• As part of the UMass Industry Mentorship Program, worked on a project advised by Apple Research Scientists.

• Developing a salient entity detection & linking framework for large-scale docs to improve quick links in Safari 18 highlights.

• Benchmarked multiple LLMs (LLaMA, DeepSeek, Mistral) and PLMs (RoBERTa) for NER and salient entity detection

using model finetuning, zero and few-shot prompting strategies, achieving best F1 score of 0.88.

• Built a novel entity linking system with embedding based candidate filter, a dual-perspective linker combining context and priors,

and consistency-based candidate judge to reduce LLM hallucinations, outperforming SOTA on 3 benchmark datasets.

Grading assistant for MS/PhD Course COMPSCI 571- Data Visualization and Exploration

• Developed end-to-end Java components for the Cummins API portal, improving API discovery, security, and governance for 120+ internal teams and client developers, leveraging an Agile development approach.

• Improved API adoption rate by 60% through automated access management, self-service onboarding, & mock APIs for testing; leveraging Angular, TypeScript, Node.js, AWS Lambda, and scalable microservices containerized with Kubernetes.

• Designed a dynamic reporting REST API in MuleSoft with conditional SQL-based ETL and automated email delivery based on report type, improving report generation and data distribution speed from Azure Active directory by 80%.

• Led the development of PPE compliance monitoring system using YOLOv9 for object detection, integrated with real-time video feeds and tracked safety KPIs in Tableau dashboards, contributing to a 20% reduction in assembly line accident rates.

• Engineered RAML to OpenAPI3 specification converter with Node.js, eliminating all API integration issues with Swagger.

• Developed automated CI/CD pipelines using Google Apps Script to migrate PHP form structure to Google Forms and Excel

• Created course modules on Canvas for incoming CWC and WOCLN volunteers and set up evaluation forms.

• Utilized Drupal, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to perform regular updates and enhancements on organization's website, ensuring cross-browser compatibility, accessibility , and adherence to FERPA and HIPPA compliances.

• Designed visually appealing content for campaigns using Adobe Photoshop, contributing to successful marketing efforts.

• Analyzed organizational data, identifying trends and actionable insights that informed strategic decision-making.