MA Muhammad Aqeel

Muhammad Aqeel

PhD Researcher

I am pursuing my PhD in Computer Science at University of Verona, Italy, under the supervision of Francesco Setti, where I specialized in developing advanced anomaly detection algorithms for industrial manufacturing environments. My doctoral research focused on creating robust deep learning architectures that can automatically identify defects, irregularities, and quality issues in real-time production settings, addressing critical challenges in industrial automation and quality control. This work involved designing novel convolutional neural networks and unsupervised learning approaches that achieve high accuracy while maintaining computational efficiency suitable for deployment in resource-constrained industrial systems. I received my Master's degree in Computer Science from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (2019-2021), under the supervision of Xiaohong Liu, where my research centered on Natural Language Processing with a particular focus on sentiment analysis, exploring innovative methods for understanding and classifying emotional content in text data. I graduated with my Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan (2013-2017), where I built a strong foundation in programming and algorithmic thinking. My interdisciplinary background spanning from industrial computer vision to natural language understanding enables me to approach complex machine learning challenges from multiple perspectives, with a current focus on advancing industrial AI through scalable and interpretable anomaly detection systems that can transform manufacturing quality assurance and enable predictive maintenance strategies.

2022 - Present
PhD in Computer Science
2019 - 2021
Master in Computer Science
2013 - 2017
Bachelor in Computer Science

Professional Experience

June 2025 - Present
Visiting Researcher (Mobility Period)
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024 - 2025
Teaching Assistant
University of Verona, Italy
2023 - 2024
Teaching Assistant
University of Verona, Italy
2021 - 2022
Research Assistant
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2018 - 2019
Software Quality Assurance
UIIT, Arid Agriculture University, Pakistan
2017 - 2018
Software Developers
eConceptions (Pvt) Ltd. Pakistan

Research Publications

Journal Article 2025

Semantic Parsing for Aspect Based Sentiment Analysis

Muhammad Aqeel, Francesco Setti

IEEE Access 2025

Conference 2025

Towards Real Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Via Confident Meta-Learning

Muhammad Aqeel, Shakiba Sharifi, Marco Cristani, Francesco Setti

ICCV 2025 - International Conference on Computer Vision

Conference 2024

Meta Learning-Driven Iterative Refinement for Robust Anomaly Detection in Industrial Inspection

Muhammad Aqeel, Shakiba Sharifi, Marco Cristani, Francesco Setti

ECCV 2024 - European Conference on Computer Vision Oral

Conference 2025

A Contrastive Learning-Guided Confident Meta-learning for Zero Shot Anomaly Detection

Muhammad Aqeel, Danijel Skocaj, Marco Cristani, Francesco Setti

ICCVW 2025 - VISION Workshop at International Conference on Computer Vision Oral

Conference 2025

Robust Anomaly Detection in Industrial Environments via Meta-Learning

Muhammad Aqeel, Shakiba Sharifi, Marco Cristani, Francesco Setti

ICCVW 2025 - VISION Workshop at International Conference on Computer Vision Oral

Conference 2025

Diffusion-Based Data Augmentation for Medical Image Segmentation

Maham Nazir, Muhammad Aqeel, Francesco Setti

ICCVW 2025 - CVAMD Workshop at International Conference on Computer Vision

Conference 2025

RoadFusion: Latent Diffusion Model for Pavement Defect Detection

Muhammad Aqeel, Kidus Dagnaw Bellete, Francesco Setti

ICIAP 2025 - International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing Oral

Conference 2025

ExDD: Explicit Dual Distribution Learning for Surface Defect Detection via Diffusion Synthesis

Muhammad Aqeel, Federico Leonardi, Francesco Setti

ICIAP 2025 - International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing

Conference 2025

Latent Space Synergy: Text-Guided Data Augmentation for Direct Diffusion Biomedical Segmentation

Muhammad Aqeel, Maham Nazir, Zanxi Ruan, Francesco Setti

ICIAP 2025 - International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing

Conference 2025

Self-Supervised Iterative Refinement for Anomaly Detection in Industrial Quality Control

Muhammad Aqeel, Shakiba Sharifi, Marco Cristani, Francesco Setti

VISAPP 2025 - International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications Oral

Conference 2024

Self-supervised Learning for Robust Surface Defect Detection

Muhammad Aqeel, Shakiba Sharifi, Marco Cristani, Francesco Setti

DeLTA 2024- International Conference on Deep Learning Theory and Applications Oral

Conference 2024

Diffusion-based Image Generation for In-distribution Data Augmentation in Surface Defect Detection

Luigi Capogrosso, Federico Girella, Francesco Taioli, Michele Dalla Chiara, Muhammad Aqeel, Franco Fummi, Francesco Setti, Marco Cristani

VISAPP 2024 - International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications

Technical Expertise

Research Areas

Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Anomaly Detection
Natural Language Processing

Programming Languages

Python
C++
JavaScript
Bash/Shell Scripting

Frameworks & Libraries

PyTorch
TensorFlow
Scikit-learn
OpenCV

Tools & Technologies

Git/GitHub
LaTeX
Jupyter Notebooks
Linux/Unix