Bilal Shihab / Projects

Longhorn Neurotech

Making neural-signal models small enough to run on the prosthetic itself: EMG gesture inference on a Raspberry Pi, and EEG brain-computer-interface classifiers.

Edge AI Team Lead, Sep 2025 – presentAI/ML Developer, Sep 2024 – Aug 2025
Spec
EMG input
8-channel, hand gestures
EMG model
MLP, static INT8 + ONNX
Latency
0.43 ms/sample vs 1.04 ms FP32
Hardware
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
Energy
−45% model energy
Accuracy cost
0.13 points
EEG models
CNN, Capsule Network
EEG accuracy
60% → 80% (Optuna, Captum)

Write-up coming soon.

Why I built it

Who it was for and what problem they had.

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One decision I had to make and what I gave up.

What I'd do next

Honest limits and the next measurement.