# Haoming Koo — AI Systems Engineer

> Portfolio site for Haoming Koo, an AI engineer at AI Singapore building production ML systems. 7+ years experience, $600M+ business impact at Micron Technology. MSc NUS (GPA 4.85/5.00).

## About

Haoming Koo is an AI engineer and digital transformation leader based in Singapore. He currently works at AI Singapore (AIAP programme), building production ML systems. Previously, he spent 7+ years at Micron Technology driving AI-enabled programs across semiconductor manufacturing, delivering $600M+ in business impact. He co-led LPDDR5X (Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max) and HBM3E (NVIDIA H200) product ramps.

- Site: https://kooexperience.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/haomingkoo
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/haomingkoo
- Email: haomingkoo@gmail.com

## Education

- MSc Smart Industries & Digital Transformation, National University of Singapore (GPA 4.85/5.00)
- BSc (Honours) Chemistry & Nanoscience, NUS (Distinction)
- Full Stack Development with AI, NUS x Emeritus
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- GA100 Generative AI (Heicoders Academy, WSQ)

## Skills

Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, LightGBM, YOLOv8, OpenCV, MediaPipe, FastAPI, React, Docker, GCP, AWS, MLflow, SHAP, Plotly, Computer Vision, NLP, GenAI, RAG, LLM Fine-tuning, Agentic AI, MLOps

## Live Applications

- [Trader Koo](https://trader.kooexperience.com): S&P 500 market dashboard with AI chart-pattern detection using YOLOv8, candle signals, 52-week extremes, and macro context. Stack: FastAPI, YOLOv8, Plotly, SQLite.
- [LionWeather](https://weather.kooexperience.com): Singapore weather intelligence with NEA real-time data, ML-powered rainfall forecasting using LightGBM with SHAP analysis, and animated radar. Stack: FastAPI, React, LightGBM, Leaflet.
- [Preflight](https://preflight.kooexperience.com): Upload any CSV or Parquet file for instant data health checks, EDA charts, correlation maps, and baseline ML models with cross-validation metrics. Stack: Dash, scikit-learn, Plotly.
- [Handwriting Lab](https://handwriting.kooexperience.com): Rotation-aware digit recognition playground with canvas prediction, confusion matrix reporting, and PyTorch training pipeline tracked by MLflow. Stack: FastAPI, PyTorch, MLflow.
- [Photo ID Studio](https://studio.kooexperience.com): Passport and visa photo compliance checker using MediaPipe face mesh (468 landmarks), rembg segmentation, 25+ compliance checks for 6 countries. Stack: FastAPI, MediaPipe, OpenCV.
- [MinMax Wine](https://wine.kooexperience.com): Three-way wine price comparison for Singapore across Platinum, Grand Cru, and Vivino, with bundle-aware pricing, tasting notes, and daily refreshes. Stack: FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Brave Search, HTML scraping.

## Blog Posts

- [DPO Interactive Demo: Your Language Model is Secretly a Reward Model](https://kooexperience.com/blog/posts/dpo-demo.html): Interactive walkthrough of Direct Preference Optimization — from RLHF to DPO, with tic-tac-toe RL demo, tug-of-war training visualization, and step-by-step math.
- [What Mood Is the Market In? An Interactive Guide to HMM Regime Detection](https://kooexperience.com/blog/posts/hmm-regime.html): Hidden Markov Model for market volatility regime detection — interactive visualizations of calm, normal, and stormy market states.
- [Visualizing Weak-Driven Learning: An Interactive WMSS Demo](https://kooexperience.com/blog/posts/wmss-demo.html): Interactive walkthrough of the WMSS paper — from SFT saturation to logit mixing and gradient amplification.
- [How 468 Facial Landmarks Decide If You're Passport-Ready](https://kooexperience.com/blog/posts/photo-id-studio.html): MediaPipe face mesh, rembg segmentation, 25+ compliance checks, and country-specific rules.
- [How I Built an AI-Powered Stock Market Dashboard](https://kooexperience.com/blog/posts/trader-koo.html): From YOLOv8 chart pattern detection to a five-layer detection ensemble.
- [I Tried to Predict Singapore's Rain and It Humbled Me](https://kooexperience.com/blog/posts/lionweather.html): 8 years of NEA data, LightGBM rainfall prediction, SHAP explainability.

## Awards

- Micron Innovation Award — ResNet-50 CV model for wafer defect detection
- Micron Idea of the Quarter — Digital twin, 60% chemical reduction, $7M+ savings
- Micron Culture Champion — Cross-site collaboration

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