Pawan Saxena
Academic Project
Experience
CAPTCHA Recognition using CRNN
- Built a CRNN model with VGG16 and BiLSTM backbone for text-based CAPTCHA recognition
- Achieved 9.37% character error rate and 68.36% sequence accuracy on validation data
- Expanded data augmentation pipeline with distortions, noise injection, and clutter to improve robustness
- Conducted detailed error analysis on confusable characters (O, Q, D) and proposed error-specific augmentation
- Tech Stack: Python, TensorFlow/Keras, OpenCV, NumPy, Matplotlib
LoRA Style Fine-Tuning with Stable Diffusion
- Implemented LoRA fine-tuning on Stable Diffusion 1.5 to generate Studio Ghibli–inspired imagery
- Optimized hyperparameters (learning rate, epochs, LoRA rank/alpha) for stable convergence and effective style transfer
- Designed an evaluation framework with negative prompting and systematic seed testing to ensure consistency
- Managed training checkpoints and prompt engineering for reproducible high-quality outputs
- Tech Stack: Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face Diffusers, Stable Diffusion 1.5
Translation Bias Analysis with LLMs
- Investigated age and gender bias in German–English translation across machine translation tools and LLMs (GPT-4, DeepSeek)
- Implemented Logistic Regression, SVM, and multilingual BERT classifiers for demographic prediction
- Designed and tested baseline, preserved, and adaptive prompting strategies for bias mitigation
- Contributed training and inference code for LR and SVM, visualization of gender/age bias, and report methodology
- Tech Stack: Python, scikit-learn, Hugging Face Transformers, Logistic Regression, SVM, BERT
Academic Project
Stock Market Prediction System
- Engineered an ML pipeline integrating Yahoo Finance data with real-time news sentiment analysis
- Implemented feature engineering combining technical indicators with FinBERT sentiment scores
- Achieved 0.94 ROC AUC using an optimized ensemble of Naive Bayes, Logistic Regression, and SVM
- Tech Stack: Python, scikit-learn, pandas, NumPy, matplotlib, seaborn
Senior Data Analyst
Tiger Analytics
- Designed and implemented customer segmentation models for retail clients, reducing the target customer base by 70% while maintaining 95% revenue coverage
- Migrated legacy SAS workflows to MySQL, improving processing speed by 40% and reducing operational costs for an insurance client
- Developed insurance sales prediction models using H2O AutoML, achieving over 90% accuracy
- Built scalable PySpark pipelines on Databricks for processing over 50 million records, reducing processing time from 8 hours to 45 minutes
- Delivered comprehensive patient journey analysis for a Fortune 500 healthcare client, creating automated Power BI dashboards tracking more than 15 KPIs
- Implemented real-time data pipelines using Snowflake and Dataiku
- Created interactive dashboards serving over 200 stakeholders
- Developed drug-switching analysis tools for pharmaceutical research
Technical Content Engineer
GeeksforGeeks
- Authored and reviewed more than 110 technical articles on state-of-the-art artificial intelligence topics
- Developed production-ready code examples for complex algorithms including BERT, GPT, YOLO, and ResNet
- Created educational content on computer vision, natural language processing, and deep learning fundamentals
Human Activity Recognition for Patient Monitoring
- Developed a real-time action detection system for hospital patient safety monitoring
- Implemented OpenPose for pose estimation and DeepSORT for multi-object tracking
- Achieved 95% accuracy in fall detection with latency under 200 ms
- Tech Stack: Python, OpenCV, TensorFlow, Keras
Intelligent Attendance System with Face Recognition
- Built a frame-wise face recognition system, achieving approximately 97% accuracy
- Extended solution for UAV surveillance applications
- Publication: "UAV Surveillance for Violence Detection and Individual Identification"
- Tech Stack: Python, OpenCV, TensorFlow, Keras, computer vision libraries
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Healthcare (3.5 years), Insurance (3 years), Pharmaceutical (3 years), Retail (3 years), Information Technology (2.5 years), and Education (1.5 years).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Research and Development (5.5 years), Information Technology (4.5 years), Business Intelligence (3.5 years), Marketing (3 years), and Product Development (2 years).
Summary
Results-driven Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Engineer with 3+ years of professional experience in machine learning, deep learning, and advanced analytics. Currently pursuing an MSc in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics at the University of Technology Nuremberg. Proven track record of delivering scalable ML solutions for Fortune 500 clients, with expertise in end-to-end data science pipelines, customer segmentation, and predictive modeling.
Skills
Programming Languages
- Python (Expert)
- Sql (Advanced)
- R (Intermediate)
Machine Learning & Ai
- Classical Ml: Scikit-learn, Xgboost, Lightgbm
- Deep Learning: Tensorflow, Pytorch, Keras, Hugging Face
- Computer Vision: Opencv, Yolo, Resnet, R-cnn
- Nlp/llms: Bert, Gpt, Transformers, Finbert
Data Engineering & Analytics
- Big Data: Pyspark, Databricks, Apache Spark
- Data Warehousing: Snowflake, Mysql, Postgresql
- Visualization: Power Bi, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly
- Mlops: Aws, H2o Automl, Dataiku, Airflow
- Others: Ms-excel, Ms-powerpoint
Cloud & Devops
- Azure
- Aws (Certified)
- Docker
- Git
- Linux
- Windows
Languages
Education
University of Technology (UTN)
Master of Science, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics · Artificial Intelligence & Robotics · Nuremberg, Germany
Bennett University
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science & Engineering · Computer Science & Engineering · Greater Noida, India · 9.28/10 (Equivalent to German Grade: 1.3 - Sehr Gut)
Certifications & licenses
Large Language Models: Foundation Models from the Ground Up
Large Language Models: Application through Production - Databricks
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS
Google Data Analytics Specialization
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