Jayani Sivakumar

AI Research Intern | Computer Science @ NC State | NAE Grand Challenge Scholar | WiCS Board @ NCSU | RTC | GHC ’25

Role
Artificial Intelligence Research Intern at Nc State Computer Science
Location
Raleigh, NC, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Jayani Sivakumar

Hi, I’m Jayani! I\'m a third-year Computer Science student at North Carolina State…

Experience

  1. Artificial Intelligence Research Intern

    Nc State Computer Science

    May 2025 — Present · NC, US

    Conducted undergraduate research on MerryQuery, an AI-powered programming tutor used in introductory CS courses- Designed and implemented a fine-tuning pipeline using Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) with OpenAI’s API to align model tone with expert instructional feedback- Enhanced model performance by integrating improved retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) on top of the fine-tuned LLM- Collaborated to build a rubric-based evaluation system and co-rate sample data for consistency- Implemented an inter-rater reliability pipeline to record consistency between raters and understand how well the rubric system works

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