Shankar Tamang
@shankartamang
Shankar Tamang
@shankartamang
Exploring the frontier of LLM-driven systems — from facial recognition to healthcare assistants — with a focus on real-world AI applications.
Exploring the frontier of LLM-driven systems — from facial recognition to healthcare assistants — with a focus on real-world AI applications.
AI Engineer, Sunway College Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Nepal
🧠 Hello, I'm Shankar Tamang
AI/NLP developer passionate about turning research into real-world systems. I specialize in face recognition, chatbot frameworks, and building healthcare assistants that support professionals in their day-to-day tasks.
💼 Featured Projects
🧬 Liveness Detection for Face Recognition
Enhances facial recognition security with real-time liveness detection to prevent spoofing using printed photos or videos.
- 🔹 CNN models like LeNet, AlexNet, ResNet
- 🔹 Texture analysis and feature extraction
- 🔹 Spoof dataset augmentation and validation
- 🔹 Designed for integration into attendance systems
🔗 GitHub Repo: Liveness Detection Module
💬 LangChain-Powered Simple Chatbot
Lightweight conversational AI built using LangChain and Google Generative AI. Handles multi-intent classification and structured Q&A with document context.
- 🔹 RetrievalQA with Google GenAI embeddings
- 🔹 Chat memory and fallback responses
- 🔹 Structured intent detection with custom JSON
- 🔹 FastAPI + optional Streamlit frontend
🔗 GitHub Repo: LangChain Chatbot
🏥 Health Assistant for Medical Professionals
A streamlined medical assistant for doctors that generates structured patient reports, suggests medication classes, and allows PDF export of summaries.
- 🔹 LangChain prompt chaining and memory
- 🔹 Case documentation interface via Streamlit
- 🔹 Downloadable PDF reports
- 🔹 Ideal for use in clinics and training environments
🔗 GitHub Repo: Medical AI Assistant
🛠️ Skills & Tools
- AI/NLP: LangChain, Face Recognition, CNNs, LLMs
- Backend: FastAPI, Django, Flask
- Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS, Streamlit
- Utilities: OpenCV, MLflow, Conda, Git
🧭 My Mission
To build practical AI tools that are not just impressive — but genuinely useful. I’m driven to apply LLMs and CV to challenges in education, healthcare, and security, especially for Nepal.
Let’s collaborate on meaningful AI projects. 🌍