I'm Luqman Shaikh, an AI and NLP-focused Data Scientist based in Magdeburg, Germany. I bring a robust background in computational linguistics, machine learning, and workflow automation, with hands-on experience experimenting with GenAI/NLP applications, building Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines, and designing knowledge extraction solutions. I enjoy turning research ideas into practical prototypes and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to solve real-world problems. I thrive on building scalable data pipelines, optimizing model performance, and delivering actionable insights through user-friendly tools and interfaces. My experience spans data curation, model development, and partnering with researchers to prototype NLP features that improve research workflows.

Luqman Shaikh

I'm Luqman Shaikh, an AI and NLP-focused Data Scientist based in Magdeburg, Germany. I bring a robust background in computational linguistics, machine learning, and workflow automation, with hands-on experience experimenting with GenAI/NLP applications, building Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines, and designing knowledge extraction solutions. I enjoy turning research ideas into practical prototypes and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to solve real-world problems. I thrive on building scalable data pipelines, optimizing model performance, and delivering actionable insights through user-friendly tools and interfaces. My experience spans data curation, model development, and partnering with researchers to prototype NLP features that improve research workflows.

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I’m Luqman Shaikh, an AI and NLP-focused Data Scientist based in Magdeburg, Germany. I bring a robust background in computational linguistics, machine learning, and workflow automation, with hands-on experience experimenting with GenAI/NLP applications, building Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines, and designing knowledge extraction solutions. I enjoy turning research ideas into practical prototypes and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to solve real-world problems.

I thrive on building scalable data pipelines, optimizing model performance, and delivering actionable insights through user-friendly tools and interfaces. My experience spans data curation, model development, and partnering with researchers to prototype NLP features that improve research workflows.

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Work Experience

Student Assistant in Research Data Management at Leibniz-Institut für Neurobiologie – Magdeburg
September 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025
Extracted and processed over 30,000 scientific data artifacts (images, protocols, papers, repositories) using Selenium, APIs, and BeautifulSoup; Developed AI applications by integrating Mistral AI into a custom Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) framework using LangChain to improve research workflows; Indexed 15,000+ scientific documents in FAISS for semantic search with query optimization to reduce latency; Collaborated with researchers to prototype NLP features for knowledge extraction from scientific literature; Managed Git-based version control in a team setting following best practices.
Systems Engineer – Data Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services
November 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023
Developed and deployed a Spark-based ETL pipeline processing 50M+ records daily, reducing data ingestion latency by 40%; Designed and implemented API-based data ingestion system in Java for 10+ business-critical feeds, improved delivery SLA adherence by 25%; Co-led the migration of 12+ legacy applications from log4j v1 to v2, mitigating major security vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44228); Automated error tracking and monitoring workflows, decreasing manual intervention by 60%; Designed and implemented Java-based backend and API ingestion systems powering data delivery for business-critical web content feeds.

Education

Master of Science in Digital Engineering at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
October 1, 2023 - January 27, 2026
Bachelor of Technology at Walchand College of Engineering
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services