Experience

Research rigor with an engineer's delivery mindset

I build machine learning systems grounded in rigorous experimentation, from retrieval and agentic workflows to computer vision, media forensics, and edge deployment.

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Professional experience

August 2024
Present

Research Assistant

Office of Strategic Initiatives, University at Albany / Albany, NY

  • Led development of a full-stack LLM assistant for retrieval, question answering, and knowledge automation.
  • Built hybrid retrieval, metadata indexing, and cross-encoder reranking.
  • Developed task decomposition, memory, and workflow orchestration.
  • Built evaluation for hallucination, relevance, and safety checks.

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May 2024
July 2024

Adjunct Lecturer

Dean's Office, Rockefeller College / Albany, NY

  • Taught labs for Introduction to Computer Science.
  • Evaluated projects and exams with structured feedback.

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August 2022
May 2024

Teaching Assistant

University at Albany, SUNY / Albany, NY

  • Supported Data Mining, Machine Learning, AI, Computer Vision, Networks, Operating Systems, DBMS, and introductory computer science courses.
  • Delivered lectures, guided labs, and managed assessments.

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May 2022
August 2022

Computer Vision and Deep Learning Research Intern

Siemens Healthineers / Princeton, NJ

  • Worked on object detection and tracking for product-specific environments.
  • Set up computer vision pipeline components.
  • Processed legacy datasets for model upgrades and compatibility.

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May 2021
August 2021

Computer Vision and Machine Learning Research Intern

Siemens Healthineers / Princeton, NJ (remote)

  • Worked on object detection and tracking for product-specific use cases.
  • Built initial pipeline components and analyzed historical datasets.

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July 2019
May 2021

Research Assistant / Senior Research Project Assistant

The Research Foundation for SUNY / Albany, NY

  • Developed computer vision analytics for rail-yard management and crossing safety.
  • Built edge-to-control-center deployments using NVIDIA AGX Xavier.
  • Implemented detection, tracking, and re-identification under operational constraints.

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Education

PhD in Computer Science, MS in Computer Science, and BE in Computer Science and Engineering.

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Technical range

LanguagesPython / C / C++ / Java / CUDA / MATLAB

MLPyTorch / TensorFlow / scikit-learn / Computer Vision / Deep Learning

LLM systemsRAG / Hybrid Retrieval / Reranking / Agentic Workflows / Evaluation

PlatformsLinux / Docker / NVIDIA AGX Xavier / Raspberry Pi / Google Coral

Service, leadership, and mentoring

Service

Professional memberships and peer review

The current resume lists IEEE and ACM membership and reviewing activity across ICIP, IMPROVE, ICME, MICCAI, AI City, TVCJ, Signal Processing: Image Communication, MDPI, and TMM.

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Leadership

Research infrastructure and lab platforms

Managed GPU/data servers and research platforms including GitLab and Nextcloud.

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Mentoring

Student mentoring

Advised master’s and high-school students on projects and research.

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