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Gokkul Eraivan Arutkani Aiyanathan

Buffalo

Summary

Dynamic Junior Machine Learning Engineer with a proven ability to enhance predictive models in the agricultural and energy sectors, achieving an R² of 0.948 in climate yield predictions. Demonstrated expertise in Python and data analysis, leading innovative projects that improved decision-making processes through collaborative problem-solving and meticulous attention to detail.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Junior Machine Learning Engineer

Omdena
New York
08.2024 - 10.2024
  • Optimized predictive models as an Opensource contributor for agricultural and energy sectors in Kenya and Myanmar, improving decision-making and quality assurance processes for local stakeholders
  • Built energy forecasting models for short-term (1-hour) and long-term (24-hour) predictions; conducted data analysis and feature engineering on energy time series using ACF, PACF; reduced seasonal fluctuations forecast errors by 15%
  • Spearheaded data collection and data preprocessing of historical climate and maize yield data for Kenya; achieved R² of 0.948
  • Addressed multicollinearity in soil and climate data, advised adoption of Ridge Regression; boosted precision by 15%

Data Analyst - Intern

Agricultural College and Research Institute (TNAU)
Madurai
01.2023 - 06.2023
  • Identified optimal nitrogen levels that hiked rice yield by 10%; provided actionable KPIs for enhancing fertilizer strategies
  • Developed advanced predictive models to forecast crop yields; integrated diverse data sources such as satellite imagery and weather patterns through VBA(Excel), SQL (ETL) queries and Python, analyzing trends effectively
  • Spearheaded collaboration with farmers and agricultural scientists to interpret dashboards and reports; enhanced resource allocation and crop management by 28%

Research Assistant - Machine Learning

Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Anna University
Chennai
05.2021 - 12.2022
  • Authored a research paper titled "An Automatic Path Navigation for Visually Challenged People Using Deep Q Learning," demonstrating significant advancements in data-driven obstacle avoidance and path optimization
  • Facilitated machine learning lectures and lab work; Incorporated sentiment analysis on student feedback system to enhance lectures with hands-on projects and real-world applications; resulted in a 37% improvement in student grades and engagement

Education

Master of Science (M.S) - Data Science

University at Buffalo
New York
01.2025

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - Computer Science

Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University
Chennai
05.2023

Skills

  • Tableau
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Amazon QuickSight
  • Amazon Athena
  • Power BI
  • MySQL
  • Oracle Database
  • MongoDB
  • NoSQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Python
  • SQL
  • R
  • C
  • C
  • Java
  • Git
  • MATLAB
  • AWS
  • MLFlow
  • Apache Spark
  • PySpark

Certification

  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • Data Analytics by Google

Projects

Credit Risk Prediction, Python, PySpark, 09/01/24, 10/01/24, Built a credit risk prediction model by utilizing Apache Spark, achieved a 30% reduction in prediction processing time., Employed Spark ML frameworks with parameter tuning, increasing prediction accuracy by 5% over previous model iterations. Airbnb Price Prediction, Python, TensorFlow, 02/01/24, 05/01/24, Engineered an advanced predictive algorithm for Airbnb pricing; strengthened overall forecasting pricing by 12%., Executed thorough data cleaning and pre-processing on a dataset of 500,000 listings; logged an R² score of 0.85 (XGBoost). Heart Disease Prediction, Python, Random Forest, 08/01/23, 11/01/23, Created an effective machine learning framework that evaluates the likelihood of heart disease using data of over 1.3M patients., Reduced false negative rates by 17%, improving early detection of heart disease in high-risk patients.

Timeline

Junior Machine Learning Engineer

Omdena
08.2024 - 10.2024

Data Analyst - Intern

Agricultural College and Research Institute (TNAU)
01.2023 - 06.2023

Research Assistant - Machine Learning

Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Anna University
05.2021 - 12.2022

Master of Science (M.S) - Data Science

University at Buffalo

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - Computer Science

Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University
Gokkul Eraivan Arutkani Aiyanathan