Blogs

Welcome to my blogs! Here you will find peaks into my mind and thoughts. Most posts here are related to AI and Machine Learning, but you may also find some other topics.

The Variational Autoencoder
A Deep Dive into Latent Variable Modeling and Latent Space Continuity on the CelebAMask-HQ Dataset
40 min
Deep Generative Models
Variational Autoencoders
Latent Variable Models
PyTorch
Informally, a generative model is one that is able to generate new data points where the data could be anything: text, images, audio, etc. This is done through building a…
Ibrahim Habib
Feb 10, 2026

Organizing Code, Experiments, and Research for Kaggle Competitions
Lessons and tips learnt while earning a Kaggle Competition Medal
24 min
Kaggle
Competitions
Code Organization
Experimentation
Research
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Ibrahim Habib
Dec 14, 2025

Generating Structured Outputs from LLMs

Generating Structured Outputs from LLMs
An overview of popular techniques to confine LLMs’ output to a predefined schema
15 min
LLM
Structured Output
RegEx
DFA
Today, the most common interface for interacting with LLMs is through the classic chat UI found in ChatGPT, Gemini, or DeepSeek. The interface is quite simple, where the…
Ibrahim Habib
Jul 26, 2025

LoRa Article Image

What is LoRa and when should it be used?
A look at a memory and storage efficient technique to fine-tune large models
6 min
PEFT
LoRa
Deep Learning
With the recent advancements in LLMs, the size of models continues to grow, and fine-tuning models is becoming increasingly expensive. The rise of this issue led to an…
Ibrahim Habib
Jun 14, 2025

Word2vec blog post image

Implementing the Word2Vec Paper
A look at a classic NLP paper
9 min
Deep Learning
NLP
Paper Implementation
Word2Vec
In 2013, the Efficient Estimation of Word Representations in Vector Space paper was released introducing two new model architectures for generating vector representations…
Ibrahim Habib
Apr 24, 2025

Cross Entropy Loss Blog Post Image

Origins of The Cross-Entropy Loss Function
Gaining Intuition on the Popular Loss Function
9 min
Deep Learning
Classification
Theory
Loss Functions
The cross-entropy loss function is one of the most widely used loss functions in deep learning, particularly for classification tasks. I’ve used it before and understood the…
Ibrahim Habib
Apr 16, 2025

Forest fire disaster image

Using BERT to predict disaster Tweets
49 min
NLP
Deep Learning
PyTorch
In 2019, Kaggle hosted the Natural Language Processing with Disaster Tweets competition. It was made for contestants to test their ability to build a machine learning model…
Ibrahim Habib
Feb 25, 2025

Sample annotated receipt

Building a Receipt Understanding Model
Fine-tuning LayoutLMv3 on the SROIE dataset
44 min
deep learning
document understanding
layoutlmv3
image processing
Receipts are a common way to store information about the items purchased. They are used by customers to keep track of their expenses and by businesses to keep track of their…
Ibrahim Habib
Oct 10, 2024

Sanawya Amma Results Analysis

Exploring Egypt’s College Admission Test
2022 Sanawya Amma Results Analysis
15 min
education
analysis
data visualization
Every year, high school seniors rise to one of their largest life challenges: College Admission. Each country has its system for college admission shaping the career journey…
Ibrahim Habib
Sep 3, 2024

2024 Olympics Logo

2024 Olympic Medalists
A Nation-Level Analysis
9 min
sports
analysis
data visualization
On July 26, 2024, the Paris 2024 Olympics commenced, sending lights of hope into the hearts of every athlete. As the world watched in anticipation, dreams were forged and…
Ibrahim Habib
Aug 11, 2024
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