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General Information

Name Vijay S Kalmath
Location New York City
LinkedIN www.linkedin.com/in/vijay-kalmath

Education

  • Dec 2022
    Master of Science in Data Science
    Columbia University
    3.87/4.0
    • CourseWork
      • Representation Learning
      • Neural Networks and Deep Learning
      • Advanced Deep Learning
      • Representation Learing
      • Machine Learning
      • Statistical Inference
      • Cloud Computing (Audit)
      • Algorithms for Data Science
  • 2018
    Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering
    B.M.S College Of Engineering
    9.37/10.0
    • CourseWork
      • Data Structures and Algorithms
      • C
      • Discrete Maths
      • Python
      • Java
      • Operating Systems

Skills

Languages Python, R, JavaScript, C++
Databases SQL, Postgres, MongoDB, ElasticSearch
Machine Learning / Deep Learning TensorFlow, Pytorch, Huggingface, WandB, Scikit-learn,ONNX.
Cloud Services AWS Sagemaker, AWS Lambda, AWS EKS, Azure Cloud, Google BigQuery,
DevOps Technologies Linux, ELK Stack, Docker, Kubernetes,CI/CD Pipelines

Academic Work Experience

  • Feb 2023 - Ongoing
    NLP - Machine Learning Engineer
    Lexalytics
    • Optimized KeyPhrase Extraction for multi-lingual customer review data using Huggingface BERT model, improved F1 score to 0.85.
    • Streamlined LLM training and fine-tuning pipeline with microservices and Django architecture, enhancing resource utilization and user accessibility.
    • Improved LLM inference and validation pipeline by using ONNX runtime accelerator and ONNX quantization.
  • Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
    Graduate Machine Learning Researcher
    AIModelshare, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University
    • Created a fully integrated python library and web application to ease hosting ML models, creating competitions, and performing model analytics.
    • Deployed aimodelshare python library on pip and conda-forge channels with 2000+ monthly downloads.
    • Implemented model determinism and model replication framework using TensorFlow python with AWS Lambda and S3.
    • Designed automated cloud storage, API hosting and Model analytics for Keras and PyTorch Models with Onnx framework.
  • May 2022 - Jul 2022
    Graduate Deep Learning Researcher
    Columbia WiMNet Lab, Columbia University
    • Increased classification accuracy by 30% using Convolutional Neural Networks on Fourier features of radar transmission.
    • Developed Time Distributed CNN with LSTMs for image sequence classification, resulting in 35% increase in F1-Score.
    • Optimized 5+ Random Forest Ensemble Models and Pipelines on Google Cloud for classification of wind speed from Datasets.
    • Performed feature engineering with PCA and TSNE, analyzed 20+ experiment’s data to visualize spatial and temporal properties.
    • Formulated and Implemented Data Extraction pipelines for 25+ Radar Measurements to develop range-velocity data.
  • Mar 2022 - Jun 2022
    Course Assistant - Machine Learning Security
    Columbia University
  • Feb 2022 - May 2022
    Course Assistant - Deep Learning and Neural Networks
    Columbia University
  • Jan 2020 - Jul 2021
    Network Engineer-II-Escalation Engineer
    Cisco Systems
    • Forecasted resource requirements with Regression Models for 8 Quarters. Analyzed Team Performance metrics for 15 Teams.
    • Designed Data Pipelines for real-time monitoring of Application Centric Infrastructure labs, improved server utilization by 40%.
    • Supervised hiring and mentoring of 28 engineers in Networking, DevOps technologies, Python, and MongoDB.
    • Authored 5 technical briefs with a focus on ACI and its integration with Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenStack.
    • Drove troubleshooting for ACI Anywhere, Multicloud integration with Amazon Web Services, Azure, and ACI integrations with Openstack, Kubernetes.
    • Organized and Trained Engineers on various technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Data streaming(Kafka), and Elasticsearch platforms.
  • Jul 2019 - Dec 2019
    Network Engineer-II
    Cisco Systems
    • Built models for anomaly detection in SSD performance for 500+ companies (9000+ switches), saving 3000+ work hours.
    • Spearheaded 30+ projects to enhance Cisco product usability with containerized log analyzers, low-code and IaaC platforms.
  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2019
    Network Engineer-I
    Cisco Systems
    • Debugged and Troubleshot Cisco ACI’s RAFT and Linux Subprocesses on distributed computing systems for 400+ Customers.
    • Integrated Docker and Kubernetes services with ACI on AWS and Azure cloud services.
    • SME for ACI 3rd Party Integration such as VMware, Microsoft-SCVMM.

Certifications

  • Oct 2020
    Cisco Data Science Green Belt
  • Oct 2020
    Cisco Data Literacy Green Belt
  • Jun 2020
    Amazon Web Services - AWS Solution Architect Associate
  • Jun 2018
    Cisco Certified Networking Professional - Routing and Switching
  • Jan 2020
    Cisco Certified Networking Associate - Routing and Switching