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Basics

Name Harshwardhan Fartale
Label Machine Learning & Data Science Professional
Email harshwardhanfartale.nith@gmail.com

Education

  • 2020.12 - 2024.05
    B.Tech
    National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
    Electrical Engineering
  • 2017.05 - 2019.05
    HSC
    Yashoda High School and Junior College
    Higher Secondary Education
  • 2014.04 - 2017.04
    SSC
    Somalwar High School, Ramdaspeth
    Secondary School Certificate

Work

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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