Ishan Bhatt

Machine Learning | Software | Cloud | Solutions

I graduated college in 2019 with a degree in Computer Engineering from GTU (India) and spent a couple of years at TCS (R&I) building and deploying ML-powered Quality Assurance systems for their Manufacturing clients.

In Spring 2021, I enrolled in the graduate program at NCSU (USA). Starting summer of that year, I joined the PICTure Lab (NC State - CSC Dept.) assisting with multiple Applied-ML and High Performance-ML projects. I defended my dissertation titled A Study on the Temporal Predictability of Serverless Functions in front of the faculty & public at the Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University in December 2022.

After interning with them in Summer 2022, I have joined the Walmart Global Tech's Catalog Datascience (Imagery & Rich Media) team in February 2023. Based out of the silicon valley, our team acts as a custodian of images at Walmart. We mainly work to ensure quality of the images present in Walmart's global product catalog.

When I have spare time, I love to explore new trails with friends or play almost any game or sport I can get my hands on. I typically reserve holidays to spend some time with my family! My mother is an economist and dad is a scientist. I'm a big fan of both.

Education

Dept. of Computer Science, North Carolina State University

Master of Science (Computer Sciences)

January 2021 - December 2022
Raleigh, NC, United States

Grade Point Average (current): 4.0+ on a 4-point-scale
Featured Coursework: Computational Methods in Molecular Biology | Algorithms | Machine Learning, Deep Learning | Internet Protocols | Software Engineering, DevOps

Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya, Gujarat Technological University

Bachelor of Technology (Computer Engineering)

August 2015 - June 2019
Anand, Gujarat, India

Cummulative Performance Index: 9.29 on a 10-point-scale
Featured Coursework: Algorithms, Datastructures | Software Engineering | Database Management Systems | Operating Systems | Computer Networks

Experience

Imagery & Rich Media (Applied AI: End-to-End), Walmart Global Tech

Senior Datascientist (Intern)

Summer 2022
SF Bay Area, CA, United States

Worked on design, development & deployment of a project to improve the aesthetic appeal of images associated with Apparel products
Project had a positive impact on 44% (1B items) of products under the category: "Clothing, Shoes & Accessories"

PICTure Research Group, NC State University

Graduate Research Assistant - Machine Learning

June 2021 - December 2022
Raleigh, NC, United States

Thesis Research Area: Optimizing Graph Neural Networks using latest generation low-level GPU intrinsics
Worked on Applied-ML projects including: Pre-season Hurricane Prediction, Day-ahead Net Load Forecast, AI basket-ball coach

Tata Consultancy Services - Research & Innovation (Manufacturing)

Project Intern - Datascience & (later) Systems Engineer - AI/ML

January 2019 - December 2020
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Built ML-powered Fault Detection Systems for Car Seats, Jet Engines (Vibration Detection using sound), Metal Welds (Visual Weld Strength Analysis), PCBs (Detect missing components from images), etc.; Integrated these with TCS’s Cognitive Quality Assurance suite
Was usually responsible for proposing a new idea and deploying a PoC/Pilot application; Completed over ten assignments