duration: September 2021 - Present.
Alpha Student Ambassador
Duration: January 2021 - September 2021.
Omdena Remote, Seasonal
Lead ML Engineer [PROJECT] [CERTIFICATE]
Duration: October 2021 - Present
Thate Pan Hub Remote, Part-time
AI Curriculum Developer [WEBSITE] [CERTIFICATE]
Duration: June 2021 - September 2021.
Simbolo Remote, Part-time
Contracted Instructor
Duration: Dec 2021 - January 2022.
Alex Snow School Remote, Part-time
Volunteer Mentor
Duration: April 2020 - January 2021.
Publications
Conference
Ye Kyaw Thu, Thura Aung, Thepchai Supnithi, "Neural Sequence Labeling Based Sentence Segmentation for Myanmar Language," in The 12th Conference on Information Technology and Its Applications (CITA 2023), N.T. Nguyen, H. Le-Minh, CP. Huynh, QV. Nguyen (eds.), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 734, Springer, Cham, 2023, pp. 24. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36886-8_24
Journal
Thura Aung, Ye Kyaw Thu, Zar Zar Hlaing, "mySentence: Sentence Segmentation for Myanmar Language using Neural Machine Translation Approach,'' Journal of Intelligent Informatics and Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence Association of Thailand, vol. 9, October (Nov. 2023), e001. Available: https://ph05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JIIST/article/view/87
Other Achievements
Passed 2nd Year B.E(IT) Course with distinctions in English, Web Development Technologies, Basic Electricity and Electronics, Programming Language in C++ and Digital Logic Design.
Championship winner at 2nd Campus Debate Tournament, Technological University (Kyaukse), Myanmar. [PHOTO]
Best Project Award at Simbolo Artificial Intelligence Project Challenge [CERTIFICATE]
Completed in Java Programming (J2SE), ME Computer Training Centre, Myanmar.
Selected Projects [project page]
Covid-19 Recognition from Chest X-ray Images Using ML and DL Methods
mytxt2braille: Rule-based Translator from Myanmar Text to Braille
ConvNet-based Drowsiness Detection and Alert System
Synthetic Myanmar-Thai parallel corpus for machine translation using Google Translate
myTypo: Typographic Error Simulator for Myanmar language
mySpellCorrect: Statistical Word Spelling Correction for Myanmar language
Retrieval-based Covid-19 TF-IDF Bilingual Chatbot
mmCRFSeg: CRF-based Word Segmentation tool for Myanmar language
Burmese Handwritten Digit Recognition using ConvNets
Automatic Myanmar News Classification System
Fake News Classification using traditional machine learning models
Ceretai: Using Computer Vision to Detect Ethnicity in Videos and Improve Ethnicity Awareness
Human Detection using HOG Features trained on SVM