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SHASWITHA MARGARETTA FERNANDEZ
Dallas,TX
Summary
Computer Engineering graduate student with a strong foundation in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, and Data Visualization. Experienced in applying statistical methods and problem-solving skills to real-world data and engineering challenges. Proficient with Git and collaborative development workflows, with a strong ability to work effectively across teams and translate complex problems into practical, data-driven solutions.
Overview
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Certification
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Data Scientist
Volvo Group
01.2024 - 06.2026
- Contributed to Engineering Report Tool Development: Assisted in creating a tool to enhance search capabilities within engineering reports by implementing heading-based and keyword searches, developing re-ranking algorithms and integrating basic summarization features into a user-friendly GUI.
- Enhances Technical Skills in web and pdf automation: Developed proficiency in web scraping and automation using Selenium, BeautifulSoup for parsing and pypdf2 for handling pdf documents supporting data extraction and manipulation.
- Developed chatbots using Agentic RAG approach: customized a chatbots tailored for domain specific queries leveraging Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques to optimize responses and worked with models like mixtral, llama and langchain.
- Strengthened knowledge in AI ethics and NLP: Gained foundational understanding in AI ethics, with a focus on responsible AI deployment alongside practical experience in natural language processing methodologies.
- Designed chatbots frontend in streamlit: Worked on developing an intuitive and accessible frontend for the chatbots using streamlit enhancing user experience and ensuring seamless interaction with the chatbots functionalities.
- Presented various genAI projects to technical and non-technical stakeholders about the drastic decrease in time and increase in efficiency through the application of AI/ML.
- Performed exploratory data analysis on Truck data to support continuous improvement initiatives across departments.
- Assisted in the development of dashboards for real-time performance monitoring and reporting purposes.
- Participated in regular code reviews to ensure best practices were followed and maintain high-quality code standards.
Industrial Trainee
Aluminium Bahrain
11.2022 - 01.2023
- Gained experience in instrumentation and power systems within the industrial environment.
- Gained experience with gas turbines and combined cycle plaint operations, understanding
key principles in power generation, efficiency optimization and operational control
Education
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
The University of Texas At Dallas
Richardson, TX08-2028
Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Manipal Institute of Technology
Manipal, India08-2024
Skills
- SQL databases
- Python programming
- Prompt Engineering
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Data Visualization
- Statistics
- Collaboration
- Problem solving
Certification
- Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals - IBM
- GIT - Simplilearn
- Data Science and Machine Learning; Making data-driven decisions - MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
- Introduction to Large Language Models - Google Cloud Skills Boost
- Introduction to Generative AI - Google Cloud Skills Boost
- Introduction to Responsible AI - Google Cloud Skills Boost
Interests
Timeline
Associate Data Scientist
Volvo Group
01.2024 - 06.2026
Industrial Trainee
Aluminium Bahrain
11.2022 - 01.2023
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
The University of Texas At Dallas
Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Manipal Institute of Technology