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Rithesh Kumar

CA

Summary

Machine learning enthusiast with a solid academic foundation in computer science, specializing in NeuroSymbolic AI, Generative AI and Natural Language Processing. Abundant expertise in developing and optimizing AI models across various industries, including finance, social media, and healthcare. Held a senior role as a machine learning decision scientist at Goldman Sachs. Enthusiastic about using my research skills and experience to drive innovation in AI.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Artificial Intelligence Intern

Accretional
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Directed the development of Brilliant, an AI tool that automates API generation and deployment, integrating with Google Cloud Functions and AWS Lambda, which reduced deployment time by 50% and improved operational efficiency
  • Engineered and enhanced LLM prompts, improving API generation accuracy by 22%, reduced errors by 30% and sped up the deployment
  • Developed a custom semantic search engine for API retrieval with Retrieval Augmented Generation, which decreased model hallucination by 20%, boosted search relevance, and enhanced user satisfaction in API searches

Senior Machine Learning Decision Scientist

Goldman Sachs
08.2020 - 07.2023
  • Developed SVM and time-series models for customer delinquency and risk scoring, reducing delinquency by 6% and improving customer satisfaction by 8%
  • Led research on COVID-19's market impact using LSTM-based time series analysis, increasing new customer acquisition by 10%
  • Supervised the development of a credit decision pipeline on Provenir, reducing loan processing latency by 15% and maintenance costs by 20%

Machine Learning Research Intern

Sprinklr India
05.2019 - 07.2019
  • Enhanced sentiment analysis accuracy by 10% via an improved LSTM model for analyzing customer reviews
  • Analyzed and implemented model compression techniques for LSTMs, resulting in a 60% reduction in model size while maintaining accuracy

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
05.2025

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK)
Surathkal, India
05-2020

Skills

  • Generative AI
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Artificial General Intelligence

  • Neuro-Symbolic AI
  • Computer Vision
  • Deep Learning

Research Lab

Hyper-resolution of Compressed Whole-Slide Images for Automated Mitotic Figure Counting | Razvan's Lab

  • Compressing and hyper-resolution of WSI of Breast Cancer cells using CycleGAN and Sparse NN models.
  • Building the model for Mitotic Figure Counting on the compressed images to account for proliferation of the malignant tumor cells.

Publications

  • Prostate Cancer Grading using Multistage Deep Neural Networks, MIND 2021, Springer: Developed a novel multi-stage deep learning framework for automated Gleason system grading (GSG) and grade group (GG) classification of prostate cancer cells, achieving an overall diagnostic accuracy exceeding 90% f1-score.
  • Network Anomaly Detection using ANNs Optimised with PSO-DE Hybrid, SSCC 2018, Springer: Proposed a hybrid PSO-DE algorithm combining Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution to optimize ANNs for network anomaly detection. Obtained an accuracy of 98.7%, substantially improving the accuracy of conventional ANN-based methods.

Timeline

Artificial Intelligence Intern

Accretional
06.2024 - 08.2024

Senior Machine Learning Decision Scientist

Goldman Sachs
08.2020 - 07.2023

Machine Learning Research Intern

Sprinklr India
05.2019 - 07.2019

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of California, Santa Cruz

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK)
Rithesh Kumar