Ishan Malkan

About Ishan Malkan

I am currently working as a Machine Learning Engineer on patented AI algorithms with a Fashion-Tech company called \'Mada\' since last 3 years.I have in depth knowledge of ML and DL Algorithms (such as Regression, SVM, Trees, Boosting and Bagging, Clustering, ANNs, CNNs, RNNs, GANs, Transformers, LLMs, GPT, BERT, CLIP), NLP, Computer Vision, Generative AI, Data Analysis, Database Management, Vector Databases, Statistics, Calculus, and Linear Algebra concepts. I am proficient and have immense experience in using programming languages and tools crucial for data science projects such as Python (TensorFlow, PyTorch, OpenCV, Hugging Face, Transformers), SQL, Jenkins, AWS (ec2, s3, Redshift, Sagemaker), GCP (Cloud Storage, Cloud functions, App Engine, BigQuery, Compute Engine, Looker Studio), Pinecone, Linode, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Java, C, Jira, and Git.I have 4.5 years of relevant job experience across two domains - 3 years in Fashion-Tech industry and 1.5 years in Fin-Tech industry. At both places my roles gave me several opportunities and amazing experience of developing and deploying AI algorithms, researching state-of-the-art technologies, leading juniors and being a team player as well as an individual contributer. I have relevant MS degree from SJSU with Data Science specialization where I have also worked as a Teaching Assistant for 5 courses that helped me enhance my knowledge and people skills. I have a B-Tech degree from an extraordinary university called Nirma University where apart from my excellent curriculum records I took part in extra-curriculum activities by being a board member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) club.I have completed 2 summer internships respectively during last summers of both of my degrees where I worked on state-of-the-art computer vision and NLP research and enhanced my knowledge and experience in the ever growing field of AI and Data Science.

Experience

1. Machine Learning Engineer

   Mada

   Jul 2023 — Present

   As a machine learning engineer, I am working on patented algorithms and developing projects such as \'outfit generation and recommendation\' to reduce stylists\' efforts by over 85%- Regularly dealing with datasets of over a million products\'s images as well as text descriptions and other meta data, optimizing computations to increase efficiency by over 90%- Implementing and training algorithms having advanced architectures such as vision-transformers, BERT, CLIP etc- Researching state-of-the-art techniques in the field of deep learning, transformers, and multi-modal models to achieve the best results- Working with Google Cloud Platform, Vector Database such as Pinecone, GPUs, Linode, SQL,Python (PyTorch, TensorFlow), Docker, for development, deployment, monitoring and maintenance of various algorithms- Wearing multiple hats and working on data analysis projects involving PowerBI, Looker Studio, MySQL from time to time and delivering insights valuable for project decisions- Also working on data engineering and MLOps to complete the ML life cycle from data acquisition to deployment and monitoring using CI/CD pipelines.

Education

• Nirma University

  Bachelor's degree, Information Technology

• Delhi Public School - Bopal, Ahmedabad

  Central Board of Secondary Education, 12th

• Delhi Public School - Bopal, Ahmedabad

  Central Board of Secondary Education, 10th

• San José State University

  Master of Science in Software Engineering with Specialization in Data Science, Computer Software Engineering