Levent Özbek

Research Engineer with extensive industry experience in Generative AI

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

About

A Sr. Machine Learning Engineer with experience in architecting and deploying ML systems across various industries, including Quantum Computing, Visual Effects and Digital Advertisement. Adept at building and productionizing models, such as Diffusion, GANs, LLMs, and RL. A pioneer in bringing AI to VFX, introducing generative AI to enhance CGI asset creation and screenwriting. Demonstrated expertise in Quantum ML, contributing to Canada’s first team to train and test an LLM on a Quantum computer. Strong background in Deep Learning, optimization, and HPC, with experience deploying models for image generation, inpainting, and outpainting. Proven ability to leverage photonics for optimization and developed battery simulations.

Education

Goldsmiths University of London

Hons. BSc., Computer Science / October, 2023

London

University of Leeds

MSc, Artificial Intelligence / July, 2026 (anticipated)

Experience

Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

Machine Learning Engineer / January, 2025 — Present

Built Torchlaunch, which is a Pytorch wrapper that makes distributed training easier for researchers. Was part of the founding team behind Amii’s Vulcan clusters, as part of the PAICE initiative. Worked on implementing a smart resource allocation system for Slurm job submissions. Created ML training materials for researchers and residents

Links & Social Media

https://www.linkedin.com/in/levoz

https://github.com/levoz92

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