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Vaibhav Kesri

Senior Data Scientist
New Delhi,DL

Summary

Highly motivated individual committed to hard work and intensive analysis. Flexible and polished AI/ML Data Scientist promoting well-developed skills in machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, Knowledge graphs and Big Data.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Senior Data Scientist

Mastercard
01.2023 - Current
  • Developed graph-based, seasonality-based, and velocity-based features to enhance downstream models
  • Devised and deployed predictive models to enhance downstream models, specifically Smart Authentication.
  • Presented complex algorithms and processes to engineering stakeholders to facilitate seamless integration and deployment.
  • Managed a team of junior data scientists, fostering talent development and consistent project success.


Data Scientist

Bharti Airtel
12.2021 - 01.2023
  • Developed intricate algorithms based on deep-dive statistical analysis and predictive data modeling.
  • Compiled, cleaned and manipulated data for proper handling and down stream tasks.
  • Developed and implemented novel graph algorithms to optimize downstream models

Senior Data Scientist (Specialist)

Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (RBEI)
01.2020 - 12.2022
  • Designed pipelines to extract information from software document semi-structured/unstructured text, images . Design ontology for the Automotive domain and create a Knowledge Graph for Automation to improve productivity.
  • Helped to evaluate new machine learning/ deeplearning techniques and procedures for purposes of product development.

Data Scientist (Senior Engineer)

Robert Bosch Engineering And Business Solutions
08.2017 - 12.2019
  • Utilized fundamental knowledge of state of art machine learning/deep learning applications, Knowledge graph algorithms, machine learning pipeline design methods, research papers and industry trends to carry out advanced research.
  • Worked closely with domain teams to develop new automation methods for testing using AI techniques.

Teaching Assistant and Lab Incharge

IIT Delhi
07.2014 - 06.2017
  • Assisted teachers with classroom and Control and Automation Lab management to maintain positive learning environment.
  • Assisted and mentored students in groups of up to 40 by reviewing lesson teachings and teaching Sophisticate control lab experiments.

Education

M.Tech - Control And Automation

Indian Institute of Technology (IITD)
Delhi
06.2014 - 07.2017

Summer Internship - Sensor Fusion

TCS Innovation Lab
Noida(NCR)
05.2016 - 07.2021

B.Tech - Electrical

National Institute of Technology (NIT-K)
Kurukshetra
06.2008 - 07.2012

Skills

    Technical acumen

Project coordination

Analytical skills

Self-motivated professional

Software

Python, Cypher,SQL

PySpark, Hadoop, HIVE,

Sklearn, Spacy, Stanford corenlp, DGL

Tensorflow, Keras, Pytorch

Version Control System, git, bitbucket

Linux, Window

OpenCV, Neo4j

Accomplishments

  • Knowledge Graph from Informal Text: Architecture, Components, Algorithms and Applications, Chapter in book : Application of machine learning,2020.
  • Knowledge Graph based Automated Generation of Test Cases in Software Engineering, CoDS COMAD 2020: 7th ACM IKDD CoDS and 25th COMAD.
  • AutoKG- An Automotive Domain Knowledge Graph for Software Testing: A position paper, IEEE International Conference on software Testing, ICST 2021.
  • Probing the SpanBERT Architecture to interpret Domain Adaptation Challenges for Coreference Resolution, CEUR Workshop Proceeding ,AAAI 2021 February 9, 2021.
  • An Unique Solution for N queen Problem, International Journal of Computer Application 43(12):1-6, April 2012.

Certification

Deep Learning Specialisation, offered by Deeplearing.ai

Projects

  • Designed and implemented transaction-specific features to enhance the performance of the Smart Authentication model:

Created graph-based embeddings capturing neighborhood information to enrich domain-specific entities. 

    Current Status: Scheduled for integration into the final model for the APMEA region.

    

    Developed velocity features utilizing browser information from 3DS transactions to identify anomalies in transactions.

    Current Status: Scheduled for integration into the final model for the APMEA region.

 

    Created seasonality-based features to improve the downstream model's predictive performance.

    Current Status: Under testing to evaluate feature efficacy.

 

     Role: Senior Data Scientist, Organization : Mastercard

  • Designed and implemented a predictive model to classify online transactions (3DS 2) into frictionless or challenge routes:

    Improved transaction flow by reducing unnecessary challenges while ensuring security and compliance with 3DS 2 protocols.   

    Generated probability scores to enhance decision-making and optimize customer experience.

    Technology Used: Hadoop, Pyspark, Python.   

     Role: Senior Data Scientist, Organization : Mastercard


  • Identify customer cohorts that have intent to buy various plans in Airtel Black: To create a sample from the population, for exploratory data analysis, domain-specific feature engineering, and feature selection followed by multi-class Model creation for imbalance data, optimization, and evaluation of the model.

Technology Used: Hadoop, Pyspark, Python, Organization : Airtel

Role: Data Scientist, Organization : Airtel

  • Graph Data Base creation for different down streaming tasks: To fetch user-related data from multiple sources and create a Knowledge Graph for multiple downstream tasks for example product recommendations and churn prediction etc.

Technology Used: Hadoop, Python, Neo4j, Cypher, Organization : Airtel

Role: Data Scientist, Organization : Airtel

  • Manage prepaid to postpaid customer acquisition pipeline: To manage Hive tables and pipeline to target potential prepaid customers for postpaid acquisition.

Technology Used: Hadoop, Pyspark, Python

Role: Data Scientist, Organization : Airtel

  • Knowledge Graph creation from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data: The Target is to help testers in executing testing by giving them insights into various steps happening behind the functionality and help to provide the correct sequence of steps to test a feature. It is a mix of NLP, predictive models, domain ontology creation, and knowledge graphs.

Technology Used: Python, Numpy, LSTM, Keras, Sklearn, pandas, neo4j, Stanford core NLP, spacy, etc

Role: Researcher (Senior Data Scientist), Organization : Robert Bosch (RBEI)

Interests

Chess, Guitar, Audio Books

Timeline

Senior Data Scientist

Mastercard
01.2023 - Current

Data Scientist

Bharti Airtel
12.2021 - 01.2023

Natural Language Processing with python

11-2021

Neo4j certification, offered by Neo4j

02-2021

Deep Learning Specialisation, offered by Deeplearing.ai

09-2020

Senior Data Scientist (Specialist)

Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (RBEI)
01.2020 - 12.2022

Data Scientist (Senior Engineer)

Robert Bosch Engineering And Business Solutions
08.2017 - 12.2019

A1 (Beginner) German Language, offered by IIT Delhi

05-2017

Summer Internship - Sensor Fusion

TCS Innovation Lab
05.2016 - 07.2021

Teaching Assistant and Lab Incharge

IIT Delhi
07.2014 - 06.2017

M.Tech - Control And Automation

Indian Institute of Technology (IITD)
06.2014 - 07.2017

B.Tech - Electrical

National Institute of Technology (NIT-K)
06.2008 - 07.2012
Vaibhav KesriSenior Data Scientist