Erjon Musa
AI/ML Engineer | Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering graduate from Queen's University with a focus on computer vision, deep learning, and embedded AI. I like building systems that take ML research and make it work in the real world, whether that's running object detection on edge devices or working with vision-language models.
About Me
Hey, I'm Erjon! I'm a Computer Engineering graduate from Queen's University. I love tackling hard technical problems and building things that matter, whether that means working close to the bare metal or building out scalable full-stack applications.
One project I'm particularly proud of is MyEyes, an assistive AI wearable I architected for the visually impaired. Getting a YOLOv8 object detection model to run low-latency, real-time inference on an Android device, paired with an ESP32 microcontroller for video streaming, was a huge challenge. It pushed me to deeply optimize hardware pipelines and multi-threaded processing. Seeing it actually work reliably on the edge was an incredibly rewarding experience that solidified my love for engineering.
What I Am Looking For
I'm looking for new-grad software engineering roles where I can make a real impact. Because my background spans embedded systems, AI/ML, and full-stack development, I thrive in environments where I can work across the stack. Whether it's building intelligent backend systems, shipping user-facing features, or optimizing algorithms, I'm genuinely open to it. I care most about solving meaningful problems alongside a strong team I can learn from.
Personal Interests
When I'm not coding, you'll probably find me out with my camera doing street or landscape photography. I also love cycling, playing basketball, squash, and frisbee. Cooking and music are big parts of my downtime too.
Technical Skills
AI & Machine Learning
Programming Languages
Web & Frontend
Tools & Platforms
Experience
UX/UI Design Team Lead & Frontend Developer
Government of Ontario
September 2024 - August 2025
Built a portal on Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365, replacing old PDF workflows with a proper web app. Led a team of 3 co-op students, ran Agile sprints, and made sure everything met Ontario Design Standards for accessibility.
Projects

MyEyes AI Glasses
2026
Award-winning capstone project. Smart glasses that help visually impaired users navigate safely using real-time object detection with YOLOv8n on an ESP32-S3, plus OCR for reading signs and text out loud. Comes with an Android companion app built in Kotlin.
CLIP Fine-Tuning on MS COCO
2025
Took OpenAI's CLIP model (ViT-B/32) and fine-tuned it on MS COCO 2014 to get better image-text matching. Built the full contrastive learning pipeline from scratch and tested how well it transfers to new tasks without extra training.
Semantic Segmentation with Knowledge Distillation
2024
Used knowledge distillation to train a small, fast MobileNetV3-ASPP model to segment images almost as well as a much larger teacher network. Tested on PASCAL VOC 2012 with solid results despite the huge size reduction.

SnoutNet: Pet Nose Localization
2024
Trained three different CNN architectures (a custom SnoutNet, AlexNet, and VGG16) to find pet noses in photos. Got the error rate under 2% on the Oxford-IIIT Pet dataset.
Education
Queen's University
BASc Computer Engineering · 2021 – 2026
Excellence Entrance Scholarship
Year 5
2025 – 2026Capstone: MyEyes AI Glasses
CapstoneEmbedded AI | YOLOv8 | TensorFlow Lite | ESP32-S3 | 3rd Place, Capstone Competition
Computer Vision & Deep Learning
CNNs | Object Detection | Semantic Segmentation | Knowledge Distillation
Machine Learning & Deep Learning
CourseNeural Networks | Optimization | Generalization | PyTorch
Artificial Intelligence
Search | Planning | Probabilistic Reasoning | Decision Making
Distributed Systems
CourseDistributed Architectures | Consensus | Replication | Fault Tolerance
Queen's Hyper Computing Club
High-Performance Computing | Parallel Systems
Year 4
2024 – 2025Co-op — Government of Ontario
UX/UI Design Lead & Frontend Developer | Power Platform | Dynamics 365
Gallery

Kingston, Ontario
2025
Queen's campus

Sarandë, Albania
2025
Beach mountains

Scarborough, Ontario
2025
Bike ride to the water purification plant

Vrinë, Albania
2025
Albanian Countryside

Lucerne, Switzerland
2024
Swiss Alps

Northern Ontario
2023
Elephant cloud