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Sampada shelke - Machine Learning Research Intern in La Jolla, CA

Sampada shelke

Mid-level Machine Learning Engineer specializing in NLP, LLMs, and applied research

Statistical Visual Computing LabUC San DiegoLa Jolla, CA3 Years ExperienceMid Level

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New grad SDE (AI/ML) who built and deployed an LLM-based chatbot framework used across technology, military, and banking contexts, focusing on model selection tradeoffs (latency vs accuracy) through prototyping and benchmarking. Also built a multi-agent "eaterybot" using PyAutoGen/AutoGen with a manager agent orchestrating specialized agents, and emphasizes rigorous testing with adversarial/edge-case datasets and hallucination checks.

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Key Strengths

  • Production deployment of LLM chatbot framework across multiple domains (technology, military, banking)
  • Methodical model selection via prototyping and benchmarking on real-world questions
  • Reliability-focused agent/workflow evaluation using edge-case and adversarial test sets
  • Structured testing approach (unit + integration tests) with measurable metrics (success rate, latency, hallucination checks)
  • Clear stakeholder alignment through documented requirements and follow-up emails

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Experience

Machine Learning Research InternStatistical Visual Computing Lab · May 2024 – Aug 2024internship
Graduate Student ResearcherSan Diego Supercomputer Center · May 2024 – Aug 2024part-time
Machine Learning EngineerMakers Lab · Sep 2021 – Jul 2023
Machine Learning Engineer InternMakers Lab · Nov 2020 – May 2021internship

Education

UC San Diegomaster, ECE, Machine Learning and Data Science (2025)
MIT World Peace Universitybachelor, Electronics and Communication Engineering (2021)

Awards

  • Honored by Anand Mahindra for exceptional contributions to AI projects at Makers Lab
  • Recognized by NSF for key contributions to the “Detection and Analysis of Infrastructure Bottlenecks in a Cloud-Centric Internet” project at SDSC

Languages

English

Publications

1 publication

Multimodal LLM benchmarkingHumor and multi-hop reasoning

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Sampada shelkeMid-level Machine Learning Engineer specializing in NLP, LLMs, and applied research