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pdinduku/README.md

πŸ‘‹ Hey there, I'm Pravallika! aka crookmonkey πŸ΅πŸ’»

🎩 Cloud Sorcerer | AI Alchemist | DevOps Magician

πŸŽ“ Master’s student in Computer Science (AI/ML Specialization) at University at Buffalo

🌍 Open-source contributor & tech blogger – Breaking down complex tech so even my grandma gets it!

🌌 Mastering the art of scaling, wrangling containers, and summoning machine learning models

πŸ” On a never-ending quest to automate the boring stuff and deploy the cool stuff

πŸ’‘ Code. Deploy. Observe. Repeat.


πŸ› οΈ Tech Stack

πŸ’» Programming Languages

Go C Java Spring Boot Python R JavaScript React Bash HTML5 CSS3

πŸ“š Libraries & Frameworks

TensorFlow PyTorch Keras Scikit-learn NumPy Pandas Matplotlib Seaborn Flask Django Plotly FastAPI OpenCV Hugging Face Jenkins Istio Knative RESTful API

☁️ Cloud & DevOps

AWS Azure Google Cloud IBM Cloud Terraform Docker Kubernetes Helm CI/CD Ansible Grafana Prometheus Datadog Azure DevOps ELK Stack Travis CI Tekton JFrog Artifactory

πŸ”₯ Big Data & Tools

Apache Hadoop Apache Spark Apache Kafka Apache Hive

πŸ—„οΈ Databases & Operating Systems

IBM Db2 MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Amazon DynamoDB Linux Windows MacOS Neo4J

πŸ› οΈ Tools & Platforms

GitHub GitLab Postman Trello Jira


πŸ’Ό Experience

University at Buffalo, USA | Research Assistant (July 2024 – Present)

  • Developed and optimized software solutions for computer vision and OCR-based applications, enhancing image processing efficiency.
  • Built and deployed machine learning models for automated text extraction & classification, leveraging deep learning frameworks.
  • Designed REST APIs & scalable data pipelines to integrate image recognition capabilities, improving system performance and computational efficiency.

IBM, India | Cloud Developer (Aug 2021 – July 2023)

  • Developed & optimized IBM Cloud Code Engine, a serverless platform for deploying containerized workloads, enhancing Kubernetes automation & scaling.
  • Designed & maintained scalable microservices in Go, integrating managed cloud services for high-performance backend solutions.
  • Automated deployments across environments (Prod, Staging, Dev) using Concourse CI, Tekton & Terraform, ensuring seamless infrastructure as code (IaC) implementation.
  • Enhanced system observability with ELK Stack, Prometheus & Grafana**, improving real-time monitoring & debugging.
  • Led architecture discussions & troubleshooting, ensuring reliable cloud deployments & reducing downtime.
  • Wrote technical blogs on IBM Blogs & Medium on cloud deployment strategies.

IBM, India | Application Developer (Jan 2021 – Aug 2021)

  • Designed & deployed an AI-powered Travel Quote Manager on IBM Cloud, integrating Watson Assistant for chatbot interactions and Sterling OMS for automated order management.
  • Developed machine learning models for personalized travel recommendations, packing lists & itinerary generation, leveraging Cloud Functions for seamless automation.
  • Created cloud-native assets for Watson Studio & Watson Assistant, enhancing real-time interaction between cloud services.

Accenture, India | Software Engineer (Apr 2020 – July 2020)

  • Built & deployed a high-performance cloud-based ETL solution on Azure HDInsight, streamlining data ingestion, processing, & storage.
  • Automated data masking & encryption workflows using custom Hive UDFs & Terraform, ensuring secure data handling.
  • Optimized big data pipelines, integrating Kubernetes for containerized workload management, enabling efficient hybrid cloud operations.

πŸš€ Projects

πŸ”₯ Open-Source Contribution | Golang Developer - Shipwright

  • Contributed to Shipwright, a Kubernetes-based container build framework simplifying YAML-based image creation.
  • Developed an automated cleanup tool for Build & BuildRun retention, reducing node consumption by 25%.
  • Project Repo: Shipwright on GitHub

πŸ’³ Credit Predict ML: Loan Approval & Credit Analysis

  • Built a loan prediction system, achieving 94% accuracy & 0.93 F1-score with advanced feature engineering.
  • Developed a web-based application for real-time loan approvals & credit history insights.
  • Deployed on cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
  • Project Repo: CreditPredict

πŸ€– QAGen: Transformer-Based Question Answering System

  • Developed a QA system using transformer models, achieving 85% EM & 91% F1-score for context-aware responses.
  • Built an end-to-end pipeline for data preprocessing, model training, and inference, deployed as a scalable API.
  • Integrated into a user-friendly interface, enhancing conversational AI and educational applications.

πŸ“Š Predicting Student Performance using ML

  • Designed an ML-based predictive system to track & forecast student performance, incorporating temporal correlations.
  • Built a bilayered prediction architecture with ensemble models, improving accuracy & early identification of at-risk students.
  • Implemented a modular pipeline for data processing, training, and visualization, enabling data-driven academic insights.
  • Project Repo: PerformancePrediction

πŸ₯ Predicting Breast Cancer using GCP

  • Developed an ML pipeline to predict breast cancer occurrence, achieving 100% accuracy with Decision Tree and 94.72% with Random Forest.
  • Leveraged cloud services for scalable data storage, model training, and deployment, ensuring efficiency and reliability.
  • Automated data preprocessing, training, and evaluation workflows, supporting early detection and assisting healthcare professionals.
  • Project Repo: Breast Cancer Prediction

πŸ“« Connect with Me

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πŸ’‘ "Leave it better than you found it." – A principle that applies to both codebases and life. Refactoring, optimizing, and improving software is just as important as writing it.


πŸ’‘ Always open to collaborations, discussions, and exciting new projects! πŸš€

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