Data Scientist Technical Lead

Dr. Ashwin Panchapakesan Data Scientist & Technical Lead

1-347-***-**** ******.*************@*****.***

Summary

Accomplished AI engineering leader with a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Data Fusion, bringing extensive experience in designing, developing, and deploying data-driven AI solutions. Adept at leading technical teams, fostering innovation, and translating complex AI concepts and business requirements into impactful real-world applications. Seeking to leverage deep expertise in AI/ML engineering, LLM-driven solutions, and leadership to drive transformative advancements. Relevant Work Experience

SecDev Group, Ottawa, Canada Data Scientist & Technical Lead July 2020 –

● Independently identified inefficiencies in analyzing digital risk in geopolitical contexts. Developed a python-based language-agnostic topic analyzer, to extract topics from short documents in niche and mixed-language datasets without standard NLP tools, accelerating analytical workflows.

● Applied scikit-learn’s Agglomerative Clustering to learned word embeddings and computed symbolic similarities (as a makeshift lemmatizer) to aggregate synonyms to improve topic detection precision.

● Leveraged a human-in-the-loop approach to supplement automation with domain expertise, information inference time by 20% and improving output fidelity

● Applied this human-in-the-loop approach to subsequent projects, further accelerating analytical workflows and reducing turnaround times.

● Spearheaded architectural design using Airflow and Terraform and developed interoperable platforms to remove bottlenecks to improve operational efficiency.

● Established collaborative operational procedures with the CEO and key stakeholders to optimize product roadmap management and execution.

● Led and mentored a multidisciplinary team of 5, and fostered technical growth through dedicated 1:1s and targeted guidance.

● Championed and enforced best practices across the software development lifecycle, implementing CI/CD with GitHub Actions and docker containers.

● Collaborated directly with customers and stakeholders to architect and launch a global-scale agent-driven simulation, characterizing vaccination rollout. Roku, New York, USA Data Scientist July 2019 – June 2020

● Designed, developed, and evaluated regression, SVMs, and tree-based classifiers to improve streaming device conversions. Segmented customers by purchase propensity using audience segmentation techniques.

● Imputed incomplete user data with sampling and interpolation, improving efficacy.

● Cultivated strong relationships across teams to ensure successful launch. Dr. Ashwin Panchapakesan Data Scientist & Technical Lead 1-347-***-**** ******.*************@*****.***

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Course Instructor & TA Sep 2016 – Aug 2018

● Instructed university-level courses in Python, Java, engineering ethics, and algorithms design.

● Delivered engaging lectures, provided comprehensive office hours, developed rigorous evaluation methods, and effectively managed teaching assistants.

● Conducted practical laboratory sessions, evaluated student assignments, and offered dedicated academic support through office hours. Education

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada — PhD

Artificial Intelligence, Data Fusion Sep 2013 – Apr 2019 Dissertation: Optimizing Commercial Maritime Port Operations through High Level Information Fusion

● Developed algorithms and implemented advanced data fusion techniques for dynamic selection and deployment of algorithms and datasets to optimize maritime operational processes.

● Applied Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms, Neural Networks, and Fuzzy Systems for complex problem-solving.

● Designed and evaluated Concept Learning Systems and Machine Learning models, utilizing comprehensive benchmarking and comparison metrics. Projects

Cell & Gene Therapy: Applied Google OR tools in Python to solve real-time capacity management in cell and gene therapy scheduling, optimizing resource allocation across multi-stage patient treatment workflows. Met strict SLAs critical for timely patient care, for a health-tech organization’s multi-tenant architecture. Pyvolution (PyPI): A pure-Python evolutionary algorithms framework emphasizing design-by-contract diagnostics.

Pystitia (PyPI): A pure-Python decorator-based design-by-contract framework. Publications

Refer to Google Scholar profile for a comprehensive list: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=PSN7Wj0AAAAJ

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