About Me

Professional Profile - All About Me

I'm Dhanush Balakrishna

I am Dhanush Balakrishna, a driven Machine Learning Engineer pursuing a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University, specializing in Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing. At SolBid Inc., I developed the innovative SolBrain API to provide solar conversion cost estimates and led the creation of the Hyperion AI engine, enhancing rooftop solar installations by identifying obstacles through satellite imagery analysis.

Professionally, I've contributed to ML teams at companies like SolBid Inc., British Airways and SandLogic Technologies, where I refined my expertise in building and deploying training and inference pipelines for applications including Rooftop and Obstacle Detection, Segmentation, Face Recognition, and GANs across various computing platforms. I am well-versed in Deep Learning libraries and toolkits such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, OpenCV, and PIL, and proficient in programming with Python, C/C++, SQL, R, PHP Laravel, MATLAB, and ROS. My project portfolio, including Neural Machine Translation and Domain Adaptation, showcases my ability to tackle complex AI challenges.

Outside the tech world, I am passionate about photography and music production, which enhance my creative outlook. As a friendly and enthusiastic professional, I welcome discussions and collaborations on topics like machine learning, computer vision, deep learning, and advanced algorithms. If you share these interests, I encourage you to reach out so we can explore innovative solutions together.

Specializations

Deep Learning

Computer Vision

NLP

Database Management

Cloud Computing

Web Design

Data Anaytics

My Resume

Experience

2024

Research Engineer I - MLCV

Augmented Cognition Lab - Northeastern University

• Built the SyRIP dataset from scratch, managing collection, annotation, and quality control of over 1,500 real and synthetic infant images using Python-based automation scripts. Implemented efficient preprocessing and data augmentation techniques, resulting in a 25% increase in model training efficiency and accuracy
• Developed and fine-tuned the FiDIP framework, integrating a rotating slash animation for real-time status updates during model loading and frame processing. Improved mean average precision (mAP) for infant-specific poses by 15% over existing benchmarks, enabling precise disease pattern recognition and early intervention strategies
• Streamlined code for real-time infant pose monitoring using YOLO and pose estimation models. Optimized the pipeline for deployment on embedded systems, reducing computational overhead by 35%, ensuring scalable, real-time performance in clinical settings

2024

AI/ML Engineer

SolBid Inc.

• Boosted solar project estimation efficiency by 50% by developing and productionizing machine learning algorithms using Python and Django. Processed location data through a Glue ETL pipeline into a MySQL database, leveraging Hadoop-Spark architecture to significantly reduce errors
• Increased decision-making efficiency by 40% by architecting and integrating comprehensive financial analytics APIs in Laravel. Streamlined calculations for ROI and payment scenarios, enhancing the platform's analytical capabilities
• Increased roof detection accuracy by 30%, processing speed by 40%, and client engagement by 35% by integrating ResNet, optimizing data pipelines, and developing imaging solutions and optimal panel placement algorithms using OpenCV and managing data with AWS S3

2023

Data Science Intern

British Airways

• Increased booking conversions by 10% through sentiment analysis on 15,000 customer reviews using BeautifulSoup, Pandas, NLTK, and VADER. Identified key buying signals that informed British Airways' routing, fleet planning, and pricing strategies
• Improved booking prediction accuracy by 18% by developing optimized machine learning models with Random Forest and XGBoost. Utilized feature selection and data preprocessing, enhancing data-driven decision-making for airline operations
• Enhanced data visualization effectiveness by 25% by creating word clouds and sentiment distribution plots with Matplotlib and Seaborn, facilitating better stakeholder understanding of customer feedback trends, influencing strategic planning and customer engagement initiatives

2021

Machine Learning Research Engineer

Sandlogic Technologies

• Supervised a team of six to develop a road obstruceon deteceon model using CNN MobileNet, achieving 80% accuracy on dashboard footage and enhancing road safety for autopilot applicaeons
• Increased data annotaeon efficiency by 50% and reduced manual annotaeon eme by 30% by streamlining processes with AuVi.io, Edgematrix.io, and Makesense.ai, acceleraeng model development cycles
• Improved model runtime by 67% and boosted accuracy to 97% on edge devices by implementing TensorFlow and TensorFlow Lite for object detection. Reduced model size by 40% (from 240MB to 80MB) through pruning and quantization of the YOLOv5 model, enhancing real-time application performance

Education

2022 - 2024

Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering - Concentration: ML, CV & Algorithms

Related courses: Algorithms, Computer Vision, Advanced Perception, Machine Learning, Robotic Science and Systems, Foundations of Artificial Intelligence, Advances in Deep Learning, Database Management Systems

Teaching Assistant - Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition (Graduate Course), Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes (Post-Graduate Course) and Information Theory (Post-Graduate Course)








2018 - 2022

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication

Related courses: Image Processing, Web Programming, Data Structures, OOP, Computational Mathematics











My Skills

Programming Languages

ML Technologies

Backend & Storage

Projects

See My Work - Projects

Address

Boston, MA, USA

Phone No.

+1 (617) 817-6535

Email

dhanushbalakrishna45@gmail.com