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My work experience and extra-curriculars/hobbies.

Basics

Name Apurva Patel
Label Data Scientist, AI & Machine Learning Engineer
Email p.apurva1031@gmail.com
Url https://www.patelapurva.com
Summary Columbia University graduate with a strong background in AI/ML, Data Science and Electronics

Education

  • 2023.09 - 2024.12

    New York, United States

    Master of Science
    Columbia University
    Electrical Engineering
    • Applied Machine Learning
    • Generative AI
    • Deep Learning
    • Big Data Analytics
    • Natural language Processing
    • Statistics
  • 2019.07 - 2023.05

    Tamil Nadu, India

    Bachelor of Technology
    Vellore Institute of Technology
    Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
    • Neural Networks & Fuzzy Control
    • Data Structures and Algorithms
    • Digital Signal Processing
    • Process Control & Automation

Work

  • 2024.06 - 2024.08

    New Providence, NJ

    AI/ML Intern
    Nokia of America Corporation
    Research on standardization process for AI/ML applications in 6G with Nokia Standards team, and development of AI/ML models (Autoencders and LLMs).
    • Generative AI & Data Science
    • SDLC, MLOps, LLMOps
  • 2022.12 - 2023.05

    Ahmedabad, India

    AI Researcher
    Indian Space Research Organization
    Worked on High Speed data acquisition & verification using FPGAs for Forest fire detection(CNN with input speed of 1.7 GB/s), Sensors Development Area(SEDA) Group member
    • Deep Learning & Computer Vision
    • Python, MATLAB, FPGA, LabVIEW
  • 2022.05 - 2022.07

    Vadodara, India

    Network Security & Instrumentation Intern
    Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
    Analyzed network security of MPLS & SD-WAN and performed A/B testing, Network & Instrumentation division
    • Statistical Analysis
    • Python, Tableau, Sensor design

Skills

Programming
Python
R
SQL
Pandas
NumPy
C
C++
MATLAB
Java
AI & Machine Learning
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Scikit-Learn
NLP: NLTK, spaCy
FastAPI
LLM: Hugging Face, LangChain, LangGraph, Transformers
Data Engineering & Analytics
Apache Spark
Apache Kafka
Apache Airflow
Big Data: Hadoop, HDFS, PySpark
MySQL
VectorDB(Weaviate)
ETL
Data Visualization
Tableau
PowerBI
Matplotlib
Seaborn
Plotly
ggplot
Bokeh
D3.js
Cloud
AWS: Sagemaker, EC2, Lambda, S3, ELB, Redshift
GCP: Vertex AI, BigQuery, AutoML
Tools and DevOps
Jupyter Notebook
MLOps
Databricks
Git/Gitlab
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Docker
MS Office

Projects

  • 2024.09 - 2024.12
    Medical Chatbot with RAG Architecture and AI Agents
    Developed a Medical Chatbot using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture, integrating finetuned models, AI agents, and vector databases for accurate medical query responses.
    • RAG, LLM finetuning, LangChain, VectorDB, AI Agents
  • 2024.01 - 2024.04
    Suspect Recommendation System
    Built a Suspect Recommendation System using Random Forest and XGBoost, achieving a 20% improvement in predictive accuracy for crime analysis.
    • Random Forest, XGBoost, Hyperparameter Tuning, Classification Metrics, MLOps.
  • 2024.01 - 2024.04
    SqueezeNet - CNN Design Strategies for Efficient Low-Cost Computing
    Optimized SqueezeNet for edge devices, achieving 62x computational efficiency and deploying models on GCP for scalable low-power solutions.
    • SqueezeNet, CNN, Low-Cost Computing, GCP, VertexAI, Edge Devices, Model Efficiency
  • 2023.09 - 2023.12
    Time-Series Forecasting of Climate Change Data
    Designed LSTM and MLP models for climate data forecasting, leveraging distributed computing frameworks like Apache Spark and Airflow for scalability.
    • Time-Series Forecasting, ARIMA, LSTM, MLP, Apache Spark, Airflow, Hadoop, BigQuery, PySpark

Interests

AI/ML & Data Science
NLP
LLMs
ML Modelling
Fraud & Anomaly Detection
Recommendation Systems
Generative AI
Data Engineering
Data Analysis
Time Series Forecasting

Volunteer

  • 2023.09 - 2024.08

    New York, United States

    Department Representative
    Engineering Graduate Student Council (Columbia University)
    Electrical Engineering Department Representative, managed 15+ events.
    • Awardee for Best Volunteer
    • Organization and Management
  • 2015.04 - 2023.07

    Ahmedabad, India

    Assistant Organizer
    Blind People's Association
    Assitant organizer for the annual 'Blind Walk' event, which aims to raise awareness about the challenges faced by visually impaired people.
    • Awardee for Best Organizer
    • Organized 15+ events

Awards

Languages

English
Bilingual
Spanish
Business Fluent
Hindi
Native Speaker
Gujarati
Native Speaker