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Basics
Name | Harshwardhan Fartale |
Label | Machine Learning & Data Science Professional |
harshwardhanfartale.nith@gmail.com |
Education
Work
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2024.07 - Present Predoc Associate
- Developed comprehensive Machine Learning systems for CASDIC’s combat aircraft applications
- Evaluated fine-tuned IBM Granite & Gemma models for SciML using a developed Graph-RAG pipeline, achieving SOTA accuracy on benchmark datasets
- Lead Open Source Projects PULSE & SciREX at AiREX lab under Professor Sashikumaar Ganesan
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2024.01 - 2024.06 Data Scientist
- Designed and implemented a high-performance statistical model for fraudulent transaction prediction, achieving the highest abuse detection rate among all models
- Spearheaded the end-to-end development of a fraud detection pipeline using graph database technologies (Memgraph, Neo4j, Cypher), after evaluating 10+ platforms
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2023.06 - 2023.07 Machine Learning Intern
- Developed ML models predicting stock prices using Python, achieving 85% accuracy and incorporating news and market data to improve forecasts
- Implemented time series analysis and feature engineering, boosting model accuracy by 25% and enabling data-driven decision making
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2023.01 - 2023.06 Open Source Technical Writer
- Collaborated with the writing team to improve existing user documentation and beginner tutorials in differential privacy
- Active technical writer and contributor, publishing blog posts and articles about federated learning and privacy-preserving machine learning resulting in increased product adoption
Skills
Projects
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AIFred – Secure, Local AI Coding Assistant
- Launched AIFred, a desktop coding assistant enhancing developer productivity with real-time AI support, while guaranteeing 100% data privacy through a fully local AI pipeline (Ollama for LLM, NVIDIA NeMo for ASR)
- Empowered developers with a seamless voice command interface, featuring accurate, private speech recognition processed entirely on-device for secure, offline querying
- Optimized for low-latency interaction by architecting the fully local AI pipeline, ensuring rapid coding assistance directly on the user’s machine without cloud round-trips
- Delivered an intuitive user experience via an always-accessible Electron overlay UI, minimizing context switching and integrating AI support directly into the coding workflow
- Core Technologies: Python (FastAPI, NeMo, pydub), JavaScript (Electron), Ollama API
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Document Tampering Detection
- Developed a comprehensive forgery detection system with YOLOV8 to identify and classify fraudulent alterations such as overwriting, scribbling, and whitener use
- Built dataset of 600+ document images for training
- Designed a Streamlit-based web interface facilitating intuitive document uploads, enabling users to visualize tampering and analyze detailed results
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Fundus AI
- Developed complete solution to detect eye and systemic diseases such as Diabetic Retinopathy, Cataract, Glaucoma, ARMD, Hypertensive Retinopathy
- Developed deep learning smartphone app for efficient ophthalmic disease screening utilizing device camera for accessible healthcare
- Designed 3D-printed smartphone accessory using Tinkercad for capturing high-quality fundus imaging compatible with all smartphones
- Technologies used: Python, Keras, Tensorflow, Flutter, Tinkercad