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Page title: VENKATAKRISHNAN RANGANATHAN - AI Engineer
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<h1>VENKATAKRISHNAN RANGANATHAN</h1>
<h2>AI Engineer</h2>
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<h3>Contact Information</h3>
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<li>Phone: (+1) 773-516-7471</li>
<li>Email: venkatakrishnanr@u.northwestern.edu</li>
<li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/venkat-ranganathan">venkat-ranganathan</a></li>
<li>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/venky180">venky180</a></li>
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<h3>Education</h3>
<h4>Master of Science (M.S), Artificial Intelligence</h4>
<p>Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois, December 2023</p>
<p>GPA: 3.87 / 4.00</p>
<p>Relevant Coursework: Deep Learning, NLP, Logic in AI, Python, Data Science, Approximation Algorithms, Generative Deep Models, Computer Vision</p>
<h4>Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech), Information and Communication Technology</h4>
<p>SASTRA University Thanjavur, India, 2010</p>
<p>GPA: 7.47 / 10.00</p>
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<h3>Skills</h3>
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<li>Programming Languages: Python, C++, Java</li>
<li>Machine Learning Libraries: PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn</li>
<li>Data Analysis, Data Modeling</li>
<li>Deep Learning, Generative Modelling</li>
<li>Natural Language Processing (NLP)</li>
<li>Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP</li>
<li>Infrastructure as Code: Terraform</li>
<li>Operating Systems: Linux</li>
<li>Data Visualization: Power BI, Grafana</li>
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<h3>Recent Projects</h3>
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<h4>Analyzing the impact of fine-tuning for summarization of longer sequences in PEGASUS, 2023</h4>
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<li>Investigated the performance of fine-tuning using the Multi-News dataset for varying input lengths, specifically focusing on the impact of exceeding the maximum input length.</li>
<li>Measured advancements in summarization systems and gained a comprehensive understanding of the effects of fine-tuning on lengthier sequences.</li>
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<h4>Legal Case Consolidation using Unsupervised Methods, 2023</h4>
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<li>The objective involved grouping legal cases that had traversed different hierarchical levels within the courts.</li>
<li>Employed unsupervised methods such as TF-IDF, Sentence Transformers, and Legal-NER while utilizing vectorization and semantic similarity search techniques like Cosine Similarity and FAISS.</li>
<li>Achieved 90% accuracy on grouping cases based on tests conducted on data from LEXIS.</li>
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<h4>Fake Bio Detection using FFN, LSTM and Transformers, 2023</h4>
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<li>To detect fake biographies generated by a language model from a mixed corpus of real and fake biographies.</li>
<li>Adapted BERT model with 110 million parameters to